We're back

Our vacation was amazing, I could go on for hours about all the fun we had.
My favorite part of the trip was going to Dunns River Falls and climbing the 900 ft of waterfalls. It was absolutely beautiful, I didn't want to leave.

We also went on a tour and got to see some old churches, schools and the silk trees where they used to hang the slaves. This tour was very educational about the history and current events with Jamaica.

The night of our anniversary I surprised Corey with a private candelit dinner, the picture below is right before we sat down to eat, the closest gazebo with the beautiful ironwork roof is where we ate.

This is the view from our room, it looks a little foggy because as soon as you stepped outside the humidty would fog up your glasses and camera. As you can see the pool was right out our back door and the beach was a few steps to the right.

This was the resorts private island which you just hopped on a boat to get to, there was a bar, pool, and resturaunt over there.

These "bells" were all over the island, they were lamps, I'd love to get a few of those for the backyard.

Moments

Sometimes life gives you those perfect moments which you know you will remember for the rest of your life, they don't have to be extravagant or exciting, but simple and impactful. Yesterday evening I was blessed with one.

After a fabulous spaghetti dinner which was claimed to be the best I'd ever made (yay me!) Corey and I needed to pick up some thing for our trip so we decided to take Zoey for a walk and go to the CVS nearby, while I shopped Corey took Zoey to Petco and got her a new collar and some treats. On the way home we walked through the park and took turns running Zoey around the fields, Corey took her for a last run so I sat down to pick some flowers. It was warm out and the sun was setting leaving an orange glow, I looked up to see my little family off in the distance running, jumping, and playing tag. (Yes Zoey plays tag) At that moment all my worries were forgotten and life could not have gotten any better. I felt as though I was watching a movie in slow motion.

That was my simple moment I will never forget. I'm so lucky...

Fair days

The fair has been in town and ended yesterday. My mom got free passes from her work and had no desire to go so Corey and I went yesterday for a little bit. I don't know what it is but the fair just isn't what I remember. I went 3 times this year and stayed about 2 hours each time. I guess I'm getting old cause the funnest part to me is going inside the buildings and looking at all the art and displays.

The rest of this weekend was mellow, I took Corey's cousin shopping for his other cousins baby shower, did some laundry and kinda started the packing process. This time next we will be leave Atlanta for Montego Bay. YAY!

I should be working...

but updating sounds like a lot more fun.

Last week was the family trip to San Diego, I went for 5 days but Corey was only able to come down for one day. And actually that wasn't planned he surprised me and brought Zoey with him. What a sweetie. When I left the total number of family members who had come down reached 48 and I know 2 other people went down after I left so that means a total of 50 people! My "Sacramento Family" has 10 kids under the age of 11 and my "LA Family" (us included) have no kids under the age of 12, so it was really fun to have all the little ones around. We didn't get to stay for as long as we wanted because we have our trip next month ... 17 days!

Not that I'm counting down or anything, but in 17 days we will be leaving the OC and arriving in paradise. 17 days till we leave means 20 days till our first anniversary and my special surprise for Corey. We are both very excited for the trip, we counted our change the other day to see how much we'd saved and not counting the pennies we had $127.45!

I don't know how I'm going to get through these next 2 weeks, I'm sure they're going to be the longest ever.

and the reality of it hits

Yesterday I had a Dr's appointment. I had a bunch of tests run and spent a good amount of time talking to my new Dr. I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years ago so I voiced my concerns and got a lot of answers I wasn't hoping for. Corey and I aren't in the planning stages of having a child but it's something we want in our future. PCOS creates problems with fertility and then actually being able to carry a baby to term. I've done my research over the years but now that we are married and in the "childbearing" age it was really difficult hearing the statistics and facts knowing that they're about me. Polycystic Ovaries is a relatively unresearched syndrome, though there is plenty information about it on the internet a lot of it isn't based on facts or studies. Of course today all I can do is think of the possibility of not being able to get pregnant or worse getting pregnant and miscarrying. I hate to look at the negative as I should be focusing on the positives and other alternatives...

but I'll save that for next week.

Today I want to be sad for what looks like will be a tough journey ahead of us.

2 Posts in 1 day!

I don't think I've ever mentioned it before but Corey has found his passion. Well, it's not as if he just found it, he's been aware of it for awhile now and has been working hard to get the required equipment. Photography is definitely something he is talented in and had his first phots published in a magazine about a year ago. Since then he has had a dozen more published and has even gotten the cover of a magazine! He has another 2 page ad for Hurley coming out next month. It's really exciting for me to see him so passionate about his photos. I'm hoping one day he can have a career in the field because he really does have the talent and patients for it. He'll be going to mammoth next weekend so hopfully he'll get some more great shots.

Here's the magazine cover:

Lag

I've definitely been lagging lately, there doesn't seem to be much time for anything these days. I guess that's the way it goes though right...there's never enough time or money. Unfortunatly, there doesn't seem to be much money either.
We're really feeling the crunch right now, especially since I was in an accident a few weekends ago. I should be getting my car back in about 2 weeks but until then I'm driving an Impala which cost me $60.00 to fill up! My car was filling up slightly over $40.00 and it went a lot further. I have to get gas today and I'm completely dreading it. The price of gas is getting ridiculous, actually it's been ridiculous for some time now, and it's seems other things are following. I've definitely noticed spending a little more at the grocery store. Guess it's time to start cutting coupons.

Life has been going good, we've been spending lots of time with our families lately, which is always...interesting. It's funny that even though both our families are completely different they are very much the same in a lot of ways.

Anyways, I'm going to see Sex & The City this weekend, couldn't be more excited. I'm not a huge movie buff so actually planning to go see a movie is a huge deal for me. I can't wait!