some cute things

a.) my old roommate, and darling friend, Mrs. Aaeran is so talented and some of her work is going to be sold in the Deseret Bookstores!!  Pretty cool/amazing, huh?!  Check her out here, and maybe even win a free poster. :)  Way to go, girlie.

b.) a few of pictures of our baby.

::dreaming about his girlfriend::

::dreaming about laying out at the beach::

:: confounded by the barrier that keeps him on the deck::

Miss Alisa

Happy (belated by 1 day) birthday to my dearest friend, Alisa Alm.  It was a match-made-in-heaven the day we met in the RB and then shortly after signed up for all of the same health classes.

She's pretty great and I wish we could always live 10 minutes away from each other.

I hope your birthday was lovely!

(Alisa, how funny... I just noticed that I'm always on the right side, and you're always on the left)

xoxoxo

good eats, good beats

On Wed. I turned 25. :o  It was a pretty good day, thanks to sweet Robert.

 It started with a nice breakfast in bed and going to into work a couple hours late.  I have such a nice boss. ;)

After work, Rob surprised me with dinner reservations at one of my favorite restaurants- Chart House.  The restaurant was downtown, and was in a really cool, historical building.  And the food was SO good.  I got the macadamia encrusted Mahi, Rob got some steak, and we split a molton lava cake. 

Not the greatest pic, but when we were driving home it just looked really cool out.  That cool building is the Old State House, where the Declaration of Independence was read to a crowd of people from that balcony on the second floor.

We also hung out with this little guy.  He can't get on the bed, which we find amusing, so this is how he says hi in the morning.

And we hung out here on Saturday with Rob's family.  They were in town for the weekend.

Rob's mom

And we also watched a good amount of this show.  If you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend it. It's no longer on TV, but luckily it is on Netflix.

Hope you had a nice weekend.

a new arrival

Introducing the newest addition to our household...

Autumn Salad

Mom, and Alisa...and anyone else who would like to make this most wonderful salad...

This is the salad Rob and I made for our guests on Easter.  

It's a recipe from Danny Ainge's wife (just an interesting trivia fact).

It is seriously so good.  Rob said he could eat it everyday-which is saying a lot.

Autumn Salad:

Salad:
-your choice of lettuce (I used a romaine mixture that came in a plastic container)
-1 diced tart apple
-2 sliced pears
-crasins
-toasted pecans (I used candied walnuts)
-shaved fresh Parmesan, feta, or goat cheese (I used goat)
-(chicken if you wish to make it an entree)

Dressing (This makes a lot.  I halved it, and still had extra)
-1 cup sugar
-3/4 cup raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar
-2 t. salt
-2 Tbsp prepared mustard
-2 Tbsp poppy seeds
-1/2 red onion
-1 1/2 cup oil

Puree in blender

Cape Cod

Yesterday afternoon, Rob and I cruised over to Cape Cod.  We had never been before, and were delighted by the charming neighborhoods, the relaxing feel, and the beautiful beaches.  

::I really think this was one of the happiest days of Rob's life since we got to cruise in a convertible.  While we were driving, he shouted "I'm so happy.  This is so exciting."  It was funny/cute::

::It was nice to be by the ocean again!::

::Rob loves lobsters::

::We stopped at some little restaurant for yummy crab cakes::

:: Found some cool shells and crab legs::

::Thank goodness for self timer on the camera::

::This was the coolest beach we found.  It had sand cliffs along the whole thing and those long, wispy grassy things that you picture on an East coast beach::

Beautiful Bern

Mom, 

Since I know you look on here sometimes... 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

I love you!

Love,

Your favorite daughter

;)

@ fenway park

Rob and I were invited to go to a Red Sox game last night.  I'm not a huge baseball fan, but I actually love going to baseball games.  It was a beautiful night, we had sweet tickets, and we had lots of fun.

how we do

...we own a little business

that sells vintage/antique car parts.

it's phone/internet order, so there's no store front.

we get to talk with people all over the world,

which is kind of interesting and fun...

and i don't know what else to say.

i never in my wildest dreams thought i'd be doing this, 

nor did rob,

but we like it, and it's going well.

hub caps

These days, a big part of my life is car parts.

They are an even bigger part of Rob's life (as he has to learn all about all of them).

Neither of us really have a passion for car parts, old cars, or anything of that sort.  

But that is where life has taken us. 

Some customer wanted to see pictures of these things... they might be hubcaps...I'm not sure.  But he wanted to see what they looked like before he purchased them.  So Rob snapped these pictures on his i-phone, and we emailed them over.  

Anyways, I just thought that the pictures were really neat (because of the reflection, not because of the product, haha).  It's like a little mirror into our life at work.

::The reflection shows our place of work- Andy's house (the previous owner of the business).  He lives in a huge, old, beautiful, blue house.  And if you look close, you can see Rob :) ::

::This shows one of the work areas/areas where lots and lots of old car parts are stored.  It's a very unique work environment, to say the least.  If you look close, you can also see Rob, and 2 employees- Steve and Dennis::