Summer is here!

It's really starting to feel like summer, aside from the warmth.

Last weekend was the 4th of July. We surprised my mom AGAIN with a dinner party at my grandparents' house in Poway. That was a blast - I got to show off my new husband's cooking skills. He made us all pulled pork sandwiches & they were delicious. Then we jammed out to Grape Day Park to listen to the Marine Corp band & watch fireworks. The neices were having their own little adorable dance party - I'll have to find some pics from that to post :)

We'd gone to Moonlight Beach the day before & luckily escaped getting sunburned, but it sure was packed like it was summer. Allison hated the beach, Bri got trapped in seaweed while Josh & Jared were taking her out & McCall got into a fight with the water when it erased her name in the sand. Fun times.

Lots of treats since Deb was in town & a day of recovery from it all. Can't wait for all the excitement that will be this summer - jet skis, beach camping, bonfires...we plan to make the most of it!

Coronado, etc.

After a totally over-cast weekend, Brooke & I finally enjoyed some sun at Coronado. It's so pretty out there. I really love it. Too bad it's such a far drive (considering all the beaches that are much closer). I took several pictures for other people (like randoms who asked me to), and I think we may have 1 or 2 of us. It's so clean there, we could have stayed longer, but my red nose is evidence of not putting on sunscreen, so we left pretty early. I'm not one who would really choose to live on the beach, but I could live there. It's so pretty. They even have perfectly landscaped medians - yeah, one had it's own little garden complete with mini gazebo!

That night we went to sushi - my bad, I should have made reservations with the 8 of us, but I didn't. So we ended up going to a different sushi place that didn't have specials that night & we were too late for happy hour. So much for planning (luckily, everything else went well). Of course, with the exception of the grunion run. We went to Moonlight Beach to enjoy a bonfire full a whole of 30 minutes before the beach closed (what?!) and then waited in the cold for the grunion that didn't even show. Oh well, I'm still holding out for the red tide - that's more fun anyway. Someone let me know when that's here again :)

Genuine Fun Times

So, this weekend is/has been such a blast! Dad Kerby surprised Mom Kerby by flying Joy & the girls out here since Brooke was already coming out. We picked the girls up from the airport & came back to Mission Bay to surprise Mom. Original idea was to drive up & be like... "SURPRISE!" but mom always takes appts on her day off (lesson learned?) so we improved & Joy & the girls snuck up on Mom when she came & was distracted by other grandbabies. Hilarious & never to be forgotten... hands over the cheeks... "ahh, ahh, ahhhh... oh my gosh!"... tears. Awesome. Luckily no Kerbys spilled the beans. Probably one of our greatest feats ever.

So we had fun out on the jet skis with everyone. I may or may not have thrown Josh off the jet skis once or twice & he may or may not have skipped across the water the first time he flew. Oops! Luckily I'm able to grab on to him when he drives =) We survived & my wonderful husband has a great sense of humor, so we laughed it off. A sunburned nose, but that's about it.

Saturday dad let us take out the jet skis with the Hansen fam - Yvonne & I hung out in the morning with the girls in the rain (without blankets or sweaters for the girls) while Jared & Josh spent 2.5 hrs at the Swap Meet - sheesh! Jon & Mel showed up with their kids right before Josh & Jared, and they luckily brought a sweater for Bri & some blankets. It was cloudy the whole time we were there, but that didn't stop us from having a blast. I got to take each of the girls out for slow rides near the shore & then I hopped on with Josh & the girls went with their dads (Taylor went with Mel, too).

We came home & Josh made some delicious grub for the Kerby clan & then we played games with the Hansens after watching the Ultimate Fighter Finale. Blackjack for nasty jelly beans after already regretting the ice cream we'd eaten - a bad idea. But what's worse is opting for a hot pepper instead of taking the chance to get a rotten egg jelly bean. I don't think I've ever had a pepper that hot! I even dumped out all the seeds & I still cried as my ears steamed from the heat. I felt the burn in my mouth for the next hour. Yikes!

Tomorrow Brooke & I are going to Coronado... let the good times roll!

The end is near

Josh & I have officially started putting together our food storage. 31 packs of assorted gum...check.

It's official

Josh has given me my first gray hair...

Ugh...

No sense in waiting for Josh to do anything with this thing anymore & I feel some sort of obligation, even though it's totally not my thing.

Anyhoo...

A lot has happened since we got back from our Honeymoon! Fun times in Coachella - as always! The Killers put on a fantastic show. It was sad to see J & YV take off back to Sac Town, but we were happy to know we'd see them again soon. And we did - we flew up to Sacramento where I hung out for the weekend of Jared's CHP graduation. All sorts of wicked cool auto maneuvers & all around good times. We headed out to San Fran where we took pictures of ALcatraz in the background, I had my 1st ever fish & chips (not bad), and tried a bite of Josh & Deb's fresh crab. Saw some intersting street performers & the Golden Gate Bridge. Glad we went, but unless something exciting is going on there, I'm not all about getting back there anytime soon.

Then I left my hubby in Sac Town for a whole week (miserable!) so that he could have some good old fashion brotherly bonding & help them move down to LA (yay!). Needless to say, I survived, but am glad that he could help. After the week was over, I couldn't wait to go pick him up, so I made the drive & we hung out there for the weekend. Saw an awesome UFC fight (but only 1 - I was exhausted after helping move a little). It was Evans vs. Machida, though & worth waking up for :)

Had a good Memorial Day BBQ at my parent's house. Have started running with Kim again on Saturday mornings - last Saturday was the 1st and only time that Kim's going to get out of our committement :o) It's great to get out & run in the fresh air & also to be able to catch up with Kim since neither of us are really phone people.

Now I'm holding my breath for the excitement that keeps coming. Brooke's coming down for Father's Day & I'm thinking I'll take a day off & maybe go down to Coronado, or something. And we have a Sushi Date! Weather's getting to be perfect for jet skiis - and my dad's got some! Jared & Yvonne are also coming down Father's Day weekend. No plans for the 4th of July yet, but we're going to do a beach campout with Josh's family the following week. Taylor Bug & I started planning it a few weeks ago - she'll be excited once we have the date set in stone. Ooh! And we're watching Tay & Dukie Friday.

I think that's it. We're so greatful for the fortunate situation that we're in. That we aren't fighting, even though we spend all our time together. We have the greatest family. And we're looking for a house. (Crossing my fingers that people start getting kicked out of their houses again, so that we can take advantage of the vacancies, for real!)

Do things ever slow down?

Sorry, no update on the cruise yet. We had a blast! I got sunburned & then turned right back to pale after it all peeled off. Bummer! Josh looked slightly Mexican while we were there with his dirty mustache & tan. We ate all the time until I thought I was going to explode (literally) on Thursday. Then kept eating. We explored all over the place & even ran into some missionaries in the heart of Puerto Vallarta.

And to keep the fun times going (in the midst of all the hustle & bustle of our new married life together), we're headed out to the desert for COACHELLA - http://www.coachella.com/event/lineup - this weekend! I'm stoked. We didn't think we'd be able to go this year since Jared's in the CHP academy & he/Yvonne are the hook-up. But it turns out we're going. And so are they. So fun times rocking out to the likes of Franz Ferdinand, the Killers, Lupe Fiasco... and even funner times seeing what Brianna & Allison are up to these days & how much more adorable they've gotten. I know, we just saw them for the wedding, but there was not much down time while they were here & we didn't get to hang out too much.

Pictures to follow so you can all be jealous =)