... Our Day in Eugene ...

Several Saturday's ago (I know, I'm behind on blogging) we loaded up

and made the 2 hour drive to Eugene to spend the day with Carl, Lynnette & Tomas!!

We were SO excited to see them all and we were SO excited to go to Jimmy John's,

one of the (MANY) restaurants that we loved in Logan that is not in Grants Pass!

We met up with Tomas at his awesome bachelor pad, then met up with Carl & Lynnette

for lunch, where we had the most delicious sandwiches!! :)

After lunch, we headed over to the very large and very populated Saturday market!

We wandered around, listened to the awesome drummer's circle,

I got suckered into buying a necklace from an adorable little girl

and we chatted and caught up! The weather was perfect and we had a great time walking around!

 

Since we were downtown, we made a stop at the famous Voodoo Doughnut shop!

We had a great time giggling at all the different doughnut names and even got to see some of

those doughnuts in person (if you're looking for a good time, just go to their website and

have a look around their doughnuts ... you'll see why!! :)

 

 

We stashed our doughnuts in the back since we were all still full from our delicious

sandwiches and drove up to Skinner Butte and got a birds eye view and tour of Eugene from Tomas -
he's lived there for several years now and really seems to love it there!!

 

We also took some time and drove down to the Willamette River and walked along the bridge!
Tomas had the audacity to challenge the beautiful - ness of our bridges in Grants Pass,

but this one came pretty close - it was such a gorgeous day!!

We also walked along the trail to a little duck pond, but the ducks seemed to be missing!!

We finished up our day in Eugene with a stop at Papa's Soul Food Kitchen!!

It was an adorable little place that served up some delicious southern style bbq!!

After our bellies were full, we headed back to the bachelor pad to chat for a little while

longer and eat our super yummy and sweet doughnuts before we had to head back!

We had such a wonderful day in Eugene and it was SO great to have some family time -

we wished it were a few days longer, but we were grateful to have the time that we did!!

Random June Fun - 2013

June, June, June ...

June is over, now it is July and we are floored!

In a few months, we will have been in Grants Pass for 1, yes ONE year!

It has gone SO fast, but we both agree that it was the best decision that we could have made!!

Anyway, back to June!

On top of our wonderful day at the beach and our birthdays,

we managed to fit in a whole bunch of stuff :)

Rascal & I enjoyed some episodes of 'Cake Boss' and I jammed to the 80's at work!!

RASPBERRIES!! RASPBERRIES!! RASPBERRIES!!

Our beautiful nieces graced our presence ALL month long!! 

We love these beauties SO much!!

Nate got creative with his camera phone and a paper towel roll!!

I sat through a CPR Class at the Club and became officially CPR Certified!

I successfully prepped and handled my FIRST of many Board Meetings!!

Nate dropped a pallet on his toe at work and it has turned this beautiful shade of purple ...

it kind of looks like a seashell!! ;)

I spent a Saturday morning at the Farmer's Market and got these super yummy smelling Sweet Peas!

This is my new friend, Gwen! She helped me out with a photo shoot

and then we went to dinner at Circle J! It was a lovely evening!

PEAS!! PEAS!! PEAS!!

It has been SO HOT here! We've gotten into triple digits a couple of times

and when it's not in the triple digits, it's in the high 80's or 90's ...

we had a few days of rain in June that we soaked up happily!!

We both had a visit to our new Dr.'s office to get our stats checked for Nate's insurance!

We bought some clippers and I had my first (recent) attempt at cutting Nate's hair.

Last time we tried it, (YEARS AGO), we ended up shaving his head ...

Ha ha! This is for my sister Jen and our friend Britt, who are both hairdressers ;)

Taa Daa! Not bad! There's definitely room for improvement, but it could have been worse!!

And of course, this kitty! She's still hanging in there,

being her cute, furry little self!!

 

The end! What did YOU do in June?

... Happy Birthday to US!! ...

How did the 10th of July get here SO quickly?

I've been meaning to play blog catch up since I posted about the trip to the beach,

but life has sped on by!!

So, without further adieu, here are pictures from our birthdays this last month!!

We turned the big 33 (wow, really? where did the time go?)!

Our big celebration was our beach trip, but we got some other pics to share!!

For MY birthday, Nate won the BEST husband of the universe award!

He had (MY FAVORITE) Einsteins Bagels shipped in from Logan!

I was in a shocked stupor and couldn't have asked for a better birthday present,

or a better husband - he definitely rocked this birthday!!

After we got back from the beach, we got showered and had a late dinner

at one of my favorite Grants Pass places, Tap Rock.

Nate's birthday was pretty low key - I had to work, but he had the

WHOLE day off and he relaxed happily while I made some money ;)

For his special birthday dinner, we tried out a new restaurant in town, Roux 26.

It was SUPER yummy and we will definitely be going back!!

One of the highlights of BOTH of our birthdays was getting these silly cards from Nate's parents -

watch the videos - I promise they'll make you giggle!!

(Sorry this one's sideways!)

We BOTH had really great days and we LOVED spending them together!!