Date night...

This Saturday Kyle and I decided to have a date night. Since we've been so busy lately it has been tough to get in some quality time. Luckily, this quarter at Stanford is drawing to a close and our schedules will become a bit more manageable. Kyle's project is coming along nicely and he's getting ready to present his design on the 15th. I'll definitely get some pictures of his progress up soon.

Save Our Schools

http://www.standupforschools.org/

For anyone that is currently in school (preschool through college).


This Thursday, March 4 is "Start the day for Students". Wear black that day to let California know that we don't want any more cuts to Education. These cuts to education are not the way to improve things in California.

If you're not in school, but you've ever had a teacher that influenced your life, do it for them. Do it for your kids that will soon be going to school. Do it.

The Big Project...

Kyle's big project for this quarter is a hand held volleyball pump. It doesn't look like much here because it is just a tube of plastic. But Kyle has been working hard to design and use all these fancy machines (you'll have to ask him what they're all called, though I'm pretty sure he's been throwing around the term 'lathe' quite a bit lately). At this point he has a working prototype and it looks pretty cool! I'll definitely post his final project when its all finished.

Hoping for a girl...

That's right folks! I'm making a baby girl blankie. Of course, we haven't heard if Jill is having a boy or girl yet, but I'm taking things into my own hands (literally). I am going to start her collection of pink now so Jill can just deal with it! If in March we find out that I'm getting another nephew I guess this little thing will just have to go in the hope chest along with Sarrah's little girl blanket. (Sarrah, could you seriously get started on that for me please? I'm going to run out of room.)

Chopping Onions...

... makes Kyle's eyes water. This one was particularly strong so being the engineer he is, he grabbed his snowboarding goggles. Normally I just stick my head in the freezer until I feel like I can chop again. Don't ask where I heard that, but I swear it works!

While Kyle and his mom slaved away in the kitchen my mom and I worked on creating a mess, I mean the guestbook for the wedding. Bella was lending a helping paw here and mom was explaining that kitties don't belong on the table.

The season for Love...

is upon us!!

This Valentine's weekend Kyle and I introduced our two favorites to each other. Our moms. On Saturday I took the moms to Ano Nuevo to see the elephant seals. This is the prime time to visit if you want to see some serious fights over territory (because mating season starts around Valentine's day every year). We got to hike around and see some fat babies called "weaners" because they are being weaned right about now. The big boys definitely put on a show, chasing each other and fighting and snorting. Sadly I left my camera home so I didn't get any pictures or videos this time.

That night we had a massive slumber party with the moms plus Corey, Rhiannon, and Brock. Our apartment has never seen so much action! Kyle and I loved having people come visit though and we had fun hanging out with the family in our neck of the woods for the weekend!

On Sunday the moms and I got to do some fun wedding planning stuff. Kris volunteered to make desserts for the wedding so we decided against the traditional cake thing (yay!!) and we are going to do more yummy options like apple and strawberry pies, chocolate covered strawberries, and fruit tarts. Way better than cake if you ask me! While Kris and Kyle cooked up all the yummy farmer's market finds from that day, my mom and I started working on the guest book for the wedding. We're both super excited about this thing and we're putting a lot of work into it. I'll definitely post pictures as it gets closer to being finished so you all can start counting the seconds until you get to add your messages to it. You won't want to be left out of all the fun!

Yesterday, Kyle and I had a day off together for the first time in months. We enjoyed a sunny brunch outside at a yummy and fun new cafe and then spent most of the day putting together our new filing cabinet. It was so nice to actually spend time with each other that we didn't mind all the work! We both decided that we are pretty lucky to have each other as Valentines's :)

Five more months until...

Kyle and I will be married and relaxing here! Kyle just booked our honeymoon to Fiji! I am so excited I can hardly stand it! We are so looking forward to seeing our close friends and family in one place this July. We have such a fun weekend planned for you all, and we are so excited to share our special day with our favorite people!