texaaaaaas.

jonjon and i are in texas! he is on pre-deployment leave.

when we were first planning his leave, we wanted to just stay together and spend the whole time alone.

well, now we are thinking a little differently and would love to be with family. 

we are visiting jon's dad. this isn't the best picture, but you get the idea. 

we'll just go shoot some guns now.

wk 9.

this is the picture jon took of me last night. 

this cat was on the animal shelters website. it so obviously isn't bear. he looks so angry and mean. i wanted it to be him so bad. and really thought it was.

 i took another picture today. just the one. i thought i'd be bringing bear home with me. instead i came home alone. 

missing.

our kitten went missing. he left thursday night and hasn't come home. we usually leave our screen door open for him. we looked for him all day yesterday. i called everywhere on base, everyone said they haven't seen him. i think someone stole him. today we are going to put posters around our neighborhood.

i know he didn't run away, he has a good little life with us. he is the most spoiled cat.

look at him. after i bathe him, he gets so cold and shakey. so i wrap him up.

he fell asleep.

this is how bear reacts when he hasn't seen us for awhile. this is right when jon got back from st. george. 

happy little baby.

chair.

a few months ago (like...FEBRUARY...), Kalie and I went antique shopping. 

we went all over the salt lake valley to lots of different stores, it was so fun!

our last stop was this cute little store in sugar house. there was an old old lady there with her daughter. they told us that they had been running that store way back when, but eventually stopped for some reason. they still owned the little store, it just wasn't open to the public. so, they just kept adding more and more furniture to it as if it were storage. finally, the daughter talked the mother into opening the store again just to get rid of all of the left over furniture.

there was hardly anything in the store, but in the very back of the room, i found this gem.

the OLD price tag on the left says "$30"...the one on the right says "$2"

yes, i got this pretty chair for two dollars. 

i felt a little bad buying something from there.  they said as soon as everything is sold, they are done with the store. they were both sweet though and i loved this chair. 

okay see how yuck the seat was? and how thin and sketchy it was?

look at her now! this is leftover fabric from when I interned at Ethan Allen. I had used it for a project, so a big chunk was missing out of the back....it was....SUCH a pain to get the fabric to cover the entire cushion. it came out a little wonky, but i like it.

made the cushion from scratch, first time doing that. it was a struggle and it isn't perfect, but i think it turned out pretty cute. besides the new seat and cleaning the wood, i didn't do anything to the chair. doesnt it look so much better though? i love how the dark bits of the fabric brings out the darkness of the wood. 

i love bring such old pieces into new homes. they bring such life with them. and they're so much better and sturdier than furniture you can find anywhere else nowadays...

my little plant.

i love plants. i don't know a single thing about them, but i love them.

before i moved, i stole* the plant off of my desk at work.

we were in transit for 4 days. when we got to california, we stayed a couple nights at the Vigil's. since we didn't have a home, i left my plant in the Vigil's garden. i hoped that they had sprinklers so that he could get watered....wellllll...he didn't. 

this is what he looked like when i picked him up. 

such a pathetic sight. i was so worried. we bought some fertilizer for him and i have been nursing him ever since. 

proof-

look how full and luscious!! he's a whole new man! 

now i need to get a bigger pot.

does anyone know where i can get a cute one??

in unrelated news, this is what my nights look like:

jon and i usually read before we go to bed. jon reads for MAYBE 3 minutes before he's out.

oh how i love them. 



*i didn't REALLY steal it....i just told my manager i was taking it and he wasn't very happy about it. he has a good home though. 

dads visit!

gary came to visit us the weekend we got bear. thats when bear did nothing but fall asleep in weird places and positions. he is asleep in this photo. 

on friday, we went to the aviation museum right next to where we live. it was pretty cool. 

i dont know if i'd go again, but it was free.

then we went to the USS Midway! it was awesome exploring the whole ship. we were in it for about 4 hours and still didn't see everything. poor sailors had to live and work in such small spaces. 

this was the creepiest. the ship hospital. i know it was haunted. 

we thought this was so funny.

me with coronado in the background.

we took a tour of the flight deck? or something. but it was really worth it. if you ever go, you need to take the tours. sometimes, the tour guides were stationed on this ship. it was so cool hearing their personal stories of when they lived on it. 

dad in the brig. scary!!!

i got these pictures off my dads camera. yes, he took a picture of the cat playing in his shoes. 

he loved this little kitty. 

the next day, we went to sea world! jon and i are recent season pass holders! we bought one year, and got another year free. so actually we have passes for two years. it comes with free parking as well. we've been twice, and it already paid for itself. sweet. 

in true robinson fashion, we got to the park right when it opened. meaning...we were the very first people to ride Atlantis that day!

it is the funnest, cutest ride. 

dad and Mei looking at the 'dolphins'.

scared in the shark exhibit!

midday snacks.

this face is reminding me of one that amanda used to do. i will never do it again.

i got a kids meal for lunch, and walked away with a sweeet plate souvenir. 

in the middle of the day, jon and i rode shipwreck rapids. 

i really love that ride, so finally jon decided he'd come with me.

not only did my dad put a quarter in one of those things so that he could spray water at us, but you go under a waterfall. we. got. SOAKED. SOAKED is even an understatement. 

after that, i took off my shirt and put my sweater on. which is why i had my shirt draped over my shoulder. well, sometime between the shark exhibit and this last picture, i dropped my t shirt. we looked all around and traced our steps and FOUND it! i'm so happy to be wearing it right now.

it was such a fun vacation, i'm so happy my dad got to come and visit. we loved spending time with them!

wk 8.

my new job-working from home.

why get ready?

BTW, i made this tonight and it was AMAZING.

it is a great recipe.

i did one thing different than the directions.

it said to flip the cake over onto a cooling rack. i put it back into a cold 9x13 pan upside down so that the top of the cake was at the bottom of the pan, then i cut slits in the cake. it was less messy and the cake pan caught all the excess carmel and sweetened milk. mmm mmm mmm.