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Traveling Together January 14, 2011

Filed under: Arizona,Happy,Love — Kelocity @ 12:09 pm

Let’s face it, I’m a lucky girl.

I’m lucky in love with this man:

We love being home in LA, but we are happier people when we travel. We both have this lust for the ‘seeing and doing’ in life. The adventure of planning and the prospect of a road trip. We get giddy thinking up ways to explore more. Travel definitely defines us, and we love to do it together.

But rest assured, we each also have our own passions and hobbies. I love my craft nights and running. And this man LOVES his golf!

When Irving agreed to come to Phoenix for my marathon weekend, I thought he was just being nice. I kept asking him, “Are you sure you want to come all the way out? I’ll be busy doing my running thing.” But he told me he’d come anyways and would love to come explore Phoenix a little bit. What a guy!

And then I discovered this!

Just a mere .3 miles from the Race Finish line… is a golf course!

My days will be packed with Race Expos, Running, and Post Running festivities. And he’ll be happily golfing in the desert sun for a couple of days.

Marriage is all about balance and compromise and this weekend is going to be amazing because of that. We will each be fulfilled with things that make us happy, and on Monday, we plan to hang out together and catch up before making the trek back to LA. Can’t wait!

 

The Fall Festival of Love October 3, 2010

Irving and I started a tradition a few years back that we appropriately deemed The Fall Festival of Love. 🙂 It’s a day to forget we live in Los Angeles, go out, find some pumpkins and enjoy some fall themed festivities.

A quick history:

2005 – Faulkner Farms
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2006 – Riley’s Farm
It rained that year and we didn’t feel like trucking through the mud to get a pumpkin. We tried!
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2007 – Underwood Farm
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….we skipped a few years after that…

2010 – Underwood Farm (Again!)

This time, we went with our friends Erika and Timmy = built in photographers. 🙂

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It’s a huge farm up in Simi Valley (with lots of pumpkins).
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It was “Public Safety Weekend” there, so they had tons of firetrucks and cop cars and fun stuff for the husbands kids.
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One of the highlights was the giant ‘pumpkin drop’! They had two firemen climb a HUGE ladder and then they dropped pumpkins filled with candy to the ground! (Kind of like a Fall Themed Pinata?)
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There they go!
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1…2….3…
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GO!
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And then all the kids ran over to get their candy!
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Including that big kid in Orange!
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They have a big farm too, for all the adults kids to enjoy.
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Next up was the Corn Maze!
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Seems easy, but it was quite confusing!
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How do we get out?
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But finally (with the help of some little kids), we made it to the end!
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Nice job, babe!
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And then… it was pumpkin time!
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And some pics in the patch!
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Farmer Irving wanted to drive the tractor!
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Random Fact: Irving knows how to juggle!

Somewhere in between all the fun, we had lunch. There were so many great options to choose from. I started with the spiraled yams!
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YUM!
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I also got a fresh roasted corn on the cob!
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Irving got a French Dip with Chili Cheese fries! (I think he’s fist bumping the camera!)
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Unpictured was the fresh tomato (right off the vine) that I ate as a snack later. There is nothing like a fresh garden tomato, let me tell you.

And that, my friends, was the 5th Annual Fall Festival of Love!
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Boys and Babies September 19, 2010

Filed under: Babies,Love — Kelocity @ 4:52 pm
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What is it with men and babies that makes women go weak at the knees? Girls love when guys show a softer side and talk about tiny toes and cute little things.

Case in point… this is a conversation that I had with Irving this week after I sent him to Target to pick up wrapping paper for Ashley’s shower:

 

Irving: Just 2 rolls?

me: yep.maybe one baby roll and one roll that we can also use for birthdays in case i don’t use it all. does that make sense?

Irving: I found 2 cute ones.

me: ok cool

Irving: One is baby boy. The other is baby generic.

me: can we do one baby generic and one that could pass as baby and also adult birthday?

Irving:  Just baby today.  Sorry.  Too cute.

me: hahahaha ok good to go then

 

Can’t argue with that, right? Awee!

PS… these were the two wrapping papers:

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9-year Anniversary! September 14, 2010

Filed under: Love — Kelocity @ 8:44 am
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Today marks the 9-year anniversary that Irving and I started dating! 9 years!!!

Happy Anniversary, darling!

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Fun Day with the Dude… August 28, 2010

Filed under: Happy,Love — Kelocity @ 10:50 am
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Yesterday, Irving and I both got out of work early, so we enjoyed a fun afternoon together. First on the list was haircuts! [fun fact: the weekend we got engaged, we both got our hair cut together!]

I was in desperate need of a cut! Perfect for Summer!
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Then we spent the afternoon walking around a bookstore in Pasadena!!! (Doesn’t that sound romantic?) We swayed up and down the aisles looking at travel books, picture books, kids books, everything!

I particularly love to find books I liked as a kid!

Choose your own adventure!
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Goosebumps! [fun fact #2: I wrote to R.L. Stine in 4th grade asking him to make a tv show out of the books and he wrote back!]

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Baby Sitter’s Club!!

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Then we got some coffees from the little shop inside!
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A fun date with my love!