because it is june and june means summer....things we love about summer...

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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...

ooo la la....

so billy literally jumped up and down today with joy over the arrival of his new best friend....the canon rebel xsi.....i must say though...i jumped up and down a little too....because once i took my first shot with our new baby i seriously thought: where have you been all of my life!

photos that would have been nothing special prior to our new toy all of a sudden took on a whole new light! and every picture seemed more and more magnificent...i am in love.





that last one is for you whit! :)

nothin' better....

dinner...last night! :)

sometimes...there is nothin' better then pancakes from ihop for dinner at 9pm. :) yum.

big eyes + pouty lips = bad news...

so... i am sure i am going to hear about this post...if billy ever checks our blog! ;)

when bb wants something i get "the puppy dog eyes"...

funny...i know...this picture doesn't even do it justice either! it's ridiculously cute. needless to say i am in big trouble if our kidlets inherit this little ability.

the first time he gave me this look was when we were dating....and i immediately flashed back to the movie shrek...when the cat gives the same look!

uncanny...i know. oh i love him...

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on a side note...last weekend we could be found laughing it up at the new wiseguys location at trolley square...lots of fun and fairly good food too!

hmmmm....

sometimes all i need is good food...the hubby....and a little bit of jazz....

and the world seems perfect again...

nutter butter spring cleaning madness...

last night billy and i went to the grocery store to grab chicken for dinner and root beer :) anyway, as i strolled down the snack isle my eyes got hold of an oh so delicious package of nutter butter cookies! i had to have them! and so this morning my breakfast consists of none other then my nutter butters...healthy i know! haha...

as of lately bb and i have been on a spring cleaning kick...well actually just me but you can bet i have been dragging him along on this crazy little ride of mine! :) since we have been blessed with this amazing weather up here in utah i have decided that it's time to take advantage of the four hours of after work daylight and sunshine we have right now...at least until it starts to snow again, ugh...anyway so monday we decided that our fhe (family home evening) project would consist of cleaning out our garage! yay! haha....anyway i started on it as soon as i got home from work and billy joined in as soon as he did and it only took us 1.5 hours! what!? yes and those of you who had seen our garage previously are probably saying the same thing...what!? :) it was a mess! and by mess i mean boxes from christmas presents....boxes from our dining room chairs....every sort of left over building material in the world and all of our odds and ends unorganized since the day we moved our little butts into our home. so...you can imagine my excitement now when i pull into my little garage and see everything organized and clean! anyway....we were surprised and proud of ourselves when we realized the job that we had finished in just a short 1.5 hours and so of course we had to reward ourselves with Mikado's happy hour half priced sushi menu! yum.

Our next project you ask? our backyard! which our beloved animal has ever so kindly turned into a dump...dirt and all.

lucky number 50...

today i realized how lucky i am to have a husband who still opens my car door for me, after almost three years of marriage :) (hopefully i'll still be lucky when we are celebrating 50!)

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last weekend bb and i could be found road tripping up to idaho falls...it was lindsey's bridal shower! the wedding is only two months away!

on our way home from idaho bb and i decided that someday it might be nice to own a cabin up the alpine loop in utah....can you blame us for wanting to wake up to this view...?