welcome, baby starkey

our good friends, the starkeys, just had their baby 3/16 at 7:30am. he weighed in at 9.1 lbs and is so adorable. congrats you guys!!

awesome weekend

so we totally had the best weekend! garrett, justins youngest brother, was in town and he is a blast! i love having him around, he brightens the day. on friday, J and G went out to the coast in newport to surf and hopefully catch some crab with our brand new (free) crap pots. every one we had talked to, including those out there at the same time had said that they hadn't caught anything, so much to my and their surprise they pulled up 6! by the time they got home and cooked them up, we were eating around 9:30. there is nothing better than fresh crab!
on saturday i and my friend annie threw a baby shower for my good friend clara , who is due on the 20th of this month! it turned out really well and was a great time honoring her. we weren't feeling all the shower games, so the only one we did were guess how big her belly is with the string. the best part was that the winner was a 3 year old. she was almost exact. it turned out really well considering this was uncharted territory (and thanks to my v-teachers and everyones help!)that after noon we took garrett (the ultimate thrift store shopper) to eugene jeans, a local "vintage and retro" second hand store. (for everyone who knows how many hippies we have in this town, you can imagine all the second hand stuff the produce). he was like a kid in a candy store, totally loved it. between that and our favorite hog dog place here in town we were a happy bunch. we managed to get a game of sand volleyball that afternoon because the weather was so nice. we spent the evening lounging around and i went to bed around 10:30 (and thats after the time change). i got almost 12 hours of sleep that night but it was totally needed after all the sleepless nights (just ask j how cranky i am if i dont get my sleep). we had to leave church a bit early to get garrett up to portland for his flight, but it worked out really well. garrett, thanks for coming out, you are always a pleasure to have around, and are always welcome!!

weekend in newport

since living in oregon, the name of newport has come to mean a place totally different than my beloved former home of newport beach, california. so they are both cute little beach towns with a harbor and cute beach houses, but yet so different. the oregon coastline is breathe taking in all its beauty, more exotic and rugged (not to mention all beaches are national park and can be camped on anywhere). we had a blast staying with our friends the Jentzsch's from our ward on a spur of the moment weekend get-away. we drove out friday night to this amazing beach house right on the coast. waking up in the morning totally made us want to own a beach house were the first thing you see when you look out the window is the ocean. on sat, we went to a few beaches, justin entered a surf contest, we hung out at the aquarium, watched an amazing sunset from the comfort our our house, megan did a killer fire dance, and watched GOAL! (our favorite movie). what a great day. Sunday we went to the local ward for sacrement, walked down to the beach from the house, justin went surfing and greg got in with out a wet suit (crazy!!!), had an awesome lunch and headed back to reality. This was such a refreshing little break from the everyday, we owe such a big thanks to the jentzsch's for inviting us along for a great weekend.