Stumptown Birthday Weekend

This weekend Kevin and I headed to Portland for a kid free birthday celebration. Kevin turns the big 3-5 on Tuesday and for his present this year, we headed back to Portland so he could celebrate with friends!

We started out the weekend with dinner at Bridgeport Brewing in the Pearl. Twelve of us in all met up to toast the birthday boy and have dinner. Afterwards we headed over to Pips and Bounce, a super fun bar outfitted with a ton of ping pong tables. We spent the evening playing, enjoying each other's company and possibly enjoying one to many shots of tequila.

The next day, I was hurting pretty badly, so Kevin met up with his friend Matt, while I napped and tried to feel like a human being again. I met up with the boys and some more of our friends later in the day for dinner and drinks. We hung out for a bit before heading back to our hotel for a much earlier evening.

Sunday we woke up, headed to one of our favorite old brunch spots and spent the afternoon walking through Portland before jumping on the max and heading home to our favorite two year old who was spoiled all weekend by his nana and papa.

The Easter Bunny visited a day late (better late than never!) since we booked the weekend away before realizing it was Easter weekend.

The Big Move

i've come to the conclusion that husband and i like to make big changes everytime we end up having a big life changing event going on. back in 2012, about three months before we got married in spokane, wa, we decided we were going to pick up and move to portland, or, a city we've grown to love over the past two years.

 Portland view from my current office

 Portland Waterfront on a Spring Day

 Timbers!!!

 MusicFest NW at Pioneer Place

now, we're having a baby, and we've decided to uproot our lives once again and head back to spokane, just about three months before our baby boy is due to grace us with his presence. life changing events = big moves in the alexander family household.

it's been a tough decision and one that we did not take lightly, but we feel like the time to head back to spokane is now. we'll be closer to family, friends we've known most our lives and a little city, that we may have taken for granted the last time we were there.

we'll miss portland, oh so much. this city is an amazing place filled with amazing people. we spent the first year and a half of our married lives together here, and maybe one day we'll come back. (perhaps will decide to move if baby #2 ever makes an appearnace ;0p) or maybe we'll stay in spokane or head somewhere else.

but, we're excited to head back to spokane. start our family and build a home together.

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so right now, things are a little hectic in our neck of the woods, seeing as we're moving in the next two weeks. it might get a little quiet on the blogfront, but i'll be back!

we're excited for this new adventure and who knows what life will bring next!

Saturday Hike

spring has finally sprung in portland and i could not be happier about it! husband and i have been itching for warmer weather and sunny days and this weekend was perfect.

we took full advantage of the 64 degree weather this weekend and headed out on a short little hike in forest park. here are some pictures from our day:

i officially have a baby bump! 

how cool is this guy we met on the way back?!?!! a real life spotted owl!

happy weekend!

MFNW

this weekend was MusicFestNW. a 5 day music festival that takes place all over the city in a variety of venues. it happens every year, the week/weekend after labor day.

husband and i got to venture out saturday night to see deep sea diver, thao and the get down stay down, and one of my favorites, the head and the heart. it was so much fun! we weren't able to stay for all of the concert (since husband's still recovering from surgery), but what we saw, we loved!

here are a few photos from the concert!

A Long Weekend

happy tuesday everyone! i hope you all had a nice, relaxing, fun and safe labor day weekend!

ours was verrrrryyyy long and verrrryyyyy relaxing. to the point of going stir crazy. but we found a few ways to fix that. :)

husband had to have surgery (a torn ACL) on thursday, so i was working from home caring for my patient. we had 5 long days at home, watching tv, reading books, laying by the pool (one perk to apartment living) and catching up on the news (my heart is sad for syria).

let me tell you...when the sun is shining outside, and you're stuck in doors...you can get a little stir crazy. at least we did. so by sunday evening, husband was finally feeling up to venture out of the house (thank god!!) and we headed over to overlook park where you not only could see a beautiful view of the city (portland sure is pretty at sunset), but they were also showing FREE movies in the park!

we met up with some friends, settled in with our picnic blanket, ordered some yummy food (yep you can have food delivered to the park!) and watched E.T!!!! they even had E.T skydive into the park as a special guest for the kiddos! so cool! turns out they do these movies all summer long. something to keep in mind for next summer. (so we're a little behind on things to do here in the pdx...we'll catch up soon ;0))

next up! the horse races! we headed out to portland meadows to watch the horse races! i've never been before and this is so fun!!

i loved seeing all the ladies dressed up in dresses and big hats and the guys in their suits and bowties. i definitely want to plan a kentucky derby party here next year! it would be so fun!! and of course the mint juleps were delish!!!

Life Lately...

according to my iPhone photos:

oregon brewfest. handsome husband and me. beer samplers. a good friend turns 30. lake coeur d' alene. moose! morgan's getting married. sunflowers on a cloudy morning. work outing at edgefield.

Life Lately...

according to my iPhone photos

chicken and waffles. hiking oregon. husband's a superhero (long story). camping prep. redwoods trip. poolside. timbers game. slutty brownies. avocado oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. day date.