3 Lacrosse Games and a Wedding

So we had a busy last weekend. For those that do not know, my dad got married! I now have a step mom...it's really weird to say. I also had some lacrosse games on Wednesday, which was fun...but stressful racing from one place to the next. We ended up getting stuck in traffic on the way from Marysville to Bellingham. Apparently this is the time of year for the Tulip festival in Mount Vernon, who knew?! Well, it was a beautiful day, a beautiful wedding, a beautiful bride, beautiful decorations and a wonderful ceremony. I hope to have pictures up sometime soon. Unfortunately the battery on my camera died, so I have to rely on family to send me pictures. On that note, there was a good turn out on the family. It was great to see everyone I haven't seen in a while. Thank god for the internet, otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep half my family straight :) The coming weekend looks to be another one full of lacrosse games and family, hopefully I'll have pictures to post this time. I'll learn to post from my phone soon...this site is a little different than my other one.

Over the weekend

We had a beautiful weekend here in Portland! It was wonderful weather yesterday, actually got in to the 80's. Saturday was a first for me, I got contacts! I don't plan on wearing them all the time, just when needed, but it's a new look I'm not used to anymore. I had trouble trying to put in my contacts this morning and finally gave up, I think it'll take a while until I get the hang of it. Saturday was also an eventful day in the sports world, there was the UFC fights and the Blazer game. For those that haven't been following, we made it to the playoffs, unfortunately we lost on Saturday, but we'll see...The UFC fights were kind of disappointing as well, at least they were for me, I don't know how Morgan felt.
Sunday, the most beautiful day of the weekend I spent being lazy, for most of the day at least. We did take a nice leisurely walk in the afternoon, on the path by our house. It was perfect weather in the shade. About 6pm we went to Lincoln High School where my lacrosse team mixed up players with the other Portland team to scrimmage. It was way too hot to be running around on a field! I also came out injured :( I'll survive, I'll just have a nasty bruise on my arm for a week or two, but that's what happens when you get hit with a lacrosse ball.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend! I look forward to summer, I love the nice weather :)

The new Harry Potter!!!

LumberJax game!

Heading out to see the last LumberJax game of the season on Friday. We are playing the Calgary Roughnecks! Sounds scary :) For those that do not know, the Lumberjax are Portland's men's lacrosse team. Being a player of lacrosse myself I love to go to these games. The tickets are also pretty cheap and no seat is a bad seat at these games. It really is a lot of fun to be able to go to a professional sporting event for only $16. For those that haven't been...now is your chance, or you'll have to wait until next season, which sadly isn't until January. The last time we played the Roughnecks we won...so here's to winning on Friday!!! Let's end the season on a high note!

10 Ways to Reduce Your Environmental Footprint

Check out this on GoodGuide.com!

http://www.goodguide.com/slideshows/2009/4/11/reduce-your-environmental-footprint?jmid=11942&j=232057354

Hiking!

So although I have live in Portland for almost 5 years now, I have never fully explored the area. Last weekend I finally got the chance to explore a little bit. Some friends told me about LaTourelle Falls, out near Troutdale. It was an easy 2.1 mile hike and very pretty. It was a little busy on a Saturday afternoon, but not to the extent that Multnomah Falls gets busy. The lower waterfall was beautiful and it was nice to be sprayed by the water at the end of our hike (I wish it had been a little warmer that day though). Overall it was a nice enjoyable hike, very beautiful, a lot of uphill though, which Morgan (my boyfriend) was not too fond of. For someone not too experienced I thouroughly enjoyed myself!