What...sitting in a hotel???

See...I wouldn't lie to you! Taylor and I spend a lot of time together on the computer...no talking or interacting but we do IM eachother! Just kidding!! We actually have a blast together! So the trip to Cincinnati took about 3 hours including stopping to make sure we were headed in the right direction and stopping to take a couple pictures.

So you don't see things like this in Portland very often. One of the things we thought was funny as we were driving was how flat everything was! Where are the mountains? It was beautiful none the less! The picture above is a freshly cut corn field.

Because I love to take pictures...on our drive I spotted some bales of hay that I thought would make a great background and Taylor looked adorable as usual so we pulled over she posed and this picture is the result...

Yep...she's a pretty girl inside and out! :)

Another funny thing on the trip was the fact that we saw about 9 people jumping out of a prefectly good airplane. They were landing in a field close to where we were driving and I was hoping they'd all make it and not land on the road. Taylor is a great picture taker on the fly so she snapped a couple pics so that you guys wouldn't think I was fibbing about the whole thing! ;)

So now back to our time in Cincinnati. We coudln't find downtown!! We took the wrong road...big suprise but eventually saw big building and a beautiful downtown area and felt right at home. Both of us joked about being "city girls" and wanting the skyscrapers! We stopped at our first hotel choice The Hayatt - totally booked! Then the Hilton - totally booked! However the Millinimum Hotel across the street from the 2 of those had room. I did't even think about it being a home football game which was a large part of why the hotels were sold out.

We had dinner at the Hilton in a beautiful restaurant area I had the porkchop and Taylor had salmon and then of course we split a dessert! If I've learned one thing about eating with Taylor is there is usually something sweet to follow each meal other then breakfast of course.

So where did we end up next....

My little Hybrid

After the trip to Seattle I was home for less than 12 hours before I headed out to see Taylor in Indiana.

I arrived on Thursday evening and she and I had dinner together at a place called Bombay House (Indian food). It was delicious!!!! She has definetly gotten me into trying more new things and new places to eat.

She's doing great and this weekend was her first Regatta (she's in rowing). She and 8 other girls were in a scrimage this past Saturday and did fantastic. They beat the other novis boat by 2 minutes and 10 seconds!!! Other then tons of blisters on her hands I think she's really enjoying being on the team and looking forward to seeing where it will take her. I have of course, being the proud parent I am, attached a few pictures!

After the Regatta we headed to Lowes to pick out some things for the house in Portland and then back to Sue and Winston's for showering and getting ready for the rest of the day. So what did we do from there you ask??? Right now I'm sitting in a hotel room in Cincinnati Ohio. Neither she nor I had been here before so we decided to be spontanious and packed a bag and headed out for the night!

more to come.....

Seattle is beautiful this time of year....

I don't care what people say about Seattle it is very beautiful this time of year....cold weather and all. So mom and I decided it would be nice to get away together and she's always complaining that she doesn't get the opportunity to use our timeshare so she got a free trip. Even though we staied at the time share we didn't technically "use" it beacuse we didn't have to use our points so I guess that means we'll have to go again! ;) Bummer, huh mom?

Mom and I had a great time together! Let me just say that it is so NICE to have a GPS in the car! We went to all sorts of cool shops and had a great dinner at a restaurant called 13 Coins....BEST steak I've had in a very long time! We did quite a bit of shopping which included 2 mattresses (memory foam) and a night stand for my room. Needless to say the car was packed and there was no way to get anything else in or out of it for that matter.

We also visited a place I used to live in the Snohomish area. I couldn't believe that we even found the house and school. When we got to the school I asked them if they had any yearbooks from way way way back when I would have attended there. No luck with the yearbook but they did have a class picture! I'm the one on the left side incase you couldn't tell. Sorry for the quality of the picture I had to take a picture of a picture because in this little podunk town they didn't have a scanner or a color copier at the school! Come on people join this century!

We were also able to visit with our long time friends lovingly refered to as Unca David and Auntie Lulu. Aunt Lulu has always been short but I'm now taller then she is! She says it's not much of a challenge to get to her height. ;)

All and all we staied in Seattle for 2 nights and 3 days. I've included some pics - of course!

now...off to the Midwest!

I'm Engaged!!!

That should have gotten most of you but how else was I going to get you guys to read this??? I know, nasty trick and "crying wolfe" too often will get me in trouble when it really does happen but I just couldn't resist!

We all have my sister in law to thank for this blog! She inspired me because she sent me a blog about her family (my brother and their 2 kids) and I couldn 't resist using this as a way to keep up on people or a way for them to keep up with my ever exciting life!

Please don't e-mail me back with all kinds of corrections to my spelling mistakes, although now I see there is spell checker!

I'll check back in later with more insightful information about my life which I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seat to read!!

Hugs and Love ~ Tamara