Catch Up

Keving was looking through all of our pictures the other night and noted that I had not put ANY of them on my blog. So here is a sample. I gave up halfway through and there is a slide show post after.
Most of these are from the Fall (you will notice Kevin is clean shaven).

Wild ,Untamed, and Uncut

You may see the unibomber, his mother calls him the prophet, and some just think he's homeless. He is my husband.

This is the "dapper" slicked back look.

In this photo, I can't decide which I would like to get rid of more. The excess hair on my husband, or his silly poster that hangs in our bedroom. I just love going to sleep and waking up to the byu football team staring at me. But, in order to rid myself of the poster, I must win in Ping-Pong. I guess that i better get used to the poster.

I awoke the other morning to buzzing... could this be, could Kevin have finally come to his senses?

Alas, It was a tease.It was the sound of a razor, but he was just "trimming up". Kevin is still sporting his 'man' beard. I am not really sure what spurred this idea. I used to tell him that I enjoyed a little scruff. You know, the rugged look. mmmm. Ever since thanksgiving, Kevin has refused to shave or cut his hair. So what happened? Look for yourself.

He loves his "flowing" hair

and his "that's what she said"
t-shirt. I want to burn it.

No, He has not had anything to drink, and he

does still have all of his teeth. Pretty funny picture though.

See, the rugged look is Hot.

I guess he keeps trying to convince all his law school buddies that they should grow a "playoff beard" for their intramural championships. It seems they all care to much what their wives would think. You can't count the number of times people have asked me "do you actually like it?". I just hope they win their championship soon!

Weapons

So, since out little "incident" a week or so ago, I have been thinking to myself. "that could have been a worse situation. What if I had been there?" This type of thinking got me a bit concerned. I always thought men were like cougars, they went for the smallest victims, and this does not include me at 6'0". What if it was not an intentional, I'm going after you, but instead, I stumble upon something and thus become a victim. What would I do. I have nothing to intimidate them besides my size. So, I have been looking at all sorts of personal weapons. a)Mace, but that won't do anything to an intoxicated, or high individual. b)Pepper spray, but then I actually have to hit them in the eyes. c) a gun...lets not even go into the trouble that could cause me. d) a crow bar, am I really going to haul that around? I have the perfect solution. I have a friend at work, who specializes in all sorts of martial arts. He and Kevin think I would make a fantastic MMA fighter. What better weapon, then my sick fighting skills. I think I will start training this week.

Happy Birthday!

Check out my birthday surprise. I guess these guys don't have a conscience. Don't they know it was BCS national championshio day?
If you see a 52" LCD Samsung on Craigslist in Chicago. Let us know.

With the fingerprinting dust and all

Chicago Lessons

Here are some Pics. This is only a small sample. Stay tuned for more in the near future. For some silly reason, my computer will not let me edit. So read on if you want to read the post.

Wrigley Field

Go cubs yes, it is SUNday

Kevin and his new bff (anyone would be if you shared 20oz of coke with them right?). They are outside the College football hall of fame in South Bend before it moves. More free, Thanks Kelly. Notice, it is NOT SUNday.

kevy by the famous Chicago theatre.

awww.

Kevy by the Chicago river. I can't believe they can dye the entire thing green for St Patty's Day

The famous bean. I believe I have about 40 pics of this landmark. My cute husband and his picture happy ways.

Fun but strange architechture in Millenium Park

Buckingham fountain

Me and Kevy on a SUNday walk along lake shore drive (less than 5 min from our apt)

SUNday

I think the best and most obvious lesson learned I have learned since moving to Chicago is about Sunday. Now I have finally learned how it gots its name. Yes, we have learned that it is a day of rest, but the history around its name must have originated in Chicago. Since Kevin and I have lived in this city, the only day we seem to be able to observe the Sun is on Sunday, hence where Sunday gets its name. The other days of the week do not include sun in their names, thus it must be a day for rain and gloom. Not that we don't like Chicago. We have had so much fun exploring and learning about our new home, but it makes it a bit challenging when the only day we have for these explorations is this single day of the week.

