Gwen's photoshoot

My good friends Heather and Jay recently moved back to Oregon after living in Utah for many years. They're way on the other side of town in Gresham, so I don't see them as often as I'd like, but I love spending time with them! A few weekends ago they came out to my side of town, and we met at Pier Park to do some pictures of their beautiful daughter, Gwen, who was born in February. Heather has never taken her to get pictures done! It was an amazing Fall day and the park with the leaves was the perfect backdrop. Gwen is one of the happiest little girls I've ever seen and taking her pictures was so fun! Here are some of the pictures that I like the most. I took over 150 so it was hard to narrow it down!
Poor Gwen, some day she'll hate me for this one, but its too funny not to share!

Heather with Gwen

Oh how I love this one!

My Mom said it best, she totally looks like the Gerber baby here!

I made Jay take a pic of Heather and I on the teeter totters :)

And one last one of me and Gwenny!

Thanks again guys for letting me take Gwen's pictures!
And just so everyone else knows, I am officially trying to market myself now for portraits/events. I've made a website that is definitely still in progress, but so far I'm happy with it. Check it out: laurenenochsphotography.weebly.com

Halloween!

We love Halloween! This year we had three great parties that we attended and it was a lot of fun. Thanks Jaime & Greg, Dan, and Ethan & Kerri for having us!
Rick was Magnum PI and I was a Mermaid.
Rick's moustache and my sparkly dress were both a hit :)
At Jaime's-Steph the fairy and me

me, Jaime as the girl from Fifth Element and Stephine

Selena as Lady Gaga and Jaime

Magnum and I

Nichole as Medusa and I

Steph handing out goodies

Steph and I being goofy

Heidi as a kitty, me and Steph

Once the karaoke machine came out the night got even more fun!
Me, Jaime and Ian as a hobo singing-Jaime has sweet moves

Some of us ladies with Tim

Rick and Jaime singing

I didn't get any pictures from Dan's, but the rest of these are from Ethan and Kerri's Halloween night...
Jen and Dylan as cute gnomes

Misty as a Russian mail order bride

Our hosts-Ethan as the dude from The Hangover, and Kerri as a cute Swiss Miss

Nate as Billy Mays

And lastly, Dylan-a tiny gnome with a tiny pot o' coffee :)

Hope you all had a great Halloween! Can you believe its November already? Whew! So much is going on this month! Rick and I leave for Mexico in exactly one week! We are SO excited! But because of that, I am trying to cram a bunch of school work in this next week. I had a midterm last week and did awesome! It was out of 40, but the curve got set at 35 and I got a 36! I will happily take an A+! This week I have a midterm tomorrow and 2 large term papers due. Yikes! Once we get back from Mexico it will be only a few short days before my 30th birthday and we have a few fun things planned for that weekend. Rollerskating with a few girlfriends and seeing the newest Twilight movie on Friday night, going out with friends Saturday night, and dinner with my family sunday night! Then Thanksgiving is the next Thursday, then all of a sudden it will be December! So I am trying to take it one day at a time and really enjoy all of the excitement this month is bringing! In other news Josh and Leslie Ricker had their baby boy last night. No name yet, but he sure is cute and looks just like his brother. I'm so excited and happy for them, they are such a cute family :)
Hope all is well with you all!

October thus far

Man, October is flying by!! I don't know where its gone! We've been very busy, as usual, but are also having a good time as usual too :) Rick's birthday was September 29th, but we extended the celebration into the next weekend, the first weekend of October. We got some friends together and went to a local place here in North Portland. Luckily it also fell during a weekend when Jason was in town from New York! Jason is Rick's oldest friend and we love when he comes to town once or twice a year. Those two remind me of Becky and I when we get together. Old friends are definitely the best!
Jason has an impossibly long last name, so we call him Wojo for short
Wojo and Rick...
Tiff kissing the sweet bowling trophy that she wishes was hers

Ronn and his disgusting pickled sausage. So nasty.

No idea what Brad and Tiff are laughing at, but whatever it is, Rick didn't think it was funny

Some of Rick's best friends-Eric, Dave and Brad

me, Wojo and Dave Keys (that's quite the scary neck I have there!)

Some of Rick's supporters-Emily and Brandon, Jen & Dylan and Misty

Rick, me and Scott. Don't you love Rick's sweet Blazers jacket? Its the best Goodwill find ever!

Scott & Jackie got married October 10th, and we had an amazing weekend celebrating with them. We had their rehearsal and dinner Friday night, and the wedding Saturday. It was an amazing, beautiful Fall day and Rick was in the wedding too. We stayed the night at the McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove too, which was fun. I took 226 pictures over 2 days and guess what? I lost the memory card. I have never been so sad over something. I feel horrible because I got a lot of moments that the photographers weren't there for-and tons of great shots of not only the wedding-but Rick and his college friends and he and I all dressed up. I've looked everywhere but I can't find it. I had it in my pocket all day one day, and went to work, back home, then to school, so it really could be anywhere. I'm still so bummed out about it :(
On a lighter note, our niece Riley turned 9 last weekend and we went to Salem to celebrate with her. She is so darn cute, and I loved watching her open everything. She was thrilled with everything she got-and I love how grateful she is for everything.
Riley and the cute shirt we got her

The best part is that she got a cell phone. She was told she couldn't have one til she was 10, but they surprised her with one. They put it in a pair of new shoes, so as she took the shoes out to look at them, the phone inside the shoe started ringing!
Right here she's saying "Mom, is this real?"

