Our Palm Springs Vacation!

Back in January, Jon and I headed to Palm Springs for 5 days with our good friends Janet & Phil.  Janet and I went to middle school and high school together, but didn’t start hanging out until after we graduated, funny how life works!  We were bridesmaids in each other’s weddings, and our husbands get along great! I love it!  We also referrer to each other as each other’s “Twin” :)

Jon and I on our way to Palm Springs! YAY!

Pretty cloud views 

We arrived on a Saturday evening, so we just went out to dinner, to  a sports bar so the guys could watch the Blazers game, and then we spent the rest of the evening relaxing and hanging out in the hot tub.

My twin and I

The husbands

I crafted us awesome "Couples Retreat 2013" shirts for the 4 of us.

They are so cool!

The next day, Sunday, the guys golfed all afternoon, so Janet and I decided to go hiking.  We had so much fun, and it was so beautiful, I plan on doing a blog post all about our hike, but here is a lil sneak peek!

After golf and our hike, we went out for margaritas and a bromance ensued :)

Monday, we ventured out together as a group and headed to LA to go to Knott’s Berry Farm.  That was a long and fulfilled day, which will also be getting its own blog post!

Tuesday, guess what the guys did?  Yup they golfed, so Janet and I had a girls day with manis/pedies and some shopping.

The golf course the guys golfed at on Tuesday morning.

The guys

Mr. Burns & I

When Janet and I picked up the guys, we decided to have a little photo shoot :)

I love that we had such a relaxing time on this trip, nothing was really planned and we just took each day as it came.  And it was great to spend some quality time with our good friends.  By Wednesday afternoon, Jon and I did not want to leave! This was our 1^st time in Palm Springs and it was just such a beautiful and relaxing place. Hopefully this trip turns into a yearly trip for the 4 of us!

The awesome Marilyn Monroe statue downtown Palm Springs

Im married to a rock star....

This blog post is a special post for my wonderful husband! Last month he won his company's star award, out of his entire company.  I am so proud of him and all of his hard work!  Because of all of his hard work we have had this awesome opportunity to finally live here in California.  Im so thankful to have such a hard working and loving man.  Good job Mr. Burns! I love you forever! 

Life lately

I know I've been saying this, but I really am working on getting back to blogging regularly! I think about blogging and posting things all the time, but then I get home....and I seem to have so many other things to do, that I get overwhelmed and just push it off, then it makes me sad because I really do miss blogging, such a vicious cycle! lol.

Here is what life has been like for me lately.  If you have instagram, you should follow me, username: wendyburns.  I post on my instagram very often, I love instagram!

Jon's friend cut his finger when he was at our house, and this was the only band aids we had in the house.  I know he was very excited about sporting such a cute band aid!

Took Miley to the groomers, and as you can see, she was VERY happy about the results.  She looks so much smaller after they cut off all of her hair :(

Saturday night, we watched the UFC fight with Jon's friends...Miley was so attached and wanted to cuddle with me, look at that sweet lil face!  She really is my baby!

Rearranging our bedroom, I moved our rug over to my area.  Not like Jon would mind if this would just leave our bedroom! lol

CRAFTING!!! I'm very excited and proud of my creation! I will be blogging about this next week! The trays used are from the dollar store....I painted them pink.  Such an awesome and cheap craft :)

Surprises from the husband, who needs to find a new hiding spot.....

Happy Friday everyone and hope you all have a very wonderful weekend!!

The Reeds Visit!

Our friends from Oregon came down to visit us last month during the MLK weekend and we had a great time! Jon and I have been friends with the Reeds since the beginning of our relationship.  Jesse used to work with Jon at enterprise, and Lauren was a bridesmaid in our wedding.  We always have such a fun time when we hang out together!

They arrived on Thursday night, so we didn't do much since Jon and I had to work the next day.  So we just went out to dinner and had some drinks.

After dinner, hanging out in comfy Hello Kitty slippers!

Friday night, we went out with our friends and headed to downtown San Jose and showed them around the area and the bars.

Yes, I did go out with a "Pink" hoodie and pink jeans, I'm so cool! lol

Saturday morning, we headed to Santa Cruz for the day.   We headed to "Crows Nest" for lunch and mimosas! Its such a cute restaurant with such an awesome view! The sun was shining bright, so we got to sit outside on the deck and enjoyed the sunshine and the view.

