A Horse....

Anna

Kelly's Brighton Marina

We were on our way up the Oregon Coast... we were setting our trailer up and taking it down everyday.. rolling into campgrounds with no reservation's... What an awesome road trip and our boys were so good... We made it to the top of Oregon, Seaside to be exact and we did not realize it was Friday.. we started calling everywhere my google would find us.. nothing, no sites available anywhere.. our only little bump in our trip... the boys were hungry and I was starting to panic... then I found this place, I called them and the nicest lady answered the phone and said they could fit us... We were so pumped.. We had to backtrack and hour down the coast and we pulled into Kelly's Brighton Marina.. It is in Rockaway Beach, Oregon and it was incredible.. We stayed two nights, knowing we probably would not get anything else. Everyone was incredibly friendly and we got to meet some incredible people... we did not crab fish because we would not have been able to eat with Damian's seafood allergy and the boys have not tried it yet but these really nice ladies shared theirs with me and is was delish.. Our camping neighbor was this man named Jerry and the boys just loved him.. he was traveling the coast living and working from his van and just visited his daughter whom we met when we made it to Seattle...Starbucks Pike Place... to be exact. I tried to photograph every detail and we cannot wait to go back.. and can go on and on so here are some of my photos and if you ever get the chance you should go there.. oh and the man with the crab hat is one of the owners... so awesome and welcoming..

http://www.kellysbrightonmarina.com

Beautiful

I had a wonderful time with this family and you could see the joy and excitement for their new arrival... what a beautiful family...

I made this...

A few weeks ago I learned how to make pies... all by myself... I got my Mom's pie crust recipe over the phone and whipped up 3 pumpkin, 1 apple and 1 cherry pie... they was delish...

My Friend

Is there for me when I need to laugh, cry, complain, vent and just chat... Thank you Leah, I am grateful for you..

Edmonton Alberta Canada Fall...

In honor of Nanny's, Grandma's, Baba's, Granny's...

I just cannot get enough of this family that I photographed.. we had a great time together and they were all pretty happy about having there Photos taken...

After being with my Nanny just after she passed away and still being able to feel the warmth of her body... I was standing there thinking to myself.. if it was not for this life of this woman, all of us standing around her thanking her for all the little things and life lessons she gave us, we would not be here...

We spend time with are families and forget were we come from and how we are connected... just from the life of someone else..now my Nanny is gone but she leaves me with the contentness of her love, kindness, creativity... and so many things that I will learn from her life as I live mine...

Here is another Grandma and Mom that I am sure does the same thing for her family...

My Dearest Nanny

Mary Katherine Kuchar
August 12, 1932 - October 8, 2011

Nanny, you gave us Life & taught us to Love

To my Nanny..

I am so very grateful to you... I loved you very much and know that you loved me.. I am grateful for all that you have taught me and how you loved me...

I look at how incredible you were and I am inspired by you..

I know you are an angel now dancing in the heavens...