with one quick stroke
unfolds a bird from the sky,
steps back, considers,
takes pity
unfolds another.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Jane Hirshfiold
He puts his brush to the canvas,
with one quick stroke
unfolds a bird from the sky,
steps back, considers,
takes pity
unfolds another.
with one quick stroke
unfolds a bird from the sky,
steps back, considers,
takes pity
unfolds another.
Along the Road
On the way to Whistler, we stopped at some waterfalls. They were gorgeous, and it was so fun to break up the drive with a couple little jaunts.
I love British Columbia. It's gorgeous in every direction you turn.
I love British Columbia. It's gorgeous in every direction you turn.
Around Vancouver
We were able to go see the new BC Temple! We just stopped by on a Sunday afternoon, but I can't wait to go inside sometime. I bet it's gorgeous!
Hannay family picture! I think it's nice of Lynne to scrunch down a bit so I don't feel so much like the family shrimp. It was NOT nice, however, of Scott to stand on his tip toes so he could feel as tall as Oliver.
On the way back from fireworks over the water. This was a really cool art piece/statue/play ground we climbed on the way home. It has letter from a ton of different world languages.
Margy had a strange and spontaneous desire to get the whole family to pose emphatically by this fire hydrant. We all obliged.
One of the most attractive photos ever taken of each of us.
Lynne shared with us her love for Lighthouse Park, and it was one of my favorite stops. I loved scrambling on the rocks and relaxing with the ocean breeze. Scott loved watching the sail boats and deepened his obsession with owning one. The obsession only increased as the trip progressed. I could see him captaining a sail boat. Well... co-captaining. I want to drive it too!
I love this guy!
Just after meeting with the Reynolds for lunch where I had some delicious fish and chips!
Too bad I look like such a loser in the picture, because Scott looks so dang cute!
We had a lot of fun exploring the little shops... especially this hat shop! This was our first rainy day in BC, but it was such a nice-smelling rain. I didn't mind it at all.
Hannay family picture! I think it's nice of Lynne to scrunch down a bit so I don't feel so much like the family shrimp. It was NOT nice, however, of Scott to stand on his tip toes so he could feel as tall as Oliver.
On the way back from fireworks over the water. This was a really cool art piece/statue/play ground we climbed on the way home. It has letter from a ton of different world languages.
Margy had a strange and spontaneous desire to get the whole family to pose emphatically by this fire hydrant. We all obliged.
One of the most attractive photos ever taken of each of us.
Lynne shared with us her love for Lighthouse Park, and it was one of my favorite stops. I loved scrambling on the rocks and relaxing with the ocean breeze. Scott loved watching the sail boats and deepened his obsession with owning one. The obsession only increased as the trip progressed. I could see him captaining a sail boat. Well... co-captaining. I want to drive it too!
I love this guy!
Just after meeting with the Reynolds for lunch where I had some delicious fish and chips!
Too bad I look like such a loser in the picture, because Scott looks so dang cute!
We had a lot of fun exploring the little shops... especially this hat shop! This was our first rainy day in BC, but it was such a nice-smelling rain. I didn't mind it at all.
La Boda
The whole reason for the trip was to celebrate the wedding of these two!!
John and Ishigh had a gorgeous wedding filled with many Persian traditions and a lot...a LOT.... A LOT of dancing. We loved it! Ishigh's family is Iranian, and we felt like we were on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" a little bit as we watched the night unfold. Scott and I embraced it and joined in the dancing whenever we could. I felt like I ended up doing some weird kind of hula. And Scotty felt like he was doing some bouncy river dance. We had a blast! We loved meeting Ishigh's family, seeing the two of them so happy, and making some fun family memories.
I think Scott and John look a lot alike. Especially when Scott's not clean-shaven. John asked Scott to be a groomsmen, which was a really special way for Scott to be able to be part of the day.
