Catch up Hikes from January

Trona Pinnacles, CA

January 5, 2012

These are the strangest rock formations.  We drove a few hours to see them and hiked around and drove through them.  If you pay attention, there are several car commercials filmed here.  Also, there are several science-fiction movies filmed here.  It was really cool.

This is me at 31 weeks.

To get an idea of size on this pinnacle, look at the next picture compared to our truck.

January 6, 2012

Icehouse Canyon Saddle, CA

We drove up to see the snow, hike around, and maybe ride the ski lift up to the top.  Turns out, it was $12 a person to ride the lift with no snow.  So we drove around till we found this hike.  It was a great hike, and it turned out to be a little more than 7 miles round trip.  I kept saying I would just go a little more and then ended up doing the whole thing.  It was a beautiful day.

These next two pictures are taken in the same spot.  One side of the trail was still winter and the other side was full-blown summer.  It was crazy to see.

New Additions to the Family!

We don't have our baby girl yet, but we are getting ready for her to come.  Just one more month... During Christmas, we went shopping for Glider/Recliners and found this one at Sofa Mart.  It was magic sitting in it after trying so many others.  We loved it so much that we tried to find it in California, but after many stores and calls, it didn't exist here.  We ended up driving to St. George to get it.  It was a quick trip and we even got to see our friends the Noel's in Las Vegas!  We love this chair!

Since we have been married, we have started a tradition of buying plants from Home Depot where ever we live.  This is our LA addition.

From front to back: Cactus from Las Vegas, Plant from LA, Pink veined plant from Provo, Utah (we've had this plant for almost as long as we've been married), and the yellow speckled plant from Las Vegas that has gotten huge since we brought it to LA.  Our favorite plant is the one from Provo because it has feelings.  It has been almost dead for most of its life until LA weather.  Who knew it needed humidity?  It has died and wilted completely several times, but it always comes back.  

Can you tell we treat our plants like our pets?

Our new Crib!  I made the sheet, and am planning to make the other bedding stuff soon.

Here is our Bamboo Shelf that we just made.  We looked all over for bamboo, and got quite discouraged until my mom said to look at a nursery.  Little did we know that there was cheap bamboo within walking distance of our apartment.  

Jeremy built this in our apartment at night, so hopefully our neighbors don't hate us too much.  I love how it turned out!

I am making 3 more fabric boxes from makeit-loveit.com.  These are the first 3 and I love how they have turned out.  Plus, the owl fabric is my favorite!