it's been awhile...

but nothing too exciting has happened.... except that I'm PREGNANT! ha :)

we are very happy & excited about this new journey in our lives! we kept it a secret for about 7 weeks (from my family) - and we told Seth's family around 4 weeks. everyone is very happy and truly didn't believe us at first when we told them! pretty much everyone knows now - close friends & family - and we will let everyone else know around 12 weeks, when we feel more comfortable. right now...as of today, in fact... I am 10 weeks!

it has been a rather rocky first trimester - I developed a nasty rash (shingles!) - which is commonly an old person's disease - lovely. and I've been nauseous and exhausted, and all those other wonderful feelings that go along with pregnancy! Seth would of course name mood swings as my first symptom! although I feel that I've been quite the angel :)

Seth and I are excited to hear the heartbeat - and keep wondering whether or not there are two little peanuts inside! Twins run in both sides of my family, and in his dad's side...so we will see. That would be quite an adventure! but we have to wait about two or three more weeks before we go to the doctor again.... so there will be much to update about in the near future!

San Diego Spring Break 2010

ares & luna with their easter basket from grandma

seth getting ready to eat his crab pot @ joe's

taking in the sweet smells of the crab pot

seth & i @ seaport village

this guy is crazy-- he stacks rocks on top of each other

no glue, no magnets....just plain skill...it's nuts

seth & i @ la jolla on the trees
pelican wall in la jolla

seth & i inside the la jolla cave

the la jolla cave

We had a lovely, busy spring break! We were very sad to see it come to an end, but that just means school is almost over for the semester! Which will be quite a relief. Our spring break adventures consisted of: the day hike @ cowles mountain (as mentioned in the previous post), 2 jaunts to seaport village, sister ashley & her boyfriend, jake, coming to visit for a couple days, eating yummy seafood @ joe's crab shack, exploring la jolla & the cave, and mama & papa capes visiting for the weekend! we also received awesome easter baskets from my mom, one for us and one for the "grandpups"!!

And returning back to school wasn't very fun. in fact, i'm down to two classes now, because calculus is just a nightmare! there was no way i would come out of that class with a good grade, so i had to do what was best. yesterday, my wine group & i completed our paper & presentation & did an awesome job! i am so relieved it is over & done with, some drama ensued but i did make some new friends (which is nice) & also found a fave wine! seth is doing awesome in all his classes & i'm really proud of him! he's so great at studying & keeping up with everything, i really admire him for that.we only have 6 weeks left. i cannot wait for this semester to be done! it's been difficult dealing with school, moving & settling in, and being away from my family. I am adjusting and love it here; however, i did endure my first earthquake, which was CRAZY & the aftershocks keep on coming! ha. what an experience!

SPRING BREAK!!!

seth making crepes! Seth at the top of Cowles Mountain
Me at the top of the mountain

Seth and I

Finally we have time off from school...and get to enjoy San Diego during our spring break! so for our first adventure, yesterday, we went to Cowles Mountain for a day hike! It was 3 miles total up and back and we accomplished it in about an hour and twenty minutes - due to my falling & being attacked by bugs!

Seth's favorite quote of the whole adventure: Sarah:"why are there so many bugs?", Seth: "we're outside, in nature." ha ha. yeah, that was my blonde moment. but seriously i was getting ATTACKED!!

Rule # 1: do not put on floral fragrance deodorant when going on a hike. all in all, we had a great time! it was awesome to see the view of the whole city from the top of the mountain, and it was so great to spend some alone time together.

Afterwards we went to Chevy's and got some yummy Mexican enchiladas! and of course a nice lil pick me up: margarita for Seth & raspberry rum kiss for me! then we headed home and ended up taking a nice hour long nap! it felt so good to relax & fall asleep on the floor with the patio door open and the breeze blowing through!

For breakfast yesterday, we made yummy crepes with Nutella & bananas! thanks to a goodie box from my mama with a Costco sized Nutella jar inside! Then for breakfast this morning, I made drop biscuits & some eggs. I love cooking & baking!! I read through two of my cooking light magazines this morning & cannot wait to try some of the delicious recipes!

