california dreamin'...

we did a lot of cruisin' around the santa barbara/ventura area when we were in cali....we went with some friends from utah...cassi, alan and little chloe (she's one)...

we stayed at my family's beach house....

we didn't take this picture...in fact we took pictures of everything...except the actual house...so i borrowed this from the house's mls listing...(it was for sale but no longer as of tomorrow!) yay!

lions, giraffes and flamingos...oh my!





we went to the santa barbara zoo....

she loved it....

fun shots of the beach....

so now we are home...and we will all miss this....







and those may or may not be girl's sunglasses billy is sporting... :)

oh vacations...

we might want to move here someday.... ;)

would you blame us if we did?

a little bit of retro....

state street in santa barbara....a groovy little vintage shop....

more california pictures to come....

sunday stroll...

on sunday after church bb and i decided to take a stroll around downtown....partly because i love me some downtown....and partly because he loves his new fun camera....we both dreamt of the day we can continue our love affair with slc....(anyone want to rent out our little house in riverton?) ;)

although we can't be downtown all of the time, we sure do love our time down there...we made sure to take some good pics....

on wednesday we will be heading to california....and i am sure we will get some more photo time in then....yay for slr's... (and a little bit of photoshop...shhh...)

cotton jones...

blog stalking again this morning....found a fun new band....cotton jones....kind of old school...actually really quite old school....say sixties/seventies era(just in sound)....but i kinda like them....

and i wouldn't mind having her fun little outfit!

one of those days...

have you ever had one of those days where it takes practically everything that you have to be able to keep your eyelids from shutting and whisking you off into a glorious little afternoon nap....? today is one of those days for me....in fact i might just pass out right here right now on my little cubicle's desk...shhh....

the husband calls me ridiculous...

ok, well, i call me ridiculous too...and maybe a tad bit obsessive compulsive...

i am currently in the process of repainting our living room for the third time since we moved in in September of 2007...and yes i do swatches...but a swatch vs. a whole room is a very different thing....so here i am...trying to see if this color will finally be the one that says home to me...and i am freaking out a little because i promised myself...and my poor husband...that this will be the last time....for a while....that this room sees a new coat of paint....so i have to like this color!!! and i have about ten different swatches up on the walls...all different walls mind you because the lighting in the lower level of our home is horrible and colors change dramatically throughout the day...and i can't decide if this is it! so my living room is a bit of a mess...and my walls are all splotchy...and i am afraid of myself...haha....so don't worry if you see our lights on at 2am....it wouldn't be the first time i have driven myself nuts over this little situation of ours.... :)

image via yahoo images

disco roller wedding madness...

last weekend i flew out on a quick trip to california to attend my cousin's wedding in santa barbara....

nothin' better then squishing your toes in the sand on your wedding day...

don't they just make the cutest little family ever! and billy went disco roller skating to celebrate a good friend's birthday....
happy birthday allan!

so much fun...but i am getting sick of this being apart stuff...