Ah, the GOOD Ol' Days...

of "Spice Girl" shoes! haha.

Found these in my closet when clearing stuff out. I actually wore these in 5th grade! I absolutely loved the Spice Girls, and I was pretty cool for having these back then. haha. So, of course I tried them on and they still fit! What good times! :)

A Visit from a Boisean!

My husband's friend, Phil, came up from Boise to spend a weekend with us. We had a great time. On Friday Garrett, Phil, and a guy from our church went to a Christian "hard core" concert... they said it was amazing! I prefered to stay home from that. haha.

Then on Saturday we took Phil to the Saturday Market here in Portland. They have a bunch of unique stands as you can see in the pictures. This was creative utensil art!

Then that night we went to a Jazz resturaunt/club. The music was amazing and the food was very tasty and fancy! We had a table right up front and center! We were all in awe of how awesome it was!

Then on Sunday we went to see the new documentary by Ben Stein, "Expelled." It was really good.

Then Phil attended a couple of our classes at Multnomah. Then it was time to say goodbye. So, we had a really fun and easy going weekend with a friend from back home. Oh, home. I miss it. :)

New Things for Spring

I am so excited for my new center piece for my dining room table! It just brightens up the entire room and makes me so much more ready for Spring! It is a little glass pitcher that my mom and I found @ IKEA for only like $2.50 (thanks for getting it for me, mom). Then I just bought some fake flowers at Walmart for only $3.00...the funny thing is that the bouquet wasn't originally all yellow and orange, but I decided to custom make my own...I mean I am paying for it, so I only want to buy the colors that I want! haha. Anyways, it turned out great:

Here is Garrett with his new yo-yo that he got while we were at the coast. He used to be really good at it, so he tells me, so he is starting yo-yoing again. Look at that smile on his face, the yo-yo makes him so happy!

Well, have a happy start to Spring!

SpRiNg BrEaK 2008!

We had a wonderful 5 days with my mom and brothers over spring break!

Tuesday: They arrived about 4:30 PM. We spent most of this day searching for my mom's one and only car key...that is right it got lost about half an hour after they got here.

Wednesday: We went shopping, and Trenton bought an awesome remote control helicopter... Along with the helicopter was a lot of drama and a really long story, but eventually it all worked out and now it is a really fun toy. My mom and I took some girl only time and went to IKEA. We found some really great deals and now my mom is in love with it as much as I am! We spent the rest of the night watching Ratitoulle. Late that night found mom's key....praise God!

Thursday: We went to the coast, Seaside to be exact. The drive over was quite interesting. There was sunshine, rain, snow, and hail all during the 2 hour drive to Seaside! We made it safely, though, and ate lunch at Norma's Seafood. Then we spent time going through all the little shops and then looking for shells on the beach. The ocean was so crazy looking...it was all brown! Yuck! We found out later that the brown were millions of little plankton...gross!

Friday: Lazy day of watching movies, playing Catch Phrase, and some more shopping. We also went to the driving range to hit some golf balls. Everyone did really well!

Saturday: We went to the Saturday Market in downtown Portland. The family liked it and they all found something they liked! Matt spent most of his money on these Louisiana spices...yummy!

They left this morning and I miss them already! But I am grateful for the time we had together. It made for a great Spring Break!

A JOYFUL Easter

Happy (late) Easter, everyone! Hope you had a wonderful day celebrating with family the joy that we have in our Risen Savior!

Garrett and I went to his family's house for dinner after our Easter church service. We had a great meal, played some fun card games, and then went and took some beautiful pictures at the Capital building.

I am now excited for my mom and brothers to come up from Boise tomorrow! That means I will have a lot of pictures of my Spring Break with them to come! Have a wonderful Spring Break, everyone!

Life as a 20 Year Old

A lot has changed since my 20th birthday (apprx. 5 days ago). I feel different. I am officially no longer any sort of teen! Yay! Life is more sophisticated and mature as a 20 year old...haha. Yeah right. But really, I like being able to say I am 20.

I had a good birthday. Garrett and I went out to lunch, went shopping, and best of all saw Horton Hears a Who in the theatre. It was such a cute and funny movie! I couldn't believe it but we didn't take one picture that day, so sorry to say I don't have any! :(

Garrett and I just started going to a new church here in Portland. I had been sharing at work about how Garrett and I don't really have a home church here yet and we are having a really hard time finding some place to serve. One of my co-workers at Multnomah goes to Montavilla Baptist Church and invited Garrett and me to come and if we wanted help out in his jr.high ministry. We started going to Montavilla March 2 and then started serving in the jr.high that next Wednesday, the 5th! It was amazing how God worked it all out. We are loving it! Garrett is leading the worship in the jr.high...playing guitar and singing!

Life is going good so far as a 20 year old, and I thank God for it. :)

f.a.c.e.s.

I love the funny faces that my hubby makes when he sings and plays guitar...brings joy and laughter to my life.