Grant Blume Gets Married!

Yes, that's right...Cody's cousin Grant is a married man! We went up to Seattle last weekend to be a part of his big day.

We drove up to Seattle Friday afternoon, checked into our hotel and met up with Jeff and Jeana for drinks. Saturday morning, we stopped by the house to visit the rest of the family and we got Cody a much needed haircut. We left the house to go grab some sushi for lunch. The place we wanted to go to was closed so we ended up stumbling across a Japanese Market. We ran in there to purchase our lunch and Cody ask Chelsea if she needed anything else. She jokingly said "Yeah, Chu-hi!". Chu-hi was Chelsea's favorite adult beverage in Japan, but she has been unable to find in back in the states. Well, it was Chelsea's lucky day because this market sold a lemon flavored chu-hi beverage! So, Chelsea bought her chu-hi and Cody bought Asahi, a Japanese beer, and we headed back to our hotel! We later caught a cab to the Wedding.



The Wedding was held in downtown Seattle. The ceremony was beautiful, the reception was a blast and most off all the bride and groom were shinning with happiness. It's truely an amazing feeling when you find your best friend to share your life with.

Olson family photo with the bride and groom:


Cody and Chelsea at the reception:


Kim and Loren:


Courtney and her friend Sarah:


Chelsea's parents drove up to Portland to stay at the house and watched the girls for us. Maxi and Roxy loved spending some time with Grandma and Grandpa Stuebing! So, we were able to enjoy the weekend in Seattle and not worry about anything at home. We knew the hosue and the girls were in good hands.

Congradulations Mr. and Mrs. Blume. We wish you a lifetime of happiness!

4th of July Weekend

For 4th of July weekend, we went camping at Crane Prairie with Cody's parents. Cody got off work at noon so he could pack the car and be ready to leave when Chelsea got off work at 2pm. We kissed Kitty goodbye and hurried to head of of town to make the 4 1/2 hour drive.

When we pulled into the campground, we saw a sign that read "dogs on leash at all times". If Roxy could read, I am sure she would have insisted we turn around and find another campground! Once we got to our site, Cody grabbed Roxy's cable, let her out of the truck, tied the cable to the tree and hooked her up. She broke the leash law for no more than 30 seconds. As Cody was getting Roxy leashed up, the camp host drove up and said, "Hey. Your dog has to be on a leash. This is your 1st warning. Next time I have the call the sheriff." Keep in mind that by the time he said this, Roxy was already on her leash! That put a bad taste in Cody's mouth but he shook it off and we started unpacking. First step: Set up the tent and make our beds. This is when we learned Cody only brought ONE sleeping bad! Oops :o) We were able to scrounge up an extra sleeping bag from Roger (Uncle Neal and Rog changed their plans last minute and decided to camp with us when they got the report that said ocean was suppose to be too rough to take the boat out). Well, we were thankful Roger let us borrow his sleeping bag but we were a little nervous about where this camping trip was headed. 2 strikes in the first 30 minutes was not good odds!

We spent most of the weekend out on the boat. Cody and Loren fished while Chelsea and Kim caught some rays. Unfortunately for Chelsea, she did more sun-burning than sun-tanning! Sabby and Roxy got lots of swimming in and several walks to ease the pain of being leashed up at camp. To Cody's disbelief, Chelsea and Kim even started working on his T-Shirt blanked he has been requesting for 4+ years! Our evenings were spent around the campfire enjoying some of Kim's delicious desserts and discussing some of Cody's childhood. Oh, what a great weekend we ended up having. Too bad we don't have any photos to share...Chelsea forgot the camera!