Friday, June 8, 2012

my life in instagram


here are some iphone photos of our life lately.
we are off to san diego in the morning for a little one night getaway. 
can't wait to eat yummy food, ride bikes & basque in the sun. 
can't wait to leave this office in the dust & start my weekend!

p.s. if you would like to follow me on instagram my username is @amyrexphoto

Thursday, June 7, 2012

date night: where it all began

 
 on friday my little sweetheart planned a little date night for just us. we go out just the two of us quite often, but the planning usually goes a little something like this...
him: "hey, so, where do you want to eat?"
her: "i don't know, where do you want to eat?"
him: "um... the usual places. you know what i like."
her: "okay let's go to ....(insert restaurant name here)"
so i guess those are still considered date nights, but i have to admit there is something much more exciting about a date that someone plans for you. i worried a little more about what i wore, gave him extra kisses and just relished in those moments together. 
he is really a great man & it was a great night. 
dinner at the crab cooker, sunset boat cruise and balboa bars. mmmm. so good. so, so good. 
balboa is a happy place for me. i used to go there as a kid with my family & i've made some great memories there with tyler also. which brings me to the photo below...

 
now, you may wonder what i was trying to capture when i snapped this photo. i'm not even really sure what it is. an electrical or plumbing box maybe? i don't really know nor do i care, to me it's the place where our love started. we were on a big group date in june 2006. my date bailed and tyler's date ignored him most of the night. we sat there and chatted for what seemed like hours. later that week he asked me out to the dodger game. we became friends over the coming months and then in october he asked me out again. a couple weeks later we kissed, a couple weeks after that he told me he loved me & the rest is history.
my how things may have turned out differently if his date paid more attention to him & if my date was actually present. i'm glad it was him. i can't imagine myself with anyone else. 

balboa fun zone... you will always have a special place in this girl's heart.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

happy birthday















my wonderful brother in law greg turned 24. to celebrate we had a bbq over at the irwin's house, sang at a local karaoke studio (jj's music studio in la habra) and ate birthday cake. my baby sister danielle made a delicious cake complete with peanut butter frosting filling. she is becoming quite the baker. 

thanks for letting us celebrate with you greg! we love you!
side note... greg just got an internship to work with disney as an engineer! yah folks, DISNEY! we are so very proud of him. also, how pretty is my sis?  

highlights:
  • signing piano man & candle in the wind with my dad
  • watching greg's dad, rich, dance
  • seeing greg & his brother robbie do the "single ladies" dance
  • danielle's scrumptious cake
  • the wigs. seriously funny!

Monday, June 4, 2012

lunch break

just in case you didn't know, tyler and i work for the same company. we both work for my father's sign company, CenSource, Inc. we like being able to see each other throughout the day even though he is out workin' hard in the shop building things and being manly. while i sit in my air conditioned office in front of my painfully slow computer doing paperwork, answering calls, paying bills & sending invoices. as you can imagine such a job can get a little claustrophobic for a gal like me. i have to get out of my office sometimes (okay, you caught me... pretty much everyday) & go get some yummy lunch to make me feel like i'm still human and not a robot. luckily i have a really cute buddy to tag along with me.
so last week we hit up jerry's dogs. it is a fantastic little hot dog joint that we went to long long ago when we were first dating with some dear dear friends, mike & jessett. i didn't used to be a big fan of hot dogs. i mean, i like them to the extent that most americans like them... baseball games, bbqs, bonfires at the beach. but tyler LOVES hot dogs. like seriously LOVES them. when he was little his brother used to call him hoto because little tyler used to ask for "hoto's" (aka hot dogs) so often. i think it's really cute actually.
his mom told me that she used to find him eating frozen hot dogs that he scavenged out of the freezer. i can totally picture it. what a cutie. anyway, now that i am married to a hot dog lovin' man i myself have become a hot dog lover. so from time to time we stop in a jerry's and enjoy a delicious dog. i think of mike & jessett and how wonderful it was to fall in love with tyler. 

speaking of tyler. i just want to say that i really love him. like really love him. a lot. lately, since my heart has been a little more tender, i find that my time spent with him is more precious. 
i find myself cherishing his presence a little more. 
sometimes marriage isn't easy. sometimes we argue. but the sweetness is so very sweet. the love is so very real and i feel so lucky to have it. i am so blessed. so very blessed.  

Friday, June 1, 2012

things i love: proposals


did you cry??? cutest thing i have seen in a while. i literally was fighting back the tears. 
SO stinkin' creative!!!

things to be happy about...
it's friday!
it is a new month!
 it is june!
my birthday is coming! 
yay!