the POTUS in portland

President Obama visited Nike and i was lucky enough to get a ticket to see him. such an exciting day!

patriotic selfie with my friend Liberty

SHAKA from Obama!!!!

speech time

me & Amelia

the secret service even let the tiny hands in!

me & Winnie

gearhart

my 1st whole sand dollar

gorgeous view

a veggie tart from the local bakery. delish

selfie- winnie & jess style

the gals- winnie, jenn, jess, kelly & amy

thirty eight is great

a card from my jackie

on the loose with thad. first stop- pine state biscuits

the McIsley- fried chicken, mustard, pickles & honey.

yep. it was good.

Saint Cupcake stop for all my faves

if you ask…you get a free birthday cake pop on your birthday!

my celebration crew

Shoten for birthday dinner ramen (complete with shovel!)

zoo date

jackie and i had a super fun date at the portland zoo. sunny skies & good times

zoo train!

jackie got a zoo key

hot chocolate break

giraffes

checking out the view from the zoo train

my boy

corvie

i went down to corvallis for the day to volunteer at the osu apparel design career day. during my lunch break i met up with cousin olivia at the dream for pizza & a quick coffee date.

scottsdale

i went on a quick work trip to scottsdale. action packed with meetings and golf, two auntie jodi sightings, good food and some fun.

auntie jodi picked me up at the airport & we had a fun dinner

moonshine monday at bootleggers

very cool tour of cosanti gallery & art studio

can you see me & kelly?!

we did a pedi cab scavenger hunt in old town.  the LOVE sculpture was a highlight

here's my team for our nite at top golf
(kelly, mac, eric, me)

phoenix open.  if you look hard enough, you may be able to spot tiger woods in a pink polo?

me & kelly- good times!

rors comes to town

rory mcilroy came to visit the nike campus, so i brought lar to check out the event. little did i know he'd have no shame and just go right up to rory for a photo-op!

lar & rory…new best friends

the work gals- amy, cheryl, jenn & me

matchy matchy

jenn + jess in our matching J sweatshirts. we planned this

into the wild

a top secret work offsite took a group of 16 of us into the wilds of ashland, oregon on a 3 day, 2 night camping adventure with an ex-navy seal as our fearless leader.

the badass ladies of the ashland wild- from L to R:
me, chiyo, jamie, christine & kim

the group descending toward emigrant lake

pool fun + back to pdx

a great pool day at the sheraton in carlsbad

fun times with grampie

pool hugs

i love vacation!!!!

snuggling up with auntie kim from san diego

one last special treat at the orange county airport

and we made it back to portland...

legoland

we made it!!!!

jackson insisted on buying a huge lego as soon as we walked in…
we agreed, as long as he carried the bag the entire day

cheese!!!!

driving the boat with grampie

jackson's favorite, the splash pad---we couldn't get him out of there!

2nd fave, riding the big roller coaster with grampster. they rode 4x in a row.
not kidding.

crazy boats with grammie

leaving legoland with MORE legos.