tahoe

aaahhhhh... this was it. just what you need to really get away...

some earth:

fire:
air:
and killer clear water.


just got back from tahoe - we met up with brett's ole buddy Cameron and his wife Nicoleen and camped for 3 glorious days. they were so much fun to travel with! (this was our first "friendcation" so we weren't sure how it would be, but it was awesome) thanks cam & nic!

summer visitors

this summer we have been the lucky hosts to many of our favorite people!

most recently (as in, this past week), brett's sister alissa and her hubby tanner came to visit.

we made and ate lots of this: (3x to be exact)
we did a lil of this: (too cold!)
a bit of city-discovering in san fran:
and one fun night of camping:

brett's bro ryan came in july, for one short weekend. but we made the most of it by taking him straight to a giants game when he got off the plane:

we think he enjoyed it, even though he spent most of the game doing this:

my mom came in june:

we hit up san fran with my aunt -

did lots of beach time (my mom's an oregonian, so this was her fave part)

by the end of her trip, lil marley was ready to be adopted again, by her.

brett's fam (well, just mom, dad, lil sis susan and lil bro jesse) came in may and we stayed with them in monterey and spent most of the time hiking in big sur. of course, i didn't bring my camera for any of that, but this is what i got:

we celebrated susan's bday with a delicious cheese-cake made by her mom:

and we played settlers til the cows came home.

we would be excited to see any of you too! if you can stand sleeping on a slightly deflated air mattress in our tiny living room... but we'll do our best to make it worth your while!