Birth Month!

I turned 26 this month! It's crazy to think that I'm on the other side of my 20s now...closer to 30! As usual, the celebrating lasted all month.

To begin the festivities, my mom took me out to lunch and shopping in Santa Barbara. It was a perfect day!

Ada was in tow, of course :)

We ate at Stella Mare, the sweetest little French-themed restaurant. My mom saw it on Rachael Ray's show when she ate there. I had an incredible seafood sandwich with melted Gruyere on it...my mouth is watering just thinking about it!

After shopping for a while, we stopped in at Pinkberry for a yummy treat! Ada loved the taste, but the cold threw her off a bit.

The next day, my actual birthday, we went to Avila Beach. It was a beautiful 80 degrees and we got a parking spot right in front as we drove up. Talk about a perfect gift! :)

Ada loved feeling the sand in her toes.

She has no choice...as a member of this family she will grow up on the beach!

My sweet 4 month old chubbalub & I

This was her second time at the beach...relaxing like an old pro ;)

Have you noticed the delicious rolls on her arms and legs?!

The next day, we headed up to San Luis for some tri-tip sandwiches at Firestone.

Ada got lots of attention all bundled up on her Daddy!

One lady was overly excited about how adorable she is; I got a little worried. It was funny though :)

We celebrated with Nana & Bobba on the 18th, coupled with our Easter celebration.

We had the annual egghunt and Becca beat me out by $2! She always wins! Matt and I decided that we will have an army of children to dominate the egghunts in the future. Ha!

Uncle Devin delivered again this year with an amazingly terrible gift! I have to take a picture of it and post it. It's awesome.

Thank you to all who wished me a happy birthday, it has truly been an excellent one.

I have been surrounded by loved ones, in the places I love the most.

Here's to another great year of life ahead!

Our Halloween

We were total party poopers this Halloween! I can hear the collective gasp right now.
I feel like we are at the weird in between stage of Halloween. As youth, there are always great dances and parties to go to. As young adults, the infamous Santa Barbara dance/haunted house. Newlyweds without kids...nothing. None of our friends were throwing parties, and the trunk-or-treat seemed weird since we don't have kids to dress up in cute costumes.
So...on a date to Santa Barbara we went!

One of our favorite restaurants, Pascucci, was pretty empty! And how many nights of the year can {I Dream of} Jeannie be your server?

Empty restaurant = fun photo shoot time w/Matt & Kara

This is me angry at the camera because it slipped out of my hands and took a picture without my permission.

The lovely Jeannie offered to take our picture when she saw us laughing at the ridiculous pictures we were taking. Thanks Jeannie!

Matty enjoying his pannini :)

Also, Nordstrom was EMPTY! We made a mental note to always go shopping on Halloween! We had the place to ourselves...HEAVEN and a happy girl with a new pair of shoes :)

We had fun watching the freak show on State St. I loved watching people check us out...like, "What are you guys supposed to be?" It was funny :)

Celebrating All Weekend

Friday morning at 5:45 AM Matt and I went to wait in line for two of these!

Here's my cute nephew Gray (he's so modern at 6 months old) and my father-in-law Marc waiting in line with us. I refuse to have my picture taken that early. 

I absolutely LOVE mine! It took a while to get it activated with Apple's systems being overloaded, but since it's been up and running I haven't put it down. My mom was teasing us on Sunday, Matt and I were completely absorbed in our phones and not even paying attention to each other. "Nice anniversary gifts! You guys are ignoring each other!" Haha  

One of my favorite things about this incredible phone: it is a LIGHT SABER!!!! How much cooler can you get than that?! Yes, I realize that I am a nerd. And yes, I have been Princess Leia for Halloween before. Buns and all.

Diana sent us chocolate-covered strawberries for our anniversary :) YUM! Thanks ma-in-law! 

Matt snuck one before I could even take a picture!

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On Saturday we went down to Santa Barbara for the French Festival! 

This weirded me out. They put their country's flag on the dumpster! Hmm???

Matt eating a Nutella crepe

Me loving my Nutella and strawberry crepe!

Trying to perfect the Mona Lisa smile...

Gotta love SB and the crazy bums!

Matt getting the guillotine treatment

The Millers & Parkers @ Le Tour Eiffel

Both of our hubbies served their missions in France, so it was fun for them to talk to people in French. While Tiana and I talked to each other. :)

Later that night we babysat the Jesters.

This is their baby boy, I am in love with him!

I want my babies to look like him :)

Matt playing Wii with the boys

Joshy's adorable little face! This picture makes me so happy...such a cutie pie!

Mikayla loved playing with my camera, I have 20 more pictures just like this :) Every time she'd see the picture she'd laugh and go, "It's me!!"

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Sunday for brunch Matt made us true French toast! Yummy. 

Monday night Nana & Bobba took us out to Olive Garden for dinner, but I forgot to take pictures. They are the perfect example of a wonderful marriage. I hope Matt and I are still as much in love as they are in 50 years! 

Thanks to everyone who made our 2nd Anniversary a great one!