camping trip

last weekend was filled with good food, good weather & good company.

bbq. smores. star gazing. chuckwagon. river float. chips n' salsa. summer sun. more bbq.

chuckwagon

great outdoors

'car camping'

breakfast

erika & jensen

paul & brittany

mariah & doug

mike & steph

July

Is it already August?? This month has flown by! I've been busy with the new job, mike's been working hard on the startup, and we filled our free time training (marathon for me, tough mudder for the hubs), fun family vacations and weekend trips to get out of the gloomy SF summer. (Lucky for us we get an indian summer in October :)

Due to the busy month, I'll simply post some of my favorite iphone pics. Enjoy!

1-4th of july picnic 2-liz the photographer 3-with tyson at laguna beach 4-les mis with the nelson's 5-drive to yosemite
6-sea world with the adams 7-mike hiking half dome 8-klarissa's baby shower 9-jetskiing at new melones lake

June

My 25th Birthday - The hubby and I went shopping and to dinner at Hyde Street Seafood, so delicious. The following weekend we had a 'wine & cheese' birthday party with a bunch of our good friends.

US Open - We got tickets to the practice round on wednesday and spotted Tiger & Rory (thanks EY!)

New job, New car- I got a fantastic new job at Sequoia Capital and we got a new car for my commute!

Roommate Reunion - I loved seeing my roomies! The boys golfed, and girls laid out at the pool...the best! Also got to see our families while in Utah :)

Yosemite - We took a little day trip in our new car to Yosemite and hiked up to gorgeous Vernal falls.

gingerbread houses

Last Sunday we made gingerbread houses with our friends Brad & Kelsey. Growing up my family made gingerbread houses each year, and so I wanted to start carrying on the tradition. I made homemade gingerbread and we designed our house, all while eating way too much candy. Afterwards, we went and checked out the biggest gingerbread house in the city (22 ft tall!).

my tough mudder man

{crawling through mud, swimming through ice water, climbing up a rope, running through electrical wires, balancing on beams, jumping off a plank, bobbing under water barrels, swinging on greased monkey bars...}

These are just some of the obstacles my tough hubby went though, all the while running 12 miles up and down the mountainous squaw valley terrain. 

It was so much fun spending time in tahoe with some of our friends. We all stayed in a cabin together, and while the guys were proving their toughness in the race, us girls hung out and took the gondola up to watch a few of the obstacles. They did so great!

All the guys at the start

Team cheer

Everest

Rope climb

Walk the plank

Underwater tunnels

Balance beam

Electrical wires

Tough Mudders at the finish line

Yay Mike!