introducing...

meet the newest addition to our little family!

wrangler

♥

born on april 25, 2012

we're already so much in love!

lake tahoe

in pictures.
because, words just don't do this place justice!
[sorry to those of you who follow my instagram. these pictures won't be new to you!]

sand harbor, lake tahoe.

 emerald bay. the most photographed location in all of california. crazy!

fun times with our nephew, rowen.
he thought it was HIL-ARIOUS when he'd put my hair in front of my face and then i blow it off. :)

what i wore wednesdays.

there won't be any what i wore wednesdays today. [although, it's safe to say that i'm wearing my bathing suit right now while soaking up some lake tahoe sunshine.]

but hold the tears! 

while i'm taking in all the family time i can get, you can stay busy reading all of my other what i wore wednesdays posts here!

see? all better. :)

have a great week! 

xo

vaycay

tomorrow morning we'll be on a flight to one of my most favorite places on earth.

if you guessed lake tahoe, you're correct!

i can't wait to see my family, lay out on the dock all day, ride jet skies with my hunk, eat my mom's yummy breakfasts, cuddle with my nephew that i haven't seen for six months, get some quality sibling time in, walk down to "sno-flake" and get some ice cream [a tahoe tradition] and just be with the fambam. 

tahoe is so special to my family. if you've ever gone in the summer time, you'd know why.

i mean look at this!

hellooooo paradise!

this trip marks the last vacation we'll have for a while.

first we had stagecoach.

then our belated honeymoon.

and now this!

all in three months!

we are lucky blessed.

good news!

we're getting our PUPPY in a little over a week! 

we thought we wouldn't be able to get him until probably this fall. but! someones plans fell through last minute with this little guy and fortunately it all worked out PERFECTLY for us that we're the lucky ones getting this pup. 

the second we got the email the other day and saw his picture, our hearts melted. 

we like to think it was fate. :)

we. are. SO. EXCITED! 

both of us can hardly contain ourselves.

yesterday, we went out and got all of the necessities.

he's pretty much all we talk about lately. 

"wrangler this" 

"wrangler that" :)

after almost two years of wanting a weimaraner, and almost six months of being on a waiting list with our breeder, our little lovebug will finally be in our arms soon!!

eek!

what's happenin'?

time to play catch up!
picture style. :)

we decided that this will be a tradition for us. 

every time we paint our new home, we'll paint "i love you" on the wall, with a kissy picture.

we know it's cheesy. 

but if you know us, you know we're kinda cheesy.

and we like it. :)

[november 2010. painting our first apartment a month before we were married/ moved in.]

my mother-in-law and i went strawberry picking last saturday. [11 pounds for 11 bucks! score!]

i'm a newbie at this whole berry pickin' thing. [i've only ever picked blueberries one time before.] 

buuut this will definitely be happening every year. and probably a few times a year at that.

real, ripe oregon strawberries are theeee best!

can't beat 'em.

nope! you just can't.

top left: our nephew, rowen, drew us a house warming picture. he is the sweetest.

top right: we were in awe at how UH-MAZING this chocolate avocado pudding was. yup! you heard me right fellow chocoholics! HEALTHY, DAIRY FREE & SUGAR FREE chocolate pudding. i ate it up. every last bit of it. i have lindsay of delighted momma to thank for this one. :) recipe here.

bottom left: our cute little vegetable garden. love.

bottom right: date night with johnny and danielle. pizza+strawberry short cake+ crazy marbles+ good company= a great time. we love double dates!

oregon has some of the most gorgeous skies and clouds. you should hear me go on and on about how beautiful the summer skies are. multiple times a day lately. poor charlie. i'm sure he's already sick of hearing it. haha![soooorry babe!]



[99% of these pictures are from my instagram. follow me! @samantha_osborne ]

almost complete!

the downstairs of our new home is just about complete!
[there are a few things i want to add. all in due time]
no more painting.
no more hammering [until i find that perfect thing to hang above the kitchen sink.. :)]
no more no more no more!
moving sucks.
but it's fun to make a new place "home".

[sorry for the lighting and graininess. snapped with the iphone!]

the hallway that connects the kitchen & dining room to the living room.

so thankful for charlie and that he will hang anything i ask him for [with such precision!] with no complaining. :) i've got myself a keeper! mhmm.

now to finish the upstairs!