Oregon 2011

 This last week Calder and I went to Oregon for my sister's wedding reception. We had a great time and I didn't take nearly as many pictures as I would like. When I get pictures of the reception, I'll show you. They are adorable!

 Our trip started off rocky. After we were on the plane and pulled back from the gate they told the pilot to wait due to weather. So we sat on the runway for 2.5 hours. Just sat. Calder was awesome. He kept asking if we were up in the air yet. He just played with the headphones they gave him. Then, once we were up in the air, he slept the whole flight. 

Since we had such a long start, we missed our connecting flight and had to stay in Salt Lake for the night. Calder was very disappointed that we didn't get to go to Oregon that night but he was thrilled when he found out he had a queen bed all to himself and free breakfast, he perked up.

 Calder enjoyed seeing the temple that Jason and I got married in.

 Calder had the most amazing experience. His Grandpa John set him up with a garbage truck ride. Calder got to go around the block, drive the steering wheel and honk the horn. It was amazing.

 Home Depot has carts that look like this. He called them Tow Mater carts and cried when we left the store.

 While at the park with Grandma Kate and Aunt Wendy the garbage truck came to pick up the dumpster. Calder was thrilled.

Reading a book in the doll stroller = Awesome. 

We had a great time in Oregon. It was great to see our families and spend time with them. Congratulations to Katie & Chris!

Jason turns 28!

Due to the timing of my brother Cody's wedding reception, Calder and I were in Oregon for Jason's birthday. It turned out to be okay because Jason had a lot of work to do that week. We celebrated when we got home.

Jason has had cherry chip cake with cherry frosting for as long as he has chosen his cake. This is not an easy cake mix and frosting set to find. In fact, I couldn't find them in Chicago or Columbus. My mom buys them and sends them to me. Honesty, it's not my favorite kind of cake, but Calder and Jason sure seem to enjoy it.

One of Calder's new words this month: FROSTING.

Oregon

Calder and I had a marvelous time in Oregon. This post is going to be picture heavy and word light. Lets just say there was a lot of playing, present opening and bathing. There was NOT a lot of napping but we all survived.

The flights went well. (Thanks for all your advice) Calder refused to sleep on the planes on the way there. We didn't get there until 1:00 AM our time and he was happy the whole time. Thank goodness. He did actually sleep for about 45 minutes in his stroller during our layover in Denver. Thankfully I took the stroller. He we slept on both flights back which was AWESOME!

Calder and I with Jason's mom and Grandma Joyce

Calder and I with Jason's dad

Opening presents

My mom made this awesome Mader from Cars look alike cake for Calder. Unfortunately he was a little sick and I wouldn't let him eat it.

Bath time with cousin Anessa.

Playing with fridge magnets (Calder's favorite Oregon activity) with Paxton.

And some more magnet play with Anessa. She is wearing Calder's hat and I love how it completes her outfit.

Anessa with my friend Arlee's little girls RaeLynn and Ainzlee.

My favorite wedding pictures

Here are a few of my favorite wedding pictures. It's hard to believe it's been about three and a half years! It's been fantastic. Jason is truely the greatest guy!


















Enjoy!

Getting Pulled Over

So, I got pulled over a few weeks ago for the silliest thing! I was talking on my cell phone. What is most rediculous is that I normally use my hands free set, but it broke and I absolutely had to call my sister to hear how her most recent date went. The cop was quite aggressive and I was close to tears. I know... totally lame. Well, in the end he said he would let me go. So, I've been pulled over four times and not left the scene with a single ticket. I feel so lucky.

I am especially afraid of getting a ticket in Chicago. They take your license and you have to use your ticket as your license until you go to court. AND YOU HAVE TO GO TO COURT. In Oregon we could just send in the money for the ticket and go on our merry way. So, here you have to take a day off to go to court. It's such a waste of money. I don't see why the city pays a judge to sit there all day to deal with traffic violations.

And yet... they still want to raise taxes. There is a tax on the number of treads on the tires you buy in Chicago, 9% sales tax with a suggestion to raise it to 11%, and an extra special tax to lease a car. I do love Chicago, but goodness there's a lot of taxes for a girl to remember.