Arizona & San Diego

Last weekend we drove down to San Diego to visit my parents, sister and brother-in-law, nephew, and grandma. Diane, Dave, Andrew, and my grandma are staying at my parents house temporarily, which gave us the perfect excuse to visit. It wasn't warm enough for swimming at the beach so we just took a walk on the beach in Del Mar.

My parents sometimes worry their house isn't utilized as it should be so Chris and I made it a goal to use everything at their house that we could. We played ping-pong, swam in the pool--Diane and I even worked up the courage to do back flips--, played pool, and used the new Wii. I think we were successful.


We also took a trip to Mesa about a month ago and I am just getting around to posting about it. We got to meet our newest niece, Peyton, and spend time with Scott, Lacy, and Talie. It was loads of fun. I might say the highlight was when Chris found a scorpion in the bathroom! Sorry, no pictures of that.




We spent some time at the pool and mostly just relaxed. On Sunday, we put Chris's dress shirt on Talie and she slightly resembled a mad scientist. See seemed to like it and kept the shirt on for the rest of the night.

Pretty Prints

I would really like to add a few unique prints in our little apartment. Right now we just have a few wedding pictures up, which I love, but I would like to add a few things like this.

Alicia Bock

Under the Sugar

Unravelling

I Can't Wait!

So You Think You Can Dance premiers on May 22! Oh boy! Rarely, do I get excited about TV shows but this is an exception, and Chris likes it too. I can't wait to pick out my new favorite dancer.

Serving

Last month Chris and I decided to set a goal of doing at least one service project a month. It isn't much but it has been a blessing to us already. A couple weekends ago Chris and I participated in a service project with our friends Andrew and Erinn. Their Stake planned a project to help at the Los Angeles food bank so we decided to tag along.


The Stake was in charge of weeding through bins of oranges, melons, and cabbages and packing the acceptable food into boxes. The people at the food bank doubted our ability to get through all the food in the time allotted but we finished with a few minutes to spare.


We had a great time and we're looking forward to our next service project coming up next weekend. The members of our ward were asked to donate a total of $500 towards the supplies of newborn kits. People were generous and we were able to collect over $900! The actual assembly of the kits will take place next Saturday. You bet we will be there!

Young@Heart Trailer (HD)

I saw a trailer for this movie a while back and Diane told me it is now out in theaters. How great are these people? I want to be a little cooky and fun like this when I'm old.

A Chilly Wedding

We got to go to one of my best friend's wedding a couple weekends ago. Chris also knew Jessica because he was her home teacher once upon a time. The wedding was in the Mount Timpanogas temple and it was beautiful, although a little chilly.



Between the ceremony and the reception Chris and I visited a lot of friends. We don't get a lot of time off work so we made the most of our vacation. The reception was very lovely and my other good friend, Katie, (the one in pink) caught the bouquet...it's not the first one she's caught ;).

Today, I Like This...

The boss man is out of town which leaves me with little to do but browse the internet. I spent some time adding/deleting interesting websites to our blog and I have also just been looking at pretty things. If I had a superfluous amount of money and wasn't raised by money wise parents I would be highly inclined to buy these things.

This great chair was recycled from an old chair by Anna Spiro http://absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/
This is a before and after lamp (I obviously don't have the before picture) from http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/before-and-after

And here are some of my favorite kitchen designs. You'll notice I have a thing for white kitchens. To me, they are timeless and feel clean and organized.