Dinner at Taylor's

Thanks to Taylor & Alana for a wonderful dinner!

We had such a nice time at dinner with Taylor and his girlfriend Alana. They had appetizers out when we arrived, the table was beautiful and the food was excellent. They really impressed us!

Taylor fried up some catfish, scalloped potatoes, & Veggies. Alana made some Halloween cupcakes for dessert too!

Oh, and I can't forget to mention my new "Grand Kitty".
Taylor adopted a 3 month old kitten named Kayce. She is a sweetie!

Thanks for dinner guys! We had a fun time with you!

Happy Birthday Stacy!

Happy 35th to my sister Stacy Nicol ~

After rushing around with all of the homecoming pictures, we ended out night over at our friends Chawna's house to celebrate my sister Stacy's birthday! Stacy has a great group of friends that she has had since she was little. Even though everyone is all grown up and raising their families, they all still managed to stay in touch. Almost all of the girls were together to celebrate Stacy's birthday! They came from Seattle and Bend for their friend.
It was so great to see everyone again.

After Chawna's we went to Malone's Cafe to hang out with everyone. These girls sure now how to have fun! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

Steph, Stacy, Christine, Chawna, Kelle & Crissy (and this is only 1/2 of the group)

Stacy and Kelle - BFF

Stacy has a new haircut. She donated 10" of her hair to Locks of Love a couple of days ago. This is an organization that makes wigs for children with cancer or other disorders in which children might lose their hair. Stacy's hair is absolutely darling! She is such a "do-gooder" and I'm very proud that she is my sister!
I love you Stacy! Happy Birthday!

Homecoming - Round 2 with Matt & Allie

Homecoming 2008 - Alex & Alex

Allie and Alex looked amazing all dressed in blue. Alex came home from college to go to the homecoming with Allie. They went to dinner at Chang's Mongolian Grill.
Allie said that they had a wonderful time!

Awww..What a cute couple!


Kaela, Courtney, Allie & Matt!


**After taking pictures of Allie and Alex we rushed off to
Matt's girlfriend's house to take pictures.**

Homecoming 2008 - Matt & Carlie

Matthew and Carlie looked stunning all dressed in red and black. They were going with a group of kids to Chevy's for dinner and then off to dance the night away.

Matthew's homecoming group

Father / Daughter Dance

Bill's final Father / Daughter Dance with the

dance team....*TEAR*

So, I believe that I warned everyone that as the dance team events started happening this year, we were going to be a big pile of mush as we are realizing that this is our last year with Allie and the dance team. Bill danced the Father / Daughter dance with Allie on Friday night at the Westview Homecoming game. The theme of the dance was "Born to be Wild". It was a great dance. They all dressed up like rebel bikers and hit the football field at half time. Allie and Bill were right in front.

Bill is still trying to get the tattoo off of his arm...ha ha


Allie, Lauren & Kerren....BAD TO THE BONE
Wait...They're too pretty to be bad :o)


I just love this picture of Matthew and the school mascot....The Wildcat!

Thanks for coming to the game with us Courtney! It was a fun night!

Homecoming - Round 1 with Jalen & Courtney

Jalen & Courtney's Homecoming 2008

Jalen & Courtney had their homecoming dance last night. Bill and I went over to their friends' house to take a few pictures! Aunt Stacy did the girls' hair and makeup for the dance and they looked STUNNING!

Courtney and her date Billy

Jalen and her date Trevor

The group!

Powder Puff 2008

Jalen & Courtney's Powder Puff Football Game

Bill and I got all bundled up tonight and headed out to the girls' powder puff game. There were 4 teams. The juniors played the freshmen and the seniors played the sophomores. Jalen & Courtney are sophomores and their team lost to the senior girls. Then the sophomores played the juniors and they won by a final touchdown....scored by COURTNEY!

It was a good game...

GREAT DEFENSE!

What a fun night!

Before the game, the girls had a good huddle with their big brother Taylor! Oh, and all the girls had #11 on their shirts because that is the year they will graduate. It made it really hard to follow the girls out on the field! We were just rooting for #11...!!!!

Birthday Dinner - Round 2

Happy Birthday to us (again)

What a fun weekend! We had a great family dinner at my in-laws house last night. Earlier that day, Kelle surprised us with a great birthday present. I came downstairs to find this....

There is a cute little Beta fish in the bowl named "Sally Banana".
Kacey Lee helped us name her. Thanks Kelle for the fabulous present!

Our family....minus Taylor :o(
Taylor is in Indiana visiting some friends, but it sure was great to have 5 out of 6 kids there!

Mommy & her girls

Grammy made 3 different kinds of soup, a great salad and some rolls. It was a wonderful dinner. The kids all had a great time dining together.

Stacy, Angie & Kelle

Birthday Dinner - Round 1

Happy Birthday to us!

