Here we are at the end of August, and it just occurred to me that we have been so busy having fun that I haven't blogged in quite some time.
What have we been up to? One may ask. Well besides the raves, night clubs and midnight vandalisms, we have been spending quite a bit of time at the lake when not at work. Cultus Lake that is. What has the lake got to offer to two kids like us? Cool (sometimes feeling cold) water. It has been especially nice after a hot day of being on my (swelling) feet and feeling quite large and sweaty.
Brandon is more the type just to run into the water, I wish I could do that. I ease into it and the slower I go, the more reluctant I am to emerging myself completely. And then once into the water we take on challenges such as floating around, swimming over the seaweed and braving our chances with the dreaded "seaweed monster" (a mythical creature Brandon invented in attempts to boost my confidence while swimming over seaweed).
A couple of months ago Brandon surprised me with a trip down the Oregon Coast for our one year anniversary. I can't believe it is already over a year now. Time has been flying. And while I have never been sure how that expression makes sense, I am pretty sure that people use it to say "time has been seeming very fast moving".
We stayed down in Newport for a few nights (we were there during the day too) and made our way up the coast to home. It was sunny the entire time except for our last day which greeted us with sprinkling water. We spent a lot of our time eating seafood and hanging out on the beach (in Lincoln city).
Besides work and the fun stuff, some other stuff we have been up to has included preparing for our daughter, who will be greeting us in just two months now. We have come to see (through consumer reports, and safety reports) that people, in general, are much too obsessed with name brands. It is unfortunate that people can be swayed towards a certain item simply because of a name and not because of actually functionality (that's a word). We are starting to understand that a higher dollar amount probably won't impress a newborn. And since she is the only one we are ever going to try to impress again (including our other children), we are not going to be concerned with name brands.
Our plans for the next few weeks include starting some classes to learn about how much fun labor is going to be (I have heard so many good things from moms), gathering more supplies together for the Babette, being at the lake, and night clubbing, raves and midnight vandalism's.
Donations to our cause could include materials such as spray paint, toilet paper, and eggs (although these are only the traditional, any variation from the traditional should include instructions on how to vandalize with the product).
