Happy Thanksgiving!

Cameron, me and my parents headed over to the Hylands for Thanksgiving this year. We are lucky that our families get along so well and that they both live close by! Nance and Matt enjoy some appetizers before the big feast.

The Hyland family photo: Cameron, Alta, Greg, Cat, Erica, Frankie, Beanie, and Matt. It only took like 16 tries to get everyone looking at the camera (we gave up on the dogs). I'm guessing this might be the Hylands 2008 Christmas card!

Frankie was so exhausted after his Thanksgiving meal and running around with Beanie, he snuck in a quick cat nap before heading home.

It's Eve!

Introducing the newest Copeland! Now, before anyone gets any ideas, Eve is Jen and Ryan's new baby girl. She was born on November 23rd and is adorable! I had suspected that she might arrive when Cam and I were in Kauai, and I was right- 1 1/2 weeks early! We couldn't wait to meet her when we got back.


Mommy, Cat and Eve at 3 days old.

Uncle Cam and Eve. Isn't Cam a natural?

Congrats, Jen and Ryan!

Cameron and I headed to Kauai recently for a much needed vacation. What a beautiful place! We had the best time relaxing, hiking, kayacking, rafting, and snorkeling. The first minor bummer was that it rained A LOT. I had always heard Kauai was rainy, and it certainly lived up to its reputation. This didn't stop us from having fun though, and somehow for the most part we seemed to avoid the rain. The bigger bummer was the camera... or lack of. As luck would have it, our camera (which maybe was 6 months old) broke on our second day of the trip. Always the positive guy, Cameron said not to worry, he would take pictures with his cell phone (since it actually takes pretty good pictures). That was working just fine... until Cameron went snorkeling with his cell phone in his pocket. Doh! Needless to say, the pictures you see below don't do justice to how pretty Kauai is or how much fun we had.


Here we are at Shipwreck Beach where we saw the best sunsets.

Waimea Canyon, which looks like a smaller Grand Canyon.

Hiking in the North Shore on this really cool trail with stunning views down along the Napali Coast.

Snorkeling

This was one of my favorite activities we did- rafting along the Napali Coast. Here we are on a beach we stopped at for a bit on the way back. We had the whole beach to ourselves (except for the sea turtles and monk seal which you can see if you look closely).

I love vacation! Cam, where are we going next?!

Sunny Days

This past weekend was amazing! It's the middle of November and 80 degrees- thank goodness for living in California, right? Frankie was so excited about the weather that he insisted we hit up Ocean Beach for some fun in the sun. Here he is buckled in and ready to go!

Once at the beach, Frankie couldn't decide if he'd rather work on his tan or go skim boarding with Cameron.

After people watching for a bit, Frankie grew distracted by the sand crabs running around. Here he is digging in mad pursuit of one that got away:

Sunday night the girls headed over to Jen's house for the annual holiday potluck. This is always a fun time and as we've gotten older, the food has only gotten better! What's happened to us that we now compare stuffing recipes? Geez, welcome to your 30s huh? The hosts (Nicole, Syd, me and Jen) prepare the main courses.

Take note of this picture here because it is the first and last pregnant picture I have of Jen! Apparently the feast was so good that Eve decided to come a bit early less that one week later.

The rest of the crew showed up later and decked out in their finest Thanksgiving headresses. Bon Appetit!