Monday, August 24, 2009
To my husband on our 4 year anniversary
Happy Anniversary to my husband, best friend, lover, and confidant. The last 4 years of marriage have been so much fun! Thank you for staying by my side through all the hard times, and of course ALL the good ones! Thank you for being the one who makes me feel happy no matter what is going on in my life at the time. I love you more and more each day. The last 11 years with you have been a blast, and I'm looking forward to the next 70!
Friday, August 14, 2009
The Climb
Yep, here I am with my song lyrics again. I am not a huge Miley fan, but this song just really is how I feel. It's all about the climb..... thats what life is. It's not even about what we get when we get to the top, it's about how we handle the hard part.....getting there.
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head sayin,
You'll never reach it,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing,
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes they knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
The pain I'm knowing
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It's all about
The climb
I can almost see it
That dream I'm dreaming but
There's a voice inside my head sayin,
You'll never reach it,
Every step I'm taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing,
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes they knock me down but
No I'm not breaking
The pain I'm knowing
But these are the moments that
I'm going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
There's always going to be another mountain
I'm always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain't about how fast I get there,
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It's all about
The climb
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Summer Fun
Holy cow it has been WAY to long since I've posted. The summer has been so busy! First of all let me just say, HOLY HOTNESS! We had a few days last week that were WAY to hot! July 28th the temp got up to 108! We're in Oregon people, not Arizona!
So what have we been up to? 4th of July weekend was a blast. Instead of camping on the busiest camping weekend of the year, we decided to do a few things we've been wanting to do! Taking advantage of the 3 day weekend, we spend Friday rafting down the river. We took Emma to Air's to play with Mya and Bell, and loaded the Denali up with all our rafting supplies! It was a warm sunny day.....great for rafting! We had a lot of fun on the river....Travis saved us once...thanks babe! Good thing he saved us, because when we got back he realized he'd left his keys to our car....that was parked were we got off the river so we could drive it to pick up Air's car....he left them IN Air's car. So we got to spend some time standing in the park, waiting for another ride. It was still a good day.
Saturday was the 4th, and the 3 of us piled back into teh Denali, this time with all 3 dogs, and headed to the beach for a beautiful sunny day at the beach and to watch the fireworks in the evening. We left behind sunshine in the valley, and traded it in for a typical day on the beach....cold and foggy. Silly us. I had even forgotten how the beach was when it was cold and foggy......it's not as fun as when it's sunny! But the dogs still had a blast and we enjoyed sitting on the beach in our sweatshirts. After dinner at Mo's though, we decided to head back to Corvallis to catch the fireworks, since we couldn't see anything through the thick fog on the beach! We made it back and caught a great show.
Work work work
The week of the 6th Travis came down with something....bad. Body aches, fever, hot and col sweats....it looked horrible. He came home early from work on the 8th, stayed home the 9th and the 10th. We're pretty sure he got swine flu. I don't know how, but I didn't get it! Thank goodness. It looked awful!
That weekend we dog sat for Air while she was in Vegas. Trav was still recovering so it was good to just be able to sit around all day and watch tv.
The weekend of the 24th Trav and I took a 3 day weekend and went out to Yukwah with my brother and Air and Ladd. It was SO nice. I wish we could've stayed another couple days. We got "our spot" that is outside the actual campground so we don't have neighbors closeby and we get to really "rough it".We just layed on our floaties on the river (I bought a new floaty at a garage sale a couple weeks ago and it had a drink holder and a back and arm rest....it's pretty much awesome! Best $3 I've spent in a while) and ate camping food and talked and laughed and drank.
Emma had a blast. She loved it. This was her first experience with water...other than the bath. She had to be coaxed in and was a little scared at first, but then she fell in and when she realized she could swim she just loved it. So for the rest of the weekend she just swam around the river hole we were at, she swam around collecting all the leaves in the water in her mouth and bringing them back to shore, dropping them off, and then going back out for more. My little water dog. :)
Her training is really paying off now. We've even done off leash training now and our trainer just told us that he thinks she's good enough that he doesn't need to come back anymore....although we need to still work with her for a while. She is still a puppy so she forgets sometimes and she gets distracted by other people and other dogs. She gets so excited and wants to play with them....or at least say hello! I think she is going to grow up to be a very good doggie though.
