wish i was here: road trip day 1!

already reminiscing about our fab road trip last weekend!

Started off in Portland- drove down i-5 to ashland (new favorite oregon town, will have to go for longer than dinner some time), into California and headed east at Mt. Shasta, through Reno to Tahoe!

Where do you wish you were today friends?
Play along and come back and link up so we can all see!!

dress up

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love

WINNER

of some cute SCRUNCH SHOES :)

CHLOE from tryin' to throw my arms around the world

girl, email me and I will connect you with Ashleigh!!

Thanks to everyone who played along!!

first vacation of the summer!!

we decided to 

with our best friends 

for a 10 hour drive to Lake Tahoe, CA 

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to watch our other best friends get marriedddd :)

we have hopefully made it there safe as you read this!

see ya'll on Monday, have a great weekend!!

have you entered??

this super cute giveaway I have going on?

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY!!!

wish I was here wednesday

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come link up and play along my friends! you know the drill :)

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!!

Now hopefully Oregon will know it's summer and start acting more like it!!

My parents and husband built be a raised bed for my birthday :)

My parents put the wood together and Brian and I planted these little guys (in the pouring rain) about a month ago.

Here's what it's looking like today. They've been craving some sun so hopefully that will help today!

my spinach from seeds popping up!

super fun!!

here is a tutorial that we sort of followed.

We didnt do all of the drainage stuff- I just water everyday :)

don't forget to check out my giveaway happening right now!!

color pop

need a little color in my life right now :)

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birthday in review

{disclaimer: not a very pretty post with lots of crappy phone pictures}

friday brian surprised me by taking the day off work, made me some breakfast, caught up on the Bachelorette with me for a few hours, then we took of to the Gorge to do some hiking.

1st stop was Bridal Veil Falls for a warm up

then Angel's Rest

came home to this sweet thing on my porch :)

showered and got dressed up in my new shoes, nail polish and earrings

and ate some dinner at 23 Hoyt. 

Brian had a burger of course - but the fries were the BEST fries I've ever had, hands down. 

going back there soon just for those puppies

saturday we did some yard work

and went to my parents for a little bbq and to play games!

i was enjoying myself and not taking many pictures but here is a few:

baby j and a beer? not sure his parents are going to approve of this :)

sister and husband with my moms cat...

my family: sister, brians sister, her hubs, my hubs and me

2 of my best friends and my 8 year old brother in law having fun

sunday was my grandmas birthday as well so we had the fam over to my parents again. 

this is my sweet cousins baby girl :)

and just loving what these peonies have turned into this week

YAHOO. thanks everyone for who celebrated with my last weekend. it was a blast :)

giveaway: Scrunch Noes Shoes

Friends, I have a super cute giveaway for you moms out there this week!! Check out Ashleigh, creator of Scrunch Nose Shoes:

Scrunch Nose Sews was founded in 2011 by stay-at-home-mom, Ashleigh Harvey

Fed up with the lack of stylish, practical and AFFORDABLE shoe 

options for her daughter she began experimenting and hasn't 

stopped since. She has put her heart into these shoes and is proud

 to have them be a part of your family.

Ashleigh is giving away a $20 gift certificate for her stuff on her website or etsy shop!

how to enter:

*leave one comment stating that you've done the following 2 things:

{1.} Be a follower of For Me using Google Friend Connect

 & {2.} visit Scrunch Nose Sews website and tell us your favorite item in the comment

{This is a mandatory entry & must be done before other entries}

additional ways to enter

{leave a separate comment for each!}

1. heart her on Etsy

2. Like her on Facebook

3. Tweet about the giveaway & include @oliviakcarter 

4. blog about the giveaway

{Giveaway closes next Thursday & the winner will be chosen via random.org}