Project 365 Day 2 and 3

As you know I am doing Project 365.
I am taking a picture for everyday of the year. Mostly summarizing the day's activities. Right now the pictures are raw. No photo-shopping or retouching.
I am not a very good photographer but I hope by the end of the year I will be a pro.

DAY 2
This a picture of Travis and mine's loft above the garage.
Its small but we love it.

Day 3
We were on our way to Travis' Great
Grandfather's funeral when I snapped this one of Charles.
He wanted to come.





In case you are wondering, Day 1 was our first kiss at the Space needle.

New Year's at the Needle!

Happy New Years everyone!

I hope you all had a SAFE and fantastic new year's eve and day.

I know Travis and I had blast.

We were trying to figure out what to do for new year's eve and couldn't think of anything. None of our friends were really doing anything. I think new years kind of caught everyone by surprise. I mean it did for us!

Anyway I've been in a romantic mood with Travis lately and I thought it would fun and romantic to spend the evening in Seattle and get a hotel. We did just that. I am not sure if you are familar with Seattle but there is the Space Needle. Every year they shoot fireworks right off the top. Travis said its very cool to watch.

In the car on the way to Seattle. What a goofball.

Travis and I in our hotel room before we trekked out to the Needle

Believe it or not it was raining in Seattle! But we had a blast non the less. Nothing could put a damper on our fun!

The needle look so cool! They strung lights around the needle at the top and it looked like a Christmas tree.

There were Christmas lights everywhere! I loved the way the needle looked behind the tree.

Here is the movie of the 10 second countdown. It was so neat. There weren't a lot of people there so we got a good view.

A continuation of the fireworks.

It was a perfect New Year's Eve.

Zoo Lights!

I have been dying to go to Zoolights! The do it every year at the Point Definace Zoo and we haven't been able to go this year because of all the snow and our hectic schedules.
But I got off work early yesterday and we were able to go.

I was so excited! 

It was a little chilly but not as bad as it had been! We were worried it was going to rain on us but thankfully it didn't!

 

I thought it was a very cool tree. 

I love killer whales. I am not sure why, but I have always liked them!

 

Oh I loved the puffins!

This dear sweet man puts up with all picture taking.

 

Yeah for Zoolights! We had a wonderful evening!

There were so many families there. I love the way parents dress their kids when its cold out. It is so much like little Randy from a Christmas Story. I can't wait until Travis and I are ready to have kids. He is going to be such a good Daddy.

And yes I will dress my children like Randy when its cold out.

A Wonderful Christmas

I hope you all had a wondeful Christmas. I know I sure did.

Christmas Eve Travis and I went over to His sister's house. We wanted to see our nephew's and give them their presents because we knew it was going to snow again on Christmas and we wouldn't be able to go and see them for Christmas day.
 I love those boys so much. They loved their presents so much. I wanted to get them more but we are trying to save money so it was hard not to spoil them!

Uncle Travis and Henry.

 

Heidi and their beautiful Christmas tree

 

The whole family.  I love them so much.

 

My sweet Henry. He has this look that just kills you. I caught it on film..

 Christmas day we slept in, which was so nice not having any commitments.
After we woke up and showered, Travis and I went and got Steve, Travis' brother.

Travis was very excited about his picture of Charlie. I just need to finish it.
I am not sure if I told you but I also got him a pocket watch. He told me that he has always wanted one. I found the perfect one in Utah when I was visiting. I even got it engraved.
On the front it says: "Our First Christmas 2008"
Then on the back it says "Forver Yours, Shalee"
You should;ve seen his face! It was priceless, I wish I had my camera out but I was too excited to give it to him.

Then it came to the present Travis gave to me. I opened that one last. I had to! The best gifts are always opened last!

Me opening the box. I had NO idea. He is very good at keeping secrets!

 

He got me a riding jacket! Oh it is so nice! The smell of leather makes me melt!

I want to wear it all the time, but it has the protective armor in it. So its not practical for everyday wear.

The boys. Steve, Kym and my Travis.

Every year my parents always make gifts for everyone. Very creative family I have! Anyway my mom made Travis the coolest gift. She made him a calender of me. Its all baby pictures of me and it coordinates with the months. She worked so hard on that. Travis loves it so much.

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas. I know I did.

Some Belated Utah Pictures

I went to Utah earlier this month and I have yet to post pictures from my wonderful trip.

Travis was unable to go, but it was nice for me to go and see my family. I hadn't seen them since August.

 

My Sweet little brother and I.

I can't believe he will be 13 in February! I was 8 years old when we adopted him. I can't believe how much he looks like all of us. 

 

My beautiful mom and brother.

We went out to eat at OutBack.

One of my favorite restuarants.

