Organic Beer Fest '09

We ended up at Overlook Park this afternoon at the Organic Beer Fest... There was good beer, good music and the weather was beautiful! The first picture is me with a chocolate stout. 

Last Apartment Post....

I should preface this by saying that I am not totally done with decorating the apartment. So, if it looks awful, it won't look that way forever. 

The front door, our Jaif picture and the stove in the kitchen
Melly's bedroom; pre-move in time

More of the apartment

The orange couch is here until my mom leaves;

then it's back to Anne and Jerrod's house
  I haven't decided what to put on either side of the bookshelves


The view from the TV; you can see our bedroom on the left

Our Apartment (finally)

     Rocky's favorite spot 
My wonderful closet

        Our first apartment destruction

Teaser

BIRTHDAY PAR-TAY!!!

After two weeks of moving and school starting craziness, I awoke this morning, only to realize it was Kevin's birthday. To celebrate, we went to the Oak Hills Brewpub with Anne and Jerrod and came back for yellow cake with chocolate frosting. We missed all of you but it was a nice celebration. 

Firsts

I'm nerdily excited! The picture on this post is step 1 in the process to getting my Oregon teaching license- completed! 

1st day of school

So yesterday I had school from 8-4. It was the only day that I will be doing that this summer, because we had orientation. 

All of my classes are in one building so it's kind of nice. I had what Anne calls our "koom by-ah" class (aka Learning Communities). It's designed to make us appreciate diversity and discuss our experiences in the program so I will have this class the whole year I am there. 

I met some nice people and am really hoping to make friends with some of them. My campus is beautiful. It reminds me of U of O but on a smaller scale. It's a looooooooong drive through the country but once you're on campus, it's so well worth it. And everyone kept warning me that traffic home would be a pain- it was LA Sunday morning lite. 

Overall, I think this school year will be a great one. It's hard to believe that in one year, my school career will be over. 

P.S. If you think of it, please pray for Kevin. He has had a couple of interviews since getting down here but so far, no news of a job. We really need work! Thank you much!

Pictures from Move In Day

(From top left to right): Our first dinner was Burger King with Anne and Jerrod; The boys enjoy some dinner TV before it was mounted on the wall; Kev and I drawing our cross on the top of the door. 

Road Trip! And Moving Day (Part 1)

I was unable to blog the whole way up so I will try to recap. 

Day 1 went smoothly. Nate drove the whole way and kept me company. (Thanks again, Nate, for tagging along. It made those 10 hours fly by). We ended, of course, with a not so smooth Motel 6 stop. Our room smelled of smoke, there were beer bottle caps on the floor, a VERY personal conversation taking place just outside of our door and a 3am wake up call given by the pounding on the door next to ours. But it was fun hanging out with Jaif and Melissa for a brief little while. 

Day 2 was slower. But we had the best sandwiches ever in Dunsmuir (clearly, those people need to meet more vegetarians though). 

Today was sadder. I felt all sentimental unpacking boxes and thinking of life back in the LB. But we unpacked many, many boxes. We bought a new TV. And we put our pencil cross on the top of our door (thanks for that tradition, Uncle Jim. I think it's a great one!). We had dinner with Anne and Jerrod. I'm happy to see that Kevin and Jerrod get along (as do Sawyer and Rocky- thought that may be more of a toleration). And now, Paul and Kevin and I are about to watch episode 1 of HIMYM and rest after a loooooooong day of unpacking.