Friday, July 21, 2006

Guns in Cayucos

Last weekend Will, his friend Seth and I decided to have a nice relaxing weekend in Cayucos at his parent's beach house. It's reserved pretty much every weekend so when we found out it would be free we jumped on the chance to use it. Since boys were the majority and Seth had just bought a new gun, the theme of the trip ended up being...you guessed it...Guns. I brought some crochetting and a magazine and had fun listening to the boys being boys.



These are "hollow-point" bullets for Will's gun. If you look closely you can see that there is a little hole in the tip of the bullet. As if regular bullets aren't deadly enough...Will had to buy ones that break apart on impact. Ouch!


Will's gun is the silver one and Seth's is the black one. He thought he was pretty cool flinging them around like a cowboy (they weren't loaded of coarse!).




The manyly discussion and research begins!


Thursday, July 20, 2006

At the Range

This is me watching Will and Seth shoot their guns at the shooting range. The manager there was nice enough to not charge me for watching and he even said it was ok if I wanted to shoot a couple of rounds. So, I took a turn and tried out both Will and Seth's gun. I was practically blown away by Seth's gun it had so much power, and I wasn't really a good shot with either one. But I still had such a blast!

When we got to the shooting range Will and Seth set up their targets and had to wait 20 minutes until the next "cease fire" before they could take them out to the burms and set them up.


These are benches to set up a rifle or really big heavy gun. You can sit and aim at targets as far out as 350 yards! Imagine having to walk all the way out there (and uphill!) to change the target sheet! Luckily there wasn't anyone that was shooting that far so we didn't have to wait that long to begin shooting again.


What a perfect shot of Will shooting Seth's gun. Even in Will's big strong hands it had a ton of kick...imagine me shooting it!

Seth was trying a one-handed cowboy manuever in this shot. His cowboy gun (that's what it looks like!) was actually more accurate than Will's. I don't remember specific names.


Cheater!


Seth was having way too much fun!

Canada

I took these pictures at a mining museum in Canada.

Split personalities!

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Ultrasound



This is the first picture of our precious little baby. It got a little dark when I scanned it in but if you look closely, you can see the baby lounging against the wall of my uterus. The white dots under the body are the baby's legs. They show up much more clear in the actual photo. This picture was taken on June 12, 2006 so I'm sure it's much bigger now. On August 8 we have our second ultrasound appointment and hopefully we will find out the sex. I will post the picture as soon as we get it!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Baby Update!

Yesterday Will and I went in for our second Dr. appointment. We were hoping to get enough courage to ask the Dr. if we could squeeze in an ultrasound (we aren't scheduled for one till August 8) so that we could find out what the sex is but we sort of clammed up when the time came. Instead, we got to listen to the baby's heartbeat. It took the Dr. a while to find it. You should have seen the look on Will's face as we waited! The Dr. noticed and said not to worry, that he heard the heart beat but he wanted to find a spot where it was loud so that we could hear it. Sure enough the baby popped to the surface and it's heartbeat came through loud and clear! Will's face was covered with relief!


Since work is slow right now and I'm waiting for information to come in from clients, I decided to look around the internet for Nursery ideas. This construction theme will definately have to be what we use if we are having a boy!!! Will wants to leave the light steel purple color that we have on the walls right now but I'm not sure that would quite go with this theme!

Monday, July 10, 2006

Bums

Where are they coming from? Visalia has six (that I can think of) local bums that beg in the areas that I frequent. Today I saw a new woman bum so that makes seven. Their favorite spot perhaps is on the corner of Mineral King and Mooney. They are wise to the fact that most working people take that exit. They litter everywhere they squat, they leave their crates (what I call a bum's lazy boy) on the corner claiming their spot for the next day, and they move shopping carts from one end of the town to the other. I wonder why they choose places like Wal-Mart and McDonalds to beg? Don't people shop there because they don't have any money? Maybe the middle to lower class people can relate more to the bum's and therefore are better givers. Who knows.

My husband's uncle was shopping for new work boots one day near San Francisco. As he left the shop and headed home he noticed a bum standing at a corner with a $300 pair of work boots on. His uncle stopped and confronted the bum about it since he had tried on the boots just minutes before. The bum said that he wasn't homeless at all but was doing this as a "side-job" for extra cash. It turns out that the bum had wealthy parents who had recently cut his allowance short for some irresponsible behavior. In order to make up for this shortage, he donned some dirty clothes, rubbed some dirt in his hair and on his face, and proceded to make $40 an hour begging on the street. $40 an hour.

Granted, Visalia is not San Francisco but I can imagine our local bums make a decent living. They spread the news that they've found the new "Gold Towne" and more bums begin to trickle in for their share of the beggings. Each new bum has nicer clothing, hair cuts, new sunglasses, and shoes. Maybe giving money to beggars is not the answer to solving poverty and homelessness. It seems to me that we are just encouraging laziness. Maybe we should hold bum seminars about saving and investing. That way they could use their $40 an hour towards buying a nice set of clothes that they could interview in. Or they could invest in a little trailor to live in.

By the way: Is this a liberal or conservative view?

My Family

This is us!

My darling husband being silly. He sent me this in a text message to brighten my day. What a wonderful guy! :)

This is Muffin. He looks a little mean in this picture but he is really a sweetheart! He has a little sister, Cutie who looks just like him (all black) but only about 2/3 his size. Oh, and she doesn't have any white chest hair either!

This is my Dad and Mom, Rich and Cindy. They're a little sleepy in this picture because they had just woken up from a nap. Hey, at least they are smiling! :)

This is my brother, Bud.

He loves to ride dirt bikes. Actually, he likes anything that has a motor in it.

Friday, July 07, 2006

Easter at Grami and Grandpa's House

This is Will really excited that he gets presants for Easter!


Good food, good company, and good conversations.


My little cousin Lory and me

Lory and I are comparing our chest hair. haha!

I'm smiling because I have a stupid gummy bunny on my chest

My Best Friends

This is my best friend Chels. Isn't she so cute?! :)


This is my best friend Candace! She's just darling too. :)

A few more pics of our big day

Our photographer was Leigh Miller. She drove all the way up from Coronado to take our pictures. We were so pleased with her photography, personality, and her presentation. She was worth every penny!!!









Skipping back a little...

We tried to discourage comments like, "Don't do it!", but there still ended up to be about 4 or 5 by the end. I even got proposed to in writing by some cute kid!

These girls though I was the coolest thing in the world. They followed us singing "Going to the chapel and I'm gonna get married!"


They had me wear this big sign that said "I'm getting married! Any advice?" We walked all over down-town disney asking people to write me a little piece of advice. By the end of the night there wasn't an inch left on the board!


Here's Candace putting on my veil.

My best friends, Candace (left), and Chelsea (right), threw me an awesome bachelorette party!


This is one of the engagement pictures that our good friend Chelsea Vander Kooi took for us. I gave it a little extra effect through photoshop.

About Us


This is a picture of us on the best day of our lives: October 1, 2005.
We had a beautiful backyard wedding at Will's parent's house and then flew off to Cabo San Lucas to enjoy a wonderful week together as newlyweds. When we returned to California, we began moving into our new house that we bought together and so began the journey of our life as one. Now, 8 months later, we are expecting a little baby to join the family in early January 2007! Boy do we move fast!