I "heart" New York

Melissa and I decided last minute to go to New York City a couple of weekends ago. I have always wanted to go there before Christmas so we did. You have to take advantage of the East Coast while you live there right? Anyway neither of us had been there before so we were amazed. It was beautiful! We went to Phantom of the Opera, the Empire State Building, Times Square, Chinatown, the site of the World Trade Center, Wall Street, shopping on 5th Ave, Ice Skating in Central Park and I even held a sign at the Today Show that said "hi" to Jake. Here are some of our photo's.

Thanksgiving

This year I was very thankful for my mom's visit. Here are some of the photo's from her trip. We had a fun time.

Go Beavers!

This weekend the Oregon State plays Oregon in the traditional "Civil War" game. I found these old photo's from a couple of years ago when Jake and I were home visiting. I love going to the games and watching OSU play on TV. It is very rare to see a game out in Georgia, so when it is on it is exciting. I think that the game will be televised tomorrow but I have to work, maybe I will record it or go into the break room a lot. Anyways....Go Beavs!

Sister's weekend plus Joe

Last weekend my mother-in-law Holly, aunt-in-law Janet, and sister-in-laws Kara and Annie came to visit. We had a wonderful time together and I am so thankful for Jake's wonderful family. We ate at great restaurants, ate a lot of Swedish fish candies, went shopping, and enjoyed catching up. Joe joined us for a couple of those day's too since he just lives about an hour north in South Carolina.

Costumes and Pumpkins

Melissa and I went to a costume party last week and carved our pumkins this week. We had a good time. Melissa carved a pirate pumpkin and my pumpkin is a woman with big lips and eye lashes.

Happy Birthday Melissa!

Sisters!

I took Melissa out to dinner downtown Savannah for her birthday last week. Then we went to a breast cancer benefit called "The Chocoholic Frolic." There was a lot of chocolate to eat. We had a great time!

Charleston again.

Last weekend I went up to Charleston with girls from my bible study. We went to help a family that just had a baby. It was a great time to get to know the girls and to talk about what God is doing in our lives. We cooked and baked a whole freezer full of meals for the family. I got some really great new meal idea's. I think we made enough for them to eat for a month! We did have an afternoon to get downtown Charleston. It was a beautiful day nice and cool. These photo's are of us eating lunch in a park.

Fall Center Piece

The other day I went downtown Savannah and it was a beautiful warm fall day. I found a little market on one of the corners that had pumpkins for sale. This is what I put together for a fall decoration, with only a small hint from Crate and Barrel. Happy Fall!

Teeny Bopper Weekend!

So Zoe came out to visit me last minute. We enjoyed the sun bathing on the beach, swimming in the warm Atlantic, shopping, staying up late, listening to loud music in the car with the windows rolled down and watching teeny bopper movies. Oh and of course watching our OSU Beavers on game day. Sounds like we are still in high school or maybe college? Well it was like that times 10. We also went to a pond near my house to let Ally swim. We had so much fun, but it always goes by so fast. Here are some photo's from the weekend.

Pennsylvania

A few weekends ago I had a chance to go visit my sister-in-law and her family. I had so much fun seeing them. The boys are so much fun. I was able to see soccer games and have the ultimate soccer mom experience, thanks to Kara! Small trips like that make time go by fast and keep my spirits up while Jake is gone.

Birthday Party's in Oregon!

Last July I went home to Oregon for my mom's 50th birthday. It was such a good time but I didn't have any photo's until she sent me some of her's. We did a 50's them which was appropriate for her 50th bday and she was born in the 50's. Many friends and family were there to celebrate with her. I was glad to make it out there to be with her. It was also my cousin Ryan's first birthday a few day's later, so we had a party for him too! Here are some of the photo's from the party's.

What are you going to do next? I'm going to Disney World!

Yes I went to Disney World last week. My friend Julia came out to visit so we took a short trip south to Orlando. We stayed in the military Disney hotel, Shades of Green. It was a very nice hotel on a golf course and it even had a Mickey Mouse shaped pool. We went to Epcot and Magic Kingdom. Epcot was a full day of fun, we showed up at 10AM and left at 1AM. There were extra late magical hours for people staying at the resorts hotels. Epcot has crazy rides and different "countries" you can tour. We went to Morocco, Germany, France, Japan, China, Canada, and the UK all in one day! The little replica countries are amazing. I have never been out of the country but I imagine that is what they look like. Even the people at the shops and restaurant were from the country they were working in. So Epcot was my favorite part of the trip. We did however go to an amazing dinner one night. My sister Melissa worked for a fancy restaurant in Key Largo two winters ago at a place called Norman's. So there is one in Orlando at the Ritz Carlton, so we went. I have never had a meal like this before. I tried everything fried Oysters, sweet breads, yuka root stuffed shrimp, fried cod (which was my favorite), oh and the dessert was this strawberry sauce over champagne sorbet with a crape on top! Melissa knew the manager so this whole fancy meal was about 30 dollars each instead of about 100 or even more. He only charged us for the main dishes! This dinner was the best meal I have ever had.

Happy 1st Wedding Anniversary Nick and Julie Palmer

Congratulations Nick and Julie! I can't believe it has been a year since your wedding. You two are a wonderful couple. I founds these fun photo's from your reception! I love you two and miss you.