Portlandia

On our trip to the Oregon Coast this summer we decided to make a pit stop in Portland for a few nights and we ended up having a great time exploring! I hadn't been to Portland for a really long time so it was soo great to go back. We shopped in Hawthorne, ate in the Alphabet and Pearl districts, ventured around the Japanese tea garden, and got a bunch of donuts at Voodoo Donuts of course. The city reminds me of a small version of San Francisco. I just loved it!

hot air. sunkissed hair

MY SUMMER

I'm gonna be that nerd and spell out my summer in letters {if that even makes sense} but I guess you'll get it in a sec. :)

M

stands for:

Minne Mouse in Disneyland! My dad's entire side of the family went on a 4 days trip to Disneyland. It was a blast to be there with so many people. Its always a wonderful time at the "happiest place on earth!" 

Y

stands for:

Yummy food and drinks. All summer long I have been eating and thats about it. Oh and drinking. :)

S 

stands for

Sun Valley. Our adventures on Bald Mountain. 

U

stands for

Up in the South Hills camping. I LOVE camping.

M

stands for

My friend I've known since I was 3 got married! I loved being in her wedding.

M

stands for

Memories at Bass Lake.

E

stands for

Enjoying a beautiful hike in the South Hills.

R

stands for

Reading Reading Reading. First of all I was introduced to the amazing website called goodreads.com & then it was history. I've read some great books so far: The Hunger Games, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Water for Elephants, Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, The Source of All Things, Hector and the Search for Happiness, You Can Heal Your Life, Eat Pray Love, Something Borrowed {it was ok}, A Reliable Wife{not good}

haha but the rest were great!

So there you have it! A little recap of my summer although its not over yet...My next trip is to McCall and then I am headed on a road trip to San Francisco which will become my new home!

Ciao!

Katie

Finally PARIS..

Finally I decide to post about my trip! But, I have to do it in tidbits because of all the pics I took and places we went. So I am starting with our 5 days in Paris..which by the way was MARVELOUS.

C'etait genial!

Oh. and I must say that I totally came back from France having learned how to say Comment tu t'appelles? (what is your name) & Quel âge as-tu? (how old are you) & then of course I would answer saying "vingt deux ans" (which of course means 22 years old).

I felt so cool...haha

Not really though because my sister would go up to people and speak perfect French and then as soon as I would open my mouth they would immediately switch to English. So much for trying to act cool..

Ok and I also wanted to mention that I learned to eat. AND eat I did. For days. All kinds of things from crepes, cheese, cantaloupe w/ proscutto, baguettes, cheese, cheese, and more cheese--they call cheese fromage--doesn't that just sound better?
And then we ate foie gras (duck liver), frogs legs, and escargot. What an adventurous family we were!

But, it is safe to say I came back 20lbs thicker.

So 5 days in Paris we managed to see the Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur (first picture), Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, the Louvre. We did a boat tour on the Seine with my sister's host family's, a few huge 8 course dinners with them, music festival, awesome food (again more eating), Monmartre area, & of course picnicking in Paris's amazing gardens.

It was a wonderful trip and we stayed in the perfect location.

Next stop...side trip to Versaille!