Switched places...

Usually I am the one taking pictures and Jeremy is telling the dog what to do... this is us switched around :) We took the dog to Hagg Lake outside of Forest Grove one sunny day a few weeks ago to do a little swimming and for me to take some scenery pics. Here are a few!

Happy Valentines Day!

Celebrate and be thankful for all the love in your life today <3

Quick Trip to the Beach!

Yesterday morning Jeremy and I were deciding what to do for the day and first of all whether to go get Starbucks coffee or just make it at home (which is obviously the better choice, but sometimes we both just need a Starbucks) when I came up with the idea of driving out to the coast for the night. Well Jeremy had to work today, so spending the night was out, but we both agreed that it would at least be fun to spend the day letting Cutter run around on the beach and see if he liked the water or would be scared of it.An hour or so later we had finally packed up the car and picked up our Starbucks and were on the road to Cannon Beach. It was rainy and cloudy on the drive out there, but as we got over the mountains it was really sunny, yay! However, this changed as we drove into town... it was raining pretty good... but such is life in the Northwest :) We walked around and went to a couple of my favorite little shops (Puppy Love By the Sea) and then went down to the beach and let Cutter lose. He LOVED it. Absolutely went crazy sniffing the sand, and the water, and chasing his tennis ball into the water - he even swam! It was so so so much fun watching him. I tried to take a bunch of pictures, but it was very rainy so a lot didn't turn out. I did manage to get a quick video and a few good pics:

Happy Holidays!

Been a while since I have posted anything more then a picture or two, so I'll take a few minutes to do an update.... I started working as an RN about a month ago. I'm on the same surgical floor that I did my senior preceptorship for nursing school. The 12-13 hour days have been long and challenging but I am starting to become more confident so I am liking it more and more. I have a few more weeks with a preceptor - which means I have a few more weeks with another nurse checking in on me and my charting and helping me with anything that comes up that I'm not sure how to do or deal with. I ended up getting Christmas and New Years eve off, which is excellent! I do work the day after Christmas and New Years day night (I switch to nights after the 26th... should be interesting trying to switch my sleep schedule and stay away for 12 hours at night!). After the end of my orientation period my schedule will be both days and nights, no set schedule as of yet, but hopefully I will know more soon :)

On to another topic... the Holidays! I absolutely LOVE this time of year! I take after my mom in that I love to decorate for each season/holiday. She sent me a box of stuff that she didn't need for their house (she has SO MUCH) so that I could make the apartment look a little more festive. My mom also sent a few ornaments so that Jeremy and I could decorate our first real sized tree :) Its a bit sad looking with a few strings of light and about 10-15 ornaments but I love it. I also love our one string of lights on our porch that are lit every night when I drive home from work - thanks Jeremy!

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world,

and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

~Norman Vincent Peale

A Few More of the New PuPs!

Happy Thanksgiving

"Those early Pilgrims were thankful for what had happened to them, and we should be thankful, too. We should just be thankful for being together. I think that's what they mean by 'Thanksgiving'. . ." - A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

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