Finishing Touches

It's almost embarrassing the amount of time that has been put in to this little place.  The move to Santa Barbara has really drawn it out as well but still....lotta hours, mentally and physically.  It's also a little embarrassing to think about some of the methods used in the early stages;  I always thought I knew exactly what I was doing!  I guess I knew what I was doing I just know better ways to do it now.

Last week we made a week long trip out to Colorado and the little lady said no working allowed.  I didn't think I could pull it off, so I went two days early to get a little work done and hoped I could just relax from then on out.  Turns out I succeeded and it was really nice.  Of course there are more projects here and there but there will be other times for those.  So this is where things are at right now and it is actually quite comfy.

Laine had an amazing time sleeping, eating, climbing, digging and running all over. She also got to spend a lot of time with her cousins which she absolutely loved!

Whenever we leave Colorado we wish we could spend more time.  We never get to see all the people we want to see nor do all the things we'd like to do but it is nice to have a little place there that we can escape to when we can.  

Whale Watching

Bachelor

Until recently, I don't think I have ever been on a full on bachelor party before. I've definitely gone out on the town with people before making the plunge but recently I got to go on the real deal for my brother in law.
When I say real deal I mean taking a 40 foot luxury RV up the coast of California and ending up in San Francisco. We spent the first two nights in a campground in Big Sur.
Tri-tip for breakfast, lunch and dinner it seemed. No complaints. I had never been this far up the coast and really couldn't believe the scenery. Pristine rocky beaches with trails, rocks and cliffs to climb around on. Not to mention a rather empty campground due to landslides on either end of Highway 1. Yup, a landslide just about trapped us there hours after we arrived. This required us to navigate Nacimiento Pass (essentially a one lane road) in this 40 foot RV which proved to be quite a deal....but we had to get to San Francisco...and of course back home at some point.The transition from camping to big city is always a funny one. It takes a while to adjust but I think everyone did just fine.

The whole trip was a lot fun and ended in true form as well, breaking down 25 miles from home and having to be all picked up by our significant others.

Food Food

Laine starting eating a few months ago. She is a lot better at it now than she is in this picture.

We Moved!

For those of you that didn't know, we moved. The 500+ square foot house we were living in for the past year and a half was getting a little tight for the three of us. Maybe not the size but the layout was the big issue. It wasn't designed for three people. I think with a slightly different design we could live just fine in 500+ square feet. Regardless, it was a good opportunity to minimize our belongings to the essentials. I mean we didn't strip down to next to nothing but we did get rid of a lot of stuff and it felt great. Hard at the same time though.

Now we live in the bottom half of a "duplex" with a little more space which is nice. We will always remember that little house though as our first home in Santa Barbara and Laine's first home ever.

Tidepooling

Back in January there was a day when the tide was really low. We decided to cruise on over to the beach and see what we could find. There were sea anemones and star fish all over. Laine wasn't so sure about the animal life or the cold tide pools but she was pretty excited about her sunglasses.

Think

Its been some time since I have put anything up so I think I am going to make some posts in the next week updating on things since I guess January. I have had these two pictures sitting on my desktop ready to go up for months but it just hasn't happened. They are of Laine over Christmas at the candy factory in Denver.