What we have been up to...

What have we been up to you might ask? Well let me show you...

Kevin and I went to Benihana's for a little early birthday. YUM! And my meal was free so that made it even better. 

Brooklyn made it to Oregon! YAY! 

I finished work and am officially on summer break. 

We played some Tennis

And we have swam lots and lots... (My hair is turning green... uh oh)

We had a Harry Potter party and Harry Potter movie marathon

 Whats a Harry Potter party without butter beer or licorice wands? 

We have done hair

And had picnics in the park

She thinks I am crazy...

Spent some time at OHSU

Road the tram (grudgengly I might add) She said the ride down was terrifying, and the "hike" back up was terrible ha ha (It's free to ride down but costs to ride up so we opted to walk back up the 2 miles). 

The start of our walk back up to OHSU

We have gotten lost in the hospital at OHSU

 Enjoyed the Skybridge at OHSU

Spent a morning at the Saturday Market

Waited in the long line to get a VooDoo Donut

Waiting not so patiently

Ate some yummy gyro's at the food carts

Visited this book worms heaven "The largest book store in the world" Powells.

 We had to drag her out of there (but not before she tried buying half the store). 

Then we visited the smallest park in the world. What classifies it as a park I have yet to figure out. Yes it is in the middle of the street. 

Enjoyed our yummy bubble gum donuts from VooDoo

We have, actually I should say Brooklyn has slept on the floor. We found her like this one morning. I guess she didn't make it to her bed that night. 

And of course we enjoyed the beautiful rose gardens. 

 My Rose Pose

Love these two! 

Brooklyn was pretending to be a professional photographer so she put us under this archway and told us to kiss. It was slightly awkward, with everyone walking by, but we agreed. She then takes the picture and laughs hysterically and tells us she was just doing it to embarrass us. You got us there Boo. 

And this handsome man finished his first year of Dental School! Can I get a woot woot! Congrats babe, I am so proud of you! 

That's what we have been doing. What about you? 

Birthday Bash

This post is somewhat hard to write because I am still somewhat in denial. I know I know, you guys are all thinking "23, thats not old", but for some reason 23 was a hard age to accept. Kevin knew something was not right when I didn't count down the days for him every day, or inform him it was my birthday month every time we went to a store and I wanted something. Nonetheless the day came and I decided to make the best of it.

Brooklyn flew in the day before my birthday so I was excited that I was able to celebrate it with her. Kevin also only had a morning class and so he was also able to play all day which is a present within itself. I however had to work a half day. Dang you Oregon! I have never in my life gone to school or worked on my birthday. Even when I did a summer semester at BYUI, I refused to go to school on my birthday. When my professor announced that we were going to have a quiz, I went and informed him I was not going to be there. When he asked why, I decided to just go with the truth, that it was my birthday and I refused to go to school on my birthday. He laughed and told me that he would excuse me from the quiz. Anyways I did a half a day and then came home to a birthday cake, presents, and some chocolate fudge Brooklyn had made me.  After lunch I took a nap (yes I am getting old), then we went bowling. Don't worry Kevin didn't play nice and let me win on my birthday. He creamed Brooklyn and I.

Following bowling we went and got a Papa Murphy's pizza headed home and prepared for a little party. We invited a few friends over to help out with the face in the cake. Which was of course very enjoyable for all. In the end it was a great day thanks to all those who made such an effort to make it a great day.

P.S. I forgot to mention my presents... The best part about birthdays right. I got a magnet board and magnets that Brooklyn made me (super cute) clothes and a dvd player from Kevin :) and this beauty from my parents (I think they got sick of me complaining about not having enough room in our freezer for all the meat they give us). Thank you everyone for all the presents and birthday wishes! 

The Rose City

Since Kevin and I officially live in the rose city we decided to participate in the rose festival. Our participation included a night of fireworks with some friends, and a couple hours at the rose parade. The fireworks were in lack of a better word, lame. They were very short and not very exciting in general, but the company was great so that made up for it.

We debated back and forth about going to the parade the next day, and then decided that since it was going to be a nice day we should get out and enjoy it, so we went. The parade was fun, but very long and therefore we did not survive the whole thing. We road the bus downtown to help avoid traffic. After waiting an hour or so for it to begin (we thought we were arriving late, which we did, however the parade starts on the other side of the river and had to make its way over to us which took a long time). We stayed for about half the parade, were able to see lots of marching bands, and received a one sided sunburn. Later that day, while at the store, a man mentioned that he had lived in Portland for 12 years and this was the first Rose parade day that it wasn't raining. So we were glad we went and enjoyed the Portland experience.

Waiting for the parade to start

 Kevin's favorite part