what i wore wesnesdays.

well hellooooo there first day of summer! 

mother earth celebrated by giving us a perfectly gorgeous sunny day here in oregon.

can't complain!

let the summer memories begin.. :)

cropped jean jacket [that i've had since 10th grade!!]: i can't even remember. it was that long ago. haha!

striped periwinkle tank top: target. 
white jeans: target.
white flip flops: american eagle.
white watch: charming charlie.
bangles: forever 21.
rhinestone bracelet: given to me as a gift.

what i wore wednesdays.

today is a 'i-don't-really-feel-like-doing-my-hair-so-natural-it-is!' kind of day. :)

also, is it just me or do wednesdays always come by so fast?!

good thing that means the weekend is almost here! 

light pink cardigan: target.

white shirt: pink zone.

skinny jeans: NY&Co.

white flip-flops: american eagle. 

white watch: charming charlie.

bracelets: given to me as a gift.

necklace: forever 21.

toenail polish: "do you lilac it?" by OPI.

i want to remember vol.1

i got this cute idea for a weekly post from this girl's blog the other day.
the weekly post is called "i want to remember."
and since these past couple weeks have been such a whirlwind i thought it would be a great idea for me to start my "i want to remember"s now!

- i want to remember sleeping on the ground in sleeping bags of our new townhome for the first six days that we lived here.
see?

- i want to remember charlie and i loading up our [tiny] car 8 billion different times with all the boxes and trash from unpacking all the way to the compactor down the street at night with the windows down, blaring some good 'ol jason aldean.

- i want to remember sitting on the kitchen floor eating dinner since there was no room to sit in the dining room [this was from day one of unpacking. too many boxes!]

- i want to remember my niece natalie cuddling with me while watching tom & jerry.

- i want to remember how funny it was when we took our picture for our costco membership. my picture was "normal"...charlie? he was making an important call on his cell phone and we didn't want to make the costco employee wait to take the pic. hahaha it was funnier in real life. or if you get the opportunity to see the photo yourself. promise.

i'll be doing these from time to time in hopes that i won't forget the little things. ♥

what i wore wednesdays. whoops!

oopsie. look who forgot to post her outfit yesterday.
this busy girl.

black long sleeve v-neck: target.

floral dress: pink zone.

boots: target.

key necklace: charming charlie.

shout out!

to this guy!

[hulk hogan?..is that you?!]

ahh, my husband.
i just want to publicly show my appreciation for all he does for us.
for what a hard worker he is.
for how determined he always is. in every aspect of life.
for how proud i am of what he did for this country. [although i'm breathing a sigh of relief that his four years with the corps is now over. :)]
for being such a good friend to all his buddies.
for all the love and comfort he constantly gives me.
for making me laugh pretty much all. day. every.day.
for taking interest in my interests.
for just being the husband i always dreamed of having.

he is just the greatest.
& i'm so thankful.

look it!

umm..how ADORABLE is this going away gift?!

can't wait to hang it up in our new place!

thank you, liana and ryan! every time i look at it, i think of you guys!
xoxo

moving day

[you can't see it but i'm crying in this picture. afterwards i bawled like a baby off and on for a good hour. i'm going to miss home. i already do.]

whew! i actually have a little time to catch my breath and blog about our road trip to our new home!

 [the day before moving day. i shoulda' made a fort with all our boxes! what was i thinking?!]

 [nooo, we didn't need a 75 foot truck for all of our belongings. this company was also picking up 2 other families' crap stuff.]

[i can't even tell you how much i cried and cried over not being able to take my beloved roxy girl with me :( she just turned 14 last week- far too old for a big move like this- and i didn't have the heart to rip her away from everything she knows. i'm a little a lot jealous that my parents get to love on her everyday.]

[everything i need for a roadtrip! holding my man's hand. diet coke (my guilty pleasure), open roads, snacks and a little entertainment.]

[for those of you not familiar with west coast freeways, follow this baby aaaalllll the way up california and sooner or later you'll get to canada. but in the middle is where we now call home.]

 [pastures as faaaar as the eye could see.]

[sorry for the smudges. cars get dirty on a roadtrip. :)]

[last california sunset i'll see for a while. :(]

finally, at 4:30 am- we made it!

and so the adventure begins...