Birthday / Whidbey Weekend!

The whole month of January seemed like a whirl-wind for us. After we got back from the Arizona trip, we had one night at home before we took off for another weekend getaway to Whidbey Island, WA. The following week, my mom visited and we were able to finally celebrate Christmas. The last week of January, we decided to just take it easy and relax, since we’ve been on the go!

I had a great birthday overall. I got into work and my desk was completely decorated with balloons and flowers! Thanks to Stephanie and Amanda!


We were headed up to Whidbey Island, WA that evening to have a fun friend get-away weekend! Once we got up there, I was surprised by a little birthday celebration that my friends put together! It was super sweet and I had a great time celebrating my 29th birthday! I got a lot of fun and neat gifts! So thanks friends for making it special! Can’t believe this is my last year in my twenties! Crazy to me, since I still feel at times like I’m in my early twenties- don’t we all I suppose :)

We spent the weekend creating fun memories, playing an abundance of games, dancing to Michael Jackson on the Wii, excellent food, a delicious crab fest, reading by the fire, shopping in the harbor towns and of course, lots of good wine and beer :)

We had a wonderful time! Thank you to Genny and John for inviting us up and can’t wait to do it again :)

Arizona Trip

It’s been a while since we blogged, I know....

We started this blog in January to update you all on our trip down to AZ for the Duck game. Sorry it’s taken us this long to finish it. So here it is, enjoy :)

It was a dream come true...a once in a lifetime chance for the Oregon Ducks to head to the National Championship game. It was the trip we’ve all been waiting for! And after all was said and done, we were so happy to be able to experience the ride of one spectacular Duck Season...and walked away so very proud to be a Duck!!

We were all packed, sporting our Duck gear and boarded a plan to LA. As we landed in LA, with a plane FULL of Duck fans, the pilot played the fight song over the intercom…and in unison, the plane erupted with applause and pride!

We rented our kick-ass minivan-The one and Only “Town & Country” (this was our inside joke for most of the weekend). We “ducked” out our super cool T&C and hit the road to AZ. We were styling and got several looks, stares and honks on our way. We even saw passengers of cars taking picture of our “ducked” out T&C. One stop at In & Out, 2 movies and 6 hours later, we pulled in to our grandparent’s house where Travis, Tracey, Brad and I stayed.


On Sunday, we got up and headed to the Stadium to scout things out. Then headed to Scottsdale where the Ducks were having their Pep Rally. We were in the newer part of downtown Scottsdale and grabbed a bite to eat, watched
a little of the Eagles game and met up with Mike and Lynda. We then headed out to see the Duck Pep Rally. The Rally was fun, not as inspiring as we thought it would be, but we did get to see Joey Harrington, Chip Kelly, On the Rocks and Supwitchugirl perform “I Love My Ducks!” After that, we headed home to get a good night’s rest for the big game the next day!






On Game Day, we got up, got “ducked” out and headed to the game. We grabbed a few snacks and beverages and tailgated at the T&C.





It was game time and we headed into the stadium. The atmosphere in the stadium was incredible. Unfortunately, duck fans were to few and far between compared to Auburn fans. Auburn had significantly more fans in attendance. Those SEC folks really do love their football to an extant we have never seen. We love our Ducks, but Auburn's fan support was impressive. The Auburn people were very friendly and we had a great time talking to them and finding out that they sure do hate the University of Alabama.




The game was incredibly stressful; I do not think we were relaxed the whole time, but in a good way. I assume you all watched the game or heard about it so there is no need to rehash it and open wounds that are still closing. Regardless of the outcome, we had a great time and would do it again in a heartbeat.....with hopefully a different result. The ups and downs of the game were very memorable.
Tay and I are now 0-2 together at Duck bowl games so maybe it's best for the Ducks if we stop going to.....nah.

Even though the outcome was not what we wanted, it was still one hell of a game. We all walked away still proud of the Ducks and just so happy we got to experience a National Championship Game...as they say...”There’s always next year!”

Go Ducks!
Can’t wait for the 2011 Season

And a big thank you to Dad (Warren)for helping make this trip possible! Thanks Dad. And thanks to our wonderful grandparents for putting us up for a few nights :)

Brad and Tay

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!