Friends and Fabrics…

There is nothing better than spending a day with friends, but spending the day fabric shopping with friends makes the time that much sweeter. On Sunday, Lissa, from a Fair Prospect, invited Connie, Angel, Tara, and me to the Fabric Expo in Washington. Sadly, Tara wasn’t able to join us, hopefully next year, we sure did miss her. Anyway, Connie, Angel, and I left my house at 7:30 Sunday morning and made our way up to fabric heaven. Talk about a fun trip. We met Lissa at the Expo and happily spent our allowance monies on some awesome finds. The highlight of the day was finding some incredible laces that are hard to come by. Anyway, we had a lovely time, and we hope to go again next year. Here are some pictures of my finds.

More Voile. Can I really have too many Chemise Dresses ;-)

I fell in love with this print. I think it’s going to become this lovely dress…

Can one have too many buckles? I think not.

 

Yummy lace, 100% cotton….

This gorgeous lace was a steal and I can’t wait to use it. It’s about 6” wide and is also 100% cotton.

Have a wonderful rest of you week. God Bless!!!

Love Lauren

Congratulations!!!

Our good friends, John and Crystal, had their baby boy this morning. Simon was delivered safely and both mom and baby are doing well. Congratulations and we love you guys!!!

John and Crystal, with Simon still inside cooking… We don’t have pics of the munchkin yet :-)

A Very Nice Visit

Dear Friends and Readers, I hope you all had a very nice weekend.  Aaron and I had a quiet weekend spent mainly at home relaxing and enjoying company. Our dear friends, Cheryl and Tim, came to see us Saturday night for dinner. They, of course, brought their 3 month old boy, James, too. It was the first time our animals have seen a baby. They were soooooo well behaved and sweet to him. James wasn’t quite sure what to think of the dogs, but he really enjoyed watching the bird. We didn’t let Gico near James, but he could still see him. It was a very nice evening. It was wonderful to see our friends and have a baby in our house :-)

The star of the show, James and his momma, Cheryl.

He was watching the bird in this shot.

That’s all for now. Have a great rest of your week.

Love Lauren

Happy New Year

2009 was a very challenging and stressful year. We both went through a lot, but we also have grown through the struggles. Throughout the year, I have seen God’s love, grace, and control in our lives.

As 2010 begins, I am filled with excitement for what God has in store. Many of you know this is the year that Aaron graduates from school. On June 18th he will finally be a Dentist. It seems so surreal that this four year-long chapter of our lives will be ending.  I am excited for Aaron to be finished and I’m excited that our lives are beginning this new chapter. I pray for patience as he finishes these last six months of school and looks for a job. We are praying that he will find a job in Portland so we can stay here, but we are open to whatever God has in store.

Last night we rang in the New Year with our friends from the ORS. We had dinner at a local crepe restaurant, drove down Peacock Lane (it was raining so no strolling was involved), and then headed to Tara and Xian’s for champagne and good company. It was a relaxing and fun night. Of course we were all in costume and made quite the little spectacle of ourselves.

God Bless and have a wonderful year. Love Lauren!

Here we are :-) 

(From Left to Right: Me, Aaron, Brad, Angel, Tara, and Xian)

A Blessing…

It never ceases to amaze me how God provides for our needs and even, sometimes, our wants.

Aaron and I had decided not to get a tree this year,  we just couldn’t justify spending the money on it. I was a little bummed, but I decided I would make my own wreath and garland and just make the best of things. Well, Wednesday afternoon I left work a little early to feed the dogs and get ready for an event at our Tigard store. I had been home not ten minutes when I heard a knock at the door. I was waiting for own of my co-workers to swing by so we could carpool to the event. Well, to my surprise our good friend Ryan was standing in his military uniform on our doorstep. Then he told me he had a tree for us.  Apparently, the military base nearby had extra Christmas trees and Ryan had been giving them to our friends. Let me tell you, I was so surprised and grateful. Not only do we have a tree, but it is huge. So huge, in fact, that it is residing in the kitchen. So, thank you Ryan and Jess for blessing us with our tree. God Bless you guys :-)

Love Lauren

Oregon City Cemetery Tour

Saturday evening we attended a wonderful living history event in Oregon City. Every year the Oregon City Historical Society does a tour that consists of a visit to three historic homes and a walk through the cemetery at night. At each stop there are actors portraying early pioneers from Oregon’s history. It was a lot of fun. Unfortunately, pictures were not allowed on the tour. So I have just a few. Enjoy!

Me and Aaron (Notice his new boots, tee hee)

The Whole Gang at the Highland Stillhouse Pub (Brand, Angel, Tara, Tara’s parents, Aaron, Me and Christian)

Us :-)

Well, I hope you are having a good week. I’m currently at home sick and wide awake at 3:30 am. Yipeee! I hope to be back to work on Wednesday. Anywhoo, have a great week everyone! God Bless :-)

Memories...

I was on a friend's facebook page and stumbled across a very old photo from years ago.

When I was growing up I did alot of theatre, dancing, ect... This was a production of Annie Warbucks when I was 12 years old. I'm the one on the far left of the picture in dark blue. That was such a fun play.

Me, Lauren Blain, Sasha, Rachel, Amanda, and Grace Ann, our teacher. (From left ot right)