Oregon
I don't even know where to start with Oregon. Friday March 25th we embarked on a long weekend journey we left about 10:30 for a 14 hour car ride to Newport Oregon (THE COAST). I was looking forward to two things.
1. Seeing my best friend Marie, it had almost been a year since I had seen her in person and I was so excited to spend time with her again! I knew the short time that we were there wasn't going to be enough, and sure enough when it came time for us to leave I didn't want to. It was nice to have everything back to normal. Eric could go out with Chris and I wasn't by myself. Or Marie and I could be playing games and Eric didn't have to feel left out because he was hanging with Chris. It was just so great to be with her. Everything was back to normal to so come home and be by myself again was hard. I still miss her like crazy! Hopefully one day we will be able to live close to each other again.
2.Baby Conner Eric Read, Conner was getting blessed on the 27th, which was our reason of going out. And was he worth it. Such a sweet spirit. I think he played with my future children before he came to Earth. Holding that little baby in my arms was one of the greatest blessings I could imagine. I know its funny to say, but that one month old and I made quite the connection. He even gave me his first awake smile. Holding him and having Eric wrap his arms around me just reminded me of why I continue to endure through my trials, because the reward, in the end, will be WORTH THE WAIT! such a cute little baby and i love being his aunt!
We turned around and left that sunday and drove back, we got back around 4 in the morning on monday and boy oh boy that made for a long day on monday, but totally worth it for that day i got feeling like everything was back to normal.
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| My Trip in a Nutshell |
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| Me, Shae, Steven, and Eric Getting on the ROAD |
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| BFF's United at LAST |
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| Newest addition! Conner Eric Read |
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| Tender Moments...one day |
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| Oh sweet baby! |
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| The coast! And keeping baby warm! |
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| Me, Grace, Marie and Mariah! |
Goals....
Wow goals are hard to keep, I am doing my best but gave up. Time to throw my towel back in and try again. I need time to just deep clean my house so I can start again. I really don't want to, being lazy is so much easier but I need to just get my butt into gear and do it. I was going to write a blog post once a month, but then my goals fell through.. so I didn't want to, but i'm going to try again. I'll report again in a month.
Family
I have been lucky enough to meet up with my family twice. We meet in Preston, Idaho and hang out for a day. We always make sure to have Chinese while we are there. It has been so great to see my nephews and niece they are all getting SO big! I wish they would stop growing when i'm not around. We haven't been down to Salt Lake since new years so its great that we've seen them. Last trip we stopped and saw my grandma's grave. It was nice to sit there and talk to her. I miss her so much.
New News
Eric got an exciting new job for the summer, we are looking forward to the adventures of the summer. He is going to be working for the Salt Lake Express driving a charter. This means he will be gone...A LOT! He will come home, pack and new bag and leave me his laundry. However; the job has perks, for most of the charters he will pick the vacationers up in Salt Lake and drive to Idaho Falls, because the only vehicle he has will be the bus, they will put him up in a hotel, and I can meet him there. I will have an over night bag backed so that if its on a weekday i can still get ready for work, but we are hoping they have a pool so we can get some exercise in. He will leave Idaho Falls, and travel to West Yellowstone. I can meet him up there stay in the hotel with him, then depending on my weekend and what I need to get done I will either follow them around Yellowstone (we are getting a park pass) or I will go back home. I plan on listening to the Harry Potter Series as I travel. I also plan on making trips home and seeing my family.
Well I think that is it for us. I can't wait to see what this next month / season brings us! We are hoping that the snow is over and that we get lots and lots of sunshine!
XOXO
Natalie
