The Reason for the trip...

Anna's graduation! Anna graduated from Portland State. I am so proud of her!

Anna and Sterling

Most of the family that was there.

We found out this weekend that Anna is pregnant! Yay! Here are our baby bumps.

My brother Jason, his wife Ashley, daughter Beverly, and our sweet Sarah.

My niece Emma.

Two of my four nieces, Emma and Madison.

Anna and Madison.

Anna and William.

William, Anna, James, and Madison.

Me and Jason.

Comparing our baby bellies:)

Beverly did not know what to think.

Part of my family that lives in Portland.

Jason's family with my little family. His kids are getting so old!

We dropped Michelle and her girls off at the airport on our drive home to Utah, so we took a detour to Multnomah Falls.

I love my family! It was so good to see all of them! And to spend some good quality time with them. I'm hoping we get to see them more and more from now on. Maybe they'll come visit us in Utah when we have our baby in a couple of months. Hint hint....family, hope to see y'all soon! Love you!

A Month and a Half Later...

I guess I just get to busy to finish blogging about our trips. So, I'll keep going on our Portland visit. After the cheese factory, we headed to the Manzanita Beach. It was REALLY windy, but fun!

Michelle with our niece, Beverly Rose.

Madi posing on the beach.

Dad and Sarah strolling around.

My cute Mom.

Madi and I trying to get a picture, but it was so windy!

My adorable husband, me, and our baby bump.

James, he is getting so old!

Dad and Sarah again.

Payton and Emma playing in the sand.

Anna building a sand castle around the laptop they found washed up on shore.

My sister in law, Ashley, with Payton and Emma.

I can't blame them. James and William fell asleep on the drive back to Portland. We were so exhausted from such a fun filled day!

Portland Visit, Day 2...Tillamook Cheese Factory

The second day in town, we headed out to the oh so famous Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was fun! We saw how cheese is made and packaged. Not to mention, the samples of cheese we ate! And my cheeseburger was delicious....along with the Tillamook ice cream. Oh man. It must be lunch time. That is all sounding so good right now!

Scott and I looking down at the factory workers.

My family, lets see. Payton, James, Dad, Anna, Michelle, Me, Mom, Sarah, Madison, Emma, Ashley, and Beverly. A few people are missing, but it can be difficult to keep a large group together.

Emma, Dad, Mom, James, Ashley, Beverly, and Sarah waiting for the elevator.

Scott testing some cheese. It was so good!

Ashley, Beverly, William, Michelle, Mom, Dad, Sarah, and little Emma eating their ice cream. Yum!

Anna and Sterling. So hospitable, we crashed their place most of the time.

James and two of the four nieces, Payton and Madi.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Sunny Portland Adventures. Day 1

A couple of weeks ago, Scott and I headed out to Portland for my little sisters college graduation. We're getting so old! We were able to see most of my family while we were there. The only ones we were missing were Bobby and his wife and son, and Michelle's husband. We missed them, but it was still so much fun to see the rest of the family! The first day there, we went to the Oregon Zoo. I'll just put up pictures. They are more entertaining:)

Me and Scott at the zoo.

Anna, Mom, Sterling, and Sarah

Anna and Sterling

Sterling and Sarah.

My youngest brother William.

Me and my daddy!

Payton and the birds.

The girls were sharing!

After a fun day at the zoo, we headed back to Anna's place where we made delicious home made pizzas. I learned a new secret! You can buy the dough that grocery stores use to make french bread for pizza crust. They turned out really good! And we had alot of fun. I love my family:)

Sunday is a great day!

Yay!! When I wake up in the morning, it'll be Sunday. I'm not excited to have to work in the morning, but I am excited that it is Sunday. That means Scott is on his way home! Yay!! I am excited for him to come home from his adventures. I'm excited to hear his stories and see his pictures. I'm excited to hug him and hold his hand. But mostly, I'm just excited to have my husband and best friend home. Twelve days is a long time to have your best buddy away from your side. So, now, I will head to bed so it'll be Sunday. Hope everyone else has as good as a Sunday as I will!

How Does He Do It?

Much to my surprise, the sweet love notes keep coming. I found one with some Baskin Robbins gift certificates on Tuesday, so I headed to get my treat, and lucky for me, it was $1 scoop night!! Yay! So I got two scoops, and only used half of my gift certificates. More sweets for me:)

Then, Scott tells me to keep an eye on the mail. I checked Wednesday, nothing. I checked today(Thursday) before work and still nothing. But the mail had not arrived yet for the day, so I checked on my way home. And what do I find??? The sweetest note of them all that made me bawl like a little baby. And not to mention, he told me to look in our linen closet where he had hidden a box of fine dark chocolates under our pillow cases.

Man, I'm the luckiest girl in the world.