NOVEMBER 2013 : CHEERING ON THE IRONMAN FINISHERS

A few of our friends had been training all year for The Ironman, so we decided to bundle Paisley up and take her to the finish line to cheer them on.  She loved all of the excitement & staying up past her bedtime.  But for us, the Ironman finish-line was an extremely emotional area, it was filled with cheering, tears & so many proud moments.  What theses people accomplished as they crossed that line was UNBELIEVABLE!!! We were so honored to spend the evening cheering on these devoted winners!

(Amazing & Emotional Experience)

NOVEMBER 2013 : TUCSON THANKSGIVING ... I'm Stuffed!

We spent a lovely Thanksgiving Day in Tucson with the family.

We started it off right with the tradition of watching the parade :)

 Paisley was THANKFUL for her new found freedom 

and wanted to run around all day and twirl in her new skirt 

... so we let her :)

 Paisley ... we are so thankful for B-e-a-YOU-tiful you!

 It was so much fun sharing in Bryson's 1st Thanksgiving, as well!

Bryson was very THANKFUL for his new bib from us!!!

PS - Paisley was a great eater and  loved her Turkey meal!!!

NOVEMBER 2013 : Daddy & P in Payson

While mommy was in San Francisco, Travis took Paisley to visit her grandparents in Payson.  

She loves running around the woods and getting dirty in the dirt.  

(& of course seeing her grandparents and the pups!)

Thanks Daddy!

NOVEMBER 2013 : Tucson Trip - Paisley's 1st Horsey Ride & Visiting our New Nephew

Driving in style - listening to Justin

& Jay-Z ... she loves music!

 The Hsieh's moved to Tucson, Arizona! 

We are so excited to have them close by.  

Visiting Brisa at her new hospital

The Hsieh's own a sweet horse named, Stormy 

& Paisley had the privilege of visiting him on the ranch & getting to ride him! 

What a lucky 15 month old!

Thank you Chris for photographing this special first for us :)

HAY! 

Paisley's first ride!!! SO EXCITING!!!

Paisley fits right in with the Hsieh's cats  (Paisley calls them Me-OWs)
- she wore the perfect outfit!

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Visiting our new one week old nephew, Bryson, while we were in Tucson for the Weekend :)

 Paisley didn't want to leave her baby's side 

 Happy Girl!

OCTOBER 2013 : San Francisco/Sonoma Girl's Trip - Jami's Bachelorette Weekend

My best friend is getting married on 1.10.14 so it was finally time for her Bachelorette Weekend.

With 11 girls, we decided it would be a blast to celebrate in San Francisco 

and take a day trip to Sonoma :) 

It was an incredible weekend & much needed for this mommy.  It was my first official trip away from my baby girl; 3 nights & 4 days.  It was hard to say goodbye to her, (15 months old) but it was nice to know I could do it & she had a blast with her daddy & grandparents :) (A win-win for all!)

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Jami & I decided to go up a day early so that we could have some best friend time, before the whole gang showed up! (The last time we traveled out-of-state together was our senior year of high school to San Francisco for a soccer tournament - crazy how life has changed :) )

Southwest provided us with free drinks to kick off our weekend!

Cheers!

San Francisco - we have arrived!

We rented a 3 story loft in the Mission District 

Eating & Drinking our way through the Ferry Building Marketplace

It's 5 o'clock somewhere :)

Halloween Night on Valencia Street - Talk about Cray-Cray!!!

Dinner at Foreign Cinema

Why not go for a run through the San Francisco hills on your bachelorette weekend???

Of course we stopped at a local coffee shop on the way back to celebrate a great run :)

All of the girls have arrived ~ Let the fun begin!

UNION SQUARE means ... shopping, good food & drinks & TROLLEY rides :)

Burger Bar

The San Francisco Treat

It's time for another drink ... The Buena Vista - Creator of the Irish Coffee

Watching the sunset over the Golden Gate Bridge - gorgeous!

ASIA SF - was our crazy girls night out ... 

so we spiced the evening up even more with COLORFUL WIGS! 

(You couldn't miss us!)

After dinner & a show ...  we danced the night away in an underground dance club!

BEST PART OF THE TRIP ~ PRIVATE WINERY TOUR through SONOMA  

#1-Domaine Carneros – Sparkling Wine 

Great way to start the day ... with a little bubbly :)

#2 – Buena Vista Winery

(My favorite winery!!!)

#3 – Benziger Family Winery

We took their trolley tour throughout their whole vineyard - gorgeous!

#4 – Gundlach Bundschu Winery (Gun Bun)

Last Stop - everyone is HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!

What a day! We are now professional WINE-Os!

On the way back to San Fran we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge :)

Last day ~ Fisherman's Wharf (touristy day)

The famous San Francisco Crab Restaurant

Of course we visited Ghirardelli Square

Lombard Street - famous for the non-stop curving

Flying home to Phoenix 

Sad to see it end, but excited for the wedding ahead :)