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!! 

Caricature from Holiday Party

This years holiday party offered caricature portraits. Here is ours. 

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival

This year we took a trip up to half moon bay to see the Big Pumpkin for this years festival. The winning pumpkin was 1229lbs!!! Wow that's one BIG pumpkin. s 

Awww a beautiful sunset along the California coast at Pismo Beach. This wrapped up a hecked end to our trip to LA to pick up the RAV4. The flight was cancelled, insane traffic (4hrs to Santa Barbara), where the Inn Keeper was drunk and we discovered ants had found the candy we'd purchased the night before the next morning *sigh*. Only to arrive in the hotel in Pismo where our reservation had been "misplaced". Once that was resolved we enjoyed a wonderful dinner and stroll around San Luis Obispo, and ended the evening with the sunset you see here. We were so glad to get home the following day, more than enough excitement for one weekend.

We're engaged!!! Kyle proposed on a scenic overlook on at hike at Rancho San Antonio over the weekend :) So exciting. 

We finally got "Smokey" on June 1st. It's been a long 8 month wait especially the last few weeks as we've had to wait for the bumper to be repainted at the VPC in Southern California. It's been worth the wait. It's so much fun to drive. Happy Motoring!!! :)