Oregon Coast...

On Sunday, March 24th the three of us headed to the Oregon Coast to stay in Lincoln City.  On our way over we did some shopping at the Under Armour store in Woodburn.  The drive over was so beautiful.  We stayed again at the Seahorse Inn.  It's not the nicest but we love having a view of the ocean from our room and it is affordable.  After we checked in we headed to Mo's for dinner.  We had a great meal and Scott even tried their cauliflower rice, which was really good.

We had a beautiful sunset our first night.  It was fun to see the lights from the boats out fishing.

The next morning Scott and I went for a beautiful walk on the beach.  

He is looking so good with all the weight he has lost and he is loving how much more energy he has.

We had a wonderful breakfast at Nelscott Breakfast House.  It was fun to try something new and we really liked it.  After our breakfast, I took back the sweatshirt I got at Mo's for a different one.  I didn't realize the first one I got had a weird shape.  Then the boys dropped me off so I could browse some of the antique shops while they went back to the hotel.  We then drove to the Tillamook Cheese Factory.  We walked through the factory and had some yummy ice cream, grilled cheese sandwich, and tomato soup.  

I took this picture on our way back.  We tried to go back to Cape Kiwanda but the parking lot was under construction and we didn't want to walk that far plus it was a little rainy.  We went back to our hotel for a little while trying to figure out our next dinner plans.  As we were relaxing we watched a bunch of boys scratch out a football field and play a fun game of football.

We finally decided on Kyllos.  

We had about a 40-minute wait but it was so worth it.  

The view and food were amazing, a little pricing but so good.

The wait wasn't even that bad because we were able to sit outside and watch the sunset.

Brady had pizza, I had halibut and potatoes and Scott had a seafood soup.  We all loved it!

We got a key lime pie to share for dessert.  When she brought it out,  the smell was a sensory overload.  They dusted it with lime zest and it smelled and tasted amazing.  I would go back just for the pie.  The atmosphere was pretty cool too when the sun set we had a candlelit dinner.  It was so fun!

The next day we checked out and went for another walk on the beach then headed home.

We stopped in McMinnville for some yummy smoothies and Scott had a yogurt fruit bowl

We also stopped at the Woodburn outlets again so Scott could get the jacket he was debating on getting before when we were there.  We then stopped at Multnomah Fall and walked around and took a few pictures.

Brady had fun reinacting this picture from when he was five years old with Jocelyn.  

We sent her the picture. :)

After our stop we got clear to Boardman when Scott realized he didn't have his phone.  I tried calling it, he looked in the trunk and I finally looked on the find my phone app and we discovered it was about a mile past Multnomah Falls.  We decided he must have put his phone on the roof of the car and we drove off and it fell off somewhere past the falls.  We were all sick about it.  We got some gas and then finally decided to try to go back and find it.  We had no idea if it would be worth going back and adding four hours to our trip, but Scott didn't want to loose all his contacts.  Our ride back was pretty quiet, we hardly spoke a word and I'm not sure if we even listened to any music.  Brady told him this is the biggest mistake he has ever made. haha!  We finally made it back and turned around at the Falls.  When we were about a mile or two past I was looking on the app and telling Scott how far we were away from his phone.  The app lead us directly to it.  When Scott saw it he pulled over and ran across the road in the rain and grabbed it.  It was just about six inches from the yellow line.  To our surprise there wasn't a crack on it.  The phone case was a little beat up and we had to let it dry out but it was perfectly fine.  We couldn't believe it.  So many things could have gone wrong, someone could have ran over it, it could have got ruined in the rain let alone gotten busted by falling off the car.  Scott was so happy to have his phone back.  We stopped at the Dallas and got some dinner and Dutch Bros.  I took the picture below past Pendleton.  The moon looked so big, the picture didn't do it justice.  We finally got home around 2:30 in the morning.  That was a long drivve home and boy was it hard to stay awake but we made it and Scott still had his phone.  

Work the next day was super hard but I made it through it.  

This was the sweatshirt I got.  I think it is pretty cute.

It was a fun trip and definitely and memorable one. haha!

Remodel...

Around the first part of February, I ordered all of our supplies for our bathroom remodel.  Plus I ordered new cabinet handles and hinges for all the cabinets throughout the house and new flooring for the kitchen, bathrooms, and utility room.  I'm so excited to finally get both of our bathrooms remodeled.  Danny Wake and Scott Keith started working on it around President's Day.

