Grades are in......

and Jody has officially received his Juris Doctorate.
There aren't words to describe how proud I am of his accomplishment.
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What an amazing week!

Jody & I spent last week on vaca with our families, Duvalls & Warrens, at the Oregon coast.  We filled our days with lots of food, cards, ping pong and playing with our nieces.  The week concluded with Jody's graduation from Law School and receiving his JD degree.  I'm spending tonight lounging on the couch but will post more later this week.

*Thank you to my cousin Heather for being the family photographer and capturing all the fun*

Ode to the Weekend....

Jody and I loved having Kerri in town for the weekend and we were sad to send her back to CO. The 3 days she was here were pretty low key, but we managed to sneak in a little shopping and lots of food. That's a good vacation in my book! Here are my top 10 highlights of the weekend...

1. This amazing 5 year memory book from Kerri. I love the vintage look of the binding and the gold writing. Thank you sweet friend!
2. Eating $1 cinnamon rolls before we conquered the "Ikea Maze". I think I found a chest of drawers that will look good in our little guys room.
3. Celebrating Suzie's 25th birthday at Cafe Soriah. The chef accidentally flung butter on Jody's jacket so they gave us a free bottle of wine.
4. Pimento Cheese Sandwiches. We combined the recipe from Paula Dean and Garden & Gun....delicious!
5. Finding some new maxi dresses at Forever 21. I'm looking forward to spending the summer months in long flowy dresses instead of restricting pants.
6. First cookout of the spring/summer at Lauren & Andrew's. It's one of my favorite parts of the longer, warmer months.
7. Making rice crispy treats. Kerri's recipe calls for exactly 37 large marshmallows and they are perfect every time.
8. Brunch at Cafe 440. They make the most delicious grits!!! (That's quite the compliment coming from a southern gal)
9. Sweet surprises in the mail for the firecracker. Thank you Camilla and Aunt Becca!
10. Burgerville.....twice! We don't have one in Eugene so we take full advantage when we're in Portland.
7 out of 10 have something to do with food......told you we ate a lot!

So we've had a slight change of plans.....

turns out we're moving to Seattle!!!

Long story short, Jody has been offered an amazing job in downtown Seattle and we couldn't be more thrilled. So as of right now.......Jody takes the bar at the end of July, Baby D makes his/her appearance early August and we pack up September 1. I know it's going to be an exhausting 6 weeks but I know it will be worth it. We feel so blessed to be given this opportunity and look forward to making Seattle our new home.

Come visit!!!

Blah....Barf.....Barf....Blah

There are few things worse than being sick........being sick & pregnant. Not only have I felt like death for the last 48hrs but I've also been crazy paranoid that I was dehydrating my child. My Dr. tried to help my situation by prescribing me Promethazine, which help with the nausea & poops, but made me feel like I was having an out of body experience. I swear I was having trouble making a complete sentence and I was drooling. If your interested, you should ask Jody to do his impression of me doped up......it's a riot! Speaking of Jody, he has been so sweet and never complained once about the 100+ times I got out in & out of bed to go potty. I ♡ him!

Sweet Gift

The nugget received his/her 1st Valentine's gift today.

Thank you Uncle Jordan, Aunt Becca and Cousin Charlie

XOXO

ps....I can't believe I'm having a baby

13 Ramblings on the 13th

1. Good try Nike but this doesn't make Duck fans feel any better

2. I've agreed to help with the nursery at our church but not before I got a 2011 flu shot......bring on the snotty kids.....I'm vaccinated!
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3. I'm currently obsessed with neon sour gummy worms. I searched the bag for some trace of nutritional value and found nadda. My solution.....I dumped the contents on my desk and threw the bag away. Problem solved

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4. Do you guys watch THE GOOD WIFE? such a good show

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5. Jody and I have been working out together after dinner which allows me to sleep past 5am in the morning.

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6. Guess what......it's raining here - - - Big Surprise

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7. Jody played pet detective yesterday and helped this little guy find his way back home. Bean was less than pleased when Jody took the dog away.......I think he was jealous.

8. I'm officially out of Grits and they are next to impossible to find on this side of the country. Mom.....hint, hint.

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9. One of the best parts of a new year is getting a new planner, filling in everyone's birthday and thinking about all the exciting events that will be filling the pages. I'm convinced 2011 is going to be amazing :)

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10. I ♥ jeggings

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11. I've mentioned this before but I think SKYPE is the cats pajamas.

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12. Happy Early Birthday Megan!!!!

Hope your day is magical

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13. Did I mention that Jody got picked up by the Army to be a JAG {Judge Advocate General....military lawyer} officer? We are pretty thrilled.

