I am Thankful

This year for Thanksgiving we made our way south to Grants Pass to celebrate Thanksgiving with the  Bergs. It was a short trip because Kevin only had Thursday and Friday off, so we headed down wednesday after Kevin got out of school. Thursday we started the day off with a hike and then all the cooking and football watching began. A yummy dinner was served and a great nap was taken.

Friday the boys headed up to Autzen for the Civil war game. The girls did a little shopping and frosted some cookies. We also watched a little bit of the football game, and all had a little heart attack at the end. Thank goodness the Ducks pulled that one off, we all wanted happy men upon returning from the game.

Saturday was a day of relaxation before we headed back to Portland on Sunday. Like I said it was a short but sweet trip (literally I ate a lot of pie and cookies). 

Time out round 2

After enjoying Time out for Women so much last year Terri and Pat put together another crew to head up to Portland to go again. And lucky for me I was invited :) This time they all stayed at our house so we had a little party there.

Time out for women was very good and inspirational. Always a good refresher.

Thanks Terri and Pat for a great time! 

The Birthday Boy

Well it is official... I am married to a very handsome young 27 year-old man. Lucky me :) Kevin was not so lucky though because his birthday happened to fall during mid-terms and he had three tests that day. After a bad night the night before and a bad day of testing Kevin came home from school and just wanted to relax... However there was a vendor fair up at the school that he felt like he should go too. It was free food so I didn't complain. The vendor fair was fun and we got lots of free stuff, and Kevin won a pair of Oakley sunglasses (I like to claim I bought them for him haha-- even though he is just going to sell them). After the fair we decided to go check out Salt & Straw an ice-cream place that sells weird flavors of ice cream. I got Strawberry balsamic vinegar with black pepper, and Kevin went with the thanksgiving theme and got Turkey butter brittle & snicker doodle (and lots of sprinkles because it was his birthday).We enjoyed the ice-cream in the car since there was no room to sit in the shop, and then headed home to bed (I know we are old and exciting). Saturday we headed over to the Pearsons to watch some football and decided to do the cake in face over there (It is just not as fun just the 2 of us). And of course it is more fun when you have a little kid to cry after it happens (What is it about someone with cake all over their face that makes kids think they are monsters?). Anyways enjoy the singing (we did a really great job if you ask me ha ha).

So in honor of Kevin's birthday I thought about what I could write about him in the one post all year thats dedicated all to him. So i decided to write my 10 favorite things about him, that most people don't know about (He is going to hate this ha ha Happy Birthday hun).

1.  He never loses anything. And If I ever lose anything he knows where it is  (probably because he put it there).

2. He makes very good mental notes (and often tells me to) which is probably the reason he never loses anything.

3. He is talented at everything unless it has little wheels and you have to keep your balance on it (this includes ice skating).

4. As a child he used to do calf raises all the time, and would often walk on his toes to work on his calves. This proved to work well, because he has amazing calves. Check em out some day and you will see what i'm talking about.

5. He absolutely hates being video taped so when there is a rare chance that he will let me record him I always take the short opportunity (Like above).

6. He can never remember song lyrics so when he belts out the songs in the car he tends to just make up his own lyrics. He has come up with some very creative lyrics, that have stuck with me. Everytime the songs come on his lyrics are all that come to mind.

7. He can make the creepiest rattle snake sound and loves to freak me out with it.

8. He was known (within the relief society) at our singles ward as the boy with the Smile... and boy does he have a good one (probably helps that he flosses every night without fail).

9. He is a dough boy... anything bread he loves.

10. He will eat whatever is put in front of him. I have yet to cook a meal that he has complained about. Even meals (thanks pinterest for being so deceiving) that I cannot even gag down he happily eats them and offers to take them for lunch. And on top of that he typically does all the dishes after meals as well. Like I said I am one lucky lady. 

October...

It is crazy to me that it is already November. I wasn't sure if I was going to survive the month of September therefore it dragged on forever, nonetheless we finally hit October and it decided to fly by. October was a lot more relaxed (for me) and a lot busier for Kevin (I am sure he is beyond excited October is finally over).

