being crafty

on my day off I decided to be a little crafty and made another band for my watch and matching earrings! 

 

little catch up

and by little I really mean little! 
Since my last post I....


got married!!!!

started working and managing a new Great Clips. Michael started working at Fry's Electronics store. Oh and yes we are living in Salem! Which brings me to my next point...our cute home!!!

                                                          the ever messy office

                                                                    bathroom

                                                           lovely bedroom

                                           kitchen - living - family - dining room!

lots more posts to come but here we are our little happy family!!!

HauNTeD HouSeS and PuMPKiN CaRViNG!

Of my favorite family traditions that we have is the Halloween tradition to make Gingerbread Haunted Houses! 

We are always so busy around Christmas time so we don't have time to make gingerbread houses, not to mention is you make them haunted then they don't have to be perfect and the imperfections make them even more 

SPOOKY!

 Of course with the traditional house name 

"Cook Shak" 

 Mr. Bentley!

 Dad had to get out the power tools!

 Look at our cute couple faced pumpkin!

and the Halloween festivities are about us

Rain Rain....

where are you???

Maybe I've been away from Oregon soo long that I have this idea in my head that it rains more then it does? Is that possible?? Where is the rain??? and why in October has it been in the 80's????

...oh well, but just don't rain on November 26th please :)

Go O's!

Back at the home front we are full of OLY SPIRIT! and I'm not goin lie I'm quite enjoying being apart of the Oly team again! 

Here are a few football game pictures!

 Bentley has been helping out as ball boy ~ It's been fun to watch the brother's our there together!

 And a win for the OLYS! Just what the doctor ordered!

VACATIONING!

Vacation is a beautiful thing but due to vacation I'm very behind on blogging! So here's the latest...

1. I'M ENGAGED!!!! 

to the incredible Michael James Durant! 

We are getting married on Friday November 26th in the Portland Temple and we will be celebrating our marriage with a reception Saturday November 27th in Salem! We will also be having an open house to follow in Utah at his parents house in American Fork.

2. went HOME!

I got to spend 2 1/2 weeks home with my family! The first weekend was my friend Kortney's wedding and the second weekend was my cousin Cameron's wedding, both weddings I did hair for. Michael came home with me for the first few days of the trip, he went back to Utah, then came back to try to surprise me and proposed when he came back! 

 

3. the LAKE

at the end of the 2 1/2 weeks Michael and I drove up to Lake Cour de Alene to his family's cabin where we spent 5 incredibly relaxing days with no cell coverage and no schedule! We spent our time hanging out, playing games with the family, riding the wave runner, and playing in the water when the weather was nice.

4. MOVING

as crazy as this is Michael and I decided that we are to move back to Oregon! So on Wednesday the 8th we will be packing both of our cars and heading out on the road! We will be living in Salem until we get married and then we will move to Portland. We are both on the job hunt so wish us luck!    

goin home...

I've been doing a lot of playing lately and enjoying time with Mr. Michael

and now I'M GOING HOME!

17 days of beautiful Oregon!