Well, it’s been a heck of a long time since I’ve posted on this thing. I’ve realized that without the ol’ blog, I have a really hard time remembering anything that we’ve done. On our anniversary last week, we had to scroll through our phone photos to even remember what we did to celebrate last…
a long weekend around the mountain.
Am I about to write about something during the same month that it occurred? Heck yes, I am. Progress, my friends. Progress. Eric’s parents came to visit over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, and we lucked out with unusually dry and sunny weather for an Oregon January.
wrapping up 2017.
I am not much for new year’s resolutions, but I hoping that this will be the last time I do a mega-wrapping-up-a-season-of-life-because-I-got-so-behind-on-everything-giant-photodump-post. Our lives are full and fun, and I want so badly to remember everything (and if I don’t photograph it or write it down, it’s like it never happened), so here’s to being a little bit…
call me master ringer.
Well, I did it. I finished graduate school. I’ll spare you a bunch of photos of me in a graduation gown because (1) I’m not very photogenic, and (2) all photos taken of me on this day involved me sweating and squinting into the blazing sunshine. #memories But after the fastest year of my life,…
spring.
I’m alive! It has been so embarrassingly long since I have blogged that I had to google “wordpress login” to figure out how to sign into this thing. So, now that it’s late July, I figured I’d play mega catch up and update you on everything that happened this spring (partly for the benefit of…
ringers in portland.
Eric’s parents and sister came to visit us in Portland for Labor Day weekend. They live in Southern California, so we only get to see them a few times each year. Luckily, they arrived just in time for a delightfully autumnal weekend (no more 90 degrees! no more 90 degrees!), so we spent the weekend…
labor day weekend.
Eric’s parents came to visit us over the holiday weekend, which turned us into tour guides for a few days as we attempted to show off some of our favorite places. This was their first visit since we moved to Portland, so we finally got to show them some of the dreamy places we’ve been…
a california christmas.
Can I just express how completely blessed we are? We come from two incredibly loving families who moved to two incredibly different places. After 19 years of living approximately 10 minutes apart in Kentucky, Eric’s parents now live in Southern California, and my parents live in Michigan. And since we rotate holidays with our families,…
touring oregon with the smiths (portland).
Our last excursion with my parents was a trip to Portland. Eric and I have hit the apartment hunt pretty hard, and we had a few appointments to see some contenders, so we made a day of it. We’re still not very good Portland tour guides, as we don’t live there yet and still have…
touring oregon with the smiths (bend).
While my parents were in town, we wanted to show off our latest love: Bend, Oregon. It’s directly east of Eugene, just on the other side of the Cascades. We took the McKenzie Pass (a road that cuts through the mountains and is only open late June-October) to get to Bend, but first we drove…
touring oregon with the smiths (the coast).
I declare this the finest Oregon coast weather we’ve ever experienced. Generally, when we head to the coast, it’s cold, windy, rainy, or cloudy. This day was 70-degrees and glorious. We started out at the sand dunes in Florence (South Jetty Beach parking area #3, where you need your Northwest Forest Pass, or to pay…
touring oregon with the smiths (eugene).
We’ve lived in good ol’ Eugene for about 2 years now, and my parents finally got to come visit us for the first time at the beginning of July. I was so excited to see them, since we only get to see each other about once a year at this point (Oregon and Michigan are…
graduation and other happenings.
Bear with me, as I’m running a bit behind on all things bloggy. But last weekend, this handsome fella finished grad school! So you can call him “Master Ringer” and ask him to solve all your business problems. Eric’s parents and sister came up from San Diego to celebrate with us, so we tried to…
san diego.
Continuing the epic Ringer roadtrip, we spent a few days in the San Diego area with Eric’s parents. The Ringers always treat us to the best stuff when we come to visit, and this trip was no different. Between Pannikin coffee and baked goods (enormous, heavenly scones) enjoyed on a bench overlooking the ocean, walks…
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…
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