Atlanta & The Wedding

We are back from a wonderful weekend in Atlanta to celebrate my brother Walker and now sister in law Amy's wedding.  We all enjoyed being in a new city and our rental home, Tres Belle, worked perfectly for all of us to stay together and host rehearsal dinner.  Here are the highlights.

Our rental house even had a pool!  It was sunny and in the 70s most of the weekend, but still not warm enough to take a dip.

Couple shot before the rehearsal dinner

Breakfast on Saturday at the funky R. Thomas

Walker, his family and his groomsmen

Fast forward a few hours and they are now Mr. and Mrs. Walker Thompson at the gorgeous Peachtree Christian Church on Peachtree Street

My parents won the dance off for the couple married the longest ~ 41 years

I finally got to meet Miss Gabrielle!  She is a delightful and sweet girl.  It was also special to have an east coast wedding so I could see my cousin Jessica and Jeffrey.

Oh yes, the car was decorated, cans and all

Atlanta from the 28th floor Peachtree Club deck, the after party location (this was also on Peachtree Street)

The happy couple again

News flash:  They call that bump over there a mountain!

It was a memorable weekend with our family and we are so happy for the newlyweds.  Now Scott is in Geneva, Switzerland for work for the week and I am home getting back into the groove.  I will say I now really, really want to visit more of Georgia, especially Savannah.

Scott the Arborist

Over MLK weekend Scott decided to attempt to give me a heart attack by climbing up the tree and onto our garage to do some tree trimming in the backyard.  Thankfully he did not fall out and he did a pretty good job.  We still have a pile of branches in our back yard, but he found a special use for them a few weekends ago when we had a little visitor.

Scott standing on top of our garage

Just the beginning of the pile of branches

I wonder how many bags of yard debri it will take to get rid of this pile?

Uncle Scott made Logan a fort during his visit, perfect use of those branches.

Hood to Coast - The Movie

Have you heard of the 197 mile relay from Mt. Hood to the Oregon coast?  If you live in Oregon and are a runner, most likely you have participated since it began 30 years ago.  Scott has ran it four times and I walked the Portland to Coast relay once and I imagine we will be involved in the races again in the future.  Last night we attended the opening night of the Hood to Coast documentary with some friends and a full theater of Hood to Coast runners.  The movie follows four separate teams through their journey of preparing for the race to the finish line in Seaside.  Each team has a different reason for being in the race and of course there are some tear jerking moments (or at least for me there were).  Scott and I give this documentary two thumbs up!  Even if you are not a runner (like me) or have not participated in the race, go out and support this film made in Oregon, I don't think you will be disappointed.

Kalama Steelie

Big news at the Bulloch household this weekend, Scott caught a steelhead on the Kalama River!  I have a feeling our summer project will be prepping our garage to fit a new drift boat. 

Virtual Baby Shower

Last night a group of friends gathered to have a virtual baby shower for our friend Jesse via skype.  We were so twenty-first century and it was super cool.  We ate, we drank, we played games, we opened her gifts and showed them to her and most importantly, we got to see her baby bump.  Baby Foss anticipated arrival date is February 10th and we are looking forward to future skype dates to meet him or her!  Hugs and kisses to you Jesse from Oregon to Tokyo!

Sarah showing Jesse our table.  We ate bento in honor of Jesse being in Japan.

We wrote messages on diapers to send to Jesse for when the little one arrives.

Lots of laughs were shared and it was almost like we were all in the same room.

Laurelhurst Market

Mouth watering brisket, house made mozzarella, steak and greens, fingerling potatoes and house made chocolate sorbet all made it our best anniversary meal yet!  Totally worth the hype.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  We spent the holiday weekend in Manzanita, OR with friends at a beach house and enjoyed watching football, eating, watching the kiddos, eating, playing board games, eating and very short walk on the beach followed by more eating.  Needless to say we plan to start getting our bootys in shape in 2011.  (Isn't that how we always start the new year?)

Our board games for the weekend.  I learned I am very literal when playing Apples to Apples and the Deckers are very heated when playing Cranium!

It did not rain once while we were on the coast, but it was very chilly!

Rosie loves her sticks during walks on the beach.  No, we didn't get a dog, we just borrowed her for a walk.

Tia, Lily and Andrew Over, dear friends of ours

We enjoyed dinner in Cannon Beach one night.  Oyster shooters and fish and chips were the favorites.

As we left the coast, we just had to pick up some crab to bring home with us.  Scott's absolute favorite dish is crab.

We will you all joy and happiness in 2011!

Happy Anniversary

To my Love, who makes every day more special, Happy Anniversary.