So since it's official...

Ok so I am getting married on June 21st (hooray!) and all of you know that, but I thought I would be a good little blogger and post a couple pictures of the man I am going to marry. So basically this post is for Drew and Kim. Alright I just came out and said it how it is. Miss you guys!

See you guys later! Love you all!

This one time, at the Tinker Bell Half Marathon

WOOT!  We were finished!  We were awesome!  It was time to celebrate!

Barbie and I started dancing...

 ...and Stefanie thought we were weird...

...but then she gave in.

Then Stefanie and Barbie taught me how to be a rockstar...

*"How do I do it?"*

 

...I will never be the awesome rockstars that they are. 

2012 DEER HUNTING

The deer Kim and I got, I was to embarrassed to be seen in the picture, hopefully something a little larger come elk season.

Kristal's husband was kind enough to allow me the "pleasure" of gutting, not so fun, plus that bladder is tricky!

Might as well continue with the life lessons, I was also blessed to be able to skin the sucker, FUN!

Last I got to help with the butchering (we are having ours done professionally thank goodness).

All in all a good weekend, hoping to get something nice come elk season, maybe something I will jump in the picture with!!

 

A couple of fun things that we've done lately.  (I'll leave out the dental surgery & the fact our family car was totalled - life is GREAT!)

                 We're working on the back yard.  Had fun doing the fire ring - idea from Pinctrus (sp?)  and       modified by Goodie, Luke, and the grunt (me).  Thanks for the help - I'll post more on finishing.
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We've also been watching a humming bird nest in our back yard.  Bree's interest in this got me going again.  I LOVE humming birds!  They're SO fascinating!  250 bpm heart rate at rest, over 1200 bpm in flight; can eat 1/2 to 8 times their weight every day! (and it's all SUGAR!! wouldn't that be great?!)  They visit over 1000 flowers a day and can remember EACH one - they know how long each flower takes to fill up again.  Super smart - largest brain and smallest body in bird family.  They're only found in the Americas naturally - Chile to Alaska.  Lay 2 eggs (we saw this, thanks Bree!) - baby birds will weight twice as much as the mother when they're ready to leave the nest (she gets FRAZZLED feeding and caring for them - sound familiar??).  I could go on & on, sorry.  Yep, were getting a feeder or two.  Here are the pics:

   The nest next to my thumb - size is amazing!  Nest is made up of bottle brush fibers, mother's feathers, spider lichen, and poop. 2 babies, laying end to end opposite of each other.

   Here's the two little guys almost ready to leave the nest.

Mom feeding her babies.  Is this cool or what?!!  They've left now :(

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We made a quick trip to Oregon to pick up the Caddy & spend time with Drew and Kim.  Had fun as usual.  It was cold - doors were frozen on the Caddy when we got ready to go on Saturday morning.  Oh, Mom & I bought a truck - probably one of the dumbest things we've ever done, but it was sure fun driving from Redmond to Kim & Drew's!  (Except when Mom suddenly stopped to look at a motorcyle and I almost plowed into the caddy - that would have been interesting!).  Here's the truck (love the purple!):


Yes, that's ICE on the windshield!

 We may never get it home to California (sorry Kim, you can use it for a planter, maybe), but the thought was fun.  Good trip home from Bend.  We appreciate all you do for us.  Dad.

Bathroom Remodel

 Gutting the bathroom.

 I don't even want to know what nasty stuff Dad was scrapping off the floor.  It looked DISGUSTING!!

 Barbie and Mom fighting over room in the bathroom so they could get it painted quickly.

 Dad created this awesome border that separates the paint from our handprints.

 Finished project

Mom and Dad got a sink that is only like 6-10 inches wide and it makes the bathroom look HUGE.  The end result was awesome.  So stylish and modern.  I love the colors and the tile backsplash and borders are very soothing.  Great work family!

Beach Trip May 5, 2012

 Skim board pros.

 Sun bathing beauties

 Trini's muscle shirt pose 

 Not sure what she was reading, but she was engrossed!

What a great weekend we had together!  Thanks everyone for coming and playing!  I am so thankful that we have such an amazing family.  I love spending time with all of you and am grateful for the closeness we share.