Flower Power

We finally got around to sprucing up the patio this weekend. For my birthday Kyle helped me replant the "front yard". It has been in a state of flux for the last 5 weeks as we've been waiting for them to replace the fence for our unit. They finally finished last week, almost a month behind schedule and after leaving ours wide open for several days. It's so nice to have a clean beautified patio again!! :)

Beautifying a Port-a-Potty

This is much better ;) In my parents neighborhood they've implemented a building regulation that forces people to beautify the port-o-potties on sight during construction. Any version seems to work, this is a nice example of a lattice enclosure, but straw (think big grass skirt for the toilet) among others have been sighted. I love the matching lattice garbage can (overflowing of course.) Perhaps it's my sick sense of humor but each time I see one of these decorated potties it makes me giggle.

Wedding Weekend

May 12 finally came, and one of my best friends said "I Do" to Alison. Here I am before the ceremony. I was honored to be one of the groomsmen. The pictures from the big day are here. It was such a beautiful wedding.

Kyle in front of Morro Rock

For Kyle's birthday we took a long weekend down in the Pismo Beach / San Luis Obispo area. Here's a pictures I took while we were wondering around Morro Bay with Morro Rock in the background. We spend the weekend at The Cottage Inn by the Sea, ate at F. McLintocks for a huge meal but so good, and spent time wandering around SLO, Morro Bay and Pismo. More pictures can be found here.

Sister in Law in NY Times

When the horrific events took place in Virgina it hit a little too close to home. My brother and sister-in-law are living back there as my brother pursues his PhD at Virginia Tech. As part of the grieving/healing process the knitting community has come together to create squares that will become blankets for the victims families as a show of support. The NY times covered the story here:


Torn by University Shootings, Virginia Town Turns Inward to Mend - New York Times

Bachelor Party - Catalina Island

Here we all are in front of the "Casino" on Catalina Island. It was a great weekend with all the guys celebrating Scott's last weeks of bachelorhood.

Purse Gift Bag

I made this gift bag for a friends birthday. I absolutely love how it turned out and it was so much fun!! I have a feeling I'll be making many more of these.

Inked Up

Kyle got his second tattoo over this holiday weekend to commemorate the nine years of service he'd put in on the Ben Lomond Fire Department. Those days are behind him, but he wanted a tattoo in honor of his time there. I think it's become a bit of an addiction, getting tattoos, so who knows how many more there will be.

Wii-tastic

Over the holidays we managed to snag a Wii (thanks to Nintendo Finder, and an early morning hunch) Ours arrived the Wednesday after Christmas and it's AWESOME. While my brother and sister-in-law were in town we all had fun playing.

Holiday Photo

 

Weekend in Monterey

 

In need of a little time away we took off for an overnighter to Monterey and a trip to the aquarium. A nice couple from SF was kind enough to take our picture for us.

Out Little Monster - Pixelstein

 

Flat Stanley Takes on Downtown San Jose

"Flat Stanley Takes on Downtown San Jose"

As part of a school project for our nephew we took flat stanley around the sites and sounds of downtown San Jose. Here he is in front of the Knight Ridder building. Flat Stanley Pictures

Elvis is in the House

We spend this last weekend in Tahoe to attend a friends wedding and over the last year these artistic bears have found their way throughout the town. There are supposed to be nearly 50 of the scattered about. It was like a big scavenger hunt . We only found about 20 and never went to the visitor center to get the map, but we had fun anyway. This one was one of our favorite, it might not be Vegas, but Elvis was still in the house. (or on the street)

Hula Wine Bottle

We saw these wine bottle hula packages while we were in Hawaii and thought they were really cute so I decided to try to make our own when we got back. Here's our version of the Hula Wine Bottle Cosy on one of the Byington wines from our wedding. 

Touch with Celebrity

This weekend we went to the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway for the 33rd Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Where Jay Leno also happened to be with his McLaren (us with our Mini Cooper S) hehe ok not in even close to the same league. Here Kyle captured our entire meeting. What a nice guy though, how annoying it must be to always be asked for photos and autographs but he was so gracious. 

Maui

Here we are at the Four Seasons enjoying our one of our last days in paradise. We had an amazing time on Maui. We took a helicopter tour, snorkled, did the road to hana, got massages and relaxed by the pool, went to the Maui Ocean center, went shopping in Lahaina and relaxed a little more. More pictures at Honeymoon Pictures. 

We're Married

July 22 finally arrived and it was the hotest day of the year. Here we are just after taking our vows. After a day in the scorching heat well into the hundreds we were certainly ready to be off on our honeymoon in more tollerable weather. 

Mini Run Video - Soquel/Lost in Soquel

Gloves & Clover - Soquel/Lost in Soquel We participated in the first half the a mini run to santa cruz and back. Someone put together a video of the days adventures and here it is.

Snow in Aptos

Snow near the ocean in Aptos at my parents house. Looks a little icy but there is no denying it's snow!!