four days and counting....

so it's been busy here!! i really need to get up some pictures of our garden, it's like a jungle. just wanted to give y'all an update...

we've camped the last 3 weekends straight. 3 weeks ago we went camping with our friends rudy and anne. i'm stil waiting to get the pictures from her. i'd say the highlight was kayaking for the first time with brian. it was a one-seater so he first towed me in a rubber raft and then i took over the kayak and towed him!!

2 weeks ago we went by ourselves and found a spot by a raging cold creek. it was great.

last week we chaperoned for a teen camp-out with some of the teens from our northwest reach camp. they were great kids and we had fun. i recommend coming to camp!! if you look at the link, there is a picture of a bunch of people on a hayride, my face is in there, in the back, framed by the guy in the turquoise button-up's arm. that's from two years ago.

and now...our anniversary is in 4 days!! we're renting out the cabin that we used on our honeymoon. i'll have to make a great photo blog with the highlights. check out the link and click the picture links near the bottom, it's so cool!!

sorry 'bout that

due to the multiple requests to get that "sad" "pathetic" or "ugly" dog off the top of our page....

the garden is doing well!!

actually, these pictures are a couple weeks old. i'll get some new ones up soon.

we've been very busy with doing some camping and other adventures, which i'll post up soon.

bye!

poor little guy

i found this little guy wandering the streets today. i was leaving the house for a walk and saw him wandering down the street. i started to follow him and it became clear right away that he was lost. my neighbor fran had also been following him on her bike and said he had been following him as he went up and down the street.



i decided that i would try to get him on some kind of leash to prevent him from being hit by cars and try to follow him around the neighborhood to see if he would lead me home. fran caught him while i was looking for some string. he seems to be totally indifferent to the world around him. he has cataracts, doesn't respond to sounds, and makes no eye contact. he doesn't seem to notice if you pick him up or to have any desire for affection.



he seemed pretty disoriented on our little walk, just going in one direction and then going back the other way over and over. i kept asking people if they recognize him but no one does. it makes me sad. i'm going to try to turn him over to a no-kill humane society tomorrow because no one is open tonight. i guess he'll stay here for the night.

a really great day

so regretting the lameness of my post from earlier today and remembering beth's request to tell a bit about how i met the ellusive brian, i went looking through my computer. i realized that i have a lot of good pictures from us dating but none in digital form. so here's a bit about the wedding.



i don't really remember being nervous, but it was quite surreal to be the bride at a wedding. i've played lots of other roles, but i think this one may have been the most fun. :)



brian, much like me, wasn't nervous either. he was very cute though.



the ceremony was quick and with few hitches. the biggest problem was that i couldn't seem to find brian's left hand. i kept reaching for his right to put the ring on, and he kept pulling it back, so i kept more forcibly reaching for it. i finally figured out that he wasn't being a jerk, i was just confused...



the reception was really cute and a lot of fun. we had cupcakes!



it was a perfect day. i wish i could remember more of it! i realize that i have lots of fond memories of that day, but both brian and i agree that if we had it to do again, we would alot MUCH more time so we could experience it.

up next...how we got to that point! (sometime, i really need to scan some pictures!)

the low-down...

it's been a while since i last posted. not much is really going on but we here in the yellow house have been quite busy. we have been very much enjoying our new neighbors jason and shannon grube. they've been renting the place in our backyard. we don't know how long it's going to last, but we're taking advantage of it while it lasts. they are looking at possible out of town job opportunities in the next few months.

we're also in the process of buying a washer and dryer for the back place because ours are broken. life is exciting!

it's raining today, not much to say, but i just wanted to say hello.