happy birthday ava!

all our little baby friends are REALLY growing up.
ava patri turned one yesterday!
soooo sad i'm going to be missing her big b-day bash this weekend...
happy birthday girl!!!! oxoxoxs

quadra nites

the sunsets around here are just UNREAL.
yesterday we moved down to thad's aunt mia & uncle john's cabin down
on the beach (pics to follow)
we had doni and buck over to "our place" for happy hour and spent
the majority of the evening looking out at
the water and the gorgeous skyline.
it doesn't even get dark here until 10:30?! awesome!


our view from the deck

the mountains across the water

thad enjoying a glass of wine on the deck

doni & buck walking home on the beach after happy hour

fly fishing

saturday thad and i hiked to his favorite spot on stromberg lake.
thad did some fly fishing, and i was his official fly fishing photographer.
he even taught me a few moves (and he said i was the BEST 1st time fly
fisherman he'd ever seen!) maybe next time he'll let me use a hook!?


thad in action



fly fishing photographer extraordinaire..

kali & the cupcakes

sara & rick just sent us this cute photo of kali at
the new crumbs cupcakes by their house in la....
soooo cute this girl!!!!
and look at all those yummy cupcakes...auntie jess is jealous!!!!
maybe we need to open a cupcake shop on quadra island?!

sunny days

the weather has been great here the last few days---
and everything looks even MORE spectacular when it's sunny,
so here's a few more pics

our view from up at the house

the cabin

another gorgeous day at the beach

me & ziggy hanging out on the deck

thad makes a bonfire down at the firepit

stanley, the laird's quadra kitty...

the heriot bay inn...home to thad's favorite pub (the heriot bay inn PUB)

the tiniest houseboat EVER!!!! we think mister might want to move in....

quadra 08

it took us a few days, 620 miles of driving and two ferry rides- but we made it up to thad's parents house on quadra island. yipeee! the highlight of the trip up here was seeing a pod of orca whales
on the ferry ride over. i had never seen orcas in real life
(except for shamu....)
it was really awesome to see, especially so close!

orca sighting on the ferry

more orcas!

a few of thad's favorite things...
quadra island, beer and me (in no particular order...ha)

looking up at the cabin from the beach

pretty rocks

gorgeous ocean view

the beach in front of the house

happy as a clam

we made it!

let the games begin!

it's official...we've got a BUN in the oven!
(or...i guess i'm technically the one with the ACTUAL bun in the oven)
we couldn't be more excited over here and are happy to say we
all made it through the first trimester a-ok! yipeee!
baby's in utero name is "ziggy"
(short for ziggy the zygote...clever, aren't we!?)
due date is december 9th...so stay tuned...