The year has really been great so far, so I thought I'd recap...
Each month so far has been filled with some great memories. We kicked off the new year in Santa Maria, so we hiked to Lizard's Mouth in Santa Barbara and spent some time at Avila Beach. I went to Vegas with my good bud Kris and met her friends- that was a blast! Our roommate (who is moving out next week, sorry to say, but YAY!) celebrated her 30th birthday with a really fun kickball-sloshball party. Patrick and I also spent a day in Coronado with our wedding photographers trashing the holy heck out of a $20 wedding dress I found on ebay!
In February Patrick turned a quarter century old :) We spent his birthday weekend in Puerto Nuevo, Mexico and had a total blast exploring baja and got a little surfy surf in... unfortunately that same weekend my grandmother suffered from a stroke and we lost Patrick's grandmother to cancer (not to mention my entire family had the flu and right after we got back I came down with strep throat!!).
When March came around my grandmother had started recovering rapidly so we finally celebrated her 75th birthday at mom and dad's house (her stroke happened the day before her bday in Feb). Christopher's hockey season ended and we spent a day at the zoo... By the way if you live in SD you should totally get a zoo membership... hello?! Unlimited skyrides!
Somewhere within these months Pat and I got a 'new' car- a dark blue BMW 330ci (convertible). It's my baby and to this day I still have no name for it. I'm looking for suggestions, and the name has to start with a 'B' (my 4runner was Betty, my Mustang was Bella)...
April and May were full of pre-wedding events, and some big family news! I was the lucky bride-to-be that had 2 wedding showers, one in San Diego and one in Santa Maria (both in April). In May we had my bachelorette party here in San Diego. My favorite part of the night was dancing my tush off in the limo bus! The big family news was that my Dad got his M.B.A! Soooo super proud of my pops!
June of course was wedding month! When Father's Day rolled around I took some great shots of our goddaughter Sienna for Richard. Wedding week was lots of fun. My cousin Katy threw me a lingerie shower which was a blast. I also had a fun sexy photoshoot with my wedding hair-and-makeup gal, and spent some time at the RB Spa with my bridesmaids. When we got back from our honeymoon in July we spent some time at the racetrack in Del Mar, and also with our good friends Richard, Chrissy, Porsche and Donnie (it seemed like we were beginning to live at Pala Casino!).
Last month we spent some time at Balboa Park with Chris and Cheryl, and went to the Natural History Museum. Chris got to see the dinosaur skeletons and a really cool water exhibit. Chris finished yet another season of ice hockey, and our Spaniard friends (the Bisbe Family) visited us in San Diego! We (the Carmichaels, ma and pa included) took them all over, and my fave part of the weekend was the cruise around San Diego bay! K the end!
2 comments:
Hey, now I see a comment option on your page! Did you change something? Anyways - it sounds like you have a had a BUSY year - ups and downs all over the place.
I read your profile - I like taking photos too, and I too HATE not having a hair tie. For the last 3 years, I have kept a hair tie permanently around my wrist. People ask me if I am into Kabbala.
Hey, now I see a comment option on your page! Did you change something? Anyways - it sounds like you have a had a BUSY year - ups and downs all over the place.
Oh the zoo - I love zoo's, but have never had a chance to go to the SD Zoo. What about the Wild Animal Park - have you been there? Any good?
I read your profile - I like taking photos too, and I HATE not having hair ties either. For 3 years now I have kept one permanently around my wrist. People ask me if I am into Kaballa.
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