Multnomah Falls

For one of the family activities during the family reunion, we went to the Multnomah Lodge and had breakfast, and then we went on the 6 mile Wahkeenah loop hike. It was raining a bit, but I preferred that to it being hot. These are only half of the pictures, and I know it is a lot, but it was just such a beautiful hike that I wanted to share as much of it as possible : )

The upper half of Multnomah Falls (unfortunately, my camera could not get the whole waterfall in one picture)

The lower half (I like this half better)

Casey and I in a crevice in the wallJust hanging around

The top of Multnomah Falls

Everyone together for a little bit. We ended up finishing in small groups because we all liked to go different speeds.

I thought this plant was cool. It looks like the stem is threaded throught he leaves.

Raindrops are so pretty

Everywhere you looked there were gorgeous trees towering over us

Casey like how the water was running over the mossy log

Wahkeenah Falls

We got done about 30 minutes before everyone else, so this is Casey waiting. Casey held Adalei for the last half of the hike, but she was a little tuckered out and a mile and a half before we finished she fell asleep and was out like a rock for the rest of the hike.

Casey laid her on this huge window ledge while he went to the bathroom (of course I was watching her) and it made for a neat looking picture.

Nate's Graduation

One of the big events during the Tanner family reunion was that Casey's brother, Nate, graduated from the Oregon Health and Science University on June 8 and will now be working at Gentle Dental in Gresham, OR. Most of the day was centered around Nate and what he wanted to do since it was his big day. After graduation there was a luncheon at the school, then we went to the Portland temple, and then we had dinner at one of Nate's favorite places, Sweet Tomatoes. After dinner we went and played mini golf as a family. Congratulations to Ashley for beating us all! It was really close though, every single score was only one away from the next person. It was a great day and we are all so proud of Nate and his great accomplishment!

Nate receiving an award after being hooded

The Portland Temple
Adalei on the way to play mini golf

Casey sharing Ashley's iPod with Adalei

Seattle...Take 2

Last summer while we were in Portland for Casey's internship, we took a trip to Seattle, went to a bunch of famous sights, and had dinner at the Space Needle. While we were there the air conditioning was out and it was HOT, so Casey called and they gave us a gift certificate to go back, so while we were up in Portland again for Nate's Graduation we went and used it with Casey's mom. The food wasn't as good as the first time, but it is always fun to visit the Space Needle, and this time it was during the day, so it was a little different. The best part was that we went over the gift certificate amount by $50, but they gave us the whole meal FREE anyways. Free food is always better : )

Pictures from the top

Sky City Orbit Sunday. They put the dish on top of a bowl of dry ice. We got this and chocolate cake for dessert.

The bubbles that the dry ice was making.

When we were in Canada last summer they had all these bear statues for a contest. Now they are doing pigs, so I had to take a picture with it to go in our collection : )

These stone balls surround the space needle and I thought the picture was cool looking.

"It's My Birfday"

Casey had his 25th birthday yesterday, but we started celebrating on Saturday by watching baseball at Chris' then playing mini-golf at Boondocks in Draper with Chris, Amanda, Ryan, and Kerstin. It is one of the nicer fun centers. Then we had dinner at Costa Vida (one of Casey's favorite places to go). On Sunday, I woke him up pretty early to give him breakfast in bed and open his presents. You'll notice that they are wrapped in plastic bags because that was Casey's request and "it's his birfday." After church, we had Ryan, Kerstin, Chris, Amanda, and Kevin over for dinner. We had Alice Springs Chicken, salad with homemade honey mustard dressing, and garlic mashed potatoes. Then a chocolate cake with strawberries and vanilla ice cream for dessert. Since it was Sunday, it was a day filled with food and friends. After dinner we played Scene It and then the boys played a little Halo. It was a good day. (The reason I have "It's my birfday" in quotation marks is because that was Casey's response after any request given throughout the day :) )

Opening presents: First Knight

His half-awake surprised face (I actually made him reopen his presents because he kept giving me goofy faces)
The new Killers CD

His Birthday Cake

Blowing out the candles. Whenever Chris isn't in his chair, there is a good chance Casey is, and he also wanted to see how far away he could be and still blow out the candles. He only blew out the "2" from this distance.

Yellowstone

For Memorial Weekend, we went with Chris and Amanda to Amanda's cabin in Ashton (an hour from Idaho Falls where she is from). Yellowstone happens to be about 40 minutes away from the cabin, so we went and explored for two days. It was my first time, so it was pretty exciting. There is so much to see and we pretty much saw everything except a moose. We saw 4 black bears, elk, bison, bald eagles, osprey, Mule deer, American white pelicans, and trumpeter swans. Not to mention there is also geyser after geyser too see, a lot of waterfalls, and rivers. It is so beautiful there and the weather couldn't have been better. We also saw "Pirates 3" on opening day in Idaho Falls and the play "Footloose" at the Playmill in West Yellowstone on Saturday thanks to Amanda's mom. I absolutely LOVED Pirates. It was one of the best memorial weekends I've ever had. These are some of my favorite pictures.

A Bison.
Fountain Paint Pots
Old Faithful
There was a breeze that pushed the steam back enough to see the pretty blue water.

Casey standing in the steam. I think he looks like a ghost.

A picture on one of the boards warning you not to stand on the geysers...

...and our representation of the same picture. Directed by Chris and taken by Amanda : )

In '86 there was a fire in Yellowstone, so you would often see patches of these bare trees.

Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Lower Falls

Rainbow on Upper Falls

Dragon's Mouth Geyser

A slideshow of some more pictures

"Oh sweet mercy! A lime green hatchback. It's a thing of beauty!"

I pass this car every day when I go and take Casey lunch and had to share it with those that had seen the commercial. It starts with a guy on his computer uploading a picture of a lime green hatchback and his wife comes up and says, "Honey, who is going to want your lime green hatchback." Then the shot changes to another guy wearing lime green clothing, in a room completely decked out with lime green everything, looking at the picture of the lime green hatchback, and he says, "Oh sweet mercy! A lime green hatchback. It's a thing of beauty." It is one of the funniest commercials. I tried to find a clip of it online, but with no luck, so you will have to go with my description, which might just make you think, "I guess you had to be there." : )