Mark and Chris LaMoreaux

They ate all the pizza!

2009-11-02T17:20:00.000-08:00

Vicky and Luke stop in just in time to finish off our dinner!

A little tonemapping if you please.

A little more........

2009-10-22T17:09:00.000-07:00

Just can't stop this madness!!!! Reminds me so much of my misspent youth!

Playing around with photography

2009-10-20T17:36:00.000-07:00

Been fooling around with some HDR and tonemapping. Big fun.

Here is West of Paris from the movie by the same name.

And the Heavens opened up!

Finally, the result of too many birthdays. Can't even stand the cake!

Happiest of birthdays to Jon and Annie

2009-09-19T16:23:00.000-07:00

This has been the scene for so many years sharing birthday parties. It just gets better and better.

Awww...

Jon turned 34 on Sept. 19 and Annie 31 on Sept. 18. I love these two!

Endless Summer?

2009-09-15T12:10:00.001-07:00

With these nice days, it's hard to resist riding to work on the bike.
Screaming 500cc 2-stroke! Much better gas mileage than the Jeep but I always end up putting in a few extra miles of detour. Wheeeee...

Ethan's Fat Lip!

2009-09-02T13:54:00.001-07:00

You can tell that he actually works for a living!

Photo B, through their own eyes!

2009-09-02T13:48:00.000-07:00

Henry

Cheryl

Vicky

Dane

Kate

These are most of the class shooting each other. We all had a lot of fun.

Alturas Labs

2009-08-27T17:45:00.000-07:00

I always wonder exactly what is done in these very secretive labs. Today I got an inside look and it turned out to be just as mysterious as I imagined!!

I just couldn't resist...

2009-08-24T13:14:00.001-07:00

Emma's first day at Logos!

NSA class reunion........Class of 2004!!

2009-08-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

Here's the whole group of them........well, almost all. It dawns on me that Annie and Jonathan are not in this gathering. Not sure exactly why. Later, I discover that this is not Annie's class at all.
We have been invited because "they like us" I am told. (??) At any rate, they sure seem to have been busy since graduation!

Dratwood being his usual skeptical self..........nice tie, Roy.

And Shannon showing off her usual frantic self...........nice shape Shannon.

No special lens used here.

Casebolts? Greenfields?? Twins???

2009-08-04T12:32:00.000-07:00

Brooke and Daniel (Dr.)

2009-07-26T14:43:00.001-07:00

Another Happy Couple!

Well.........sort of happy...

Brooke gets happy from A&W.

Amazing. And he really is a medical doctor!

Of course, Gordon couldn't be happier. Good on ya all!!

Final days at the beach...........

2009-07-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

A few shots from the tour of the Tillammmmoooook sheesh factory.

What??? No giant vats of cottage cheese being stirred by short people?

Everyone gamely tries to get interested.

The girls even pose as cow and farmer. It's almost like Disneyland here.

The litttle girls eating ice cream......that's the real attraction.

Bea pretty much sums up everybody's reaction to the tour.
Maybe it's just too much of a good thing.

Now...........this is more like it...flying kites on the beach!!!

Chris and Kami ward off the chill on the deck. Very nice and cozy.

John and Kami inserting earplugs in preparation for ripping up the curvy roads around here.

Later Jon discovers that the master link is about to fall out of his chain. Luckily, disaster averted.

Even though we are located here in a Tsunami danger area, we really didn't get to see one.

This is actually clouds flowing over the hillside. Cool though.

Some of our neighbors have this great Dragon Kite. Takes a lot of wind but it sure looks good.

Kites are one of the major pastimes, along with walks on the beach, naps on the porch, and just staring at the waves.........waves.....waves.

Bea and Emma open a "Sand Stor" . After a while, with few takers, they switch to selling Dandelions. Not much better.

Jonathan had decided that it is all a waste of time and has settled in to a routine of grading papers and writing his thesis. "All work and no play" Whatever works!

More of our neighbors. For the last eleven years they have come to this same place and built one of these sand monsters. Every year the monster is eaten by the sea. They apparently will never learn.

We have packed all that we can for our getaway tomorrow morning. Not sure if I am ready to leave but I suppose it is just the drive that I am dreading. Lots of hard candy, really bad coffee, and weird mexican radio stations.

See you soon.

Mark

Still.............at the beach!

2009-07-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

This fellow guards our trail down to the beach. Keeps the riff-raff out. But what is he?

Scares everybody to death.

Kami and Chris in the car for the trip to the aquarium down in Newport. Big excitement.

Kami delighted by one of the sights in the tank.

Some strange sights.

Of course, we had a chance to do a little diving ourselves.

