7 Year Anniversary

Jason and I spent this weekend on the coast at our favorite little B&B Sandlake Country Inn. We settled on celebrating our anniversary a little early so that we could get our favorite room there. We were trying to figure out how many times we've been there now. This is what we came up with:

1. Engagement - December 2005

2. Babymoon - November 2008

3. 1st Anniversary - June 2008

4. 5th Anniversary - June 2012

5. 7th Anniversary - June 2014

(We clearly love it there and would recommend it to anyone looking for a very quiet and secluded grown up place.)

On this trip, we ate at our favorite restaurant in Lincoln City (about 35 minutes from the B&B) and did a very quick round of shopping at the Outlet Mall. On Saturday, we did a 5 mile hike on the Cape Lookout Trail. It was a gorgeous day! You can't ask for much better weather on the Oregon coast. Then we went to the Cape Meares Lighthouse and had a picnic lunch. Later that evening we went to the Pelican Pub & Brewery to enjoy some beers. 

A bit of history - When Jason proposed on the beach 8.5 years ago on Christmas Eve there was no other place to go that day except the Pelican. Everything else was closed. So here we were, this giddy, newly engaged couple sitting at the bar, drinking beer, chatting with the locals and watching the football game. So funny :-)

We slept in, napped, ate, ate some more, and then ate. On the way home on Sunday we stopped at our favorite winery, Erath, to pick up our summer wine club wines. 

It was an absolutely perfect weekend with just a little bit of everything that we needed. It has been seven amazing years and looking forward to many more!

Dance Recital 2014

Another recital has come and gone. Alia's class was entertaining to say the very least, but absolutely adorable. I was so proud of her. Things got a little hairy up there for a minute but she stuck right to her choreography and just kept on going. I think my favorite part of the show was watching her come out for the finale. Next time I see you, I'll give you a little reenactment. Adorable! She has now been given the ok to go on to the next level which is where they can do whole classes of one format. That means no more 45 minute ballet/tap combo and Alia's is thrilled. She is so excited to have an entire class of just ballet ... weird, how are we related?! She's not interested in doing tap even a little, but I think I have talked her into doing one trial jazz class. We shall see. 

Dress Rehearsal "Happy"

Alia had her dress rehearsal for her dance recital this weekend. Her class is doing a ballet dance to the song "Happy". They were an adorable, hot mess at the rehearsal and Alia informed me that "that's why they have rehearsals!" So true!