lil trick or treaters

checkin out spider man

lil monkey

 

today was the twins 2nd halloween holiday…i think they werent too sure what was going on…they sure looked cute in there costumes…gracie was a lamb and aiden was a monkey.(though he looked like a little bear cub to me) haha…they had their hibler cousins go trick or treat with them maddie ,snow princess, very pretty, and alex spider man, very cute costume on him too!…belle and i visited just before they all left to for candy to watch the rest of the oregon duck football game so i dont know how much candy their parents begged going door to door! haha..im sure all was fun!!

big human lawn ornament!

full dress gnome

rusty in his halloween costume

human lawn ornament

rusty befor heading out to his party

lawn ornament

hahaha…rusty asked on sunday if id help him with a gnome costume and by friday we got it all finished and he wore it at the halloween party( bar )last night that he and his buddies attended and won $200.00 for first place!!!  WTG bud!

the twins 1st birthday!

1st birthday cake

 

birthday cakes

happy birthday aiden and gracie!…whew what a day!…im not sure what the head count was but there sure was a lot of cute kids(and adults) to help celebrate their birthday!…A & E liked the idea of having the “big” cup cakes for each baby…it was quite the experiment….not sure if well do that again..haha….at least they tasted good!

birthday girl

gracie in her birthday dress and her drink of choice!

birthday boy

aiden in his  birthday clothes having a fun time !

food

more than enough food..what was here plus hambergers and hotdogs and chicken!…A&E have food left over for the week!

gracie and amy socializing

i just grabbed a bib!…i didnt realized i put a pink bib on aiden until now…(geesh grama!) anyway…they ate a bit of  food…i think too much commotion going on..food wasnt much of an intrest…

presents!

presents!

presents!

ditto

etc...

what do you think this picture says?...haha

waiting for cake

first cake

the frosting was so dried poor twins had to have help breaking into the cake! haha

yum!

aiden finally got into it!…im sure he couldnt imagine why people standing around allowing him to make such a mess! haha

sweet!

gracie liking her first cake!

dinner

bag and baggage!

dresser chucka block full

sweaters, sweat shirts &s ocks

bras and thongs

closet

footware

                       and…..the baggage

she's baaack!

well…….belle has made the transition from her home to our house…its been a long emotional struggle for her and our whole family…but were very glad to have belle move back home to be with us….(its only temporary of course!)…hopefully she can settle in for a bit….relax  emotionally and save some money to be able to start again with her life long journey confidant, wiser, and happy…we love you belle with all your excessive bag and baggage! hahaha big hugs

U of O ducks beat Cal

father-daughter

belle got 2 free tickets to the U of O duck game today….the ducks played Cal and beat them 42 – 3! who would have thought theyd win??!!

u of o

heres the croud and scoreboad at the stadium!…it was a beautiful day for a game!

u of o

during the game with almost 59000 spectators!

beginning of game

big flag beginning of game!

belle

belle and russ sat on the shade side and she wore shorts! practically froze to death!…everyone not in shade pretty warm!…dontcha just love fall season??…and FOOTBALL!

2nd day in las vegas

poolside

well…here they are having fun pool side….im sure bummed about the ducks losing sooooo bad against boise! it was a terrible game for sure….

winner

and the winner is……..rusty!..won $125!…..i see a smile on his face! haha too bad that wasnt all $1oo.oo bills!..lets see he still has 2.5 days left..lets see how much he comes back home with! haha

sports bar las vegas

the big betters

hahahah heres rusty (go “O”!) and rex at espn sports bar!…having a helllva good time!

sports bar

heres irie and rusty!…the ducks lost their first game of the season but the kids still had a good time!…so now…dont gamble all your money away! haha

rex’s birthday!

birthday trip!

pictured here are the kids headed to las vegas for rex’x 30th birthday celebration!…L – R rex, irie, belle, rusty….irie wanted to give rex a special birhtday celebration by going to las vegas…the plane tickets were cheap…they will be back monday….they all split a  hotel room and fast food it..im sure they are going to have fun!…tonight is the first u of o duck game and rex and rusty planning on going to a sports bar and have a few drinks!…i think belle and irie..plan to stay “pool” side hahaha…updates will be later…i hope one of them hits it big!

happy birthday rusty!

birthday boy!

today is my babys 25th birthday!…(25 aug) gosh!…its hard to believe! youve done good and were proud of ya!…(now go find a full time job!)…hahaha…we all had dinner at our local restraunt…rusty took tomorrow off from work so he could do some celebrating tonight!…be safe!….we love you bud! oxoxoxoxooxoxoxo lots!

allie’s wedding day

allie and brothers

yesterday was allie beers wedding day 15 aug 09…she married a man named jon albrecht in cottage grove, oregon….it was a beautiful wedding with perfect weather…allie was walked down the isle with both her brothers jessie and jeromy…it was great seeing them!

allies mother and nephew

in this picture is my long time friend sandy beers she is walking with her grandson, jake,who is going to college in portland, or…sandy looked great and i believe it was a very happy day for all her children and extended family was at the wedding!

just said "i do"

here allie and jon now man and wife…a great looking couple! a happy day for them both!

jessie and cottrells

russ, jessie beers, belle, and rusty…it was great seeing and talking to jessie…the beers family and cottrell family were very close during the kids growing up years….very much fun, fun, fun!

karly and jessie

we finally met karly, jessies wife…they have been married for 1 year ..1st anniversary was 8 aug!..karly is very nice and a pretty gal!..we like her a lot and our bets is shes going to be good for jessie!

allie and rusty and who?

when jessie wasnt home to play…. rusty played with his next best friend (when he was a little guy) allie….allie is 1 year older and they both played together hours on end when sandy and i sat talked shit about everything…we all agree it was the best times …those growing up years…ANYWAY….this snap shot is so funny for allie, as shes hugging rusty, says….”this should have been OUR day rusty!!”…and of course whos in the back ground but jon her new hubby! hahahahahaha good thing he has a sense of humor!

thank you for the wonderful day beers’s family! we love you all!