Remember Pearl Harbor!

Gabe's hand is healing, but slowly. They took the metal pin out of his finger last week and he was able to shower without a plastic bag over his hand for the first time in weeks.

Other than that, not a whole lot going on.

October Updates

Currently, I am traveling for work - it's a very busy time of year. Gabe found a parttime job and he's enjoying it. He also hurt his hand recently, so he is recovering from that.

Gabe injured his hand which means he's off the laptop and I can upload some new pictures!

These are from our camping trip this summer. Gabe got really into fishing this year.

September Sunshine...

Gabe and I spent the most amazing first weekend of fall embracing the beauty of the Northwest. Friday night we had a softball game and it was wonderful to be outside on a crisp autumn evening. I brought Gabe home twice (I was up to bat after him) and even though they threw me out, I still got the RBIs. Saturday we drove down to a friend's cabin on the lake and almost melted in the heat of the fall sun (it was only 90, but we thought it would be cold). Sunday we thought about hiking, but spent the gas money on golf instead. It is so wonderful to golf when it seems like you are alone on the course... I could hit all the bad shots I wanted, take my time enjoying the scenery (including my man), and breathe in the smell of leaves. Later that day, we watched the Seahawks lose to the Bears :( and then that night laughed about how happy we are together. What a great weekend!
P.S. - Hannah is married. Oh happily married. She's having some fun on her honeymoon. She's gone, in the Mayan Riveria. She's gone, only halfway done on her honeymoon. Oh Married. Married. She's married. (A song by Gabriel Beahler)

Two years and counting...

Gabe and I just celebrated our 2-year anniversary last week. I can't believe how fast time goes by! Over the weekend, we stayed a night in Seattle and that was a lot of fun. We've only ever done day trips to the city, so this was our first overnight up there.

Gabe has discovered the joys of fishing this summer. The Puyallup river is full of pink salmon right now and Gabe is committed to going and catching his limit every day that he can. My dad will head down to the river with Gabe today after several unsuccessful attempts to fish on the sound.

Gabe and I joined a co-ed softball team an our first game is this Friday! I'm pretty pumped.

We haven't had much time to scooter this summer :( The weather has been great, but with all of the home projects and the mountain of stuff in front of them, we just haven't been hitting the road like we did last year.

Hannah gets married in two weeks, the Beth Moore Esther study starts in three, and benefit fair season (which means I'm traveling all over the state for work) starts in one month!

Mid-August Madness

It's been a crazy summer. Gabe is still looking for a new job (he was laid off in June). We've been spending time working on our yard and doing repairs to our house which has left everything in the kitchen covered in a layer of dirt. Hannah is getting married in about a month too. All that to say it's been a long/short summer and I'm looking forward to riding out to the end of it in style.
P.S. For more updated pictures of our adventures, you can become friends with Gabe on Facebook. He's good about getting things up there - I am not.

Summer

Summer is finally upon us which means two things, it's warm and Gabe is finally done with school! It was a crazy busy race to the graduation finish line, but I am proud to say that I am now officially the wife of a UWT grad.

Now that the worries of homework are over, Gabe has focused all his energy on one thing: the bamboo. We have a small forest of bamboo lining our property. In the two years we have lived in this house, there has been nothing but hostility toward the overgrowth taking over the driveway. The other day, I came home and most of the bamboo stalks were laying on a tarp (which took up most of the parking space). Today or tomorrow, Gabe and his brother will be dealing with the remanent and then sending everything through a chipper. I don't really know what we are going to do with the remaining stumps that resemble something off of an Indiana Jones moves. They are dangerous to have around. A few months ago, I popped my truck tire on one of the spears rooted in the ground.

Getting ready for Hong Kong...

Gabe and I will be headed to Hong Kong, China the first week of June. We are really excited! Most of the week we will be attending a conference, but we will have a couple of days to play. I'm currently working on putting together a list of healthy foods we can eat on our trip. It's hard to think of things that would be healthy, fresh and easy to pack. Most of the time we end up with junk food that doesn't make us feel good in the long run. So far, I have the following list:
Peanut Butter
Dried Fruit (raisins, apricots, mangos, apples, prunes, etc...)
Trail Mix
Apples
Almonds
Whole Wheat Bagels
That's all I can think of at the moment.

I forgot about our blog!

For the past couple of months, a lot has been happening and I totally forgot about our blog!

We just found out last week that we are going to Hong Kong, China for a conference in early June. I am so excited!

Spring has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest and we are super excited for scooter weather.

Back in February, we got to go to Disney World together. It was nice to get away and feel the sunshine on our Washington winter-white faces.

My sister Kristen got married in Kelseyville, CA last summer. Here is a picture from her wedding - she was such a stunning bride.