Friday, August 23, 2013

0024 -- the move

yesterday was a pretty big day for me, i gave notice at my work, making it 100% official that we are moving to portland, oregon!!! we've had this on the burner for a little bit, but wanted to really make sure that it was the right decision. we'll be moving back to san diego for about 3 weeks and then we'll be taking off using our honeymoon to get us there. we're really really excited, and just a little bit nervous!!

we've been looking around at all the things we want to do when we get up there and i thought i could share a few with you!
laurelhurst park- we walked around here when we were up north in may. it was so incredibly gorgeous i couldn't believe it. tons of paths, dog park, kids park. total magic.

the food carts- they have every kind of food you could possibly imagine with and located just about everywhere these carts were heaven! our first night we had poutine!!!

beer and a movie- we sadly didn't get a chance to do this when we visited, but it's definitely something i'm SO excited to get to do this winter. there's a few different places we've seen that offer this type experience, like this place and this place or even this one that features older movies!
vintage shopping on hawthorne- i fell in love with the vintage shops (and their incredibly reasonable prices) everywhere along hawthorne, which is guess is the more hippie yet hipster part of town? there were tons of vintage shops, neat little art shops, and everything in between on hawthorne!

lunch at lardo- we got a chance to eat at the lardo in downtown one day and it was nothing short of incredible. with a pretty basic menu of sandwiches, fries, beer/wine, and of course the best root beer (and on tap) i've ever had!
photo from lardo's site
the columbia river gorge - my first experience with the gorge was from these crazy beautiful photos that Jordan took back in 2005 when he lived in portland. we never really used to be outdoorsy people, but we find that we are definitely becoming comfortable with hanging out with nature and this place is screaming our name!
photo from trip advisor's website
i leave you with this song cause it just seems really fitting (and it's one of my favorites)


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

0023 -- nice and naughty!

our wedding is a mere 24 days away so i've spent the last two weekends with some of my absolute favorite people at two very lovely and very different bridal showers! the first shower was hosted by my soon to be mom-in-law, Kathy and her best friend Glenda at Glenda's gorgeous beach front home in San Diego. It was so magical! The weather was warm, the food was amazing (as always as both Glenda and her daughter Arles are super stars in the kitchen), and the company was just perfect:
Glenda and I with her precious pup Camille

Kathy and I

just some of the lovely ladies who came as well as the view from Glenda's deck

presents!

my bridesmaid Sarah made my rehearsal bouquet!!

me and my girls

this weekend my maid of honor and ladywife, Marissa, threw me a VERY naughty lingerie shower! she and her husband decorated their whole house with black plastic, naughty torture devices, handcuffs, and hand painted signs! the food was amazing as Marissa had of course stalked my tumblr and made me treats based on my recent posts. perhaps the coolest part of it was the video that she, her husband, and Jordan made so that we could play our version of the "newlywed game"! it was amazing!
most of the girls!

the spread with Bowie overlooking on it all

the ladywife and hostest

i got a thing for Bowie...

and the craziest wiener cake ever!

i have been having so much fun and can't wait to get married now!! i'm so thankful for my girl friends! <3

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

0022 -- the bad blogger

gosh! i've been awful about posting for the last few weeks. and i have so much to talk about, but i still can't quite yet...we've been really busy the last few weeks trying to finish up some wedding details and driving to san diego every weekend!
i've had 2 fittings for my wedding dress so far!! i have another this Saturday which i hope will be my last one. my girls and i figured out all of my table settings and had a killer sleep over recently too!! jordan and i also went out to see our location one last time and i think we fell in love all over again! i got a little teary eyed just trying to count the steps to the "alter"! along with that jordan threw me a b-day bbq now that i've turned 23 for the 5th time!! of course i have been awful about taking tons of photos but here's a few goodies from the last few weeks:

my girls!!

playing with hair

custom nail polish made for me by Shleee Polish

on the drive home from palm springs

the future band of hus and our godkitty, ziggy

necklace my pop's gave me for my birthday

princess cake from my coworkers, so sweet!!

just me!

i promise to be better about writing and updating, especially since there's so many things going on!