Scott and I got up at 5:30 this morning after a long night of home improvement projects (which I will proudly show off when they're all finished). But since the second we got up, we've seen intense lightening and storming. I LOVE it! It's so dreary, but I love it! It smells so crisp and clean!
John and Ishigh had a gorgeous wedding filled with many Persian traditions and a lot...a LOT.... A LOT of dancing. We loved it! Ishigh's family is Iranian, and we felt like we were on "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" a little bit as we watched the night unfold. Scott and I embraced it and joined in the dancing whenever we could. I felt like I ended up doing some weird kind of hula. And Scotty felt like he was doing some bouncy river dance. We had a blast! We loved meeting Ishigh's family, seeing the two of them so happy, and making some fun family memories.
I think Scott and John look a lot alike. Especially when Scott's not clean-shaven. John asked Scott to be a groomsmen, which was a really special way for Scott to be able to be part of the day.
Scott and I got up at 5:30 this morning after a long night of home improvement projects (which I will proudly show off when they're all finished). But since the second we got up, we've seen intense lightening and storming. I LOVE it! It's so dreary, but I love it! It smells so crisp and clean!
Rockcrest Reunion
One of the highlights of our Vancouver trip was meeting Scott's extended family and seeing the homes where so many family memories take place. Rick sent us this picture of Scott's Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma, John and Lydia, in front of their old house. This picture was probably taken around 1945. We walked through the house at Rockcrest, which is just a couple houses down from the house that Scott remembers visiting as a kid to see his Grandpa Jack and Grandma Margaret (now belonging to his Uncle Craig and Aunt Anita - where we stayed during the wedding). It was so fun to meet everyone and to see so much history behind the Hannay family.
We took a walk with everyone down to the beach to look for beach glass and smash pennies on the railroad tracks. I loved hanging out with all the cousins and getting to know everyone better.
Scott was all over the blackberry bushes... I think it was definitely in his top three favorites for the trip. We had so much fun snacking on all the berries. They were delicious, and we hit them right at the perfect time of the season! I got up on Scott's shoulders to reach the really good "unattainable" ones. It reminded me of picking berries with Scotty back in Oregon at the beginning of it all.
The swimming pool at Rockcrest. It was a little too chilly outside for me to jump in. I was having some lung problems the whole trip, so I stayed bundled up.
It was so great getting the family together! And I hope it happens much more often!
We took a walk with everyone down to the beach to look for beach glass and smash pennies on the railroad tracks. I loved hanging out with all the cousins and getting to know everyone better.
Scott was all over the blackberry bushes... I think it was definitely in his top three favorites for the trip. We had so much fun snacking on all the berries. They were delicious, and we hit them right at the perfect time of the season! I got up on Scott's shoulders to reach the really good "unattainable" ones. It reminded me of picking berries with Scotty back in Oregon at the beginning of it all.
The swimming pool at Rockcrest. It was a little too chilly outside for me to jump in. I was having some lung problems the whole trip, so I stayed bundled up. 
It was so great getting the family together! And I hope it happens much more often!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Souvenier Shirts (a picture will do)
We are entering a busy weekend, so I want to get as much of this done today as I can... but I think this might be the last one for the day. Maybe I'll have some time to finish up on Sunday.
Scott and I are SO BAD at shopping. We didn't get a single souvenier in Canada! We finally broke down and got one at Pike Place in Oregon before coming home. We feel like our pictures are souveniers enough! We'd rather spend the money doing fun things than have gadgets around our house. I'd rather have great memories speak for our trip than a doo dad on the shelf.
But as we walked around Whistler, we each picked the shirt we would give to each other if we were to buy a shirt.
I would have gotten Scott this shirt (I really would have if they had his size). It screams Scott! It is the logo and cover of the Endless Summer surf movie that Scott's obsessed with, but with a biking twist, which is Scott's surfing replacement while landlocked. As I look at again I am thinking, "You know what, I am going to find this shirt online. He needs this shirt. This is HIS shirt."
