Saturday, May 9, 2009

Its Summer!






Okay, so maybe its not officially summer, but it sure feels like it down here in Southern California... so we took Wes for his first swim. He did pretty good, cried a little when Daddy put more than just his legs in, but all in all it was fun and we look forward to many swim days to come. 

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Santa Barbara

We were so blessed to be able to venture up to Santa Barbara for our fourth anniversary. Santa Barbara is where we went for our short 2 day honeymoon after our wedding (we took a belated honeymoon two years later). Kurt and I were talking and we realized we have been able to get away to a different location for each anniversary, we've done Calabasas, Santa Maria, Bass Lake and now Santa Barbara.

 I left Friday afternoon and picked up Kurt in Thousand Oaks where he was working for the week. On Friday night we went to a very n
ice dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, they sat us at a table in the lounge where we had what we called the king and queen's chairs. The food was super yummy. 
On Saturday we slept in (the first time in nearly three months! It was great!) We also went to the spa, my first time in a year. Then we drove into the hills of Santa Barbara and had lunch at Cold Creek Tavern, a restaurant where we filmed an engagement a couple of years ago. The tavern has been there since the 1880s and has some yummy, unique foods.
 We stopped at the beach in Carpinteria on our way home. It was beautiful. 

Wes stayed at home with Grandma and Grandpa on Friday night and Dawn on Saturday. We were very excited to see him on Saturday afternoon but so thankful for our time away, just the two of us. 

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Smiling and Cooing

Wes is usually really happy right after he eats. Tonight I was changing him right after his bath (which was after his meal) and he was cooing like crazy. Here is my best take of his smiley time (of course, he wasn't nearly as talkative once I brought the camera out, but its still cute). 

Fantasy Pictures

Delaine, Katherine and I took the kiddos to a professional photographer out here for a free photo shoot to promote a new line she is offering. Since it is for a new promotion the session was free and we each got some free prints. Here is a link to Wes' pictures: http://studiocloud.org/AutumnHull?a=8923&e=1238436000000 . Thanks Delaine for hooking us up with this fun opportunity. Someday Wes will be embarrassed of these pictures =).