Ridiculous

This is not what a dog does.  He stared at the squirrel on the right hand side of the photo for several minutes.  Weirdo.

Movember

Yep, the Doust grew a beard for the manly month of November.  In Portland, beards are very common.  When in Rome right??

Life Is Good

Happy November!  I can't believe it's turkey day time actually.... crazy.  Sometimes we feel like we just moved to this cool city, and other times, it comes so naturally that we don't even realize we've only been here five months already.

I have many posts to share, many photos and stories.  We are busy little bee's, with Eric travelling a ton for work, with me selling digital advertising (not enough hours in the day to devote to that actually), and with Sully being Sully.  We also are getting to the final details of our wedding targeted in June in Mexico.  Hopefully we have that sign sealed and delivered this week!  Whee!!

An Oregon Vineyard

Golf

I don't even remember when this was...August.  Anyhow we went out on a Sunday to watch the final round of a LPGA tournament with the Ropp fam.  It was interesting because I've seen a professional men's golf event in Chicago with Tigger, several seniors tourneys, but never a ladies tournament.  The chicks can bomb shots.  And I also know that the men folk like to watch these chicks.... these aren't the old school golf gals, these are full on golf donkeys.  I was dying laughing at one, who easily could have been posing for a Maxium shoot.  But I got yelled at by a tour official for taking photos, so I had to put the camera away.  Meanwhile cameras around me were snapping away left and right.  Meanies.  So we retreated to the fancy stands above the 18th green to have a cocktail and a seat in the shade.  Much better.

Annual Upstate NY July Trip

The always pretty Upstate sunsets and birds.... we caught our airplane bird from Portland the third week of July and spent 5 days hanging with the Doust clan.  Since we're so flipping far away now, Sully did not get to go.  He was spoiled though.  And future S.I.L. Julie and niece Makayla didn't get to make it either, and they were missed.

The best men brothers...honoring Ellen Doust

CAKE!!





Scott and Cindy

Pa John Doust



Barry and Suzanne



Pa and the grandkids



Mr Bagpiper at the golf tourney.  It was so hot out, he must have been dying.....