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| Mike at Hair of the Dog Brewery in Portland. His cocktails and mine |
So it's been a while since I updated the blog...whoops! I promise to get better once the baby comes to keep people updated with what's going on in our lives...but I'm sure it will only get harder to update once the baby gets here! Mike and I could not be more thrilled to be having a little one. We have both dreamed of being parents, and we feel so blessed that this dream is becoming a reality for us. We have a lot of friends and family who have shared their little ones with us, and a lot of good advice, and the one piece of advice that remains consistent is that our lives are going to change big time once the little one gets here.
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| Top of Multnomah Falls. |
One of our favorite things to do is travel together so we figured we would take this opprotunity before the baby comes to do just that. With my new role at Target, I get the opportunity to travel to some pretty cool cities. In June, I had a work trip to Portland, OR, and we decided that this would be a great opportunity for Mike to come and join me on the trip and we could turn it in to a babymoon of sorts. It was amazing! We really enjoyed Portland (Mike definitely enjoyed the craft breweries of Portland) and the scenic part of Oregon was amazing. Little bean (what we call the baby) and I even made it all the way to the top of Multnomah Falls. A 1.3 mile hike straight up...it only took me an hour...but I thought that was pretty good for a 5 month pregnant gal!
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| Overlooking Lake Union in Seattle. |
After Oregon, we headed up to Seattle and enjoyed the sites there. It was another beautiful city with great beer for Mike, and Pike's Place market, where we enjoyed trying tons of local foods. Mike especially loved this place, particularly the salmon that he brough home! We also enjoyed catching up with friends who moved out there and showed us around Lake Union and the house boats there! It was just like sleepless in seattle!
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| Lake Sybil on the 4th of July |
As if that trip wasn't enough, we followed it up with 2 amazing long weekends up north! We again spent the 4th of July at the Johnson cabin and it was once again a great time! The weather was perfect, and we enjoyed the lake, the new pontoon, and the annual lawn Olympics!
After the 4th of July, we headed up north to Alexandria with the McQuillan Family. We spent time at Mary Kay and Doug's cabin which is always a blast. Lots of boat and sandy beach time, and a little fishing...the lady rod was not as lucky for me this year as she was last year...but the kids had a lot more luck on their fishing trip with uncle Doug!
We again stayed at Arrowood resort in Alexandria with my family in an amazing condo overlooking the lake (or "vacation" as Kensley like's to call all hotels and cabins). Mike and I love every minute that we get to spend with our nieces and nephew. It is so hard for me to imagine that we have a little one like them on the way, and the that we could possibly love something more than them. We are so blessed to be able to spend time with our friends and family, and we can't wait to travel with them all again next year, with our own little one! It was a great (couple) of babymoons, and now we are just so excited to get things ready for our family to grow!
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| Emma loved the boat! |
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| Uncle Mike teaching Kensley how it's done...or not! |
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| Mason's favorite thing to do was reel it in! |
