Thanksgiving 2008 - Yachats - Oregon Coast

The awesome house we rented

Some pictures from Yachats, about 3 hours from Portland. A bunch of us rented a house out there for thanksgiving and Emily's parents and aunt Lynne were able to come out from Virginia Beach to spend it with us too!

Nothing like a sunny day in November at the beach!!

One end of the thanksgiving table. I think there were 16 of us.

The view from the house at high tide

Emily as usual made the cutest name markers for the thanksgiving table

Molly's doing great!

Molly is feeling a lot better! She is on anti-seizure meds and seems to be happy and functioning normally again. She really enjoyed being down at the beach while we are out at the coast for thanksgiving!

Rocky Shores - Turkey Day

Just wanted too show you all where we will be spending thanksgiving....so you can droll at the amazing house we all rented!! 6 Bedroom, 4 Bath, Hot tub, ocean property and 2 Kitchens!! Perfect to cook our turkeys!

You can check it out on the following link for more pics:

http://www.vrbo.com/199593

Wine tasting

It was a misty day up in the vineyards but I still thought the view was pretty

Laura & Lee

The usual self portrait....taken after quite a lot of vino

Laura, Lynn, Nate, Lee and Laura

Emily organized an Eco-bus tour of a bunch of vineyards this weekend while her parents and aunt Lynn were in town for thanksgiving. It was a great time and we bought some great wines! The whole bunch of us have rented a place on the Oregon coast for thanksgiving so I am sure we will have more photos for you all after turkey day!

Lots of quick updates

This is the new shed we built in the back yard

I am SO exctied....my lemons finally turned yellow!! Time for Cocktails!

The wreath decorating our door

We finally found a good place to put up our sailboat...we used an old cornice type thing I found at an antique store..I think it kind of looks like the ship is riding a wave :-)

Higgins Lake with the Cook Ladies...Fall in MI

I got a chance to go up to Higgins Lake and visit Ronda and Lander and help coach/play with her high school volleyball team. What a great bunch of girls!

Don't let the sunshine fool you...it was only like 45 degrees out up there!

I can't believe Lander is almost as tall as me at 14!

(Christi, maybe you should start recruiting her!! haha) Fall is the one season I miss from living in Michigan. The colors there are so pretty!

Higgins lake is probably one of my favorite that I have been to in Michigan

Feeding the "pet" squirrel, it ate right out of my hands!

Nick & Beth wedding 10-24-08

Congrats Nick & Beth!! We are so happy for you and love having you as family :-)

Here is a sneak peek of wedding pics, I took like 200 or something so here is just a small preview!

The official Meyers Hershey Bar

The happy couple right after the ceremony :-)

"Oh my god we are married!!!" haha
Beth and her niece Bailey (cutest flower girl ever!) and nephew Dylan

Nate and I in the Limo

The Meyers Boys...nice cowboy boots nick!

Best Man, Matron of honor Jenny (Beth's sister) and baby Brooklyn in the belly :-)

Rick (father in law), myself and Nate

Aunt Amy and Nate

The Happy Bride and her mom KathyJust us....probably after a few drinks by this time! :-)