Hagg Lake, Bike Rides, Lost Wallet, and NCLEX

Hagg Lake

Recently we went to Hagg Lake for a barbecue with Whitney's family.  The hamburger's were great and the lake was semi warm. Kayaking is a great experience and it's pretty easy to get across the lake. Whitney wanted some of the lake to come with me and decided to put a bunch of water on me.  Whitney's favorite part of the Hagg lake trip was studying for the NCLEX while the people next to us were drunk and had their music turned up. (Not really she was ready to throw him in the lake with his stinking car!)

Whitney, Opie, and Bill.

I've also been given the opportunity to go biking with Whitney's family, you are probably thinking what's so new about this biking I've know from childhood. Well let me tell ya, it's like super light bikes that go freaking fast so much to scare a grown up. They're pretty nice for going long distance in a short amount of time. They also have special pants for men, that have a pad, and also seat with a channel. It takes two or three rides for your bottom to not hurt!

Me all biked up and good to go

The highlight of the week is loosing my wallet and that was after having a library card for less than a day. It's the first time, but yeah I lost it pretty well, we think it's in the yard but it could still be a the library or the worksource center.

Taking the NCLEX

Whitney's last week has been stressful in preparing for it and has consumer her time a great deal. The test was at 7:30 am and there loads of nervous people waiting to take test. We were both tired because of the night before and not being able to sleep well. Whitney ended up getting a short 75 questions, but you never know what that means. Overall she passed which is a huge relief!

Mt. Hood & Wildwood

This past week was filled with adventures, but we're still learning how to take a camera with us to take pictures.  Jimmy and I are both as close as it comes to "Oregonians" we both passed our driver's license test.   Sounds lame to brag about, but it's a big deal.  It's a lot harder than the Utah test and closed book.  Pictures to come of the actual license's Jimmy's is a prized possession :)

Later, we went on a bike ride close to our home.  It was absolutely beautiful and Jimmy learned the joys of having a sore rump.  My parents aren't allowing me to bike ride until after pregnancy is over...something about being unbalanced currently, haha.  I try to walk straight, etc.

The pictures are from the past weekend.  We went to check out my parent's property and went on a hike at Wildwood park with a mini BBQ.  I wish I got a picture of Jimmy's first taste of Joe's Donuts.  It was a delight to enjoy what really great donuts taste like again.

Graduation and All Moved In

We made it to Oregon!  It took us a bit to find our camera cord, but alas here are some photos of our last couple weeks...

Here's the two of us post pinning ceremony for me graduating nursing school.  It was quite the surprise getting such a special ceremony to celebrate graduation.  The favorites of the ceremony were the bag pipe procession and the first student speaker was quite the hoot.  In the end, I was glad we spent the month to get to this day.  Worth it in the end.  Wish I could post more of the pictures and speech.  The chapel was gorgeous with stained glass and the tall peaked ceilings.

Now...onto the tour of our humble abode :)  Of course one of our first items of furniture we were excited to get up was our new crib.  We're super excited for our little guy to start using it up!

There's the rest of our little place all clean ;)  and one of the few photos we've managed to take of me being prego.  Also I must comment on the color of the walls.  It doesn't come across very well in the pictures how bright the yellow was.  Initially walking into the place I was afraid it would keep me up at night in it's blinding glory.  Now with everything up and some adjusting from our typical monotone white it's been wonderful seeing color again.