Rose City

A neighbor's rose.

This time of year it's easy to see why Portland is nicknamed Rose City.  They are everywhere! It seems like you can stand on any corner in the city and see at least one rose bush. My iphone camera is full of photos of roses, so I thought I'd share a few...

Peninsula Park

We have the good fortune of living walking distance from Peninsula Park, which happens to be Portland's oldest rose garden, and went for a family stroll the other day. Gorgeous!!!

Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park

Peninsula Park

Neighborhood rose tree

This year we planted three new rose bushes (one was a gift from my grandparents) and I can't wait to see them grow. All of my fingers are crossed that I don't kill them!

One of our new blooms.

Plus last year's garden surprise.

The Month in Photos: May 2014

Augusta is growing like a weed and learning new things everyday. It's pretty fun to watch how excited she gets over little things like a shoe box or sliced strawberries. She still isn't quite crawling, but is soooo close. I need to start thinking about baby proofing the house. Ian finished his first year at UP at the beginning of the month (yay!) and is already half way through his summer school session. We've continued to be busy working on our outdoor spaces (it's taken a lot longer than I anticipated, but we're almost done) and are looking forward to enjoying drinks on the patio and eating some of the veggies we've planted.  Can't believe summer is almost here.

The Month in Photos: April 2014

April is over already?!?!?! We had a lovely visit from Ian's parents, took a quick trip down to Eugene, enjoyed some Easter festivities, and are attempting to get our outdoor spaces up to scratch. That's about it for the month! Sorry Lute and Ian, you guys got the short end of the stick again this month.

The Month in Photos: March 2014

 

Well March was a busy one for us. Ian took his MBA class to Ireland for a week and rather than stay home alone with a baby, Gussie and I flew down to Albuquerque to visit Ian's folks. Gussie had her 6 month (!) check up and we've been working on a couple of minor projects around the house. Later in the month we had a visit from our friends Brent and Hilary and their two girls, spent a day at the beach and tried to enjoy the nice spring weather as much as possible.  

The Month in Photos

 Lute practicing his male model poses.

 

So...There's this place by our house that makes WAFFLE SANDWICHES.

 

Pretty light fixtures at School House Electric.

 I didn't know it at the time, but she had poop up to her shoulders. I'd be unhappy too.

 

Our little mouse. 

 

 

 Gramma Linda and Auntie Cal.

Food carts in downtown PDX, and yes, that is an umbrella covering the stroller.

 

A last, glorious burst of Fall foliage. 

 Our first fire! So happy we have a fireplace in the new house!!!!!

 I've been volunteering at the non-profit Disjecta here in North Portland and picked up this little beauty by Claire Cowie at their annual auction.

 A typical Oregon tableau.

 

 

This is one of my favorite pictures of Gussie.  She looks like a little cherub! 

 

Augusta was a trooper during a post Thanksgiving shopping excursion.

And speaking of, our Thanksgiving recap will be up on the blog soon!

Throw Back Thursday

Hard to believe Lute was ever smaller than a pumpkin. He sure was cute.

Waking Up is Hard to Do

One of the many reasons why I love Ian is because ever since Lute was a puppy he has always taken him for a morning walk (and usually the afternoon walk too, if I'm being honest), leaving me to sleep in just a little bit longer.  Lute's morning walk now includes Gussie and I get an hour or two of uninterrupted sleep most mornings, heaven! BUT this morning I was on walk duty because Ian left well before the crack of dawn to go salmon fishing with my grandfather at the coast. Not awesome. But hey, Lute only made me almost tip the stroller over once, not bad right? I'm pretty sure Gussie and I shared the same expression for most of the walk. Apparently she's not a morning person either. Thank you Ian for giving me my morning snooze time! I promise not to take it for granted!!!

The Month in Photos

Hi folks! I decided to start a "month in photos post" at the end of every month. This first post covers most of the summer and is in no particular order. (For those of you that follow me on instagram, there's a bit of overlap). Hope you enjoy!

Hiking at Smith Rock in Central Oregon

A cute set of teacups that I somehow managed to walk away from.

Stunning view at Brasada Ranch.

Celebrating Ian's parents 40th! wedding anniversary at Brasada Ranch

Artichokes at the farmers market

Timberline Lodge

View from Timberline Lodge

Mirror Lake

City views. 

Jack-Attack playing it suave. 

I was pretty excited about this.

Lute enjoying bathtime.

 Taking selfies at a friend's wedding

Corn Muffins

Little flowers from our garden.

Trails on Mt. Tabor

Sweet Lola-cat

Ian, on his way to campus for the first day on class. Isn't he handsome!

A baby gear explosion! I can't tell you how many times I walked into the nursery to start organizing things and ended up just standing there for 30 seconds or so and then walking out because I was too overwhelmed. Luckily, I finally got things under control and the nursery is basically finished. Just waiting on a few finishing touches.

Gorgeous local berries

We're ready for winter!

 Our little bookworm.