we're engaged!

the new RING, one hour after he asked me & the earrings he got me for christmas 3 years ago. after this he took me to an amazing sushi dinner at Geisha House to celebrate. we are so excited for our future together!

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"club mud"

we went to glen ivy hot springs spa in corona, ca the morning of my birthday. the best part by far was the mud bath! it was basically a huge hot tub (except the water is chemical-free) with a big platform in the middle with a mountain of natural red clay mud on it. you swim over to the platform, take a little mud & swim over to an area of the pool where you can rub the mud all over yourself. when you come out of the water it dries onto your skin & brushes off like a fine powder. they have sprayers where you can wash off the remainder & it leaves your skin feeling baby soft!

THANK YOU!

awww! i love a gift that reflects both the giver & the recipient's tastes! these totally remind me of you katie & i love them. plus it's something we will use often & in a size we didn't already have. thank you so much! you made this!?! we are both SO impressed! i love it, used it today already. thanks may!
COOL! i love the "sending a cake" tradition from mimi, so thoughtful! & marble cake, mmm! eric's going to make it for me. & thanks SO much for the target gift card, that was so generous! & i LOVE target & have fun finding sales on things for home :)
i has so much fun watching the packages arrive one by one, & apparently there's ANOTHER one on the way!?! thanks christa, i can't believe you've had the time!

look who got a haircut!

"love's labors lost"

this was the from the play eric performed in last week. it was part of a program called "shakespeare santa monica" that puts on productions (usually outdoors) for donation. it was directed by our friend vinny.vinny & camron
our friend mike, eric & another actor
eric & another actor

new baby nephew!

CONGRATULATIONS christa & derek on the birth of your sweet, tiny son, lucas!
i sent this pic to the girls i work with & they couldn't get over how great christa looks. so much so, that they were saying things like, "but she's not the one who just HAD the baby, right?" seriously, she did GREAT, she looks GREAT, she's got a GREAT guy & pretty much the cutest little "ernie" baby ever. we couldn't be happier!
YAY! the highly anticipated cousin introduction!
he is just SO cute. every time a new pic arrives i freak out & my eyes well up, he's such a little angel, love him!

hiking in griffith park

eric carrying our now empty water pack back to the car.
weird/pretty flower + BIG bee
griffith park=endless trails! we love it!