not to forget...

[quick explanation: i began to write my posts as i encountered pictures in my picasa... unfortunately, i didn't have any pictures from when my incredibly dear friend elizabeth (a.k.a. 'best friend since life') came to visit us in early june + accidentally skipped right over things... BUT thanks to the wonders of facebook, i have super-stalked her photos and now have some to include in our blog (thanks, lizzy!)]

elizabeth + i have known each other since... well... forever and it was such a treat for her to come up to palo alto to visit us while she was completing one of her speech + language pathology internships in long beach, ca. we had a fabulous time touring around sf + showing lizzy all of the hot-spots! we also enjoyed some down-time + crafting at our apartment a little further south on the peninsula. elizabeth is now living in greenville, nc so i truly don't get to spend nearly as much time as i want to with her since we live on the west coast... come back soon liz, we miss you!

just hanging out in our backyard... love this girl!

we are a bit crazy... did i not mention that?

livi had her 'lady bits' removed the day before elizabeth's arrival - she was quite ashamed to have to meet her aunt lizzy with a cone around her neck, but she still managed to be as cute as ever (obvi)

of course we had to introduce liz to our favorite restaurant... the counter! she became hooked immediately.

one of the many adventures we had: visiting musee mecanique... elizabeth showed her true strength!

thank you for coming to nor-cal to visit us, elizabeth! we love you so much! okay, now hurry up + get back here...