Spencer Butte/Yachats

We have made so many good friends here. Which is why I've had such a hard time accepting that we are leaving/packing for such events. Some of our friends are also leaving Eugene (some for good) which is so depressing, but others will thankfully be here when we get back in August. I'm just sad to not be experiencing a fun (and warm) summer with all of our good friends here.

Several weeks ago we hiked Spencer Butte with the Cooks. AKA Heidi Klum, Seal, and baby Isabelle. 

I adore Heidi. She is my soul sister. I can't believe I had to wait so long to find a friend like her.

Anyway, we party hard with the Cooks as evidenced below:

Partying hard takes its toll on some:

 We also went to the beach with the Cooks.

Oh, hey there.

It was a memorable trip! 

Word to Your Mother

I love Mother's Day - even more so now that I'm a mom. I don't care for the word feminist, especially in today's context, but I do love a day when womanhood is celebrated and I'm told how awesome I am. Yeah, baby! Nick and Evie made me feel so loved all day and I'm grateful for days like today.

My sister is in town visiting/babysitting Evie so we can pack up and head to Yakima. It has been so fun having her here. Proof that she'll be a good mom someday:

Flashback Friday on Saturday

I'm filling in for Syd on this Flashback Friday post, as she is throwing yet another amazing bridal shower extravaganza. I really should have posted this yesterday and I have no excuse other than I finished my last final of my 1L year of law school and I decided to go fishing and watch a complete basketball game (commercials included) instead of fulfilling my responsibilities of continuing the Flashback Friday tradition that the those far and wide have come to expect. Nation, this brings me to the main attraction of this Flashback Friday. Call me lazy, conceded, or just plain fearful of posting pictures of others, it matters not. What matters is the fact that right now in my heart I feel like the child featured below who just learned summer break has begun. Sure I actually have responsibilities and the ever-present fear of how my grades will turn out this semester will lurk around in my brain for the next few months, but right now, at least just for today, I am going to walk around without a shirt, eat a cookie, put stickers on myself, dream about swimming with whales, and pretend I hit the game winner home run for the Dodgers. Until tomorrow, I am young again.