BEWARE!!

This game is so addictive.  My mom bought this game for some good family fun, and I am obsessed with it.  Case in point........  Last night, Chris, my sister, and myself played this game for 4 hours straight!  On a Friday night people!  Lets just say it wasn't our proudest moment.  And to really top it off, just two days before that my brother, sister in law, Chris, and I, all played it for 3 hours in place of our weekly card games.  And lets be honest, I'm not even mentioning all the time I've spent alone playing this game (I know, that is embarrassing).  You would think with all those hours of play we would have beaten the game by now....... so not the case.  We are only half way through.  So if you want a game that will make you laugh and cry (out of pure frustration) at the same time, play this game.  But beware!  It is extremely addictive and you lose all sense of time.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

Midnight Movie

Yay!! My mom, little sis, and I went and saw New Moon on Friday at midnight.  And it was so worth the wait.  We did the same thing last year with Twilight, only to leave the theatre disappointed.  Not the case this year though.  They did a fabulous job bringing my favorite book in the saga to life.  

Taking It Easy

The most common question that Chris and I get asked, after we return from our summer of working is "What do you guys do now?"  To which I always reply, "Not much."  There is no better way to put it.  In the past, Chris' job has always allowed him to take the winters off and relax until the arrival of the next strenuous summer.  But with him owning his own company now, things have changed......... a little.  He works, but nowhere near the amount of hours he did in the summer.  As for me, in the past I have always gotten some sort of temporary job, that was basically there to help keep me busy and bring in a little extra spending cash.  I didn't mind it.  But this winter I have opted to stay home and continue my duties that I did in the summer.  Right now, our focus is working on getting everything ready to possibly expand our company to another state.  So we are keeping our fingers crossed that all will work out with that goal of ours.  And between all of that we are just having the best time being with family and friends, catching up on all of our favorite TV shows, and I have made it a huge goal to finally conquer my little to do list.  

See.  Like I said.  We don't do much.  But this is the way we like it.  Our summers are always so crazy and hectic that the time just flies right past us.  But, when the fall/ winter seasons roll around it gives us the opportunity to slow time down........................ just a little.  

Home Sweet Home

One of the best parts of leaving for the summer is knowing that at the end we always get to come back HOME.  To a place that is ours and has only been ours and no one elses. To a place that is filled with such worldly things, but things none the less that spark memories of past adventures and experiences.  I love walking into our house for the first time after being gone all summer and smelling the stuffy air, knowing that it hasn't been lived in and has anxiously been awaiting our return just as much as we have been anticipating the return to it.  I love removing the covers from all the furniture and seeing the dust gather in the air, and with every new unveiling of what lies beneath it slowly brings our house back to life.  Now almost three weeks later, the sweet aromatic smell of my Scentsy enhances all the background smells of my cleaners and fresh laundry.  Smells that are so familiar, and oh so welcoming.  With all the hard work done, it is so refreshing to just plop down on the couch and take that sigh of relief, and while looking around, just simply realize just how good it is to be HOME.

Goodbye California

WOW!! I cannot believe how fast time passes us by.  It seems like it was just yesterday when Chris and I pulled into California with big dreams and anticipated success.  But lets face it.........  this summer was hard............. harder than Chris and I could have ever fathomed.  We have been in this industry for five years now and I don't think there was any way we could have prepared ourselves for the trials that laid ahead of us.  But I can truly say, without a shadow of a doubt, I wouldn't trade them for anything. 

 These last four months were filled with long (oh so long) work days, being on the phone and computer constantly (I don't think my eyes will ever fully recover), dealing with all the rules and regulations that California had to throw at us (believe me there were a lot), and having to share my time with my husband (the hardest thing to get used to).  But with any trial we go through in life, Chris and I walked away from this experience with our heads held high and with an extreme realization................... That together we make an awesome team, both in marriage and professionally. 

So now as we say our goodbyes to California, we look ahead to our future, and know that together we can conquer any dream that we dare dream up (do I hear Louisiana calling?). 

Lazy Days of Summer

For the last week and a half we have taken advantage of every free moment we have had and have.........................

gone swimming at Folsom Lake,

went and did some rope swinging, and

jumped out of some trees.

We couldn't ask for a better way to spend the last few days left of our Northern Cali Summer.

Lunch Date

About a week or so ago, Chris took the whole office out for a lunch date to say thanks for all their hard work.  The lunch was filled with many laughs and reminiscing of summer events, places, and activities, where the conversations were dominated with "Remember when ..............." and "Wasn't it so funny when .........."  It was a perfect way to bring Axis Protection's first summer to a close.