Wednesday, July 02, 2008

More from Assisi


Cielle and her beau Dario, resting on a ledge overlooking the Umbrian landscape...

Matt & I at a restaurant in Assisi...we would go to dinner at 7:30 and be the very first ones at the restaurant...

Cielle & Dario waiting to eat....

Teresa and I were so struck by the entry ways in Assisi...

Mateo loved chasing pigeons in the piazza, but he especially loved when Dario helped him feed the pigeons. Can we say shrieks of laughter abounded??

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Interruption on Italy


So some of you may know that I have a new job with the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department...I am currently on a 9 city in 12 day road show tour through Oregon on some feedback forums for our stakeholders. Matt & Mateo came on this leg which includes Bend, Medford, Roseburg & Eugene. Matt & Mateo got to play near Crater Lake today, while Mom worked in Medford...the pictures tell quite a story.

At the lake...

Dutifully pondering a small bug or something like that...

Daddy, I said NO MORE PICTURES!!!

More Italy photos this weekend we hope...but these were too good to pass up.

Hugs from The Roseburg Sleep Inn...Sarah & boys

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Assisi, Italy


Outside the Church of San Rufino in Assisi...we are so small next to buildings built so long ago...

This is a view from a piazza in Assisi...Umbria (the region just south of Tuscany) is so gorgeous...

Mateo and his love for small places found lots of places to squeeze into...

This was a castle up on the hill above Assisi surrounded by fog & clouds...

A view of Assisi from the south end (in the piazza of St. Clare)...

More later...I'm headed to bed now.

Hugs, Sarah

First Italy Pics


Mateo climbing out of the schnazy rental car we had for our 13 hour layover in Seattle...

We visited Tegan, who has cool statues in her neighborhood...

Not to mention a park...

About 40 hour later, we are sticking our feet in the ocean on the beach in Pisa, Italy

This is my friend Teresa Preston (from Book club) standing outside our hotel in Marina di Pisa.

More pictures coming...Sarah

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Cousins come to visit

There is new park equipment in Silverton, thanks to a ton of volunteers...including our friend Mandy Petrik who sits on the Parks Planning Commission...way to go!! Thanks for all your hard work!
For those who don't know, Dad is actively engaged in a park equipment install in St. Maries. You'd think he was excited about having a place for grandkids to play or something?!?

NeNe (Nathan) and Mateo on a slide together. My sister & John produce such handsome blonds!! And NeNe is all trouble...but certainly holds his own with the big boys.
I have never seen a kid smile as much as him!!

Lukas is such a ham...we had family pictures taken, mostly so we could get shots of the grandsons & Papa...all the boys wanted to do was run & play & roll on the hill. Yet, even then, Lukas can offer up a pose.

Mateo loves to laugh...this is a shot of him mid-action rolling down a hill. Another fun activity is tickle torture...where he voluntarily comes to mom or dad who tickle him until he is shrieking. When we stop, he says more please. It is quite fun and has us all full of giggles before long.

The Lamers boys were so much fun to play with. They were just the right age range to keep themselves entertained...and all three boys slept in Mateo's room. We weren't sure how it would be, but it worked great!

We love them and wish we lived closer together...and nearer to Papa. But until then, we hope it becomes a tradition to celebrate Mother's Day in Oregon, and Labor Day in Boise or St. Maries.

We love you...Sarah & Matt & Mateo