 

My mom's mom and her husband and my parents and I went out to Applebees for lunch before I left

I love my grandma and grandpa.

My gorgeous grandmother just battled pancreatic cancer and won!

She is one tough cookie!

 

My dad and I went out for Sushi.

Our favorite thing to do!
 

I love my mommy so much. 

She is the most beautiful and saintly woman I know.

She is my role model.

She is an amazing woman.

I hope I can be just as good of a mom she is to me.

I love my family,

They are beautiful.

Its only like the cutest movie ever...

I have officially found my new favorite Disney movie.




Its about this little German Shepard puppy, that goes on a search for his Person, after she's been kidnapped.

Won't give you any more info cause it'll spoil it but just know that I loved it! And its totally worth it to go see in the theater!





I honestly believe that they studied Charlie for this part. Their mannerism are so much a like.
I love it.




I saw it with my wonderful family over the weekend. I love them so much.
I am so glad I got to see them.

Somewhere Over the Distant Rainbows

Somewhere over the rainbows, there is a better life, a better circumstance.
But once we get over there will it really be better than what we are dealing with now?

Yes.

Granted the grass isn't always greener, but over my rainbows it is.

My rainbows are the cascades. Over the mountains and through the woods.
Where we are building our house.
Our future home.
Our new life.

Travis, Charlie ( our puppy) and I went over to our property this weekend to do some more work on our house. We finally got water and power. Its a slow process but its going to be so worth it.

We were worried about charlie coming with us, and not being a leash, but he was wonderful. He never went more than 20 feet from us the whole time! We are glad that we brought him. He is going to love all the freedom living out there.

Charlie was trying to help, Travis out. Very cute :D

We have a big D9 Cat over at the property. Its huge!  Charlie didn't like it too much. We were in the trailer when Travis rode past it and Charlie went crazy and started barking very angrily. We think he believes that its hurting Travis. He does the same thing with Travis' bike because its so loud.

Travis had some well deserved fun on top of the tower. I was getting a little nervous because it wasn't in the ground all the way. But I got some fun pictures out of it.

It was sad to come home. We wanted to quite our jobs and move out there on saturday.
Its hard to live here with his parents. We are treated like children.
But it'll be worth it, saving our money so we can have our house finished.
We just want the insantiy to end, now.

More patience. 
We'll get over our rainbows soon. 


A better life.
A better circumstance.

One Year Older and Wiser Too

So yesterday was my 20th birthday! What a wonderful day! My first birthday as a married lady. As soon as I woke up I opened the presents from my parents then I crawled back into bed and snuggled Travis. Then he pulled out his present.

It was a diamond necklace! Oh my it was stunning! A past Present, future type of setting. I love it so much. It was something I wasn't expecting at all! Travis' dad told him that he was setting the bar really high, so early into the marriage. Haha

Anyway we got ready because Travis had a full day planned. :D Now you have to understand I am major dork, I love museums and books and learning and such. Anyway Travis had planned to go to the Pacific Science Center! Let me tell you what I was so excited.

After we got ready we hoped into the car and we went out to Winger's for lunch. One of my favorite restaurants! Anyway lunch was delicious!

It took us over 2 hours to get from Tacoma to the Seattle Center! So much traffic! So I decieded to take some pictures! It should've only taken us like 40 mins!


As soon as we got there we had to find a place to park which was murder! haha We finally found a place for only 8 bucks for 10 hours! Which was amazing because last time we were up there it cost us over 24 bucks to park! And it was only 2 blocks from the Pacific Science Center!



The Pacific Science Center was amazing! So much to do we couldn't do it all. But we did get to see Lucy's Legacy. The oldest remains of a human, 3.2 Billion years old! It was so awesome.
We also got tickets to see Madagascar 2 on their giant IMAX screen!
We also went to the Butterfly house! That was so cool. There were butterflies everywhere. One flew right at me and I screamed... how embarrassing.



The museum closed at 6 so we had 3 hours to kill before the movie started. We walked around the square for a while, I took some more pictures haha.

Anyway after my barrage of pictures we tried to eat dinner at the Space Needle. But since it was Saturday night there weren't any openings till 9 45 ( which was when our movie was) So we couldn't go, but Travis promised that we would go in December so we can go ice skating too. :D


Anyway we found a fantastic East Coast Pizzeria called Bambinos. Oh it was amazing! Everything tasted so fresh, nothing canned. We loved it so much and it wasn't very expensive at all. Not like it would've been to eat at the Space Needle. A couple hundred dollars!

After dinner it was time for our movie. Oh man Madagascar 2 was so funny! We loved it so much! I highly recommend it!

So it was a perfect birthday. It didn't rain at all and it was even supposed to!
Best. Day. Ever.