Do you see what I see? + GIVEAWAY!

In case you didn't notice, my beautiful bloggy got a MAKEOVER!  

Thank you to the lovely Kailyn who had to deal with my sporadic "Oh and one more thing!" emails.

To celebrate my darling bloggy, I'm doing an itsy-bitsy-mini giveaway.
Hey - good things come in small packages.

So with that I'm giving away a 1 carat diamond ring.
Just kidding just kidding.
I make funny.

BATH AND BODY WORKS 3-WICK CANDLE!
Seriously - who doesn't love these babies. 

You even get to pick between two different flavors.

So with that being said, thank you for visiting my page and enter away!  And stay tuned for another super-fun giveaway coming up in the near future :-)

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Trampolines and Cold Hikes

My whine level is at an all time high today

Does it have to be Monday?

As with everyone else, I'm posting about my weekend today :-)  

Aaron and I weren't able to fly home for Thanksgiving since we took pretty much the entire month of September off to go get hitched.

So we stayed in Portland and had Thanksgiving with a friends family.  We were incredibly Thankful to have a family take us in, and had one of THE BEST dinners we've had in a while.

Aaron's brother and sister-in-law flew in the next day for the long weekend so we've spent the weekend playing in Portland.  

Not half bad huh?

We went to one of those trampoline gyms and BOY HOWDY we burned so many calories! 

What

A

Workout

Also, pretty sure we were the only adults jumping in the gym.  The rest of the adults were sitting nearby watching us their young children jump enthusiastically.  

I mean

If there's any way to act and feel like a 10 year old 

it's in an trampoline gym.

So to my fellow PDX friends out there - you should all check out the trampoline gyms and invite me so I can come get my 10-year-old-jumping on

**Side Note - We played trampoline dodgeball and guess who KILLED IT! 

This girl.

I always thought I was horrible at dodgeball....

...Turns out I just need to play with 10-year olds.

We also thought it would be a good idea to go for a hike on Sunday.

On freezing cold, super windy, Sunday.

We went to Beacon Rock where we nearly got blown off the cliff

But we survived, took photos, and ran down the hill.

And now it's Monday

And time to work.

So I'll end my blogging and continue my whining.

Happy Monday lovely schnookum friends!

Darling Updates

So before I start, you may notice I've added "watermarks" to my photos below.

Sad face - guess who got catfished

Catfish

A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they're not using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romances.

So basically, someone took a picture from my bloggy, and claimed that it was her and her boyfriend "Logan."  

She was also a model.

Compliment?

Anyhow - with that being said, I'm going to make more of an effort to watermark my pictures.  We'll see how long this lasts :-)

And ON to more fun things!

This piece of heaven

This is the hydroflask 

...and it was sent from heaven (aka REI)

It claims to keep hot beverages hot for 12 hours

And cold beverages cold for 24 hours 

And the claims are oh-so-true

I LOVE cold water.  

Cold drinks.  

There's no such thing as too much ice.

I filled my Hydroflask with ice water at 8:30am, and by 8;30pm there WAS STILL ICE

Mind blown.

Hooked.

 Now all I need to do is score this pink Hydroflask and I'm set.

And moving on!

Have any of you been to the paint nights?

You drink wine and learn to paint on canvas.

For work we had a team event where we painted the St. Johns bridge

It was a blast

If you haven't done this yet you'll definitely need to!

And with that, I'm done with my incredibly random post about cold water and pretty paintings.

Happy-almost-Thanksgiving!

10 Things

Ever been offered a free pair of uggs?

... me either.  But my girl Katelynn's fiance may or may not be required to buy her some Uggs if she reaches 100 followers.    She's so close!  Give a sister some bloglovin' love :-)

And with that, Katelynn has also tagged me to detail 10 things I'm thankful for.  Definitely a must for this time of year :-) With that being said, below are some things I'm loving these days:

1.  Rice Cooker

Yup - We received a rice cooker for the wedding and I never realized I would fall in love with a kitchen tool.  But alas!  This bad boy makes cooking rice easy and quick and is my new kitchen favorite :-)

2. Fall TV Shows

Revenge, Nashville, Law and Order, Grimm, How To Get  Away With Murder, Chicago Fire.... I've got problems, let's be honest.

3.  Employment

I'm sure I take my job for granted, but this is my friendly reminder to myself to be thankful for being employed.  If we've texted/chatted in the past couple of months, I may or may not have complained about feeling swamped and overwhelmed at work #FirstWorldProblems #MeGeneration  Sometimes I need to remember to man up and smell the flowers.

