Watching our garden grow...

Watching our garden grow has definitely been a major highlight of the summer. Being that this was our first round at this house we had not expected overwhelming success-however, thus far we have a hearty row of corn, enormous tomato plants, some quality peppers, and the green beans and cucumbers even survived the jumanji like pumpkin plant that has grown over them. If you are looking for pumpkins this fall, please feel free to come by our FREE patch! :) I put picks of the garden and our house (and our handsome yet injured dog), for those interested in seeing, on the web album page for your enjoyment!

It's HOOOTTTTT

Well, we in the tin can (as Sally call's it) are really cookin'. As you can see from the photo, even Sam has his struggles with the new heat. However, we do have the process down to a science. We close the blinds and windows at around 10 and open them around 8:30 at night. We turn on all of the fans at full speed and if you don't mind sleeping in an airplane it really is no problem. We also have a slight bug problem; not a single screen fits the window frame it is in. So, once it is dusk we stop using all lights. We light a candle and carry it around room to room in order to eliminate bugs coming inside and it works!

Hope you are staying cool!

Look Look Sarah...

Just in case anyone actually reads this anymore I am actually posting! :) As you can see from the picture (note what is in Lucas's hand in the pic) the name of my blog is no longer legit as my name is technically Mrs. Alexander, but for now some things are not going to change.

Lucas and I are having a great summer. We spent a week in Virginia visiting family and having a second wedding reception, which was great. Then we spent a week resting in Maine. We stayed on Mount Desert Island in Acadia National Park. Our Bed and Breakfast was on what they called the "Quietside of the Island" and indeed it was. We had a lovely time sleeping and hiking around-playing it very casual. Mostly we ate A LOT of amazing food. We did have some unique adventures while we were there...hitch hiking, climbing the face of a rock mountain...things like that-we had a great time.

Since returning home I have been spending time working on our garden-something I am sooo excited about. I was going to take a picture but I don't know where the camera is-moving does that, you know. But I can describe it, the corn is WAIST high, I have at least 20 green tomatoes, the pumpkin is ginormous and my peppers look spectacular...pretty great.

Not much else is scheduled for the summer besides hanging around and enjoying the time off. I am looking forward to a week in Santa Rosa in August with Spencer and Sarah, but otherwise just chillin' here. Check out the web album for some of my favorite wedding pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/misswood23

Hope you are all enjoying your summertime!!

Love Sabrina for the Alexanders!

SPRING at last!!!

It has finally come! We celebrated Pascha (Eastern Orthodox Easter) this weekend and now it feels like spring is finally here-sunshine, flowers, and quality allergies! :) It has been a long few months-consumed by 5th graders and Lebanon politics-but I have seen the light at the end of the tunnel...the endless hope of Spring!
With Pascha come it is now time to actually finalize the wedding plans. With opting for a small, simple wedding I think I have been fooled into thinking that there aren't things to do....So, it is time to make lists and start getting things ready! ) Crazy!
We have found a place to live here in Albany that we are very excited about and Lucas is moving there this week in anticipation. We have even set our honeymoon plans; Maine in June after school gets out. So, really, the big stuff is done! :)
Hope you are all doing well, and I promise to try and actually update this silly thing, and even add some pictures!

The Whole Story

Well, we picked out the ring a few weeks ago and have been waiting for it. It seems Lucas has been spinning a web of lies about when it would be ready...making me think it was weeks away! Figures!
Anyway, Wednesday night is choir practice at Father Steve's and Mona's so I was there practicing. In the middle of choir he walked in and proposed, no pause or anything. It was wonderfully sweet and fun; I am so grateful. He set it up with Courtney earlier and he was able to film the whole thing. I could not have been happier with how it went. Our church family was there to watch and enjoy the whole thing with us! It was lovely!
The wedding is set for May 24th, the Sunday of memorial day weekend. It is going to be a small wedding at our church in Corvallis.
Thank you to everyone for your wonderful support, we are so excited and happy!
We will keep you updated!

The RING

Well, it is official, tonight Lucas asked the big question! SOOOOO exciting! Here is the pic...

A New Year!

Happy New Year! I hope you have all had a great start to the year! Lucas and I had a very nice winter holiday and now are back to the normal life. The first week back to school proved to be as busy as ever, but it was so nice to see the kiddos.

We spent part of break up in OC visiting the fam-including spending time with Sarah and Spencer as they have moved down from Bamfield-YEY! We are all pretty stoked-mind you Spencer is now gone to Australia and Sarah is in California, but I know that I get to see them soon again so it still counts as pretty exciting!

Lucas and I enjoyed our first Christmas in the same state. He has already had one guitar lesson; his present from me this year. We, unfortunately, did not get to enjoy much snow. We are too far south and therefore missed out on the Artic Blast. However, we did get to enjoy the tail end of it up in P-town. As you can see in the picture, we did have a little bit though-enough for the horses to enjoy! I am hoping for more though-I always want more snow!!!

That's all from the South Valley...

Have a great weekend!