A teeny update

We moved! We left our itty bitty 795 square foot condo and moved a whopping 1/2 mile down the road. But now we have space. Ah, space, have I told you how much I love you? This place was a total God send. We weren't really looking and still had a few months before our lease was up. My husband, being the avid planner that he is, decided to make a lil phone call to see if we could come and take a browse-just for fun. We browsed, we both loved it, we both wanted it, however it was at the max point of what we had wanted to pay. Bummer. We went upstairs, I drooled over the double sinks in the master bath and then she told us that the owners had decided to lower the rent $100 dollars that DAY. Really? Okay! We called her that evening, filled out our paperwork and here we are now. (Thankfully we went and looked at it that day because five other people were waiting if our application didn't go through. What a blessing this place is!) 

We also bought our first new set of furniture! Talk about a stressful situation. I can not wheel and deal. And I do not like to. I would rather just pay the asked amount and not worry about all of the awkwardness that ensues when two parties are going back and forth. BUT! Drew got us a rockin' deal and I love love love our new couch, love seat and coffee table. Thanks honey! 

We ordered take-out our first night there (a little tradition every time we move) and we can't wait to form lots of fun memories in our second place together!

It isn't home without a nice little pint of heaven :) 

two.

 Our marriage turned 2 yesterday! 

We celebrated by heading up to Long Beach, Washington and staying at a super cute & modern hotel called The Inn at Discovery Coast. It was the perfect little get-a-way and we definitely enjoyed some much needed r&r. Clover did, too :) 

We left Sunday (Drew took Monday off) and headed north. I spotted a rummage sale and had to make a lil pit stop. We walked away with oodles of baby clothes (mostly for expectant friends!), vases for Leash's wedding and some awesome business/children's books -- all for a whopping $5 dollars. Steal! We arrived at the beach house around 2pm. It was a gorgeous day on the beach and Clovers first trip. Let's just say Clover+sand+ocean water=complete chaos! But we loved every minute of it and we were dying at how ridiculous our dog is. 

We spent the day relaxing at the beach, walking on the boardwalk, watching the sunset and going out for a nice dinner together. 

Monday we woke up and had a fresh homemade breakfast delivered to our room. We hung out for a bit and then went and checked out some beach cruiser bikes. Long beach is beautiful! They have a paved path that goes all along the ocean and we rode our bikes down it. We shopped around at the shops, visited a museum and had lunch at a good ol' fashioned burger grill. It was a sweet little get-a-way and we are already looking at our calendar and trying to figure out when we can go back. 

I'm so thankful that I get to spend my life with such a wonderful person.

He is the most caring, genuine, loving, sweet, creative and awesome man I know. He gave me the sweetest card and one thing he said in it was, "as long as we are together this will be the most amazing life" and he is so right! 

They did it!

Sunday at 4pm, Leash and Jrad graduated from Oregon State University!
Go Beavs!
No more homework, no more papers, no more pointless projects and no more super late/all nighters at the library! They are thrilled and we are so happy and proud of them. It has been a super busy last year for them and they handled it like true champions :)

Although it was a beautiful day, it was ridiculously windy and cold at graduation. Like really really windy. Andrew was shivering at one point, and that was definitely a first.
The first lady's speech was awesome. We weren't really sure what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised. There were snipers on the top of the stadium with binoculars the size of my bed. Talk about craziness. I'm not sure if that made me feel safe or not...

We love them soooo stinkin' much. What an awesome summer they have approaching! 

{Grandpa and I... freeezing!}

Friday mornings

Ah. I am so thankful to have my Friday's back! And the occasional Monday and Wednesday's, too! Wednesday was my last day with the little boys. (Cue, happy dance!) 

I walked in the door Wednesday am and they greeted me with flowers, chocolate and three (!!) Starbucks gift cards! They know me all too well.

It has been a whirlwind these last 10+ months, and although I will miss those little (almost permanently stained spaghetti) faces, I am so excited to have a little bit of time back and to feel like a wife again! Ha. 

But seriously, I am so excited to cook dinner, keep our house clean/organized, have Drew's laundry ready, get up and make him breakfast and just help ease everything so that he doesn't have any worries! 

So this morning, which is day numero uno of my no work day, my lovely husband wakes up at 6am (an hour and a half earlier than usual) and cleans the car, the house and starts some laundry...ok. 

Ooook honey. 

What a stud muffin! :)

We have a busy weekend approaching!