4.  My Honey - The Po-Po

For those who have a significant other in Law Enforcement, you'll know it's not easy.  They work spastic long hours for a not-so-glamorous job.  Portland had incredibly low temperatures and high winds this past week, and while I was cuddled up cozy in bed, my hubs was patrolling the streets (which were pretty empty due to said wind/temperature).  I could go on and on about his job and the things he has to put up with, but I'll save that for another time :-)

5.  Dilly Bars

Cherry dilly bars, to be specific.

6.  Kick Ass Wedding Photographers

Having a great wedding photographer is a plus.
Having two awesome wedding photographers who wake up at the butt-crack-of-dawn the morning after the wedding to do sunrise photos - priceless.
If you're in the Northern Washington area and need some wonderful photographers check out Evantide Photography (shameless plug).

7.  Bluetooth Earpiece

Another thing I tend to whine about is my commute, which tends to be upwards of 1.25 hours one way.  This bad boy lets me get all of my calls in on my way home from work.  Now if we could only work on the car sickness...

8. Library Membership

What am I .... 80?!  I've been hearing of people having library cards and I want to kindly remind them that we live in 2014 with Google and Hulu.
... Until I joined the library.  Seriously you guys - you have no idea what you're missing out on.  Unlimited audiobooks (for the commute in #7 above), passes to the Japanese Gardens and other local attractions, free DVDs, Books, etc.
Call me 80 but I'm loving my local libraries.

9.  Mom's Recovery

Remember this post where I blogged about my mom's freak accident?  My tiny little mom is recovering nicely.  She is walking/trotting, and working on using her hands/arms again.  It's nothing short of a miracle and hours on top of hours of hard work.  xoxox

10.  My Amazing Wedding

I'm seriously still on cloud 9 from our amazing wedding (posts coming soon!).  I am so incredibly thankful to have my family and friends who all helped make the day perfect (since I just HAD to have a DIY-labor-intensive wedding).  I think families should have weddings every year, because it was the best excuse to see people you haven't seen in a while and spend the weekend reconnecting with loved ones.

Blogger Seeking Blogger Help

This girl's bloggy needs a makeover.  

Like scraggly-teenager-who-just-got-her-braces-off makeover.

Like Kylie-Jenner's-new-lips makeover.

With that being said, where did you get your bloggy design?

I've made a couple of attempts at doing it myself

but alas

I think I should leave it to the pros.

If you have someone you'd recommend send me a message pleaseee!  Help a sister out.

And with that!  I leave you with this photo of what I'll be doing this weekend.

Honeymoon Part 3 - Mykonos!

Previous Posts

Honeymoon Part 1

Honeymoon Part 2

Aaron and I fell in LOVE with Mykonos. 

I think we started making better food decisions in Mykonos, so we had a much better dining experience than Santorini (not that Santorini was bad by any means).  

Mykonos is the beachy island.  It's known for it's party atmosphere and beautiful beaches.  I wasn't sure how I'd like it, but Aaron and I both fell in LOOOOOVE.

Here are some of the photos from our stay in Mykonos :-)

THE BEST way to get around the islands!!

Little restaurant next to our hotel - we were spoiled with the views

View from our room - sunsets were unreal!

Sunset from the ferry - on our way to Athens!

By far my most favorite thing we did on our entire trip was kayaking to secluded beaches.  The water was crystal clear, it was a perfect day, and the snorkeling was a treat.  Considering this was Aaron's first time in the ocean, he'd never been snorkeling before.  Definitely a new experience and I was so incredibly proud of myself that I helped him experience something other than mountains new.

Randomly while a certain someone had control of the camera, a weird filter got put on the camera.  I ended up applying a different filter to remove the first one and ended up turning the water to a pee-green color.

The water wasn't pee-green.  

It was beautiful blue.  

Bummer!

His first time snorkeling!

URCHIN!!

The beach we kayaked into for lunch  (AMAZING)

Dora the Explorer

We kayaked through Mykonos Kayak and I would hands down encourage anyone traveling to Mykonos to do this.  The lunch was a homemade crafted lunch with cheeses, homemade olive oil, herbs, bread…. DROOLING!

Colchuck Lake Hike

I love all things fall:

Pumpkins

Pumpkin-flavored-everything

Apples

Weather

Leaves

Color

Scarves and boots

Oktoberfest

Since moving to the PNW, Aaron and I go to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth, WA.  

It's this tiny little German town in the middle of the mountains.

I love love love love Leavenworth.

Via

Aaron and I decided to hike to Colchuck Lake

And for good reason

If you ever make it to Washington, put this on your list of hike you MUST do.  

Road trip time!

Once a rock climber, always a rock climber

That's the stank eye