Summer 2014

Summer Highlights

• Ali is having a girl, she won't tell us the name, she is Due October 25, or any second
• I did stitch fix and blue apron. I am obsessed with BOTH of them!
• STITCH FIX referral link (use it!):  https://www.stitchfix.com/referral/3735775  ready the FAQ...if you hate shopping, don't have time or don't know what the cool kids are wearing these days then this is for you.
• BLUE APRON: Saves me time and an exhausting trip to the grocery store. We get to eat fancy and relatively healthy meals that are portioned perfectly for out appetite. It's not a huge money saver but worth my sanity.

•  4th of July
•  Gracie loves fireworks and the neighbors' coolers (because there is an abundance of ice)
  
  
  
  
• Girls weekend
• Amazeballs. I freaking LOVE Boise! and my girls too of course... I brought Gracie (our first flight alone which went pretty good) and she had a great time with her new buddy Kenna (which she came home and named her doll after her). We ditched the kids a few times (thanks to Carson and daycare), took the boat out, had a fabulous lakefront dinner and tons of laughs.
  
• Bridge Pedal 2014
• Gracie went with Andrew this year for a 30+ mile ride on most of Portland's bridges. She LOVED it and Andrew can't wait to take her out more!
  
  
  
  
• O'Neal/King Wedding 
• Andrew's sister, Lindsey got married!!! I was MOH, Andrew was groomsman and Gracie was FG. We had a blast, the ceremony/reception was perfect and so special and the photos turned out AMAZING (Thanks to Courtney! courtneyz.com). Welcome to the family Andrew (2)!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Make a Wish
• Andrew and I have a new wish to grant! Make a Wish will be sending the most amazing family to Disney's Aulani Resort in Hawaii the first week in November. I am so excited for them, meeting these awesome kids and their super neat families might be the best part of this whole gig.I will write a MAW post at a later time when I have more pictures and I get the ok to publicize them.
• Barre3
• Ali and I have found a new love (and a Sunday morning outlet). Great workout. Cool people. Low impact. Lots of shakes and sweats. Obsessed!
• Karli left us :(
• She is officially in San Diego with Dustin and the dogs. They seem to be pretty settled in, they are working and hoping to get residency so when they enroll in school it will be more cost effective :)
  
  
  
  
• Bend/Smith Rock
• WOW, what a cool weekend we had there! Got to see the Kittelson's, climbed Smith Rock and got some pretty amazing pictures! I will only post a few, I put lots more on Facebook. I had no idea how big it was or how pretty it was going to be. We fell in love with outdoor climbing, but it is really hard to do when you don't climb very often and are as inexperienced/limited in abilities as we are. We had a guide with us this time which made a world of difference. Definitely going to try and do this more often.
• So there's one more picture, but I will save it for the next post. The blog is back on in full force, so expect many more updates!