this is a pic taken in Pullman my freshman year. the first time that i visited WSU i fell in love. i wanted to only apply to WSU, but parents insisted i also applied to OSU. ultimately, WSU wanted me more, and i wanted WSU more as well so that's where i ended up. i lived in the freshman dorms with a randomly assigned roommate (randomly assigned roommates are something that i would highly recommend).
a picture taken at our high school when i was on summer break from WSU. high school was moderately enjoyable, but i think that most people, looking back, are happy that it's over. we both did sports in high school. julie did soccer, basketball, and track, and i did cross country, basketball, and track. one good thing about high school, is it's possible to be good at sports.
visiting the high school again during spring break.
blazer game. we go to a lot of these and in fact, i think this might be the game where we got on the big screen and on the news. we had made a sign that said "we believe" (well, we thought of it together and julie made the sign) during a period where the blazers were not doing very well. the most times i ever got on the big screen though, was a game when i was sitting next to a really cute little kid.
this is us at 80's night at Valhalla in Pullman. it was a blast, but they don't have 80's night there anymore. very tragic. maybe i've grown out of my 80's night obsession. what am i going to do with all those prom dresses?
an 80's night party in Corvallis. was a master at beer pong that night and made the winning shot against a team that won like 25 games in a row.
post blazers game celebration at Henry's.
U of O graduation. graduated in sports business.
summer vacation at our favorite place - Lincoln City beach. this pic is on the other side of the "head" as we call it. this is where we classically go for family vacations ever since we were little kids. we are all about the rockhounding, which is just what it sounds like - hunting for rocks.
This is a picture capturing the moment of Michelle's first memory - when I was born.
One of many photoshoots of us being adorable.
We have been sisters since April 16, 1989.
this is my dog ellie. when we were looking for a house, the only thing i really cared about was that it had a fenced yard because i was set on getting a puppy. and a little over a month after moving into my house, that's exactly what i did. actually, my parents bought her in portland and didn't tell me for a couple of days, because they were going to surprise me next time they came to porland, but later decided that they should give ellie to me as soon as possible. we met at a starbucks in tri-cities and that was where i fell in love with her.
i heart pumpkins! last year i was a zombie bride for Halloween. i'm going with the classics from now on i decided. the vet school throws an awesome Halloween party by the way.
at my 25th birthday. at my favorite restaurant (Chevy's). now that i'm a quarter of a century old, i'm pretty sure i still haven't figured very much out.
my cats Koby (left) and Addy (right). they are 1 year and 2 & 1/2 years respectively. i love cats, but i love dogs more. the funny thing is, when i leave my animals with someone else, i always dream about my cats.
i really do love 80's night. i think that i will have to move to a city that has an 80's night after i leave this town.
at least 17 of these statements are true. maybe up to 18 or 19, but no more than 22.
- The books that have made me cry are Bridge to Terabithia, Of Mice and Men, and Grapes of Wrath.
- I love dancing.
- I saw War of the Worlds in theaters 4 times
- My imaginary friend's name when I was little was Summer
- I love to eat biscuits and gravy with Tabasco sauce and jam
- I like white wine more than red wine.
- I have never eaten a whole, plain, banana
- The highest level I have gotten to on Tetris is level #17
- The first concert I went to was Linkin Park
- I want to live in New York at some point in my life.
- My stuffed beagle's name is Brandy Lassie
- My fastest 800M time is 2 min and 25 sec
- Ellie is named after a girl I had racquetball class with in undergrad
- My favorite holiday is Halloween.
- #3 and #5 are both lies
- The first CD I owned was an N'SYC album.
- The first class I didn't get an "A" in, in high school was AP English senior year
- In HS I played the clarinet in the marching band
- I like every vegetable, but very few fruits
- The first time I saw a cow put down with a captive bolt I almost fainted.
- The only surgery procedures that make me feel nauseous are teeth extractions.
- When I was little I wanted to marry my dad and we even held a wedding ceremony with me wearing Mom's wedding dress.
- I do the crossword puzzle in the Evergreen newspaper almost every day.
- When I was 12 I broke my arm sledding down the hill by my house.
- The movie I have watched the most times is Bridget Jones's Diary
Our dog Barley, the most loved member of the household, at our favorite beach spot in Lincoln City.
This is a picture from when I went to Brazil to see our former exchange student Marcelo for the first time in five years. We camped on a beach in Bahia for a week with 10,000 other people listening to techno music.
1. I once broke my rib from coughing really hard whilst bent over.
2. I used to get paid $50/hour to model for a guy who posted an ad on Craigslist.
3. I chose to play the trumpet in elementary school band because I thought it only having three keys meant it would be easy.
4. I want to name one of my kids after a Simpsons character.
5. When I was three I was rolled over by a log on the beach and almost drowned.
6. Someone once asked if Michelle and I were twins.
7. I hate sour cream and refuse to eat anything that has been contaminated by it.
8. My favorite actor is Christian Bale.
9. The first concert I ever went to was Counting Crows opening for John Mayer.
10. I type out each letter when I write text messages on my phone.
11. I went to calculus camp my senior year of high school.
12. I prefer overcast and rainy to hot and sunny weather.
13. When I was a kid I either wanted to be a chef or the first woman president.
14. My current car is named Blake after Steve Blake.
15. My biggest pet peeve is when people drive in the left lane without passing.
16. Easter has fallen on my birthday twice in my life.
17. I cried during one of the scenes in The Simpsons Movie.
18. When I was ten I played "Blowin' in the Wind" for our spring piano recital.
19. I drove 40 hours to San Diego and back by myself.
20. Joel Przybilla once got lost in the Rose Garden basement and asked me for directions.
21. I had whooping cough in high school for four months and was once asked to leave the Gresham library by a librarian because I was coughing too much.
22. My family has been host to seven exchange students.
23. I spent two months re-reading every Harry Potter book in preparation for the last movie.
24. I am right-handed but left-footed.
25. I dyed my hair pink in high school.
