Well Overdue

Going to visit my dear friend Lauren was a trip well overdue. It has been far too many months (nay - years even) since we have been able to get together. So it was a wonderful stop to visit her and her family in her home in Oregon. She was a delightful host taking me to the top stops in Oregon. Mountains, valleys, waterfalls, green everywhere. Simply delightful.

However, the best part of the trip was just relaxing and eating out; much like we did the majority of our BYU lives together. A tremendous thank you to them for their open arms and kind hearts to keep me over the weekend, despite the rather unexpected hic-up. And looking forward to seeing eachother again.

Abesence

You know the saying, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder..." This statement is very much true. I find it amazing that every time that we find ourselves in the situation where we might be separated for some time we always think that we will be ok, that it is just for a couple of weeks. Well, it is not ok, and I hate being apart from my other, more attractive and definitely BETTER half. The days cannot pass by fast enough until we see each other again. I miss all the little things about her. The way she snuggles up to me in the middle of the night, the lil' smile on her face when I come home, the way her hand fits perfectly into mine, and just knowing that she is near. I miss you! 5 more days...ugh....five more days. May the pass like wildfire!

Rough Life

Life with kids is pretty tough to take.

--"ware's pa-pa Wright" (Grandma Wright)
--"pay with me?"
--"ware's Cade?"
--"oh yeah!"
--"pa-pa Wright make cookies?"

My Dear Friends

"Sometimes life is just hard, for no reason at all." --Remember the TitansI just love a beautiful floral delivery on my porch. Three floral deliveries and three cards is almost more then my little heart can take. Such wonderfully kind thoughts sent our way. We feel so loved.

His Bit of Earth

Mark has made quite the impact on our front yard. We've been plagued with the roots of our front tree in our grass, which has consequently left our grass growing in spots and patches. So, Mark took the weekend and rented a rotor tiller and dug up the yard! And wow the roots were insane!

But now we have quite the nice little bit of earth. we laid the bark and planted a few new plants which now makes for a bit more character and color in our yard. We're only part done, but is a fun little project. I'd like to say I helped out, but to be honest, I raked about 3 shovel fulls and then I was done! Good thing Mark was so dedicated.

Lil' Trip

We really are doing something in our lives. Most of it just really isn't blog worthy. Honest. So to save my grossly neglected blog - proof that we still live.

Several weeks ago we took a trip down to see Hearst Castle again. Such a lovely little drive down the California coastline - something that really shouldn't be missed in life. We stopped halfway down and stayed in a really sketchy dive hotel that happened to be right next to a Carl's Jr. which made the divey party not so creepy. (although the peeping tom was a little less then welcome)

The next morning we made the rest of the trip down to San Simeon, where the weather was mostly cloudy and cold in the morning, and then burned off by the afternoon. Typical of the area. We made a quick stop to see the elephant seals which was far more windy and cold then enjoyable - and were shortly back in the car and off to the castle.I really like visiting the castle, dreaming of what it would have been like to stay there. It is just so dreamy; and big. We ventured down with our dear friends Sarah and Matt who make great company. Plus, since they had never been, they really made the trip more interesting for us repeat guests. Simply delightful.

**Please excuse our lack in pictures. They are mostly just of the castle and really not-so-fabulous close ups of my face! And who needs to see that right?**