This is the shirt Scotty picked for me. He just started laughing when he saw it. He's always teasing me about my love for the mountains. He likes the mountains, but I LOVE the mountains and can't live without them. They're home! I like the beach, but Scott LOVES the beach and can't live without it. How are we ever going to find a compromise?
So this is an ongoing discussion between us... not where we're going to live. That's so far in the future that we figure it'll just unfold for us when it needs to... but the discussion about mountain verses beach.
For me, the beach is a vacation, not a lifestyle. For Scott, he'd rather live by the beach and take a ski trip in the winter. He loves the sun; I love the snow. He craves the summer; I get giddy when the snow starts to fall. He comes alive when he can jump on his bike; I come alive when I can strap on my skis. You may ask how this marriage can possibly work... but I think we balance each other out nicely. And we both like both seasons/lifestyles... it's just that we each LOVE one more than the other.
Scott and I are SO BAD at shopping. We didn't get a single souvenier in Canada! We finally broke down and got one at Pike Place in Oregon before coming home. We feel like our pictures are souveniers enough! We'd rather spend the money doing fun things than have gadgets around our house. I'd rather have great memories speak for our trip than a doo dad on the shelf.
But as we walked around Whistler, we each picked the shirt we would give to each other if we were to buy a shirt.
I would have gotten Scott this shirt (I really would have if they had his size). It screams Scott! It is the logo and cover of the Endless Summer surf movie that Scott's obsessed with, but with a biking twist, which is Scott's surfing replacement while landlocked. As I look at again I am thinking, "You know what, I am going to find this shirt online. He needs this shirt. This is HIS shirt."
This is the shirt Scotty picked for me. He just started laughing when he saw it. He's always teasing me about my love for the mountains. He likes the mountains, but I LOVE the mountains and can't live without them. They're home! I like the beach, but Scott LOVES the beach and can't live without it. How are we ever going to find a compromise? So this is an ongoing discussion between us... not where we're going to live. That's so far in the future that we figure it'll just unfold for us when it needs to... but the discussion about mountain verses beach.
For me, the beach is a vacation, not a lifestyle. For Scott, he'd rather live by the beach and take a ski trip in the winter. He loves the sun; I love the snow. He craves the summer; I get giddy when the snow starts to fall. He comes alive when he can jump on his bike; I come alive when I can strap on my skis. You may ask how this marriage can possibly work... but I think we balance each other out nicely. And we both like both seasons/lifestyles... it's just that we each LOVE one more than the other.
Remember a few years ago...
...when I started talking about our Canada trip? Maybe I should finish what I started, eh?
This was my first time on a big ferry like the one we took to and from Victoria. I didn't fully comprehend until we go there that we were actually going to be driving our car onto a boat. But I finally caught on to the idea, and I loved it! It was so nice to feel the breeze as we traveled across the water.
I love boats! How did I never know this before? You become a river guide for a summer and it opens your eyes. I love boats! All boats! I love water! I've been land-locked my whole life without ever really taking advantages of all the nearby rivers.
Scott wanted to take pictures as we got on and off the ferry for our nephew Andrew. He thought Andrew would think it was really cool that we drove our car onto a boat. But I don't think the picture gives us the visual we were hoping for.
Charming faces, eh? I think we were going for, "How does it feel to be stuck in the cargo section of the ferry behind a gigantic truck full of a hundred cows?"
British Columbia is a lot more gorgeous than the inside of a ferry. Don't worry, we have much better pictures to show for our trip. I need to blog about Vancover and the Hannay family reunion... the waterfalls on the way to Whistler... the peak to peak at Whistler... Olympic Village... mountain biking at Whistler... Deep cove and our kayaking adventure... so much!
This was my first time on a big ferry like the one we took to and from Victoria. I didn't fully comprehend until we go there that we were actually going to be driving our car onto a boat. But I finally caught on to the idea, and I loved it! It was so nice to feel the breeze as we traveled across the water.
