Fun! My brother was stationed there for awhile and it was one of his favorite posts. He absolutely loved it there. :-)

We do and I am hoping it does the trick! ;-)

I live in Portland (for two and a half years now), but grew up in the midwest (Michigan). This year, I'm having a terrible time getting into the Christmas spirit. Ha! This weather is throwing me way off for some reason this year. And I LOVE the mild winters here and don't mind the rain at all. I don't miss shoveling the driveway or scraping snow off the car, but a little bit of snow would sure make it feel more like Christmas. :-)

congrats!

Love it! Thanks for the chance! :-)

Thanks for the chance to win!!!

That bag is totally my style. Lovely. Thanks for the chance to win!

My biggest challenge is just doing it. Getting the photos printed and taking the time to put it together. I started this year out doing project life every Sunday afternoon, and it just kind of fizzled. I love it though and just need to jump back in and do it.

Seattle. I went once ten or fifteen years ago, but now that we live in Portland we haven't been back. I think it's about time! :-)

Amazing and lovely things! Thanks for the chance to win!!! :-)

I started in 2003 right after we got married. :-)

Expectation Grey and Walnut Stain for sure! Thanks for the chance to win!!

We moved to pdx two years ago, from Michigan. We are by no means foodies, but like to try out some good places every now and again! :-) Our favorite breakfast place is Bumblekiss on NE Fremont. They have great scrambles and their cinnamon swirl french toast is amazing. The Observatory on SE Stark has great sandwiches and burgers (and other things, I'm sure-we tend to go there for lunch). Pepino's and Por Que No? (both on SE Hawthorne) are great places for mexican food. Grilled Cheese Grill is our favorite food cart-they make amazing grilled cheeses of all kinds (and they just opened a third location downtown, although we're kind of partial to the double decker bus on se 28th and ankeny). Salt and Straw has great ice cream in unique flavors. My favorite favorite burger place of all time is Brothers Burgers in Vancouver (Washington). They have delicious burgers and tots with great seasonings (the rosemary parmesan are the BEST ever). Hot Lips Pizza is great also. Henry's Tavern and Deschutes (both near Powell's downtown) are pretty good. And Burgerville (which you already know is great) is the best "fast food" kind of place-I love trying their different seasonal items as they arrive (my faves are the blackberry lemonade, rosemary shoestring fries, waffle fries and walla walla onion rings-AMAZING).

That necklace is so beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

That necklace is so beautiful!!!! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

I love trees! I know, it's a strange one, but I really love trees so very much! :-)

love that new fancy pants and those brag books look awesome as well! thanks for the chance to win! :-)

very cool katie!!! congrats on the new venture. :-)

ours only lasts for a very little while-yesterday it only stuck for about five minutes.

I have never been a runner, but you've inspired me to start walking (at least) a mile a day in 2012, with the end-goal of increasing my mileage as i go AND eventually starting to run. :-) (and i've been taking photos of my feet because i think yours are way awesome looking and will make an awesome photobook at the end of the year). thanks for the inspiration and sharing your life with us! :-)

Awesome word and a great story/reason behind it!

I would either buy your hello baby book or make a book of the photos from our move across country (IL to OR)!!! :-)

in general-the decorations and lights this year in particular-i get to go home to michigan for christmas (from pdx-it's been 17 months since i've seen my parents and sisters)!!!

I looked at the first photo and was like "Whoa!" we picked strawberries there in july! :-) looks like you had a fun trip! :-) i love the photo of you all holding your pumpkins!

Super lovely kit! Thanks for the chance to win!