Cheri's Wedding

The whole family flew out East for my good friend Cheri's wedding.  Cora was very excited to hang out with her friend Texas (Tex) who she had not seen in just under two years when she was six months old. 

They hit it off right away!

Two peas in a pod.

This was great because Cora was supposed to walk down the aisle as flower girl and Texas was going to be the ring bearer.  After running around, dipping their toes in the pool and a little practice they were ready.

 I think the promise of jelly beans did help.  As you can see below, Tex's Dad and I are sending them on their way.  They walked down the aisle all by themselves and Cora made it through most of the cerimony until she announced to Dad that she needed to go to the potty.

We had a wonderful time and Cora and Tex spent the later part of the evening with a babysitter in a room full of toys. We enjoyed the amazing food and a little dancing.  Cheri and Yariv looked so happy and it was a wonderful start to their life together!

I think it was close to midnight, Cora and Tex came up to say goodnight in their PJ's and danced a bit with the bride. (Thank goodness for time-zone changes -- to us it felt like 9pm :-)

PS. We actually got someone to take a picture of all of us together -- a very rare event.

Flower Girl - dress up

Cora is going to be the flower-girl in my friend's Cheri's wedding.  We tried on a number of dresses and we ended up with a the top one with a champagne sash and I made her a silver sage knit shrug like the one seen in pink here.  Each dress Cora tried on had to be taken for a test twirl.

New Orleans

Cora loved the music of New Orleans.  Here you can see her dancing and singing with the band that was playing at an outdoor cafe.  As you can see then invited her up to sing...

Cora was also a huge fan of the local food and could not get enough of the red beans and rice.

From the wedding in NOLA

My friends Heather and Grant had a wonderful wedding in New Orleans.  Heather and I went to school together for eight years, starting in the 6th grade.  Grant and I met performing in Bellevue Youth Theater's Hello Dolly (he played Ambrose Kemper and I played Dolly Levi).  He seemed a perfect match for Heather and I set them up.  Match-making went very well with the character I was playing --- "I've always been a woman who arranges things."

It is wonderful to see them together all these years later.

Cora enjoyed the wedding and danced with both the bride and groom.

Grant is one of Cora's favorite people.

Well wishes for good friends!

Cora, Bill and I are heading down to the Big Easy tomorrow morning to celebrate the wedding of long-time friends Heather and Grant!   Cora is so excited to be flying on an airplane and to see Heather and Grant.  She has been telling everyone that they are getting married.

Below is a wedding wish and the dancing portion of Cora's night-time routine.  Here she is dancing to some music the couple sent us to get us ready for New Orleans.







P.S.
Sorry for not posting in a while.
I got very busy organizing and participating in a show at Portland City Hall:
http://vimeo.com/10467204

I am very happy with how it turned out and glad that we are finished.

Rainbow hat

Cora wearing the hat I made her before heading out for a walk.

A trip to the Grandparents

Christmas day unwrapping presents!

Boxing day at the Kirkland waterfront tossing stones in the water and running around the public art.