Headed to Pender

We drove from Seattle to Vancouver on Monday to catch a ferry to Pender Island. My greatest experience with ferries was from Grey's Anatomy:) I was excited to go on it, it was rather cold outside though.

Pender is absolutely beautiful. We have spent our days relaxing, checking out local beaches and today we climbed Mt Norman, the highest point on the island (244 meters) and let me tell you... I need to work out a lot more!

We had fun finding little crabs on some of the beaches -
And we took a walk in the Enchanted Forest -
There are also deer every where you look -

Honeymoon fun!

After we left Boise we headed to Seattle. After both losing our jobs right before the wedding we decided to cancel the big expensive hotel we had booked in Vancouver and downsize to a cheaper hotel in Seattle. We picked the Ramada, close to the airport (we were told that was a safe location), much cheaper price, and it looked great on their website. While i will give it to them that the room wasn't too bad, the area of town was a bit scary. I remember thinking that if I was in DC in an area that looked like that I would have my car doors locked and would be looking for the fastest route out. We did stumble across the Boeing Flight Museum while trying to find some place to eat. We are hoping to stop by on our way back through Seattle.

Next in our travels was to stop by the World famous Pike's Market. I have studied the Pike's Fish Market several times with work and my MBA and was dying to see it. So I got a picture with one of the workers and of course he had to get a picture with the PIG which every Coburn family member that visits the area must do. I thought I would spend hours pouring over the market but really after seeing the high prices on so many of the things, tasting as much free stuff as possible and buying some beautiful flowers at an incredible price we left to go visit the famous Seattle Space Needle.

We were excited about the possibility of visiting the needle until we heard the prices to go up so we settled on taking pictures outside and walked over to one of the most amazing fountains I have ever gotten to see.


We, as much as I want to keep telling you about what we have done. I want to go do more things more so hopefully I will make it back down to the Pender Public Library tomorrow to add some more, but if not, I am sure I will add more pictures when I get home. Thanks everyone for your love and support of us. We definitely are lucky!

The Power of the Dress

We picked the Hampton downtown for our stay Friday and Saturday night in Boise. A great hotel with lots to offer close by. Little did we know that it was the weekend of the Ironman. On Saturday when we left the reception and headed down to our hotel we found that every street surrounding the hotel were blocked off for the race until at least 10PM. Brent pulled up to an officer to ask what we should do and once he noticed the just married and saw me in my big white dress he told us to turn around and he would get us across the street. It was a memorable moment to have a motorcycle cop give our car an escourt across the race route so we could get into the hotel.

Wedding Day!

This is the only wedding picture I have so far but I wanted to share it with everyone. It was a great day, called for rain but not a drop fell. The ceremony was wonderful full of friends and family. Everything went so well.

Buying stuff for the reception

This is from my trip to Sam's club & Costco to purchase things for the reception a few weeks ago.

5 DAYS TO GO

I can't believe I will be married to Brent in 5 days. After being a single mom for the past 11 years is feels so surreal. Things are coming together and the stress isn't as bad as it was even 6 days ago. Brent of course is probably worried that he is marrying a total freak since he has seen me lose it lately over the smallest things but I am pretty sure it is normal behavior for a women right before a wedding with all the stress. Especially when you add on the pressure of not having a mom to take most of the burden and needing to make sure your own child is involved and taken care of. My sister-in-law Marlo has been incredible, taking so much of the burden off of me. Women from church and friends have jumped in and offered to help and Brent's family has been so supportive and helpful as well. Even my brother's have been coming through with things that each time have been stress relievers. As the week progresses our families will be arriving in town and the last minute things will be done. I sure hope you all can attend the reception and that it will be a good time. Thanks for the love and support and I am sure the many prayers over the years that both Brent and I would find a good spouse. I have no doubt he will be good to Katie and me and I pray constantly that I can be good for him.

Graduation

Even though I finished with my masters back in August the actual ceremony was last weekend. Brent came up for it and my brother Aaron and sister-in-law Marlo also attended. The best part was Katie getting to be apart of it as a family recognition winner. She passed out gifts to the graduates after they walked across the stage. Can I just say - it is impossible for a girl to make those caps look good - or at least for me to do so! OH and I don't know why everything else is underlined, I don't know how I did it or how to undo it.

Time for a Tux

I went with Brent to pick out a tux over the weekend. Picking out a shoe was challenging but boy you have to love this look:)

Painting the Kitchen

My sister bought me yellow paint for my bridal shower. It took me all day to paint the kitchen, so much edging in the kitchen. It is very yellow but it is a beautiful color and I am getting used to it:) It is definitely bright and cheery!

