Three Sisters in Eugene

Barb drove to Eugene (8 hours of traffic hell through Seattle and Portland) and visited Kathy and I in Eugene. Of course Elsa was the main attraction during the 2 day visit, as I had the awesome job of babysitting while Deder and Andrea took the opportunity to get in a two day float down the Willamette in their canoe. Temperatures were in the 90’s so we spent some time poolside at my humble condo. In just the two short days we managed to do the required events in Eugene: Dinner at Ambrosia, Saturday Market, Sitting at the pool , BBQ at the Condo, and Sunday Breakfast at a pancake house.

Elsa was tremendously entertaining and filled in the time between events with her dance techniques and iphone skills.

Our time in Eugene is on the short side now, but we have more visitors coming, Bill’s parents are on their way and Madelin will join us on Friday. Eugene seems to be a magnet for friends and relatives, or maybe it’s Elsa Adele that is the magnet?

We were welcomed to our Condo by a Eugene Resident.

It's My Birthday! Yaaayyy!

It will come as no surprise to many of you that I like cake. And it will come as even less of a shock that I like birthday cake. And so when my birthday comes around, I get super excited. Cake. Just for me. And with a mom like mine, you know it's always gonna be good. Mom outdid herself this year, with homemade Red Velvet Cupcakes with fresh Cream Cheese Frosting [editor's note: nom nom nom], and Shanleigh helped me make the girliest of birthday drinks, Shirley Temples!

Shanleigh also joined me tonight downtown for the First Friday Artwalk where we hobnobbed with artists and gallery owners, and mused over bicycle spoke bracelets and sketches on cardboard boxes. After the Artwalk, Tim, Terrill and Collin joined us at home, and our old neighbors on Cambridge, Bernie and Ayden came by to wish me a happy birthday (as well as to play Monstruro and run screaming through the house while chasing each other).

All in all, it was the best birthday I've had in years.

Here are a few pictures to make you jealous of my awesome 27th birthday.