Other than that lets see.....last weekend we went to the beach where Ladd's parents had a beach house rented. It was SO nice. I love days at the beach, they are always so relaxing. We ended up taking a nap on the sand. It felt so good with the sun shining on us keeping us warm and listening to the waves go in and out. It was a very relaxing day.
We have been going to TONS of free concerts! We went to Joe Nicols at the Linn County fair. He put on a GREAT show. I ended up knowing almost every single song he played! It was a lot of fun! The next week we went and saw Chuck Wicks at River Rythems. And last week we saw Lady Antebellum at the Benton County fair and that was another amazing show!!
Trav and I were trying to decide what to do for our 4 year anniversary. We usually go on a trip, but we just went to Mexico in March so we only have about $800.00 in our vacation budget. So we thought we'd just go to the Oregon coast for a few days....get a nice room with an ocean view, or maybe a beach house. Oh my gosh it was so expensive! Anything decent on the coast (anywhere from seaside to florence) was $300 or more a night!! So we pretty much couldn't even afford that if we wanted to eat.
BUT, then I thought of Victoria. We love Victoria. It's so pretty and just a fun vacation spot. You can entertain yourself all day just walking around, or if you have money to burn there are TONS of things to do. So I looked up hotels there and we found a great one for $105 a night!! So even with gas to get there and back and the ferry to get over there it is still cheaper than the coast. Plus we have extra spending cash! I am really excited. We haven't been there in 6 - 7 years and I've been wanting to go. So, we're leaving the 19th at 6am and coming back the 22nd at 2am!
We have that to look forward to AND we got the Beaver 3 pack again, so we have at least 3 football games to look forward to! Hopefully Trav will win some more tix from his work again to!! I can't believe it's already almost time for football!
This weekend we were going to go camping again but we decided we needed a weekend for just us....to do nothing....or do things around the house, etc. Which turned out, because it doesn't look like the weather is going to be great for camping anyway. Trav has really been wanting a weekend at home......I think to get things done in the yard. :) We'll see what happens! We've been wanting to go on a hike, so we might go do that to.
Well, I think I've caught up on most of our summer so far!! I'm still working 4 days a week...Mon - Thurs. It's not looking like I'm going to be back to 5 days a week....well probably until next busy season....so maybe April or May. Hopefully by then the economy will be back in full swing and business will be booming! Not that I HATE having Friday's off. :) But I do miss the money! I continue to be grateful to have a job in this mess....grateful that we both have jobs!
So what have we been up to? 4th of July weekend was a blast. Instead of camping on the busiest camping weekend of the year, we decided to do a few things we've been wanting to do! Taking advantage of the 3 day weekend, we spend Friday rafting down the river. We took Emma to Air's to play with Mya and Bell, and loaded the Denali up with all our rafting supplies! It was a warm sunny day.....great for rafting! We had a lot of fun on the river....Travis saved us once...thanks babe! Good thing he saved us, because when we got back he realized he'd left his keys to our car....that was parked were we got off the river so we could drive it to pick up Air's car....he left them IN Air's car. So we got to spend some time standing in the park, waiting for another ride. It was still a good day.
Saturday was the 4th, and the 3 of us piled back into teh Denali, this time with all 3 dogs, and headed to the beach for a beautiful sunny day at the beach and to watch the fireworks in the evening. We left behind sunshine in the valley, and traded it in for a typical day on the beach....cold and foggy. Silly us. I had even forgotten how the beach was when it was cold and foggy......it's not as fun as when it's sunny! But the dogs still had a blast and we enjoyed sitting on the beach in our sweatshirts. After dinner at Mo's though, we decided to head back to Corvallis to catch the fireworks, since we couldn't see anything through the thick fog on the beach! We made it back and caught a great show.
Work work work
The week of the 6th Travis came down with something....bad. Body aches, fever, hot and col sweats....it looked horrible. He came home early from work on the 8th, stayed home the 9th and the 10th. We're pretty sure he got swine flu. I don't know how, but I didn't get it! Thank goodness. It looked awful!
That weekend we dog sat for Air while she was in Vegas. Trav was still recovering so it was good to just be able to sit around all day and watch tv.
The weekend of the 24th Trav and I took a 3 day weekend and went out to Yukwah with my brother and Air and Ladd. It was SO nice. I wish we could've stayed another couple days. We got "our spot" that is outside the actual campground so we don't have neighbors closeby and we get to really "rough it".We just layed on our floaties on the river (I bought a new floaty at a garage sale a couple weeks ago and it had a drink holder and a back and arm rest....it's pretty much awesome! Best $3 I've spent in a while) and ate camping food and talked and laughed and drank.
