Belated 11 year Celebration!

Near the entrance to The Oregon Garden!
Creative architecture!

Me in the hobbit hole......

Creative Bathroom Design!

The sculpture trees were very cool!

Brett and I have been married 11 years and a few days! We celebrated early in August with a gift from my parents and now we're celebrating again about two weeks after our actual anniversary. (Brett was in Vegas with his good college friends over our actual anniversary!) I include this detail not because I'm grumpy he was gone but because over the course of our marriage we have both learned how important time apart alone or with good friends can be. But to celebrate this day is also VERY important to us. 11 years of marriage is quite an accomplishment in a society where the vows of marriage seem temporary for many people. We have seen dear friends go through divorce and we know it takes a lot of effort to work through challenges in every relationship. I am thankful that our focus has been on Christ and our family through the years and I look forward to celebrating many more years!

Brett's parents gift to us was an overnight stay at the Oregon Garden....SO BEAUTIFUL! We left work a little early on Thursday and drove to Silverton. We enjoyed a delicious dinner - I had hazelnut encrusted mahimahi with blueberry sauce....Brett wished he had ordered the same =)! The restraunt sit above the Oregon Garden and has a nice view. We then took a dip in the pool and soaked in the hot tub.....a little too warm outside for the hot tub, but very nice =)! We ended the evening in the lounge listening to live music and enjoying a brownie with ice cream on top....YUMMY!!!

The next morning we headed out early to walk the grounds and see this beautiful garden. We were glad we got an early start because it was almost 80 degrees by 11:00 when we headed out. We enjoyed the ride around the grounds that helped us understand why and how the garden had started and where it is headed in the future. We also walked through most of the developed acerage and it was beautiful!

As we drove back toward Turner to retrieve our kids we made a quick stop at Sonic for a yummy lunch and a delicious Strawberry real fruit Slush........yummy!!!! Here's MANY MORE years my love...........