Brett and Sarah’s Adventures

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Hello dear people. I know many of you have been anxiously checking our blog…for the past year…and hoping for a new post (sorry!) but here it is at last! Brett and I are back.

Well, to catch you up since last May 2009 (Can it really be July 2010 already???), I decided to put up a few pictures of the highlights of this past year for us. So sorry it has taken me so long to post! Here goes:

So the last thing I posted about was Ashley coming home from her mission and Kelly’s graduation. Shortly after that, my Mom flew to San Jose to visit me! Unfortunately, it was a short visit. Long enough to go to In-N-Out, a yoga class and then get the call that my Mom’s mother had passed away in South Carolina. Soon we were online looking for the first flight out. Brett had to stay home because we were in charge of a ward activity and we both couldn’t be absent if we were the sole ones in charge. Thank you, Brett. Mom and I got to South Carolina and went to Mama Bui’s funeral. It was a very sad but spiritual experience, especially since I got to help dress Mama Bui for the funeral. I miss her like crazy and still cry when I think about her, but I know I will see her again someday.

That’s the end of May for us…on to June! There aren’t too many highlights for this month. Brett hid a geocache:

We saw “The Fixx” free concert at Santa Cruz Beach:

and we started our boat!

July came before we knew it and we decided to go backpacking on the Fourth of July weekend. It was hot but it was great! We went to Henry Coe State Park (near Morgan Hill) and hiked down to a campsite, spent the night and hiked back to our car. We saw a lot of neat things on our hike, including terrifying snakes but we won’t talk about them…

We were also fortunate enough to go to Pajaro Dunes for a wonderful weekend with Grandma & Grandpa Rosenlof. They took us to the Carmel Mission. Look at these cuties!

We had a wonderful weekend in Pajaro. Always so refreshing to be at the beach! A few days after our weekend in Pajaro we were off again! This time to St. Louis for my Mom’s 50th birthday surprise party.  Brett and I got out of Dad’s car at the corner of the street and just started walking down the sidewalk towards their house. Mom was outside talking to neighbors and Dad and she looked at us THREE times before she realized it was us! Then she almost had a heart attack and started screaming! It. was. awesome! We spent the weekend together as a family and even went on the Becky Thatcher for a Riverboat Cruise that ended in fireworks! The perfect day.

That pretty much wraps up July. We had a great month in August too. We went to the Strawberry festival, 2 plays with Grandma & Grandpa (Cats & Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) and we went to a friend’s wedding reception.

In September, I turned the big 21! People called me, wrote on my facebook wall and sent me really nice presents. Thank you all! Brett bought me an adorable dress and took me to see a show! It was a great birthday!

I also tried my hand at a little more sewing and made these baby shoes!

Some of you may know that Brett and I like to ride our bikes around town. But you may not know that before we put our bikes away, we always did tricks. My tricks were usually pretty lame like the ol’ side saddle. But Brett’s tricks were always fun and slightly dangerous.

Brett and I also went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last September and had a great time. They had an awesome sea horse exhibit that was my favorite part of the aquarium. I think Brett’s favorite part was seeing me scream when I saw the hammer head shark. Those things are scary! Their eyes are on the sides of their heads! Gross.

Last highlight of September: Kayaking in the Pacific Ocean at Santa Cruz! We were really excited to go and we had a great time! Our favorite things were the otters we saw playing in the water and seals sleeping (and snoring!) with their flippers sticking out of the water. So cute!

Are we done yet? Not quite! Stay tuned for part 2!