Ice Cream Date Night!!

What do you do for family night each week?  Over the past 2+ years I've found it a little difficult...for whatever reason I tend to relate Family Night to having kids... and while we have Shep, we don't have any kids yet. Each week we have date night (95% of the time it's Friday night...sometimes it's Saturday nights instead), but Family Night is a difficult task for us.  So, last week we had a little discussion on an article from the LDS Ensign (Click here for more info) and then sat down for some ice cream and a movie.

 This is our YUMMY cookie dough ice cream!!

I'm not excited...not at all!!  :-)

Who doesn't LOVE the beach?

 One of my favorite parts about being in California has got to be the roughly 60 minute drive to the beach!!  September was an unusually hot month and was roughly 100 degrees every day.  It was pretty awful!  The saving grace?  Friday afternoons we would head to the beach!! Unfortunately....September isn't "get in the water" beach weather thanks to the ocean being just a bit too chilly.  Still, it was nice to walk along the beach for a couple hours and have our toes in the sand!!

And of course....is there anything prettier than sunset on the beach??  

I am slowly getting used to being a California girl.  It's a big adjustment from Colorful Colorado.  Especially when we're cooling off to 80s as all my friends are commenting on the first snowfall of the season.  I'm constantly trying to see the positive side of our adventure, and so far....I've been successful.

This week we took a trip to the Bay Area for a training for Spencer. Shep and I tagged along...and are enjoying the hotel life!! After our week long vacation...its back to unpacking and decorating and blogging about it.  I know you're all anxiously awaiting pictures of our new home...right??

Fall is in the Air!!

Seeing as it is now October (and has been for the past 10 days) I figure it's high time the blog gets an update.  I managed to lose my external hard drive in the move and am still hoping it shows up...it has to be around here somewhere, right??

We are enjoying a week in Northern California thanks to Schneider Electric...so tomorrow I'll post what pictures I do have on my camera from the past month!!

One last post...

before we become Californians!!  It has been a whirlwind summer to say the least.  Spencer had an interview a the beginning of June and was offered a new position at Schneider beginning July 9th.  He will be the Schneider rep for the Grainger account covering everything Bakersfield, CA south and all of Arizona.  We are moving to SoCal next weekend, halfway between LA and San Diego.  I'll then come back to FoCo and stay with my awesome neighbor for 2 weeks while I finish my internhsip and then will head back to CA.

We've had a fun summer trying to do as much as possible before we leave beautiful CO.  I'll post a few photos of the fun we've had...but there are more on facebook..

I'm a college graduate!

After 7 years of work....I'm a college gradute!  Ok, not officially....but I did walk at graduation last Friday.  The way my program works I have to complete a 600 hour internship after all class work is done before they will send my diploma.  I will be an intern with Reach Fitness working at Fit@Oracle in Broomfield this summer.  Don't count on many blog posts this summer as I will be working 4 ten hour days, commuting 1 hour each way.  We do have some fun trips planned for the summer so there will be pictures of those.

 My sister and her kids have made the move to this wonderful state!!  My poor brother-in-law is stuck on the coast finishing up work and selling the house.  Let's pray it sells quickly so they can buy a house here instead of staying with Mom and Dad.  

My amazing sister and mom came up for my graduation along with my niece and 4 nephews.  Dad made it in time for graduation but missed dinner and pictures.  What is usually a 2 hour trip took him 5 hours....Thank you to an accident and major rush hour traffic!! (Mom calls it the parking lot....which is pretty accurate) 

 Spencer's family came up too.  My sister in law gets married tomorrow but her fiance didn't make the trip.  I didn't get to see them much....so I guess it's a good thing we will see them tomorrow.  My sister in law moved to Texas earlier this year....and I miss her!

Upcoming: Pictures from our weekend in Estes Park with my family!  But now....to wake up the sleeping husband and get ready for the day!

Happy Birthday Spencer!!

April has been an interesting month for us.   Full of ups and downs.   On a high note, Spencer turned 25 last week.  Sadly, shortly before we had to say so long to a member of the Curtis family.  The Focus Spencer has driven for the past 8 years has left us.  It was a great car and I'm pretty sure Spencer cried the last time he drove it.  He traded it in for a new Suburu WRX  (picture to come).  It's a pretty BLUE and I'm convinced he needs to trade with me...blue is MY color after all!!

 Shep (who LOVES car rides) was not a fan of the WRX....  Could be that we went up the Poudre Canyon, which is ALL curvy roads...   However, Spencer and I enjoyed our ride.

 On the way back into town we stopped by New Belgium Brewery so I could take a picture of one of the Schneider Electric charging stations.  Pretty cool...huh??

I am ever so thankful that the semester is almost over.  14 days left of classes ( technically only 6 days of classes and 2 days of finals) and in 17 days I will walk at graduation.  It's taken me 7 years and I'm soooo happy to be almost done!!!

Eagles Hockey

We love sports in this family...so last week we went to an Eagles Hockey game with friends from school, the Kooimans.  We started out the night with dinner at Red Robin (one of our favorite places).  The Eagles won and are in the playoffs this week.  It was a fun night!!!

Can you tell they don't like their pictures being taken?  BORING!!  hahaha