Night away

Since Josh is heading back to Maderia on Thursday I arranged a fun date night for us on Saturday. Our wonderful friends Dan and Mary, who we are staying with, watched Alexander overnight so we could have some long over due alone time. It felt so weird to have both of us away from him for the night, but we found many ways to have fun and not worry about anything. We stopped at the Woodburn outlets to do some window shopping, we went to a great new restaurant in Portland that had great food for a totally affordable price, we went dancing, we stayed at the Hotel Lucia and were given a free room upgrade, and then were served breakfast in bed. It totally felt like a mini honeymoon and just filled my heart with joy to spend such undevoted time together right before he has to leave for a couple months. These last few years have been crazy with the road we have been traveling down, but this chapter is so close to being over that I can't help but be excited despite the fact that I would be able to hug Josh until just before Christmas. So anyway, here are a few more pictures of our awesome night in Portland.

Help October 3-4th!!!

As most of you know I am working on growing my business now that we are back in the states. I never knew that being a wedding planner was where my heart would be (Thanks Stacy!!!). As part of my adventure in business ownership I am an exhibitor in the bridal shows this October and January. The fun, and challenging, part is that I am needing some help in my booth talking with brides and handing things out. If you are interested in hanging out with me at either show, and getting some free lunch, I could really use the help. The dates for the October show are the 3rd from 10 am-5 pm and 4th from 11 am-4 pm. If you are interested I would love a call or email. 503-983-0836 or helives_inme@yahoo.com.

Reading on his own

I was getting ready for the day when I heard Alexander playing in his room. Knowing that I might miss something special I grabbed the camera and peeked in to see what he was doing. I found him searching through his books then picking and reading brown bear. I know he thinks he is reading because he is pointing to the words like Josh and I do when we reading to him. Next on the list of books to read, War and Peace!! Haha, just kidding. Oh you can see the video on the right side on the video bar.

Three day weekend

I was so happy to get to have a three day weekend with Josh and Alexander. It has been a long time since we have been able to do whatever we wanted without having to work it into our schedules. This last weekend we had grand ideas of going somewhere and doing something, instead we ended up staying in town, sleeping in when we could, napping, planing games at Uncle Matt and Aunt Meghan's (sorry you guys weren't there!!), and driving around Salem/Keizer looking at houses and land. It was such a fun time to just be together as a family and plan for our future. Although we don't know for sure that we will be in Salem, we have high hopes and are praying that it will work out that way. The picture below is on a piece of property we liked in South Salem. Alexander was having a great time running around in the dirt, Josh was having fun watching!! They are just so adorable, I love these two so much.