winter vacationing in oregon

{home sweet home}

this long break has been sooo wonderful! vacation definitely suits me well :) it’s given me time for the things i love to do but never seem to have time for at school. i took long walks on the beach {sounds terribly cliché, but when you live at the beach it’s the best place to walk}, read books for fun, watched ridiculous amounts of antm reruns {guilty pleasure haha}, took pictures of the beach and my cute little town, slept  a lot, went shopping, and spent lots of time with my family.

here are some fun highlights:

~christmas, of course. loved the time i spent laughing and joking around with my family.

~camp tadmor smt reunion. It was a whole evening of screaming, hugging, and laughing as we all got to reconnect after being apart.

~i got a haircut! I got my haircut for the fist time in 8 months. and lets just say i needed it. badly. i got a new look and i’m lovin it :)

~babysitting my pastor’s son owen every wednesday night. he’s seriously the cutest kid. love that little munchkin!

~getting a job! I am the newest summer intern for the columbia river maritime museum. i’ll be working at the front desk and in the gift shop. should be pretty awesome. so if you make it up to astoria this summer come say hi!

~celebrating my grandparents 50^th wedding anniversary. that’s right, 50^th. such an exciting reason to celebrate. 

and.....my break isn’t even over yet! tomorrow starts my five day trek across Oregon to visit some dear friends. some from camp, some from church, and some from high school. a few i haven't seen in over a year. let's just say i'm pretty darn excited!

and then...I get on a plane to fly to the wonderful state of Idaho to visit my bestie at nnu. I seriously cannot wait!