tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14290447123221863022024-03-13T13:45:40.654-07:00Marvelous Amazing Rifely Tours Inducing NarcolepsyJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-89744864030498683502013-03-06T21:12:00.000-08:002013-03-06T21:12:15.160-08:00Boy or Girl?!?We are so excited to announce what we are having! But first i will tell about our day. So Joyze is visiting us and we decided we would love to have her come and be apart of our ultrasound. So early in the morning we got up and went straight to breakfast so that i would have a full belly. We went to Tom's Pancakes, and for those of you that have not experienced it yet, it is AMAZING! My favorite is the cinnamon roll french toast - here is the pic!<br />
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We then went straight to the appointment! We get in and both Jeff and i had to close our eyes while the they checked the gender. Jeff almost couldn't wait, but we were way too excited for our special way of finding out. So we asked that she write it down and give it to CeCe so that her and Kathryn could get the surprise all ready. We had made a fun trip to the beach with the Olsen's. </div>
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We are finally there.... we were both so anxious!</div>
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What do you think it is?? BOY? GIRL? only the box will tell...</div>
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Watch the video to find out!</div>
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CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!?! I know we sure can't!! SO HAPPY!!</div>
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After we found out, we hung out at the beach and enjoyed Seaside, OR! It was a blast!</div>
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Please enjoy these fun picts of our wonderful time!!!</div>
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Haha What a great new tan...on the one leg!</div>
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Beautiful!</div>
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Bennett loved the sand! New favorite thing to do and play with!</div>
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CeCe Loves the new baby boy! She can't wait either!</div>
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We can't wait!!! So in love!</div>
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Go Porter Go!!</div>
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Such an excited soon to be daddy!!!</div>
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Mason loved the sand too! He kept trying to build things with the rocks and making a sand.</div>
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Bennett loves CeCe! CeCe loves Bennett! So cute!</div>
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Sisterly love! We are so happy and so excited!</div>
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Yay!!! Olsen family is beautiful!!</div>
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Bennett had so much fun with the water, yet it was so cold so it scared him!</div>
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Family fun!</div>
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Brent found some kind of insect!</div>
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Yay! We are having a boy!!!</div>
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Loving his mama!!</div>
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Everyone together for dinner!</div>
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Awe what a cute mama and baby!</div>
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Haha Bennett cracked us up! He loved CeCe's chin, we have NO idea why! But it is still funny!</div>
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<span class="s1">Firstly, both Lynette and I were scheduled to go to Brazil with my Dad to pick up my brother Jared from his mission in Manaus, Brazil. Due to the future addition to our family and the havoc that the addition had caused to take place in Lynette's body, she was unable to attend. Bitter sweet at the least.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">You'll oft hear to "go big or go home".... and well, for the first time since we were married, we slept in different beds.... and to make it big....it just so happened to be many countries apart. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">My Dad had explained that we would be at a resort near the Amazon River and.... well, thats all I knew. As I cleared customs and started to walk to the exit of the Airport, I anxiously looked for my Dad....who would usually stick out very easily with a big bald white head. I couldn't find him anywhere. I realized that I had no number to call, no Resort name to find, and Portuguese was more difficult to pick up that I had expected. Just then, I saw a man with a little piece of paper that showed "Martin Jeffrey". As this was my only lead in the moment, I assumed the best and followed the man to his car.