Last Tuesday I went to the Santa Monica Pier for a flying trapeze lesson with the gals from lululemon. It was unbelievably fun and I am dying to go back. Their motto is ‘Forget about the fear, worry about the addiction’ and it’s so true!
Here is my first go…
Over the weekend, R and I drove up to Carmel for my friend Amanda’s wedding celebration! The wedding was beautiful and Amanda was beyond beautiful…
She was gorgeous, actually.
Sadly, I took only one interesting photo of the whole occasion. The lights at the reception. Luckily, they were splendid…
On Sunday, August 2nd, RJ woke up early. (5am to be exact). I remember him whispering “You’re beautiful” in my ear as I slept. A couple of hours later, I awoke further to the sound of the shower turning off and R rustling around in the room. He saw my eyes barely open and told me that, since he couldn’t sleep, he had text messaged my Dad who he assumed would also be awake early. He was right and they arranged to meet for coffee. (My parents had driven down to meet us for Brunch). I kept sleeping for about 2 more hours…
Later that afternoon, after we’d all been to brunch ~ my Dad, Mom, RJ & me ~ we said goodbye to my parents and we got in the car to drive back to LA. The weekend was wonderful!
As we were driving away from Carmel, R suggested that we take a final drive down by the ocean, so we wound our way along the beach front. Finally, we came to Carmel River State Beach where we parked and got out to take in a last deep breath of fresh, salty, ocean air.
Upon arrival at the small beach we began to stroll along the sand toward some rocks that went into the ocean. We soon determined that the rocks were much further than we had anticipated and so R suggested we sit on the steps close by. Once settled onto the steps, R snuggled up closer than I ever thought possible while I chattered on the beauty of the water, the sand, the scenery. A few moments later, it went something like this…
HIM: So this morning, when I went to coffee with your Dad I asked him for his blessing in marrying you. And then your Mom arrived and she joined in the conversation also. They were happy and your Mom confirmed that I had their blessing…
ME: You did baby? Aw. {still oblivious that there might be something special about to happen}
HIM: So do you want to get married to me? {as he slid something onto my lap}
ME: Well, yeah I do. {having not registered that this wasn’t a rhetorical question}
HIM: {gesturing subtly to the item in my lap}
ME: {looking down to find a small box} Oh my gosh!
HIM: {looking at me expectantly}
ME: {opening the box and discovering my ring} Oh, baby, it’s beautiful. Yes, I would love to marry you!
HIM: Yeah?
ME: Yeah!
*US*: {the most unforgettable kiss}
ME: {filled with so many emotions that made me giggle-cry}
HIM: {grinning} Should we put it on your finger?
ME: Yes, we should.
*US*: It looks so beautiful.
*US*: {another kiss}
ME: We’re engaged!
It’s been 2 weeks since the yogathon. I will be posting my experience in more words later this weekend, but what I’ll say now is it was a very unique and amazing experience. As a group we raised $37,000 for Habitat for Humanity. Thanks again to all who donated. You are all angels!
For now, if you click here, you can see a lot of it in pictures…
~if you click on each picture individually, there’s more description detail to enjoy.
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We went to Austin this weekend for R’s friend Juliane’s wedding. We really had the most divine time relaxing, playing, dancing, boating, celebrating, eating, laughing, hugging, boot shopping and sunning.
First, we flew into Houston, taking advantage of the fact that my work has a studio there. I am staying in Houston a few days extra so that my plane ticket was subsidized. It turns out there *are* advantages to having a hub in Houston. (I may not admit I wrote this later). We drove to Austin in our retal car, but not before we found my new favorite lunch spot “The Spicy Pickle”. It turns out, upon further investigation, that they are planning new locations in Los Angeles. I knew it was going to be a hit!
You can’t see my spicy pickle in this photo because I had already eaten it…
We arrived safely in Austin and made our way to “The Salt Lick” for the rehearsal dinner. Talk about meat. Check it out. You know you’re in Texas when…
We ate our faces off…and began the celebration of Jules & Adam!
Later, R tried to capture the wind (which was very warm, if not hot) by photographing it blowing through my hair, which caused us to laugh. The second time he got it…
The next day was the wedding, held at a gorgeous location called “Barr Mansion”. Seriously, people. This wedding was the most wonderful…
After the ceremony we celebrated wildly with RJ’s friends from college, all of whom I now adore madly…
Since the wedding was on Friday, we kept playing well into the next day. We went boating on Lake Travis! Here we are ambling down to the water and then it’s Jules, Adam, Sam & RJ in the boat…
We went tubing and swam in the water which was a cool 81 degrees. Yes, 81 degrees was cool at this point in the 100+ degree weather.
Here he waits to go…
And here I go!
Didn’t boating do wonders for our hair?
Finally, we went out for the most decadent dinner. We ate ourselves silly again and just had an overall splendid time. Yes, splendid…
Congratulations to Jules and Adam and thank you for the best wedding weekend getaway ever!
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We went to SF over the weekend & today marks the anniversary of our first date…
Big love since 2006…
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