Autumn

Autumn is my favorite time of year on campus but I'm never there anymore...so Grant and I took an evening stroll to get my fill of the changing leaves.



Sorry this one is the wrong way...I can't figure out for the life of me how to get it to save the rotated version. I love my mac EXCEPT for its photo program!



Hope this finds everyone well!

Wedding Photographer...Finally!

We finally decided last night on a wedding photographer! You'd think the hardest decision of the wedding would be where to have it or what the dress would look like...but no not for me! I think it was a combination of the fact that I LOVE pictures so this is very important to me and the fact that it is more money that I have paid for anything in my life!! I've been endlessly worrying about choosing the wrong person and finally bit the bullet and decided!

Lauren Brooks Photography Check out their site...I think they take awesome pictures and I'm excited to have one more thing checked off the list!

The Ducks, BWong, and other fun...

We had a fun packed weekend with Brett in town! We've done lots of socializing, but the main outing of our weekend was the Duck v. Cal game. We got up to be at our tailgate spot at 7:30am and headed directly over to see ESPN's Game Day be shot outside of Autzen.



Grant and I realized last week that we had never been to a game together...we took a LOT of pictures!



After Game Day we headed back to our spot to down a few more beers and brats before the game.



Then we headed to the game...filled with lots of ups and downs, but in the end it was at the very least a good football game.




The rest of the weekend we mostly recovered from our long Saturday. We went over to visit the Swayne's yesterday...we watched a football game and ordered some pizza. It was so fun to see Sydney again! Brett was particularly amazed by the fact that she pooped (loudly) three times while we were there.

INTRODUCING....

Chou Young Phat

This is our fish...we realized this past week that we hadn't taken the time to introduce him to everyone and he is an integral part of our family! He is a pretty happy, active little guy...especially for a beta and he really likes to watch people eat! Sometimes we like to wonder what he could be thinking (if fish think?). Anyway...he is happy to meet you!

Not a whole lot...

new around here. We've had an ok weekend. We spent yesterday doing things around the house and watched the Ducks beat Stanford (not before giving us a minor heart attack in the 2nd quarter) with friends at a bar.

Today was a bit more frustrating...we drove to Portland to pick up my car, which has been up there in the shop for several weeks and we drove it 20 miles and the check engine light came back on! Anyway...we ended up leaving the car up there and will have to go get it again when it is REALLY done being worked on.

We did get a few things done though. I got some wedding ideas ironed out with my mom and Lindsey...logistics about decorating and I found a fabric I might want to use for table runners, etc.



Also, Grant and I met with a photographer. We really liked her and will probably go with her if she can meet our budget. (http://www.laurenbphoto.com/)

We also were fortunate to find some stumps I was looking for to use as aisle decorations (Grant's parents JUST cut down a tree!) Here is a picture of the idea...



Guess our whole day in portland wasn't a wash...but it was frustrating...

In other news...I hate working and need to find a way to make LOTS of money doing something incredibly fun... ANY IDEAS????

ONE YEAR!!!

We are getting married exactly 1 year from today!! Grant says it is our negative 1 year anniversary =)

We are so excited and hope the year goes by fast! Nothing else really new here! Hope everyone is well!