Birthday weekend and Lake Oswego

Things have been going well here the last few weeks. I found out a week ago that I got a promotion and a raise at work! And this past weekend was great. I turned 28 today...but it was great being able to spend it with some great friends. It has made me realize some of the great friendships we've developed here. Saturday night, a bunch of us went to our favorite Chinese restaurant, Om Seafood for my birthday dinner. We even ran into my Uncle Charlie eating there! Afterwards, we headed to Hopworks, a local organic brewery in Portland. All in all, a great way to ring in the 28th birthday. Thanks to all who came to help celebrate with me :)




Also, to catch up on the blog, we are also including some pics of a day in Lake Oswego, a nice suburb of Portland. We met up with my co-worker and her husband and ate lunch in some gorgeous 65 degree weather and took a walk around the Lake.

Our friends Laura and David. Laura just found out she's pregnant! She's due in September.
The Lake...there are some gorgeous houses located on the Lake with garages for their boats! Brad and I are hoping to move here in about 20 years :)The last few weeks have been warm, which means trees and flowers have been blooming. This is a pic of our cherry tree in our backyard. We haven't figured out what this plant is...maybe rhododendrons? They're very fragrant and growing all over our gate to the backyardOur pic of our surprise tulips in our backyard.

Stay tuned...next weekend, I'm headed to Chicago for a board meeting at Northwestern, then we're headed to Seattle for a day to see our friends Jo and Clayton, and then off to Iceland! We'll post pics when we get back :)