Sissy & Spring Break 2010!

I had the whole week after Easter off! It was such a wonderful vacation especially because my sissy and the baby (who is still in her tummy!) came to visit for 10 whole days! The Thursday before Easter we had a big Andrews gathering because Kristina and Jason were in town from Napa. Everyone came over and ate dinner. Its so fun when we all are able to get together and catch up. I love you all cousins and brothers and sis!

We had Grammy here with us from Good Friday until the Day after easter, so it felt like we were complete (minus Scott, we really missed you!). We had a beautiful Easter. We went to church and enjoyed great worship and a great message from Pastor Dennis. We then came home and we all relaxed, then had an Easter egg hunt with prizes for the winner and loser. Chris was the winner and Lisa the loser. They both won prizes and Bud, Katie, Jimmy and I stayed in the middle finding around 30 eggs each! We had such a yummy dinner and just enjoyed being with one another.


The week was so enjoyable. My mom, sissy and I just hung out everyday. We ran our basic errands, went to the movies, and out to lunch. We were super lucky and some days Dad took time off of work to come meet us! I wish I had taken pictures of the week, but my camera was dead and in all the fun I totally forgot. I have two pictures.

Also in great news....ITS A BOY!!!! Lisa and Scott just found out this week that the little baby in sissy's belly is a BOY! Jimmy and I could not be more excited for sis and Scott. We are so excited to meet our soon to be nephew. We love him so much already, and we can not wait to see how many blessings the Lord is going to bless Scott and Lisa with through this baby. I have really been focusing lately how amazing our God is and how he is continually providing and blessing our family! We are so thankful for our family. Scott and Lisa, we LOVE you guys so much!

Suprise Trip To Los Angeles!

I have to say I have an amazing husband. On March 26th Jimmy surprised me with a weekend get-away to LA! We have always wanted to explore and see what LA was all about but neither of us had really ever had the opportunity. Jimmy planned the whole weekend and he did such an amazing job. We left Friday right after I got off work at 1:00 and we got to Beverly Hills where we were staying around 5:30. Yes, we hit MAJOR traffic! We stayed at a very quaint hotel I would greatly recommend to anyone looking to stay in Beverly Hills called "The Avalon". I think it was an old 3 story apartment that they turned into a super retro hotel. When we got there we decided to take a walk and see where we were. We got to walk down Rodeo drive and even went to the first ever Sprinkles cupcakes! Yummy!!! Jimmy decided that Friday was our special night so we asked the front desk where a yummy sushi place was. We ended up going to a sushi/asian fusion place called Nobu. It was sooo yummy! We did a little bit of driving around just seeing what LA was like. It is so different from San Diego I had no idea.

The next day we went to Santa Monica. It was such a beautiful sunny day. We found a little bagel shop on the way and ate as we were headed to the pier. We walked on the pier which looked very familiar to be from TV and the Hannah Montanna movie (one of Jimmy and my personal favorites!). We rode of the ferris wheel and even on the carousel. It was awesome, very much reminded me of enjoying things like when we were kids. After the pier we went and walked on third street promenade. There were soooo many people walking around it was nuts. We did a little shopping until lunch time and then we ate at "Falafel King" and sat outside enjoying our falafel sandwiches watching the street entertainment.

We then decided to go check out Silverlake, which we had heard great things about. We walked around there for a little bit and enjoyed looking at a lot of fun vintage items. We were super lucky and found some rad art for our guest room in the cutest sewing shop!

We then decided we needed a starbucks break and I was introduced to the amazing Passion Tea Lemonade sweetened with Rasberry. I had never had it with rasberry before and it is life-changing! On our way home we decided we wanted to see where LA ink was filmed (high voltage tattoo), so we map quested it and stopped in to get Jimmy a shirt. It is crazy how much bigger it looks on TV.

After a long but amazing day we made it back to the hotel and got freshened up. We decided we were done driving for the day so we walked to Cheesecake factory on Rodeo Drive.

Sunday morning we sadly packed up and headed back to reality. We had such an amazing time exploring and seeing new things. It was the perfect time for us to take a mini vacation because we later that week celebrated our 6 months of being married and we also celebrated Jimmy officially being on staff at Emmanuel Faith! God has blessed us with so much, and we are so thankful!

Wedding Season!

