hello from dallas!

i'm sitting in julia's studio in dallas and we're a flurry of activity this morning (after sleeping in until 10:20!) ashlea's headed out for a run, nate's going on a coffee run, jules just jumped in the shower, and i'm blogging!
let's see... what has happened since i last blogged? oh! we had some wonderful visitors :) nate's parents were here last weekend and we had a fantastic time. i finished phase one of a looong project and was pretty tired on friday- what a lovely surprise to come home to a tasty smelling apartment and a set table! after dinner in (thanks nina!) and some tasty desserts, we headed out to downtown disney for some sightseeing and shopping.
the next morning, we headed to the beach! venice as usual :) we spent some time in the shops and grabbed milkshakes/floats/sodas before heading out to the beach- but it's a good thing we did because venice beach had red tide. i'd never even heard of this and for those of you that haven't you'll have to do with my explanation- algae presence somehow surges in the water, consuming all the oxygen and depriving the fish of it. this results in tons of dead fish washing up on the beach. as soon as we got near the beach, it stung our eyes and made us cough.
not to be deterred, we headed north slightly to nokomis beach! there it was present, but not too bad so we sunned, but didn't swim. then we had a tasty italian dinner out.
sunday back to the beach, but this time, siesta key! it was beautiful with fine white sand and warm warm water (87 degrees!) we hung out there most of the day before swinging back to venice to pick up cleo and heading home. their trip went be entirely too fast, but at least we'll be in PA at the end of the month and will see them again soon!
this past week, i've started helping cassie plan for an august 2007 wedding in sedona and nate and i had some nice relaxing evenings :)
i think that's it for now! oh and p.s., nate and i have been married for six months as of yesterday :) my my how time does fly!