Just a quick catch up, and of course some pictures

Brad and I have been so busy this month. It started off with a temple date, like every month. Got to start it off right! :) The next weekend we went camping with our ward and had such a blast! Last weekend Brad's company had their family picnic,where we won so many raffles, totaling to about $100! This weekend we kicked off the first day of fall by going to the Puyallup Fair, where we watched the draft show, saw animals, and stuffed our bellies with that nutritious fair food! ;) There have been in between activities with our friends such as a beach trip with the Gerhardt's and dinner/game nights with the Poe's. It's crazy to think September is almost over! I will be ending the month off by going to visit Afton and Gregg and meeting my adorable niece, Zoe. I couldn't be more excited! Plus I'm taking their family pictures and pictures of Zoe with my new camera while I'm there, I'm thrilled! :) September you have been nice but October, you will be so much better! :)

Mukilteo Beach!

Puyallup Fair!

Reasons why October will be so much better:

-Fall Bucket List begins

-General Conference

-Apartment Hunting in New York

-Halloween

-A trip to La Push {twilight fans be jealous} I'm hoping for a run in with Taylor Lautner {just kidding}

-Our last full month in Seattle, a little bitter sweet but ready for our adventure in New York!

Happy First Day of Fall!

Random Rambling- yes just one.

I know I have been slacking on the blog. I'm sorry about that. I would say I've been busy but truth is I'm just either doing school work, house work, shopping, or soaking up the time I have with Mancub. So here is what has been on my mind for awhile that I feel the need to get off my chest, nothing serious...just a little rant/rambling.

I started following a blog. I won't name what blog, because I don't feel the need to. I left a comment on this blog complimenting the girls outfit and the girl replied telling me that she hopes she can help my fashion sense. Um, excuse me?! 1. I don't even know you. 2. I have never done a outfit post in my life, so how can you judge whether or not I am fashionable? 3. If I want your help I will ask for it.

After the remark I thought about my blog for the next week. I didn't start my blog to be a fashion blogger. I think it's silly that people spend so much on clothes that probably won't fit them forever. Plus most of the girls who are fashion bloggers are like a size 0 so everything looks good on them. Some of us however are not size 0, and that is okay. I just feel like fashion bloggers are not realistic. This same blogger also has an insta gram which is how I found her blog in the first place, everyday she asks if her outfit is post worthy. I think that is sad that you even have to ask that. If you like it post it, if you don't well pretend it never happened and go on with your life.Why are you dressing to impress people you will probably never meet? Which brings me to another point that has been running through my mind.

After this whole incident it's like every blog post I read mentioned how they wanted to simplify their blogs, go back to the reason they started their blogs. Many are new moms who feel guilty for taking a break from blogging to spend that precious time with their adorable little ones who are growing too fast. Bloggers who feel guilty when their normal routine post isn't up or they miss a day of blogging. I never want that to be me and I didn't make this blog to be a priority in my life, I didn't create this blog hoping that one day I would make money off of it. Don't get me wrong, I love blogging. It lets me share our journey through every day life, but I never want to feel guilty for not posting, or not being a fashion blogger, or not writing the same themed post every Thursday. I started this blog to document our life together and that is what it will be. If I share a recipe every now and then, great (probably won't happen, but if I find an out of this world recipe I'm more than willing to share). If I wake up one day and put on the cutest outfit ever and document it, hooray!

I know why I created this blog and that's what I'm sticking too:)

Thanks for letting me rant/ramble

Happy Hump Day!

Always Remember

9.11.01

 

A day I'm pretty sure none of us will ever forget. I have been trying to think of what to say all day long, I see

so many Facebook status' and it's like I can't put my own feelings into words, almost out of fear that I won't be able express myself perfectly. There are so many wonderful articles I have read that people express their feelings of that day so beautifully in. 

Although I was only in the fourth grade I will never forget that day and how that tragedy caused our country to unite and fight as a nation. I will never forget how patriotic everyone seemed to be. Everyone was in it together even through all the hurt that people were experiencing.

Yes there are bad people in the world, yes bad things do happen {even to good people}. If only we could be as united now as we were in that time period, if only we could have so much love for our neighbors and strangers as we did then, if only we honored our heroes and thanked them for their sacrifice and service as much as we did then, if only we lived as if today was our last day because it just might be.The world would be such a better place.