Before

5 ten-pack of cabinet drawer bar pulls for $70.80 and eight (5-pairs) of self-closing overlay cabinet hinges for $135.84.  Scott and I swapped out all the handles and hinges.  I can't believe how much better it made the cabinets look.  We also clean and wiped them down with orange glow.

I ordered tile for both the bathrooms and didn't end up using it in the hall bathroom so we put it in the kitchen.  I'm so happy to get rid of that green tile.  I still ended up with almost two boxes of extra tile so I took one back and kept the partial one.

This is the flooring we went with.  I originally got 10 boxes of luxury vinyl plank flooring for $872.50 then Danny talked me into doing the master bathroom and not the utility room.  Then Mom suggested we do the area behind the couch and the hallway so we ended up getting four more boxes I think.

Wanda was giving me a hard time for my old, worn-out scrub brush so I finally got a new one. haha!

Before

Delta 60 in x 32 in bathtub for $299.00.  Delta tub and shower faucet for $162.62 plus Delta 3-piece alcove tub surrounds in high gloss white.  Two toilet paper holders for $18.45 and two 2-packs of bathroom towel hooks.  Also a Westbrass tip-toe bathtub drain kit for $32.55.

I love how Brady's bathroom turned out.  I did all the painting.

2 Hampton Bay LED ceiling lights for each bathroom for $49.94.  Double handle faucet for $104.06 and Hampton Bay 29.25 in 4-light matte black bathroom vanity light with clear glass shades for $83.98 with 4-pack of LED light bulbs for $21.97.

I painted the inside of the door white and the mirror black.

Before

4 ft x 8 ft laminate sheets in re-cover Calcutta marble with premium textured gloss finish.  I ordered 3 sheets and then we ended up doing the kitchen too so we ordered two more for a total of  $705.15

2 Hampton Bay Woodbury 24.6 in 1-light matte black integrated LED bathroom vanity light bar with frosted acrylic shade.  It is pretty fun that they have three different shades of light you can change from for $159.94

Daltile restore 3 in x 6 in ceramic bright white subway tile plus mortar and grout.  

We got five boxes for $75.00 and we took one back.

Two Kraus 22 in. oval porcelain ceramic drop-in top mount bathroom sinks in white with overflow drain for $69.95.  Plus 2 Kraus single hole single-handle bathroom faucets for $259.90.

Our master bathroom turned out really nice also.

I painted the front living room and hallway the natural linen and the bathrooms the accessible beige.

This was all the dirt that came from under our sectional.  I couldn't believe how bad it was.  I knew it would be bad because of how long it had been since we vacuumed under it, but I didn't think it was going to be this bad. haha!

On Scott's birthday, we bought this awesome transformer table.  It works perfectly in this spot.

Reid's Family Visit & Kailani's Mission Homecoming...

Reid and Laura's family decided to attend as many temples as they could over their spring break.  They traveled through Utah, Idaho, and then ended up visiting us in Oregon. :)  They stayed a couple of nights with Cole and Kacie while visiting Hannah and going through the Rexbury and Idaho Falls temples.  Cole said he really enjoyed getting to know their family more.  

Kailani came home from her mission.  She gave a wonderful homecoming talk on March 17th.  After church, we went to their house for a fun get-together.  Then later we went to Scott's parent's house and they had a party for Scott's birthday.  It was a fun day spent with lots of family.

Love these cute missionaries...

It was so fun to get to spend some time together with Reid and Laura's cute family.  

They went home after church.

Scott's Birthday...

Brady had a service gathering so Scott and I went to Jalapenos for his birthday.  Scott had his usual three meat fajitas and I tried something new which was chicken with a queso cheese sauce and grilled onions, peppers, and mushrooms.  It was so good it just might be my new favorite.

After we went to Costco and we ended up buying a transformer table from one of the vendors there.  It is super cool and can be a small card table all the way out to seating 12 to 13 people plus the bench can do the same thing. We got the table, bench, and two chairs for around $2,500.00.  We are super excited to use it in our new space in the family room behind the couch/sectional.

We celebrated Scott's birthday with his family on Sunday evening March 17th.