date night: work with what you’ve got.

I’m quickly learning that date night is  important when you have a baby. Not that it wasn’t important before, but basically any/every night was date night because we had uninterrupted time together every single day.  Even though we didn’t necessarily go anywhere, just watching a movie or hanging out and talking about our days without […]

weekend getaway.

This weekend we went to Canada. We went to a marriage retreat outside of Vancouver B.C.  We ate delicious food and relaxed and checked in on our marriage and how we’re doing.  Here is the documentation of our weekend… Heading out… In Horseshoe Bay killing time before we drove to the marina to catch our […]

my favorite thing about today #60.

My favorite thing about today (or rather yesterday) was…. That my husband surprised me with this: A certifiable mom-mobile. And I like it a lot. The best part about this is that he bought it with the money he made from selling his motorcycle.  Now that’s sacrifice.  He also totally surprised me.  When he got […]

a few of my favorite things from the past week.

These are a few of my favorite things from the past week…. Going to my first Portland Timbers MLS game with Craig.  Craig getting me pink lemonade during half time, even though he hates buying expensive concessions at sporting events.  It was hot and I was kind of uncomfortable in our bleacher seats with my […]

my husband is a culinary genius and i am a cooking slacker.

I hate cooking dinner. Yep. I said it. Every night I come home and experience that 6:30 feeling of dread and last night was no exception, except for the fact that I had a massive headache and the dread was even worse.  Craig lovingly offered to make dinner, but then we realized there was only […]

a fun-filled weekend.

We had a busy fun-filled road trip weekend.Visited great friends.Ate far too much delicious food.And it was lovely. Rainier cherries – perfect road trip food. Pit stop @ In N Out. We don’t have one in Oregon.Craig thought it was just OK. We stayed with our wonderful friends Caroline and Marc and Caroline introduced me to […]