Emma had a blast. She loved it. This was her first experience with water...other than the bath. She had to be coaxed in and was a little scared at first, but then she fell in and when she realized she could swim she just loved it. So for the rest of the weekend she just swam around the river hole we were at, she swam around collecting all the leaves in the water in her mouth and bringing them back to shore, dropping them off, and then going back out for more. My little water dog. :)
Her training is really paying off now. We've even done off leash training now and our trainer just told us that he thinks she's good enough that he doesn't need to come back anymore....although we need to still work with her for a while. She is still a puppy so she forgets sometimes and she gets distracted by other people and other dogs. She gets so excited and wants to play with them....or at least say hello! I think she is going to grow up to be a very good doggie though.
Other than that lets see.....last weekend we went to the beach where Ladd's parents had a beach house rented. It was SO nice. I love days at the beach, they are always so relaxing. We ended up taking a nap on the sand. It felt so good with the sun shining on us keeping us warm and listening to the waves go in and out. It was a very relaxing day.
We have been going to TONS of free concerts! We went to Joe Nicols at the Linn County fair. He put on a GREAT show. I ended up knowing almost every single song he played! It was a lot of fun! The next week we went and saw Chuck Wicks at River Rythems. And last week we saw Lady Antebellum at the Benton County fair and that was another amazing show!!
Trav and I were trying to decide what to do for our 4 year anniversary. We usually go on a trip, but we just went to Mexico in March so we only have about $800.00 in our vacation budget. So we thought we'd just go to the Oregon coast for a few days....get a nice room with an ocean view, or maybe a beach house. Oh my gosh it was so expensive! Anything decent on the coast (anywhere from seaside to florence) was $300 or more a night!! So we pretty much couldn't even afford that if we wanted to eat.
BUT, then I thought of Victoria. We love Victoria. It's so pretty and just a fun vacation spot. You can entertain yourself all day just walking around, or if you have money to burn there are TONS of things to do. So I looked up hotels there and we found a great one for $105 a night!! So even with gas to get there and back and the ferry to get over there it is still cheaper than the coast. Plus we have extra spending cash! I am really excited. We haven't been there in 6 - 7 years and I've been wanting to go. So, we're leaving the 19th at 6am and coming back the 22nd at 2am!
We have that to look forward to AND we got the Beaver 3 pack again, so we have at least 3 football games to look forward to! Hopefully Trav will win some more tix from his work again to!! I can't believe it's already almost time for football!
This weekend we were going to go camping again but we decided we needed a weekend for just us....to do nothing....or do things around the house, etc. Which turned out, because it doesn't look like the weather is going to be great for camping anyway. Trav has really been wanting a weekend at home......I think to get things done in the yard. :) We'll see what happens! We've been wanting to go on a hike, so we might go do that to.
Well, I think I've caught up on most of our summer so far!! I'm still working 4 days a week...Mon - Thurs. It's not looking like I'm going to be back to 5 days a week....well probably until next busy season....so maybe April or May. Hopefully by then the economy will be back in full swing and business will be booming! Not that I HATE having Friday's off. :) But I do miss the money! I continue to be grateful to have a job in this mess....grateful that we both have jobs!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Cali for the weekend!
Friday at 1pm, Mom and I were on our way to Cali! Our flight didn't leave until 7, but dad didn't want to fight the traffic in Portland at, or anywhere near 5 oclock rush hour! So, Mom and I got to the airport 4 hours early! We had lots of time to bond! We played cards, wandered through the gift shops, got a soda, got some food....and finally got on our flight!
We arrived at the SNA airport at 10pm, and Aunt Chrissy and Lacee were there to pick us up shortly after. We stayed up and talked until about 2am! Lacee and Hunter have done a lot of redecorating, and the house looks really nice! And of course Ryder's room is adorable!
We woke up a little after 10 to get ready for the shower. It was at one of Lacee's friends mom's house! It was a nice house, and they had the backyard all set up for the shower! Very cute. We played games, talked baby, ate lots of good food and cake, and watched Lacee open all her cute gifts!! I can't wait for Aunt Chrissy to email me all the pics so I can post some up here!
After the shower we headed back to the house and relaxed for a while. Mom and Aunt Chrissy went to get us some food and came back with food and movies. In-n-out food to be more specific. I loved my hamburger animal style!
