My friends Tirza and her kids (Mira, Annah and Weston) and Olivia joined us this afternoon.  I met Tirza and Olivia at Sisters Middle School in 1990.  And now, 20 years later, we are still very close and connected.  Love these girls!!

West is 5 months old.  The babies are comfy cozy on Tirza's lap!



Beautiful blue eyed boy.  And super happy too!

Mira and Annah have lots of practice being big sisters and took right to playing with and holding Elle.  I brought them a suitcase full of hand-me-down clothes from a friend.  They were very excited and quickly changed clothes to showcase their new clothes!

Elle fell asleep in our stroller and we headed to the elementary school around the corner to play.

Very sad. A sweet seven year old boy, Kyron Horman disappeared from school the day after Elle was born.  He lived with his family just outside of school.  Although there have been several leads (including his stepmother being a person of interest) there have been no signs of Kyron and he is feared dead. :(  Pray for Kyron to be returned home safe and sound.

Tirza Elizabeth and I

Chilling (in outfit #4 of the day) in the shade.

My little sis and her little enjoying a sunny (and hot!) afternoon.

Thank you so much for coming up today girls (and West!).  It was good to see you and spend some time together!  Who could have predicted where our lives would lead us today 20 years ago.  So blessed!

Ready to celebrate Elle Julianne!

Tomorrow is Dana's baby shower to celebrate Elle Julianne's Arrival.

My present for Elle was a Bed and Bath theme. I had a lot of fun shopping for some of my favorites to add to Elle's bookshelf. And bath time? You all know that I have a nightly bubble bath ritual.

New Years Day at The Rose Bowl ~ The Granddaddy of them all!

My beloved Oregon State University Beavers lost their invitation / bid to the Rose Bowl when the Ducks prevailed with a final score of 37-33 in last year's Civil War. BUT my brother-in-law Nick and parents are HUGE Duck fans and season ticket holders. They were able to score two tickets for Tommy and I. Being that I might not ever have the chance to go to a Rose Bowl game again (tickets are hard to come by and sold for over 3x face value) we jumped at the chance to spring for the tickets at face value and enjoy the Pasadena festivities!

Ready to rock and roll! We tailgated and mingled with all of the crazed OSU Bucks and U of O Ducks.

Buck fanatic!

Duck fanatic!

This photo is for all of my Memphis friends! Elvis is apparently a football fan too!

Today was the first time that I got to see my baby sister Dana's prego belly. She's due this June... and has the cutest (tiny) baby bump!

Tommy. me, Julie (Nick's mom), Nick, Dana, a family friend, and John (Nick's stepdad)

The girls.

Captain Sully Sullenberger served as the Grand Marshal. I admire how he became a hero when he was able to ditch the US Airways flight in the Hudson River last January. All 155 people on the plane were saved. Remarkable.

A salute to the men and women serving America throughout the world happened just before the kick off. A flyover of four F-18 jets was performed from Squadron from the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California.

Our seats were pretty sweet and we had a great view of the field.

OSU's marching band was excellent!

This made me smile.

The first sunset of 2010 was gorgeous. It was pretty breathtaking to see the beautiful hues dancing on the San Gabriel mountains.

The Bucks beat the Ducks. Which, although disappointing for all of the Oregon fans, meant that we got to leave during the last few minutes of the 4th quarter, speed walk on the golf course to my car and leave without having to sit in the notorious crazy gridlock traffic. And this made all of us happy.

Sonia's Bride-to-be Bridal Shower

Today Sonia's sister and mom hosted her bridal shower outside of Portland. It was great to meet many of Sonia's family and friends ~ many who will be joining in the festivities of their destination wedding in Maui this September!

Of course you know that I was downstairs playing with her little cousins. We were having gymnastics lessons and having a good old time while the women upstairs gabbed about the rainy Portland weather and the upcoming wedding in paradise.

These are Sonia's cousins and her baby nephew, Elias.

I love this classic pose of my mom. It's as if we're Italian with her hand gestures and expressions!

Sonia's mom cooked amazing Lebanese cuisine.

We're missing Janice and Julie... but here are 4:6 of the Hughie women!

With Sonia's sister Nicole and Mom.

Look at this amazing cake! It was inspired by the Shower invitation. Inside was chocolate and strawberries. What a great idea.

Pretty Sonia and the dessert table

Nicole, Maria, (who I've decided will be my date to the wedding!), Elias and Ashton. I asked Maria if she is excited for the wedding and she told me, "I'm get to go because Sonia is special to me." How sweet! What a beautiful family!

Sonia (and Ken) scored with a lot of gifts from their registry. Now they'll have to do some entertaining to put all of their china to use!

So happy for you, Sonia! Welcome to the family!