August 7 marked our ninth wedding anniversary! According to Google, “pottery” is the traditional ninth anniversary gift (or, the more modern option: “leather”). Instead of those fine goods, I suggested we go on a 40-ish mile backpacking trip around Mount Hood. It says a lot about Eric’s love for me that he quickly agreed and…
six years.
Guys, Eric and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary at the beginning of August. Six years! In some ways, I feel like we’ve been married forever (we’re going on 10 years of togetherness, after all), but I also feel like our wedding was yesterday. But all 6 years have been pretty spectacular.
five years.
It’s been 5 years, 4 apartments, 3 cities, 2 states, and 1 broken bone since we got married. (For those of you wondering why Eric is sporting such a stylish sling in these photos, it’s because he broke his collarbone last weekend. Yikes, indeed.) We celebrated our fifth anniversary over the weekend with a picnic…
kentucky derby.
I think it’s pretty safe to say we’re obsessed with our home state of Kentucky. Our apartment is filled with Kentucky prints and photos (largely thanks to the spectacular branding from Kentucky for Kentucky). And as the only Kentuckians in our group of friends in Oregon, we felt it was our personal responsibility to throw…
a quarter of a century.
I am one quarter of a century old. Eric hit this milestone last year, and I’ve been dreading it’s arrival for quite some time. I know that in the grand scheme of things, 25 is still very young, but my goodness, it feels so big! Perhaps it’s because I spend most of my time with…
mele kalikimaka.
My dad’s side of the family does themed Christmases. I’m not really sure why we started doing this a few years ago, other than the fact that we really wanted to make our own pizzas for Christmas Eve dinner. And with that, a tradition was born. This year’s theme was Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian Christmas). My…
thanksgiving in the woods.
We live pretty far away from both of our families, so we weren’t able to spend Thanksgiving with them. Instead, we headed to the Redwood Forest to spend Thanksgiving in the woods, camping and hiking. And eating our Thanksgiving feast over a campfire. The Redwood Forest is only about 3 1/2 hours south of Eugene,…
three years.
Yesterday was our three-year anniversary. To celebrate, we decided to use the rest of our King Estate gift card for some dessert and wine (there’s nothing like a free date, right?). You can read about our ridiculous brunch experience at King Estate here. Now, the goal was to enjoy some wine and dessert on the…
heaven must be a kentucky kind of place.
Kentucky pulled out all the stops for our visit over the weekend. The weather was perfect. Like, 75 degrees with low humidity, perfect. Eating brunch on the patio at Doodles, perfect. Perusing the farmer’s market with Dustin and Shelly, perfect. Eating Chick Fil’A for lunch, perfect. Attending one of the most beautiful weddings I’ve ever…
my birthday (and the awkward life of the ringers).
I turned 24 on Monday. I wish I was one of those people who grew more graceful with age, but I fear that I am actually regressing as a human being. Case in point: I can no longer be in our apartment for more than 10 minutes without changing into sweatpants. No more real pants…
a quarter of a century.
We’ve spent the past few days celebrating Eric’s 25th birthday. This year, celebrating mostly involved massive quantities of food, thanks to an incredible BBQ pulled pork pizza at The Granary, a peanut butter pie and a mixed berry pie in honor of Pi Day (and Eric’s birthday), and some homemade blueberry cake donuts. Hopefully, the…
new year’s eve eve at the cabin.
Each New Year’s Eve Eve, a group of our friends gathers at a cabin in the woods to reconnect, share stories, and reflect on the past year. I was afraid that we were going to miss the celebration this year because we moved so far away, but thanks to my sister getting married at the…
food. wreaths. shenanigans.
Thanksgiving turned out to be rain-free and beautiful here in Eugene, so we started our day with a hike up to Skinner’s Butte, where clear skies showed off the snow-capped mountains in the distance. I can’t wait to visit those mountains this winter! We took a stroll along the very full Willamette River in hopes…
thanksgiving 2012.
Thanksgiving is going to be a bit different this year, as it’s the first time we’ll feast without our families. Apparently this is hitting me a little harder than I thought, as I had a minor meltdown (read: eyes watered, but no tears were actually shed) at the grocery store while searching for refrigerated biscuit…