TA DA!

Noel and I now have an apartment to move into after we get married! Woo! It's pretty decent sized too! There's a kitchen (featured in this post), a bathroom, and two larger-ish rooms; thankfully there is also a decent amount of closet space. :-P (I have learned from years of sharing a room with two sisters that closet space is a *must*)

On Sunday Mom and Noel and I went and set up the kitchen! (Many thanks to all of my wonderful friends who made it all possible with their generous gifts.)
(*grin* We let Noel dry.)

So yeah...

That was fun. Not. *psh*

Double-Post Worthy.

I know I don't usually double-post in one day. But! Kaitie was making cookies to take to youth group and when we were done frosting them I knew I had to take their picture. :-)

Sneak Peekings. :-D

At wedding flowers! Lol, eventually y'all will be sick of wedding preparation pictures. :-P

I got tagged...

*twiddles thumbs* Hm hm hm.... I got tagged to write six random things about myself and then tag six more people. So, here goes nothing.

1. I love snow! Winter is one of my favorite times of year. (Of course it figures that it never snows around here)

2. I'm moving to Arizona in May. O.O (Never even been to AZ before!)

3. I have dried all the roses that I've ever been given. Currently I have three vases full, and about to need a fourth.

4. I like to cut up Anthropologie magazines and make posters on 12x12 pieces of scrapbook paper.

5. I have 36 photos in my bedroom (not counting my two photo albums).

6. When I went to England, I was a silly tourist and ordered something called "Deviled White Bait". Yes yes, I know, the word *BAIT* should have been a clue. But I was stupid!



Like I said.... "Uh. Duh. *slaps forehead*"

So! Now I'm tagging Faith, Grace Anne, Melina, KB, and Jean! Have fun girls! :-D

Pumpkin Patch Joy!

Today I went with the future family to the pumpkin patch! I had never been to this pumpkin patch before, and i had never been to any pumpkin patch with Noel or any of his family before. So much fun! I enjoyed watching the selection process...

the displays of strength...

and the grossed out-ness!

Of course, what group outing is complete without
a group picture?! Tch, not this one. :-D

Heh, yeah, go ahead, tell me to not worry. ;-D

Bringing The Bling

Well my sister reminded me that I haven't been 

taking pictures as much lately so yesterday I trundled

 outdoors and was taking some pictures of the few 

remaining flowers in the garden when I was inspired! 

Fall Colors!

Gotta love 'em. :-)

I have shoes!

See?

Oh! Oh! Guess who....

...got engaged! YES! I DID! WHOOOOOO! *cartwheels everywhere*

On Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Noel asked me to marry him. And I said Yes. (Of course.) :-D

So Happy!

Can't tell you how glad I am to be able to do that. :-)

Guess who...

...Made Pizza!!

Yup, that'd be moi. Admittedly it didn't look this nice the first time I tried, wasn't exactly a circle shape, but it came out better this time 'round I think!

Num Num. :-)

I went to the Hobie races on Sunday, and Noel let me ride in the chase boat with him and Chuck (the man in charge of the chase boat). I was going to be just fine going out and sitting and taking pictures from a distance, but God blessed me and sent an actual photographer along that day and she rode with us all afternoon! So we got to get right into the races where she could snag some good pictures. :-D


Some of the sails were *so* colorful!


It was fun to get to follow boats and take pictures of the sailors trapping out. (Or at least I think that's what it's called... I've only ever been to two races, so I'm still not quite up to snuff with the vocab.)


*This* was one of my favorite shots. I love the the lines in the sail! It somehow reminds me of dragon gills...


This is Mr. Jones and Dana one one boat, and Kortney Gross and Jay on the other. (The skippers like to have small people for crew; it helps the boat go faster.)


And these are the top three boats. :-)

Almost Ready.

Blogger is struggling and won't let me upload pictures right now, but I have some ready from the Hobie races that will go up as soon as they can!

Softball Games.

I have really enjoyed getting to go to softball games this year,
I like the chance to watch most of my good friends run around
like crazy while I get to take their picture, and I like getting out
and being around people.

Mr. Gill and Greg in the dugout.

My man up at bat. (He's really good. *beams*)

And my company!
"Am at ur gamz stealin' ur shades"

The clouds were doing some pretty nifty things.

Hood Canal

There was an amazing waterfall about five minutes away and there was a *sweet* pool (about 20 ft. deep) and even though it was *freezing* cold it was still a lot of fun. (The fact that it was almost 90 degrees out of the pool helped a lot. :-D)

We were staying up by Hood Canal and so we walked down to the part of the canal that was available to us, and I picked up shells. :-)

Reach For The Sky

My brother was playing frisbee with the guys after youth group and he shouted at me to take his picture while he jumped. So I did. :-D He's a funny kid.

Logo ideas

Just some ideas... Have to admit that having initials that spell something is pretty handy.
The second one is going to be my watermark I think.

Stormy Weather.

Horses are beautiful. For some reason, horses remind me of wind. Specifically the wind that buffets you when you stand on a cliff near the ocean and your face is tingling from the sand and your hair is flying around your face. It's an amazing feeling. And horses remind me of it.

Starting up *again*...

So I hardly ever used this the last time I had a blog,
actually, I think I only wrote once or twice. However,
since I know that writing has never been my strong point
and since I generally prefer to use pictures instead of words,
I will (hopefully) use this to post pictures that struck me as being
somehow noteworthy, or pictures that were just plain fun.
*nods* So!
I'll see y'all again real soon. :-)
Ciao,
- Noble