Race for the Cure

Lithia let me drive the pace car for the Race for the Cure on Saturday. It was fun. My friend Erika and her family got to ride with me as well (and Katie of course).

The Gum scene

Bridal Shower

I had my bridal shower last Saturday, May 2nd at my sister-in-law's house. It was a really great night. Brent's sister-in-law Lisa made Katie the above poster with candy and my dad & Joyce left a gift with Marlo before they left for their mission for Katie and I. I had to answer 22 questions that Marlo asked Brent and for each question I got wrong I had to eat a piece of bubbalicious gym. I only missed 7 but still my mouth was packed. Glad I know him at least that well. Here are the questions with his answers and if I got them right or wrong:

1. What brand of toothpast does he like? Aqua Fresh - right


2. Which side of the bed does he prefer? Left - right


3. What type of soap does he prefer? Body Wash - wrong


4. What is his favorite meal? Meat or pepperoni pizza - wrong


5. What is his favorite drink? Mt. Dew, Dr. Pepper - right


6. How many children does he want? 3-4 - right


7. What's his favorite sport? Football - right


8. Does he have a fovorite Author? Tom Clancy - right


9. What is his dream vacation? Every Roller Coaster park in North America - wrong


10. If he could go on any reality TV show what would it be? Biggest Loser - right


11. What is his favorite TV show? Scrubs - wrong


12. what is his dream vehicle? F250 crew cab short bed 4X4 4" with 35" tall tires - wrong


13. Would he prefer a night at home renting a DVD or going out with friends? DVD - right


14. Is he a Mac or PC guy? PC - right


15. Who is his favorite actress? Not Julia Roberts - right


16. What game system does he prefer? Not a gamer - wrong


17. Is laundry a women's job? No, I've been diong it for the last 15 years - wrong


18. Does he want a puffy lazy boy chair with a drink holder to watch BSU? yes - right


19. Do you and Karla have a song? Yes, the one by Rascal Flats - right


20. Which would Brent pick, giong to Disneyland or whistle pig shooting? Whistle pig shooting - right


21. What is Brent's favorite body part on you? Butt!!!! - right


22. What is your favorite body part on Brent? Lips!!! - right

The announcements are in and last night Katie and I sat at the kitchen table putting addresses labels and return address labels on envelopes. We now have almost all the labels on and categories of piled according to when the announcements should go out. I actually mailed out a few today to the missionaries on our list. It is just so exciting.

First almost Easter together

Brent came to Boise this weekend. Since he had to leave for home around 11am on Sunday we knew we wouldn't be able to have Easter dinner together so I proposed we have our Easter meal on Saturday at my house and invite his mom, step-dad, and brother Mark over.

His mom and I struggled to decide who would cook what Friday night, that fact that it was late and we were tired didn't help so we didn't have a great plan together. Saturday Brent came over and told me that I was making the ham, something I had originally planned on but was afraid I would make Peggy sad about if I took it away from her, plus I had never cooked a ham so I didn't have the slightest idea how. Her morning was full so it worked out best if I made it. So I realized I needed to quickly get things cooking so after a desperate call to my sister-in-law Marlo for instructions I realized I didn't have everything, so while I started I asked Brent to run to Paul's for me. He left with his cell phone so I could call him if I realized other needed items. He came back with needed item and Easter Lillies, what a sweetie!

Well after I got the ham on the way I turned to making rolls. I chose a recipe that I hadn't tried before. I searched for each ingredient realizing I was one short so again Brent was off to Paul's. He again asked if I needed anything else. I assured him I had everything for the last item I needed to prepare. He came back with this new request, informing me he made sure to go to a different check out so it wouldn't be obvious he was back at the store. I got my rolls going and as I put my new ingredient away I realized I had what I needed all along and had over looked it. I still haven't told Brent I sent him to the store for nothing, sorry Brent - I love you.

On to the last item, the one I had made a grocery list for and gone shopping for. I just couldn't help smiling as I realized I had forgotten to pick up an item for that one as well. So after 3 trips to the grocery store and checking out in 3 different lines I finally got an Easter dinner together. Everyone showed up, food was good, company was great. It all turned out pretty well and I feel as lucky as ever to get Brent. What a great guy just to laugh at me and not to get mad. I can tell you from experience, that type of man doesn't come around everyday. Thanks Brent!

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