I love boats! How did I never know this before? You become a river guide for a summer and it opens your eyes. I love boats! All boats! I love water! I've been land-locked my whole life without ever really taking advantages of all the nearby rivers.
Scott wanted to take pictures as we got on and off the ferry for our nephew Andrew. He thought Andrew would think it was really cool that we drove our car onto a boat. But I don't think the picture gives us the visual we were hoping for.
Charming faces, eh? I think we were going for, "How does it feel to be stuck in the cargo section of the ferry behind a gigantic truck full of a hundred cows?"
British Columbia is a lot more gorgeous than the inside of a ferry. Don't worry, we have much better pictures to show for our trip. I need to blog about Vancover and the Hannay family reunion... the waterfalls on the way to Whistler... the peak to peak at Whistler... Olympic Village... mountain biking at Whistler... Deep cove and our kayaking adventure... so much!
As long as we're blogging...
Here are some pictures from our Young Women's cabin sleepover a couple weeks ago. I love these girls. Scott and I really do have the coolest callings in the ward. This was an "End of Summer" party as well as "We'll Miss Kim" party because Kim and Mike are moving for grad school in LA. We had a blast staying up way too late and eating way too much. I think we've got everyone here except our other Maddie.
Katy, one of the counselors, with Amy Jo. Amy Jo gives the best hugs, and we love having her around.
The lovely Maddie snacking on some midnight fondue.
Group hug around Kim!
Gena and Lexey. Lexey is Ben's sister (Ben is one of our Young Men in the cave pictures)
I think at this point we were all dancing to the Glee soundtrack... Kim's favorite.
Parley is our group crack up. She keeps us laughing hard all the time.
This is all of us doing our best Kim impersonation... wide open mouth... mid-laugh. In case you're wondering about my sudden hair change... it'll make sense in a few pictures.
As part of our going away surprise for Kim, we all put on this wig that looks like Kim's hair, and we did our best Kim impersonation or told her what we loved about her and what we'll miss the most. I like this wig. I'm considering a change. What if I wore a different colored wig every day of the week?
Parley may have won for the best Kim impersonation.
Elaine, our fearless president and owner of le wig.
Maddie. We love Maddie. I love playing the violin with this one.
Isabella is our newest beehive. It's been fun to see her break out of her shell in the past few months.
Gena may be the closest look-alike to Kim.
I love these girls and I've had so much fun with them over the last year and a half. They're really growing up... I can tell in the time that I've known them. We just had our Young Women's sacrament meeting where they all spoke and sang. I was so impressed with each of them and how well they did.
Katy, one of the counselors, with Amy Jo. Amy Jo gives the best hugs, and we love having her around.
The lovely Maddie snacking on some midnight fondue.
Group hug around Kim!
Gena and Lexey. Lexey is Ben's sister (Ben is one of our Young Men in the cave pictures)
I think at this point we were all dancing to the Glee soundtrack... Kim's favorite.
Parley is our group crack up. She keeps us laughing hard all the time.
This is all of us doing our best Kim impersonation... wide open mouth... mid-laugh. In case you're wondering about my sudden hair change... it'll make sense in a few pictures.
As part of our going away surprise for Kim, we all put on this wig that looks like Kim's hair, and we did our best Kim impersonation or told her what we loved about her and what we'll miss the most. I like this wig. I'm considering a change. What if I wore a different colored wig every day of the week?
Parley may have won for the best Kim impersonation.
Elaine, our fearless president and owner of le wig.
Maddie. We love Maddie. I love playing the violin with this one.
Isabella is our newest beehive. It's been fun to see her break out of her shell in the past few months.
Gena may be the closest look-alike to Kim.
I love these girls and I've had so much fun with them over the last year and a half. They're really growing up... I can tell in the time that I've known them. We just had our Young Women's sacrament meeting where they all spoke and sang. I was so impressed with each of them and how well they did.
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