Catching up!

Well things around the Liebing's home have been crazy lately with work and school! Allen is Finishing up his 7th Quarter and is starting to get burned out! Allen's Birthday was Memorial weekend and his only request was to go home to Washington! Before we could leave though, we had to help our Cub Scouts with flag placing at the Willamette National Cemetery.

This is a picture of just a small part of the cemetery. As soon as we got there to begin placing flags it started pouring!

This our entire Den. They are crazy but fun!

We then left for Washington! We love living so close to Tri-cities that we are able to go and visit pretty often! We celebrated this Handsome mans birthday while we were there! We went to Breakfast with his parents and then had a huge feast that night! It was amazing! 

The big 27

 While we were home my family gave allen is first Flea Market experience!! Im not sure what he thought of it but its always fun just to go and check it out!

Allen, Collin, Kendall and I waiting for some food

  We then had to head back to Portland to our normal everyday routine!! I love our visits back home but they never seem like they are long enough!! As the weather is warming up here is Portland, Allen and I are trying to do more things to "experience" portland. So a couple weeks ago we went to the Portland Rose Garden. It was beautiful! I am not normally a big fan of roses but it was amazing just to see so many different varieties! 

Portland Rose Garden

Grabbing some Breakfast after one of his finals

We are super excited for the for Allen's school break to begin already! He is finishing up his last final today and we are ready for some down time and lots of fun!! We are headed to the East coast to celebrate our one year anniversary next week! We are super excited and ready for it to be here already!!

Leaving a Legacy- Grandpa Gibbons

A lot has happened since my last blog post. My grandfather, Reed Gibbons, passed away at the age of 88, on March 25, surrounded by family. He lived a long happy life and was the best grandfather anyone could ask for! I have many sweet memories of him, and feel so blessed to have been able to live next door to him my entire life. I am extremely grateful that i was able to be there when he passed away and for the time i was able to spend with him about a month before he passed. I was home visiting, and was able to spend quality time with him. I was able to take a walk down memory lane with him as he showed me pictures and told me stories that i will be able to cherish for the rest of my life. 

Reed & Necia Gibbons on their Wedding day.  Grandma Necia passed away in 1990.

He Loved to Fish and Hunt 

He loved his family and throughout his life showed me the importance of family through many different ways. He always hosted Sunday gatherings at the barn where almost all of my Aunts, Uncles and Cousins would come over Sunday evening to play and eat Grandmas Homemade bread and Jam!

 Grandpa & Grandma Melba on my wedding day. He always tried to attend every major event in his grandchildren's lives as often as he could. There was not a Birthday nor Christmas forgotten of both his grandchildren and great grandchildren. 

 This is the last picture taken of him with all of his children and spouses minus my uncle wayne.

All his living Grandchildren were able to make it to his funeral from all over the country.  It was Amazing!

 All the Grandchildren and their spouses

My Grandfather is dearly missed but i know he is having a great reunion with those that has passed before him.I am so grateful for his example to me and his strong testimony in the church. I look forward to the day when i will see him again. He has truly left a legacy on this earth with his 39 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren and counting and his love for each and everyone of them.

Finally, a post!

I created this blog several months ago and have yet to write anything on it! So Today is the day!! i have finally decided to actually write on my blog ! Allen and I have been married for almost nine months and have not kept a journal or a scrapbook to remember all our adventures so i hope by having a blog i can make it count for both! So here goes nine months into one post (lots of pictures)!

Allen & I were married June 24, 2011 in the Columbia River Temple. It was an amazing day and were so happy we got to celebrate it with our friends & family!

We did It! Mr. & Mrs. Liebing

It was the perfect day!

Being silly in Lincoln City for our HoneyMoon! On the top of Allens list of things to do while we were there was to find the best Salt Water taffy shop! I think we were successful!

We made glass balls which was way cool and super fun!

We celebrated my 21st birthday and first birthday as a married woman! Allen spoiled me with gifts and took me to my favorite place, the Zoo!

We are currently living in Troutdale, Oregon which is right outside of Portland and we are loving it! There is so much to do. One of our favorite things to do in the summer was hiking. The trails around here are absolutely beautiful!

Halloween 2011 we went as Zorro and Elena from The Legend of Zorro

My family is growing in size! This is the most recent picture of us all together during Thanksgiving 2011

While we were home for Thanksgiving my family rented this bus. We invited some friends and hit the road to leavenworth. It was so much fun! There is never a dull moment in the Rodriguez house!

Allen & I at a winter hawks game.

So this is the short and sweet condensed version of some of the things we have been up to since being married! We are loving life and all the new things we get to experience with each other!!