Aloha Saturday!

Today Mark and I helped out at the Aloha Intel picnic.  My bestest friend Kathy was 'the grand pubah' of the picnic, so we were more than happy to help out.  Look at the view of the water from our picnic area in Oaks Park.  What a great day for a picnic!

Mark and Victor talk, as we wait for folks to arrive.

While waiting Charlie and I went to the ride area to check out what rides she is tall enough for (the rides didn't open for another half hour at this time, so we were being pro-active).

She stood very still to ensure she was tall enough.  Sucess!!

Well, she wasn't tall enough for this ride.  I liked the fact they had the chair there and you had to show you could get up and down from the ride all by yourself.  Nice way to check!

The putt-putt golf area was very nice.  Loved the waterfall.

Here I'm teling Mark what to do (just like at home: I'm so bossy!), while Rosemary just laughs.

Here Charlie joins us.

Yeah!  Here Kathy joins us!

Charlie wanted to show me her funny face.  I liked it, don't you?

What wonderful friends I have: thank you Intel for bringing such great people into my life.

Astoria bound.

After Camp 18 we headed into Astoria.

Everytime I see seagulls I think about the movie Nemo and all the seagulls yelling, 'mine! mine! mine!'

We went to the Maritime Museum and one of the options is going onboard the Columbia.

Mark loved it.  He was in his element.

No thanks.  Wouldn't be my cup of tea to wear this.....

Had to love the way they displayed the wet suits.

It was a lovelyday at the coast.  We took Rachel here years ago and had our picture taken here.  Good memories.

We went into the Columbia.  It was pretty tight quarters.

Don't you wish YOU had this classy TV?  I bet you do!

I did like the view out the window.  Porthole?  Whatever.  Like I know what I'm talking about.

Mark relaxes.

What are you looking at here?  A very happy Dad getting a call from Cari to wish him a Happy Birthday, and he got an ice cream cone.

Good birthday stuff!

Relaxing in Astoria is an art.

And we got to see a wedding party.  The gals in the museum gift shop said this happens a lot:  Nice background for pictures.

Adventures at the Oregon Coast

Mark and I decided to take a drive to the coast last weekend.  We hit the road and headed on our to Astoria.

We stopped for breakfast at Camp 18.  Great place, all about logging and great good.

I made a friend.

Hmmm....coffee.

They have a game on each table for folks to work out while waiting for food.  Mark did much better at it than me.  Sigh.

Mark made a friend.  When he was little Steven used to get a real kick out of this guy.  And they were about the same height at the time!

Wow, Mark is making friends right and left.

They had something new: a museum honoring loggers who were lost on the job.  Very nicely done.

So glad we stopped and checked it all out.

Gotta love the web for finds like this!

Our theme for ACS Relay For Life of Hillsboro is 'Saving the World One Cure at at Time'.  I found this shirt online from the Seattle Relay.  How cool is this?  We need to look into getting something similar for our Relay.  Wow!

Hey, a picture I like!

My friend Dean took this picutre. Wow, a picture of myself I like.  Do wonders never cease, LOL!

Relay is filled with moments like this.

I love this picture of Charlie hugging Rosemary.  They are such special friends.  I realized that I didn't have many, if not just a couple, pictures of Charlie.  I realized that it's because we were busy being friends while we were together.  We made ice tea for the Survivors Celebration.  We checked out all the fun things to do while hanging out at Relay.  We put on blinky hats to wear at night (and we looked great!).  We talked about Charlie's dream.  We just enjoyed being friends.

Flat Gordy was everywhere at Relay. Here he's with one of my favorite Relayers.  We've agreed that even if he's from Aloha Football, and I'm from Tigard Football, we're still friends.  And this year Tigard plays Aloha, so he said he hopes we'll still be friends after they beat us. 

And yes, win or lose, he's my friend.  Football is all about the kids, and I like him because he realizes that.

Loving the paper umbrella.  I need one of them.  She set the standard for styling.

My friend Dean works at Intel for me, and a while ago Intel used a cut out picture of Dean to promote volunteerism.  Dean got to keep it, and so now he used it to promote Relay.  I call him 'mini dean', and he made many firends.  Here Mark shares a special moment with mini dean.

'Real' Dean had to make sure mini dean would stand up straight.  Thank goodness mini dean has a friend in need.

Dana and flat Gordy hang out with mini dean. Dana has a knack of making friends everywhere she goes!!

Miss Washington County couldn't resist mini dean's charms.  He's a ladies man as well I gather.

Karissa and mini jacob hung out for a while, but it was a relationship that didn't have a future, so we went on our way.

Jeanie and Viv were walking the track, and can you guess who didn't want their picture taken?  You only get one guess!

We had a challenge for Relayers to raise 212 dollars (2012...get it?), and it was a success!!  This young lady raised 500 dollars by working hard, one of the fundraisers she did was selling pens made out of duct tape.  I have one myself and I really like it.  She's on our team and we're very proud of her!!

Here Jeanie, our fearless leader, holds the celebration of the 212 club.  I'm so happy to be a memeber.

This is one of my favorite pictures I took at Relay.  Look at that smile!  Oh Kathy, what would I do without you as my friend?

Our team is the 'wee bees for a cure', and this little fellow goes with whoever is walking the track for our team.  Here he and I enjoy the lovely sunshine. Yeah for sunshine and a lovely blue sky in Oregon!!

Okay, some young men in dresses....must be time for the Miss Relay competition.  Men (and boys) dress up as women, and then walk the track gathering donations in their purses.  It's a riot.  This young man was having fun hanging with his dad, and enjoying that bright green sucker in his hand.  He got some money from me: he was my second favorite Miss Relay.

My favorite Miss Relay:  Super Girl!  Oh, I mean Dean.  And 'she' won!!!  Go Super Girl, Go!

Here Super Girl proudly poses with other contestents.  Everyone was laughing and admiring the fashion styles.  Intesting.

The wee bees sponsered a moustache lap.  Here I thought I was rocking this stash.  Mark said I looked like Hitler.
Husbands.  They know how to make a girl feel special. 

But once I saw how she looked, I had to admit it.  She shows how to rock a stash big time!

I won this quilt in the silent auction.  I love the old time fabric and the colors.  Not sure what I'll do with a western theme quilt: maybe once I can put together a guest room this will be the focus.

One of my favorite families (minus one: she's off sitting with her friends.  it's a girl thing.  but she's one of my favorites as well).  I told Tim he looked like a daddy penguin, with his son at his feet. Rachel just laughed.  I guess not.

Here flat gordy walks the final lap of Relay with some pretty special people.

He then decided he wanted to walk with me.  I was honored.

I loved how the little girls would walk the track hand in hand.  It's so very sweet.  Charlie had such a fun time hanging with her friends.

Maureen coming to Relay and walking made it even better. 

We all have hope.  Do you?