Boston!!!!! (a work trip)

A view from my Hotel- Boston is a very beautiful city with lots of brick buildings! I love brick! And a TON of history!
P.S. The hotel we stayed at was the same as the Craiglist Killer Hotel! Scary!

Alison, a co-worker, eating a lobster.

Some of the people I work with... by the way I went to a conference but didn't take any pictures of the conference. Why would I do that?

Cheers! The actual bar that the show was designed after. This is the real thing!

The site of the Boston Massacre and the balcony where the US Constitution was read to the people for the very first time!

Bell In Hand Tavern- the oldest tavern in America

We were in the North end (aka the Italian end) of Boston and I had never had one of these.. I can't remember what they are called now but it was good.

The Old North Church where the signal lanterns of Paul Revere were displayed in the steeple... anyone remember there History class???

Very cool, old cemeteries-buried here is Sam Adams, Paul Revere, John Hancock and Franklin's wife

The Boston Monument

Finally, me at Harvard square in Cambridge. Apparently it is good luck to touch the gold shoe (later I found out from a Harvard alum that at freshman initiation the boys have to pee on the shoe-..... awesome)

Good times with friends and sports....

Pisey, Rebecca, Nate and I decided to go to a LA Clippers vs Portland Trailblazers Basketball Game at the Staples Center. We cheered for the Blazers and represented Oregon!

We had terrible seats but Pisey brought his binoculars. :-)

Good friends! We love them!

Then we went to an Angels vs. Mariners Baseball game with Josh & Lauren, Kyle & Lahela, and us... first we had to stop at In N Out for some scrumptious cheap lunch!

The Angels baseball stadium...

Our seats weren't that bad. It was a pretty field.


Ken Griffey Jr at bat... no homeruns for him that day
Kyle (left end) was very sad because the Mariners lost badly!!
Our friends...Fun times with good friends. We love them too!

My Birthday Weekend (2 months ago)...

The crew on my birthday (brother Jon, Jo, mama, and hubby).

My mama came to visit for my birthday- yay!

Below- some "drunk" man took a picture of us at dinner and thought it looked ok. ??? Right... are you dizzy yet?
We went to a Japanese restaurant and they made me wear a wig when they sand to me... yikes.

My beautiful flowers that my wonderful husband gave me!

My mom and I went to the Huntington Library/Gardens while she was here. She was in garden heaven!
P.S. anyone think that the bamboo shoots behind us resemble the ones in Lost??

Oops... I am not very good at updating...

Sorry friends who wanted to learn all about my life via my blog. I, apparently, am not very good at this. To my defense our computer was out of commission for a while. Sorry. Anyway, I have lots of pictures from the last few months and I am going to post them but I don't have time right now so I am only go to post some of the pictures.

Here are some pics of when I went home/Oregon in March for a visit...

My nephew Carter hiding in a plastic bin. I love him!

















My niece Morgan (Momo) "talking" to me.

These two are the little joys in my life. I seriously count down the days until I see them.


Next post to come... my birthday weekend!

Cross it off....

Ok... so here it is! I have wanted to make a blog for months now and i have had it on my "to do " list for a while (are you all surprised?) and here it is! Now you all can read all about Nate and I down in California and see what is going on (just don't use this as an excuse to not call me once in a while so that we can really catch up). No seriously though, I have loved reading everyone else's blog so i decided i should repay the favor and share my life.

I have titled it "Interesting choices" in honor of my mom because she always would say that to the kids when were growing up. I have definitely learned that life is a choice and some of my choices have been .... interesting to say the least. :-) (i love you mom). Anywho, I hope you guys like reading my blog as much as i have enjoyed all of yours.

Here are some pics to start off this journey...




















We went to Santa Barbara with Kirstin and Nathan when we first got here. It was pretty











We even tried the LA County Fair before we started school and work in September with Kirstin and Nathan.













Nate and I went to So You Think You Can Dance Concert in Anaheim at the Honda Center in September because I watched the show all summer with my sister. There was some excellent dancing!










Kaytee Rose came to visit in October. Good times! We love visitors!


Nate and his Greek boys at Thanksgiving. We had our first Turkey away from "home" but I tell you Rebecca Sok makes one amazing turkey bird!

These are some friends from Nate's school. We used to do happy hour every monday night during football season. I think it was Nate's favorite night.









Last but not least... our life group from church. We love meeting with these couples every week! Some people are missing but you can get the jist.



So there you have it... some pics of fun things and people to get everyone caught up on what we have been doing down here. It has been an adjustment, but we are enjoying the time now. We love out new friends but miss our old friends and family. Until next post....