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...

Bowling

On Saturday we went bowling with our friends the Niles (Jared and Becky) and we went out to get pizza afterward. We didn't remember to take pictures (that is happening a lot lately!) But I had to tell about it on here because I beat Sean both games. And I would just like to add that every time we have gone bowling since we have known each other he has NEVER gotten a higher score than me.

Idaho

We had a lot of fun on our trip home! Of course we didn't bring out our camera hardly at all! We got into Idaho Saturday night and stopped off at Brad and Tifani's for a little while. That night we stayed at my dad's house and went to church in Weiser on Sunday. The next night we stayed at Tifani's and had homemade pizza and Thomas' Family pudding with icecream. We stayed up late watching some episodes of "24". On Monday I got my haircut, then later that afternoon we headed up to Idaho City for the reunion. We camped that night and the next night... and hung out with the family and of course ate A LOT! The reunion was fun. The highlight was probably the Tuesday afternoon kickball game... wow, that was intense! We left Wednesday after lunch to my mom's house in Weiser. On Thursday we went to Ontario to do some shopping and run some other errands that we needed to do there. The next day we hung out with cousin's and shot guns for a while. Sean went golfing with all the other guys. Saturday was the big birthday party for Mom and Makinzi, complete with water skiing, presents, horseshoes, and lots of food... Mom never lets us down with her bbq skills (or any kind of cooking for that matter!)  We stayed up late every night watching the olympics on top of all the other exciting things going on. Saturday night we built a fire in the fire ring in the backyard and roasted marshmallows and popped popcorn, we also ate more candy then was probably necessary! Sunday before church mom's side of the family met at the train depot in Weiser for family pictures. After church we helped my dad sort some heifers (cows) that my uncle was coming to pick up,  I miss working with him on the farm... it was fun to be there doing that with him!! After that we headed over to Kuna to stay the last night with Shaun and Christa so we could leave Monday morning and drive back. I was sad to say goodbye (I only cried a little) we had a blast on our trip and it was really good to see everyone! however, it is also nice to be back to the perfect weather of southern California... and our own bed. 

Family Pictures

Here are just some pictures from the family photo shoot on Sunday... it's mom's side of the family....

Cassidy Ellen Wells

Luke and Valerie had their baby today at 11:52 a.m. She was 8 pounds 3 ounces and 19 and 1/2 inches long. That brings our count up to 2 nieces and 1 nephew. Sean's parents are first time grandparents (which, of course means she will be completely spoiled!) She is really cute. We are excited to see her when we go home for Christmas! Congratulations Luke and Val!! 

Sandcastles

Today, I took Sean on a date. I didn't tell him where we were going. I packed some things to use to build sandcastles (the sand toys at the store were too expensive, so we used dishes!) I put everything into a brown paper bag so he wouldn't know. We went to the beach and I dumped it out and told him to imagine it as shovels and castle molds (instead of spatulas, plastic cups and mixing bowls) He laughed at me! It was really fun... our castles were falling apart all over the place and didn't look like much, but the company was good and it was fun trying to build them anyway. We love being so close to the beach!! 

trying to smile without getting sand blown into my eyes!

making shapes in the sand was easier then building castles

It was windy on the beach today!