ULTIMATE FRISBEE!!!

I know it is totally dorky, but I'm on an intramural ultimate frisbee team with my architecture student group. I'm awful at it, but I have so much fun! I'm a pretty terrible thrower, and I can't catch anything that is too fast, or high, as I am 5'1" and have absolutely no vertical, but get this! I am leading scorer right now. This is complete strategy, because when a girl scores it's worth double the points, so since I'm pretty useless in general, I try to hang near the end zone and when the frisbee comes my way, I'm there to catch it and score the mega points. It's exilharating...particularly when there was a minute left, we were one behind, and I scored the winning goal! Best moment of my life!....ok, not really, but it was awesome. Of course I have to give major thanks to my teammates who are actually fabulous athletes and just make me look good.

Anyone up for a game of frisbee? Just let me know.

What's the big deal?

I am getting married on July 22, 2009. Many people find this odd because...it is a...Wednesday. Yes, I am getting married on a Wednesday. Got a problem with it? too bad. Whoever said weddings should be on weekends? The Saturday I wanted was taken, so I thought, I can get married on whatever day I want. So, I picked July 22nd because it is exactly a year since the day Chris proposed to me. Plus, Wednesday seems less random than, let's say, a Monday or Thursday. Don't you agree? It is nicely in the middle, and since it is sort of a destination wedding (we are getting married in McCall) all of the guests are coming from out of town, so they can just make it a whole week vacation event. So, in choosing a Wednesday, I am actually giving the gift of a week-long vacation...right? Just agree with my logic and we'll all be happy.

Well, that is my rant about my wedding date. That is all I'm going to say about it...so stop asking "why a Wednesday?"...that's why.

Engagement photos!

The other best thing that happened last summer...I got engaged!

About a week after I got back from Rome I went camping with Chris and his family at the Oregon Coast. It was a ton of fun, even though it was really cold. Tuesday, July 22 was a particularly great day. We went on a really beautiful and relaxing hike which included a fantastic 70' high suspension bridge.

Later that night after dinner Chris and I decided to go down to the beach together. We took a blanket and sat and watched the sunset. There was no one else on the beach (probably because it was still really cold). We were bundled and I was quite comfortable when Chris said he wanted to straighten out the blanket so I needed to get up. I replied very matter-of-factly that the blanket did not need to be fixed. After unsuccessfully pressing the issue a couple more times he finally just told me to get up. A little annoyed, I stood up and when I turned around he was on his knee with a ring and asked me to marry him.

It is at this point that most women would exclaim yes! This was not my reaction. My reply was, "are you kidding me?" he stayed there, a little confused and I asked again if he was kidding. It was around this time that I realized this was not a joke and I took the ring and started crying and we hugged. I don't think I actually ever said yes, but I think he knew the answer.


Chris and I had been going out for almost five years, but I still was not expecting the proposal. I am so excited to be getting married and spending the rest of my life with such a great person.

Rome Sketches

While in Rome one of my classes was a sketching, here are some of my sketches

Summer 2008: the Best Summer of my Life.......So Far

So this past summer I had the best experiences of my life, and they will stay with me forever. If you don't know, I lived in Rome for two months this summer while studying architecture for a study abroad program. It was AMAZING! Eight months later I still have dreams at least two nights a week where I am in Rome, I want to return so badly.....

This was at our first family dinner at a wonderful restaurant...mmmm...pasta

View from St. Peter's Cathedral

St. Peters

the Colosseum

My friend Caty was very excited when we rented scooters...I had to put this one in because it makes me happy every time I see it

Our second family dinner

Me and my roommate Morgan...definitely my fav

Me imitating this sculpture in the Vatican

We went out to bars and dancing...often. This is me really excited to get my dance on, I really just lived for the dancing, that was my end goal every night.

More dancing


I swear I'm just blinking...but look how tan I was

Me, getting way too close to the camera

picture of some of the eleven of us at a club

the Trevi Fountain...breathtaking

The Pantheon, I would have to say it was my favorite part, our apartment was just a couple blocks away, so I got to walk past it every day.

Assisi, a town we visited on a field trip

beautiful street in Assisi

Me up on a hill next to a castle where we drank wine and watched the sunset

More pantheon...I actually kissed one of the columns goodbye at four a.m. while we were waiting for the cab to pick us up for the airport

Inside the pantheon looking at the oculus

This is a view from Amalfi, my favorite place we visited in Italy

To get to Amalfi we had to take a bus along these tight, winding roads on the side of cliffs. They were very narrow, this is a picture of how close we would routinely get to other cars, I really thought we were going to hit something. It was crazy.

Here is Amalfi....this makes me so homesick for Italy

St. Ignazio

Piazza del Popolo



One of my favorite sculptures (because I love elephants) by Bernini in Piazza della Minerva



St. Agnese in Piazza Navona

There are so many more pictures...so many more memories....I will be going back, if I tell myself this, it will be true.