Hillary Visits

We were very happy to welcome Hillary to West Texas for a few days recently. She came all the way from San Francisco to see us and my bump! She got to come to the baby shower and the next morning, we loaded up the car and took a mini road trip to Marfa & Fort Stockton.

Sandhills Day Trip

Our friend Brady came in from New York for a quick visit this week, the first of what I hope will be many visits from friends in the upcoming year. There wasn't much going on in town, so we made a spontaneous day trip to the Monahans Sandhills State Park.

Farewell, Nelson!

Nelson has become a second home, and with it we found a second family. The long-termers and fellow workers we met at Tasman Bay Backpackers were great, and we ended our time with them by having a rowdy and joyful party full of hugs, music, funkyball, late night breakfast and a little bit of braiding each other's hair.

Los Angeles stopover

We made it to Auckland!

Saying goodbye to Sebastian was hard, but I think he's loving his new home with my grandparents. He was pretty confused at the end, when our apartment was emptying out and he was running out of hidey holes.

3 weeks to go!

Yesterday was my last day at Century Graphics, where I've been working for the past 3.5 years.  Even though I've known I would be leaving for over 8 months, it was quite a feeling to walk out of the building.

I couldn't have left on a busier weekend.  Today is the wedding of two good friends from high school, Teresa and Matt, and tomorrow is my 28th birthday!  I love these two crazy kids and I am so excited for their nuptials.

Teresa and me in high school, driving around in my Falcon, Shirley.