Gone Fishin

Busy. I have been so busy lately. I am really slacking on my blogging. I will try my best to catch up. I still need to post about my trip to West Coast Moto jam and seeing monster trucks! But for today I am going to post about my little fishing trip I went on yesterday.

So randomly Zac bought a boat for the summer. And once Tye found out we had a boat he was all about taking it out striper fishing. So we planned everything out and woke up about 2:00am on Friday. We were headed down to the San Luis reservoir to try our luck. We first met Tye at his house and got all the fishing poles and the bait together. We finally made it to the lake at around 7:00am. Since we were going out on a reservoir we were not allowed to have any water coming from the boat. I guess they don't want it contaminating the water. Our boat also had to go through an inspection. We passed and were ready to head out on the water. The guy there told us that the water was pretty choppy and that if you see the flashing yellow light turn to red, you need to get off the water right away. Tye was telling us that every year someone dies there. It was a little nerve wracking but our little boat did awesome over the 3 foot swells. He was right, it was very choppy but around 10:00am the water turned smooth as glass.

Tye caught the first fish of the day. It was very exciting! We were all bundled up because it was so cold out. But by 10:00 when the water started to smooth out the sun heated up and we had to take off all our warm jackets. Not long after Tye caught his first fish he caught another. The minimum for keeping these fish is 18 inches. All of the fish we caught were at least 18, Nick caught the biggest one of the day which I believe was a little over 20. We all got a chance to reel one in. It was so much fun! They sure put up a fight. The boys wanted me to hold it for a picture and let me tell you it was so hard to make myself okay with touching that thing, yuck!

I think we stayed out on the late till about 1:00. The wind picked up and the water started to get really choppy again so we thought it would be best to head back to the dock before it got a little to wild for us. We made it back safely although Zacs sweet hat didn't make it. We got the boat all cleaned up and took some final pictures of the fish we caught. It was such an awesome day, I had so much fun! I loved being out on the water, just laying out in the sun with the music playing. Zac and I are excited to make some upgrades to the boat to make it even more comfortable to be in.

That was my day yesterday. Today Zac is gone and Jasons bachelor party. I wish he was here so we could hang out but I know he is going to have fun at the party. We have been so busy ever since we moved that we haven't had any time with just each other so I am hoping we can sneak in a date night soon. This next weekend Zac is going to be at work and on Sunday I am headed to Angels camp with Cindy for a family vacation. Zac won't be getting there till Monday afternoon I believe. I am so excited to have a break from work. I took the whole week off! I try my best to make every weekend feel like Im on a vacation. It sure makes my weekends something to look forward to! Anyways I hope that ya'll have a great weekend!

Love it.

Summer! You're so close I can taste it! So just to give ya'll a little update me and some co-workers are planning a camping trip to Lake Pillsbury. We were having trouble deciding on where a good campsite would be so I suggested heading up to P-bury for the day to look around and find a good place. I was lucky enough to grow up going camping which I am so thankful for. What an awesome and cheap way to vacation. There is nothing like being able to get up into the mountains and get away from it all.

Saturday morning we my friend Melinda and her boyfriend Wylee met us here in Windsor. We all loaded up in my tacoma and headed up to the mountains. It probably took us about 2-2 hours and 15 minutes to get there. Once we arrived it was time for some fun in the sun, however we got off to a bit of a rocky start. First let me start by saying that my truck is a pavement princess aka not a 4X4. We headed down in the river bed, saw that the river was a little high and decided to turn around. Well that did not go as planned, as we drove back up the river bank my passenger rear wheel sunk into the river. We were stuck...like 2 hours stuck. The boys did all they could to try and get us un-stuck but no such luck. We finally flagged someone down and they were able to pull us out. Note to self, don't take a pre-runner off roading.

The rest of the day was awesome. We spend a nice little afternoon enjoying the beautiful scenery. Zac and I brought Hudson and he had so much fun! We let him off the leach (which always makes me a little nervous) but he was having so much fun playing in the water and running around. We knew Hudson liked motorcycles but we found out at Pillsbury that he loves chasing them! Motorcyclist would take off down the road and off he went chasing them! Nerve racking and funny to watch. After some hours in the sun we thought we should do what we actually came to do and take a look around the lake for a good campsite. We found two that would work out awesome, so excited! It was finally time to head back to reality, but not after stopping for some yummy BBQ for dinner!

