Thanksgiving in Long Beach

All our bags are packed and we are ready to goooo! We celebrated thanksgiving with Cameron's Uncles and their families. We had such a good time!

We actually had the car packed and ready to go by the time we planned. I should have taken a picture of the trunk it was indeed PACKED.

Everyone is ready to go!

We were waiting to meet up with everyone in Astoria, Oregon so we scouted out the Goonie hot spots! Here we are in front of Mikey's house!

This was the sign asking Goonie fans to park on the street and then walk up to the house! We were all so excited..except or one. She'll be more excited once she sees the movie, I'm sure of it!

The museum where Mikey's dad worked!

The jail where the Fartelli son escaped.

Astoria Column

At the top

Going down

Can you see Kensie...so far down!

Over the bridge to Washington

Playing football on the beach

Cameron in the green sweatshirt and Kensie in the green hat!

This is only one side of the really big table! Uncle Joe thinking about how yummy the meal was!

Kensie with her full belly

So happy we don't have to eat any more pumpkin soup. Pretty sure Uncle Joe would not mind cause he liked it! Everything else was sooo good! Deep fried Yams are the best!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grandpa holding a great grand baby for the first time. It was lucky to be Ava!

Football again. Natalie is in the green sweatshirt!

Yes, Ava is in there!

So much fun!!!

We used to make a pinata for Thanksgiving too. We'd fill it with all our Halloween candy.

Kensie

Cameron

Ava

Carl

Just Chilling! Kensie, Ava, Cameron and Carl

Thank you so much Uncle Joe & Lori and Uncle Carl & Emily

Compare!!!

I wanted to compare these two pictures to see how much she has grown! First one is the day she was born and the second is one month old!

What do you think?She fills it out a little more in this one. Plus she is moving like crazy!

Wedding

Becky Rose and Jason Mason got married! Cameron and his family grew up with Becky. These are for you Annie and there are more to come! The wedding and reception was beautiful!

This flower girl was the best! She would threw the petals down and then pick them up and walk a little and do it all again! Sooo funny to watch!

Thanks for having us Becky and Jason!

Twilight Saga

NEW MOON came out on Friday and I was there (as well as about a million other girls) at the theater at 12:01 for the first showing! It was soooooooooo good and it was worth waiting in the long line for almost 2 hours outside in the Washington rain!

Here are the ladies: Natalie, Meghan, Lisa, Kensie, Sara, Rose and Marin
The lady in line behind us took the picture and it took a while for some reason for her to push the button and poor Meghan had to blink. Sorry Kitty I don't know what the deal was!

Kensie brought the book so we could make sure the movie followed it! It actually did! Good work Summit! Do you love the red lips? Come on when else can you wear red lipstick? We were celebrating!

Yes it was that cold!

Kensie did a way good job on my arm tattoo but I put her's upside down so this is how we had to take the picture. Sorry Kensie.

Here we are getting situated in our WAY good seats!

We are so EXCITED!

Ava all the way!

I know I don't put very many pictures of my baby on the blog so I thought I would add some! (hee hee that's all I ever do, she's just too cute)!

This is Ava with her favorite hang out partner! Look at their faces you can totally tell what they are thinking - "What do you want now mom/Natalie?"

This is a video of Ava talking dancing and sneezing! (It's mostly for grandparents but if you have not met her and you want to see her in action this is a must watch)

Baby Sling

My friend Marin and I made baby slings! After a long hunt for the right kind of rings, choosing fabric and getting very helpful directions from my Aunt Verena we got together and put our sewing skills to the test. I'm still figuring out how to use it with the girl but here Ava is trying it out. I had to include ALL the faces of Ava!

If you want the directions I can email them to you! Thanks Verena!

One Month Old

Ava is a month old today so I thought I'd post a few pictures of the growing girl!

What do you think, does she look different? I think so!

One month makes a difference!Bath Time is her favorite!

Smiles and coos the whole time!

She loves her new kitty towel!

Soo big, holding up that head and everything!

Such a pretty girl!

Soo big, sitting up with help from her chair!

Very done with the whole picture taking thing!

Ava in action!