Settling In...

Not a lot going on as October comes to an end...

Quincy has been working a lot- and loving every minute of it. He was in Bozeman, Montana last week for 5 days- and had a great time. He compared it to the valley and noted 'it is a place he could live', and is a possible option for 15-16 months. The nearest international airport is Salt Lake, 350 miles away... but Yellowstone is close by... not sure where Tiffany's is, but know I will find out!

While in Bozeman, he met with the government for 2 days and will be flying back to DC in December or January for a few other meetings at the General Service Administration. I am anxious to find out when as I am already looking at flights (I am going on this trip!!) Uncle Peter & Aunt Joyce- expect a call from me when I find out the dates!! :)

Cousin Crystal, Doug and family (as well as Anut Suzie) flew in this past weekend for a few days- it was great visit, and was nice to see the family. We had a fun dinner together and spent hours watching the girls play with glow sticks.

This week I am back on the job search... anything is marketing is my new search criteria, as well as looking to go back to school.

More photos and fun events coming soon... Fall is such a great season, it is too bad we aren't in New York or Boston to enjoy it right now. We will be dining with friends for Halloween (costume-less!) Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween!

Don't forget to root for the Phillies... Game 1 is tonight at 430 PST.

Love to you all!!

SLO Weekends

Our first few weekends in October, we are spending in San Luis. This past weekend we headed up to Atascedero to celebrate with an old classmate of Quincy's, Leslie Pink, as she married Chris Morgan on October 3rd. It was a great wedding, with lots of fall colors and pumpkins. The bride looked so beautiful and the barn setting was perfect.

The first picture is of Quincy, Tana (a gal who works in the Construction Management dept at Cal Poly) and the beautiful bride. The second photo is of us dancing... Quincy and I were "twisting" (I think) ... the third photo photo is of the fall centerpieces... Did I mention they had pumpkin martini's??? And lastly, Barb Jackson and Quincy dancing... she is the reason Quincy stayed at Cal Poly and extra year and minor in Construction Management...

Sunday morning, we were able to catch up with another one of Quincy's friends, Eric Wehe. We toured Cal Poly to see all the new buildings and changes, walked down Higuera and window shopped, took a mini-hike in Avila Beach to the bluffs, sat on the balcony at The Cliffs in Shell Beach to enjoy the ocean view, stopped in Pismo for some clam chowder and salt water taffy, then headed home to sit in traffic.

Our second consecutive weekend in SLO...

On Saturday, Quincy was involved in a Visionary Event at Cal Poly, put together by the Director of the CM dept, Barb Jackson. He, along with 9 other people part of generation y, spoke about issues they currently are facing or have faced coming out of college (with degrees in Construction Management, Architecture, etc.) heading into the workforce. It was a 10 hour conference that included managers, directors and upper level executives in companies that are all in the industry. It was very enlightening and a great opportunity to share thoughts, ideas and network.

That evening, we had cocktails with everyone at Blue, then headed to Novo (at 9pm!) for dinner... At 1130p, when we were done with dinner, the guys all decided that it was time to re-live their college days and bar hop... After 10+ bars and Woodstock's horrible pizza, we finally made it back to our hotel room around 3am.

Sunday, we walked around SLO (A great place to boutique shop!) and visited with Leslie for a couple hours before heading out town... Another great weekend on the Central Coast!

I will not mention the agonizing hours spent at Firestone's on Friday night watching the Sox fall behind 0-2 (nor will I mention what happened on Sunday!) Let's just say that the 2009 baseball season is over- and we will see you next year!!!

Mexican Riveria Cruise

So... two days after our wedding, we shipped out. Aboard the Carnival Splendor, we cruised down to Puerto Vallerta, Mazatlan, and Cabo San Lucas. This happened to be Quincy's first time on a cruise ship, which made it all the more exciting.

Among the 16 attendees for this "family vacation" were my parents, Tyson, Charlotte and family, cousin Crystal and her family, cousin Derek, Anut Suzie and of course, Uncle Peter and Aunt Joyce. We dined, had cocktails, watched shows, fried ourselves in the sun, ate more, drank more, played the 'Love & Marriage' game, played with the babies, laid on the beach, relaxed in the spa, played in the pools, ate more, drank more, raced down the slide, played in the ocean, laid on the beach, jumped off a rock, boogie boarded, ate more, drank more, and truely enjoyed ourselves.

Our Wedding

Quincy and I got married on September 18th, 2009 at the Red Horse Barn in Huntington Beach. It was a intimate wedding and reception, with about 100 of our closest family and friends- it was everything we wanted it to be and more. Thank you to all our family and friends for sharing in our special day.

There were horses in the background, my mom walked me down the aisle, my husband looked amazing, Uncle Tim read a verse from the bible, Crystal and Doug sang "When You Say Nothing At All" to us after we were pronounced husband and wife, and so much more. Quincy surprised me with our first dance to "She's Everything to Me" by Brad Paisley. We had blinky, flashy, light up rings that seemed to be a big hit with all the kiddies and surprisingly some of the adults. Friends sang karoke, we danced, visited and truely enjoyed every minute.

Here is a link to our wedding photos from our photographer:
http://www.pictage.com/client/event.do?event=731731

More wedding photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2026430&id=1496599002&l=1c3ee8ed9d

Photos from the honeymoon: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2038488&id=1496599002&l=d1ee4d0d78

The next morning, we met the McNames family for breakfast at Sharkeez in Huntington Beach, then headed over to my parents house for an "all family" get-together. It was a great opportunity for us to enjoy and catch up with the family.