With Love,

This time next week......

you will find the Duvalls glued to the TV watching this game

Just in case you're wondering, my prediction is

THIS GUY

+

THIS GUY

=Locking it down

GO DUCKS!

ps.....no need to remind me that I went to Auburn for a year - - - - - - - we all make mistakes

With Love,

Season of Change

Jody had his last final yesterday which means he is only 1 semester away from graduating. This also means that we are 1 semester away from ending this season of our lives and embarking on a brand new season {in a currently unknown location}. I keep trying to hold tight to these last days in 2010 knowing that 2011 is full of so many unknowns and big life changing moments. Thankfully there is a plan in the works! The next moment is as much beyond our grasp, and as much in God's care, as that a hundred years away. Care for the minute is as foolish as care for a day in the next thousand years. In neither can we do anything, in both God is doing everything. - C. S. Lewis

With Love,

Stats

The last couple days have been all about numbers.....

3 - miles ran this morning

15 - times I questioned why I agreed to run a 1/2 marathon during the 3 miles

4 - total hours wasted playing Angry Birds

9 - Christmas gifts purchased during Cyber Monday

2 - very large caffeinated beverage required to keep me awake at work this morning

30 - squeals of joy directed at my screen saver

Bubbles.....I love windows 7!

45 - minutes....amount of time I will see Jody this weekend because of finals

1 - 5k Jingle Jog I will run in this Saturday

2 - dogs that smell terrible and need a bath

24 - days until we get on the big bird and head to CO

4 - days until the Ducks find out they are going to Arizona

Snow

Break out the snow chains, cancel school and become an amazingly terrible driver

......there's snow in Oregon!

The saddest part of the drive to work was seeing all the little kiddos trying to make snowmen out of a 1/4 inch of slush.

xoxo

The Best Kind of Visitors

These people came to visitwhich made these people VERY happy....
and full {in our hearts & stomachs}
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*Please ignore that you can peek in my shirt*

My Favorite soon-to-be Attorney

The mister is back from HERE and I'm so glad he's home.He looks so naturally lawyer-ish behind that podium.....♥♥

The Real Deal

No grocery store pumpkins for these Duvalls!!

Sunday afternoon I put on my most respectable pumpkin picking gear, grabbed the hubs & my gal pal and headed out to the farm. I think we picked some winners.

Amy and her loot....

1 for her, 1 for her hubs and 1 for her Beta Fish, Lamichael {She's thoughtful like that}

With Love,

The Big One

When I came home from the gym on Saturday I was greeted at the door by my husband.......smiling from ear to ear. Turns out that my honey finally caught that big fish he had been working so hard for.

*Photo by the local park hobo*

Jody cooked her up for dinner and we invited friends over for the feast.

TASTY!!

With Love,

Should I be worried.....

about that blonde woman kissing my husband?*Mad Men Birthday Fiesta......I brought out my inner Betty Draper*

MOHOing

33' of pure traveling bliss This was our home the past 3 days.
If you're going to make an 8 hour road trip to watch a football game.......
MOHOing is the way to go!

Mr. & Mrs. Mirtsching

Congrats to Matt and Kerri on their nuptials.

Your wedding was amazing!!!!

Thank you for letting the hubs and I help you celebrate

You are my refuge...

My mom sent me this excerpt from a devotional a few months back. It now has a permanent place on my bulletin board and will continue to be heavily referenced throughout this 3L year.

Hard times energize some people, yet paralyze others. Look at David. Everything he touched turned to gold: Samuel anointed him to be king; he defeated Goliath; Saul chose him as a musician and warrior; the army loved him and wrote songs about him. Then his life fell apart. He lost his job and his marriage failed; Samuel his old mentor died; his best friend Jonathan couldn't help him, and Saul's soldiers hounded him until he had to hide in a cave. At some point we all do time in the cave! It's where God does some of his best work in molding you into the likeness of Christ. It's where your worst inadequacies confirm that you're out of your depth, and where God sends his power to flow through your weakness. When David prayed"You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living," (Psalms 142:5) he'd no way of knowing there was a crown in his future, or that he wasn't going to die in hiding. For all he knew, this cave he was in right now might be as good as it gets. When you're in a situation you can't fix, can't change and can't escape, trust God! trust God! trust God! As long as your sense of security is tied solely to your success, it'll always be fragile. But when you know that God is with you even at your lowest point, you can handle the cave and come out stronger.

Tonight we bowled.....

then we ate cake & watched Mad Men.

It was a lovely evening