today i am thankful for

• a husband who loves me unconditionally, knows me inside and out, and thinks i look less beautiful in make-up and heels
• friends who know just what to say and how to say it
• family that love and take care of us from afar
• our home...this little plot of land is so good
• happiness...it is sometimes elusive, but SO worth the hunt
• balance...btw work/school/love/life/craft
• the ability to cook a wonderful meal with friends
• the ability to be active...i sometimes fight it, but it always feels so good. in fact, we already ran a 10K this morning!!

happy thanksgiving!

wedding quilt

{photo courtesy of simple beans}

check out the finished wedding quilt...are you in awe?!

i love my ducks!

in honor of another great weekend to be a duck! so funny, huh??

rocheport ride

we have had AMAZING weather here the past several days... 75ish, clear, and sunny! since our anniversary we have wanted to rent bikes and ride from Columbia to a little town called Rocheport. Its about 15 miles away and there are trails that run the whole route.

if we had taken this ride about two weeks ago it would have been really beautiful with all the fall leaves, but the brown midwest winter is starting to set in. we really enjoyed riding by the river and the weather made up for any lack in color.

it took us about 2 hours each way and we hung out in Rocheport for about 2 hours as well. we were SO happy to enjoy lunch at this kitschy little restaurant called Abigail's the restaurant reminded us of home and the food was amazing. we will for sure be going back.



it was so nice to spend the day doing something fun and active just the two of us. life has been way too busy and stressful lately so this was a much needed day. we REALLY want to buy bikes now...hopefully in the spring!




hope you all had a great weekend too! ta ta for now!

autumn stroll

a few weeks ago we had a beautiful saturday. grant and i decided to get coffee and stroll through downtown and head to campus to tour the rec center (OMG it is out of this world!).



we had fun enjoying all the beautiful fall foliage...



and checking out campus.



what we didn't remember was that it was homecoming day! apparently homecoming originated at University of Missouri so it is an insanely huge deal...like HUGE. these are all the people waiting for the parade! it had floats, bands from all over and the whole bit. it was seriously insane, but way cool!

it is GOOOOOOOOOD to be a duck!

ain't he the cutest duck fan you ever did see?? this is him all cheery last week when the Ducks stomped the Huskies




he is so cute... can't get close enough!



well... last week DID NOT EVEN COMPARE to the fun and excitement of last night's game! if you live under a college football rock you can read about it here, but really you should at least watch a highlight reel... it was THAT GOOD! i could hardly even knit for fear i would miss another awesome play!



ducked out!



very pleased after yet another oregon touchdown. IT WAS SO SO AWESOME to hand USC their ass on a plate... 600+ yards, most points scored against them since '97, etc, etc!!!!



i think Grant was almost as nervous/excited/exhausted as the players were!



we were happy little duck fans... only thing that would have been better would have been watching it live back home! we miss you, Oregon...especially during football season!