Sunday we slept in again and I got ready to go. Lace dropped me off at the airport for my first experience flying alone. Luckily it was a small airport, and I didn't have any problems at all.
Travy picked me up and took me to one of my favorite resturants....Old Spaghetti Factory! We stopped by to see my dad, who is bachin it all week. My mom is staying with Aunt Chrissy and won't be back until the 28th!
Of course my wonderful husband had cleaned the house, done the laundry, and gone grocery shopping already so everything was perfect when we got home. We just got to relax and enjoy what was left of Sunday evening.
This weekend we have big plans. To do NOTHING!!! :) Have a great week!
We arrived at the SNA airport at 10pm, and Aunt Chrissy and Lacee were there to pick us up shortly after. We stayed up and talked until about 2am! Lacee and Hunter have done a lot of redecorating, and the house looks really nice! And of course Ryder's room is adorable!
We woke up a little after 10 to get ready for the shower. It was at one of Lacee's friends mom's house! It was a nice house, and they had the backyard all set up for the shower! Very cute. We played games, talked baby, ate lots of good food and cake, and watched Lacee open all her cute gifts!! I can't wait for Aunt Chrissy to email me all the pics so I can post some up here!
After the shower we headed back to the house and relaxed for a while. Mom and Aunt Chrissy went to get us some food and came back with food and movies. In-n-out food to be more specific. I loved my hamburger animal style!
Sunday we slept in again and I got ready to go. Lace dropped me off at the airport for my first experience flying alone. Luckily it was a small airport, and I didn't have any problems at all.
Travy picked me up and took me to one of my favorite resturants....Old Spaghetti Factory! We stopped by to see my dad, who is bachin it all week. My mom is staying with Aunt Chrissy and won't be back until the 28th!
Of course my wonderful husband had cleaned the house, done the laundry, and gone grocery shopping already so everything was perfect when we got home. We just got to relax and enjoy what was left of Sunday evening.
This weekend we have big plans. To do NOTHING!!! :) Have a great week!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Congratulation's Joel!!
My little brother is graduated from College! If that doesn't make me feel older, maybe just having my 27th birthday, or seeing kids that were in elementary school graduate this year will!!! Geez!
We left for Klamath Falls Friday afternoon to see Joel graduate from OIT Saturday morning. We drove up with my parents which made the drive much more fun...and interesting! We drove through a couple rain storms while heading over the mountain. We checked into our room and then waited for Joel to find out hotel so we could go to dinner. Joel took us to his favorite place in K falls. It was a little Vietnamese place and it was delicious!! I got a lemon grass chicken stir fry, medium hot, over steamed rice. It was so good! A little hot for me, so I just added plum sauce to sweeten it up a little. Yum!
After dinner we got some pie for dessert and headed back to the hotel. Joel opened a couple more gifts (his party was last weekend) from mom and dad and we all ate pie before heading to bed.
We got up early Saturday morning. We wanted to get to OIT by 9 to get a good seat. Before that though, we wanted to take advantage of the hotel's free breakfast. I am so glad we did. It was delicious! They had yogurt, bagels and cream cheese, fruit, coffee, tea, waffles, cereal......and more!!! I had half a waffle (split it with mom), a bowl of raisin bran, and a cup of tea. After breakfast we raced to OIT, but it was already packed out when we got there. Luckily, Sara had gotten there a little before us and saved us a row!!
It was so fun seeing Joel walk onto the field with all his classmates, and then walk up and get his dipolma!! He looked truely happy after he had it in his hands!!
After graduation, dad took us all out for lunch. We had a great time and gave Joel a hard time about how now he's going to be stuck working for the next 40 years! He's not stuck yet though! He's been living it up since graduation! We haven't heard a peep out of him. He's been hanging out with his friends and just having fun. And mom and dad got him a trip to Hawaii for his grad gift, so I'm sure he'll be using that soon to!! Congrats Joel! You made it!!!
We drove back Saturday after lunch, and got back home at about 6:30. Ladd was at the house with Emma, who had just decided that his new phone was a chew toy, and had ruined it, along with our laptop mouse. Thanks Emma. Luckily Ladd had insurance on his phone!!
Despite all that, Ladd made us dinner. He had gone to the Saturday markey and gotten fresh veggies and herbs. We had a good night watching movies, talking, laughing, and eating!!!
