Just a few iphone photos from the summer I wanted to share.
^A day at the beach watching an airshow and the boats go by.
^A bike ride to Mercer Island and a dip in Lake Washington.
^A Picnic at the beach.
^Soft pretzels I made for an outdoor movie.
^Strawberry picking! 
^A day hike with friends.
^An outdoor dinner in our backyard.
I finally got to attend my first Seattle Bloggers Unite meet up a few weeks ago. It was hosted by the lovely ladies of Farewell Paperie. We started out with mingling and snacks and then we got a brief history of their business and what they do. From there we got to hear about the presses and what we’d be doing that evening. Everyone had chosen a simple phrase or name ahead of time to be pressed onto a set of cards that they would be making. So we all took turns at the press making our sets. While we waited we got to chat and work on our envelope liners.
I met Katharina from the blog A Truly Enormous Journey when she came up and said she read my blog. I don’t think that’s ever happened to me before so it was extra exciting. We hit it off and I can’t wait to meet up with her again. I also got a chance to talk with the ladies of Farewell Paperie about getting some custom letterpressed jewelry back cards. We are in talks now so hopefully that is something you’ll see very soon!
And it’s a bit of a funny story. Remember when we tried to go to the hot springs in Oregon? Turns out that is where Walker was planning to propose. Let me go back a bit though. So I knew the ring was around because I sort of, accidentally picked it out myself. My mom was in town back in March and we stopped into an antique shop just to look around. When I put this ring on my finger (it fit perfectly by the way) I loved it! I loved it even more when the woman told me the stone in the middle was a green garnet (garnets are my birthstone!). So yes I had Walker come look and we decided to get it. Finding the ring was a bit spontaneous so I told Walker he could wait until he was ready.
So that brings us back to the weekend of the hot springs fail. When Walker’s initial plan didn’t work out he was trying to figure out the best time to ask. We were in Oregon for another day and with friends but the timing didn’t seem right (so he told me). So on Sunday, Mother’s Day, we arrive home. I had to check on the garden so I headed out back and Walker went inside. A few minutes later he joined me and started saying a bunch of sweet things. I was like oh no! I said wait you’re not asking right now are you?! He was like uh what. I was said um it’s Mother’s Day, I haven’t showered, no one is hiding in the bushed to take our photos, and also I have to use the restroom (we had just gotten home from a road trip).
So I ran back inside and collected my thoughts. When I came back out I was like ok and also I had grabbed my phone because someone needed to take pictures. We sat down on the swing but some kids next door came out in the backyard to play. The moment didn’t seem right so we decided to take a walk to the park. In the park is a water tower with a great view so we hiked up all the stairs to the top. We waited for it to clear out and finally the moment arrived. Walker got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said yes and there were some tears. Confession though? For the first couple weeks I was in more shock than anything. I had the super excited moments but they didn’t happen right away. Perhaps it’s just my practical nature and not being so great with change. I am and was excited but I also needed to process.
So I waited forever to share publicly because at first we wanted to tell as many friends and family in person or over the phone as possible. Then I just got sort of lazy about it and I felt like I had waited to long and should I even do it now. But I did because I’m excited and I wanted to share and I want to stop cropping my ring out of photos. So there you have it!