Cannon Nathan Thomas

So here's the newest addition to the Oram Family. Cannon was born on July 14, 2006. Maile and the baby came to Seattle to party with us last weekend. Well, I should say we all partied while Maile recuperated. Cannon is a sweet little baby and EVERYONE fought over who got to hold him! Cody took this picture of Maile holding him. Isn't it so cute!!

Montana, I mean Seattle Here We Come!!!

Last week was a little stressful to say the least. I was put in charge of the Oram Family Reunion which was supposed to start on July 20th at the Grasshopper Inn in Polaris, Montana. My nieces Hayli and Chelsi and nephew Austin were here from Texas and going to be going with us to the reunion. Well, Sunday night before the reunion my Grandma Bell passed away (which was good because she's been sick for a long time). So plans changed and we headed to Seattle instead. I felt bad that the kids didn't get to go to the reunion but luckily we were able to spend a little more time with the nieces and nephews before we headed off to Seattle due to the air-conditioning going out in the truck so we left at 5:30pm rather than the 10am depature time we planned on!!!! (was that a run-on sentance or what!) As you can see from the picture the kids LOVE Uncle Jed!!!----which I'm not sure why because he tortues them non-stop and teases them like there's no tomorrow!!!!















This is one of my favorite pictures of the weekend. It was taken at the luncheon after the funeral. Even though it was a crappy reason to be brought together it really was SO FUN to see all the cousins and be together. Kim and Mike were here from Indiana which was the best because we only get to see them every couple years......it sure made me wish they lived closer or at least wish I was rich so I could go visit them whenever I wanted!!! You can't tell in the picture but Shandy is 8 1/2 months prego. She was such a trooper!!! You should have seen her cankles, I mean ankles after riding in a car for 15 hours----not pretty.














Another super fun part of the weekend was going to the Mariners game on Friday night. You can tell from the pictures that we had nosebleed seats---but who cares when you get to stare at the Seattle skyline! And yes, I got peanuts and Jed got Crackerjacks and we rooted for the home team till the bitter end----even if they did lose!!

Island Park Reunion

The 3 Amigos!!!















The 3 Amigos have multiplied and replenished to a total of 12 including spouses.

















Pretty much anyone who knows me knows that I've had two best friends since Ricks College Days, Karmen & Sarah---(yes, Ricks College was 13 years ago! (I know, I know, I'm freakin old!!) Anyway, Karmen and Ty and her three kids flew in this weekend from Texas and Sarah and Caleb and their three kids came up from Blackfoot and we all headed to Gail & Todd's (Karmens mom) cabin for the weekend in Island Park. They have this incredible cabin right on Henry's Lake. It was seriously so fun. We went boating and 4-wheelin and roasted marshmallows and fed the fish and hunted for Jed's wedding ring (thanks to Karmen for finding it---she heard us tell the kids we'd pay them $20 if they found the ring and that was all the motivation she needed----and yes, Jed paid up---hey a $20 finder fee was a lot cheaper than buying a new ring!). Needless to say we all had a blast. Jed said to me the second day---"Oh my gosh you guys can all talk---I go to bed listening to Karmen talking and I wake up to Karmen talking!!!!" Thanks again to Gail for treating us like royalty---she really shouldn't have been so good to us because we're going to want to make this a tradition every summer!!!

Cody & Karena's New Pad

Guest Bedroom
















Master Bedroom
















Kitchen--obviously!




















Laundry Room---I've heard that Cody is not allowed in this room seeing as the two times he's done laundry in the two years they've been married he's turned the whites a funky color.



















The Living Room---a nice aerial shot.



















Living Room Looking Up!!

So there you have it! There new house in Cedar Hills. Pretty fun huh! They've done an awesome job on it. I took more pictures but they didn't turn out---I guess y'all will just have to come see it for yourself!!!

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

So here's a list of a few of my favorite things:

1. Jed
2. Family
3. Dr. Pepper
4. 4-wheelin

Lucky for me I got to experience ALL of these today!!! We rounded up some of Jed's family and Cody and headed to the mountains by Mona, UT. We took a trail all the way to the top where there is an old nickel mine. You can actually go into the mine a little way ---if you have a flashlight--which we didn't---which was fine by me because yes, I get a little scared. It was a super pretty drive. We stopped at the top and had a little picnic. It was about a 5 hour ride---just perfect!