Sunday Ladd left in the early afternoon, and Trav and I started in on our chores and errands. Now it's back to work for the week. Busy week ahead! Mom's bday is Wednesday and we are celebrating Father's day as well, since mom and I will be in CA on Sunday! Also Trav and I have the dog trainer, dinner with Air, and we are visiting Lindsey, Brian, and Bria on Thursday! Bring it on!
We left for Klamath Falls Friday afternoon to see Joel graduate from OIT Saturday morning. We drove up with my parents which made the drive much more fun...and interesting! We drove through a couple rain storms while heading over the mountain. We checked into our room and then waited for Joel to find out hotel so we could go to dinner. Joel took us to his favorite place in K falls. It was a little Vietnamese place and it was delicious!! I got a lemon grass chicken stir fry, medium hot, over steamed rice. It was so good! A little hot for me, so I just added plum sauce to sweeten it up a little. Yum!
After dinner we got some pie for dessert and headed back to the hotel. Joel opened a couple more gifts (his party was last weekend) from mom and dad and we all ate pie before heading to bed.
We got up early Saturday morning. We wanted to get to OIT by 9 to get a good seat. Before that though, we wanted to take advantage of the hotel's free breakfast. I am so glad we did. It was delicious! They had yogurt, bagels and cream cheese, fruit, coffee, tea, waffles, cereal......and more!!! I had half a waffle (split it with mom), a bowl of raisin bran, and a cup of tea. After breakfast we raced to OIT, but it was already packed out when we got there. Luckily, Sara had gotten there a little before us and saved us a row!!
It was so fun seeing Joel walk onto the field with all his classmates, and then walk up and get his dipolma!! He looked truely happy after he had it in his hands!!
After graduation, dad took us all out for lunch. We had a great time and gave Joel a hard time about how now he's going to be stuck working for the next 40 years! He's not stuck yet though! He's been living it up since graduation! We haven't heard a peep out of him. He's been hanging out with his friends and just having fun. And mom and dad got him a trip to Hawaii for his grad gift, so I'm sure he'll be using that soon to!! Congrats Joel! You made it!!!
We drove back Saturday after lunch, and got back home at about 6:30. Ladd was at the house with Emma, who had just decided that his new phone was a chew toy, and had ruined it, along with our laptop mouse. Thanks Emma. Luckily Ladd had insurance on his phone!!
Despite all that, Ladd made us dinner. He had gone to the Saturday markey and gotten fresh veggies and herbs. We had a good night watching movies, talking, laughing, and eating!!!
Sunday Ladd left in the early afternoon, and Trav and I started in on our chores and errands. Now it's back to work for the week. Busy week ahead! Mom's bday is Wednesday and we are celebrating Father's day as well, since mom and I will be in CA on Sunday! Also Trav and I have the dog trainer, dinner with Air, and we are visiting Lindsey, Brian, and Bria on Thursday! Bring it on!
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Goodbye 26, Hello 27!!
Happy Birthday to me. :) It was very difficult for me to say goodbye to another year. I feel like they are flying by so fast now, and I just don't want to get any older!! 30 is creeping up on me! 30!! I used to think 30 was old! I guess you're only as old as you feel though right! And I feel 18 still. HEHEI had a great birthday! I started at the hospital. Amy and Jay just had thier baby girl, Hannah, so I went to go see her! She is so precious. What a great way to start the day....holding a newborn baby. After visiting with Ame and Jay for a while, I headed to Air's. We went to the Wildlife Safari in Winston for the day! Originally we were going to spend the day at the beach, but the weather that direction was not good at all. Winston was warm and the sun was even peeking through the clouds!
It was so much fun seeing all the animals! We both love animals. We especially loved the lions, tigers, and BEARS! And we went through those areas several times! The bears were the most entertaining. A couple of them were taking baths in the pond...that was like a large dirty puddle! They would lay on their back and just have their head and all 4 paws out of the water. It was a lot of fun, and we actually went through the whole thing twice! Hey, if we're going to drive 2 hrs each way to get there, we minds-well spend 4 hrs there!!!
We got back on the road at 4. My parents were having a BBQ for me, and for my brother's graduation party. Joel and Sara, Randy and Donna, Mom and Dad, Air, and Trav and I made a great group! We ate and laughed and drank and played games all night! Dinner was BBQ'd rib-eye steaks.....what a treat!!
