BYU Graduation

Hello all! Just wanted to put some picts up from Graduation.. We went to both the Dick Cheney commencement, and the Ralph Nader alternative commencement. Cheney avoided speaking about political issues, and there are rumors that he used an already given speech from 2005 and added some opening remarks about BYU. Nader had many interesting ideas. Jack Healy (amnesty international) and Pete Ashdown also gave good speeches. We watched KSL News to see what they had said about the Nader commencement, and there was a shot of ME watching Nader speak! It is only for a brief second, but it was very exciting. Try to catch the brief shot of my profile at this link http://www.ksl.com/?sid=1152128&nid=148 You can only watch the link while using Internet Explorer however.
After the Nader commencement, I got his new book and had him sign it while my Dad made me shake his hand for an awkwardly long amount of time while he took a picture. I especially like the background body guard guy who also posed for the picture. Above to the left is me with the BYU Cougar, and Chris and I in shades (Chris wearing my Dad's embarassing fitovers). Good times.

HOUSE FOR SALE!

Yeah! Our house is finally for sale. A MAJOR life accomplishment for me! If you want to check it out see http://www.judybake.com/Nav.aspx/Page=/ListNow/Default.aspx
Please feel free to refer any potential buyers :).

Lots of love,

Katrina.

We got the Beach House

Everyone is welcome to come and stay for as long as they would like to during that time. It is a 3 story house that is on the cliffs near the beach. There are four bedrooms (1 King, 2 Queens, and 2 Bunkbeds) and three bathrooms, a washer/dryer, full kitchen, dining room, living room, home theater room, pool table, and a sleeper couch. We'll have more than enough room for the whole family.

So let me know as soon as you can if you plan on coming and when. Lincoln City is about a two hour drive from Portland.

We're so excited!

Doesn't anybody think this is cool . . .?

This is a pretty cool video.

Easter!

Since we don't have children of our own, we thought it would be fun to put some pictures of other peoples children! :) Chris and I got to go to the Thanksgiving Point Easter Egg hunt with Grant and Ally recently and wanted to show how much





fun we had! Just above is a picture of Ally with her basket full of candy, and one crushed plastic egg (due to the fact that we couldn’t seem to out run the 4 to 9 year old stampede of children). Above is a picture of Ally tracing ‘uncle bud’ in chalk, and to the left is Ally focusing on her masterpiece, and Grant apparently balancing a hula hoop. The hunt was fun, the day was beautiful and we all had a grand old time.

Noah's Ark

This is a funny Bill Cosby video

Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound today. Here's a link to our new website with the pictures (look under the "Blog" link):
http://web.mac.com/mattkarikey/iWeb/Site/Blog/Blog.html
Feel free to look around at the other pictures on the site.

Fun in Oregon

Just thought I would post a couple of pics for this week. The first one is of Hunter as an astronaut. He made the helmet himself and came upstairs to show me. The second one is of Hunter picking Devan up after playing ring-around-the-rosie.

Hunter started playing with a baseball league this week. I'll have to send a picture with him in his uniform. He's still trying to understand the basics of the game a bit. The coach has to remind him that after he hits the ball he needs to run to first base instead of going after the ball. Devan and Hunter went to a ward easter egg hunt today and had lots of fun. Devan was still looking in the bushes for about fifteen mintues after the eggs were all gone.

I go for my ultrasound on monday so we will post pictures and let you know what we are having.

I talked to my sister-in-law about the possibility of getting a beach house in June for us. She said that she will ask, but I think we need to move fast if we're going to do it. The house that would be available has four bedrooms with a hide-a-bed couch downstairs, full kitchen, washer & dryer, home theater room, and pool table. It sits on the cliffs in Lincoln City overlooking the ocean and would cost $100 a night with a $125 cleaning fee (pretty cheap for the quality and size). So let's try to nail our plans down quickly so we don't miss out!

Ski Trip

Not only does Amanda now teach Aerobics, she is also a ski instructor on the side.