One whole year!

It's crazy how time flies, it seems like just yesterday that Sean and I got married... but at the same time I feel like we have always been together. (I know that is contradicting, but I can't explain it) Our one year anniversary was on the 10th which was Monday. We were only planning on going out to dinner that night and doing something together on Tuesday because Sean would have that day off (Veteran's Day).

On Monday morning I woke up around 6:30 and Sean was still sleeping by me... I woke him up, telling him he was going to be late and asking him if he forgot to set his alarm. He said that he didn't want to tell me until later but he had gotten the day off so we could spend our anniversary together! How sweet! We went back to sleep until about 8:00. When we woke up again, I told him that I was planning on making him cookies while he was at work (he always wants cookies), but since he wasn't going it wouldn't be a surprise anymore. Lame surprise compared to what he said next.... He told me that I probably wouldn't have time to make them. And that I needed to pack a bag, because we were going to stay in Hollywood! I was totally surprise and very excited!

So that is where we went. It's about 2 hours north of us. We got there and checked into our hotel room, complete with a view of the Hollywood sign! The first day we walked around town, checked out the Star's Walk of Fame, Capital Records, and the Hollywood sign (we drove up as close as we could to it) That evening we went out to eat at an Indian restaurant and went to see the Santa Monica Pier... I was so excited to ride the ferris wheel that is on the pier but it closed down at 7:00 and we got there at 7:30! I was way bummed! That night we stopped by a grocery store and got individual Ben and Jerry's ice-creams and a bottle of sparkling cider (of course!) We went back to our hotel to eat our ice-cream and drink our cider out of plastic cups, while we watched 'The Secrets of a Magician Revealed' on t.v. (it was really interesting!) The next day we went and saw every single thing that there is to see in Hollywood. The Chinese Theater, tons of celebrity's houses, Beverly Hills, Rodeo drive, Kodak Theater, House of blues.... EVERYTHING! I can't write all of the things! It was so much fun! I loved every minuted of it. That night we drove home along the coast through New Port Beach, and Laguna Beach.

We took a million pictures... here are a few of them...

Riding in the open-top bus on our site seeing tour.

Sean looking very tourist-like!

Hanging out on Rodeo Drive. I can't believe how expensive things were in the stores there!

HOLLYWOOD

Driving onto the pier.

The Chinese Theater

Some star's on the Walk of Fame.

Waiting for our food at the restaurant.

The elevator at our hotel was kinda crazy. It would stop very suddenly, I was always a little worried when riding in it.

It was a great way to end our first year and start our next one. My favorite part of the trip was getting to hang out with Sean! I have the best husband, he is always thinking of fun things to do, and cute ways to surprise me! I'm so excited for year #2 and all the rest after that!!

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

We bought our pumpkin at Wal-mart for $5.00. We thought that was a lot for a pumpkin that we were just going to cut up. So we decided that we would use all of it that we could... which, of course, meant roasting the seeds. Here are pictures of our seed roasting experience... 

I'm not sure why I'm making this face... I think I was smiling for a long time and Sean was taking forever to take the picture... I must have gotten tired of waiting with a smile. 

Ready to start!

collecting the seeds...

cleaning and soaking the seeds

The finished product, cooling.

They are delicious! 

Jack-o-Lantern

Yesterday we carved our pumpkin. It was a lot of fun! We are going to try roasting the seeds tonight... hopefully they turn out, I love eating pumpkin seeds! I love everything about this time of year!! 

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

 (And, Happy Birthday DAD!)

San Diego

I love fall! 

I love how the colors change, the leaves fall, and the weather gets colder. I love hot chocolate, and going to pumpkin patches, football season, and hay rides. 

It is my favorite time of year!! 

It's October, and in Idaho all of these things are starting to happen... I have been kinda bummed lately because we haven't seen any of these signs of fall that I love so much here in California (it's currently 80 degrees and sunny). It's hard being so far away from my family, and missing out on my favorite season events all at the same time. 

However... 

when we walk outside and see the city lights, and smell the ocean that just so happens to be our backyard,

I am reminded that we live in a great place and it is hard to complain when you get to see things like this 

every single day...

Better than jumping in leave piles and wearing mittens and jackets??

  I probably wouldn't give those things up. 

But we are so blessed. San Diego isn't that bad after all....

Bedroom Update

We found some lamps at IKEA. I love them. And we finally got around to painting the dresser too, it is a million times better now. 

This is when we were sanding it. The before color...

 Finished. It looks lighter in the picture, but you get the idea.

Public Transportation and Art Festivals

On Saturday we went to an art and music festival. Sean wanted to take the train so we could save the headache and money on finding downtown parking. I haven't ever taken public transportation before (yeah, yeah I'm from a small town ok!) So I was really excited! We took 3 different trains to get there it was fun! I was kinda scared of all the weird people that use the train here though, I held on to Sean the entire time and when we were at stations I was never more than 2 inches away from him! He thought that was funny... I didn't. I would NEVER ride it without him! :) The art festival was cool, as cool as an art festival can be. It was neat to see all of the artwork, some of it was really good, it was all REALLY expensive, of course.

Chinese food Celebration

We have been married for 10 months already! And one year ago today Sean proposed to me! So he took me out tonight for dinner. We went to a Chinese restaurant that one of Sean's co-workers recommended. He was feeling really hungry and ordered the dinner for 4 people, plus an extra side of chow mein! Which was A LOT! We barely made a dent in all the food. There were bigger parties of people all around us with less food... our waitress probably thought we were completely crazy. We had 5 take out boxes stuffed full, a chinese carton of fried rice, and two bowls of soup to go, that we took home with us! It was really funny! The food was delicious though, which is good because we will be eating it for a very, very long time!!

Some food was already gone by the time I took a picture, and the soup isn't even in the picture either!

Left-overs! 

Bedroom Furniture

We got some matching bedroom furniture today! Our room is finally starting to not look like a bachelor pad! We found this used bedroom set for really cheap the night stands hadn't ever been put together so they were new. We got the bed frame and both night stands all for the price of one. I wish I had a before picture too. The night stands we had before were ones we had found on sidewalks with free signs on them they were not matching at all and the drawers on one of them didn't slide so it was always a production to get anything in or out of them! and our bed was just on a metal frame which we didn't mind too much. This set probably isn't going to be what we will have forever but it is perfect for us right now. 

*Next project is to paint our dresser to match and find some lamps and curtains for free or cheap! We will keep you updated...