Spring Break

Dustin's second quarter ended March 23rd so we ditched the city and headed out to the coast for some fun and relaxation in Lincoln City. Our hotel room was amazing. Seriously worth the $10 to get a nicer room with a fireplace and two person jacuzzi tub! Just look at how relaxing this looks!
So many bubbles!! On Friday night we went out for a couple sushi rolls and then saw The Hunger Games! We weren't necessarily planning on going opening night since we were on vacation, but we drove by Lincoln City's little theater and there was practically NO one there so we just HAD to go. Oh. my. goodness. I love The Hunger Games. I loved Katniss and Peeta and everyone. I thought it was such a good fit from the book!Saturday we had the best time shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall. So many good stores and so many good deals! After shopping til we were ready to drop, we went to Mo's for some coastal clam chowder, fish and chips, and shrimp.
The great thing about Oregon coastal towns is that they are so quaint and calm. Not much to do, nothing that HAS to be done, so you can just relax and enjoy the coast! The weather was cloudy and a bit rainy, but we were at the coast so we duh, we went to the beach! It was beautiful! Rocks, kites, sunset, bliss.


We had dinner at a yummy restaurant that was on stilts over the water, which means the view was awesome, and then spent the night just relaxing in our jacuzzi and cuddling by the fireplace.

Sunday we were sad to go, but we stopped at another part of the beach for some beach combing (where we found nothing), and frisbee.

There were some stairs of death to get down from the parking. Stairs of death looking down....And the view looking back up.Happy at the beach!

We decided to drive home along the coast and it was so pretty! We found some great lookouts and a gorgeous beach with a monolith in the ocean and where a bunch of people were surfing.We ended our drive home stopping at Tillamook Cheese Factory for a little cheesy tour where Dustin was so excited to see a cheese jam in production. We had to get some goodies so we grabbed some ice cream, cheese, and fudge.

Now Dustin has had the past two weeks to play nintendo, watch baseball, and clean the house while I've been at work! 3rd quarter starts again on Monday and in 3 months we will be able to say that we are done with the first year of grad school! Wahoo! The countdown begins!

Oh they say when you marry in June...

SO glad that it's July now! June was a really busy month with lots of weddings going on...

Started out with Dustin's sister Kendra's wedding on June 6th!

Kendra Creer and Adam Hill were married in the Jordan River temple. It took them a while to finally come into the sealing room and we thought that maybe one of them backed out at the last minute? But then we found out that their sealer had taken them into another sealing room to talk with them for a minute and let them spend some time in there. They looked really happy and Adam said he felt like a "married man" (not sure what he meant by that ha ha ha). The reception was beautiful after all the amazing Momma Creer did with it and with the help of her amazing sisters as well. We helped set up the night before and I swear, it took FOREVER. I don't think, i mean, i KNOW that it didn't take that long to set up mine... but I guess ours was just... different. In many aspects. I'll just stop there. Anyway, yay, they're married, happy day!

Me and Dustin at the reception... Her colors were purple, green, and white.

Then came my brother's wedding on June 26th. Nathan Jack and Adrienne Francisco were married June 26th in the Vernal, Utah temple.

This one we helped a LOT with! Between coming up with the theme for the luncheon, throwing her a bridal shower, doing the bride and bridesmaid's flowers, decorating the car, helping with the cake, and then serving all the food at the reception in Salem, I am SO ready for weddings to be done for just a little while! I'm sure I'll recover soon, but it was such a busy month! I love my brother and am so glad he married a fabulous girl! They are so cute and so happy!

Here are the flowers I did for Adrienne's bouquet....

A close up of the flowers.... pink, yellow, and orange gerbers, green button mums, and white alstromeria. Dustin helped string pearls onto wire which i weaved through the flowers.


This was a bridesmaid bouqet, which I made 4 of them... Pretty simple... same as the bride's but much smaller and no pearls.

Here's the cake that I helped put the flowers on. Matt Clyde made the cake, I helped with the decor. :)


And now family weddings are done for a while! But when they come back, I'll be rested and ready to help out again! I used to want to be a wedding planner until I found out that really, I would hate working with brides. Ha ha ha. So now I'll just help out... but next time, I'm charging for my services. :)