And here we go - Part 3...

Part 3 is a little more fun and a flashback of a more recent post.  I just recently posted about my Grandpa and the excellent fisherman he is; but unfortunately in that post I didn't have a single picture of him catching a fish.  But jump back 5 years and I have some good ones!

First off there is my dad!  Isn't he cute in his suspenders!  We Heck's are lacking a little in the back and sometimes a little extra is needed to keep the pants up... I'll trade suspenders for the alternative any day!

This is Grandpa's fish!  It was big enough they needed a net because it would have broke the fishing line!

Bringing it in.

Checking it out

Yep, Looks good!!!

And here we go - Part 1...

So first off, yes they still develop 35mm film, second even if its been 10 years the film still comes out OK; well maybe I can't say that for sure because my film is only 5 years old... ahhh good old 2005!!! Most of you needn't worry because well, they wasn't anything too embarrassing and really not a whole lot of interesting pictures.  But some good memories nonetheless; and most interesting because its spans activities over 2 states and 4 cities!.  So without further adieu, here are the findings on the camera!

We start our journey in one of my most favorite places EVER!  The Oregon Coast!  

Pretty sure this is from an Institute Choir Trip and this is the view from our Hotel Room.   Love, love, LOVE the Oregon Coast!

And LOVE Canon Beach!   Hello Goonie's Rock!

And just about the worst picture ever, taken at none other than Mo's.  I am pretty sure I can only make out like 3 people in this picture!!!

Stay tuned for parts 2, 3 and 4!!!

A fish story

This is my grandpa...

He's the best fisherman in Ontario... Just ask him!  

This is my Skeptic Husband Adam

He didn't quite believe me when I told him that when you go fishing with Grandpa your pretty much guaranteed to pull in at least a hundred fish.

Here is my Mom enjoying the BEAUTIFUL day

She was the first to catch a fish... on her first cast... before anyone else had gotten their poles in the water

This is my dad

He wont look at me. 

Oh but look!  He caught a fish!

Adam wouldn't smile while holding his catch

Could be whole slew of reasons why.. I'll let you decide.

Here my dad and I are both bringing one in!

Yep, thats the way its done!

And this is how much fish we had after about 10 minutes

Sorry its blurry!  Those darn fish don't like being out of the water!

I love this pole

Yep, I caught my fish with an Ugly Stick!

After a few hours we had enough and went home

Lovely hour long boat ride back out of Owhyee Resevoir

And our whole haul

I think Adam is a believer now!  We filled a whole ice chest, about 150 fish. 

And then the best fisherman in Ontario has to go to work cleaning em up

I am so glad that Adam got to go fishing with my Grandpa!  Thanks so much Grandpa for a fabulous day of fishing!  We love you!

Oregon Coast

Last week Adam and I spent the week on the Oregon Coast with my parents. It was a WONDERFUL getaway, and much needed! It was very relaxing and we had a great time. Here are some highlights:

We flew into Eugene and stayed the night there and had my parents pick us up on the way in the morning. Our room was of course very nice. Adam still has Diamond, or Platinum or whatever status with Hilton, so we almost always get upgraded. That night was no exception. They put us in a Suite on one of the floors that you have to use your key to get access to. I had no idea that these "special" floors have complimentary snacks at night and breakfast in the morning! Here's the view from the Hotel where you can see University of Oregon Stadium in the background. Adam had never been to Eugene, so in the morning we took a walk to the campus while we waited for my parents.

One of our activities was going to the Aquarium in Eugene. It was raining that morning so I didn't even try to get any pictures outside and most of the inside is too dark for pictures. However, Adam did find his way into the divers helmet! Scary!

We rented a beach house that was less than a quarter mile from the beach. We had a view from our house to the beach (I don't know why I never took a picture! Maybe it was because the view was partially blocked by the Casino! HAHA!). If you ever want to take a trip to the Oregon Coast, I highly recommend the beach houses. The price was great and we actually could have had several more people staying there. Ours was two stories, three bedrooms, hot tub, full kitchen and it also had a foosball table and air hockey in the garage. One of the great things was right out our back doors there were tons of blackberry bushes so one morning we picked a bunch and had blackberry pancakes with blackberry syrup. YUM!!!!

One of my favorite things (besides the beach of course) to do on the Oregon Coast is to go to the Tillamoock Cheese Factory! LOVE IT! You get samples of all sorts of cheeses, I think we had cheese curds, mozzarella, pepperjack, some jalapeno spread, horseradish something or other and my favorite, extra sharp white Cheddar. YUMM! And you can't go to the cheese factory without getting ice cream! Each of us got a sampler so we tried lots of flavors, I think my favorite of all time is Chocolate Peanut Butter, its soooo tasty! Here Adam and I play the farmer and the Cow.. I had to be the Cow since he is tall...

I love how the Oregon Coast is so different from the typical beaches people think of. Its so neat to be able to be on the beach on minute and in the forest the next. Our beach house attracted several woodland creatures. We came home from a walk on the beach one night and found these guys waiting for us:

But perhaps the most fun were these guys we found on our back porch one night. My mom kept saying how she wanted to see a raccoon, and sure enough they showed up!

It started with just one that my dad fed a bag of popcorn, he even tried to open the door and come in! He momentarily left but brought back 4 of his friends! We fed them our leftovers since we were leaving the next day... I am pretty sure we probably shouldn't have done that!
Hopefully the next guests at the house will enjoy them too.

On our way back from Tillamoock, Adam saw a sign for some waterfalls, so we followed the sign down a road, not knowing how far we would have to go or what we would see when we got there. Turns out it was worth it! We found these pretty falls, they weren't particularly large, but they were pretty and it was nice to get in a little hike.

My mom and I in the woods by the falls, turns out its the only good picture I have of my mom from the whole trip! And sadly all the ones of my dad are super blurry.

Do you think Adam would actually follow the directions of this sign?

NOPE

And of course we spend plenty of time doing this:

Enjoying the beach. This was the first night we arrived. It had rained on our drive up but stopped when we got there. I was so excited to have blue skies and nice weather. If you have ever been to the Oregon Coast, you know your lucky to get clear skies! But it didn't stop that night. The ENTIRE next day was clear. No clouds at all and highs in the 70's! There wasn't even any wind! I was able to go for a run on the beach in the morning which was awesome and we even had fun playing in the water.

This is a picture of my parents and Adam seeing if they could make it out to a rock before the tide came in... I think they eventually got there!

See that NO CLOUDS!!!! AMAZING!!!!

Thanks for a great trip Mom and Papa! We had a wonderful time!