Crabbing and Fishing on the Oregon Coast

Kaci and Joel with their new favorite thing to do in Oregon. They caught all together 5 silver Salmon. Going out into the open sea (where we all get sick and beg Van to bring us back or throw us overboard). They were real troopers and brought us back some yummy food. They had the time of their life.

While out fishing for Salmon they set the crab pots out across the bar and got some huge sea crabs, some of the biggest we've ever caught. They pulled the pots in and one of them had 9 keepers. One day they brought in 26 ( a little over their limit) and the next day they brought in 15. Boy, they were good, and our camping neighbors were delighted when we took them over a few crab. One brought us over some tacos in exchange.

The Great fisherman, having a mountain dew break. Dad and him I think were having a dew contest.

Kaci after a long fishing trip and all that Dranamine to help her get through the day, took a long and well deserving nap.

What a prize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good-bye crabby see you in my tummy soon. YUM!!!!!!

Dad made his usual peach cobbler,that was so delicious

Dad and his buddy enjoying the evening

Janice the cook.

Over all it was a nice relaxing trip and we enjoyed every minute with our best friends, enjoying their company and eating our favorite foods. We hated to leave, can't wait til next year.

Vans looking for a fun name for his new boat called the Sea Dori. All those names that you think would be a cute name, please submit them to me and maybe your name will be the winner.

Dad and Mom go off to Canada!

Dad I went to Canada last weekend to see Hells Gate. (Duffy, this is not a chance to swear!)

It's right out of Hope, Canada. It was beautiful up there!!!! We went down a tram to this little village and there were lots of little shops , panning for gold, and there was a Salmon Resturant.

Looking over the edge, the water was 160 feet deep. Looking down the grate bridge was a little scary since the bridge was blowing in the wind some.

This whirlpool had 200 million gallons of water going through it every minute. A explorer named this sight because they had to etch across the mountain to get around it because the water was to dangerous.

It was a nice relaxing time for us and we really enjoyed the view.

Then we went to Bridle Falls, it was well worth the little hike to see this beautiful sight.

Wish we would have had one more day to enjoy the beauty.

This week we will be going crabbing so watch for more on the next blog. YUMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cori and Aaron came to Seattle

Cori, Aaron and the kids came for a visit to Seattle, we had a great time! Dad and Aaron chased each other around in the bumper cars, Syd and Eli had a great time on the rides. We got to watch the kids play in the fountain, which was nice on a warm Seattle day.

After ths zoo one day we went to the Mariners game, it was great, although the M's lost. The kids were so patient sitting for the 5 hours. We had a fun time eating all that baseball food. WOW! were we full.

This was the best

Picture we could

get of Aaron, believe me it was hard just getting the picture. The kids looked great and so did mom, so this is it. Aaron said he wanted to be remembered as a goof ball so here he is.

Ellias loved the water, we had to
encourage him to come closer into the beach. He loved looking for rocks and throwing them out into the ocean. It was a lot of fun for him.

Syd on the other hand was looking for special rocks to collect and seashells to take home. We walked up and down the beach a few times hunting for them. Ellias was catching all the little baby crabs and squishing them. NO FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now for the games!!! As you can see Aaron was up to his normal self, grabbing, crushing hands and climbing all over the table. I think he was on the table more than on

his chair. He owe's me a new spoon, and a new deck of cards!

You can see by Cori's smile she got the best of Aaron. This is a picture of Aarons hairy back with a big bite mark on the right side. There is actually two bites if you look hard. One on the left side too. They got a little aggressive that night. LOL

As you can see we had a great time while they were here. We went to the Zoo, Pacific Science Center, Seattle Center, Aquarium, a game and the beach. Wow, that was a lot to cram into a few days, BUT WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, I must add the WII, Aaron discovered it the last day and him and Kaci competed all day long. I think Aaron would've like a few more days of that. So there you have it, five days in Seattle. We loved having them here!

Thanksgiving preparations have begun...

Yes, that's right: another holiday ruined. For the second time in ten years, the Lucoffs have tentatively agreed to meet and celebrate a holiday. After the 2005 Christmas blowout in Idaho Falls (the first gathering in ten years), some experts predicted this would not happen again until Hailey's Comet passed, while others simply proclaimed that even if it was possible, it was best if it just didn't occur. Despite the expert forecasts, Lucoffpalooza will kick off in Boise for Thanksgiving 2007.

