Our Table!

 Yes! KR made this! He literally started from scratch!

The wood was already in planks, but it still had bark in some spots! I am SO impressed and proud of him! He worked so hard all last summer and then it sat in the garage all winter. The finish kept bubbling due to the cold, so he had to wait until Summer this year to get it completely finished and we finally were able to move it in to our apartment!! 

 It's made of walnut and accented with wengue (not sure how to spell it but pronounce wen-gay)

Now we just need some chairs that are tall enough! haha.

Oregon Coast Mini- Vacation! 8/7-8/11

 A week before KR started school, we took a little mini-vacation to the Oregon Coast. Our good friends Katie and Daniel McMaster have a family house on the beach in Rockaway Beach. They invited us to stay with them! It was a nice break for KR after working a hard year at ChemDry (hard physically) and before starting a very stressful and new adventure with school. 

that house on the right was where we stayed! That path on the left leads to the beach!

I loved being able to take a morning walk on the beach! Such a great way to start our day!

see why he was covering them with his hand?

The Birthday Boys! (Daniel's birthday is a few days before KR's!)

He was hiding!

Tillamook Cheese Factory! Stopped for some ice cream!

We decided to go for a walk with Katie and Daniel's dogs. Somehow I ended up with the Big one!!

 She was literally dragging me! Finally, we got smart and traded.

 The small guy was equally energetic but had much less strength. He still pulled me pretty good though.

 On another walk we went on, we found this!

 So we followed it!

 We went pretty dang far before we finally had to head back because of time. Not gonna lie, I was really nervous the whole time!

We had such a fun time! We were so lucky and grateful to have friends who had an awesome place to stay and gave us such fun company!