More pictures

Here are some more pictures, thanks to Juls who hauled her camera with her all day!!

London pictures

I am so lucky that I was able to take my BFF with me to London, we had a great time together and we acted as though we were 17 again at Ricks college. We were total dorks then and I discovered that we still are. It is amazing that we have 8 kids between us, and we could still behave like silly college girls when we are together. We missed our children while we were away, but it was a nice break away from the constant whines and sniffles that we are subjected to daily.

London was exactly as I had imagined it, cold rainy and very old. I marveled at the buildings and envied the boots that the women sported around town. I gawked at the Van gogh exhibit, sat in the old pews (and stole a few illegal images on my iphone) and listened to the choir boys in St. Paul's Cathedral.

We walked across the London Bridge, got lost and then found again and had a blast talking all the while.

The food was not very good, so we filled up on shortbread cookies and chocolates. Julie was my translator ( I am not kidding), the language was really hard for me to follow, there are so many slang words that I was almost completely lost! It felt so good to land in the US and hear a normal accent.

Here are a few dorky images from London, Julie has most of the images (hint hint julie) so hopefully I can post some more soon.

And just to prove that we really there for work, I have included a few pictures of our booth!

view from our hotel

Do I look like a tourist?

Thursday Dec 15th- Yes, I am a total tourist! Who cares, it is part of the fun. Today we rode a double decker bus around london and we (I) ate fish and chips at the original Sherlock Holmes pub. It is freezing here, wish I brought my uggs. At least the new tourist wool scarf is keeping me warm.

P.S. I am never riding coach again, first class rocks!

London Yeah Baby! (with an austin powers accent)

I am out! Off to London in the morning for a business trip with my best friend Julie. We are leaving the kids with the husbands, Good luck to them! Trent already told the kids that they get waffles every dinner. Nice

I am dreaming.....

of wearing my hot summer shoes again with a wonderful pedicure

My Mid Century Beach House

Well the house is almost done. Trent and I finished moving in and painting this week. With the help if Ikea and my favorite vintage shops in Portland we have it almost decorated. We have been collecting vintage mid century furniture for a while now, and I am so glad to finally have a place to put it all.

Please take note of the large starburst on the wall, this is a designer piece by C.Jere that we found at our favorite vintage shop in Portland. I am obsessed with it and the spot on the cedar walls is perfect. I am also obsessed with Herman Miller shell chairs. We still need few more, so if you seen em, let me know. We still have the kitchen and bathrooms left to tackle, but those are projects for down the road.

If anyone wants to come and stay, please let us know so we can mark you on the callender!

Here are a few images from our Orlando vacation

Incase you didn't notice, Otto wore the same shorts everyday. We didn't realize that it would be 85 degrees so we only packed him one pair of shorts! Nice eh?

I married one of the Village People