1,000 Days.

Today marks 1,000 days that Jeff and I have been together.
We were dorky and figured that out a few weeks ago, and I put it in my phone as an event on the calendar. And then forgot about it. But today it popped up and reminded me - so here we are! And now we get to celebrate!
This was us..1,000 days ago -

(See Jeff's necklace? I convinced him to stop wearing it not too long after that...)
We thought about taking a picture of us today - to compare, but um...we both look really scroungy today since we've just been cleaning and getting ready for going back to school. So we're going to pass on that for now.

A baby, a wedding, a vacation...

Lots of exciting things have been going on for Jeff and I in the last two weeks. :-)
First, My brother and his wife had their first baby! Fredrik Gustaf Evensen came on the morning of August 12, weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs 14.5 oz. He is absolutely adorable, and it's been really fun to see what a Scandinavian Taiwanese baby looks like. :-D Lots of lovely dark hair on him, and an adorable little face. I really want to take pictures of him, but haven't had a chance yet - so I stole some off of Daniel's facebook...hehe...


Then, on the 18th two of our good friends, Katie and Blake, got married. Jeff and I were really happy for them, and it was wonderful to be able to celebrate with them. I've known Katie since Kindergarten, and we always enjoy spending time with her and Blake. She looked beautiful, and so happy.









It was so fun to be able to see so many old friends.


Then on Wednesday, Jeff and I decided to trek out to California to join my family, who was vacationing in Disneyland. Once again, Cole and Shannon were gracious in allowing us to crash at the condo - especially when we called to tell them we were there and gave them quite the shock - somehow we'd had a mis-communication and they thought we were coming next week! Now that is the mark of a truly good host - when they can still welcome us and act totally excited to see us. ;-)
We spent Thursday at Disneyland and California Adventure with my family, which was a blast. Friday we spent playing around in San Diego, finishing up with dinner and games with Cole and Shannon. Saturday we went down to LA for a while, and had some great pizza at BJ's with my Aunt Marianne. It was so much fun to get to visit family, and Mickey Mouse too.

All the walking every day was really hard on Christian's hip. He was constantly begging anyone (especially Nils) to give him a piggy-back ride.


Waiting for the Aladdin Show -

Christian and I took the jelly fish up after discovering he was about 2 inches too short for the Maliboomer - a real disappointment for a boy who wasn't scared of any ride - no matter the height or speed.

Space Mountain is still our favorite...

The excitement was contagious.

Jeff had never been on the teacups before, so we went together and just about made ourselves sick trying to spin around as fast as possible.


Mickey on my shirt and next to me.

You can't tell from this picture how drop dead tired we all were at this point. In fact, Jeff and I couldn't even make the drive home to San Diego that night. We ended up sleeping for at a rest stop on the side of the road - a new adventure for us.


Unfortunately, our little point and shoot camera died while we were at Disneyland. But I stole this picture of Marianne and the boys off facebook.


When we were trying to decide whether to go or not, Jeff remarked that since school would be starting on the 31st, this was our last time to be irresponsible. Somehow, I don't think school will stop us from being irresponsible...but who knows. ;-)

Seattle Vacation

Jeff and I are still alive, believe it or not. ;-) We've been having a really fun, busy summer.
We took a vacation up to Seattle for my mom's family reunion in the middle of July. We had a really great time seeing my family and running around doing different activities.
Here are a few pictures. There are a lot more in an album I created on facebook, so you can check that out if you are interested.





Hiking up on Mt Rainier


Enjoying a delicious dinner at Salty's with Anna and Bob, courtesy of my uncle Lars.


Um, that is the Seattle skyline behind us. I promise. I know it is really blurry.





We went to a Mariners game. They lost. Badly.

My husband is crazy. I tried to tell him how cold the ocean was going to be, but it didn't even phase him.

We went to Forks! Jeff played gameboy the majority of that excursion. Such a lit
tle town...with nothing going for it except Twilight. This is Bella's truck, parked at the information center.

Roasting marshmallows at my grandparent's cabin, located on the Quinault Indian Reservation.


The whole family!