The beach and a date (please say in the same inflection as the guy from enchanted)

So....a couple weekends ago (yeah, I'm slow) Mr. Imgoingtobeadentist went on a bonding trip to the beach with all his dental classmates. They stayed in a $$$+ resort that was on the beach with a sweet bathroom (his words), had a bomb fire on the beach (not really a bomb fire just a camp fire.  It sad what people call a bomb fire). He ate amazing food and explored Cannon beach.  Oh and did I mention he built a super rad sand castle and won a competition.  Yeah...that's right, #1!!

And what did I do while he was gone? It was suggested I go see a movie (I looooove seeing movies by myself, yet I have not done it for awhile).  However, we are poor so I opted for something else.  This is how it went down:

First...I had a date with H&M at the awesome mall 

(only looks were had...it was a PG date since I can't buy anything, but still worth it) 

Next:

See's candy sample = free

Jr. Roast beef from Arby's = 1$

Hard taco from Taco Bell = 1$

French Fries from McDonald's = 1$

(yeah, I drove to all three and Portland does not have sale tax so a dollar was really a dollar!!)

Next:

From Red Box

We bought a zoo = 1$

The help = free!

The hunger games = free!

BOOM that's right.  I had a date with myself and only spent 4$ (and a little gas) instead of whatever a movie would have cost and watched three great movies (I recommend them all) and did it all in my pajamas (except the mall of course, I actually took time and got all done up for that.  Must always look your best for the clothes).

Now, should I really brag when I could have spent no money since we are dirt poor? Hmm....yeah I just re-read the top about the resort and bla bla bla...I don't feel so bad anymore...we just might be eating more potatoes than normal. 

Portland

 We made it....alive!  I still can't believe we moved and because everything is new but because it doesn't really feel that different (if that makes any sense).  The drive was good.  It mostly looked like this...

And Emily, You have a mountain.

 And we saw a few barges flouting down the river.  It blew my mind a little bit and I finally realized the rest of the world didn't grow up in Nevada and they are actually large bodies of water everywhere.  Obviously I already knew this but it was just amazing to see.

And than about 1 1/2 hours from Portland everything turn into this BAM!!! It was wild and kinda just happened.  So so so many trees.

We arrived.  We un-packed.  Ate delicious food with Jared's parents and aunt and uncle.  Where amazingly blessed with help from Jared parent.  We said goodbye.  And this kid went to his first day of school.  So far so good (yeah...that's outside our apartment.  It's green everywhere).

 One more thing.  It hit 100 degrees today.  And we don't have any stinking air conditioning.  Perfect blog life bubble burst!

Camping!

We went camping this past weekend.  Jared's parents came down, his siblings went up to Mirror Lake earlier and we finally arrived Friday night. It was a great time.  He finally brought crescent rolls to roast over the fire, which is something I've never done but it was quite delicious (I tried to wing a crescent role filled with marshmallow and chocolate, I don't recommend it unless you are an expert....I was not).  It did rain a little but that meant thunderstorms and I looooooooooooove thunderstorms.  Probably in my top favorite things about life.  Jared got a little fishing in and all around it was a fun little over nighter.

On our way home I was thinking we were super close to where I lived I elementary school, Croydon Utah  population 100ish. Yeah...."super close" was really like an hour away which isn't so great when you tell your husband it's 25 min.  But we made it, saw the house for 2 sec, took a picture, and drove back home.  It was pretty crazy to see the house, its 100++ years old (I don't remember) and provided a lot of entertainment as a child. Good times.

Holy Crap

It's 7am and I'm writing a blog post, heck it's before 10am and I'm awake!!  For a second I thought about going running...bahahahahahahaah, yeah right (even though I complain to Jared all the time about how out of shape I am).  Instead I planned to make something amazing with this.

It's a left over scrap of fabric from our Boise reception.  My MIL (thanks Paula) let me keep it and I'm pretty excited. It will become a sweet pink and gold hot mess.

Marriage is what brings us together today...

We've been married for 8 month now.  Not that long in the grand scheme but pretty crazy to us.  I thought I should finally share these photos from The event! Bridals, Temple, reception and in between.

Sadly, we say farewell to our friend (insert name here).  Yeah we didn't even give the car a name.  I tried but nothing would stick.  I'm probably psychic and knew we would sell it. 

And what does one do when they come into a large sum of cash? Put it in the bank? Pshh......you toss it in the air so that it is raining money because you are never going to see that cash again, OHSU is going to see that cash (and I'm sure they are making it rain with students tuition).

PORTLAND

We are moving, pretty crazy, to Portland.  Jared got into OHSU for dental school.  Yay!! for our future.

So far this is what people have told me about Portland

• It's very liberal
• There is a lot of marijuana
• There are a ton of farmers markets
• People pick up after their dogs (gross)
• It is close to where Goonies was filmed 
• They recycle

Basically it will be amazing.  And after weeks of searching and calling we found an apartment.  It is close to school and close to our budget.  Other sweet amenities include a pool (which I'm sure we will use on all those sunny days) and a communal herb garden.  Also we get a little plot of land to garden on which I'm really excited about.  And the people that lived in the apt before were there for 10 years, meaning they put in all new carpet, counters and fixtures for when we move in.  Kinda nice to know your carpet will not give you a weird disease. 

So far the excitement of moving is in the forefront of all other thoughts....like the fact that I need to find a job and they don't have my teaching degree in their public schools or that Jared will be in school and MIA for the next four years.  Oh.....and that whole student loan things.  

Eh....it will all work out.  And we are pretty excited to jump in and start.