Hopefully there will be more exciting adventures this spring break! Seth's sister, Ashley and her boyfriend, Jake, are coming down Tuesday through Thursday, then the in-laws will be coming Thursday through Sunday! fun fun!

(I just really want to go shopping & to the zoo - but it's hard to convince the hubby) Anyway.....stay tuned! xoxoxo

Congratulations...

.... seth and i have received our acceptance letters! we both got into point loma nazarene & i also got into cal poly and san diego state. not sure where i will go at this point. cal poly is out cause it is so far away, so it's down to PLNU vs SDSU. both great schools, one is private with a small student body, one is obviously a state school and has TONS of people. it would be awesome to go to school with seth though. major difference is tuition cost. MAJOR difference. so we shall see how it all plays out. that's the biggest decision going on for me at the moment. seth also has some decisions he is facing at the moment, and we are just taking things one day at a time.

as for school currently, seth is almost done with one class & trucking along in his others. soon he'll only be attending one class on campus & the other two are online - lucky duck! my classes are going well, calculus is getting tougher, but I think I can get through it. Hospitality is going well - doing a group project where we get to do research at wine bars - so that's kinda neat. geography is pretty good. the teacher is hilarious and always says the funniest things you would never imagine a 70 year old man saying. (conserve water, shower with a friend!) but his tests are crazy hard! bummer :(

what else?!? ares got attacked at the dog park, but handled it nicely. this dog is three times his size and he did not back down. that's why his middle name is "killer"! haha. but he did survive & has no battle wounds. Luna Marie (one day I called her this and it just stuck...must be from shay) is doing well. always barking at other dogs - so she doesn't make many friends. but we do have a good little group that meets at the park & all the doggies get along! it's basically a pug pack (4 pugs: Ares, Luna, Hank & Ernie) + a frenchie (Dukes) & a boxer (Summer).... and the occassional visit from Cassius, the old english bulldog. i'll have to bring the camera one day to capture the mayhem! it's quite adorable actually :)

i am also going to donate my hair to locks of love. it's something i've always wanted to do & i've finally fought the urge to snip my hair off so that i can get to that point. so in the next few months it should be over ten inches in a ponytail and i will CHOP it off! the working out has been going pretty well too. seth wrote up this awesome workout for us alternating days between swimming & running. it gets pretty tough, but hopefully i'll be bikini ready by june :) or sooner since we live in cali...haha.

sorry there are no pics with this post... i need to upload them to the computer.. maybe next time :) arrivederci!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

I woke up this morning and wanted to do something nice for my husband. I decided to bake him his favorite muffins! Which as I type are in the oven right now. The yummy smell of gooey, warm blueberry muffins fills the apartment :)

When I went to the store this morning, I also wanted to buy a card to tell him how much I love him, but when I picked the one I liked, I looked at the price and it was FIVE DOLLARS! for a piece of paper with words written by someone else. not the best way to share your love.

So to my loving husband, Seth:

I love you. You are an amazing man and I am so blessed to have you in my life. I am extremely happy that you chose me to have by your side and be your wife. (haha smart guy's a rhymer!) You have given me so much joy and happiness, & turned my world upside down. Without you, I would be lost. You are the sweetest, most loving, giving and passionate man I know. I appreciate everything you do for us & everything you do each day to bring a smile to my face. I love who you are and what you believe. I love your passion and determination to do what you want with life. I love your adventurous spirit, but mostly I love the side of you that no one sees but me. I could have never imagined meeting someone who loves me as much as you do and who takes care of me like you do. God has given me the greatest husband and my best friend. You are the love of my life and I love every minute of our life together. Happy Valentine's Day Sweetheart!