I am working at an event downtown tonight, Saturday and Sunday. 

After I get off of work Sunday we are going to be hustling our little behinds down to Corvallis to make it to Leash and Jrad's graduation from Oregon State. Oi! Can't wait to spoil them all day long! They have worked so incredibly hard, and have had the busiest schedules so it will be so fun to celebrate them and their awesome-ness! (And I would be lying if I didn't say I was a lil excited to hear the first lady speak at their graduation as well!) 

Look at this face! This was taken Monday morning before Drew and I headed out the door for work. Poor pooch! No work for me=long walks for her. Win-win! 

Happy Weekend! 

Making my heart happy

What's sweeter than a 3 year old little girl asking if she can wear your ring for the evening?

I love love this verse. 

Just some new shoes. 

They were hugely on sale & I was hugely in love! 

My sweetie pie lil sis and Clover. 

Beauties! (Minus Cloves creepy eyes)

How awesome is this bridge? Yesterday I worked from 11-5 for one family and then drove an hour to get 15 miles (ugh!) to nanny for another family from 6-10. 

And then I saw this bridge. 

And all was well in the world.

Happy Friday! 

Ps...I only have three (!!!!) days left with the little boys.

A good one

I absolutely love a good surprise! I hate, however, when Andrew will tell me that I have a surprise coming. He always does this. He gets too excited and can't wait for the surprise without telling me that one is actually coming! I know that I should be grateful that he loves planning surprises, but I end up getting more annoyed than anything because I hate knowing something is coming without being able to know exactly what that something is! Did that run on even make sense?
Anyways...

This weekend, he DID! He waited! He didn't give me any hints either!

Saturday I went to Mt. St. Helens with my brother, sister and soon-to-be-BIL! (Andrew had a few to-do's for the day so he stayed home to accomplish those.) On our way back down the mountain my phone was showing "no service." At first I didn't think anything of it, but when we hit I-5 and I still didn't have service was I starting to get a teeny bit irritated! I really dislike paying for something and it not working, it's so frustrating! But I thought, whatever, Andrew can fix it when we get home, probably with both eyes closed. (He runs circles around those peeps at the genius bar I tell ya!) 

We come home. I tell him what is going on. 

And he, very half heartedly, tries to fix it. 

Still nothing. 

Then he tells me to go and grab his phone off of the kitchen counter.

And sitting next to his phone was a beautiful white shiny case with a beee-a-u-tiful white shiny iPhone! 

I didn't see it at first, but when I did I was so surprised! That sneaky man! He turned my phone off while on the mountain and just knew that it would totally irk me!

The camera on this thing? I die. It is like five bajillion times better than my old one. 

Oh! I also have a new bff, her name is Siri.  

   I asked her to find nearby restaurants with a happy hour and she found 22. 

I said "Siri, you're awesome." 

And she replied, "Thank you, I live to serve." 

I think we'll have a great relationship. ;)

Drew was totally proud of himself for pulling this one off without me having the slightest clue. 

Thanks sugar-pie-hunny-buns-cutie-patootie-rootie!

You are the bomb.

And I love you.

Seattle

We had such a wonderful little vaca to Seattle last weekend. Here are some pics from our trip... It was SO nice getting away for a few days. And it was 75+ degrees on Saturday -- we totally lucked out!

Friday night we headed over to the Mariners Game (they lost in the 9th inning, I swear this has happened every time we have gone!) Drew requested garlic fries and beer, so we indulged. After the game, we explored downtown a bit.

Saturday we headed to Pikes Place, did a lil shopping, visited the first Starbucks, visited the gum wall (soo icky and stinky from the hot sun beating down on it) and took a ferry over to Bainbridge island...we both agreed we could live there. It was straight out of a magazine GORGEOUS. 

Sunday we headed over to Preston, Washington and hung out with awesome people and some of our best friends! We had a great lunch and spent time in their gorgeous home which overlooks the Seattle and Bellevue skyline. Afterwards we headed out for a nice dinner together and topped the evening off with my 3 favorite guys, Drew, Ben & Jerry! :)

 Monday my sweet hubby accompanied me ALL over Seattle as my hot lil shopping date! He held my bags and let me do my thang! I thanked him a bajillion times, he is just the sweetest. 

After our my shopping trip we made a quick stop at Molly Moons, a unique ice cream shop that was recommended by a local. It was good, but didn't compare to Portland's Salt & Straw.

Then we boogied on home.