A wonderful meal and fabulous beer at Rogue's Brewery.
I had the Smoked! Jonathan's fish and chips took my prize as the best yet in the States.

Late night on the beach.

whoooo....

Next day some of us try the Aviation Museum up by Tillamook. Some great planes, all in the worlds largest wooden structure, a WWII hangar for dirigibles!

Kami studies a bank of cylinders from a Spitfire.

Jon photographs some interesting detail on a small turbojet engine.

Up above the door (at about 120 feet) is the basketball hoop. Funny.

Finally back home and Bea plays with the camera. Busy day.

Very nice place here............but not quite as good as Paris.

More from the beach.........and the Kerns!

2009-07-16T18:55:00.000-07:00

More time at the beach.

Emma flying for the camera. She really eats it up!

Here is Jon in the twilight trying to get a cellphone signal. Pretty quiet around here.

Nana and Bea hold off the chill in the evening. Pretty cozy.

Here's June and Barbara and Christine with little Virginia. Posing, of course.

Christine and Barbara exchanging recipes.

The whole bunch, me included! They had to leave right after for a drive to Eugene.

Great time had by all!!

At the beach............

2009-07-15T20:55:00.001-07:00

Here Violet explores while Chris adds up the expenses. A week on the Oregon Coast.

View and beach are amazing!

Christine's 40th Class Reunion

2009-07-14T18:04:00.001-07:00

A few shots from our reunion weekend in Sandpoint.

We got a tour of the old Junior High building. This is what used to be the gym being set up for a wedding reception. This same building was the Sandpoint High School building for my parents!

Here is the 3rd floor auditorium with some of the reunionites on stage. The same stage where I performed so many times as a kid. Amazing. Last time I was here, I was helping to move a 9 foot grand piano up the stairs!

Down at the Marina..... the Wooden Boat Show. And what do they have?........Tristan Jones' famous seagoing boat the "Sea Dart". Owned by the State of Idaho. Amazing

They also have a boat for my wife. Don't think we can afford it dear.

Andy and Allie

2009-07-13T17:45:00.000-07:00

So many nice pictures from this wedding.

Here is just one.

Colter's Creek Winery

2009-07-03T12:05:00.001-07:00

Some shots from a new winery down in the valley. Had a great time doing this.

No labels printed yet but the guy really seems to know his stuff.

Mike Pearson, winemaker.

The tanks and barrels are amazing.

Oak casks from France and Pennsylvania. They can cost $1000.00 each!!

I learned so much.........great fun.

More of the Ealy/Seaman Wedding

2009-06-24T15:45:00.000-07:00

As I promised......a few more from Nethaniel and Emily's wedding.

Wow, pretty hard to go wrong with subjects such as this......

Of course, I can't pass this up! Lookin good as ever.

Emily sure stands out in a crowd of pretty faces.

The boys play around with the getaway car. Courtesy of Len McCoy.

Not to be outdone, the girls have a little fun with the piano.

This was the setting! Absolument!

Finally on their way......first step on the way to Hawaii.

How nice to see our good friends start out like this.

Love you both!

Nethaniel and Emily on their wedding day!

2009-06-17T12:23:00.001-07:00

Just one for now. They looked just perfect. And what a beautiful day!!

Gigi at 90!

2009-05-27T10:54:00.001-07:00

Fran with her sister who is even older! You sure wouldn't know it by the way she tickles those ivories!

With Chris at the signing table. I think she wore out a couple of pens signing all of those recipe books.

The girls trying to look stylish in the kitchen.

Patch making off with some of the best goodies. Shame, shame, Patch.

The Williams Family

2009-05-16T13:49:00.000-07:00

Out from Maryland for graduation and all that.

Dave and Tracey. It's all their fault. And.....yes, they are related to the Renches!

The only three left! There are eighteen total now and more coming.

Nethaniel snags a Supermodel!

2009-05-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

Emily and Nethaniel get engaged. He has waited for so long it seems.

Of course, now he will have to wear high heeled cowboy boots all the time. I suppose it will be worth it.

Outdoor wedding. Pray that it doesn't snow! Felicitations, mon amis!

The Nielsons

2009-05-02T12:50:00.001-07:00

Otto and Bethany getting ready to take over the famous RimRock Inn Restaurant down on the canyon near Enterprise. How exciting.

Here is one of my experiments with my homemade version of a Lens Baby!! I guess I still have a little work to do on it!

The whole bunch with little Bredon. Wow! I think he was worth all the trouble.

I am looking forward to another ride down Rattlesnake grade on the MC this summer and I will have to stop in at the RimRock for some salmon!