My dad spoiled me with shirts (some were actually great.....some were not so great...) I always love the shirts from my dad because they are so random but sometimes he picks some awesome ones!! My mom got me a Miche Bag cover, and some great Beaver's gear...a bag, a hat, a pom-pom, and a little stuffed Benny! My brother got me a cool loose leaf tea brewing pitcher. It's so thoughtful. He said he got it because everytime he comes over we offer him some tea! Sara got me 2 containers of Peet's loose leaf tea to use in it! We've already used it and we love it. Air got me a new straightening iron for my hair! I asked her for one and I love it! It works SO much better than my old one! She also got me a package of my very favorite candy....Yorks!! Randy and Donna even got me a Starbucks gift card! I truly was spoiled rotten! And of course, Trav got me Emma. She's the best gift ever....and apparently the most expensive! LOL. It was a great birthday!
Saturday we went to the Strawberry Festival!!!! I haven't been since I was little, but my parents used to take me every year since it is always on my birthday weekend. We went to the parade, and after the parade we headed to the festival. We ate fair food and wandered around to check out all the booths and rides. I enjoyed some cotton candy! Can't go to a fair and NOT get cotton candy! It was fun. After the festival we headed to Robert and Kathy's to have birthday dinner. It was a good night. We finished it off by watching movies and having some tea (with our new brewing machine!!).
Sunday was the usual chores and errands. Trav did take me out for birthday lunch. He was going to take me out on Friday, but couldn't since I was at the Wildlife Safari. We enjoyed some Wilhelms.
That pretty much sums it up! Emma's stitches aren't healing as quickly as we'd like.....but we don't really know how they should look since we've never done this before. The middle section looks really good, but the top and especially the bottom are still red and are just not closing up like the middle. Hopefully it's just a little slower and we won't have to end up back at the vet! Either way, I think Trav is going to stay home with Emma this weekend while I go to K falls for Joel's graduation. I don't think Emma wrestling with Mya all weekend would be good for her stitches at all, and it's just not worth it if she doesn't pull them out! So, it looks like I might be going with just my parents....which will still be lots of fun! But I will miss Trav! We all will. He's so nice to offer to stay with her alone and still let me go.
Well, work is getting busy so I better get back to it!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Memorial Day weekend in La Grande w the Hearings
Friday afternoon Trav and I got off work at 2:30 and loaded the car with all our things, and Emma and all her things! We stopped to get gas and we were off! We stopped in Portland for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It's one of my favorite places to eat! I love Italian food for starters, and I love the building the Old Spaghetti Factory is in. It's huge and it's like a castle. All the furniture is gorgeous....like Kings and Queens chairs. The doors to get in are HUGE, like 20 feet high....or maybe even higher! There are huge, beautiful chandeliers in the lobby....etc. It's just a fun experience! We were seated at a table right on the water to! I think it's because we got there right at 4:30 when they opened for dinner.
On top of how great the PLACE and FOOD are, the PRICES are great to! Trav and I can both get a big yummy dinner with drinks and dessert and the bill will only total $25!
Needless to say, we had a wonderful dinner and a fun time. We watched the boats on the river and enjoyed the sunshine coming in.
We were back on the road by 5:30. Before we left we let Emma out of the car, fed her, and walked her around a little to stretch her little legs. She had a LONG ride ahead. We all did.
The scenery out of Portland and for the first 100 miles was great.
Multnomah Falls, lots of mountains covered with green trees, driving along the river, it was all very pretty. But, after a couple more hours in the car we started getting tired of it. And the scenery seemed to dry up at the same time! There were no towns to even look at from the freeway!
When we arrived at 10pm we were thrilled just to be out of the car! Emma slept the whole way there. She woke up a couple times just to stick her head up, pant a little, reposition herself, and go back to sleep. We stopped a couple more times for her, but she didn't really need us to.
She was thrilled to meet Mon and JD's 3 dogs: Dolce, Baily, and Lucy. Lucy is getting older, and was not very impressed with all the puppy energy Emma brought with her. Baily was slower to warm up, but Emma found a best friend in Dolce.
Although they are different sizes (very), they are about the same age and they bonded instantly and played together the whole time we were there. Baily joined in the fun the 2nd day, but Lucy pretty much just "coped" with all the puppies!
Mon and JD gave us the tour of thier house. Madison's room was just as I imagined...painted pink for a princess! So cute. They had 2 spare rooms, ours was decorated so nicely and the bed was SO comfortable! The kitchen was huge and the living room was even huger. We went out to the backyard which was also nice and big. Lots of room for the 4 doggies to play!
