Christmas with Family

This year, Brad and I spent Christmas down in Medford with the Fetrow family! It was a good time filled with delicious food, games, wine and Pendleton, and most importantly, family!

We had a busy Christmas Eve day, which started off with taking Dexter to the Vet. (He’s fine! Just getting his much needed check-up), then we stopped by our family friend’s to pick up our BCS National Game Tickets. They were gracious to offer to sell their tickets to us, we are thankful for them thinking of us and which helped make the trip down to Arizona much of a possibility. Brad made a delicious dinner on Christmas Eve and we spent the night decorating cookies and playing games!

Christmas Day we got up, and Brad and I joined his parents to go to church. After that we came home, changed into all of our Duck gear to open presents. Not joking, we each put a duck shirt on-we are that serious about the Ducks! Haha!
Santa was good to Brad and this year! We had a delicious ham dinner, played some more games and then called it a night!

It was a great time down in Medford and thank you Lynda and Mike for all the fun treats, feeding us and cleaning up after us! :) We love you!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with love and laughter and family!

I Met the Blazers!!

There are many things I love about my job...one of those things are the events we have in our facility.
Yesterday, the Blazers hosted a holiday event for Military Families with over 500 people! And one of the best parts about it was I was rubbing shoulders with them, well, technically not shoulders since they are all 6 foot 7!! But I got to talk to a few of them! I tried not to act start stuck, but let’s face it-it’s the Blazers, how can you not!
One of my favorite moments of the day is when I spotted Rudy Fernandez, my favorite Blazer, in a back room playing a game! I, of course, walked in to make sure everything was okay. Turns out it wasn’t, so I got to help him out. And I even asked if I could get him a refill on his soda, which was about the only words I could spit out because I was so nervous!! I did snap a picture of him and “Patty” Mills playing rockband together.
Since everyone I worked with got word that I’m a big fan of Rudy, they all pressured me to get a picture with him, again, I was too nervous to even approach him. Even my General Manger took me over to him and we used his phone to snap a picture. I think my smile simply explains how I was feeling in that moment!!!

Nicolas Batum, "Patty" Mills, Rudy Fernandez and ME!!

Brad asked if I was going to ever wash that shirt again, the answer is NO!!! It was a glorious day!

O Christmas Tree

YAY!! It’s Christmas time and all my family and friends know that this is my FAVORITE holiday, along with a million other people out there...but still, I claim it as my favorite.

But I have to say first, that I’m one lucky lady to have the best husband in the world who understands my obsession with Christmas... This year I asked if we could get our tree right after Thanksgiving. He knew better than to argue with me and granted me my wish! Such a sweetie!

So on Sunday, we headed out to find the perfect Christmas tree! I decided to switch it up this year and have a different tree with a different theme and decorations. When Brad and I first moved in together, we had not one single Christmas decoration, so we ran out one day and grab just basic ornaments and lights and as the years gone by, we just never got around to updating it! Again, Brad was supportive with what I wanted since he said I always have a way of making Christmas look good!

This year, we took Dexter since it was just the two of us...he was one tired doggy after all that walking and tree hunting.

Yes, this is Brad asking me to take a picture of him as he pretends to act like Godzilla....you gotta love him!

This is it! After an hour of searching and walking to every corner of the tree farm!

The Fetrow Christmas Tree

Our tree before decorations...

A little “Hope” was the first thing to go on the tree this year...

A close up...

The tree, decorated with love and lots of Christmas cheer!



"O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree
Oh ever green unchanging
A symbol of good will and love
You'll ever be unchanging
Each shining light each silver bell
No other light spreads cheer so well"

Love, The Fetrow's

Duke vs. Ducks

On Saturday, Brad, myself and Brad’s parents went to see Duke play the Ducks. There were so many exciting factors about this game. One being that we saw the # 1 ranked football team, Oregon Ducks, play the day before and now we get to see the #1 ranked basketball team, Duke Blue Devils, play the next day! Secondly, Saturday’s game marks the first meeting between the two schools.

And the most exciting part of all-the game was staring Duke’s senior Kyle Singler against his younger brother sophomore E.J Singler. And last but not least, these brothers are from Medford and I had the privilege of watching these boys play together! Needless to say, ever since Kyle went to Duke, I become a fan. Sorry Mike (my father-in-law!)

