Berkeley visit

Just turned two and is counting to ten on her own (repeating a few along the way) and up to eight in Chinese. Not too shabby!




When asked how she is going to hold her new little sister (who is due any day now)...

A 2nd Birthday and a Bachelorette Party

So many happening, lots to catch up on. Let's start with the most recent. Dad and I went up to Berkeley for the weekend, it was Katherine's 2nd birthday. She wasn't feeling that great, so she was mello...which also allowed us to just hang out. Was a great weekend. Here are a few highlights!

Waiting to blow out the candles -


The guests -



Supergirl -


Family Walk with Mom to be -


Tired Birthday girl -



Last weekend I had a phenomenal time in Austin with some of my closest girl friends. It was awesome that so many of them were able to make it (Stace, we'll celebrate in April!!) Here is a little taste of the fun we had!

Good thing......

I went to the eye doctor yesterday......they asked who died from lymphoma in 2008? I responded with "pretty sure I didn't die, I am sitting here, right?"

I am pretty happy I am still here. Don't worry I corrected their paper work :)

Checking another few things off the list!

Today was a big day in wedding check lists....

1) Brent booked his bachelor party - he is going to New Orleans! I am so happy for him, he is such a music man.

2) My bachelorette party is planned and ticketed, the fun and partying will begin in just a few weeks....bring it on!!

3) We finally picked out my wedding band (Brent has had his for a few weeks now). After returning the last bands we picked out, which were part of my engagement ring "set", had too much bling for me (yes, that isn't what every girl wants) Zach and Danielle took us to their jeweler. As a referral, they gave us 50% off the ticketed price!! Lets just say I couldn't be happier with how that all went down.

This is what it will look like-



4) We spent some time at Men's Warehouse. Brent tried on a few jackets and he is right in between two sizes. With that in mind and the fact that we are in full blown insanity workouts (version of P90X) we were advised to come back the end of March. That way if Brent's body changes, we won't end up having to buy another new suit because this one was too big. It was good to feel them out and see where he was sitting in the sizes.

5) The 50% deposit is down on all the food, we will pay the remainder once we have a final head count.

6) We are on the final stages of the tenting, layout, supply, linen quote. We just received the final samples to pick the linen colors. I have a few more questions for them and then we are good to go.


It's such a relief when it all comes together. It's been pretty rough planning from this far away, but all I can say is thank goodness for EMAIL! We are doing everything we can to continue to spread out all the costs, makes it all less daunting.

Today is 3 months until wedding day!!!

More to come....

January update

There has been a lot going on here in Long Beach. First off, we have been doing some slow improvements throughout the house and lawn.

1) Our three fruit trees are beginning to fruit - got our first lime!
2) We finished the bathroom makeover (have some before and after photos)
3) Spent Christmas in Berkeley with the family, had a Charlie Brown tree at our house
4) Brent and Dad put in a new front door
5) We are sorting out a lot of wedding details, ready to get to April!

Enjoy the fruits of our labor (no pun intended)......

count down...

4 months to the wedding day!!

"Up in the Air"

Have you ever seen the movie, Up in the air? That's my life right now...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138

I was literally in a different city every night...started here on Wednesday, Thursday in San Diego, Friday and Saturday in Phoenix, Tucson on Sunday, flew to San Jose Sunday night, Monday in Palo Alto and Pacifica, Napa on Tuesday, Sacramento on Wednesday, lost yet? I came home for a night, took Brent to the airport and tomorrow I am off to Fresno. I am really trying to do right by my job and get the new products out there for people to see. Even though I am literally driving myself into the ground, I somehow don't think it's good enough. Time will tell...

I haven't been writing a lot lately because I have been a tad lost. I am trying to figure a lot of things out. Traveling this much is really making me lose myself and lose sight of where I am going. I need to make more time for myself and for Brent! I need to be better at balancing everything. It's a work in progress.

I wish I had more to talk about, but I don't. Just trying to find my way....