Photo Contest - Winner!

Hey guys, check it out, I won the photo contest! It's not the $50 I'm so excited about, but that I am totally going to have the bragging rights to having the best summer vacation photo! and since it's a winner, I'll probably use it for the Christmas card this year too, so I'll cross "decide what photo to use for Xmas card" off the to-do list!

my life rules.

http://www.oregonlive.com/photo-contest/index.ssf/2010/09/meet_your_2010_summer_vacation.html

Steph's birthday!

My mom was in town this weekend to celebrate her birthday! We had a great time do what we seem to do best: shopping and drinking and snacking our way around town.
John had to work for a big part of the weekend, but he did get to spend Saturday night (her actual birthday) with us and we had a super fun evening and an awesome dinner. We headed home and got off the bus to a huge downpour and had to run in the water faucet-like rain all the way to the house.
We went to our favorite little haunts and had a great time.
Here's to being 67!

Calling all friends!

Hey Team Blog Readers!

Randomly and awesomely, I ended up in the finals for the Best Summer Vacation photo! These are bragging rights I would very much like to have! I am in second place right now and need your vote! Voting ends tomorrow morning!
http://www.oregonlive.com/photo-contest/index.ssf/2010/09/vote_for_your_favorite_2010_su.html

UPDATE: I WON!

Fashion Friday

This little one-side-ruffled top is awesome because I can rock it with tights as a dress or scrunch it up and wear it as a shirt! It's super soft and I loved the feel of it with the tights and booties all day. I also had an opened button up shirt I wore over it in the office for added coverage and to combat the inevitable office chills.
I scored the adorable little lace up booties at goodwill one day. I'm more of a boots or shoes kind of gal, so the booties are a new look to work through for me. but I dig 'em, at least with this look. Also, I just love gray and black together. I topped it off with go-to big silver earrings and a metal hair flower! oh, and matching purse, cause that's just how I roll :)

It's Britney, Bitch!

Old Britney, but good :)

Wordless Wednesday

WARRIOR DASH!

John and I, along with the bravest of our co-workers, signed up for the Warrior Dash. It was going to be a three mile run mixed with various obstacles and would involve us getting wet and muddy at the very least. We knew this about the event: we should wear costumes and we were a little nervous. Here is part of our group before the race. Note that JJ and were the first of our team to arrive in awesome costumes.
Finding our Warrior spirit....
Our motley crew....
And we're off! up through the woods and down into the (COLD!) water, where we had to climb over rolling logs. Then up and over the hay bales....
Around the corner and through the woods (and cargo net and bungies..)
ready to tackle the car pile!
more obstacles, more hills, up and ready to run through the FIRE!
and..JUMP! John says in some countries, this would mean we were married! Does this mean this was our second wedding?
off to the tire obstacle...
and then crawl under the barbed wire through the mud..
and slide into the finish line!
VICTORY!
Warrior John:
Warrior Shan:
after a little cleanup in the river, a victory beer!
Warrior Dash 2011, count us in!