October started out with a bang when Kevin went back to school after his month off. It was a little shock to the system for both of us. I was used to having a husband that was home cooking and cleaning for me, and he was getting used to relaxing. This semester has been the worst thus far at dental school. Kevin has been crazy busy and spends most of his free time studying or trying to catch up on sleep. It is midterms next week though so we are half way through! YAY! My school work eased up a bit (or maybe I just got lazy) and I finally feel somewhat above water when it comes to lesson planning and grading.

We did get out a little bit and enjoy the beautiful fall 70 degree weather that Oregon offered us. The first weekend in October we went on a hike to Pittock Mansion. It was a beautiful day and a beautiful hike.

Toward the end of the month we headed to a pumpkin patch with some friends and picked out a pumpkin to carve for Halloween. 

Which we carved for Family Home Evening with Jared and Nicole- Ours is the medium sized one with One eye :) I like to think of him as Mike Wazowski. 

Kevin also decided to work on his photography skills and took these beautiful pictures of the sunrise at OHSU (it's sad that he is up there at sunrise everyday). 

I can't say that October was all good though because there was a few incidents at school. My pump had a little accident one day, and then I had to kick my first student out of class. After telling him to get out of my classroom, he asked me where I wanted him to go. I might have said something like "Anywhere I don't have to look at you". This was the first time my students had ever seen me mad, and there was a few jaws that dropped. Luckily for me (and him) he just stood outside the classroom door for 20 minutes until I felt like letting him back in. I sent this picture to Kevin after that lovely day was over. 

School did have some good moments though- like this one... I might have laughed way too much at my students creation of Reverend Hale (we are reading the Crucible). Yes that is Mark Helfrich. 

Well that was how our month was... How was yours? 

Pouring touch downs

Autzen stadium has a philosophy that it never rains in Autzen stadium, and until recently I actually believed it (minus a little sprinkle here and there). However last weekend I learned that modo is a lie.

We met up with Pat and Stacey before the game and did a little shopping before heading to PF Changs for a yummy dinner. After parking for the game we started gathering things up to take into the game and kind of laughed at Stacey for putting on his rain gear ahead of time. Pat kept saying that she just wanted to go to one game that it didn't rain. We looked at our phones and told her it might be possible since there was only a 50% chance it was going to rain.

So after our long walk to the stadium we entered and were just about to our seats when it started raining. I kept thinking 'oh this will pass', however after about 30 minutes we all began digging into our bags pulling out the rain suits (that not long before we were laughing at Stacey for wearing). The game was a little crazy -6 turnovers right away, but it was still fun to watch Oregon still exceed in the rain. Nonetheless we were soaked to the bone and so at half time when Oregon was up 30+ points we decided we would head out and dry off. We headed back to the hotel and spent the next hour hanging our clothes out to dry and trying to dry off ourselves. Although the rain was a little inconvenient, it sure made for a lot of laughs and memorable game! Thanks for a great time Pat and Stacey!

And the 'Best Husband award' goes too...

And the 'Best Husband award' goes too... KEVIN!

Without going into to much personal detail I had had a very bad week, and on top of it I was working 12-15 hour days to just stay somewhat caught up in school. Kevin being the great husband he is was very helpful throughout the week, picking up on all the cooking and cleaning at the house. Then after the awful week I came home to these Daisy's (My favorite). It was such a sweet and thoughtful act and a great reminder that no matter how bad my day (or week) is Kevin will always be there for me. He was literally the light at the end of the tunnel.  Kevin was also very adamant the next weekend that I take a break from work and we get out of the house and do something. So after a yummy Thai dinner we headed bowling. Thanks Kevin for being amazing, life would not be complete without you!

He left me

So Kevin left me... to go to Utah to a Marks wedding (an old roommate). Why what were you thinking? Anyways I still wasn't very happy to send him away. I might have cried a little too much considering it was only for 4 days (give me a break we had been apart when I went to Idaho recently). Anyways he seemed to have lots of fun catching up with old friends, and watching football with Craig.

I however did my best not to have any fun that weekend. I went grocery shopping, and planned lessons for teaching Tuesdays with Morrie. 

Needless to say I was happy when Kevin got home.