On March 6, 2010 my dear friend Lizzy married Rich! Liz did an amazing job planning a beautiful wedding enjoyed by all who attended. I had the honor of being the matron of honor with our good friend Lauren being the maid of honor. The Lord blessed Liz and Rich with a beautiful day of sunshine amidst the rain in other parts of San Diego. Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Millard the Robeson's LOVE you guys!










We also had another wedding in March. Two weeks later a good friend from bible study Abby and James got married! Jimmy and I love to go to weddings because we are so excited for all of our friends. We love having such good friends to walk through life with! Another congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Vas Dias! (I couldn't sneek a picture of the bride and groom because I only had my phone! The only one photo i got was of Jimmy and I in pure excitement driving to the wedding!

Updates!

Updates coming soon! I know I know, its been a while but they will be up VERY soon!

4 Month Catch Up!

OK, so lets see. The past 4 months have been so amazing. So many crazy things have been happening. Lets see...we had a great holiday season spending time with the family truly enjoying the time that we were able to spend together. It was an amazing way to spend our first Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have not been working since August so it has really been like one long honeymoon. (The honeymoon has ended though, its back to reality as Jimmy and I are both working now!) In December we were able to go up and visit Lisa and Scott for a few days, and we enjoyed our time in SLO. We made friendship tea which Lisa was a little nervous about, but then realized how yummy it was. We also made some homemade dinners, as well as went out for some bomb Mexican dinner. We also spend one day in Pismo riding ATVs in the dunes. We were inspired from our honeymoons and so we all decided it would be a great activity. It was freezing outside but so worth it!

For new years this year we decided to paint our walls in our house. It was such a fun craft to do. We chose "retro avocado, Koi, and Caribe" for our colors. It definitely warmed up the house. Sadly on that note Jimmy and I had to move out of our house in the beginning of February. Our house got broken into, and thank the dear Lord that we were not home. Nothing but my Ipod was stolen but we took that as being time to move more North. It was definitely a blessing in disguise. We are now living in Escondido. We live about a mile and a half from our church where Jimmy works and we have a huge sense of community now. Mom and Dad only live about 15 minutes away so its nice to be able to just pop over to say hello. We are really excited about the new house. We can not wait to see what the Lord has in store for us and how to use it as a ministry to serve our friends.

In other big news, well you will have to check Z as in Zebra, Lisa's blog for that big news, but boy is it big and boy are we soooooo excited about it! Yesterday was Valentines, and we went to go see the movie Valentines day, and went to lunch at Hacienda de Vega. Yummyy!!! At night we had Bud and Em over for a movie and some bananna grams thanks to mom, which by the way was voted best game of the year! Great job mom!

Also in great news, Lizzy is getting married in less than 3 weeks. It has been so much fun planning and throwing her showers. We are so excited for her and Rich to have such an awesome wedding, and to begin their lives together. They are so awesome together. Congrats Lizzy and Rich, we love you guys!

That is pretty much a wrap up of the last 4 months, well what I can remember of it. I will try my best to not wait 4 more months to post! More pictures to follow once I upload my computer!

Hola Puerto Vallarta!

For our honeymoon we were so blessed. We went to my parents timeshare in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We had such an awesome time!! We did a whole lot of laying out and getting tan and a little sun burnt. We went on a few excursions during the day but for the most part we did a lot of resting and recovering from having the best party of our lives!

For our excursions we went swimming with the dolphins and got a kiss on the cheek from an otter. It was so much fun, dolphins are amazing. We also went on an ATV ride through the rain forest and ended up at a ropes course that we traveled back and forth across the rain forest. I was so terrified, but after the 3 rd out of 14 courses I began to enjoy myself. After the ropes course we were able to ride our ATVs back down the rain forest and through town. It was the first time we had ever rode ATVs and boy was it a blast! We also went into the downtown part of Puerto Vallarta a few nights, but for the most part we did a lot of staying on the resort.

We are married!

This post is way past due! Jimmy and I have been married for about 4 and 1/2 months now! It has been such a fun time, and so much exciting has happened. Lets see where to even begin. We got married on October 3, 2009 at the Bernardo Winery. It was the best day of my life. We had such a great time celebrating with close friends and family. We are so thankful for all of the people who helped us! The night flew by and before we knew it the party was over! Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from the wedding.