The Reeds!

My California boy! Love him.

I loved the little champagne bottles! Of course I took mine home with me :)

After lunch, we walked out on the pier and took some pictures. 

Love my hubby and our California life!

While at lunch, we decided to stay for the night, so we booked a hotel, without even looking at it.  We had packed bags incase we decided to stay, so we were prepared.  We ended up getting a really cute little place, we loved it! It was our cute and cozy little home for the day.  

It was such a beautiful day, and our room had a little patio with a porch swing, so we spent the rest of our day hanging out there.  It was so peaceful and relaxing. 

Our home for the night

The next day, we walked around the town, checked out the beach and had some lunch before we headed back home. 

The little Mexican mart across the street from where we stayed.

What our place looked like from across the street. 

The beach was about 1 block away, so we took a stroll over and enjoyed the sunshine!

This is how we all felt when we got home Sunday night! We all just relaxed, order some pizza and watched some TV

The Reeds headed back home Monday afternoon.  Im so glad they made a trip down to see us, we had such a great time together! Hopefully, they had such a great time that they want to come back to visit soon! :)

Our Valentines Day celebration!

Jon and I had such a great Valentines Day celebration!

The celebrations started on Thursday, I got home from work to find a beautiful pink bouquet of flowers waiting for me :)  Jon planned our Valentine's day date, so I had no idea what the plan was or where we were going, but I knew Jon wouldn't disappoint!

Before we headed out to dinner, I gave Jon his gift, which was a homemade gift filled with love :)  He then told me that my gift hadn't arrived yet, so I would be receiving my gift at a later time.  Im not going to lie, I was a little annoyed, like he knows that Valentines day is my favorite time of year, how could my gift be late? But I let it go and give him his gift.

His cute gift :)  I made him coupons, one says "1 hour of playing video games with you.  You pick the game and no complaining" They are things that he always wants me to do with him, but never want to do.  He was very happy with this! 

Our 6th Valentines day together, our 2nd as a married couple :)

My pretty flowers, he did a good job :)

 So... we head out to dinner, I open the car door and what do I see????

OMG! You guys have no idea HOW happy I was to see that box sitting on my seat! 

A very happy Wendy!

I had to document the awesomeness of opening my gift :)

The tissue paper is so pretty! 

My new pretty & pink wallet! I love it SO much! I definitely did NOT expect this! 

My cutie pie :)

I decided to pull out my never worn Hello Kitty heels out of the box for this special night :)

 We headed to Santa Row for dinner, and dined at the delicious L.B. Steak.  The food was SO good! And since it was a pretty night out, we decided to sit outside, it was perfect!

Wearing his pink tie, I love that he has no problem wearing these colors :)

View of our dinner! So yummy!

We both ended up wearing our wedding gifts to each other, so we decided to document the moment :) 

 We had a great time at dinner.  And we continued our celebration into the weekend, and headed to Monterey Bay on Saturday for some more valentines day fun!  I love going to Monterey Bay, we always have a good time, and its fun to walk around the pier, checking out the shops.

We had lunch at "Old Fisherman's Grotto" and it was SO good! And I was also brave and order my very 1st seafood meal and Im glad that I did.  I order the mexican style shrimp cocktail and it was delicious! Everything tasted so fresh!
I definitely want to go back there and order it again.  Of course, Jon had to document this great moment! :)

How beautiful is this??!! It doesn't look real! 

It was a beautiful sunny day on Saturday, it was about 70 degrees out, I loved it! I cant wait until the spring and summer so I can enjoy all of the sunshine even more!  We had a wonderful 1st Valentines day in California :)

Valentines day swap fun!!!

So I signed up for this awesome valentines day swap and got I was lucky enough to have Kayla, from My Kind of Yellow, who is just too cute! as my swapper and boy did she do a great job!  She definitely understood the kind of girl I am and what I love.

Hello Kitty, PINK, and polka dots!! Thats all Wendy! :)

Kayla, Thank you SO much for my awesome gifts, I love and appreciate them so much! I hope everyone was lucky enough to have an awesome swapper and had a Valentines day filled with love!

Erin & Megan, thank you so much for putting this swap together!!