To The Beat of Our Noisy Hearts

Thinking of Family

2010-04-15T10:32:00.000-07:00

Memories of good times...and stories of how someone lost a finger (almost!)

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Beautiful San Francisco

2009-12-22T19:32:00.000-08:00

Snapped a beautiful picture of the SF skyline on the way home from Palo Alto. I was stuck in traffic for 2 hours...

What a deal

2009-11-19T08:33:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't know, we love to go to thrift stores. Maybe a little too much! We're always looking for a great deal or something rare...we have had some really good luck so far! I went the other day and found a COMPLETE set of rose pattern china (do you know how hard it is to find a complete set???). Not to mention, it was the same pattern as my Grandmother's, which I never thought I'd see again! Truely, what a great find and only $19.99 for the whole set. So I thought I would share these gems.
Take care!

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Tomorrow can't be here soon enough

2009-11-10T13:16:00.001-08:00

Looking forward to a mid-week vacation day, thanks to our veterans! Remember the ones who have fought for our country!

♥ from us,

Where did the year go?

2009-11-03T09:40:00.001-08:00

Seriously, this year flew by and will go on record as the fastest year of our lives. I'm sure that record will be broken soon enough, but can you believe it is almost 2010??!! Hope everyone is doing well! We love and miss you all! Hope we can catch up soon...until then, here are some pictures of Marques: riding a Trikke in the store, pissing off the workers at Sport Chalet, LOL.

Love from us,

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Halloween is cancelled

2009-10-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Due to the unsuccessful attempts in the last few years to procure copius amounts of candy by Marques...we are cancelling our Halloween this year. It seems like people just don't participate like they used to! We are having a slight case of Germophobia too...trying to avoid the H1N1 at all costs. So we will be home on Saturday, October 31st, hunkered down with a big bowl of candy for Marques and watching a good movie. Sorry there will be no dogs dressed as Batman or Pirates this year! Marques 7th grade school pictures just arrived yesterday so we will be sending some out soon.
Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!

♥ from us,

August is here...already...

2009-08-01T20:39:00.001-07:00

The months have been flying by! August is here and that means: Marques is the big 1-2! Preteens! I thank my luck stars that we have a good kid. He may be a smart mouth sometimes, but i think he has the Chamberlain genes to thank for that one, LOL!

So much to do this month and so little time. We are planning on visiting Oregon again this month while we have a couple days off. We really have fallen in love with Oregon and look forward to visiting every chance we get! ♥ YOU ALL!

Cousins- Marques and Marissa

2009-07-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

We Left Our Hearts in Oregon

2009-07-15T14:38:00.001-07:00

Less than two weeks removed and we already miss everyone! Another 4th of July has come and gone. We are so thankful to have wonderful family to let us spend vacation with them during this time of the year. It is always a blast for us to come up and see everyone in Oregon! Here are some random pictures from our trip. We hope you enjoy them!
Nice pictures of the sky from Rick & April's backyard
Beautiful Mt. Shasta

Kevin & Keegan

Uncle John

Aunt Kay

Marques: trying to be patient until it's time for fireworks...

Grandma and Grandpa Chamberlain

Uncle Rick

Kevin & Keegan asleep before the fireworks started...

Cousins: Ryan and Jerry

The quilts were at the Prineville Quilt Show.

Ralo watching the sunset at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

Lava Lanes - Bend, OR.

Ron & Patty @ the canyon

Crooked River Canyon

Ralo and Mr. Grumbles enjoying the nice weather!

Beautiful view from the fishing spot.

Marques: fishing for the first time.

The following pictures were taken at the Crooked River Roundup Parade in Prineville.

Gearing Up for 4th of July Vacation!!!

2009-06-23T21:30:00.000-07:00

Vacation time is coming up soon! We look forward to visiting with all of the family in Oregon! So until we meet again, we will leave you with random pictures from us, just to show you what we have been up to...

Marques and Tim Lincecum from the San Francisco Giants

Me with my favorite band LIFEHOUSE: Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA

Marques and I at the Lifehouse concert in Berkeley

Alice's Summerthing-Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Keeping Up with Family and Friends

2009-06-20T17:53:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone!

Well, life just seems too busy to keep up these days...so we figured that this would be a great way for all of you to see just what we have been up to. Life seems to pass by so quickly; Before you know it, children have grown up, friends have gotten married or others have marked milestones in their life that you have missed! I hope that those of you who we haven't spoken to in awhile...well, you can hopefully appreciate the fact that we think of you often and would love to hear from you. Please feel free to comment on these postings. It is all done with good intentions!

-Miss you!

♥ from Jerry, Lara and Marques