He Who Must Not Be Named

Kilo and I went over to Brittania's house to have a Harry Potter marathon........

We were a little worried when she opened the door with this look on her face:

Funny thing about movie marathons, you kind of need a working TV and DVD player.......she was unaware that hers had not been hooked up yet

So Kilo fixed that problem! Yay for Kilo!

The other funny thing about movie marathons with 7 movies in the series to watch, it helps to have the movies........We did not have number one or two or three, we have four! Oh wait, we don't have four. We only have the case. Ya once we got to that point in our marathon all we could do was laugh about it

Thanks Brittania for havingus over!!! We really enjoyed watching Harry Potter with you! Oh maybe falling asleep at your house while you watched them is a better way of saying it! LOL!! Love ya!

This is how we do it baby!!

So I was feeling pretty bummed with myself about not running a 5K this year for the fourth of July. I have tried to run one every year since I started a couple years ago. Well that goal has come and gone a few times since I first made the goal. So needless to say I was a little bummed about missing it. The YW are getting ready to go on a High Adventure so we have been encouraging them to go on hikes and prepare themselves because we will be hiking Mt St Helens in one day. I decided I wanted to jump on the bandwagon and try to also prepare myself above and beyond Zumba. Our Presidency has been awesome at putting things together and letting everyone know things that are going on. Teresa the 2nd counselor let us all know that there was a 5K happening that weekend for pioneer day celebrations. Yay!! With no prepping and no training I ran it 3 min faster then the last time I ran a 5k!! I felt so proud of myself. I am not sure if it was the gorgeous trail we ran, the rain, the downpour, or what exactly but it made me very happy!

Later that afternoon we went over to the park where the stake was holding a pioneer picnic! It was so fun! We met up with friends, ate food, had a tug of war with the other wards, blew bubbles and just had a blast!! Small disclosure on my behalf, I tend to take pics when people do not know so don't judge them by what they look like in these pics. :-)

Our ward color was purple and we represented well! The Harpers all showed up in Kool-Aid shirts that were purple! It was awesome! Tory and I....he is still not so sure of Latalie....someday I will win him over....someday

Oh yay he does like me!! Bubbles!! It was actually pretty cool the way they had made bubble blowers out of straws and yarn to make huge bubbles!

Oh my heck I cannot tell you how much I adore these two!!! They are so great and we had so much fun that day!!

The tire rolling contest....or just cleaning up. Good thing it was not a contest...Kilo would have been losing!

Yep Still adore these two! I think the pic was much better when it was just them! Shanna is smiling big for the pic twice! Loved their shirts!!!

Kilo and Freckles took a nap together in between the picnic and the movie. So cute!

Went to the cute historic Liberty Theatre in downtown Camas that night with Brittania and the Harpers. We saw Kung Fu Panda 2. Again me and the no warning on pics....people probably hate me!

Oh Paprika how I love you! This picture was actually taken with some warning so just know that this is our Paprika and we love her just the way she is!!

Tory smiling big for Latalie! It was so fun to watch the movie with these boys, they were cracking up which cracked me up!!

Kilo and his boys....or maybe it is the boys and their Kilo

After the movie I was just being camera happy in our cute little dowtown Camas and took a ramdom picture. We love it here!

That is how the non-Utahns celebrate Pioneer Day. I did not know it was celebrated outside of Utah(yes I am from the Utah bubble being opened up to a whole new world) so it was fun to see that "this is how we do it"

FRECKLES!!!!

My husband is so good to me!!! I have been wanting a dog ever since we got into a place that allowed pets but I have been holding off because the kind that I wanted was a little pricey so getting one was out of the question. When I say pricey they run between $1000-$2500. No way it was in our budget. So needless to say I had almost given up. Obviously I had not completely given up on it since I was still checking craigslist every so often. Well I completely lucked out! The day after his owner had posted him on craigslist for FREE, yes I said FREE, I called her to see if he was still available. I thought he would for sure already be gone. He was still available but someone was coming to look at him in just a few hours! I rushed over there and snatched him up right away! She told me that some men had come to get him the day before rightas she posted him but that he did not like them and was brought back less then four hours later! He was definitely meant to be mine! I love him! Meet Freckles!

I do have pics of him awake but they belong in other blogs so for now here is my peaceful adorable doggie!

Day of Fireworks!

