Pretty in Pink Photo Shoot

Before Christmas, Lizzy (Clark's girlfriend) called me to ask if I would take some photos of her in a vintage dress she had purchased that Clark really liked.  The photos were to be part of his Christmas present. 

Of course I said yes so the Tuesday before Christmas we met up at Saint Cupcake in NW Portland.  I thought Saint Cupcake would be the perfect location for the photo shoot because of the fun pink decor and the fact that Lizzy loves cupcakes and is wonderful baker.

The people at the bakery were great and let me climb on chairs and move the furniture around.  After the bakery we walked up the street to a Jewish Synagogue and took a few pictures there too. 

I thought the pictures turned out pretty good for an amateur.

The Case of the Missing Umbrellas

On Tuesday, Cali's good friend Kat got married.  Cali was one of the bridesmaids.

When you get married in Oregon in December you have to be prepared for rain - lots of rain.  It poured all day, the day of the wedding.

A few weeks before the wedding they decided they better order umbrellas - good thinking!  Unfortunately the umbrellas weren't scheduled to arrive until the day of the wedding but they were confident they would arrive in the morning before the afternoon ceremony at 2:00 p.m.

Well, by noon they still hadn't arrived but Cali went into action.  She contacted her old boss at the UPS store to see if he knew what driver would deliver to Cat's house - he didn't, it wasn't in his area but he suggested we contact the UPS store on 185th.  Cali did that but the man there was not helpful.

Being a resourceful girl she called UPS directly and got them to text the driver and find out where he was.  Cali and Tessa then drove to the driver who happened to be at the Rock Creek Country Club.  Mission accomplished when the UPS driver nicely handed over the box of umbrellas - with only an hour left until the ceremony.

Cali and orange umbrellas were there to meet the bride and groom when they exited the temple!.  They added such a fun touch to the photos and helped keep everyone dry!

 Tessa was the official umbrella holder for the photographer.  She was a good sport.  She even went with them down to the Pearl for more photos after the ones at the Temple. 

Christmas Day

After opening presents we enjoyed a breakfast of hot, fresh cinnamon rolls, hot chocolate and breakfast pizza.  We didn't eat breakfast to almost noon.  The kids spent the day lounging, watching movies and enjoying some of their new gifts.  I of course, was in the kitchen!

Lizzy came over to join us for Christmas dinner which included prime rib, mashed potatoes, fresh green beans, spinach salad, homemade rolls, jello salad and ice cream pie for dinner.  We have now confirmed that Cali is allergic to red meat - unfortunately she didn't enjoy the prime rib!

After dinner we posed for a few family photos.