Paint Fumes and Female Bonding

I spent pretty much my entire weekend at the new lab, painting a wall with two of my co-workers. We took on this task just for fun and to make our new space a little more interesting. I thought it would take about 5 hours total, instead it took about 14. We had a lot of fun though and we think everyone will be impressed.

Gretchen!

Me!

Julie!

Day one and pretty bare

picture break

teamwork!

I'm not artistic and am a perfectionist; not a good combination

my favorite part of the wall

Gretchen's favorite, and pride and joy!

One of Julie's creations

Finished product! Well most of it...

this end didn't fit in the panoramicfinally done!

Super Great Weekend

I had such a great weekend with my parents! Their flight came in around 8am Friday morning and I took the day off to pick them up and maximize our weekend time. We had an early lunch and then did some shopping (well my Mom and I shopped while Dad found things to do).

We hung out at the house a bit, walked the dogs in the park, and picked Erik up from work. That night we had dinner at Thyphoon and my parents enjoyed their first thai food experience! Mmmm, curry.

Saturday we went to the dog park, hiked around trails near the house, did some baking, and enjoyed a nice dinner at home. Sunday their flight left around 5pm, but we found time to check out the Hoyt Arboretum (its HUGE!), go out to lunch, and do a little shopping at Ross. It was so nice being with my parents and showing them around Beaverton/Portland. Unfortunately Erik didn't participate in any outdoor stuff because his big toe hurt...seems a little silly but it apparently really hurt.

Another highlight of the weekend is that I acquired my Grandparent's Kitchenaid mixer, which is 27 years old and works great! I love it for two reasons: 1) Its a kitchenaid mixer! 2) I can think of my Grandma and Grandpa every time I use it. It was my Grandpa's birthday yesterday, it would have been his 86th, and so using it to make pumpkin pie with my mom was extra special.

I will have to wait until I can get pictures from my mom's camera because I didn't take any!

This is getting rediculous!

I've really got to get back on the blog wagon here, I keep falling off into a lazy oblivion of procrastination! I realized today while I was ordering photos from Costco that I haven't gotten pictures printed since last Halloween; one year ago! So I figured while I was at it I'd get my butt in gear here too.

This weekend has been very relaxing because we had no plans! It was really great catching up on things around the house and spending time together. Last weekend Meeka and Shane came over from Spokane and we had a great time checking out downtown, doing a little shopping, going out to dinner with the gang, visiting a pumpkin patch, and going to the dog park. Although it was just a couple days, we managed to cram a lot in. I'm hoping to get some pictures from our adventures very soon.

The weekend before that we (along with Sarah, Ryan, Todd and the dogs) went down to Eugene to stay with Kristin. It was a great weekend. We went to an amazing corn maze one night that was huge and "haunted". We also met up with some of Kristin's coworkers for some drinks. Kristin and I went on a fun hike with dogs and got in lots of girl talk.

We didn't really do anything for Halloween, but ten trick-or-treaters showed up! Next weekend my parents will be here and I am so looking forward to it! I have all sorts of plans on our agenda.

a cute picture for your time