Ocean air

Joe and I decided to take a day trip to the Oregon Coast.

It was a beautiful drive out. It takes about 2 hours to get there, we use to live 3 miles from the ocean, big change for us!

 We went to Tillamook, they make our favorite cheese! It was perfect weather for the trip, sunny and cool. We stopped at the Tillamook cheese factory, got some ice cream and cheese samples and bought cheese curd which you can only get there. Never had that and loved it! After the factory we headed to the beach, it was a little windy!

It was nice to get out somewhere new and explore a little.

Birthday Weekend

Today is my 29th birthday. My 28th year was pretty crazy! So I am excited to see what is to come this year. It has been a quiet day so far, just me and my dogs at home being lazy and waiting for Joe to get off work. I have enjoyed all my phone calls today and all my messages, thank you! I'm excited to out to dinner with Joe tonight to the most descent Mexican restaurant we have found so far. Actually my Dad and I found it when he was here and heard them singing Las Mananitas to someone there for their birthday and I knew I had to come back so they could sing for me on mine! It's a tradition, my Dad has always played that song for my brother and I on our birthdays. I don't think the day would be complete without it!

I had an awesome birthday weekend!

Saturday we got to spend the day with my Aunt Sheryl and friends. We went to a great lunch in Portland then headed over to the Japanese Tea Gardens where we walked around and enjoyed hot tea and cookies overlooking the gardens.

After that we went to do some shopping downtown and I got a beautiful new winter jacket from my Aunt and I can't wait to wear it!

Then we all headed to my aunts friends house. They made a wonderful dinner for us. And we got to see their sweet dog Delilah.

Sunday we had our friends over for dinner. The boys made dinner while the girls got to go to a happy hour and just have some good old girl time! It was so much fun. We made it back to our house and had awesome ribs and home made BBQ mac n' cheese, mmmmm!

Thor had a great time too, he decided it was getting late though and it was time to sleep, our friends son Tabor had so much fun he fell asleep too.

Slide show

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School Days

Joe started school again. He likes his professor and this first class seems like it will be a breeze. He attends twice a week after work, so he has two very long days during the week. He finally will have his first Saturday off in quite awhile this weekend. We are both very excited about that. It's my birthday weekend, yes I said weekend! =) My Aunt Sheryl is coming up to visit some friends in Oregon and we get to have her overnight Saturday and we cant wait! Her birthday is the day after mine so we are both having a birthday weekend. It will be strange to not be around my parents and family for this birthday and especially not my Abuelo who I share a birthday with.

We are starting to really get settled in our new home, only a couple boxes left! Joe and I are getting very antsy for his health insurance to start up since that means we can start trying on the next adventure in our life's!

I have been back for three weeks now from my trip to Cali. I had a great time seeing friends and family while I was there. I attended my friends Liz and Adam's wedding, I worked with both of them at my last job. They are such a great couple and I love them both. The wedding was beautiful and so much fun. Below are all the girls I got to be very close with from work and miss so much all the time.

The happy couple

I hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend!