New Adventures

These last couple of months I have been taking up a few hobbies to keep me occupied before school starts again. My favorite thing has been turning old/beat up furniture into fun and interesting pieces. I have been LOVING it! Its so rewarding to find something free that no one wants and making it something beautiful again. These are the first two projects I did. I am currently working on a table and I hope to have it done before school starts next week... 

This was my first project! unfortunately I didn't take any before pictures, but just imagine a black/grey rusted, old bench. Kyle helped me sand the rust out and then I spray painted it this nice teal color.

 I couldn't help it! I had to put a picture up of the puppy :) 

My next project took sometime but it turned out amazing! During the move our coffee table got some of the paint chipped off and was in some desperate need of TLC. Again we sanded it down, and then painted the entire thing black. Next I found some comic books, cut them up and mod podged them on top of the table in a collage. Here are the before and after pictures... 

BEFORE

*Disclaimer: As a comic book collector it broke my heart to cut up comics, so I only cut up comics of little to no value :) 

AFTER

This picture was taken during the project. The table is huge so it took some time. 

It has been some much fun working on these projects! My entire life I have seen my grandfather make/redo old furniture and my grandmother paint the most beautiful things I have ever seen.  I see why they enjoy it so much and I hope one day to be half as great as they are! I love you guys :)  

Update on LIfe

This weekend I realized that I have been slacking and I haven't updated this blog in forever! So here is a little update on what has been happening the last few months.

We Moved!

Right After the wedding Kyle accepted a job as a project engineer for a company in Southern California! It was a big move for us but it has been an incredible opportunity for our small little family. Right now we live in a cute little apartment in Newport Beach and we are loving it! It has been a blast getting to know our new city!

We Got a Puppy!

  

Kyle won valentines day this year and got us a puppy! His name is Diesel and he the cutest thing in the world! We think he is a black lab and jack russell terrier mix but we are still not sure. Kyle rescued him when he was all of 4 weeks old! He had a heart breaking story and there was no way he wasn't coming home with us.  Now is is about 4 months old and is still melting our hearts each and everyday. Here is a more recent picture of him :) 

Just look at that cute face! How can you ever say no to him?!?!

We Have Had Lots of Visitors!

First was Tyler! Kyle had no idea he was coming and was shocked to see tyler in our living room when he came home from work! It was such a fun visit!! We went to Balboa Island and enjoyed delicious Balboa bars!

Next was Brandalyn and Erin!! These two beauties are amazing and it was a blast having them for almost a week! I sucked at taking pictures this week so I stole these from Erin... We did so much while they were here but he most memorable by far was Six Flags! 

Next my Grandmother and my dad came to visit! I unfortunately sucked at taking pictures and didn't get any ( I promise I will get better at this!). We had so much fun while they were here! We went around and saw the house my grandmother lived in while she was a child.  We also saw Godzilla and ate at the coolest Ruby's in town!

We Have Done Some Traveling!

We have made several trips back to Sacramento since we moved. We just can't stay away for too long :) One of the best trips we made was going to the Dillion beach with our family. It was so much fun!! It was Diesels first time at the beach and he LOVED it! The water was a little scary but he did get used to it by the end of the trip. It was also fun having my best friend Brandalyn with us too!

Lastly Kyle and I sent memorial day weekend camping by the Sequoia National Forest. It was so much fun! It was Diesels first time camping and its by far his favorite thing to do!!! We will definitely be camping in the near future! 

These last couple of months have been crazy but so much fun! I am going to make a better effort of updating this blog with all of our fun adventures! Thanks for reading!