pretty pretty...

please.

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with a cherry on top?

joy. ful.

What a joyful weekend!

This weekend was pretty incredible! Absolutely beautfil weather in Portland.

cough cough...finally...cough cough

We had tons of fun in the sunshine. It was a weekend of celebrating..Ben passed his series 7 exam on Friday so now he is one step closer to being licensed to sell securities! I'm married to a stock broker...weird! So proud of him, he got a 90% and its one of the hardest tests you can take. YAY HUSBAND! We went out to dinner with our families on Friday night to celebrate Ben's test and my daddy's big fat raise! ...and I almost passed out at the table because I was so tired from the week.

Anyway, on Saturday we got up and did one of our favorite things to do on Saturday mornings...Went for a drive out in the country and looked at old houses and dreamed of buying them and fixing them up and putting babies and dogs and cute furniture in them.

♥

(told you I would wear these this weekend)

We stopped at the cutest little place called SouthStore. A little cafe in an old house on the way to Newberg. I got an iced americano and a quiche. Ben got a turkey bacon and brie sandwhich (yum) and an iced tea. We sat out on the porch with Tangle who gets super tired in the sun. Its great. (and i got a new hat which is also great)

We went to champoeg park and laid out in a clearing with Tangle

(on the Pocahontas blanket, stylin').

We finished off the night with our friends Jeremy and Katy. Had (gigantic) burgers and watched The Departed. Not good. Well, good, but so much ridiculous language.

♥ ♥ ♥

Sunday morning it was beautiful again, and Ben went to play tennis with his bro, so I went for a run and to the gym, and came home and made the most delicious oatmeal with fresh fruities, yogurt, honey and cinnamon. I cheated on my iced coffee and made it with Starbucks Via.

Not bad actually!

laid out in the hammock and read for a little while...




Then went to Allison's pool and met up with Stephen & Rachel and baby Avery. Her first pool experience. It was pretty stinkin precious. She loved it! Ben loved it too. I think he needs one.
(a baby, not a pool)


Said farewell for now to my dear sweet little friend Laura. She is moving to Eugene and I will miss her sweet face! I love you Laura!


An amazing weekend! I am super blessed :-)

PS...its supposed to be sunny for the next 7 days. Praise Jesus!

a long friday.

Its been a long week! A few things that are getting me through my twelve hour Friday work day...

cousins.

dreaming of this vacation.

my oregon print.

i ♥ my state.

yes, even now.

wishing for this dining spot.

an art project.

my mantle with a little inspiration.

my birthday present.

(which i will don again when the flood in my backyard dries up)

Annnd THIS video. which i'm sure is old news by now, but i just love it!


well, only elevn hours to go until an 80 degree weekend!

enjoy your Fridays!

Oh, hi!

Oh...well hi there!

Okay okay, I know that I have been a very bad girl...but i'm not really sorry because i have been having lots and lots of fun :-). Not that blogging isn't fun...but hey, the sun has been out.

Anyway, I thought i would share a little bit of mother's day festivities (i know, kinda late) with ya'll. We had my mom and dad and bro and sister in law (who is a new mommy) over on mother's day for a little brunch. It was so warm we ate outside!

sorry for the not-so-top-knotch-photography.

The Menu:

.mimosas.

.buttermilk blackberry scones.

.cheesey hashbrown caserol.

(via Paula Deen)

.fresh fruit.

The Decor:

hydrangea and ranunculus

$10.00

paper flowers made from tissue paper at the dollar store.

$2.00

place settings using things i already had

$0.00




mismatched vases wrapped in target dollar bin twine
$1.00

sunshine

$0.00

celebrity guest

(Avery)

a fun day celebrating my mommy!

i love parties.

♥

Drum Roll Please....

And the winner of the lovely Diamanti giveaway is...

♥ Becca ♥

over at life@1521

(my hyperlinker is being stupid so i can't link to her page but here her blog address): http://lifeat1521.blogspot.com/

Here's what she won...

congrats Becca! Thanks to everyone else for playing along, now go get some goodies from Tori at her shop.

and have a happy Monday!

ps...home computer still down...blogging on hold until further notice! :-(

Procrastinaters Unite

Raise your hand if you like to procrastinate.

(hand raise)

(see)

So, the giveaway drawing is postponed...

...because i'm busy.

...and also because more people need to enter its loveliness.

..and also my computer at home broke down so i can only blog at work which is not a good use of my time and i feel guilty doing that...

...so enter if you haven't already because i'll be picking a winner on...

SUNDAY!

A Very Pretty Giveaway

Today is an exciting day for me.

why?

because I am hosting my very first giveaway!

I have been wanting to do a give-away for quite a while now, but haven't really had any excess of time on my hands to make anything particularly worthy of giving away. A lame excuse, i know this. Nevertheless...i was asked to do host a giveaway for an amazingly talented little lady, found via my friend Sharlyn, and her refurbished jewelry creations, which i absolutely have fallen in love with. introducing....

Tori at Diamanti

Her etsy shop is Diamanti, and its just perfect.

Am i allowed to win my own give-away? probably not.

Here is whats up for grabs.

i am envious.

here's how it works. its pretty easy folks, there are 3 chances to win.

1)go browse the Diamanti etsy shop and pick out your fav, come back and
leave a comment on why you like it.

2)leave another comment (thats two comments, double chances to win, yesss) if
you are a follower of this blog.

3)post a link to this giveaway on your own blog or on facebook, or twitter (but i dont use twitter so i'll never actually know), and leave a comment with the link!

I'll be picking a winner on Wednesday evening, April 28th.

And while you're at it, don't forget to enter Lauren's giveaway over at The Little Things We Do. maybe you'll win two, won't that be special!