Love, your Firefly

A note from Seth

Blogging...hmmm. It seems that no matter what I do or how I try to adapt, I am always falling behind the times. Got a cell phone years after everyone else was using them, got a smart phone years after everyone was using them, learned how to text years late, finally got a Facebook account and now we are all moving to blogging. Ahhhh... Whatever. So school started and I am already fed-up with it. Not so much it as the people who go there. At our community college there are about 22,000 students that attend there (literaly). Its so busy in the morning that we have police directing traffic on campus, just so that you can get to the parking lot where you will find exactly 0 spaces to park. Once you arrive in class it is filled with a bunch of snot-nosed little punks with 0 life experience and loud mouths full of exactly 0 knowledge or wisdom. The things that comes out of these kids mouths makes me doubt humanity as a whole. I spoke with my friend Jeremy Bishop to day who said something very interesting and I quote, " America, the land of the spoiled brats who think they already know averything." Thanks Jeremy, How true it is. I sit in class and wonder... 'what am I doing here?' I am forced to take the lamest classes, due to CA's flawed school system. On that note, CA has by far the stupidest most unreasonable laws out of any state or country for that matter. I cant get a job here because I wasnt certified in CA, they wont take my credits because they are this or that accreditation, wow. Now we are looking for jobs and I am waiting on the VA to start paying me my education money, which so are like a million other people out there. So the bank account continues to dwindle with each days passing.
Ok well aside from all that... Life is great.
No really, it is. Things are going great in the household. Sarah and I are adapting to the constant presence of each other and actually handling it very well;) She has handled the whole move so well and has truely impressed me with her mature attitude toward it all. We have a great roommate, seems to be working out very well so far. The dogs are healthy and loving SD as am I. I have yet to go surfing, since I have had such a full plate as of late, but plan to get out there asap.
We went to a dueling piano bar the other night with my brother Adam, his wife Helen and my cousins Lacey and Brandon. It was spectacular. We loved it. Sarah is amazing, she downed a shot of whiskey before anyone else at the table. What a trooper, what a wife. She continues to impress me each day with her little quips also.
I have been hitting the gym about 4 times a week with Kyle (roommate) and it seems to be going well. Sarah has been working out at the apartment gym and seems to like it ok. Sarah and I played raquetball the other day... it was a lot of fun. Sarah is a natural. She tends to shy away if the ball is hit real hard, but she will catch on soon enough.
Sarah has a possible job offer as a nanny. She has an interview this week with the people, so hopefully all goes well and we can stop worrying about money quite so much. I keep sending in applications, to no avail, but I will press on.
We truely miss all our friends in VA and UT. We hope to see them all so soon. They all seem to be doing very well and everyone seems to be getting pregnant these days, must be the weather out there. Good thing we are safe in CA.
Well, till next time. Take care and stay safe.

job hunting & slaving over school

this is us visiting point loma university which is right on the sunset cliffs! gorgeous views all over campus!



here we are at seaport village in san diego, right at the harbor!

well... we started school last week, and needless to say, we both are hating it. the campus is ridiculously crowded all the time... and it feels like we're back in high school. but it's only for one semester. for me at least. but seth is not as bothered by it as I guess I am. i have classes M-Th: calculus, geography, intro to hospitality & computers (online). seth has class TuTh: speech & philosophy, and he's taking two online: music & art history. calculus & computers are kicking my booty, & well seth just can't stand music and art. I told him I would switch with him, I'll do his art & music, if he does my computers. no go. oh well.
anyway, other than school, we are pretty much occupied with finding jobs. We've both applied online to many places, but no luck yet. I received emails asking for more info, so I'm just waiting to hear back. Those were for being a nanny! ha. It's pretty much the only job I am qualified for. So that's where I applied and also for a Gymboree Party Instructor, and another job as a Cupcake Associate! ha. Do you know which one I'd prefer?? lol. Seth is looking into jobs for security and hopefully he hears something soon.
I am struggling yet AGAIN, with figuring out what I want to do with my life. Hospitality and Tourism or Interior Design or something totally different! I have no idea! And it drives me crazy every minute of the day! But I have to stick with something so I can be done with school!
Pups are doing great! Cute as ever! Enjoying the California sun.. they get to go on walks much more often! And Ares actually SURVIVES!! :P
Well off to dream land soon... class tomorrow :/
<3 sc