Once Trav and I got settled into our room, we played Wii golf (JD taught me lots of new and then went to bed. We had to get up early the next day to go boating!!
Saturday we got on the road a little after 10am. We were heading to a spot on Snake River to meet JD's parents and his sister and her BF. We got there a little before noon, and first things first, we ate! JD's mom fixed us delicious sandwiches. His whole family was very nice and fun to talk with. Then we took the boat out. It was SO much fun. Trav and I very rarely get to go for a boat ride so it is always a treat! Mon and I spent most of out time laying out at the front of the boat.
It was so nice a warm out that it wasn't even cold with the wind blowing by us 100 miles an hour in our bikini's! We spent the whole afternoon on the boat, soaking in all the sun rays we could get!
We got back home at 8 and made dinner. We had a mexican casserole and mexican chicken, both were delicious!
After dinner we tried to watch Wolverine, but we had trouble converting it, so we ended up watching Fired Up (really funny) instead.
Sunday we slept in until 10:30, and layed in bed until 11. We had planned to go to Wallowa Lake that day, but there were threats of thunder storms so we decided not to chance it. Instead we went out to lunch and then went and played mini golf.
I lost, but I had fun and thats all that matters right??! :) It was lots of fun. After golf we went into the mountains to go mushroom hunting for Morrell's. We found some great mushrooms and had a fun hike through the Forrest! We got home a little after 8 and cooked up BBQ'd hamburgers, which are JD's specialty and they are so good! And Mon made a delicious pasta salad full of goodies, and we cooked up the mushrooms we found and got some grapes! Dinner was SO good. I don't know if it's because it was 9pm and I was starving or not, but it was fantastic!
After dinner we watched Wolverine, which was really good. I figured it would be though. And we watched Taken. I had always been afraid to watch it because it looked scary in the previews, but someone told me that it was really good and not scary so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did because it was a good movie, and not scary. :)
We went to bed at 2 and couldn't believe our weekend and time in La Grande was already over!
We got up at 9am, got showered and packed up and we were ready to go by 10am. We said goodbye to Mon, JD, and Madison, thanked them for the good times and great food, loaded Emma up and got back on the road.
It was another gorgeous day thank goodness. That always makes the drive so much better! We were starving by Pendleton, but we didn't want to stop so soon after leaving because we knew we'd need a break later in the drive....and that we'd get hungry again! 6 hours is a long time to be in the car! Well, there were no more towns with food in them until The Dalles, so we had to wait another 2 hours to eat! But we made it, and we really enjoyed our McDonald's when we got it! We made it to Air's at 4 for her Memorial Day BBQ/Mya's 1st bday!
Trav, Mo and I helped her in the kitchen, mainly by eating before we were supposed to. LOL. Trav fired up the grill after Sharm and K got there. He grilled some burgers and we had pasta salad, fruit, and baked beans to go along. Ryan and his kids showed up, and a few other people that I didn't know. We sat out in the sunshine and enjoyed the food, beer, and company all evening. Trav and I headed home at 8.
We unloaded the car and got situated until about 9 when we collapsed on the coach. We felt very refreshed from our weekend getaway, but also exhausted!
Now it's back to the daily grind....Only 2 more days of work until the weekend is here again! This is why I love 3 day weekends! :) You get 2 extra short weeks out of the deal! Trav and I are enjoying the sunshine so much. It's supposed to stick around all week and into this coming weekend! We are planning to get some yard work done this weekend, and possibly (hopefully) get the gate for the fence up, to keep Emma in the back yard.
Of course we'll enjoy several more BBQ's as well!! :)
On top of how great the PLACE and FOOD are, the PRICES are great to! Trav and I can both get a big yummy dinner with drinks and dessert and the bill will only total $25!
Needless to say, we had a wonderful dinner and a fun time. We watched the boats on the river and enjoyed the sunshine coming in.
We were back on the road by 5:30. Before we left we let Emma out of the car, fed her, and walked her around a little to stretch her little legs. She had a LONG ride ahead. We all did.
The scenery out of Portland and for the first 100 miles was great.
Multnomah Falls, lots of mountains covered with green trees, driving along the river, it was all very pretty. But, after a couple more hours in the car we started getting tired of it. And the scenery seemed to dry up at the same time! There were no towns to even look at from the freeway!
When we arrived at 10pm we were thrilled just to be out of the car! Emma slept the whole way there. She woke up a couple times just to stick her head up, pant a little, reposition herself, and go back to sleep. We stopped a couple more times for her, but she didn't really need us to.
