The Turner Family

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Oregon Part 2

Let the parade begin!

Since Grandpa Scott is the chief we enjoyed the parade view from the police car while he passed out candy.

Lauren enjoyed riding up front and waving while my mom, Shannon and I roasted in the back of the police car.

It was a HOT day and being pregnant I highly recommend never riding back there as the seats are plastic and hard and there is no A/C but it was sure fun this day.

Thank you Grandpa Scott for an unforgetable parade experience!

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Trip to Oregon Part 1

Our trip to Oregon was jam packed full of family visits and friends. Here is a snapshot of our time in Oregon.

The girls with Aunt Shelly

Lauren, Aunt Shelly, and Grandpa Steve

Playing with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Steve

Latourell Falls, Columbia Gorge

Daniel and Shannon enjoying the view of the Gorge

A view of Women's Forum from the Scenic Lookout Pointe

A view from the Scenic Highway that takes you to Multnomah Falls

Downtown Troutdale after visiting Grandpa at his police station

Lunch with Grandma Lee and Grandpa Scott

Painting with Grandma Lee

The girls with Grandpa Scott

Lauren taking Shannon for a ride in Uncle Adam's new car

Saturday, July 4, 2009

4th of July Weekend

This year we joined our friends the Bellezas and Pavanos at Christian's parents house in La Selva Beach for their neighborhood 4th of July extroganza.

The town has an adorable parade that lets the kids participate so the kids decorated their bikes and off the kids and dads went while the mom's took pics and enjoyed the short parade.

After the parade the neighborhood party got started with a band, jump house for the kids and what else but a roasted pig (let's just say the girls were not thrilled the day before to see a dead pig show up in a cooler).

The manly men

Daniel with Christian's mom Marsha at the party

The Pavanos

Michelle, Christian's siter Nicki and I (and yes that is a root beer in my pregnant hand :)

The band did a great job entertaining the crowd

Lauren not even pausing for her drink from the jumpy house party

Lauren and Shannon only stopped for dinner and potty breaks. I had to pry them out at 8pm for a bath before the fireworks show which suprisingly they did stay awake for.

The Belleza family

Here is a picture of Daniel from our day at the beach. After a trip out on the body board w/ the guys he came back swollen and with hives and refused to let me take him to an ER so he took a little rest and worked it out....(I think he was stung by a jellyfish but we could not figure out where)

Shannon and Kaitie

The girls with Maddy
Thank you friends for another fun weekend at the beach!

Friday, June 26, 2009

Our 10 year Anniversary trip to Napa

Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday Daniel and I were meeting for the first time at Western Oregon University! Since I am pregnant and was pretty nauseated for the first part of my pregnancy and we would be in the middle of a move, we decided to take the celebration to a local spot. A fun perk with our new location is it's proximity to the Bay and Napa so for our anniversary we were able to use some free childcare credits provided by the base with our new duty move and enjoy a lovely Friday in Napa together.

Our trip began with lunch at a local favorite I found online called Gillwoods. It was mostly locals and boy was it yummy!

We went on a castle tour at the Castello di Amorosa and spend the entire afternoon exploring the grounds and doing a little wine tasting (and yes I am 4 months pregnant but Daniel was kind enough to finish off my glasses after I took a taste) :)

Vineyard View