Bill and I are very lucky that our birthdays are only 6 days apart. Same year even...Bill is only 6 days older than me. We love that we always get to celebrate our birthdays together! Last Saturday we had a family dinner at the Joe's Crab Shack. Mom and Scott took us out with Stacy & Kelle too.

The 6 of us always have so much together!

Bill and I shared the "Bucket for 2". It was really good. We got all ready in our bibs and got the crab crackers ready. We had roasted red potatoes, corn on the cob, snow crab, dungenous crab, and Italian Sausage. What a great meal!

Thanks for a great dinner Mom & Papa!




After dinner, we all went to the Portland City Grill for a Spanish Coffee. This restaurant is on the 30th floor of the US Bank Tower in Downtown Portland. The view was incredible.



Enjoying our Spanish Coffee

Joey & Chandler

"FRIENDS"

Here is a great picture of our dog Joey and our kitty Chandler.They are such good "friends", however today Chandler was totally sticking his tongue out at Joey.

Alex's boyfriend is off to college

Boy Alex is off to college

We have come to affectionately call Alex's boyfriend, "Boy Alex". So now we have "Boy Alex" and "Our Alex" aka Allie. Anyway, he is leaving for college tomorrow morning. He will be going to Southern Oregon State University for 1 year. This change is going to be really hard for Allie. She is really going to miss him. His college is about 5 hours away....quite the road trip if she wants to go visit him. Anyway, they have vowed to stay together. Alex will be coming home for all of Allie's special events including Homecoming, Holidays, Allie's birthday, Prom etc...

After Allie graduates in June, they are both planning to go to Oregon State University together next fall. Allie wants to be an elementary school teacher. I really hope that these two can work it out and stay together. I know that the odds are not there, but their determination is......

Good luck "Boy Alex"!

We wish you a fun-filled year at college!

See you soon!

Here are a couple pictures of Alex and Alex

Tyler's Football Game

Go Skyhawks!
I would like to introduce you to Tyler Michael Mr. Johnson Mr. Butthead!

My nephew has got to be the cutest thing on this planet!!! By the way, that introduction is what he used to call himself when he was like 5 or 6 years old and it just kinda stuck. Now all the kids call him that!

We went to Tyler's game last weekend and they beat Westview! I know...It's hard for me to vote against Westview, but for Tyler...I'll do it! Tyler did really well and had a great pass! A great "complete" pass. The ref needed some new glasses...thats for sure!!

We are so proud of you Tyler! Way to go sweetheart! Auntie and Uncle Billy love you very much!

Nonna Emilia's Dinner

NONNA EMILIA'S

We went out to dinner last week with the kids. We went to Nonna Emilia's which is this great little Italian place in Aloha. They have a very authentic atmosphere and this guy that goes around and plays the acordian. My favorite song that he sings is "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins. What a fun night that we had together!

Our 2nd favorite song that he did was the "Chicken Dance". I just love this picture of Allie and Kaela doing the chicken dance. Too funny!

The portions at this restaurant are simply amazing! Matthew got a Calzone and his face was just priceless when they brought it to the table! 1 week later, over half of it is still sitting in our fridge. ha ha

Bill and Angie

Matthew

I came across a great picture of Matthew! Check this out ~

Matthew is heading off to New Mexico on September 25th for a Cross County Meet. No, he doesn't have to run there....ha ha....

He is taking a flight with a bunch of other kids from his Cross County team. His foot injury is doing much better. He has been doing some aqua therapy with the Westview trainers to get him ready for New Mexico.

First Cross Country Meet of the Year

Matthew's XC Meet

Matthew had his first cross country meet today against Jesuit. Matthew woke up so excited to beat Jesuit. He was even singing this morning about how they were going to crush them! Matt ran the 5K today. Basically they run 3 times around the course which is approximately a mile each lap. Matthew was off to a great start! We watched him come around after the first lap and he was looking good. As we started to look for Matthew to come around the 2nd lap,

we noticed something strange.....

"Ummm, WHERE'S MATTHEW?"

Bill and I were rushing around the field trying to find out what happened to him! We were starting to get pretty worried.

It turns out that when Matthew was running through the "wet lands",

he lost his footing and rolled his ankle.

One of the trainers came out to get him and said that he will be OK.

He needs to keep ice on it tonight.

Matthew was SO disappointed that he couldn't finish the race. He had been looking forward to this race all week. And for this to happen during the first race was really frustrating for him.

Luckily, he has the whole season ahead of him. We're just glad that he is going to be OK.

What a scare!

Before the race.....

The lap before the injury.....

September Sun and Tacos!

Pool Time

We had a great time at the pool on Sunday. Mom and Scott came over to hang out with us.
I can't believe that this summer is going by so fast!
It was a great day!


Here is a picture of Bill and Allie in the pool

What a cute picture of the "Love Birds"....AWWWW

After the pool, I made some yummy tacos.
I just love this picture of 4 out of the 6 kids.
We missed you Jalen & Courtney!