Wylee and Melinda

Me and my hubby

Now THAT looks relaxing

Yup. Perfect.

Next toy? Boat please.

Love my sweet boy

Bridal Shower

I can't believe that it is already April 23rd?! How is the year going by so quickly? One thing that I am very excited about it that summer is on the way, I can feel it! This weekend the temperature was in the high eighties if not the nineties! So lets start at the beginning. I had to work a long 5 days this week. After work on Friday the girls and I decided we needed to relax a little and bring in the weekend the right way. We headed over to Jacksons. I had never been there before so I was excited to see what it was all about. We all got some drinks and some food and just enjoyed hanging out with each other. I must say that when it came time to head home it was a pretty nice feeling knowing my drive home was a mere 15 minutes.

Saturday was my friend Chelsies bridal shower. Now I have to admit that I was a little nervous going into it not knowing anyone, but everyone was very friendly and it went great. I left the house around 10:30 so I could meet Chelsie at her house around 11:30. Driving into Calistoga was bitter sweet, I miss it more then I thought I would. When I got to her house her and her friend Laura were finishing getting ready and once they were done it was off to St.Helena for the shower! Her friends house was beautiful! My idea of the perfect home, her backyard backs up to a vineyard! We all enjoyed some champange, food and Chelsie opening her many gifts. It was so much fun to watch all the expressions on Chelsies face while she opened each gift. I am so excited and happy for her and Jason! Here are a few pictures I took from the shower.

Gorgeous set up!

Each little bag had wild flower seeds

The gifts, It ended up being so warm outside we had to open them inside

Look at that view!

Cupcakes made by Jasons sister

Chelsie and her Momma

Glad she was excited about the toaster I got her

Chelsie and her twin sisters

The group

Happy Birthday to ME!

Well my birthday has come and gone. It wasn't the most exciting birthday I've had but I sure felt the love from all my friends and family! Even though I was stuck at work most of the day it made it exciting getting flowers and chocolates sent to me! Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes!

My day in pictures:

Chocolate covered strawberries sent to my work. Yum!

Cupcake flowers sent to my work (From Tiff, Devin and Brodie)

At Jack and Tonys for dinner!

My awesome in-laws!

Cheesecake

Add-a-leaf springs for my truck, no more pre-runner

My new lens from my hubby :)

Vitamin D

 

How awesome is it that on Thursday I was playing in the snow and today I was soaking up the rays!? After hearing that the weather was going to be nice and sunny this weekend Cindy and I decided to head over to Coppolas to enjoy the pool. First let me tell you that it has changed since I have gone with my mom. You can no longer pay $15 to get a lounge chair. You can pay $20 to have the option to lay on the cement on the grass or you can pay up to $133 to get a cabine with enough towels for 4 people, water bottles and a complimentary wine tasting. I don't like this change, I think that the cabines are useless. Anyways I had to show off some of my gorgeous pictures from today.Thanks to my awesome mother in law for this birthday treat!!

Im gonna make it

Hello my dear blogger friends. It has been quite some time since I have had the time for blogging. But on this beautiful sunny Saturday morning, here I am. Let me start by saying it has been a rough couple of weeks. As you know Zac and I are in the process of moving. I hate moving. We were able to move most of our things last weekend and spent our first couple of night here. I must admit it is taking some time for me to get used to the new living arrangements. Thankfully I have a great husband to take care of me. Lately Nick (Zacs younger brother) and I have been doing P90X. I know I don't need to work out to loose weight but I'd like to stay healthy and if we do go backpacking this summer I would like to be able to make it a little easier on myself.

This last work week was really rough on me. I was already had a lot of emotions for the move and then to add on all the meaningless drama from work, yuck. Sometimes I just need to remind myself that its just a job. In the scheme of things its just a little blip on the radar screen. At least thats how I feel about it. I feel that a job is just to pay for the things I want to do in life. It helps if you like what you do, which I do! Sometimes the drama gets the best of me.

