the ultimate weekend

this past weekend brett took monday off and we packed in as many fun events as possible for the ultimate valentine's weekend. first:
we went to maverick's surf competition - if you didn't already hear, the waves were so big this year that they swept spectators off the beachside with broken bones, so we had to watch from afar...
so, this is what we actually saw (through binoculars we could see the surfers)


this is what we wish we saw:


then:
we finally found a new apartment! We like it a lot, it's way cheaper, and we are moving in 1 1/2 weeks!
this is the place:


that night, we planned to do a fancy-pants valentine's dinner, but we were so pooped we just had pizza and watched the olympics, cozy style.

next: we went to our favorite fruit & vegetable stand in watsonville, ca and bought like 20 lbs of produce:


finally, we relaxed on the beach in santa cruz. aaahhhhhhh...



we love california... way more than i thought we ever would. we are surrounded by amazing beauty on all sides!

Outrageous.

I remember once in Haleiwa, HI when Brett & I got pulled over for not having a seatbelt on, not having registration, and not having current insurance. The cop joked with us for a bit, asked us if we were employed, and said he would flip a coin to decide to give us a ticket or not. We lost the coin toss, and he still let us off with a warning.

But in the last few weeks Brett has been trying to find out what he can get away with in CA. Turns out when they get ya, they get ya hard.
Speeding Ticket - 71 in a 55: $300. Yikes.
Not coming to a complete stop before turning right on red: $500.

Turns out ya can't get away with much here. Another reason to miss the land of Aloha...

finally blogging again

so now that brett is working crazy late hours i am finally getting back to blogging and looking at all your blogs, while i wait for him to get home...
these pics are actually from our halloween trip to yosemite. we traded in costumes and candy for hiking this year, and it was lovely.