November 20, 2010

And the Giants WIN.....

Now that the excitement has died down in the Bay Area after the big World Series win, I am finally getting around to posting pics from the crazy few weeks here. We were very fortunate to attend game 3 of the NLCS against the Philadelphia Phillies and game 1 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers...and how exciting it was! In the end the Giants came out on top and are the 2010 World Champions. Go Giants, the city by the bay is so proud!




October 24, 2010

Southern Sunsets

We recently spent almost two weeks traveling throughout the Southeast visiting with friends and attending our final three weddings of the year (that makes 7)! We hit up the Outer Banks of NC first, and then separately road tripped from Vero Beach, FL to Hilton Head Island, SC to Wilmington, NC with a stop in Savannah, GA. Whew! I grew to love the South after spending 4 years in Southwest VA during college, and this trip reconfirmed that love. There is nothing like down home cooking and Southern hospitality.

Just a few shots of the beautiful October sunsets I captured with my new camera obsession. :)

Corolla, NC

Vero Beach, FL

Wrightsville Beach, NC

September 30, 2010

A Foggy Day In The City

I swam in the South End Rowing Club's annual Alcatraz swim a few weeks ago which is a mile and half swim in the Bay. Despite the cold and foggy weather it turned out to be a fun day and allowed me to get some amazing shots of the foggy city that I love so much!



September 26, 2010

The Home Of The Brave

Some shots from my hometown over Labor Day weekend. It struck me after playing tourist for the day and seeing all these shots how beautiful this city is. Makes me proud to be an American and to have grown up in the heart of it all!





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September 15, 2010

It's been awhile....

over 6 months since my last post...how does that happen? What a whirlwind it's been! Since buying our house in March, we got a puppy, had our 1 yr anniversary (wow that flew by), celebrated my birthday, hubby's birthday, attended 3 weddings, and have 3 more to go! WHEW....

Somehow life got so busy that I forgot this blog existed. Hopefully going forward that will change as I've promised myself to post more. One major reason being that hubby got me a very nice professional camera for my birthday and I have vowed to learn how to use it and post some of my work. After lots of research on hubby's part he ended up choosing the Canon EOS Rebel T2i which so far I love! It's relatively light weight considering it's a "real" camera, easy to use (at least on the auto setting) and the quality of the pics are amazing! Here's a preview, but stay tuned for more!

Bailey the puma


Playing tourist in SF


My dad working hard in his yard


And finally our wedding site a year and half later

March 02, 2010

Officially a Home Owner

So initially on this blog, I talked about marriage and the stresses I had with planning a wedding and being a wife. Amazingly I worked through that, and have been very content over the last year (wow has it been almost a year already?) with where I am in life. Now all the sudden we've moved on to the next step: buying a house! Does that mean we are growing up, please tell me no??

Holy crap, as of tomorrow, I am an official homeowner! Lots of emotions running though me right now, hence the reason why I can't sleep. Scary, exciting, and in some sense it's the start of the "new beginning" of our lives together.

Cheesy as that might sound, I find it somewhat true. This house hunting thing has been a looooong time coming, a two year process for us with alot of ups and downs, and one where I never really anticipated having an end in sight. Now that it's finally here, I've find myself having yet another reality check. "This is it, we've done this together as a couple and there's no turning back." Buying a house, especially one with large mortgage means responsibility, budgeting, teamwork and communication in order to make it all work. For me this is a very big and scary next step. But one that we are both very happy and excited about!

Officially we close tomorrow which means we get our keys, god help me b/c I am so over staring at mazes of boxes for the last few days. We will be gradually moving stuff in this week and our movers come on Friday to take the bulk of our stuff. I am SO ready to be settled and unpacked. Being unsettled unsettles me which is not very fun! So after much ado u, I introduce to you our new house as of tomorrow: 612 Lakeview Way Emerald Hills, CA 94062. Link is above. Looking forward to all our friends and family coming over to visit!

February 06, 2010

Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica Trip

In early January we headed to Costa Rica where we went almost 3 years ago to the day with my family over the 2006/2007 holiday. Funny to think back then hubby and I had just started dating. Little did we know three years later we'd be back to stay in the condo that my parents bought after our first trip! What an amazing week we had...perfect location, a perfect place to stay, and most importantly perfect weather. Since the condo has wireless I actually brought my computer with me which was handy but also allowed me to blog about the trip. Click here to view.

What a great way to look back and remember our fabulous week. Enjoy!