Yellow Seahorse

Last December, Dave and I became scuba certified in Hawaii. I enjoy diving, but Dave L-O-V-E-S it. I'm not much for cold water, seaweed, and sharks, so I avoid diving off the California coast like the plague. Dave, however, goes diving pretty regularly off the coast of Catalina and the Channel Islands, and is now advance certified. Due to my aversion to cold water, and love for tropical getaways, we decided to venture down to Roatan Honduras for some amazing (and warm) diving. What we discovered, in addition to my renewed love for diving, was this little guy: a yellow seahorse. Isn't he magnificent! How amazing is it that this beautiful, bright, and somewhat strange creature lives more than 80 feet underwater!?! So cool. So, so cool.

6 years!

Six years later, through good times and bad, there's no one I'd rather have by my side. I love this man. 

How big is Remi?? SOOOO BIG!

I'm a terrible parent. I meant to update about our latest trip to the beach, but, as usual, I forgot my camera. Three trips to the beach with Remi, and not a single picture to document. Terrible. Anyway, here's a pic of Remi and Naimo...notice they are about the same size! Ah!

Boston/NYC

BOSTON!

I had no idea I would fall in love with a city so quickly. From the amazing history, the easy-to-navigate subway system, the fantastic food (and even more fantastic sangria), the clean streets, to the unique pride its residents take in their town, Boston may just be my new favorite city.  Not to mention the town was totally taken over by Dodger fans/Laker fans while we were there, which created a fun atmosphere as we explored the city. Add on top of that traveling with wonderful friends, and seeing our beloved Dodgers battle against the Green Monster, it was an all together AMAZING trip.

Dave and I and Peter and Toni met up with Matt and Sam and Jay and Jill for lunch one day (it was breezy...that's my dress billowing in the wind, not my belly...)

After dinner and the most amazing sangria EVER - Great friends!

NYC!

We took the train from Boston to New York City, where we bravely navigated the subway...during rush hour...with enormous suit cases. Quite a feat. Anyway, we survived and went about enjoying the city. My cousin Scotty lives in the city and was a gracious tour guide while we were there. He took us to his favorite places in the city, showed us around his neighborhood, and (my favorite) got us into a speakeasy!

The Scott A. Taylor freedom trail 

Going through a phone booth within a hot dog dive to get to the speakeasy...how fun is that?!?

Times Square and MEMPHIS (so good!)

The American Girl Store - here I am with Molly. The store was everything I thought it would be and more, but I am sad to report Kirsten and Samantha have both been discontinued :( Who would do such a thing??

All in all, we have a fantastic trip - it was so much fun exploring these cities with a couple we love!

Passport Weekend Reunion

A year ago this week, I graduated from pharmacy school. I probably could not have made it to graduation without these people:

Our friendship was formed when we had way to much to do in addition to our classes. These were the people I studied with into the wee hours of the night with, the ones I drank waaaayy too much caffeine with, the ones who introduced me to really good wine, the ones I celebrated with when somehow we all managed to pass our classes, and the ones who shared the good times along with the bad. Even though we've gone our separate ways, we've decided to reunite once a year to do what we do best: drink good wine, eat good food, and catch up on our lives.