OH....IO...!!!

A few weeks ago, I was able to take a little time off and go back home. Since I haven't been back since last Christmas, it was nice to see everyone again. :)

This was just a little bitty kitty back in June. Now he's just a grumpy kitty when Lois holds him.

Tom's cousin, Libby, is a freshman at OSU. She'll be applying to the OSU nursing program this Spring. I had no influence on her decision to be a Buckeye ;)....

The newly renovated OSU library is gorgeous. Big beautiful windows and nice sittings areas for studying...If this was here when I was there, I would have studied there all the time!

On my trek across campus to pick up Libby, I saw that Celina marching band would be playing.

These are Alicia's folks, Papa George and Momma Peg.

Alicia and I at the game. Her family graciously gave me a ticket to watch the game with them.

This is my favorite bar in Columbus. Paula (pictured below) and I were both in the OSU nursing program. We spent many days studying at the Dube, eating potato skins, and drinking beers. Paula bartends on the weekend at the Dube, and is sometimes super nice by giving me a "nursing discount" when I come in.

Abbe had to work like a million hours at the hospital the weekend I came to visit. After staying up for like 2 days straight, she still found the time to meet me for a walk around campus.

On Abbe and I's walk, we visited the new union....which is freakin amazing. It's so nice, it's not even fair. When I was OSU, I lived at the Union doing all kinds of leadership and group activities. I remember the 1950's decor and how everything was falling apart and smelling a little funny. The new Union is ridiculously nice. If any of you remember the Union the way I remember it, go to the new one and marvel on what could have been if they only built it a few years earlier before we graduated. :)

Bridal Shower: Kate W.

A few weeks ago, we had a bridal shower at work. Our Business Office Director, Kate is getting married this weekend. I have the priviledge of making the trip with them to Vegas in a few days!

We didn't have to wear butterfly wings for the bridal shower :) ....It was a decoration that everyone thought would be fun to wear for the pics.

Lazy Sundays

Here are a few pics of a lazy Sunday morning...

Big People Furniture

We finally decided to buy real, non-ikea, fully assembled furniture. We needed a sideboard for extra glassware storage and we found this awesome sideboard at Crate and Barrel. It felt a little bit like Christmas opening this up. It looks fantastic and matching the rest of the furniture really well! :)

Football Party!

A few weekends ago Tom and I had people over to watch college football all day long! Our college football party was complete with games of beer pong, cornhole, flip cup, foot races and made up frisbee drinking games. The night ended with poker, and Lady and Doogie cuddling on the couch. :)

Henry meets Lady

We had the pleasure of dogsitting Henry over a weekend. After a few days him and Lady became good friends....

Lady Graduates!

Lady graduated puppy school!

Renovations!

Picture Above: Old faucet

New Faucet

Old Bathroom

New Bathroom


New Bathroom

Thank you Bob and Lois for making our house feel brand new!

The Peggy, Alicia, and Adrienne Adventure!

Hey Everyone!

Peggy, Alicia, and I did an awesome movie/book road trip up the West Coast. We visited Seaside, Oregon; Astoria, Oregon; and finally Forks, Washington! Below are some pics from our trip.

Astoria, Oregon: "The Goonies"
This is where they filmed the amazing movie, "The Goonies". On our adventure, we decided to make quick stops at some of the famous sites.

Above is the jail the Fratelli brothers escape from.

Above is the museum that Mikey's dad worked at.

Above is the Goonies headquarters and below is Data's house.

" I want my bike!"

Forks, Washington: "Twilight"

At the Forks visitor center, they had a huge world map where people have put pins from where they are from. Above is just a small portion of the map...see if you can find Sidney, OH.... :)

Yay! First Sidney person to visit Forks, Washington. By the way, people from as far as the Netherlands and Australia have visited Forks.

The sign below is actually by their emergency room entrance. Just a little side note...They have the smallest hospital I've ever seen.

Below are pictures of the Cullen's house and Bella's house. From what we found out at the visitor's center, the city of Forks picked out these houses to be the closest representation from the book.

Above is the Cullen's house. Below is a note from Esme that was posted on the front of the house. This is actually a B&B located in Forks.

Above is Bella's house...actually a private residence. Below is where we stayed while in Forks. It's called the Manitou Lodge B&B.

Below is a picture of our cabin.

Meeting the locals at the Twilight Lounge!

It was karaoke night and my first time singing in front of people! It was the ideal first karaoke singing situation...10pm in Forks, Washington and only 8 other people in the room. By midnight there were like 30 people....it was hot place to be that night!

The electric slide....haha

Alicia and I made friends pretty easily. Everyone in Forks is so nice!

This is the best road trip I've ever taken. It's also the dorkiest one. Alicia and I are always up for anything, and I'm really glad we got to do this together. I can't thank Momma Peg enough for putting up with our craziness and being okay with adding a road trip to their vacation.

Back in Portland...

We did the downtown walking tour and took the traditional Portland picture.

We did a little wine tasting in Dundee and Dayton, Oregon.

Lastly, we visited a few smaller waterfalls and ended with Multnomah Waterfall.

I am so happy Alicia and Peggy took time out of their busy schedules to come visit. They probably did the most sightseeing anyone has ever done in 5 days, and I hope they had a good time...I definitely did. :)