The Mr,'s Birthday

So for The Mr.'s b'day, sneaky wife that I am, I secretly book a room at the hotel that we stayed at on our honeymoon. I waited till he was asleep then quietly packed the car in the dead of night. The next morning, we went to the Farmer's Market as usual, grabbed our raw milk then dropped it at home before I was to take him to a "surprise brunch". That was all he knew. THEN BAM!!!!! I jumped on the freeway (figuratively speaking of course) and drove to the coast. He was SOOOOO excited although it took him the entire first day to stop figetting as though he had somewhere to be. As soon as we got into town we went straight to the beach and had lunch and played for a while. It was wonderful and The Kidlet was ECSTATIC!

We did some dancing....

..Playing...

...Sliding...

...wave watching..

...surf avoiding...

...dancing...

...surf not avoiding...

...rock analyzing...

..and sample taking...

...sand digging...

..running..

...staring...

...rabble rousing...

..kissing...

..more watching...

...pointing.

The next morning we went to the nursery owned by the hotel and they were kind enough to let The Kidlet feed the fish. Ever since he's been shouting "BIG ONE!!!" every time he sees a fish of any proportion.

Cutest birdies!

It ended up that through a fluke The Mr. had monday off, so we decided to find a cheap motel further south to stay at the night we were supposed to head back home to reality. The next day ended up being more playing and swinging on yet another beach.

Face plant.

If you have never eaten at Splash Cafe in Pismo Beach. GO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
I have MANY allergies and have stayed away from them all for the 6 months it's been since I found out. I decided it was worth the misery it may cause to enjoy the clam chowder bread bowl and split a grilled cheese sandwich with The Mr. I'm allergic to yeast, wheat, and dairy (amogst many other things) but I can say, without a doubt, it was totally worth it to eat this delectable bowl of heaven.

Me in 30 years.

A nice girl walked by and asked if she would like us to take a picture with all of us! YEAAAAH!

This was in the car as The Mr. was packing up for us to leave. The Kidlet wanted to sport the shades like the uber cool kid that he is.

Heading home. How is it possible to be rested and exhausted at the same time. It was wonderful, The Mr. came back a changed man. Poor thing hasn't been out of town since our Portland trip and that was HARDLY restful.

How I do love him.

And lovies and lap dogs to you,

-K

The Cousin's Wedding!!!!

Starting off with a lantern hanging inside of the church at the rehearsal.

The main part of the dress (there were about 10 skirts that went under it.)

I bought this dress on clearance at the Gap a couple summers ago but never wore it, The Cousin took it in, added the flounces then put all my white skirts under it (why do I have that many!??! I never even wear them!!?!!) then sewed the red corset to go over the top.

Aren't her shoes divine?!?!?! She also wore my veil, see pics further on. So happy to have someone make that dress so beautiful, I almost got rid of it several times.

The Kidlet

Step-father of the bride

The Kidlet's cousin. He ADORES HER!

Darn the church lighting, it made all my pics come out weird, no matter what settings I put it on...

THE CAKE TOPPERS!!!! SO PROUD!!!

After the success of this "cake" topping I seriously want to go out and buy more of this paint and spray everything I can get my hands on!

They were blue and pink clear plastic when I started. WEEEE, So happy they turned out!

Doodlebug

The Kidlet and groom, obviously.

Does she look like something out of a Waterhouse painting or WHAT!?!?!?

Blurry, I know, but for some reason I love it!

Another aunt...we are a goofy family.

My bro-in-law (also the pump organ player in our band) with Doodlebug.

I'm not sure what's going on....but if you look close, you'll see, I have ghosty hands.

The eldest Cousin (bride's older sis)

My mum and dad with the loverly couple. (my pops makes the best faces)

my wee sis and our niece, Doodlebug (the kidlets favorite person, btw)

and everyone was jealous of our moves.

sigh.

WE DID IT!!! It was a crazy day with more than a few hitches-in-the-giddyap but with all the amazing help we pulled it off and it was lovely in every way! The look on his face when she came down the aisle!!!!!!!!!!! Sigh, he was literally bouncing up and down through most of the ceremony (which The Mr. officiated. He filed for a one day license or whatever you call it) There is so much I could say but let's be honest, no one wants to read my verbal giddyness about this wedding, pics are far more entertaining and articulate then silly me. ENJOY!

ps. Upon our perusal of the school The Mr. has come to the conclusion that Portland is where we are headed. (obviously, he consulted me first but it really will be a wonderful school for him....and they have a "spouse enrichment program" that I can partake in....I want to take Greek with him!!!!) So yeah, very scary for a person that has lived in the same town for her entire life and even though it's a town of half a million people I still can't ever run an errand anywhere without seeing at least ONE person I know. It's just that kind of town. Sigh. It will be very isolated for me. But it will be a new experience and those are always good right, even if they are hard and stink really bad. Growth is a good thing.....EEP!

I will do a new post soon with the pics from Portland. It's been crazy busy around here since we got back (birthday parties! Learning how to bake bread that a wheat allergic ME can actually EAT!!!! Getting stuff made to sell on Etsy...the day is coming SOON! I promise!)

I'll try to be back to my more usual couple times a week posting.

Lovies and Labradors,
-K