Having trouble with my PC, etc.

We have been really frustrated with our PC lately. We have this really annoying virus called the W32Rontokbro... virus. It creates exec (sp?) files for just about every file we have. It doesn't erase anything, it is just annoying. Norton can't remove it, and neither can our spy ware. We're trying to get the courage to delete it ourselves with the handy instructions we found. Anyone have any experience with this virus? Anyway, I would love to update this blog with lots of pictures from our fun times this summer, but somehow our camera is holding hostage 2GB of pictures. I will try to get a few off, soon...it can be really discouraging to all my blogging aspirations. Hope to post updates soon.

Mike and Lauren's Wedding!

We had such a fun time going up to Utah for Mike and Lauren's wedding! We started off by taking Lauren (our daughter) on her first plane flight. She was so excited and did very well the entire time. Then my sister Amanda that lives up there, picked us up and took us to my Uncle Kevin and Aunt Shelley's home where we stayed one night. Here are some pictures of the beauty of that day and what a reception too! Lauren is so creative and artistic, and a professional seamstress in which she recently received her degree. It was so inspiring to see her ideas exhibited in the smallest details of her wedding. We just found out recently that her photographer's work and her wedding are featured at MarthaStewart.com under real weddings (Mike & Lauren in SLC.)
It was SO beautiful. Her family was so gracious to give us all the outfits we wore including my daughter's. The tone was so elegant, romantic, and timeless.

We wish we didn't have to leave so soon, but after the amazing dessert bar so we needed to catch our red-eye flight to NYC. Check out more of the pics at the link above.

So far, we've had a crazy July!

We're back from our travels boy did we have a really great time! I'll post more on that soon as soon as everything is back to normal. But first, this is what we've been up to since we've returned:

We were excited to start off our "fun" summer with a trip and come back and keep up the fun. But sadly after our return it has not been at all as we would have hoped for. After a few days of settling in putting things back into place and cleaning everything in the house from top to bottom (having room service and living with just the essentials for 13 days gave me a fresh -I realize not totally realistic- perspective to my home, but it did give me the urge to spring clean all over again.) So I went through things and threw out what we really didn't need, cleaned, reorganized, and then came the discovery...we have little tiny bugs in our kitchen. No, we have a whole bunch of bugs in our kitchen! So out came everything stored in all the cupboards which has been on display to this day in my kitchen. Then I've sprayed and wiped down all surfaces with bleach. I've followed what it recommends online to get rid of them. First get rid of the sources: all flour, corn starch, anything with the bugs-check. Then freeze anything you have that doesn't have bugs like rice, noodles, etc. for 4-5 days-check. Then wipe everything down with a bleach solution-check.I think it has been over 12 days like that and still the flour bugs seem to come out of the woodwork. I'm going to the store tomorrow to get some really good stuff. I'm sick and tired of these bugs literally! So then we move on to our health. Lauren and I started to feel sick on the flight home and so for a few days it was us recovering. Then we were well for a couple of days to do all this cleaning and celebrate the 4th of July at Newport, then San Juan Capistrano on Sunday, then Manhattan Beach on Monday. Then Jim and I have been sick for the past 7. Can't we have a little fun in our lives without getting sick? Luckily it has not been Lauren that has been sick this time around but Jim and I, we're having these consistent rotating coughs that feel very unproductive, just head-ache inducing. Oy! No fun. I would instead love to be back on the boat laying out in Bermuda with all the wonderful amenities! This is not how I imagined my month of July. I've had to cancel violin lessons, Jim missed some work(he never misses work) cancel going to church, and going just about anywhere for the past week. My Dad was kind enough to help fix our car and it was a chance for Lauren to get out and play with the family dog. How sad for Lauren. She misses school and her friends. I haven't wanted to go around anyone. This cold is a bad one. Don't want you to get it. Well, off to bed for more sleep and more bugs to clean in the morning. Hopefully not for long though! Will post more as soon as this weeks settles in and I have more energy. I'm counting my blessings though, my life could have been a whole lot worse but it is not, thankfully. ;) Have a great week!

Wedding and Vacation Happenings...

Going Here Very Soon...can you guess where?

We've got some exciting things coming up soon. My youngest brother is getting married in Salt Lake City to a really wonderful girl. Her name is Lauren Magleby.

I'm so happy, all my brothers have such great wives! Lucky me, I get to have awesome sister-in-laws! I love Jim's sisters too!

Then we're going on a trip taking a cruise to Bermuda! (Still can't believe we're going.)

So I just wanted to say, if we don't come back because of some rogue wave or hurricane, love you all! Just kidding. I admit, I am a wee bit nervous because we're going on a cruise and I've seen way too many movies with boats that end up sunken ships with no survivors. Well, all I had to see was The Titanic, and that did it for me. Those scenes are vividly stored in my head of just what could happen to me. I know, I'll be fine, we'll be fine. We'll take lots of pictures and we'll post them sometime this next year =).