{ life lately: by instagram, collages & iPhone pics }

Life's been crazy busy lately but then again when is it not.  Between Bunco, Bible Study, Book Club, Couples Community Group, working full time, commuting, two big families with tons of get-togethers,  trying to get some quality time before our little family of 2 expands AND general prepping for baby, I haven't had as much time to spend blogging.  I miss it!  Here's a little bit of what we've been up to according to my phone pics...

This was one of our fun, cozy weekends in Bend, OR, with my husband's family.  We stayed at an awesome log cabin!

We were able to break away to use a free trip I won to stay at a hotel in Portland.  It was so fun and relaxing.  We're sort of sad about how the days of "just us two" are quickly coming to an end so we're enjoying every last minute together!  We did a LOT of shopping for our little man this weekend, saw The Vow, watched Swiss Family Robinson (a classic we can't wait to show our son), and of course watched a Blazer game :]

This little lad is already SO spoiled and loved!  We've received tons of hand-me-downs, a hand knitted cardigan [top right] from a sweet older gal in my Bible Study, flowers from his Great Grandma & Grandpa, and SO MUCH MORE!  It brings me to tears how much he's already loved and blessed by so many generous family & friends!

 We've had a few random snowy days here in OR - I love it.  I was able to work from home several days and there's nothing better than working in pj's while snow falls outside!

I can't get enough of these delicious little Dove Milk Chocolates...added bonus: the quotes..

 

Less than 16 weeks left to meeting our little lad!

It always melts my heart when my sweet hubby talks to our son...

Next project - we're working on trying to get the baby boy's nursery in order...

 

I'm hoping to simplify life a bit and try to embrace these last few months before we enter the crazy "parenthood" journey!  Pray you're all doing well!

Love,

All 3 Reeds

{ san diego part 2 }

Here's the second part of our San Diego trip, in more picture collages .  We had such a wonderful time and we got to see baby Ruth on her very first visit to the beach and touching the sand !  We feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends .  We love you guys!

 

{ san diego part 1 }

Last weekend we went to San Diego to visit my best friend down there, her husband, and their brand new baby girl Ruth (how darling is her name!?).  We had so much fun seeing all our friends down there and spending time with all of them.  Here's a few pics from our trip in collages.  [ more to come...]

how darling is she?!  she looks just like her mama .  I couldn't kiss those cheeks enough ! :]

they have the best farmer's market down there - we couldn't believe we hadn't discovered it while we were in school there.  Fresh flowers, samples galore, fresh coconut juice, handmade jewelry & more .

ruth's adorable nursery

  It was the perfect weekend.  except that it wasn't long enough.  We were sad to leave our friends but so thankful to have the time with them!

{ the OR coast }

Life's been crazy busy lately!  Which is why I'm just now blogging about our trip to the coast last weekend !  here's our trip in pics...

this picture has no significance other than the fact that we finally got a new (to us) car that is an automatic.  After both driving a manual 5 speed for years, this means that we can now hold hands and drive.  it's the little things in life, right?

my darling nephew jack and adorable niece tatum

tatum with her new hoop earrings ! she's growing up so fast! her and grandma had matching earrings.  this is my favorite pic from the whole weekend !

we relaxed a LOT and actually had fun cooking a few meals :) 

My darling mom

we loved watching the wildlife from the back porch!

my handsome, sweet, {huge} nephew Luke!

the summer has been crazy and life is hectic, but this was a nice relaxing weekend away. 

we thrift shopped, walked on the beach and just hung out.

Have a great weekend everyone!  Oh, and head on over to Blonde at Heart {one of my favorite blogs!} to check out my very first guest post!  I was so excited when she asked me to do it!
There are some more ideas on there about re-nesting shutters, so check it out!

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it's finally summer here in Oregon & I'm so loving this sunshine ! 

have a great weekend!

{ lovely weekends }

Last weekend my sisters, mom and I all went shopping for one of my sisters' birthday. We have developed a tradition that we always make a day of shopping whenever any of us has a birthday. 

Here are some pics of our fun day . . .

 We ate at the cheesecake factory and shopped alllll day.  We spent a good chunk of time checking out the Nordstrom sale and each got a new pair of boots for fall - can't wait to wear them!

I went to the H&M in Portland for the first time and they had the cutest stuff.

I got these two shirts there (great because I can wear them to work) and some more gold bracelets that were only about 5 bucks.

I also got this nail polish called love & beauty (in pink) and this cute make up bag at the Forever 21 accessory store [Forlove 21].  This nail polish was only $2.80! A far cry from the $7+ you would spend on Essie nail polish [ don't get me wrong, I love Essie, it's just stinkin' expensive ]. 

you can also buy it online [ here ]

I have to brag just a bit about the Mr.  While we were up shopping all day in Portland he was at home and cleaned the house, bought the groceries for the week, did laundry and took care of all the household chores.

I love that man.

Hope you all have a great weekend!