Spoiled

When Rafa goes for Soccer, Bella usually finds some way to find it to the bed, not sure how, but she does ; )

This is the epitomy of spoiled:

Paris, je t'aime

It was Chick Flick Friday at my house the other night.  The perfect evening for friends, food, and an awesome movie, Paris, je t'aime.  This movie has 18 short 5 minute films about various types of love all in the city of Paris.  It was beautiful, heartbreaking, passionate, lovely, and strange.  And it was a great time to spend it with my friends, Olimpia, Stacey, Nataliya, and Noela.  Thanks ladies for a lovely little night.  Now, when are we going to Paris : )

Perfect.  Wine and Food.

I made a salad bar....

Me, Noela, Stace, Nat, and Lil

My friends are ambitious, spirited, genuine, and loyal...all in the order below....

Rocktoberfest! In November : )

My company rocks, literally.  Every year our department hosts a party in October called Rocktoberfest.  Every year has a different theme; 80's, Grunge Rock, etc.  This year someone had a brilliant idea for the Prohibition Era.  We had a smokey style dark bar graced with red lighting, with old school music, and some classic drinks.  It was our best party yet for we got great feedback from the agency, something that is rare for our little finance department.  Sadly my camera ran out of battery so I only got a few shots before it really got crazy!

The entrance made out of card board boxes...

 







Drink menu, yum!

Lounge with lights on and empty, it was kickin later in the afternoon!

My department ...

Halloween at W+K!

So every year at my company, Wieden + Kennedy, a Halloween Party is hosted.  Every department in the building is given a small budget and asked to decorate.  Then in the afternoon of that day, parents and families bring their children in to enjoy in the fun.  Here are just a few shots from this year...

Our theme was space related, so for our "costumes" we wore little alien head bands.  Here are two of my peeps, Nataliya and Peter:

Peter and Tara decorating our "Space Hall":

Finished product....

My department...

Kayla : )

Another Fall Day....

So Rafa and I embraced the extra hour from fall back to get a nice day together in.  We started with some with some fresh brewed coffee for me and hot tea for Rafa.  We fed our bellies with some pancackes and then headed on down the road with Bella.

Since Rafa and I have been in Portland, we had yet to visit Sauvie Island, which is known for farms that sell produce and are especially popular during fall for pumpkins, corn maizes, and tractor rides.  We skipped out on the pre-Halloween events and went the day after Halloween, today.  It was very quiet and there was certainly a nip in the air that Rafa and I weren't quite prepared for. Most farm were closed, except for Kruger...

From there, we headed out to a Marine Store so Rafa could buy some parts for the boat.  Then we hit up the Lowe's out that way to get a new stain for the side tables that Rafa is making for the formal living room.  And poor Bella was so tired of driving around, that we indulged her in a little dog park action....

After letting Bella stretch her legs we headed home but not before we drove through our neighborhood to take photos.  Rafa is building a website for our neighborhood and so I took some photos to add to the site.  Having an assignment for taking pictures proved more difficult for me then just shooting away at various events.  Here are just a couple shots...

Handy Man Rafa

It is great to have Rafa as a handy man, even though I miss him when he spends hours in the garage working on "secret projects".  But when something like the this emerges, it is amazing.  Good work Rafa, you get better each and every day!

Fall is in the Air

I guess this is what it is like to be a parent to a child in the fall, Soccer and Pumpkin carving.  While I was feeling under the weather, it was certainly nice to enjoy these small pleasures with good friends, Olimpia and Little Daniel.  Rafa was working in his workshop and went fishing with the boys, neither of which I have pictures for : (

Daniel playing soccer on a beautiful fall day...

The pumpkin carving was a bit of mess, between a ridiculous heart pumpkin, and Bella eating the eyelashes of Daniel and Olimpia's pumpkin, things were totally out of sorts. But love was in the air  and we had spiced wine to accompany the chaos, courtesy of Olimpia : )

Bella trying to make nice with Daniel so he feeds her seeds, or pumpkin, or both !

Olimpia carving....

Heart pumpkin?  Who does that!!?!

Pumpkin Kiss!