In the works

A while back we bought us this nice patch of land. Yeah, it's not much to look at now, but give it a few months...

...by then it'll have one fab house on it.

We can't wait!!

**I ought to get an award for my crooked awesome camera phone picture taking skills, don't you think? ☺

In the Keys

Our hotel in the Florida Keys was right on the beach...literally. Walk out the door, and there is the sand. Within minutes of arriving we donned our snorkeling gear and headed for the beautiful water. Only, it didn't last for too long. Once we got into the water it wasn't too sandy, so it was a bit rough on our feet to get out into the good snorkeling area.

We trekked on for a bit, but ultimately decided to head to their pool instead. Rob practiced his snorkeling breathing and I choreographed a new water ballet. ☺

My favorite part about Key West was the sunsets. There are a few points on the island where they have nightly sunset celebrations, which when I heard about it, I thought was weird. Then I witnessed the sunset, and totally understood. Absolutely beautiful!

You can see the crowd gathering along the water...more continued to fill up the dock as the sun got further down. Then once the sun is down everyone applauds and there is music. Really fun! The piece of land that is shown in the sunset is where a bunch of celebrities have homes...Oprah, Hulk Hogan, Shaq...I forget who else, and I forget the name of the island.

There was a LOT of street performers, and they were really good! Rob really liked this Great Rondini guy. He has people from the audience put him in a straight jacket and chains, then he escaped. He's got quite the little comedy act going too! There was a performer who had a dog that would collect bills from the audience and then bring the money back to his owner. The dog was wearing shorts too...pretty funny!

There was an area that had all these busts of people who were from, live or might have influenced Key West. Here we've got Ernest Hemingway and Dwight Eisenhower...oh and The Smallest Bar in Key West.

One of the street shops had a guy that made shapes out of wire. He did it with some tools and torches right on the spot. I almost picked up this little guy, but decided that I've already got a cute one at home. We also tried out some Cuban cuisine. It was alright, but not great.

This sign was on the wall of the outdoor seating area and an Asian couple came up and asked where they could purchase their tickets to Cuba. They didn't quite understand why they would use this old sign as decoration. It was comical!

We didn't take pictures at the southernmost point, but this replica we found in a gift shop is close enough, right? 90 miles to Cuba!

The Key West Museum of Art & History had all of these funny statues outside. Some were a little risqué (and funny), but I try to keep things PG here. ☺

Rob fell in love with the weather and the humidity and swears that one of these days I will give into him and we will move to Key West. Perhaps, but I wouldn't bet on it. It was lovely though!

We're staying

Greetings from the Florida Keys, by way of the Caribbean.

We're enjoying ourselves so much we just might not come home.

Living on the beach sounds mighty appealing right about now. ☺

Upsize us

We're on a hunt. A house hunt.

We've decided that where we are at now is just too small and we are in desperate need for some more space. Our own wings, perhaps??

After being on the hunt for months, we still haven't laid eyes on our next home. We are so stuck in 'the now' that it's hard to make choices based on what will be important in the coming years...is this home in a good school district...are there parks nearby...etc, etc, etc.

We've found two homes that we both just love, but don't like the neighborhoods (Snoqualmie and Woodinville...eek, I know!!) and we know what neighborhood we like (Issaquah Highlands), but can't find any great homes there.

Keep your fingers crossed for us that something absolutely adorable will come on the market soon...

Search Party

I cannot locate my glasses. I think I lost them when we moved. Yes, that was over six months ago. I thought I would come across them someday when I wasn’t really looking for them. Funny, but it hasn’t happened yet. I finally decided to buy a new pair but my eye doc won’t give me my prescription…says I need an exam first. What a racket this eye game is! Maybe I will just keep looking for my glasses…I never wear them anyways. Oh, boo.

***Sidenote: Blogger spellcheck is total garbage!!!***

Molly

I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my good friend Molly who happens to be turning twenty-something today. I know, this isn't an excellent shot of the two of us, but it brings back good memories of when we lived together for a few months in Seattle. I am so glad that she was up to the move, and I will always be grateful to her for that. Happy BD Molly...you're a great friend! :)

We are hopping on the blog bandwagon...

The past month has been quite busy for us. At the end of May we took a quick trip to the Bay Area where we spent some time in Monterey, Pebble Beach and San Francisco. It was our third trip there, so we didn't really do anything new or touristy. It was a relaxing laid back trip where we just hung out together...much needed!!

Shot from the last hole at Pebble Beach

Look at all of those seals...or are they sea lions???

SF classic - the cable car!

The day we arrived back from California we moved from our small, cramped 2 bedroom 1 bath in Sammamish to a spacious 2 bed 2 bath with a garage in the Issaquah Highlands. The extra bathroom is the most exciting thing about it. Who knew that us sharing a bathroom could be so hard?!? We also love the garage (so that I can store all of my *junk*) and Sox loves the extra room to run around - especially all of the stairs.

This past weekend my brother Ryan and his wife Melanie flew up from Utah to see us. It was so nice to get to spend so much time with them. Ryan had never been to Seattle before, so it was really fun to show him around. Rob and I really don't take advantage of all there is to do around here. Having company gave us a great excuse to get out and do some fun things that we haven't done in awhile. We hit a comedy club, played some pool, took in a Mariners game and ate out alot! The time flew by so fast, but we really enjoyed being able to hang out with them. They are such a fun couple!!