Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wordless Wednesday: Parker

Parker taking advantage of the last bits of sunshine earlier this afternoon while I worked in the garden.

Monday, March 22, 2010

SLO Visit

We spent the weekend in SLO visiting family, friends, and of course, a bit of wedding planning!

Saturday morning, we picked up coffees and breakfast [from Top Dog!] and brought the food over to our friends house. Chris and Ninah recently had a baby girl a few weeks ago and this was our first chance to see Violet. Turns out, our other friends Chris and Karla had also driven into SLO for a weekend visit! What a nice surprise. They are getting married in May in SLO and were in town for a bit of wedding planning as well!

That afternoon, we went up to Paso Robles and visited Eagle Castle [where are getting married!] to talk with the event coordinator there about some details! The visit went great. We are soo excited about having our wedding at Eagle Castle!

















Later Saturday afternoon, we met with Amy from Amy Bake's Cupcakes to taste some cupcakes and talk about ideas for the wedding. She is amazing! I am soo excited to have her delicious cupcakes at our wedding. It is clear to me that deciding on flavors might be a bit of a challenge...

After that, we headed over to a cafe in downtown SLO to meet with Ken, our photographer! We had a nice chat with him over some yummy iced americanos... Needless to say, we are super excited to work with him more, and share our special day. YAY!

That evening, we headed back out to Morro Bay to Chris and Ninah's house. It was nice to catch up and spend time with Chris, Ninah, Chris and Karla.. and of course, baby Violet!

Sunday morning we went out to breakfast with Zac's parents and brother at this great Mexican restaurant. I think Zac and I manage to have breakfast there at least once every visit to SLO.

Next up... wine tasting! We met Chris and Karla in Edna Valley to stop by Claiborne and Churchill and Wolff Vineyards where Zac and I are wine club members. We had shipments to pick up, and it was nice to spend the afternoon wine tasting too. Good friends + good wine = always a good time!


















It seems that every time we see Zac's brother Marcus he is taller and taller! I had to take a couple pics to document the growing boy...


















On our way out of town, we stopped by Chris and Ninah's to say good-bye. Violet was sleeping. :)

















Parker enjoyed the drive home. Sleepy dog:

















Well, that's all for now!

Friday, March 19, 2010

Flower Inspiration

Zac got me a bouquet of flowers recently. He kept in mind our recent decision to have our wedding colors be a deep blue and orange...

All pictures taken by me.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Parker Pics

My dog likes to sleep. All day, everyday, whenever, wherever. Thus, many picture perfect moments are created for me to whip out the camera and take some shots. Here are a few from earlier this morning.


Friday, March 5, 2010

Baby Violet

Our friends Ninah and Chris had they baby girl!! Baby Violet Caralee Hartley was born on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 4:52am! She was 8 lbs 4.8 oz and 21 inches. We couldn't be more happy for them. Congratulations Chris and Ninah! We love you guys! Can't wait for our next trip to SLO to meet Baby Violet!