Obsessing and Updating

Ok, so I have decided to take on the beast known as Photoshop and although I'm sure a lot of you are very familiar with my new nemesis, it is pretty new to me. I've found an awesome website with a ton of helpful tutorials so my goal is to make this blog a little more fun to visit. Wish me luck and stay tuned!

The O.C.

We had the great pleasure of visiting the newly engaged Garrick and Marisa last month. We had such a great time and we couldn't have asked for better hosts. They showed us all of the hot spots from Huntington Beach all the way to Laguna Beach. The weather was gorgeous and the food was incredible. We even made some new furry friends! We hope to go back soon but if we can't get there, we'll definitely see them again at their wedding in Palm Springs!!

The beautiful couple.....

Garrick and Marisa's awesome house in Corona del Mar.....

A tad bit windy in Huntington Beach.....

So what did you did you do this morning? Oh not much, just had brunch at a rooftop restaurant in Laguna Beach :).....

Bo even stopped by on a layover and we got to spend some time with him.....

And our newest friend, little Mia.....
All in all, we had a great trip and are so blessed to have such wonderful family!!

Home Improvement

We've been dealing with the issue of our incredibly large TV fitting in our pre-determined wall cutout since we've moved in. We have a TV stand, but it's too tall for the cutout which makes our incredibly large TV hang out too high. Plus it doesn't exactly match our other decor. I feel like I'm not doing a very good job of explaining this situation, so as they say, a picture is worth....well, you know.


So....



.....today, as Pat was once again perusing his most favorite website, he stumbled across exactly what we've been looking for to hold our incredibly large TV. For the low cost of $45, we were able to create the space that we were hoping for.......here comes the eye candy.

Grand Canyon

This was a great trip! Pat and I hadn't been to the Grand Canyon since we were kids and Jimmy had never been. Needless to say, we were definitely in awe.

Visitation

We've had a lot of visitors in the last few months, which has been great! Pat's parents were the first to visit and unfortunately it rained most of their visit so we didn't do anything exciting and we didn't take any pictures. Terrible, I know. But, we had a great time while they were here and the next time I promise to take pictures!

Our next visitors were the Nashville Barnett's. They stopped through on their way back home from Tahoe. It was fun to be able to extend our time spent with them. Of course, we didn't take any pictures during this visit either since we had taken so many while we were together in Tahoe.

Next up was my mom who came in for the week prior to Easter. She and I took a day trip up to Sedona and that was really the only time we took any pictures.



While my mom was in town, Pat's buddy Chris Hawkins stayed with us for a few days after he finished up some work training in Phoenix. The three of us met up with one of their high school friends who lives here now. He took us on his boat to Saguaro Lake and it was beautiful. Saguaro is actually pronounced Sa-WA-ro and is the name of the large cacti that Arizona is famous for.



Most recently Jimmy came to visit and we had a very adventurous weekend. We spent a night camping and hiking in Sedona and then a night camping and hiking in the Grand Canyon. We took a TON of pictures during this trip, so I'm going to post them separately.

Next up is Pat's cousin Garrick who is coming into town for work and staying with us. We have an open door policy, so just let us know if you want to visit!

Tahoe with the Fam

We were lucky enough to spend some time with Clay, Jamie, Rob, Mon and the kids in Tahoe for a long weekend in March. We had planned to ski for 2 or 3 days, but due to the amount of snow that fell, 52 inches in three days, we were only able to ski one day. We spent the other days eating, having snow ball fights, playing games and working on puzzles.

Canyon Lake

I apologize for the lapse in posts. Keeping up with this isn't as easy as I thought! We are both so busy right now that free time is at a minimum. But, here are some pictures from another little adventure we had. We drove out to the Superstition Mountains and up to Canyon Lake where there is also a ghost town where we had lunch. The town was an actual functioning town at one point and it was pretty interesting.