She was thrilled to meet Mon and JD's 3 dogs: Dolce, Baily, and Lucy. Lucy is getting older, and was not very impressed with all the puppy energy Emma brought with her. Baily was slower to warm up, but Emma found a best friend in Dolce.
Although they are different sizes (very), they are about the same age and they bonded instantly and played together the whole time we were there. Baily joined in the fun the 2nd day, but Lucy pretty much just "coped" with all the puppies!Mon and JD gave us the tour of thier house. Madison's room was just as I imagined...painted pink for a princess! So cute. They had 2 spare rooms, ours was decorated so nicely and the bed was SO comfortable! The kitchen was huge and the living room was even huger. We went out to the backyard which was also nice and big. Lots of room for the 4 doggies to play!
Once Trav and I got settled into our room, we played Wii golf (JD taught me lots of new and then went to bed. We had to get up early the next day to go boating!!
Saturday we got on the road a little after 10am. We were heading to a spot on Snake River to meet JD's parents and his sister and her BF. We got there a little before noon, and first things first, we ate! JD's mom fixed us delicious sandwiches. His whole family was very nice and fun to talk with. Then we took the boat out. It was SO much fun. Trav and I very rarely get to go for a boat ride so it is always a treat! Mon and I spent most of out time laying out at the front of the boat.
It was so nice a warm out that it wasn't even cold with the wind blowing by us 100 miles an hour in our bikini's! We spent the whole afternoon on the boat, soaking in all the sun rays we could get!
We got back home at 8 and made dinner. We had a mexican casserole and mexican chicken, both were delicious!
After dinner we tried to watch Wolverine, but we had trouble converting it, so we ended up watching Fired Up (really funny) instead.
Sunday we slept in until 10:30, and layed in bed until 11. We had planned to go to Wallowa Lake that day, but there were threats of thunder storms so we decided not to chance it. Instead we went out to lunch and then went and played mini golf.
I lost, but I had fun and thats all that matters right??! :) It was lots of fun. After golf we went into the mountains to go mushroom hunting for Morrell's. We found some great mushrooms and had a fun hike through the Forrest! We got home a little after 8 and cooked up BBQ'd hamburgers, which are JD's specialty and they are so good! And Mon made a delicious pasta salad full of goodies, and we cooked up the mushrooms we found and got some grapes! Dinner was SO good. I don't know if it's because it was 9pm and I was starving or not, but it was fantastic!After dinner we watched Wolverine, which was really good. I figured it would be though. And we watched Taken. I had always been afraid to watch it because it looked scary in the previews, but someone told me that it was really good and not scary so I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did because it was a good movie, and not scary. :)
We went to bed at 2 and couldn't believe our weekend and time in La Grande was already over!
We got up at 9am, got showered and packed up and we were ready to go by 10am. We said goodbye to Mon, JD, and Madison, thanked them for the good times and great food, loaded Emma up and got back on the road.
It was another gorgeous day thank goodness. That always makes the drive so much better! We were starving by Pendleton, but we didn't want to stop so soon after leaving because we knew we'd need a break later in the drive....and that we'd get hungry again! 6 hours is a long time to be in the car! Well, there were no more towns with food in them until The Dalles, so we had to wait another 2 hours to eat! But we made it, and we really enjoyed our McDonald's when we got it! We made it to Air's at 4 for her Memorial Day BBQ/Mya's 1st bday!
Trav, Mo and I helped her in the kitchen, mainly by eating before we were supposed to. LOL. Trav fired up the grill after Sharm and K got there. He grilled some burgers and we had pasta salad, fruit, and baked beans to go along. Ryan and his kids showed up, and a few other people that I didn't know. We sat out in the sunshine and enjoyed the food, beer, and company all evening. Trav and I headed home at 8.
We unloaded the car and got situated until about 9 when we collapsed on the coach. We felt very refreshed from our weekend getaway, but also exhausted!
Now it's back to the daily grind....Only 2 more days of work until the weekend is here again! This is why I love 3 day weekends! :) You get 2 extra short weeks out of the deal! Trav and I are enjoying the sunshine so much. It's supposed to stick around all week and into this coming weekend! We are planning to get some yard work done this weekend, and possibly (hopefully) get the gate for the fence up, to keep Emma in the back yard.
Of course we'll enjoy several more BBQ's as well!! :)
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