Happy 10 Years!!

Happy 10 year anniversary to us!!! Tim and I have been married for 10 years now! It seems as if we have been together forevvvver and yet at the same time I remember the first night we met like it was yesterday. . We did not plan anything and thought maybe we could get away with a spur of the moment weekend trip... ya know the kind that is the spontanous I think it would be fun if we just did this before we had kids and were able to do that, that kind. Somehow it just did not work out. :) I think I will have to start planning now for I am hoping that we take some big vacation on our 15th. Oh well it was a nice anniversary we just went out to dinner and had some much need alone time. Thanks Kelly and Danae. It was really good for us to revisit the past and why we fell in love and are still in love (really that is something that should be done everyday)!

I mean marriage is not always roses, there have been some pretty real down low moments that we have had to work through but I think it makes us appreciate even more what we have, a truly blessed life with two amazing beautiful kids!!!

Funny thing I was trying to find some pictures of when we first were dating and I realized that I did not have a digital camera back then. All our dating pictures are negatives in a box and I still need to scan them to a cd

Us 10 to 12 years ago.

12 years ago we had been dating a couple of months when this was taken.

This picture was actually taken six years ago in Paulsbo WA at Emily and Brad's wedding.I was going to post some wedding pictures but they are some of the ones I was talking about, still on negatives that I need to scan to a CD and how pathetically sad is it that the only pictures I have of us(Tim and I) together are from 6 to 12 years ago????? I need to work on that!

Holy Cow!

Where did the summer go? I just got on and realized that I have not been on here for over a month! Busy summer and some plain old lazy, I guess. So many things to cover that has happened since July 4th. I had to make a trip to the ER for a kidney infection. That took me out of commission for like a week and a half. I have never had a kidney infection before and I hope, hope I never get one again. It was so painful and completely wiped me out, Tim was super awesome taking care of me and the kids, handling everything while I was all drugged up and in bed. He was great. After I recovered I got to go on a girls get away. Some of my girlfriends and I went to Boise and had dinner at the melting pot and then went shopping the next day. So much fun!

At the end of July we took a family vacation to the Oregon coast with Tim's family. It was good to see everybody and we celebrated my nephews 1st birthday while we were there. Major shopping was done in Lincoln City at the outlet mall. I did all of Nate's back to school for little $$$. I love great deals and getting good stuff for fraction of cost! The coast has something for everyone. Tim, his brothers and dad were able to go out deep sea fishing and came back with some fantastic salmon. I'm not a big sea food lover and I actually liked the salmon. Vacationing on the coast is one of my favorite things to do, being on the beach, listening to the ocean, sooo relaxing! We always rent a house for the week and it really is nice to have the option of just doing what ever you want. Eating out, cooking, taking naps, stepping outside to walk on the beach, poking around the little coastal towns, everything is so wonderful. I highly recommend it to everyone. There are some great websites for renting beach houses, like bayshorerentals.com, oceanodyssey.com or VRBO.com. Start planning your next summer vacation. July and August are the best time to go.


Fun on the beach

My beautiful niece Anna and sister in law JennyThis hole was the most entertaining event on the beach for the girls.Shopping in Old Town Florence.Newport Aquarium