markus and jordi come to town.

a week ago my brother and his gf jordi came to visit. it was so much fun seeing markus, he rarely comes home :( and it was great to finally meet jordi. we started off the week going to one of our favorite places to eat, pagoda.

markus & jordi

the fam.

jordan, me & ammie
too bad ammie's eyes are closed!

dad & mom

my uncle anthony, lisa & cute baby arie.

these are the only pictures i took, all of them being at pagoda and they were here for a whole week. here are a few other things we did.
-lunch at jimmy johns
-pagoda for dinner
-brunch at little america
-went to see source code
-pedicures & lunch, girls only!
-everyone helped make my cute new headboard (pictures in another post coming soon.)
we could some up this list by saying we ate and ate and ate and ate!!

jordi also wished for snow saturday night, since it doesn't snow in santa cruz and sunday morning we all woke up to snow. no one else was happy besides her. markus helped her make a snow man, and my mom and dad took them sledding and to park city.

it was such a fun week! i am so glad they came. hopefully they will come back soon!

marriage.

today, j and i have been married for 6 months. where does time go? i am very happy that i married him and that we get to experience each day with each other. i love him, he makes me better, he tells me i am pretty, and he is always there to talk some sense into me. j is my best friend, he listens to me, even though sometimes his advice isn't what i want, i trust him and i know he is being honest. i don't know what i would do without him. he is so handsome, and funny, and strong. i love that he wants a healthy body, and pushes me to want the same. he keeps me safe, and grounded. he makes sure all the bills are paid. cooks dinner, loves our dogs. j tells me he appreciates me and he even copes with my crazy cleaning ocd. he makes me feel better when i am down and most of all, he loves me and i know it! now don't get me wrong, marriage is challenging at times and sometimes we fight, but i love him and i am grateful for him everyday.


funny.. we never, in our 8+ years of dating have we ever celebrated any sort of anniversary. and now we have been married for 6 months and we went all out today. jordan took me to lunch at kneaders, so yummy. have any of you ever tried their raspberry bread pudding? if not you should asap. its so good and i don't even like dessert.
and for dinner we went to chilis, i love it there. i ate way more then i should, and after we got more of that yummy bread pudding. really? fat day. not to mention i didn't work out either.
AND... j bought me a way cute purse. perfect for spring! thx babe!

doggy stories.

the last week we have been full of dog problems, good thing we love them.


BOSTON.

b, the poor guy, has had some skin issues lately. i was very worried that something was wrong, like he had worms or something. i took him to the vet, they told us no worms (thank goodness.) but like any other dr they gave us 2 options of what it could be, don't they go to school for a long time to give me an answer? well... they said it could be a skin infection or it might be knox and his baby teeth. they offered meds that we decided to get just in case. turns out to be knox. lots of $$$ for nothing.


COHAN.

well, he really isn't the issue, i left him outside. i still don't know if i left him out when trying to bring the dogs in from the back yard or if he came out with me while i was taking out the garbage. i noticed awhile later that he wasn't down stairs with the rest of us, i tried calling him and he didn't come, i went looking for him and he was no where to be found. i checked out the side door and there he was waiting me to let him in. he is such a good boy! i am so thankful he didn't run away.

KNOX.

knox as a puupy.

knox right now.

knox is huge. he is getting bigger and bigger everyday. and on top of him growing like crazy, he was not smelling to great. i gave him a bath and thought that solved the problem... then we were outside playing and the wind blew his ears up and boy did it smell. i figured out that his ears were really stinky. i made another trip to the vet and he had an ear infection and a yeast infection in his ears. so sad. he had to get some shots and his ears cleaned out, as well as, a prescription. he is now so much better and not smelly.

love my doggies! hopefully we won't be seeing the vet until there next vaccinations.