This game was the first chance for Kyle to play in his home state since leaving for Durham, N.C. Rumor has it, that Coach K promises his players that if they stay all four years, they’ll get a game in their home state.

As you can see...the Duck fans! Brad, Lynda and Mike


I did not wear a Duck shirt as I am more of a Duke basketball fan. Don't worry, I heard about it from all three of them. So we stopped at the Duck store on the way there and I picked up a Duck necklace. I kept saying that I was neutral to represent Medford :) That didn't fly with my father-in-law! BUT!! I did cheer only for the Ducks...and silently every time Kyle scored!

It was an exciting game to see in person as this is the first time the Singlers played against each other, and the first time they were on the same court in a real game since they led South Medford High School to the state championship in 2007. Kyle is #12, EJ is #25.

Mike and Lynda caught a shirt that was thrown into the stands.

The eventual outcome didn't much matter when the brothers hugged tightly after the game.

Thanksgiving

This year, Brad and I hosted Thanksgiving! My mom was able to come up for a few days to spend with all of us and that was a lot of fun. Travis and Tracey came over with my mom on Wednesday night to get things prepared for Turkey day and play some games! It was that night we talked about getting dressed up for Thanksgiving, which turned into dressing up in a costume. We all agreed that it would be a fun idea…then on Thanksgiving, we opened the door to these brilliant costumes that Travis and Tracey were wearing!


It was hilarious and kudos to them for following through. Brad, me and mom received a big F for failing to dress up…but we all quickly changed into our comfy clothes and enjoyed a delicious meal made mostly by Mom, with a little by Tracey, a pinch of me and a sprinkle of Brad. Travis did a very good job at cleaning the dishes! :)




The next day we got up early, but not for Black Friday, but something better…A DUCK GAME! We went to the very last home Duck game this season on Friday with Nick and Alicia. It was wet and windy, but we stayed pretty dry at our tailgater and kept warm with hot chocolate and whiskey! The ducks won! And we are one more game away from going to the Championship game!! Fingers crossed everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for all our wonderful family and friends! And most of all, each other! We are extremely blessed! Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
The Fetrow's

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Spirit Mountain Getaway

This past weekend, Brad and I had a mini getaway to Spirit Mountain, which is a hotel/casino about 30 miles from the coast of Oregon.

We got up pretty early on Saturday, since Brad was playing in a Turkey Bowl with a few friends. It was raining for just a little bit, but since it had been raining all week, the field they played on was pretty wet and soggy…and then with 8 guys running around with cleats, it turned into a muddy mess!


After Turkey Bowl, we headed to McMinnville to see the Evergreen Aviation Museum. The centerpiece or "crown jewel" of the Evergreen Aviation Museum is a plane known around the world as the "Spruce Goose." The museum contained all kinds of aircraft and its evolution.
One plane that was pretty cool to see is the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.


Brad’s favorite part was to see the SR-71A Blackbird, which is the world’s fastest and highest flying “air-breathing” production aircraft. Turns out that this is one of only four Blackbird's in museums around the world. Pretty impressive!

But what was most impressive was the "Spruce Goose". It was absolutely amazing to see this gigantic plane and to learn the history about it.
-The tail-

-Stepping inside of it-

-The wing-

-Touching a piece of history!-

Ford not only made cars, but reliable and rugged three-engine airplane known as “Tin Goose”. The luggage was stowed in the wings!



After a little wine tasting and once we’ve seen everything in the museum, we got on the road and headed to Spirit Mountain. We checked in and went straight to the sports bar to grab a bite to eat. After that, we hit the Roulette tables. The experience is very different from Vegas, but nonetheless, it was a good time!

Friendsgiving!

This past weekend our friends Genny and John hosted a "Friendsgiving". We all got together to have a Thanksgiving dinner with friends, old and new! Each person brought an entree, appetizer, or dessert. We made creamy mashed potatoes for the first time and they came out delicious! We have now received that task for our real thanksgiving dinner with our family! Good thing we had practice :)

Thanks Genny and John for hosting a fun night! Can’t wait for next year ;)

Here are a few pictures from that night!