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friends and the midwest

20Aug08

this past weekend was no ordinary weekend for deeann and i. it wasn’t a normal weekend for our close friends ren & rebecca. this past saturday they were married at her parents acreage in wisconsin, surrounded by 50 of their closest friends and family. it was a wonderful day celebrating these two […]

a full house

26May08

last monday our good friends gabriel & jaclyn arrived in portland. they are in the middle of a grand road trip to alaska and are stopping in portland via the “long route.” first they stopped in denver to stay with a friend, then los angeles to go sailing for a few days with […]

surprising terra

17Apr08

before our recent trip home we picked up a new little toy. this little toy allows us to take video and share it with you all. just what we need, right?

a lot of people knew we were making a trip back to iowa during a week off of school. […]

it’s time to catch up.

14Apr08

this could very well be the longest hiatus i’ve taken from blogging. a good month. can you believe it? i can’t.
without explaining things away, i’ll just say that i’ve had a rough few months and things are looking good again.
that said, i’ve got a lot to share. a trip […]

merry christmas from portland

24Dec07

portland was beautiful today, with sunshine and showers it was very refreshing. deeann and i will be celebrating later in the day tomorrow, since she is working the night shift tonight. we’ll be having a delicious christmas dinner and hanging out with sasha, our neighbors dog that we are watching while they are […]

visitors

14Dec07

last week we had our first visitors(not including terra and pete, who helped move us out here). deeanns parents came out for about 6 days to see our new home.
we showed them around town, ate at a few local places including bleu, the restaurant ran by my school, went to the coast, visited multnomah […]

giving thanks

22Nov07

today was a good day. of course sleeping in always makes for a good morning, prepping a big thanksgiving meal is also a good start to the day.
we got up and went for a walk through the south park blocks. we stopped at the park avenue coffeehouse and chatted about our weekend plans, […]