We are so blessed to live in a country with so many freedoms. I am so thankful for the servicemen who sacrifice time away from their families to fight for our freedom and safety on a daily basis. I am thankful that through that tragedy we were able to put prejudices aside and come together as one. I hope that one day it won't take a tragedy to unite us.  

Our First Camping Trip

It's seems as though lately everyone and their mom is going camping. We have been wanting to go for awhile and finally had the perfect opportunity to go! We had such a blast, the weather was perfect and we were in great company and got to meet lots of people from our HUGE ward. Brad was lucky enough to get off work early so we packed up the car and headed to the campsite. 

Once we got there we set up our tent and then went on a hunt to get wood for a campfire. 

Our Cute Tent! :)

  While on our firewood hunt we went down by the creek too which was absolutely beautiful! It always amazes me to see how different the outdoors is on the West and East coasts. The west coast definitely has a lot more rocks! I always feel as if someone stuck me in Jurassic Park. 

Down by the River! :)

On our way back from our wood hunt we saw this cute swing made out of a barrel. We had to stop and play, how often do you see that kind of swing? 

Us on the barrel swing! :)

After a few minutes of swinging our bellies were telling us it was dinner time. So Brad got the fire started and we cooked our foil dinners, that I had put together that afternoon. Everyone was so impressed that we actually cooked our dinner there and kept telling us how delicious or foil dinners smelled and looked. We also had a couple of people who were glad that we brought stuff to start fires with because they had totally forgotten their supplies, and without us they would have been freezing!

Getting the fire started and foil dinners! :)

After we ate dinner the whole ward got together for a devotional by the fire, followed by a dessert social. There were so many desserts but Brad and I split a brownie and went back to our campsite to have s'mores, because you can't go camping and not have a s'more. We each and one and then climbed into the tent and went to bed. The next morning the men put on a pancake breakfast. So we ate breakfast and then packed up the car and headed home. We had such a wonderful time getting out of the apartment and getting to know people in our new ward! We are hoping to get in some more camping trips before it gets too cold! I'm looking forward to fall though, already putting together our fall bucket list! If you have any suggestions, leave a comment below! We would love to hear them! :)

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend has been quite exciting and busy for us! And I'm going to mention a lot of food but I promise we aren't fat kids over here...haha.We started the weekend off right by going to the Temple. I love going to the temple and I am so happy that because of the temple I can be with my family forever, what an amazing blessing. After the session we found a hole in the wall Chinese restaurant. We knew we needed a sweet treat too so we split a sour gummy smoothie from Jamba Juice, it is our absolute favorite! 

Temple Date!

Saturday morning we slept in and then headed to an art museum. I needed to go for an art paper, and Brad was such a sport and tagged along. Our favorite piece from the museum was called Puget Sound by Albert Bierstadt. Seriously such an eye catching piece. After we went to the museum we went and had lunch at Olive Garden, thanks to Mo for the birthday gift card! :) I absolutely love their soup, salad, and bread sticks. Plus we had extra leftover to spend on a dessert to share! Once our bellies were full we went shopping and then back home to do homework. Story of our life.

Seriously, breathtaking!

Sunday we woke up and headed to church. It was such a wonderful Sunday and I felt so uplifted. We came home and took an amazing nap. Seriously, Sunday naps are the best! I also convinced Brad to go on a walk/blackberry picking, I really just wanted to go so I could get some more practice with my amazing new camera. 

Blackberries!

Today I woke up so happy that I had an extra day with mancub. Of course I knew it would be filled with homework. We live an exciting life let me tell you. However, I was pleasantly surprised when our new friends invited us to go to the fair with their cute family. I LOVE fairs so of course we went. We had such wonderful fair food that led to a terrible tummy ache later. I am bummed to see the weekend go, they always go so fast.

Day at the Fair!

We are so happy to have made such awesome friends and all we could talk about on the way home was how we will actually miss Washington when we move in November. We have been blessed to live in such a beautiful state. It hasn't rained once since I've moved here. The weather is always perfect. We love how everything is green and we love the fresh blackberries! And we love our new friends! :)

Looking forward to all the rest of the activities we have planned for September. It will be such an exciting month!