Thursday, December 15, 2011

Parade of Ships and Spaghetti Factory–December 12

As many of you know, The Old Spaghetti Factory is a favorite restaurant in our family.  We have started the tradition of going to watch the Parade of Ships on the Willamette River every Christmas, and then eating dinner at the Spaghetti Factory.  The ships go by right on the river by the Spaghetti Factory.  This year, our good friends the Lovelands wanted to join us.  It made for bit of craziness at the dinner table with our seven children age nine and under, but it was fun to have some company and the kids kept each other entertained while we were eating.  We timed it perfect, and the ships came by after we ate and just as we were leaving the restaurant.  They were fun to see as always!

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A group shot of our family, and one of the Lovelands

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A couple shots of the kids (minus the two babies – James and Isaac)

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Can you see the full moon in the background of the picture on the left?  It was just coming up as we watched the ships go by.  It was beautiful!

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