Rest in Peace Momma...

This will be a difficult post for sure. Last night at the age of 95 my grandma "Momma" passed away in Connecticut. She was the mother of my Dad and was an amazing woman. Its been a really long time since I have lost someone that close to me and kind of feels like a little part of you passes on with them when they go. I got the phone call this morning and have been having tear filled conversations with family all day...its been a rough, you can prepare all you want for the death of someone you love but you can never expect how much it will hurt when it happens. My family all knows that it was her time to go and we are glad that she can go be somewhere now with my Grandfather. Momma has had Alzheimer's for many years now and has forgotten who we all were since then. My dad said it had been a while since he had gone to visit her because its hard to see her just staring off into space not knowing who she was or who her family was. It made me so happy to know that when my dad finally got the strength to go and see her the other day he told her his name and her eyes slowly followed his as if she knew for that moment who he was. I feel like she was just waiting for him to say goodbye so that she could go and I know that she is in a better place now. Below is some art that I made of her when she first got Alzheimer's and its my favorite picture of her sitting on the beach from when she was younger, there wasn't much that I could do here in California but go to the beach today. I spent a long time in the water alone saying goodbye to her while Nick was so wonderful and waited for me on the beach. I also found a great old picture of her front door from her little pink house in Connecticut...I guess that is where she will always be to me. I'll be flying home to Connecticut next week and hopefully I will be able to see it. We love all of you and please tell the people close to you that love them everyday. 

Pibbs can read!

Just a couple cute photos for ya! Nothin new happening out here in Cali just waiting for Becca to get here!

Summer summer time

Hi everyone! Don't really have any big news these days...as always we have both been really busy. My uncle recently just got out of the hospital and has been stuck in bed for almost a week now (having seizures and feeling pretty weak)  so we have been going to visit him so he isn't super bored in bed. Our goal is always to make him laugh but he ends up just making us crack up hysterically. He recently had gamma ray knife surgery to make a tumor in his bring shrink down (its worked for six other tumors!) he is undoubtedly super man and my hero for sure. My aunt and uncles neighbors that are in the area have set up a program where they take turns bringing meals to the house so that my aunt can just focus on taking care of uncle russ (she is superwoman!) and calls us often to come and take leftovers. Nick and I have been staying pretty active and running almost everday. We have also been surfing a ton and Nick has gotten reall good at it! I on the other hand belong on a snowboard. We are excited for Becca Nicks sister to get here on August 3rd...she is staying for a month! Hope you are all doing well and we miss you! xoxo

OK...Im a little obsessed.

Showed up to work today and saw this GIANT 50 inch print of Mr. Pibbs out front! Its so fun to see people walk past it all day and talk about how cute the big guy is!

4th of July festivies

Sorry for the lack of posts our internet has been a little shady lately (because we "borrow" it from our neighbors) but I decided to just add an entry from work. Nick and I had a pretty crazy 4th of July and we documented the day pretty awesomely if I do say so myself. The day started with a crazy bulldog photoshoot followed by breakfast. Next we headed out to meet some friends at the beach for a major surf sesh (Nick and I definatley belong on snowboards) Then after spending a few hours in the sun we returned home sun burned but happy and ate sandwhiches in bed before taking a much needed nap. When we woke up we started to get ready to meet a group of friends on a boat in Mission Bay to see the fireworks and listen to our friends band. It took us a while to find a parking spot so we ended up missing the boat! We promised each other to make the night awesome dispite watching our friends and an open bar float away towards the fireworks so we decided to ride the near by rollercoaster. The coaster was followed by some much needed sushi and fortune cookies. As the night started to come to an end we got a phone call from one of our boat partying friends who let us know that the boat was on its way back to pick us up! We waited on the dock and watched as the boat pulled into the dock with our friends on the top deck waving to us and we joined them and danced into the wee hours of the night. We finished up our day at IN-AND-OUT eating some of the greasiest/best burgers in the world. We couldn't have asked for a better 4th but we do wish we were spending it with all of you!