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">So..... As you may have noticed....I was breaking all the rules right away. I got into an unmarked taxi with a man I didn’t know or understand and we drove off down an unlit road for a good 15 mins. In his broken English he said, “Dont worry, this is safe. There is power out for whole area.” I thought to myself.... Man, I am on a roll. I broke every rule in the first 20 mins in Brazil. He then proceeded to say, “Not long. Just 15 by car, then 25 by boat.” </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Yes, if you were like me, the 25 by boat was a very big surprise. Just saying “Boat” would have been sufficient enough to startle me a bit, but 25 mins on a boat at almost 1:00am? I first thought that he was joking. Then, I found that my driver was sincere in his words as we drove into a busted up, seemingly abandoned, docking area. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">That was when the excitement passed and pure bliss commenced. I had now been awake for approximately 40 hours straight, was in a whole new Country, gliding down a black river, with a black jungle on both sides, animals awake and thriving, and the only lights I saw were the moon, the brightest stars I’d ever seen, and all their reflections on the water. I was enjoying myself thoroughly. The half an hour boat ride came to an end at some seemingly random dark beach where we got off the boat and started to walk down the beach. Suddenly, we were there, the resort. Some reason, when my dad I said resort, I imagined a some large fancy building with nice rooms and lots of people going in and out. This was none of those. It was like walking into some Amazon Village....although, the rooms were wonderful....simple....yet wonderful. </span></div>
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Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-53095915125014345522012-07-11T21:42:00.000-07:002013-02-26T21:45:47.577-08:00Ultrasound, presents and baby bump! Well i am one spoiled soon to be mama! For Mothers Day Jeff got me the BEST present EVER! I don't think ill ever want to sit on anything else ever again! SO comfortable! I LOVE IT!<br />
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Here is our little peanut! We love our little one already! Can you see the little feet and hands? So fun! So happy!</div>
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Here i am 4 1/2 months! Starting to show, i really can't wait to find out the gender in just a few days! Joyze will be here so we are excited to share with her the experience of finding out the gender!</div>
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And if you cannot read it...yes, it says WE ARE PREGNANT (well to clerify, I am...WE are having a baby)</div>
The baby is due December 8th. We cannot wait for our little one! I have been waiting my whole life to be a mom and it is finally happening i can't believe it! I remember when i was little i was always asked "Lynette, what do you want to be when you grow up?", and while i knew all my friends would answer a dancer, doctor, pilot, etc. i would always respond, "I want to be a mom. I want to have a lot of kids and be just like my mom and grandma's!". Now finally i get to be what i have always dreamed. So happy God is blessing us with one of his children to raise and love.<br />
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And here is the story as to how we/Jeff found out. So it was a beautiful morning and Jeff and i were laying in bed (sorry this post might have just a little bit of T.M.I so i hope you dont mind) talking about life and just enjoying the morning, it was my day off and Jeff was working a little later that morning. One of the topics happened to be how i had been feeling a little different, possibly it was coming close to my time of the month or maybe i just simply was having more of my famous "condition" symptoms adding up. But while talking, Jeff jokingly said, "Or maybe your just pregnant..." We both laughed... you see we have been married for a year now, with no protection...if you know what i mean. Jeff went to work and the thought intrigued me, and i figured "Hey i have some preggo tests whats the harm in covering my bases". So before i took my shower i took the test, i walked out of the room to do a few things and honestly forgot i even took it. So when i walked back in to turn on the shower i saw the test. My heart stopped, i had taken this test several times and it had never been positive, so i grab it and look at it...it had two lines... aka i was pregnant. I almost fell to the ground, i couldn't stop smiling. So i got the other brand of test out and took it again. This time it said pregnant (which is the pict.). I just stared with a smile unsure on what to do next. So without thinking i sent this pict to Jeff. I waited what felt like 15 minutes, but what was probably only 2 or 5 and called Jeff. He walked out of the office into his car and the only thing he could say was "Is that real? Did you get that pict of the internet or something?" I laughed and assured him it was real. Our cheeks killed by the end of the day for how much were smiling!<br />
We truly cannot wait for our little one! So happy! Love our baby already!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05272351253654644587noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-8125353942665258052011-12-19T20:53:00.000-08:002011-12-19T20:53:29.854-08:00Our Portland Tour with Mama Zelle…or so we thought<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>214</o:Words> <o:Characters>1225</o:Characters> <o:Company>Home</o:Company> <o:Lines>10</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1504</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Oft times in our daily travels, the world in which we live in and the world of which we can only fantasize miraculously blend into one. Our line between fact and fiction has suddenly vanished and we are now again attempting to get a grasp on reality.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In this case, the tour started with a phone call. Papa Jon and I had a friendly chat on the phone in which we discussed surprising Lynette with a visit from Mama Zelle. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Against all odds, with much distress and manipulation, I kept the surprise a secret. Lynette’s ability to sense the future is and forever will trump all my understanding of time and space, but that is another story. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Let’s start here, Mama Zelle arrives in Portland, here is Lynette’s reaction. It’s a good one. I hope you enjoy the primetime perspective on this occasion, I am quite sure the view is the only one of its kind. All others where impaired by a man standing in the way with a camera. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">After dinner at our favorite restaurant Gustav's (German Food), a late night of lovely conversation, and some fun time reliving the tour of the apartment, we all went to sleep so that we would be well rested for the upcoming events. One notable difference is that 4 ft. Christmas Brush that attempts to be a tree sitting in our living room, still vacant of any material gifts, but full of Christmas Charm. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">After starting the tour with a day of rest, we decided to take the tour to the city and give it everything we got. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I came home that evening, I opened my door to find, under our Christmas Tree, piles of presents that were not there before Mama Zelle had arrived. I quickly searched to find insight as to the origins of such great gifts, and to my great wonder, they seem to have come from Santa. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--NG5kAc8krw/TvAOY1giiLI/AAAAAAAAAIk/3P8Fk6mJ4l4/s1600/DSCF0001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--NG5kAc8krw/TvAOY1giiLI/AAAAAAAAAIk/3P8Fk6mJ4l4/s320/DSCF0001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The question is now, did Santa come disguised as Mama Zelle, or is Mama Zelle actually Santa?! The implications are astonishing and perhaps outlandish, but Lynette has reported noticing the same pattern throughout her childhood. As I said before, our line between fact and fiction has been blurred and we are eager to come to the truth. Were we touring with Mama Zelle, or Santa,… or both?</div><!--EndFragment-->Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-63474860275255763472011-12-18T22:57:00.000-08:002011-12-18T22:57:24.069-08:00New Blog Name?Lynette and I have been wanting to come up with a fun theme for our blog and we think we've got it. After the pleasant responses to the tour of our lovely home, we have decided to write our blogs as if we are taking tours or guiding tours in hope to make them as fun and enjoyable as possible.<br />
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As for the name change... its an Acronym for MARTIN that also expresses the great influence our tours have had on our life and sleeping style.<br />
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M - Marvelous<br />
A - Amazing<br />
R - Rifely<br />
T - Tours<br />
I - Inducing<br />
N - Narcolepsy<br />
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A wonderful coincidence I agree.<br />
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Now LET THE TOURS BEGIN!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-20607156021417684252011-11-20T21:23:00.000-08:002011-11-20T23:13:31.861-08:00"What is going on with the Trees?"<div><br />"Whoa, Babe holy cow, it is BEAUTIFUL! Look at all those colors! Where did that come from?" Lynette exclaimed with excitement.<br />"What do you mean? You mean the leaves? Yeah, the leaves go green to red/pink to yellow then fall. Its what happens when Fall is here." Jeff replied. To him it was just another Fall Season. Don't misunderstand, he loves Fall and thinks its Beautiful. But it is what happens every year. </div><div>Yet Lynette was looking out the window just dying to go walk around and look at all the beauty like it was something so unreal to her. So he asked " Have you never seen Fall? Do you want to go walk around?"<br />Lynette felt slightly silly and replied, " Well of course, just not a Fall like this. With so many trees and all of the colors changing slowly. I am used to them just practically taking 1 or 2 nights to change colors. But can we please go walk around?!?!"<br />Jeff, excited to experience another new thing with his wife excitedly drove around and took Lynette to see all the beautiful areas and get out and even take some pictures. <img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bzw2sinV5CQ/TsnpoX8_lkI/AAAAAAAAAEI/J0-LWD8Eens/s320/DSCF0054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677325685111100994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 86px; " /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UmbUdnFqIeA/TsnpooSu0PI/AAAAAAAAAEU/BLuTaeloodI/s1600/DSCF0052.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UmbUdnFqIeA/TsnpooSu0PI/AAAAAAAAAEU/BLuTaeloodI/s320/DSCF0052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677325689497243890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br />Well i am sure most of you may not know this, but until about 4 years ago i finally understood or could remember what Fall was. I honestly was absent for the days that they taught about seasons or something, and with growing up in AZ you really don't see a whole lot of the "seasons". It goes from Summer, to you waking up the next day and all of the sudden their are leaves all over the ground, now its "Fall", to its freezing for about a week, now "Winter", to waking up and there being leaves on the trees "hello Spring". So i never could grasp the true seasons and them changing other then Summer and Winter.<br /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lj5QvKsxCP8/TsnoPHld7EI/AAAAAAAAAD8/EYQM07P5D-E/s320/DSCF0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677324151709101122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><br />So i decided to show you just a taste of my very "First Fall". Can you believe it, Red, yellow, pink and green Ivy....??<div><br /></div><div>Something i have always thought was so gorgeous, is drops of water on leaves. No matter where its been i love it. and fortunately i see it quite often here.</div><div><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8nAqVDgHImo/Tsnt_MxfnQI/AAAAAAAAAEg/i6U8s0q27Yg/s320/DSCF0037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677330475293580546" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H363DRZzKhk/Tsnt_RfhfZI/AAAAAAAAAEs/rKFptEWlyK8/s1600/DSCF0038.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H363DRZzKhk/Tsnt_RfhfZI/AAAAAAAAAEs/rKFptEWlyK8/s320/DSCF0038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677330476560383378" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rm8kNkQhcCs/Tsnt_rxHCwI/AAAAAAAAAE4/CIF7qBWIYcc/s320/DSCF0040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677330483613469442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div>Now doesn't my husband look handsome with all the natural beauty!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3riVafoRTI/TsnxzwnYATI/AAAAAAAAAFc/8y76y00WgmY/s1600/DSCF0047.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g3riVafoRTI/TsnxzwnYATI/AAAAAAAAAFc/8y76y00WgmY/s320/DSCF0047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677334676802896178" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Me and the amazing fall colors behind me. Just in case you couldn't tell! Isn't it amazing!<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IohsaRFsU3Y/TsnxzBJPN3I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/4lZ-TK_e7Yw/s1600/DSCF0063.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IohsaRFsU3Y/TsnxzBJPN3I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/4lZ-TK_e7Yw/s320/DSCF0063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677334664060024690" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>Not quite as good of a photographer, but you get the idea... Jeff Trying to show off the colors, but i kinda messed it up. But it still looks good, and of course Jeff makes it look AMAZING!!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fByn5rY-bUw/Tsnxy0CX1DI/AAAAAAAAAFE/8zDq029OSj4/s1600/DSCF0084.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fByn5rY-bUw/Tsnxy0CX1DI/AAAAAAAAAFE/8zDq029OSj4/s320/DSCF0084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677334660541568050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div> I am completely loving Oregon! It is such a fun adventure! The differences are so beautiful and super exciting to experience and learn. Everything is beautiful, everyone needs to come see all that God has created in the wonderful state of Oregon. (Don't worry i still love and miss AZ. But i am enjoying my life and this beauty). </div><div><br /></div></div>Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691868096736248690noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-62165357870069778002011-10-25T22:00:00.000-07:002011-11-01T23:00:33.048-07:00The long awaited update :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are going to do this as if you have just arrived after the 22 hr drive up here from Arizona. First, you would rush through our living room. You'd be lucky if you saw it in such great detail...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you would most quickly arrive here. Yes, the bathroom. And, you'd probably see this in greater detail than you see here. There is something powerful about the real experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then we'd usher you back for a snack and some drink to quench your thirst. Our lovely little kitchen. Notice the Bouquet from our wedding on your left. And Mama Zelle's Recipe for How to Preserve a Husband on the wall nearby. This very important feature is key to our successful venture's while in the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m85H6ra7Y-k/TrDX4x-xJ9I/AAAAAAAAAE4/mcqHSPq6vy0/s1600/DSCF0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m85H6ra7Y-k/TrDX4x-xJ9I/AAAAAAAAAE4/mcqHSPq6vy0/s320/DSCF0008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We would then ask you to take a seat and enjoy your snack in our cozy Dining Room. If you're lucky, we'll pull out the board games.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYGHTJGS_Dw/TrDXutkN24I/AAAAAAAAAEw/BfYd2PdhpSo/s1600/DSCF0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYGHTJGS_Dw/TrDXutkN24I/AAAAAAAAAEw/BfYd2PdhpSo/s320/DSCF0007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, for display only, we would show you our cherished bed. Please, no touching. The quilt was hand-made by My Aunt Anne as a wedding gift. Simply...Amazing. We are enjoying the challenge of figuring out what to do with Lynette's Baptism Blanket hence it's artistic placement in this photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5rJCE3XrBTo/TrDXP4H4rlI/AAAAAAAAAEY/sgmd_2_lriQ/s1600/DSCF0003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5rJCE3XrBTo/TrDXP4H4rlI/AAAAAAAAAEY/sgmd_2_lriQ/s320/DSCF0003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And thus we see, that the first shall be last and the last shall be first. We would leave our fine sleeping quarters and settle down in the living room to carry on as civilized folk do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yImoICMeZ-c/TrDXktfNOII/AAAAAAAAAEo/uRZB8piG6uo/s1600/DSCF0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yImoICMeZ-c/TrDXktfNOII/AAAAAAAAAEo/uRZB8piG6uo/s320/DSCF0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hope you enjoy the tour and decide to come experience the real thing soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<br /></div><div>We were on our way home, and almost home but then we saw some signs... so naturally... we stopped at some garage sales...and well as you can see we got a little carried away. We found 2 bowling balls and shoes for 15 dollars (originally one bowling ball can be a couple hundred, shoes are pretty spendy as well). We found a towel warming rack, brand new never used, for 28 (originally 280). And of course many other treasures.</div><div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ic0wXgw-lvo/TiOjnOqlnTI/AAAAAAAAACo/SQP1pugMg74/s320/DSCF1154.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630523853490199858" /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><div> The next morning i woke up early and made him waffles with the batter Mama Zelle and Papa Jon sent to us for his Birthday, thanks again it totally brightened our day!!!</div><div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ofl-Eg__NXA/TiOjnSDt9UI/AAAAAAAAACw/6Cc6U0heaOU/s320/DSCF1164.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630523854400910658" /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"></div>Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691868096736248690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-35998575656813192992011-06-10T18:08:00.000-07:002011-07-17T19:37:53.972-07:00Jeff's Birthday weekend!!!So I know you all have been wondering what we <span><span></span></span>did for Jeff's Birthday! Well Iwill finally tell you. So the day before Jeff's birthday I gave his presents, I gave him the new ipod nano, because i wanted him to be able to put songs on it before work the next day. Hence the day before. Ialso gave him a wrist band that holds the ipod so that it looks like a watch, along with a littleportable speaker he can use at work. Sorry i dont have any pictures at this time of any of those. Ok now for his actual bday. We both woke up and went to work. We got off a little early so we were able to go on a birthday camp out. Jeff has been dying to go and i wanted to surprise him, but with me still learning good places and the ones he likes the most i decided to let him choose where to go.This is us on our way to the beach<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vme1YeWrsrY/TiOSNX02XTI/AAAAAAAAAAg/AqayxJF4p2s/s320/DSCF1037.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630504717574888754" />.<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RzgudZBv3dk/TiOShlZ9zGI/AAAAAAAAAAo/eJexUCaYfxw/s320/DSCF1038.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630505064817609826" /><div>Isn't the drive beautiful?!?! The drive alone was incredible!!!</div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d-JvG9Faq80/TiOTw32LtMI/AAAAAAAAAAw/9EPutMRLzLg/s320/DSCF1035.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630506426977465538" /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><div>
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<br /></div><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">Lynettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691868096736248690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-45356667965649224172011-05-10T14:40:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:40:52.340-07:00The Oregon Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AitEIEuYHnk/TcmtXdquK2I/AAAAAAAAABk/1LyeUTCK6qU/s1600/DSCF1003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AitEIEuYHnk/TcmtXdquK2I/AAAAAAAAABk/1LyeUTCK6qU/s320/DSCF1003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWilrEjRO-g/TcmumGLOV3I/AAAAAAAAACQ/DfFfgCOuGKw/s1600/DSCF1081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wWilrEjRO-g/TcmumGLOV3I/AAAAAAAAACQ/DfFfgCOuGKw/s320/DSCF1081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Not too long ago, we enjoyed a scenic drive down the coast. We went to Tillamook to try all the legendary cheeses(last year was voted the World's Best Medium Chedder!) When the sun finally showed up, we jumped out of the car and took a few pics.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-68975701876506485202011-05-10T14:20:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:20:24.216-07:00Wii are fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwjQKU5PNi7qIILJdkOF3TaNlygdM-BglOp65G2ntLbpzUtIQomtEsfjAgrJYYOH4-TYHFcr8fR-x-J0vemew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0xrCx51I_3lRpiigVA81elklxWjGrwyCSZjH_dUIlxh8tyBmJGQ1ma5NiH_w_5uS1FkVHkiMUEZNMpZlxQg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>While the weather was still cold and rainy, we found fun without the sun in front of a screen. Sounds healthy. Here are a couple videos. Enjoy. ......And yes, we all did Zumba.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-26065403067897747352011-05-10T14:05:00.001-07:002011-05-10T14:05:06.844-07:00GO TIMBERS!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qd0toNQfxyw/TcmnptyUanI/AAAAAAAAABE/XmR8izyGXlE/s1600/DSCF1099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qd0toNQfxyw/TcmnptyUanI/AAAAAAAAABE/XmR8izyGXlE/s320/DSCF1099.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f5tFgUZt1K0/TcmoPFBrI5I/AAAAAAAAABc/H6U-nUbbpJI/s1600/DSCF1112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="82" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f5tFgUZt1K0/TcmoPFBrI5I/AAAAAAAAABc/H6U-nUbbpJI/s320/DSCF1112.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Blessed with two tickets to the one of the two professional sports teams in Portland and fun train ride into the city, we had an awesome experience watching the professional soccer match between our Timbers and the Philadelphia Union. The northwest stayed true to the legends and it poured rain on us for the entire first half, which was also goalless. The rain let up, the game got better, and with about 15 mins left, our Timbers scored the game deciding goal and we went wild. The Timbers Army is amazing and makes the whole experience unforgettable. We look forward to many more Timbers games and wins!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-34472015354115434482011-05-10T13:45:00.000-07:002011-05-10T13:45:42.762-07:00The First Hike in Oregon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swNT2LZTM-Q/TcmjAlfpeuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qfCA_3vNFIA/s1600/DSCF1011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swNT2LZTM-Q/TcmjAlfpeuI/AAAAAAAAAAk/qfCA_3vNFIA/s320/DSCF1011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcchRB4m-5c/Tcmj5nXV6NI/AAAAAAAAABA/BaExXKS2y-g/s1600/DSCF1069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZcchRB4m-5c/Tcmj5nXV6NI/AAAAAAAAABA/BaExXKS2y-g/s320/DSCF1069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Take some beautiful greens, deep canyons, best picnic ever, and very very cold water and you will have just a taste of the awesome punchbowl falls hike we enjoyed for our first hike in Oregon. It was long awaited and well worth the wait. We enjoyed the classic Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches on our home-made jean blanket and then I decided to go for s short swim in the glacier run-off from Mt. Hood. It was well worth the time and effort and we really enjoyed our quite time together.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1429044712322186302.post-2623323254710925642011-04-20T22:59:00.000-07:002011-04-20T22:59:30.959-07:00And so we were happily married...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SLZPBYMo4QU/Ta_FsizxKkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/NJ-mXFczKOs/s1600/Portraits_080.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SLZPBYMo4QU/Ta_FsizxKkI/AAAAAAAAAAM/NJ-mXFczKOs/s320/Portraits_080.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Forever together and happy to do so, we start our life. And most importantly, our blog.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170784868913858852noreply@blogger.com2