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One-Zero

Ten.

Ten years, to be exact.

One decade.

More than a third of my life.

On this day, ten years ago, Andy and I decided to “make it official”.

And we’ve never looked back.

Who knew what started as nothing more than a family friend showing me around our local community college campus would grow into the life we have built today.

I remember him back when I thought boys were gross…playing laser tag & eating pizza with him when my uncle would come into town. And, I’ll be honest, at 14 years old when he would come over to do Bio101 projects with my sister, I had a huge crush on him, but never imagined us married.

Words cannot begin to describe the love and admiration I have for this man and just how blessed I am to call him my husband, father of my child, best friend and partner in life.

3 years of dating. 1 year of engagement. 6 years of marriage.

These ten years have given us many blessings as well as many trials. Sometimes a roller coaster. But with one thing remaining constant. Him by my side.

And so, with that…

Here’s to ten more decades.

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Go ahead…take it for a spin.

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Welcome to my shiny new blog!! What do ya think so far??

Feel free to click around, check things out…kick the ole tires.

Here’s some things you will notice:

1. Our very own URL! We’ve dropped Little Miss Rylee and now we’re “Somewhere in the Middle”. Things have changed since that very first blog post and I’m happy with where we’ve ended up. Don’t worry, there will still be plenty of 3-year-old antics to share!

2. An obvious one is the look. Just keeping it fresh.

3. It’s a work in progress. There will be new (!) things (!) here and there as I get settled in.

Here’s some other things:

1. Andy went back to work on Monday. Summers are never long enough. We’re transitioning back into our school year routine.

2. We’re headed into product launch season at my work…always my favorite time of year, but also the craziest. So, just be prepared for that.

3. Rylee has decided as of the last week that instead of waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom that she’ll just sleep through all of that and wake us up once she’s already gone…in her bed. So…yea…

4. All those things combined? Yea, it means we’re all tired in our house.

So I guess that’s it for now…

We’ll return to our regularly scheduled blogging tomorrow!

Camping One-Liners/Notes on Camping/Alternative Post Titles

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Oregon Girls Rock. {period}

Because who doesn’t love not one, but THREE{!} giant, swollen mosquito bites on their face!?

I can make a fire with twigs and moss. Can you?

Up with the sun…and my ass hole dog.

Nothing beats a quiet morning, the crackling of a campfire, the rush of a stream and a hot cup of coffee.

Ry thinks napping while camping is for the birds…suckers.

{AKA} This must be why people don’t take their kids camping until they’re {much} older.

Nothing like rushing water to help you sleep…and make you have to pee.

OFF! Spray: An undiscovered aphrodisiac. {Actually, I lied. It’s not. At ALL.}

Are you going to bury my poop so Dante doesn’t eat it?

I’m practically a pro at peeing outside. No really, you’d be impressed.

Rylee? Doesn’t so much have the hang of peeing outside—good thing we packed extra pants.

This year we scaled back and left the triple burner camp stove with BBQ box & griddle attachments at home. {Never again.}

Is camping without s’mores really camping?

Clearly, camping is ROUGH for a husky-wolf dog.

Who knew brushing your teeth outside could be SO! MUCH! FUN!

Baby wipes: not a very good alternative to a shower—but better than nothing.

He was not give the nickname Ranger Rice for nothing.

I am better at rolling sleeping bags than my husband. And for this I thank my father.

Nothing measures the effectiveness of your communication as a couple better than putting up a tent together.

I must be immune to Poison Ivy because after further inspection I’m pretty sure I’d been peeing on it all weekend.

Ice for the cooler: $4.75 Gas for the Suburban: $75.00 Seeing your 3 year old catch her first fish: PRICELESS

Unplugging is good for the soul.

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Excited about Camping

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In just a couple of days we will be headed out into the Oregon Wilderness to do some camping.

Thinking about how excited I am, I got all nostalgic and started looking at our photos from Ry’s first camping trip last Summer.

{Linking Up With: The Paper Mama, BabyBabyLemon, Parenting By Dummies}

I am SO ready for this folks…well…mentally but not actually physically ready {I’ll be packing like a mad woman tonight}.

Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Summer Bliss

Somewhere In The Middle

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