I know....I always do this! Not post for months, and then have a three month summary of whats new around here. Well, here I go again! :) But before I begin, just a warning- there will be a lot of pictures!
It all begins with the Blazer game!! Ran into some great friends (who were jazz fans) not to worry...The blazers won :) Bit thanks to mom and dad for always treating us to some fun times!
Here we are at a little getaway for our anniversary at Oregon Gardens...if you have never been there-we recommend it! Great bed and breakfast with a spa and cute little single apartments. There is a HUGE garden that you can walk around with lots of paths and a great view...however, maybe go when the sun is out...not mid winter!
Kyle and I have a love for the outdoors. Any chance we can get were outside either on a bike ride or a walk/hike. It is soo nice to have the paths, hikes, views, and beautiful scenery in corvallis that we have. Below is kyle and myself taking a break on an early morning bike ride.
The next big event was Kyles grandmothers 90th birthday!!! Phew! Grandma Bell is the one on my right in the floral blouse. The others on her sides are her sisters. One who is 97 yrs old and one who is 87 years old. Looks like we have some longevity in the future!
Following this big event, we celebrated Kyles 24th birthday! Here he is with is gifts. We were able to make it home for a short trip to visit his family...thus ALL the gifts. When it comes to presents, he is like a little boy. Ripping through the gifts and examining them based on their functionality. Guess thats an engineer for ya :)
Shortly after this we were able to escape for a long weekend to Bend Oregon, with thanks to my best friend stephanie. Her parents have a beautiful house there, and a few of us friends were able to have a fun weekend with some fresh snow and some fun games with great food.
We woke up the morning we left to some fresh snow...here we are walking around down town Bend by the Deschutes River.
A few weeks after this we were able to tag along with my parents for a GREAT RELAXING SUNNY spring break! We headed down to Palm Spring to get some much needed Vita D, and some R&R. While we were there some of the great things we did were...Play tennis at least once a day! Eat lots of yummie food, read some good books, have an AMAAAAZZZING spa day in celebration of my birthday, and last but not least...make my poor dad sleep outside on the patio. No joke. Its a looong story, but the short version is that his snoring is WAAAY too loud. And his daughter (me) was not having a week of hearing him snore (ear plugs dont do anything for this guys noises he makes...its not just the noise, its the shaking of the walls that happens when he snores) This being said, you can get an idea of what his bed looked like :) WE LOVE YOU DAD!!! Such a good sport!
Kyle and Dad went on an excursion to Joshua Tree...here they are. Looks sooo exciting eh? Exactly why mom and I stayed back to play tennis and enjoy the sunshine while we could.
Finally just a few weeks ago we were able to Celebrate Kyles Grandfathers 80th Birthday! Grandpa Joe had quite the bash...tons of dancing with a live band and a full on catered dinner. Grandpa Joe is the life of the party! He and Maggie LOVE dancing and so it was with out fail that we were swindled into dancing! It was a great night!
I think I need to take a few dancing classes or lessons...I am in no way a "dancer"...maybe I just need to watch more dancing with the stars! hmm..
And Lastly, we have Keri who had a big lacrosse tournoment in Corvallis. She is a ROCK STAR at lacrosse and is the captan of the team. Here she is doing her thing and looking good while doing it. Way to go Ker!!
And there you have it...one VERY long blog update! Hopefully next time it wont take me 4 months before I update again. However, no promises!
