Thursday, September 13, 2012

Yosemite 2012.

In August, after having only been home for a few weeks, we headed back to CA for my sister’s wedding and our annual summer trip to Yosemite with my family.  I haven’t seen any wedding pictures yet, but when I do I will post those as well. 

The next few pictures were taken during our week in Fairfield before we left for Yosemite.  It was very hot.  Elna loved playing in the sprinklers.

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And then we were off to Yosemite.  We spent our days down by the water.  The water was lower than I ever remember it being and therefore much warmer—I spent a lot more time in the water this year than past years.  Elna also loved being in the water. 

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               Elna’s cousin Austin adores Elna and Elna adores him right back!

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She really loved wearing and playing with goggles.

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Elna insisted on sitting in this chair (left).  It wasn’t our chair—just a random lady’s chair, who was luckily really nice and loved having Elna sit in it while she was away swimming.

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My cute grandparents.  I took this picture the morning they left because I realized I hadn’t gotten a picture of them and Elna.  So, I held Elna and stood in this picture, but I had to cut myself out because I looked so bad.  Seriously.  Vain, I know.  We didn’t sleep much while we were there, so I looked like a tired, sick, pregnant, crazy lady.  Good thing there will be many more opportunities to get another picture of us together—they are strong and healthy!

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The entire Linford-Clark family.  We were ALL there!

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And our little family.

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We drove back from Yosemite Saturday morning and stopped in Fairfield long enough to repack our car and take a few more pictures:

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Elna with her Grandy Elna.

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Elna with her Aunt Ofelia and cousin Austin—she loves them!

Friday, September 7, 2012

Elna & Orva.

My cousin Christine and her family came through Troutdale a week ago and stayed a night with us.  It was so fun to catch up with Christine and for Elna to get to know her little cousins (once removed).  Elna loved them!  Christine named her oldest girl Orva after her mom (my mom’s sister).  And I, as you all know, named Elna after my mom.  Our moms are the best of friends and were the two oldest children in their family of eight kids.  They were also both named after their grandmothers.  The original Elna was my grandma’s mother and the original Orva was my grandpa’s mother.  

The original Orva & Elna:

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                                             Orva Greer Housley Linford (1966)                                                                               Elna Parkinson Cowley Austin (1924)

Their granddaughters Elna & Orva:

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Elna & Orva (1957)

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Elna & Orva (1959)

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Orva & Elna (1959)

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Orva & Elna (today, September 7, 2012)

Their granddaughters, Orva & Elna:

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Orva & Elna (August 26, 2012)

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Adventures with Grandma Fae.

Sometime in August Elna and I went to the Portland Zoo with Brian’s mom, her two sisters, Brian’s cousin Peter, and his son Dakota. 

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With Grandma Fae.

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Elna watching a sea lion do fun tricks with her great aunts, Regina & Leora.

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                                                                            Dakota & Elna                                                                                  Regina, Elna, Grandma Fae

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On another day in August we went marionberry picking with Grandma, Regina & Leora.

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Elna loves berries (obviously)!  And she loves her Grandma even more!  She had so much fun!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

August 2012.

August was a busy month for us and I have more posts on that later, but this post will be just a bunch of cute pictures of Elna being her funny little self.

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Knocking on the glass- she is a great little knocker.

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Elna loves exploring our backyard jungle.

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Woah, how’d that get in there?!

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Sometimes we just let Elna loose in a diaper. I love this picture—balancing on a log and peering through a space in the fence.

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Her face is covered in dirt and garden tomatoes she picked and ate. This girl LOVES tomatoes!            

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Last week I went to get Elna in the morning and she and her crib were covered in throw up.  She was a sick girl!  I stuck her in the bath, and despite being sick she managed to do some pretty cute things.

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In all of these pictures she is singing “row row row” over and over again.  It’s one of my favorite things she does—her little “r” is just adorable and she concentrates so hard on it.

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And then I got her out of the bathtub and she had a fever the rest of the day and a runny nose the rest of the week.  No fun!