Thanksgiving!

It has been a long time coming but it has taken me awhile to get the pictures I needed for my thanksgiving masterpiece. So many stories to tell but I will try to keep it brief. It all started with a 6 hour flight from Dulles to Portland. Maya was ticked and didn’t want to sleep on the plane, I think her feet were sore...don't know why. Once we landed, it was another 1 ½ to Cannon Beach from the airport. Dr. Dad and Val picked us up in the rental and we arrived home ready for bed! Since Maya didn’t feel like adjusting to the time change…4:00am came early for me. Luckily, I had a fresh pot of coffee next door thanks to my sis. This brings us to Thanksgiving Day. The family was cooking in 3 different houses…turkey in one, sides in the other and pies at my house. Since I was on baby duty and football was on…I didn’t make a thing. I was used more for carrying stuff and washing dishes. No worries here since I plan to do all the cooking for Christmas. On one of our visits to the stuffing house, we ran into some friendly bunnies! Anyways, the feast was grand. Cousins were passed out on the couch, uncle Mike was pouring wine and all was merry. The next morning came (at around 5:00am for Wendy and Maya) and it was time to look around. On our journey to the Ocean, which was our backyard) we spotted a herd of Elk running in the water. Wendy saw 2 crazies following the heard and stated that it was pretty nuts to get that close to a bunch of wild animals. Little did we know we were related to those crazies…oops. I also got some footage of my ma-in law trying to creep up on some pelicans. Too bad a helicopter decided to fly by at the same time. There was poop everywhere but I think Val was safe…luckily. On the final day, we took a walk to Haystack rock, the famous backdrop in one of the best movies of all time; The Goonies made in 1985. On the way home we did a little shopping. We purchased a painting for Maya's room, which is still a surprise for Wendy, since she let me pick it out. It will be our 3rd print from William Steidel and I am pretty psyched about it. It was a great holiday with lots of wine, art shops and family.