The look of pure joy on a 9 year old's face!

The birthday girl, and Rick's sister, Kim

Last weekend I went bowling with some of my girl friends and we had a great time, even though I am terrible at bowling!
Me and Steph

Nichole bowled her last frame in Stilettos!

Me, Jaime and Stephine

Nichole and I

After bowling we headed to the Buffalo Gap to meet up with Rick and some other friends
A good one of Rick and I

I love how surprised Rick looks...

another one of us, cause after all, that's why you're here looking at our blog, right?!

And that's it for now! School is going well, I start mid-terms already this Monday. I am trying to cram a bunch of stuff in now so I won't have to be doing school work while we're in Mexico. We're looking so forward to that, under 3 weeks now!
We're also looking forward to Halloween next weekend and THREE parties that we have! Yikes!
Oh, and congrats to my three pregnant friends-Erin Linthorst, Ashley Jones and Makelle Marsee. Love you girls and can't wait to see your peanuts over the next several months!
Hope all is well with everyone, happy Fall!

Pearl Jam

My very favorite band of all time is Pearl Jam! I have loved them since I was in 7th grade. Sadly, I have only seen them live once before, back in 8th grade-1993. They just came through town, and I demanded that we go! We found out about an awesome deal, where if you join their fan club you can get two tickets that are guaranteed to be in the first 10 rows. We did this, but when we arrived Dylan and Jen got their tickets first and they were in row W, obviously not in the first 10 rows. I was bummed, because we joined the fan club after they did, so I knew I would have worse seats than them. However rows 1-2, and 9-10 are on a strictly lottery basis, and we somehow won seats in the 9th row! I was beyond thrilled. Our seats were awesome and the show was great!
Eddie Vedder (the lead singer) and stage from our seats

Enjoying the show!

Solo Eddie

Jammin' with Ben Harper

Sweet double guitar (Mike McCreedy is amazing!)

Another one of the stage

Hands down, the best pic I took-love it!

Stage

Rick with Eddie on stage behind him :)

More Eddie

By the last song, Yellow Ledbetter, everyone rushed the aisles and you can see my view became more obstructed!

Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder saying goodnight.

I also took this short video, but I can't figure out how to get it sideways, sorry!

All in all, what a fantastic night!

School started back up last week and things are in full swing! This semester I am taking 14 credits-3 classes. I'm taking Supply Chain Management (for my major), Business Environment (about ethics and social responsibility) and my Senior Capstone, which is basically working in a group to create a 40 minute lesson plan for a Charter school in Milwaukie, where we'll teach the kids something "hands on" in whatever subject the teacher asks us to specialize in. We'll work all semester on the research and preparing the lesson plan, then the week before finals week we teach the lesson plan 6 times in a row to 6 different groups of students. Seems like it will be interesting-as long as I don't get Math :)
I can't believe this is the beginning of my last year of college. Although its been hard and challenging at times, it will be amazing to be done so soon. After this semester I will only have 6 classes left!
All else is well here, we are looking forward to Scott and Jackie's wedding this weekend, and leaving for Mexico in just barely over a month! Yikes!
Hope all is well with you all!

This and that

This is the only picture I got from our bbq the other weekend. Me and Shannon with Jenica and her little baby, Addison. So fun to have you all here!

Last Thursday night we scored buy one, get one free tickets to see one of my favorite bands, the Killers! We met up with Jaime and Greg and Nichole and one of her friends beforehand and all went together.
Jaime and Greg, laughing about something while waiting for the MAX.

When the MAX took too long, Rick hailed a cab and all 6 of us somehow piled in...

Jaime and I outside the Coliseum

And the show! We didn't have great seats, but it was well worth it for $20 each!

Last Friday night we met up with some of our friends (Rick's kickball teammates) down on NW 21st for Happy Hour. It was a really fun night!
Liz and I

Jenn & Kelly

We're off to see the wizard...

Ronn & Rick and a shopping cart

Me, Liz and Rick

An attempt at a cute shot

And that's it for now!!

Happy birthday Rick!

Happy 32nd birthday to my amazing husband! I hope the next year brings you as much joy as this last year has brought me! Thank you for being so thoughtful, caring and wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better partner to share my life with! I love you!

Weekend of Jackie!

One of Rick's best friends, Scott, is getting married in October, and Rick is one of the groomsmen! Since Scott and Jackie have been engaged, I've had the chance to get to know her and she is an awesome girl-one who I look forward to being lifelong friends with!
A couple weekends ago they each had their bachelor/bachelorette parties and Rick and I were excited to celebrate with them. The boys all went to the beach and had a great time. Us girls went wine tasting, went out on the town and had Jackie's bridal shower. It was so much fun, and I really enjoyed all of Jackie's friends and family and look forward to seeing them all again at the wedding, coming up in just a week and a half!!
Jackie, at Cooper Mountain Vineyards and the weird man that works there.

Jackie at Ponzi Vineyards

Ponzi

Jackie, and her best friend, Michelle.

Jackie's darling nephew, Davin

Some of the ladies that came along for wine tasting.

Jackie and I at Oak Knoll Vineyards (where the employees were very rude)

I love this picture of the bride :)

Later that night-heading out on the town.

Jackie and I in the van

The next day at her shower...
Jackie's twin-Kathie and Michelle, manning the advice table

The yummy cake-orange flavored!

cute baby Davin again

The requisite bouquet

And lastly, Jackie and I at the shower!

Again, what a fun weekend, thanks for including me Jackie!