A gathering of the Lucoffs is always marked by the joining of the two idiot sons, which has been analogized as something akin to a Tolkien tragedy. Nothing good has ever come about when these two mental giants combine forces. It has been proclaimed that "history repeats itself", and if the idiot sons are any measure, the same can be said for stupidity.

Common household items become useful instruments of torture in the hands of morons. In his old age, Grandpa Lucoff forgot this critical point and unwittingly supplied a water gun readily convertible into 4 separate water guns. Although originally intended as a gift to Eli, the present has since fallen into the hands of idiot son number one.

Tradition is not lost at a Lucoff gathering and this upcoming Thanksgiving will be no different. Every meal will begin with a reciting of Justin's (idiot son number 2) high school report cards and conclude with tales of high adventure, legend, lore and police investigations. Arguments will be nigh. Feelings will be hurt, mended, and hurt again five minutes later. Food may be thrown. For sure, groin punches will be plentiful.

For those who make the mistake of staying in hotels (Grandma and Grandpa Lucoff), there will be the usual complement of early morning phone calls, prank mailings, and embarassing (but tasteful) faxes. Pizza delivery and soaping of the cars are optional. And of course, every family photo will include a visit from "The Face" (pictured atop).

Alas, stay tuned for a report on this once in a lifetime disaster destined to be repeated three or four years later.

The trip to Cali- and the Trees of Mystery

Recently the Dezembers met Mom, Dad, and Kaci at Crescent city, California for a wonderful quaint beach stay. We explored the Jedidiah Stake Park and dicovered how enormous the Redwood trees really are! Just 15 miles away from the beach house was a tourist attraction named the Trees of Mystery. When we got there we were greeted by an hundred foot Paul Bunyan. When we got out of the car Paul opened his eye and said good morning! He also asked Dad what had happenned to his leg, since Dad was still on his crutches. Brinley exchanged jokes with Paul Bunyan as they laughed together. Paul also waved and winked at us! Duffy didn't pay much attention to Paul he was to busy making friends with Babe. What an animal lover Duffy is! We went on a trail that showed us all the unique redwood trees and led us to the Sky Trail. The sky trail took us up and over the trees above the forest. We had to talk Duffy into riding the sky trail because he is not fond of hieghts! Up up and away we went to the top of the mountain. As we left the Trees of Mystery Paul Bunyan gave us a big Wave goodbye and we went to the Drive thru tree where we had a picnic and drove through a big Redwood! On our vacation we also spent a lot of time on the beach. We walked the beach several times and Kaci skim boarded across the water. We liked the beach there better than Oregon ones because it was alot warmer. At low tide we walked across the rocks to the lighthouse and saw the beautiful ocean waves crash against the rocks. We also saw lots of little crabs when we flipped some of the rocks over! Before we left we went on another nice hike thruogh the redwoods, it was very cool. Overall it was a good time for everyone to relax and enjoy nature. Here's some more pics!

Finger Magic

Just a little something that I found and wanted to share. Enjoy...

Cooper is Crawling!

We captured some funny photos of Cooper when he was learning to crawl a few weeks ago. It was more of an army crawl, lunge forward, and then crawl. He often would lose his pants in the process-as illustrated by these pictures!

Tumalo Falls

I wanted to post a few pictures I got before my camera battery died when Cori and family came to Bend to visit us. The cousins had a great time together and we look forward to when the next visitors come!

Dezember Family Rocks Bend

Ok, So we are the last ones to log on to the family Blog--I hope this post makes up for it! We have had a great year so far. Kendall has been displaying her many talents at school and home. She was selected to be in the school talent show in April where she wowed the audience with her jump roping skills! Last week Kendall was in her school signing bee against the entire school. The interpreters would finger spell a word for the students and they would have to tell them the word signed--well it came down to a 3rd grader, a 5th grader and our little 1st grader--and Kendall won the whole thing! Duffy was there to watch and was so proud. I was with Brinley on her last day of Kindergarten field trip to the park. All of her teachers told me how much of a joy Brinley was to have around and that she was very helpful and a great friend. We also got good news that she qualified for the Tiny and Talented program for gifted students. Way to go Brinley! Cooper is a moving and a grooving all over the place. At this rate he should be walking before he is 1 (which is almost here if you can believe it!) Hope you enjoy the great pics. I will do my best to keep posting. Love you all!