Monday, April 25, 2011

Day 338



If we are Facebook friends at all, you'll know by now that I have an 'official' countdown until our 1 year anniversary. There's something about looking forward to counting down the days to something that makes me smile. I do it all year with my birthday, Halloween, our dating anniversary (although I'll stop this year) and of course Christmas... but this countdown is different. It feels like we are going to surpass the first hurdle; the hurdle that everyone tells you "The First Year Is The Hardest". I have to say, this year was not necessarily "hard", rather challenging in its own way. We have been happier each and everyday. We discuss EVERYTHING and when we disagree, we figure it out. I guess you can say, the two of us have become adults in the past 338 days. We've learned to really build a bond with each other that nobody can break. We've become better about budgeting (I sure do not like that word) and sticking to it. I have to give us some credit, we've done good.

So what are the plans for the big day you ask? We have no idea. We've been contemplating on where to go. It's the week before Memorial Day, so things are a little pricey around this time. What we do know is, that we are eating our cake. Did we mention that we kept the top tier of the wedding cake? It's been in Chris' parents freezer at home. They are going to be so excited for us to get that thing out of there. Are we excited to eat it? SURE! Do we think it's going to taste good? NOPE! I'm going to order a mini cake just in case... hey, we do need to eat something ahhh-maazzzing to mark the special day.

Last weekend, we celebrated Passover (with my mom) and Easter with both sides of the family. This year was different than others. It felt very relaxed and non-stressed for all parties. Lots of candy and fun with the kiddo's but a little mishap with Adam. We won't go into specifics, but he broke his arm. Poor guy, at least he spent Easter with family and not at the hospital. Speaking of hospitals, Dad is doing very good! He's regaining his strength in his lungs day-by-day. We're very proud of him with the whole smoking thing. It's very tough to give the habit up, but he's about 3 months strong.

Here's a couple pictures of what you missed...


The Booger before she had candy


Chris is a great babysitter, as you can see.


Goofy Auntie Jen and Laylers


Layla "found" Uncle Chris in the Easter Egg Hunt.

Almost there... just a few posts away. I'll be on the East Coast next week, Mother's Day is that following weekend, Layla's 4th birthday and then here we have it, our 1st anniversary. So much to blog about in the upcoming 4 weeks. Enjoy the rest of April Showers, it's time for May flowers!

xxoo
Mrs. Waycott

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Day 323

I'm away from home on a trip to Nor Cal. Love the gorgeous weather, rolling green hills and incredible views on my drive. I took this picture outside of Pleasanton, CA.

Miss my hubby and family but will be home soon.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Day 316

So this weekend marks the official countdown until our first wedding anniversary. Only 8 more weeks and I'm more than positive you will hear the countdown often if you speak to me on a day-to-day basis or week-to-week basis. {So be prepared} Chris and I haven't really made permanent plans for the big day, but we do know that we are going to be in town that weekend. Our friends Monika and Rick are getting married two days before our wedding anniversary. We've been talking a lot about the 'paper' anniversary; and so far we came up with tickets to something {hockey game, flight, you get the picture}; hey, it's paper! I'm sure I'll share the news as soon as we figure it all out.

For a few months now, Chris has been begging me to go hiking to this one place in Castaic. If you don't know where Castaic is; it's just next door to Six Flags- AND I'm sure everyone knows where that is. After reading online about some history about Castaic {yes, that is my husband} he read that there were lost caves in what is now known Castaic {his childhood home}. Researching further he came across a map and plotted the adventure. Because this map was more topographical and did not include modern day roads, he placed google maps over the image to find out how to access the caves. TODAY, was that day.

We headed over to the Castaic industrial center and headed on our adventure. It was an incredible day with temperatures peaking in the 70's with a bit of cloud coverage. We hiked a good portion of this adventure with the tallest grass I've ever experienced. There were no trails; we created our own. After a short break, we scouted the area to find where on earth these caves could be. We looked over the ridge and saw what could be the destination, but it looked about another 500 feet up {yes UP}. We contemplated if this is where they were as we still were unsure. About a few seconds later, a nest of Quail evacuated their nest in some shrubbery and scared the living daylights out of me. I went running, no joke! We decided to head back and further investigate the location for a future trip. TO BE CONTINUED...

Here's the link to article about the Bowers Caves


This is the map, Chris found online


Of course a self-picture, I couldn't resist.


After an adventurous hike, we were pooped!


Chris is prepared for anything, he brought his binoculars.


We think the caves are at the top of this ridge.


The scenery was perfect for close ups. This was by far my favorite!


The end of our hike looked like this; what an incredible looking day!

And I can't forget about one of my favorite moments of the weekend, LAYLERS! We had breakfast with Mom and Royce this Saturday and of course the munchkins came. Layla was so funny and here's just a few pictures of her and Uncle Chris riding with Fozzy and the choo-choo train.


Chris really loves being a kid, can't you tell?


Yah, that smile is pretty deceiving.


Fozzy is her best friend, really!

Like I said, TO BE CONTINUED; I'm sure we'll be back at the Bowers Caves. I hope we get to find some cool artifacts, if there is any left.

xxoo
Mrs. Waycott