my week in pictures 89

monday 3/2 - sunday 3/15

I'm still trying to catch up a bit, so I'm going to be doubling up a few weeks until everything is back to normal. I apologize for the lack of attention to the blog lately, but I have discovered that planning a wedding is a pretty time consuming process!

On 3/6 we headed to Portland for the weekend so that I could do a little bridesmaid dress shopping with my little sisters. Shopping was unsuccessful, but it was an absolutely beautiful weekend, and we got to spend plenty of time outside in the sunshine with friends and family.

The following weekend we stuck around town and did some hiking and tasting... pretty standard.

[[ week 1: checking out the district in portland. exploring mc. menamins with the fam. me and dest (not sure why this picture looks airbrushed/i look tan). beautiful cherry blossoms! week 2: sampling some new silver moon brews. carpaccio and drinks for happy hour. up the butte! i never get tired of the views here. reward lunch at jackson's. ]]

my week in pictures 83 christmas week :: part 2

friday 12/26 - sunday 12/28

After Christmas we stayed in Portland for the weekend and ran around town. On Friday we did a little beer tasting on the Eastside, which lead us to HUB, Ecliptic, Storm Breaker, and Prost! for some German varieties.

[[ my dad's cat uno in all of his glory. beer tasting: hub for lunch with the fam. ecliptic. stormbreaker. pretty east side street mural. wandering around. lion?! sampling german beers at prost. watching rudolph, our final christmas movie of the year. ]]

On Saturday we went out wine tasting with Megan, her little sister Anna, and boyfriend. It was a super rainy and gloomy day, but the fog and raindrops were actually really beautiful. We went through Carlton and Dundee visiting Selena, Du Ponte, Seven of Hearts, Domaine Serene (where we tried their $75 bottle of chardonnay and then bailed because they were blatantly ignoring us), and Stoller. We wanted to hit a few more in Carlton, but most of their tasting rooms were closed for some reason. 

[[ rainy day. salena. beautiful mural. wandering around in carlton. du ponte in the old fire building. seven of hearts. megan being zoidburg. beautiful fog rolling in thick. domain serene. wooly mammoth? wandering up secret stairs like rebels. eerie trees. posing at stoller. christmas shot. ]]

After wine tasting we headed back to Portland, freshened up, and then went downtown to dinner with my family. Our table seriously keeps growing and growing every year, and this time there were 13. We went to Irving Street Kitchen again, and as always, the fried chicken and butterscotch pudding were amazing. I also turned everyone on to one of my favorite beers, Duchess de Bourgogne.

[[ dinner at irving street kitchen: pat/me. me/dest/leah. leah/nick. johnathan/tahlia. kain/meagan. jenna/nic. dad/patty. table shot. ]]

On Sunday morning before heading out of town I grabbed brunch and pop rock mimosas with Megan and Tiff at Swift. I also asked Tiff to be my final bridesmaid, and Megan to be my maid of honor. She cried, and it was amazing. Now I have my whole side of the wedding party! All my proper ladies. We should probably get to securing the guys now... After brunch we headed back over the snowy pass to our little home. Another successful Christmas. 

[[ rain drops. sunday brunch at swift: silly menus. pop rock mimosas. eggs over brussles. my favorite ladies. gift exchange. bridesmaids notes. rain to snow on our gloomy but beautiful drive home. ]]

my week in pictures 83 christmas week :: part 1

monday 12/22 - thursday 12/24

Every year me and Pat do a ton of running around during the holidays because we have to many different houses to visit. This year was no exception. This is part one of our mini Christmas vacation. I will post the rest of our weekend adventures tomorrow.


This year we started in Brasada with Pats mom, little brother, step brother and his two little ones. We had a really delicious dinner, played a lot of dominos, and chased the kids around all evening. In the morning we exchanged gifts and then headed for Tigard to spend have Christmas Eve at my moms.

[[ christmas eve eve with pat's mom: beautiful brasada skies. little ones. maddox opening his captain america present (he was super excited). pat playing with the kiddos. annual group shot (for the record, pat's mom bought and made me wear that silly sweater). 

We got to my moms place the night before Christmas Eve, so we were able to run some errands during the day before picking up my Grandpa for dinner. It was great to spend time with everyone, stuff my face with mashed potatoes, choose our white elephant gifts, take some Pocketbooth pics, and watch Christmas Vacation as is tradition.

[[ christmas eve with my mom: fancy table set up. exchanging white elephant gifts. watching christmas vacation with the fam. pocketbooth fun. ]]

After the Christmas Eve festivities, we headed over to my dads to get our special PJs, which were hilarious this year (as usual), and then to my friends place to spend the night. In the morning we "got dressed" and went back over to his place in time for presents. Santa brought me and Pat a GoPro this year!! I am SO excited to start documenting our adventures in a new way!!! While we were all exchanging gifts I gave my sisters a special present asking them to be my bridesmaids, and Destiny to be my "flower girl", which she has been asking if she could be for years now. Literally. They all agreed of course. Afterwards, we made breakfast and bloody mary's, and then lazed around for most of the day (still in our PJs). Eventually we all got started on dinner, and then finished the night off with a giant game of Cards Against Humanity (I won!) and a jammie photoshoot. Notice the guys's excellent butt flaps. Pat's reads "Moose Caboose". 

[[ christmas day at my dads: my outfit. opening presents. destiny's spanish dress from jenna. the boys making bloody mary's. leah doing some groping. tree! posing in our jammies. family nap time. dinner feast. playing cards. pepe, tahlia's super overweight chihuahua. group shots in our fabulous/ridiculous getups. ]]