WELCOME FAMILY & FRIENDS

To our friends and family that live afar......I thought this would be the best way to keep all of you included in our lives, so that you can see how Portland is treating us and to witness our children grow. We have been in Portland almost 7 years now and have enjoyed it so. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to view our blog, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy capturing these memorable moments.

Cheers - Ryan, Emilia, Nolan, Mila & Anya

Monday, November 2, 2009

Happy Halloween

These are a little out of order, but we had a couple of days of dress-up. As you can see the kids loved having the opportunity to wear their costumes to school, to the store, and on Halloween. Nolan and Mila had Harvest Festival's that were so much fun. Halloween day we ended up driving over to the NE side to trick or treat in our old neighborhood with our friends Ellie and Tessa. It was great fun, and the weather was perfect, a whopping 60 degrees. Everyone in the NE neighborhood takes Halloween very seriously so the kids had tons of fun with all the decorations.... little Anya did not dress up as she was nice and toasty in her car seat...and was asleep for most of the photo taking opportunities. Next year we will get her back in the groove. We hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. Is it Turkey day already...Anya turns 4 months in a couple of weeks.....





Mommy's attempt to paint a butterfly...this only lasted one day...she didn't want anything to do with face painting after this experience...and it was painful...on my end that is....

I attended Mila's Harvest Festival, so decided to take a photo with the scare crow that you can barely see..

Nolan was a GreenBay Packer and Mila a Butterfly.....