labor day weekend . plus . camping . plus . carlsbad . equals . love

love hangin w/ this guy

love potlucks, sunsets, & watching lil kiddos bonding

love sisterly love

love bonding w/ nieces

love campfires w/ friends

love watching this guy play a lil smash ball

love lil girlies in cute swimsuits, lil boys in sand, lil toddlers & seagulls

My 25th BIRTHDAY...8.27.09

I had a great B-Day! And I'm very optimistic this is going to be MY year! It just feels good. Chris and I went to Einsteins for Breakfast, I went to Paradise Bakery w/ my sisters and Mom. We did Tia Rosa's for dinner w/ Chris' family and then Friday night we did dinner at Pei Wei and then bowling w/ my Family! SO much fun!

Emily, Hillary and I w/ my Mom at lunch

14 of us at Pei Wei for dinner...wait where's Chris??

Oh! There he is :)

Bowling. and in the lower left corner of this picture are the super yummy strawberry cupcakes Karie made! She was a lil Martha Stewart and made these from scratch...SO YUMMY!

Michelle and my Mom

Michelle, my Dad and Rick

BDay Girl & BDay Lover

Mom, Alisha, Michelle, Me, JaNae, Emily & Karie

Chris surprised me w/ 2 more bar stools to finish our set for my birthday!

And sent happy flowers to me at work!

All in all, it was a Great birthday!

Come What May and Love It!

~Joseph B. Wirthlin.

Happy 5th Anniversary!! - 8.21.09

I love my Christopher...I think I may be the luckiest girl alive!!

*favorite memory from this weekend... walking out of Borders just across the street from Scottsdale Fashion Square, it had just started to sprinkle. We decided to take seat on a covered bench to watch the rain. We had no care in the world, no where we had to be. We were with each other, that's all we needed. The rain got harder, lightning & thunder got closer and louder, the wind only grew more fierce with time. Trees were breaking and we occasionally got sprayed. We sat there for 20-30 minutes. It was perfect. Then we ran to our car in the rain, like little kids. We were soaked in a matter of minutes and we loved it... cheesy!? I know, but I don't care. I'm in love.

you help us w/ our yard...we'll take you camping

Chris' dad has been so nice to help him w/ our sprinklers. It was quite the task. I can't tell you how many hours went into this!! So we thought it would only be right to Take Pops camping! And of course to Tonto Natural Bridge that he really really wanted to show us!!

Tonto Natural Bridge was very cool. Breckyn came with us which was great because we love our BreckyDoodle and I needed someone to help me pick apples!

We picked apples and berries!

And then Pops made Apple Pie! Which was one of his BEST pies yet :)

Our little camping trip to Blue Ridge Reservoir was a lot of fun. It felt like we did a lot of eating! But we also fit in a hike to work off some of that food!

We had fun w/ Pops! Now we can't wait for him to help us with our grass so we can re-pay him again w/ maybe another camping extravaganza!!

who knew it would only take 16 weeks to receive a couch!?

That's a joke. We ordered this couch the day we signed on our house! We were told it would take 6-8 weeks maybe 12. But that it rarely took 12. We were ok with that. So we were forced to patiently wait. And wait. But it was worth it! We love our couch!! It's much more comfortable then the adirondack chairs that were sitting there before!