Summerness

(picture of the sunset last night after 100+ degree day, some thunder clouds, etc)

It has been a good Summer so far. We've been trying to enjoy the small things (read: the cheap things). Last Summer was a blast so it has been a little bit difficult to compare the two. We went to Maui, Vegas, Lake Powell, Vegas again, and Seattle.
This summer we went to Maui (and Oahu too) but sadly have to miss Lake Powell this year. Adam has already taken off a lot of work and plans to take off when Ellery comes too. I am not allowed to waterski while pregnant and so we had to make the sad decision to skip it this year. We had been very excited to go and I was looking forward to trying my parents' new Malibu ski boat. I haven't even been for a ride yet :-( The last 2 days have been 100+ degrees and it reminds me of the desert and of our trip. My parents and the others leave early Saturday morning for the drive and so I guess I'm a little nostalgic...
We are hoping (and planning) to take a small trip to San Diego to visit Sea World. Vegas would be awesome too so we are keeping our eye open for deals... but I don't want to be around that much smoke and we don't want to spend too much money so we aren't sure we will go.

Its been tons of fun living in our new home here. We are able to enjoy our long Summer evenings a little more since Adam is home way earlier. We are way less stressed in general. We are saving money but living a better lifestyle- it seems too good to be true! We had always avoided moving here but now it is the right time in our life. We are excited for our Baby girl to join us in the Fall but we are super excited to be enjoying the last few months of just the 2 of us as well!

Last night was a pleasant evening. We were expecting some Thunderstorms and feeling a little lazy. We decided to order pizza from Papa Johns as a treat and relax at home watching the Dodger game [we lost :-( ], and then picking up our books to read. We also spent some time laughing at our newly shaven cats. Well, Tigger got shaved but Hobbes only is partly shaved because he was so crazy they had to stop (and by crazy, I mean he turned into a cougar).