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

A Home Run Getaway

This weekend can pretty much be summed up in pictures. However a few of the pictures probably need a little explanation.

We headed up to Seattle for memorial day weekend with Jared and Nicole Friday night after we all got off of work. We were so grateful for Scott and Adrianne who even though they just had a baby were great and welcomed us into their home and let us stay all weekend. They even managed to convince us to stay an extra night (thats how good of hosts they were)! Thanks for letting us crash at your place.

Saturday we made quick run to Hobby Lobby before heading down town to Pikes place. We explored Pikes, ate a Piroshky for lunch, walked the waterfront, ate some fresh donuts, and then ended the afternoon with a ferry ride to Bremerton, explored a little street fair there (where we listened to a navy band) and then headed back to Seattle, ate some Ivars and then headed to Safeco field for a Mariners game. I will admit that I am not a huge fan of watching baseball on TV, nonetheless in person it was a lot of fun!

Sunday we spent the morning relaxing before we headed out on a little hike to Dungeness spit.

There is a light house at the end of the hike however about half way through we realized that we probably weren't going to make it to the end so we ended up spending the next hour playing drift wood baseball and rock throwing.  Kevin and Jared spent a solid 30 min throwing rocks. One would throw a big rock and the other would attempt to hit the rock with a littler one. It was quite entertaining. Nicole and I attempted it once, but when the big rock I attempted to throw into the water flew behind us and her rock was no where close we decided it was not our kind of sport.  But I have to add that after 30 minutes of near misses the boys finally decided to give up. They threw a last rock to end it and Nicole and I joined in, in throwing the smaller rocks, and I did manage to hit it. Take that boys (okay really I just had to make up for my rock thrown behind me moment).

The rest of the night was spent at Scott's playing games and eating a yummy dinner. In the end I think we hit a home run with this fun getaway.