salem, or

What a busy weekend! We spent the weekend in Salem, OR for Rachel's graduation from Willamette University. Not only was it her graduation, but also Martha's 26th birthday and Mother's Day. Andrew and Lindsay flew in from St. Louis, so the whole Moritz clan was in attendance. What a lively bunch we are! My mom about had a heart attack when Andrew, Tyler and Mike all thought it would be funny to take their shirts off when Rachel's name was called and run across the stage. This did not take place, but Andrew did, however, convince us to cheer loudly for an extended period of time when Rachel's name was announced. Apparently Rachel sat back down at her seat and the girl sitting next to her said, "Your family is crazy!". She could only reply with a smile and a look of, "That's only the half of it...". Needless to say, it was a busy and eventful weekend, with some of the activities being: lunch at the Salem Country Club with Rachel's 3 other housemates and their families, a birthday dinner and cake/ice cream for Martha, a Senior Breakfast at Rachel's Pi Beta Phi Sorority house and then finally the graduation ceremony. It was really fun to see Rachel graduate, knowing she truly worked hard for the last 4 years. Side note: she graduated Cum Laude, with a 3.6. Pretty impressive!

Oh! This is also why I did not participate in Ten on Ten this month. I fully intended to, but somehow it slipped my mind on Saturday. Sorry!


Riley also turned 6 months old on Sunday 5/11. I just took her in for her apt. today and she is 16 lbs 9.5 oz and 27 1/4 inches tall. A very tall girl - in the 90th% for her age. She checks out beautifully and was squirming around, smiling, cooing and sticking everything in her mouth, including her toes when the doctor was trying to examine her. What an active girl! She is starting to sit up on her own for several minutes at a time and is cutting her bottom two front teeth. We can feel them cutting through, as well as see the holes on her gum line. It's hard to imagine our little baby is already 6 months old! I will start her on rice cereal next week after we get back from our trip...which leads me to my next bit of news. We leave tomorrow morning for San Francisco. We will spend 4 nights in the city to celebrate our 5 year wedding anniversary this Saturday May 17. We have a few things we'd like to do, but mostly we're excited to be together, walk and eat our way through that lovely city. Oh! And catch some sun too. The weather forecast looks wonderful - 70's and 80's the whole time we're there. I'll be sure to post some pictures and report on our time there.