how DO you use this camera?!?!

We'd been asking ourselves the same question since we got it last year!! We finally took a class from our wonderful wedding photographer Chris Becerra. We headed to Corvallis to leanr about our camera and hopefully get it off "Auto" and into "Manual". I think we did pretty good. Okay, I think I did. Jason already knew the basics. We're headed to the beach this weekend so we hope to put the camera to good use there!

Photo by Jason

Photo by Annie

(Jason with our camera)

Photo by Jason

(this camera in my hands belongs to Chris!)

happy heart day...

Valentine's is certainly celebrated around here. I'm up for anything that involves a little extra time or thought into our relationship. Last year was pretty low key considering we were BROKE! This year that happened to include flowers and cupcakes :) I love my husband and am so thankful he is mine. He also get me the sweetest card, which I'm not going to share since its for me, but it definitely made me tear up!! We still had our typical days at work followed by an averge dinner and some HIMYM. Really, I still wouldn't have that any other way. This year we decided to get each other a little something (since we can) but Jason went above and beyond (which he is glad he can)!

Lovely pink and red roses.

Here they are again!

Ohhh. A red ribbon and a cupcake stamp...that could only mean one thing!!

Cupcakes from Cupcakes Jones!!!

PB Cup: Chocolate with peanut butter frosting.

Little black dress: white velvet cake filled with drak chocolate topped with fudge frosting and an edible pearl.

Chocolate dipped strawberry: Self explanatory ;-) And amazing!!

And of course - the heart shaped Papa Murphy's Pizza :)

sunday snapshot...

So happy for my Packers!!

What a scene!

Still a symbol of strength!

it's time for some BUNCO!!

I don't really "require" Jason to come to much in the way of social events. He's happy to go home after work if I'm out and about. In fact, I think he prefers it. Last weekend though, I required his attendance at a rousing game of BUNCO. Now, to be fair, everyone else who had a husband had theirs there too...so he was NOT the only one :) I think he had a good time, though with him it can be hard to tell! There was lots of laughs, a few drinks, and some winner and some losers. Though we weren't either of them...see in BUNCO winners and the loser of all losers get the money. We went home with no money...we were right in the middle.

Ready to play!

Danielle (the wonderful hostess) and the Bunco Outfit.

Laughing at...

Elmer Fud....I mean, Randal!

Group action shot.

This was my favorite table because it was by the fire.

The guys at the "Bad JooJoo" table!

The ladies!

We did okay...

The players!! What a fun bunch!!

sunday snapshot...

Now this is snow worthy of a snow day!!

How in the WORLD did they get out...I would have been so scared of the car falling as I shifted my weight.

Look at those rocks! How scary.

As always, go HERE to see which pictures you like from the week :)

New England here we come!!!

That's right. We are headed to New England this summer for some plane-flying, May's wedding, crossing 6 states of our list VACATION!! We'll be spending 7 nights at the end of August beginning of September in Boston, Cape Cod, and a few other places in between!!

Planning...with some help :)

We booked our flight last weekend and the planning is beginning. It went from going to Boston and Cape Cod to taking a 2 day road trip through 6 states!! It is amazing how close together everything is over there! Only a 500 mile round trip drive to go through 6 states...it is too good to be true. The states we will see are Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island!

Much more to come as the planning continues and the trip gets closer!!!

sunday snapshot...

WOULD YOU??

Would you ever travel to space?

Would you want to know what happened next?

Would you want to be President?