Hello All!!! Thomas and I are having a great time in Cali. What we've loved the most about Long Beach is that it's a great location for traveling to tons of other places in CA. We've gone to Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, San Fran, Malibu.....it's so fun. However, do not be deceived, the water here is freezing!!! We're used to the luke warm water of Florida. I can't even stand to stick my pinky toe in the water. We miss everyone and hope all is well.

Long Beach is a big kite surfing beach. This people literally fly on top of the water. I really want to try it, but my luck, I'd get pulled out to Japan.

Hanging out at Malibu pier.

Thomas' sister Angela came to visit us. We were able to go to an improv show called the Groundlings. A lot of the actors end up on SNL. It was histerical!!!
Laguna Beach is definitely our favorite beach. The water is so blue and there are cliffs everywhere.
I love how my husband lays out.

Thomas and I took a road trip to San Francisco at the very last minute. It was probably one of the best trips we've ever had. This is the best burger place in the world!!! We had amazing food, went hiking, went to Napa Valley, walked the city, and had a free place to stay in the middle of down town San Fran (thanks Greg & Andy).
Thomas and I have a new obsession with Gelato!!! Ice cream....never heard of it.
My favorite bagel shop in San Fran. We went there every morning we were there.
Visiting the Muir Woods in San Fran.
When I lived in San Fran as a nanny. This was my favorite place to eat called Oggi's Cafe. It has the best veggies in the world. This was actually the only place I wanted to go while we were in San Fran. I could have just eaten there and drove back to Long Beach.
The view from Coit Tower in San Fran.
I love this city!!!


Thomas and I took the drive down Lombard. The famous crazy curvy street.

Napa Valley is one of the most beautiful places I've every seen. We went to a couple of winery's there and had a picnic lunch.



Tennesse Valley hike.





Crystal Cove National Park.
Lazy days on the beach.....oh, the life.

Check out the surfers.
Gelato.....imagine that. We want to open our own gelato store in Tennessee.
Hollywood Sign

We did the infamous hike to the Hollywood sign. It was hot!!!

Oh, sweet L.A. The beautiful smog!!!



Til next time!

Next stop....Long Beach California.

We landed in Long Beach CA April 19th and we will be here until the end of July. This is a new experience for both Thomas and I. We had no idea what to expect in coming to southern Cali. The one thing that got me on board was one word.....beaches!!! I felt I was long overdue for some fun in the sun. We've both been white as a ghost for way too long.

This area is just a few miles from our apartment. It's a great area to bike and run that's right along the water.

The Queen Mary!!!

Our first excursion was to Joshua Tree National Park. We absolutely love to camp!! We actually saw a real oasis....it looks just like it does in the cartoons, except the water's murky!!!



This a a Joshua Tree. Kind of ugly, but pretty at the same time. It's a mix between a fury tree and a cactus with plants on the ends.
There were lizards all over the place. Every time one ran across the trail I thought it was a rattle snake and thought I was going to have to get Thomas to suck poison out of my leg.


We hope everyone is well. Please keep us updated on life!!

Salt Lake City, Utah

Hello all, hope everyone is well. We are so sorry that we haven't updated everyone as much as we should. Please forgive us. Please know that we miss you and can't wait to make it back home to visit. We've been in Utah now since the last week of December and we'll be finishing up April 5th,my birthday!!! We'll be heading back to Tennessee until my next assignment. As of today, we don't know where we'll be. We are having such a great time doing this and can't believe this is our life. Thanks to all of you for being so supportive.
If I could sum up Salt Lake in one word it would have to be, relaxing. All we seem to do is work and snowboard. It felt like it snowed everyday the first 2 months we were here. And we just got dumped on again this past weekend. I've never seen so much snow my entire life. It was just 2 weeks ago that I saw the grass in front of our apartment. It's been wonderful being here, but the Gypsy feet are kicking in and we're ready for the next adventure.






Check out my husband's sweet moves....hotty!!! He's way better than me.


We love our friends coming to visit. We give everyone permission to use our house as a free place to stay. It's always to good to have familiar faces around.

I went to Las Vegas with my sister and her 2 friends from school. It was quick,fun trip and warm most of the time. Thanks Brit for the invite.

All I wanted to do there was ride the rollercoasters at the top of the Stratesphere. However, once we did the first one, I had a mild heart attack, so we gave our tickets away. Just to let you know how bad it was, I've jumped out of an airplane twice and didn't think it was scary. It was seriously the scariest ride I've ever been on.
This is Addison, aka Addie, my friend Ashley's baby. She is seriously super cute and such a sweet baby. It was a new experience seeing one of my best friends as a mom. She's just 3 weeks in this pics and already smiling. Thanks Ash for letting me come and spend time with you and Addie.


How Cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!