Proud Godmomma

On January 10th David and I officially became Godparents to the beautiful Leila Grace! She is truly a joy and we feel so honored and blessed that Bryan and Becca would choose us to support their growing family.

Here are some photos of the day...isn't she darling!


The parents and Godparents

Godmomma, Leila and Godpoppa

Lei with her two mommas...the real one (Becca) and me :)

I'm Back

It has been a LONG time since my last post so I have quite a lot to catch up on...but I don't want to bore you so I will keep it brief!

The 2009-2010 Trail Blazers season started and has been keeping me quite busy. We have faced some player injuries but I am still proud of the team playing with such heart and pulling together to get some great wins.

David and I stayed very busy throughout the holiday season. Lots of great parties with family and friends throughout December. Then we spent some great family time with the Thompson's and Rice's to celebrate Christmas which was followed by a trip to Tucson to celebrate Christmas with my family.

Tucson was sunny and beautiful. We went to the Biosphere 2 and did some light hiking in Pima Canyon. But mostly we just spent a lot of time together!!

New Year's Eve was low key. We drank champagne and toasted the new year with some good friends. Our friend Matt then prepared his traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dinner on New Years Day and a fun group of new and old friends spent the night eating ourselves silly and then playing this fantastic yet crazy game called "Bite the Bag."

Because there is so much to catch up on, I thought I would just share with you a couple of my favorite photos from the season...enjoy and Cheers to 2010. I can tell it is going to be a fantastic year!!

Our tree

D and I

Our puppy...Duncan! (isn't he adorable)

My family on a hike

Probably one of the biggest saquaros I have ever seen. Isn't it gorgeous!

Michael playing with Lucy (my parent's dog)

The Cannoli Queen and Lobster Terminator for our Christmas Eve Dinner

Our newest Lobster Terminator

Cheers to Christmas 2009! (oyster shooters)

Matt preparing his delicious meal for New Years Day

WOW...YUM!

Everyone anticipating the feast

De-to-the-Poe Bay!

D and I were able to get away for the weekend to get some serious relaxation in before the Trail Blazers season officially started. We went to our favorite little spot at Depoe Bay. It was 70 degrees and sunny all weekend which is rare but much appreciated and we fully enjoyed the time to re-connect and spend some quality time together. I am so lucky to be married to my best friend!

Here are some photos from our trip...

The view from our room

Sunset view from our room

Our morning walk on the beach

This is Spammy (named after my Dad and Mom, Steve and Pam) because they love finding cool things on the beach. He was still alive so we saved him...

Some pretty pictures. It was so peaceful.

Me and my best friend!

Pumpkin Patch

I wanted to update this post because we carved our pumpkins and made delicious pumpkin seeds...I made my JaJa's (my grandpa) recipe and they were as delicious as I remembered them being as a kid.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Fall has arrived...spider webs, vibrant leaves, chilly weather, rain and of course, Pumpkins. So we went to the pumpkin patch as a family last Sunday and picked some beautiful pumkins to decorate for the season. Here are some photos of our excursion....

Can you find David? He's concentrating on finding the perfect pumpkin!


Found it!

Cause this is ladies night!!

We had ladies night on Friday and went to Lola's room for some 80's! Those of you Portlanders that haven't been, you must work Lola's Room 80's night into your schedule sometime soon.

Thank you to my ladies for a great night out!



"Oh Mickey, your so fine, your so fine you blow my mind...hey Mickey!"


Kristin and Erin keeping the "one earring" trend alive!


enough said!!

Run...Erin...Run

Bob (my wonderful Father-in-law) and I decided to run the Portland 5 miler together this year...well actually I have been promising I would run it with him for the past 4 years and have never gotten my act together in enough time to actually run. So 2009 was the year!!

We had a blast! Bob was so encouraging and Katie and Jesse were there to cheer us on as well. I would never have been able to do it without them. I had never run 5 miles before in my life so crossing the finish line was sure a big accomplishment for me.

Stats:
Bib: 20991
Name: ERIN THOMPSON
Gender: F
Age: 26
Hometown: PORTLAND, OR
Overall: 405 out of 921
Women: 188 out of 583
F 25-29: 25 out of 63
Age/Grade: 48.03%
Place: 436
Finish: 50:24
Pace: 10:05

Sake, Vino and Circus!

We had an absolutely wonderful weekend with great family and friends!

On Saturday, we went wine/sake tasting with our dear friends Jeremy and Sara. We started with a trip to the sake place and learned a ton on a tour. The process is pretty cool. Then we headed into Carlton to drink some fine pinot noirs and play some slingball. A day of drinking will sure make you hungry so we ended at Russell Street BBQ for some delicious ribs. It was a perfect day.

And on Sunday, we had a family outing at the Circus! It was awesome, we had our own suite and we definitely felt pretty big-time.

Enjoy the slideshow!