Distance and Time


Now I am from Raymond (population: roughly 2500) to me, 60 miles should take 40-60min, that would only make sense right? Well, forget everything you have learned. Forget that I lived in the bay area and thought I had seen traffic, and assumed I knew what it was all about. I have relearned everything I once knew. 10 miles, can mean an hour, depending on when you want to go, in what direction you want to go, and what road you are taking. Who knew that it could be so complicated.


Hair and Humidity


I hate the humidity, I also hate doing my hair. Now this lesson is coming from a girl who managed to make it her entire senior year of highschool with a wet messy bun or ponytail to school. I would not mind doing this, but I do have a husband, and I feel like I should get all razzle dazzle once in a while, but read the 1st lesson once again, If I did do my hair, the humidity and rain make it look like I had a battle with a penny and an electrical outlet, what a mess. Poor Kevin.



Toques and Polar bears


One, who will remain nameless, since it is so "embarrassing", was tossing her darling toque in the air, when a gust of wind came along (hello, it is the windy city and there are plenty of gusts of wind) and picked up the hat and threw it over the 10ft glass wall into the polar bear's pool. (this polar bear was much prettier than the green one at the San Francisco Zoo). It sure got her attention (I am sure it was a girl), she almost dove in. I guess, they have good taste in fashionable hats. I think she just wanted to try it on.



Chicago Dogs


They aren't as good as I thought they would be. I will break every Chicago rule, and stick to JUST ketchup on my Dogs from now on.


Sox vs Cubs.


We live on the south-side, in fact, we live on the same street as Obama (I know, we almost moved when we figured this out), He pitched the opening pitch at a game this year for the Sox. For this reason, and this reason only, I am a Cubs fan. We even went to Wrigley field. Lots of fun.


Free Days.


I married an accountant. He watches his money (we are not allowed to say cheap), but in this city, there are so many fun things to do that ARE Free. They have a free zoo (where I learned about polar bears and fashion), free museums, and free fireworks. Since being here, I have been to 3 free museums (one of them twice), the free zoo, and we are planning on several more. We love free.

Countdown 9 days...

My favorite place, Monterey. We got to go last weekend with kevy's family

Just a few short days left here in sunny California. We have loved living here and we will miss it, but we are looking forward to our big adventure up ahead. I thought I would post some pictures from some of our more recent adventures and favorite places.

Me and my BFF and "drinking buddy" at Half Moon Bay. Our husbands were supposed to take us to the Ritz (as seen in the background), but must have spent too much on lobster for breakfast.

Kevy showing off his amazing form. He is a fantastic boogey boarder and body surfer

Kevy, our nephew Kaden and his sister Lianna down in Carmel. too bad it was a chilly summer day, but still so pretty.

Kevy and me at Point Lobos in Carmel

This hike was done on the hottest day of the year, I am sure, and nearly cost me my husband. I almost had to carry him down the mountain as since he ran out of water halfway up the hike. oops. We did live though. Yay.

Our hike at the Pinnacles continued. We did see a California Condor.

Kevy and I hiked Half Dome, this was on the way down. We ran out of water at the top of that hike as well. I need to become a better trip planner.

The hike was just over 20 miles. (I am sure most of it was straight up) as you can see behind me in this picture, the final ascent is up chains that go at about an 85 degree angle up. People are going up and down that same set of chains. That line took me 3 hours to get through, but the view from the top is spectacular. Its a good thing I have kevy and he takes lots of pictures to remember it, because I will never hike it again.

We are on the Diving board at the very top of Half Dome.

At the beginning of our hike (you can see the part jutting out, it is the diving board we are standing on in the picture above)

Kevy thought he was commanding the elements.

The day before, we explored the valley and Yosemite Falls.

Kevy's family came into town for Labor day weekend. We had lots of fun with them. This is us at the beach in Monterey