For the fourth of July Kilo and I hung out with Brittania and Justin. We went to some waterfalls and to dinner then watched fireworks. It was a lot of fun, of COURSE!!!!

 Try not to be too jealous that you arent married to my amazing guy!!! Or that you do not have friends like these:

 There were so many fireworks going off all along the coast line! We could see them in Protland and in Vancouver and in Camas and in Washougal and and and!!! Seriously too cool!!!!!

I cannot even express how much I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!! Watching fireworks with him was very sweet!

Bullying

Does bullying stop when we graduate High School? We frequently speak of kids and teenagers being bullied in school and the affects it has on them, but does it go away when we graduate? With our diploma are we also handed a bully free life? Or perhaps it is only considered bullying if the receiver "different". As far as I know, I am not "different" in a way that would bring on what others might consider bullying. What about manipulating dominating controlling taking advantage disrespecting

Are these not forms of bullying as well? Are you bullying someone to do what you want in some form or another? Are you part of the problem or part of the solution?

Visitors from UTAH!!!

A few weeks ago my friend Stephanie and her adorable family came to visit Oregon and we were lucky enough to get to see them. We went to dinner at Chevy's and it was delicious. Stephanie and I met in junior high, became really good friends in high school, had a falling out over a boy, and have since seen the light. We finally realized that boys are not worth fighting over. hee hee. Especially since both of us ended up marrying men way better then any boy we ever fought over. Love her and her cute family!

Look at that smile!!! It took them a while to warmup to us but eventually loved us!

With their DADDY!Steph and I! She is so ADORABLE!!

Not sure about my face....They like us enough to stand by us! Kilo creeper in the back!

We were all supposed to make funny faces, I think I just ended up looking constipated by myself while everyone else looks cute adorable!

This visit was so fun! So great to catch up on old times! Hope they can visit longer next time!

Friends, the people put into our lives to take the place of something missing......

We have some of the greatest people in our lives right now.

With family beong SO FAR AWAY it has been extemely important for us to find people we can trust and rely on to be there for us as much as we are there

FOR THEM

I truly feel like the Lord has BLESSED us

to find INCREDIBLE PEOPLE who support us when we need, correct us when we are wrong,

make us laugh, let us cry, and truly love us no matter what our mistakes

I think the best part has been that Kilo and I get along with BOTH SIDES of the couples

and, as far as I know, they all like both of us as well

HERE ARE SOME OF THE GREAT TIMES THAT

WE HAVE HAD WITH GREAT FRIENDS

DOING RANDOM NONSENSE THAT WAS A

BLAST!!

tHE FirsT Few are a liTTle Fuzzy

Camera was having technical diFFiculties

We went to tHe hARperS and played kickball wiTH them and ThE Anderson's

Kilo absolutely adores the HaRPer boYs, thinKs thEy are The COOLEST CATS eVeR!!

After teaching ZUMBA and then Running the bases a few times...I WAS EXHAUSTED

We had the Morgan's and Anderson's over for dinner oneSunday when I made something that I tried to pass off as Bajio...ya not even close, but it was still pretty good. We also played games, Cambria's favorite was Twister.

Crystal, me, and Brittania taking a pic of the girls

Cambria got EXtREmELy UPseT that she was not included in the girls PHoTo

She was NOT going to be CONSOLED

I really need to work on warning Paprika and JP that I am gonna take a PIC....at least CrYStal is SMILING

Cambria LoVeD TWisTEr!! towards the END she DECIDeD to hide UNdEr it

liTTle BuMb in tHe AIR!

HAIR on YELLOW...I think that is what they called out

Went hiking with Brittania, Crystal, and Telicia then WENT to BreAKfAst at an adorable CAFE in DowNToWn CaMas called Natalia's

Cambria had just come back from Disneyland and kept singing "It's a small world after all" over and over and over and over.....you get the idea

Telicia and her daughter Evelyn. ADORE THEM!

These two are BFF'S

YAY for hikes!! I freaking love the outdoors around here! So fun!!!

Cambria and Evelyn hated being in the JOGGER

They are having so much fun!! Love you two!

Love this group of FRIENDS!!!

I must have forgotten to mention that we really love the kids as well of the people we get to spend time with. WE do not HAVE kids yet, but cherish the time we get with other people's children. I am grateful for people who can allow us to be their friends even though they have children and have to put up with us without children... well except my adorable hubby who sometimes acts like he is one of the kids