Flash back to the Netherlands (Woodburn Tulip Festival).

One thing that Portland has brought us is great friends. In all honesty there were days when the adjustment to Portland was not so pleasant. I missed my family and the familiar comforts of Idaho. I have definitely grown to love Portland and a big part of that is the friends that we have gained in our move. This weekend happened to be packed with those great friends.

Friday night we went out to Casey's house (a friend of Kevins from school). He lives out in the country and invited everyone out for some horse back riding, skeet shooting, and a barbeque. With the weather being upper 70's it made for a great night.

Saturday the men volunteered to help another dental student move which meant that they also volunteered us. Luckily the move was quick so quick that we decided we had enough day left to go for another adventure. So we quickly grabbed lunch, packed the Pearsons van and headed to Woodburn for the tulip festival. The flowers were beautiful! It reminded me of the Netherlands alot (except it was a lot smaller and I could understand people ha ha). We spent a couple hours walking around and enjoying the beauty before we packed the van again and headed home. Welcome to Oregon summer we are already enjoying your presence. 

My all time favorite picture of the day. Silly boy.

GP

Once again Kevin and I made the quick trip down to Grants Pass, but this time it was for a very special occasion Ellie's baptism. Once again we spent lots of time with family, enjoyed the absolutely beautiful weather, got our first sun burns of the season, enjoyed a beautiful baptism and celebrated a happy birthday with Miss Ellie which of course included a face in the cake.

Friday we arrived late since we couldn't leave until I was out of school. We did however arrive just in time to devour lots of cookies before bed. Saturday was filled with soccer games for Ellie and Weston, a quick hike with Kevin, and then the baptism which are always so uplifting followed by a birthday party. Sunday came way to fast and before we knew it we were on our way back home to Portland.

Love these Kiddos! 

This was carved into the bench at Cathedral Hill. 

Happy Birthday Ellie! 

Dang Boy your Hott! 

Short but sweet

Can I just say Hallelujah! Winter Semester is finally over and I finally have my husband back! On that note we both lucked out and had spring break the same week so we decided to head to Idaho to see family and a niece get baptized.

Friday after school and work we headed out on the road. For the most part the ride was good. We hit a snow storm in the mountains while I was driving, which probably frightened everyone (including me), due to the fact that I was one armed and not a good one armed driver in good weather let alone bad. Anyways we made it Boise safe and sound where we dropped off Jared one of Kevin's friends. We stayed the night at Jareds and then headed to Rigby the next day. As soon as we go there we quickly prepared for Abbi's baptism that occurred that night. (I am horrible at taking pictures so you will have to imagine how beautiful she looked until I steal pictures from Becca).

The next week was filled with a lot of relaxing and trying to overcome fevers (dang kids) and of course getting plenty of Livia time (which of course is never enough).

We went out to eat with my friend Hailey and her husband.

Went bowling with Carly. I took this picture right as Carly walked in, doesn't this boy look happy to see his little sister.

The next night we celebrated Carly's birthday with a bon fire and a face in the cake. Once again I stole these pictures, thanks Carly's friend for taking pictures when I lack.

I had a girls night with the sister, sister-in-law (lets be honest she is just a sister) and my mom. Of course no pictures. We went to Les Miserable while the boys stayed home with the kids and watched basketball.

We also took the crazy Kiddo's our for ice cream.

 Cannon didn't want his picture taken so he hid under the table. Silly boy, I can still see you!

And I got a new phone (i-phone) Wow I finally hit the 21st century ha ha but here are a few pictures I got of my sweet Livia.

And before you know it, Saturday had rolled around and it was time to head home. We made the drive home in one shot so that we would have Sunday to recuperate. Which in turn meant we didn't do much for Easter (does an easter egg hunt with the nursery kids count). We even had to scavenge for food to have any sort of dinner since we hadn't been grocery shopping for awhile. In the end it was a quick but enjoyable trip, it just went by way to fast. The good news is though that this semester is supposed to be easier so hopefully I see Mr. Berg a little more.

Oops

Warning: Do not continue reading this if you have a weak stomach the pictures are not pretty! 

It was a typical monday evening. We had just finished dinner and Kevin was in the living room studying for his finals which were the next day and I was cleaning up dinner. Since the dish washer was clean I decided that I would have to empty it before I could do any more dishes. I opened the dishwasher grabbed four glasses out of the top (2 in each hand) and proceeded to put them into the cupboard. On my way there the glasses in my right hand (which was slightly wet) began to slip and I proceeded to try and balance them on my other arm.

Well this is when things didn't go as planned. The glass dropped hitting the other glass and shattering. I let out a little scream due to the breaking and then looked down at my arm and let out a bigger scream  My arm was covered in blood but I wasn't panicking yet because I figured it was just a minor cut. I quickly put my wrist under the water only to realize that it was not a minor cut. This is when I started to panic and yell Kevin get in here quick. I think I stood there jumping around while Kevin found paper towels and told me to put pressure on it. My biggest worry was that I hit a major vein in my wrist. We panicked for a minute then quickly grabbed keys and wallet and headed out the door to the hospital. I was fine most of the way there as long as I didn't look at it. When I looked at it I got emotional and very light headed. Kevin asked if it hurt and I simply just told him I think I am in to much shock to feel anything.

Upon arriving we checked in and were told to go take a seat. The towels that I had been using to cover it was soaked in blood so I asked if they had a cloth or something I could use. The Doctor came out and pulled us into a back room where he took a quick look at it put some gauze on it and wrapping. Told me it was an impressive cut asked a couple times if I was sure it was an accident and not on purpose, took my vitals gave me a pain pill. ordered an x-ray to make sure there was no broken glass and then told us we were looking at about a 3 hour wait. In our rush of things we hadn't brought anything with us so I sent Kevin home to get his stuff to study and my phone and a book for me. He was gone for about 45 minutes and returned with sweats and sweatshirt for me (thank goodness I was freezing) and other things to entertain me while we waited.

3 hours past. Then 4. Then 5. By this time it was 11:30 and we were both exhausted and I was starting to feel really bad for Kevin who had finals starting bright and early in the morning. At about 12 they finally called us back and gave us a room. They said a nurse will be right in but 45 minutes later when she had not come in and I was really starting to hurt I hit the nurse button and immediately a doctor showed up. They had to do all sorts of painful tests to make sure I didn't damage the tendons or anything like that. I passed all the tests so then they proceeded to numb me, clean it up, and stitch it up. They put 2 stitches on the inside and then 6 on the outside. We left the ER at about 1:30- 7 hours after we arrived.

We both woke up at 6:30 the next day and headed off to work and school. I was in a lot of pain but was hoping ibuprofen would cut it for the day but by noon I was so exhausted and hurting that I gave up and went home for the rest of the day. Filled my prescription and took a nap. Poor Kevin had to take tests all day. Thanks Honey for sticking with me throughout that very very long night. You are the best.

Now for the pictures: