~Pumpkin Carving & Beavers~

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Friday night was the 9th annual Pumpkin Carving Contest at Tiff and Eric's house! Brian's sister, Sara, came down and we all went together. Brian and I had this great idea to replicate our wedding cake out of pumpkins, unfortunately we weren't able to follow through. Brian worked really hard the night before, being a good student and finishing his paper for his MBA class. So, we weren't able to get the pumpkins and do the necessary preparations. But that's okay, we were still able to enjoy our friends company and holy cow did people do some amazing work!

The pumpkin(s) on the right was 2nd place.

Chewbaca on the right was 1st place! The back of the pumpkin was carved so when the candle was lit it said Star Wars, you can kind of see it in this picture. Sara and I chatting it up.

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Saturday morning we got up and I cooked breakfast for us, french toast and bacon, on the griddle we got from our wedding, man do I love that griddle! We then got ready and did a little shopping in Salem. Brian needed essentials (underwear) and I had a gift card for Nordstroms so I bought a Columbia vest for the winter :)

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After shopping we went to Bauer's house and had a great time with friends. The Beaver game was on the radio so we listened to them win, Go Beavs! We also brought MJ to play with their miniature pincher, Porter, I think they both had a lot of fun and tired each other out! We decided for Halloween that Porter is going to be a groom and MJ is going to be the bride, they are going to be adorable!

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Still no BMW, after over a month of it being in the shop they are still working on it. I think this is a new world record and we should get a prize or something. We are hoping soon, they told us we would get it the middle of last week so it better be coming soon.

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I guess that is all the news for now, have a wonderful Monday! ♥

~Cough, Sneeze, Kleenex, repeat~

Well, I got sick late last week and man it is hanging on. Saturday and Sunday I could barely talk and I haven't had a good night's rest the past 4 nights. I didn't want to be selfish so I got most the people in my office sick, just so they weren't feeling left out ;)

Brian and I have been decorating the house inside and out with halloween stuff, it looks pretty good too. I will take some pictures and post them a little later. We have some bat lights in the yard, ghost silhouettes in the window, and a pumpkin around our porch light.

We went to a wedding on Saturday, it was for our college friends we cheered with, Chris and Brittany. They were also our old roommates, Brian and Chris lived in the apartment right below Brittany and I, how convenient! It was a very pretty wedding, the reception was held at the Hilton and was decorated gorgeously. We saw so many familiar faces from cheering at OSU and Blazers, it was really fun to see everyone again.

Brian and I are planning a cruise next year, Septemberish, with all our friends. We want to make sure we do some traveling before we start a family and a cruise with all our friends seems like the perfect idea! We are still unsure of details but we wanted to get the idea out so people start saving :)

We are hoping to get Brian's car back this week, yay! Yes, it has been in the shop this whole time, I think 1 month. The head was cracked and a place in Salem is welding it, it has taken so long because they had to pinpoint the problem and take the engine apart. It's going to be weird having both our cars, it seems like ages since we've had both of them! Oh, and they aren't charging us as this should have been fixed the first time around, what a relief!

Well, now that I've bored you with a long, tedious post and included no pictures, I will sign off and post some pictures tonight.

Have a wonderful Monday ♥

~Pictures~

I wanted to post the most recent wedding pictures we received. These are the formal ones, I was so happy with all our pictures and so glad we got so many, I LOVE pictures. Hope you enjoy :)

The wedding party, beautiful :)My new family, so exciting!
My parents, can you believe they are 50?! I mean 39 ;)
Outside Green Villa

This is one of our favorite pictures...

Some attitude, classic :)
The place we got married at was gorgeous inside and out!

~Go Beavs?~
This past weekend Brian and I went to the Beaver game, courtesy of my work :) It was the first PAC-10 game of the season, Beavers vs. Cal. It was fun to get to go and the tickets were pretty good, but the Beavers were not so fun to watch. We will always be Beaver fans, through the good times and the bad, but holy cow our defense was unreal to watch. They were falling all over the field and it would take 3 of our guys to take down 1 of their guys. But again, the weather was fabulous and it was a fun day.
Saturday night we watched movies with Shane and Cheurysia, we had to watch a Zombie movie because Brian loves Zombie movies. I think it was called Sever, it wasn't too scary, but it wasn't too good either. That's okay though, we watched Scary Movie 4 afterwards and laughed quite a bit! Brian went up to Portland on Sunday to help our friends Gretchen and Marcus move into their new house, he said it was a really nice house! While him and his huge biceps helped them move, I decorated the house in Halloween stuff! I was waiting until October because I didn't want to jump the gun:) It looks good, but now that we have a bigger place I think we need more decorations, oh dear, another trip to Target, darn ;)
Yesterday we went and watched my 2 nieces and nephew for my sister and brother-in-law. We had a really good time and it makes it so much easier when they are the cutest kids and the most well behaved in the world ;) I'm not bias at all. I played barbies with Jaidyn and Kailey and our dog MJ kept my 1 year old nephew, Porter, very entertained. Brian read them a bedtime story and rocked Porter, what a wonderful sight it is to see babies in his arms.....don't worry though, we're gonna wait.
Well, I am going to try to post some pictures later, to juice up the blog! But goodbye for now! ♥

What a couple of weeks Brian and I have had, I believe we are being tested on our ability to handle financial problems together. The BMW was having problems so we took it to our mechanic, a local guy in Corvallis, Horton's. $400 later, they said it was fixed. A week later it wouldn't start and was smoking quite a bit out the exhaust. $1500 and almost 2 weeks later we get it back, quite a lot of money to us newlyweds, but at least it's fixed! The bug decided it needed some attention so the passenger window stuck in the down position, right before rainy season, and rainy season in Oregon is not forgiving. So, $260 later and a couple days, the bug is fixed. Meanwhile my Mom and Randy were so generous and let us use their van, one car is just not doable for us, we work in 2 different towns! So last Friday, I sighed and was so grateful we were done being tested, we did it!!

NOT SO FAST. The BMW had the same problems it did in the first place, smoking and not starting. We took it in and got diagnosed on Monday.....let's just say I broke down in tears the whole ride home from work, another $1000. I vented to my sister Jaime who was more than understanding and incredibly sympathetic. After an hour conversation with her consulling me, I felt so much better. We are still waiting to find out a final figure, but Brian is going to lay the smack down on Horton's, we are not paying another $1000 for something they should have found the first time around.

Anyway, work for me is going better, still slow, but good. This last weekend Brian and I bbq'd at his mom's house with the family which was fun. Then we headed to the Bauer's (our friends) tailgator before the Beaver game started! Man, do the Bauer's know how to tailgate, drinks food and fun :) Since we didn't have tickets to the game, we went to a local sports park and watched it with our friends, Shane and Cheurysia. Sunday was pretty relaxing, we watched my 2 little sisters Abby and Cassidy for a little bit. I took them to the park right down the street from our house and they had a blast!

Well, I need to go for my run, but keep us in your prayers that we are done with car problems for awhile!

I am going to leave you with some pictures I promised on my last blog. The first 3 are from the wedding we went to in Klamath Falls and the last one is Brian jumping off a cliff at Billy Chinook.

Brian and Shane at the Runnying Y.

Brian and I at the Running Y.
The beautiful bride, Tracie
Brian at Lake Billy Chinook!

It has been far too long since I last posted, but I have good reason. Life is moving faster than I expected, aside from moving, I have been working on thank you cards for the wedding, camping with the family, attended a wedding in Klamath Falls (Brian performed the ceremony and did an amazing job!), and trying to adjust to my new job. The most difficult change has been the job, I have been here for 3 weeks now and I still feel out of place and have yet to start performing my job due to lack of training. Sunday nights are the worst, I don't want to go to bed because I know when I wake up it will be the beginning of a long and dreadful week. I just have to keep thinking it will get better, Brian helps me everyday to stay positive and I really am trying.

On a more positive note Brian and I finally went camping this summer! We went to Billy Chinook with the family and had a blast! We stayed with Jenny and Kyle who live 15 minutes from the lake on the first night, and camped near my mom and Randy the second night. I tried wake boarding again this summer and finally was able to get up! It was a great accomplishment and worth the sore back for the next week. I will post pictures of our successful camping trip ASAP!

So, this last weekend Brian and I travled to the Running Y in Klamath Falls, Oregon for our friends wedding, Tracie and Cassidy. Brian performed the ceremony and did an excellent job, so well that people asked if he would do their wedding! Tracie looked stunning as a bride and was so pleasant. I was honored that she let me help her on her big day, she even asked Brian and I to be in a picture with her and the groom:-) The funniest part of the weekend was running into an old high school friend who I cheered with, Michelle. We had the best time together and found out we live in the same city, so we exchanged phone numbers and are going to hang out, I am so excited! All and all it was a successful weekend and I will also post pictures from this weekend, ASAP.

Well that's all for now, have a wonderfully enjoyable Wednesday!♥