Lets move forward to Thursday. After a tough few days at work Manny and I were able to take Thursday off and we decided it would be a perfect day to head up the the snow and get away! So up to sierra we went! We left for Tahoe at about 5:30, stopped at our new breakfast place, Buttercup Pantry and headed up the mountain.

I can't tell you how nice it was to be able to take a break from reality and head up to the mountains and just relax! It was much needed. I had to work on Friday so it was nice to come back to work fully refreshed. Friday actually went really smooth and for dinner Zac and I were able to head over the hill to Calistoga to enjoy dinner with our friends Jason and Chelsie.

Zac left for work this morning and my sweet boy Hudson let me sleep in till 8:30! Im really excited about that. Now he is fast asleep behind the couch and I am enjoying some relaxing, watching TV and surfing the web. Later today I have to let the cat our ( Leo). Im worried Im going to let him outside and I will never see him again :( I guess your suppose to keep him in the house for about 3 weeks before you let them out. We'll see how this goes. And for tonight, my friends from work are taking me out for a pre-birthday dinner. Yup, my birthday is coming up, this Tuesday to be exact. Im going to be the big 26! Im not to excited about it this year just because there are so many other things going on right now. But I will make the best of it. Speaking of making the best of things, I hear tomorrow is suppose to be 70 degrees! So Cindy and I are going to hit up Coppola's pool! I am very excited about that. Nothing like getting a little sun! Well I think thats enough updating for now. Hope you all have a great weekend!

My house is naked.

Its true, my house looks naked. I guess I should start at the beginning. A week ago Zac and I were throwing around the idea of moving in with his youngest brother Nick. Nick owns his own house in Windsor and has recently become room mate-less. We thought about all the pros and the cons and there are really to many good things to pass up this opportunity. First, as you know Zac and I have been wanting to get into our own house. We pay so much in rent here in Calistoga so moving in with Nick would save us a lot of money. Second, its nice that Hudson won't be all alone and when Zac is gone for work I won't be all alone. Third, we are over in Santa Rosa all the time anyways so it will be so much more convenient to be on that side of the hill. I could go on and on and on. The main con with this move is that Zac and I are loosing "our own place" and having to store a lot of our things. When it comes down to it though we got to do what we got to do. This won't be permanent. I must admit I thought I was going to do okay packing up my stuff until I started putting away all my pictures, I don't know why but it hit me. Today we actually moved a lot of our things to a storage unit and it wasn't bad at all.

Anyways, yesterday we spent all day at Nicks house helping him paint one of his old room mates rooms. For some strange she felt the need to paint the room pepto bismal pink, no joke. It took about 4 coats of primer before the bright pink was barely there! Note to self, never ever paint a room bright pink.The picture below
does not even do it justice. Its so strange that I am moving yet again. I hate moving and the sad thing is that I
actually don't want to move. In the past Zac and I have found bigger and better houses but the house that we

are in now I am perfectly content with. Its a really cute house in a good area. I love the fact that I can hop on my bike and ride into town and meet our friends Chelsie and Jason for dinner. Its definitely going to take some getting used to moving to Windsor but I am excited for whats to come.

I'll let you know how the rest of the move goes. We really don't want to drag this out and if we can be all settled by next weekend. I'll be sure to take some pictures of our new room. Nick was nice enough to give us the master bedroom and the pink room. I know that even though its not my house it will be very important to make the space (my room) feel like its mine.

Besides all the change that is going to be coming my way I must say I am very excited about the future and what life has in store for me. I can't believe that summer is right around the corner. I can't wait! I feel like Zac and I already have a full schedule! We have a family trip to Angels Camp, a camping trip with friends, Jason and Chelsies wedding, Palm Springs family trip, hopefully a trip down south to see our dear friends Janelle and Dylan, a backpacking trip and who knows what else!

Well thats about it for now. Let me just say that I am so thankful to have such a wonderful husband that takes such great care of me. In my eyes Zac and I have the perfect relationship and I think that most other couples in this world have what we have but thats not true. I am reminded more often then I like that unhealthy  relationships can take a toll on both parties. However, this just reminds me to cherish what I have. Zac and I are so lucky to have some of the best examples in the world, our parents!