PART 1 - Awesome Osborne Summer 09'

Since the Osborne family is officially an

overseas adventure clan,

summers have become the highlight of the year!!

My mom, dad and two younger brothers have
lived in Beijing for the last 5 years

and we've lured them back to the states
just about every summer to visit us!

(I like to think they come to see me - the only granddaughter has nothing to do with it.)

And since we never really know the next time we'll be together, it's always a PARTY!!

We started this year with some extreme sports!

We attented the 2009 XGames:

Shane and I were still feeling confident after Wipeout...

so we decided to try to win a skateboard by climbing this rope wall :)
But all we came away with were these beautiful shin scrapes.
It was fun though! No pain, no fun.

This is the first time Mr. Moose was recognized in public!!

Wipeout fans. They LOVED Shane. It was funny and we felt famous.
Siblings in the stands.

With matching steps.

We had awesome seats for the moto-cross.

These crazy dudes were flying right at us!

The next day we had our first of many beach days!
This was our first official summer living at the bay!
Turns out it's totally awesome.

Naked niece.

This is what happens when you have 9 people

trying to get cleaned up from the beach and only one bathroom!

Sam getting a free-handed new hairdo from bro-in-law Shane.
Shane is the family comedian,
as you can see.

Grandma Nan fancying up the little princess,

happily doing her grandmother duties:)

It's not a visit to Long Beach
without a bike ride at sunset.

Awesome.

Leave it to the oldest brother to entertain us
with some dangerous backflips.

I have the cutest little brothers in the world.
Sorry to all you other sisters.

I love seeing them crack up watching the Target Lady.
(if you haven't seen the Target Lady, look it up: SNL)

Nighttime fish feeding frenzy at the bay!

Pretty crazy!

Funniest Osborne picture to date right here.

Stay tuned...

Lots more to come!!