River Rafting

On Sunday we woke up at 3:30am and headed down to Maupin, Oregon to go rafting on the Deschutes River. We had eleven people: Jason, me, TJ, Jasmine, Jason's brothers Brandon and Lance, my sister in law Karissa, her sister Kaylene and brother Michael, Karissa's cousin Stephanie and her fiance Derek. We loaded up both cars and made the 4 hour drive down.

I haven't been rafting since I was about 13 or 14, and I fell out at the very first rapid. Not too long before that Jason had told us if we fall in, be sure to keep our feet up. Once I hit the water I totally forgot about putting my feet up. All I cared about was getting back in the raft and not losing my bathing suit bottoms and shorts. I should have listened to Jason though, because I wound up smashing my left leg into a rock. I got back into the raft and Jason pointed out that I was bleeding. Now I have giant scratch marks all over and some pretty sweet looking bruises. At least that was the only time I fell out. Everyone got pushed out at least once or twice of course :)

We stopped for lunch and played in the White River, which is way warmer than the Deschutes. We found a little area where you could lay down and slide down a small waterfall. Originally we had planned to run the river twice, but things ended up taking a lot longer than anticipated so we were able to just enjoy everything and take our time. 

On the way home we stopped outside Portland and ate dinner at Old Chicago Pizza which was delicious. We didn't end up getting home until 11 something and by that time we were completely exhausted. The trip was a blast though! Here are some pictures:

I'm in the water

TJ trying to save me

The biggest rapid. This was right before Jason flew

forward and landed on my head :)

There goes Brandon! I love how you can

see his hand sticking up.

Jasmine and I holding on for dear life!

Back in the raft (sorry these are out of order)

4th of July

We started the 4th of July off with breakfast and card games at the Northcrafts. They are our other half, our married BFF's, and now they only live like 7 minutes away from us (instead of 20)! Jasmine made us margaritas (virgin of course), then we headed to the beach.

On our way we decided to stop in Elma to play disc golf. It wasn't quite warm yet at the beach so this was a good way to kill some time. They have a really nice 18 hole course right off the freeway, and I am finally starting to enjoy disc golf now that Jason has showed me how to throw better :) We had a picnic lunch there, and then made it to the beach.

We hung out with the singles branch. It definitely feels weird hanging out with all the singles when you're married. We ate lots of food, played in the sand and water, and later enjoyed all the fireworks. It was a perfect low key holiday!

They have a special relationship haha

Trying to stay warm!

It was very windy!

Balou wasn't enjoying the fireworks

One Year Down, Forever To Go!

On June 30th, Jason and I celebrated one whole year of marriage! We took the motorcycle out to the beach and spent some time there. On the way there, we stopped in Aberdeen to grab some sunscreen at Walmart, and decided to have a quick lunch. We ended up going to Burger King, and then I remembered that's exactly what we had one year ago right after our wedding :) The beach was very windy but warm and sunny. We put our towels down up on a little hill so it was less windy, and soaked up some sun. On our way back to town we realized it may not have been the smartest idea to ride the bike. Our butts were pretty sore and also very hot!

Our good friend, and one of Jason's groomsmen, Shaun generously treated us to a dinner at one of our favorite restaurants Fujiyama. As always the food was amazing, and of course I ate way too much. After dinner we went back to Shaun's place and played Sorry with him and Annette. 

We love this guy! He's the best!

I can't believe it's already been a whole year. We moved three times, got our first pet together (our baby Zuko), got pregnant for the first time, and had lots of fun! I'm so glad we are living on our own now and I wouldn't have it any other way! We love our house and our little family. I can honestly say I love Jason way more today than I did on our wedding day, and I know our love for each other will keep growing. 

Happy anniversary baby, I love you!