Monday, September 15, 2008

Goodbye Dee Dee

As many of you know, Renee has an old bed spread that she uses as a blanket. She would curl up in the blanket everywhere. It was basically attached to her when she was at my mom's house. Now that Renee is married and lives with Gabe, we thought it was time to say goodbye to the good 'ol blanket and put it in the trash. The garbage man came today, so the blanket is officially gone. :(

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Heather and Joe's Wedding

This last weekend I went to Fort Collins, CO to be a bridesmaid in one of my best friends weddings. Heather "hot dog" looked so beautiful and Joe looked smashing.
The girls at the bachelorette party!

Later, we went to a salsa club and danced the night away with our four feet Mexicans!

We went to a saloon for the rehearsal dinner. Looking good in the cowgirl hats!

Doing the Heather dance at the reception.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Family, Tears, and Music

Grandpa's memorial was filled with love, tears, laughter, and a ton of music. Here are two video clips to show my crazy family.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Adventures at the Lake Cabin!

Jess, Grandma and I left early on Monday morning to get to the cabin. The car was packed to the rim, we couldn't even see out the back window and there was a little space left for me to sit in the back. We were cruising right along and just got through St. Maries. All of a sudden the car starts to shake. I told Jess to pull over. We had a huge flat tire...there was even pieces of the tire on the road. Yikes! It was about 95 degrees out and we had to unpack the car to get the spare tire out. Grandma said she had AAA but I didn't think they would come for about 3 hours to help. Finally, we fixed the tire and now we are hot, sweaty, dirty and hungry. Oh but we had to repack the car again. Ugh!
Once we got to the cabin, Jess and I went down to the lake and tried to sun bathe, but it was so hot so we stayed in the water all day long. :) Then we decided to take a bike ride. For some reason a stupid bug flew in my eye and I grabbed the handle bar as well as the brake. I popped a front wheelie and flew over the handle bars. My left side is cut up and bruised. :(



It gets better, around 8pm a thunder storm came and it was very windy. All of a sudden, the power went out. We decided to go to bed before anything else happens.

Time at the cabin...Priceless!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Air Force One

My dad's uncle passed away and we had a tribute to his life at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. Bob Ellis was an extraordinary man who helped to develop what the aviation is today. Many of his accomplishments are in the museum on display.

Several of the planes were on display outside of the museum. This was a DC-2 U.S. Air Force plane. Very cool!

Here are some of the other planes that are inside the museum.

I was on the Air Force One plane of where JFK, Johnson, Regan, Nixon and several other presidents used during their term. I think I look like Jackie O!

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

In Loving Memory of Grandpa

Grandpa you mean the world to me. I will miss you so very much. May you rest in peace and look after all of us.



Robert John Strobel
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Sunday, August 3, 2008

Erica's Wedding

Erica looked so beautiful on her special day. It definitely was a big celebration!