10.31

Happy Hallowalloween 

as my favorite little 3 year old would say! 

Photo credit goes to the lovely Shayla. 

Baby Callan photo shoot might have turned into a mini Clover photo shoot thanks to this girl. 

:) 

today.

 I'm loving...

This weather. Fall! I love everything about you!
The crisp leaves, my cinnamon spice candle, pumpkin seeds, lots of family time, fireplace burning, warm comfy sweats and my fav.. pumpkin spice lattes. Oh they can be bad news.
Just look at them...

The fact that I (kind of) got to sleep in this am.

 I am so not a dog-in-the-bed kind of person. But this morning, after Drew left for work, I scooped her up and plopped her right next to me on our bed. She slept and slept and slept and then out of nowhere started grinding her teeth!?! Great, so I have a husband and a puppy who both grind their chompers.

This picture I found of my little brother. I just want to squeeeeze him.
Was he not the most absolute sweetest little boy you ever did see?

That it is Friday... and the soon-to-be Mr. and Mrs. Radford are coming to visit. We are going to have such an autumn-y weekend :) Sauvie Island corn maze, yummy food, engagement pics, downtown shopping, mmm hmm, perfect!

 

Little Clover. She is so hilarious to watch. She treats every object like it is alive... hunches down, lets out a small growl, prances (yes, our puppy prances around like a cat almost 24/7) and then paws at it just to be safe. Andrew and I can watch her for hours! 

Pinterest. Me oh my who invented this crazy addicting madness? So many cute ideas. So many! I did find this lovely recipe that I am going to make for our little autumn-y weekend w/ the Rads. It looks delsih!

And this one guy. Andrew. He is amazing. Always has everything under control, taken care of and prepared. I love him oh so stinkin' much.

That's all. My nice little random post is over. Off to get some groceries to make some yummy homemade granola and have lunch with my hubby!

Yay for Friday! 

A good one for Monday morning

Take delight in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

Last night Andrew and I pulled into the garage around 1am with a little puppy full of energy. She had been in her kennel for the past 3 hours on our drive from Roseburg to Portland so we couldn't really blame her. We took her out and played with her for about a half hour trying to try and ware her out a little bit. We finally put her in her kennel for the night and, granted she wasn't whining, she was chewing on everything - all night long! We finally fell asleep only to wake up to a clock that read 7:49am. The husband starts work at 8am, so it was a bit of a hectic morning. I dropped him off at work, went grocery shopping and then returned home to Clover who had poo'ed in her kennel and had smudged it all around, EW! I bathed her, only for her to run straight back into her kennel! Yes, it has been one of those mornings! 

And then I saw this video. And it touched me. And I loved it. And it has made this Monday morning awesome. 

:) 

The new addition

Andrew and I have wanted a puppy for a very long time. Last month we had a few goals that we wanted to accomplish and we told ourselves that if we accomplished them, we would finally get a sweet little puppy! 

September came, goals were met, and the search began. 

We didn't have any clue as to what kind of puppy we wanted. 

We knew that it needed to be fairly small, not too big of a shedder and a good family dog. 

We looked around online at different sites and I found a lady who had 5 little cockapoo's.

Andrew called and the next day we went and visited the pups. 

Oh.My.Goodness. 

Sweetest things ever, if our bank account would have allowed, I think I would have picked threee! 

We decided on a little girl, she was the only one out of four crazy brothers and too cute to pass up!

We brought her home the next evening. 

Meet Clover 
our 8 week old furbaby ;)

We are kind of obsessed with her already. But in a totally good way, of course ;)

Ok, call me crazy, but I would love to be a sahm -- puppy style. 

Park, nap, snack, fetch. Repeat. 

Sounds good to muah. 

(I'm only half kidding here...) 

And him. Don't get me started, she already has him completely wrapped around her little paw ;)
... but seriously.

Heaven is for real

I bought this book for my sister's birthday.
I picked it up to read just a few pages.
I couldn't put it down.

I decided, since the house was clean and I didn't have work, that it would be just fine to keep reading.
And that is just what I did, kept reading, until a few hours later, I had finished the book.

So, yes. I read it in one day.
And then I gave it to my sister, and she finished it in a day and a half.
Now my mom is reading it. 

It.is.amazing.

Eeek!

This last weekend was completely AWESOME. 

Andrew and I headed straight down to Corvallis after work on Friday evening. We met with an amazing couple for a few hours and then headed over to my sister's apartment where her and Jordan had prepared a delicious dinner for us! We ate, watched Bridesmaids, and then passed out! 

The next morning we woke up early and were headed to the stadium. 

The filming of Extreme Makeover Weight-loss Edition was going to be  on campus and I couldn't miss out on possibly getting a shot of the amazing CHIRS POWELL! :) 

Annd...I MET HIM! 

nbd... 

 For the record he is so SO nice and he looks even better in real life! 

Talesha and Jordan had to leave before the filming because Jordan had an amazing day planned out for them... I think my sister was a little bummed she wasn't going to be able to see Chris... But I knew what was in store for her later that evening and wasn't too concerned that she would be just fine!  ;)

After the filming Drew and I headed right across the street to cheer on The BEAVS... sadly, they aren't looking too hot this year. 

We still had a blast and ran into a few friends that we haven't seen in awhile!

That evening we headed back to Talesha and Jordan's apartment and decorated for the following day. 

Little did my sister know that she would be getting engaged that night and the entire family was coming up to surprise her when they got back! 

Jordan is such a romantic. He planned out an amazing day for them. They started with some shopping in Portland, where my sister got to pick out three outfits and then they were headed off to the coast. 

He wanted to propose on the beach, but go figure, the Oregon coast was a tad too windy... So they drove back to a super nice hotel room that he surprised her with. 

He went through each year that they had been together and symbolized each one with an object... on the 7th year, he pulled out the ring and got down on one knee. Ahh! And my sister was completely caught off guard, she had absolutely no clue!

 A perfect proposal. 

We all had so much fun celebrating the lovebirds. They are planning on getting married September 8th, 2012. This will mark the 8th YEAR that they have been dating--they started dating their first day of high school! So sweet. 

We love them both oh so much and can't wait for this year. 

Weddings are my absolute fav thing and I'm so excited to help my little sister plan for the best day of her life <3 

With her taste it is going to be just lovely! 

Summer/fall 2012 is going to be filled with so many lovely weddings. People are just falling in love left and right in Oregon. Sheesh. :)

Sunriver

Over Labor day weekend we spent a few nights in Sunriver with Andrew's side of the familia. It was a great little get-a-way and a teeny tiny little break since we have been pretty busy lately! 

We layed out in the sun, ate Melinda & Mike's yummy yummy food, floated the Deschutes river, (which btw is my new fav river to float), went wine tasting, bike riding, exploring, hot tubbing and spent lots and lots of time relaxing and enjoying family. 

Mornings spent in the sun, 

reading a great book 

and sipping some coffee are my 

absolute favorite ones. 

fyi, this book, 

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

is rad. 

Wine tasting.

 Since neither of us are wine connoisseurs, 

we mainly went around and asked to sample the ones that we could pronounce...

We know we're cool. ;) 

This little trip was just what we needed to charge our batteries.

<3