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Sunset Action

Thanks to the gorgeous weather that was beckoning us to the backyard, I was got inspired to snap some shots of a couple of my gals, along with a gorgeous sunset...right from our backyard!

See California...every now and then we get some nice light!

Enjoy!

- Aaron

oops...

Hey there blogger world, it's the Tharpey's again! Did we forget about you for um...a year??


SORRY ABOUT THAT! Our "home computer" was tied up for a while with work related tasks, and we just couldn't find the time to put some thoughtful posts together. It's our bad though, and we can admit that. We're back in action now!


Well a few things have happened since last we talked....


- We bought a house (oh yah, you kinda already knew that...and thats kinda where we left you hangin', isnt it?) Well let me tell you, owning a home is some hard work! (especially when moving in right before the holidays last year...pretty sure thats even harder!) BUT, we did it and hosted our first Thanksgiving too. And though we didnt let anyone open our closets, our home was clean, and thanks to my husband, we are completely unpacked! (As of two weeks ago). We literally had four boxes left in the spare room full of mostly junk that took us FORRREVER to go through, and now we're organized and ready for a garage sale. :P 
Ahhh feels so good to be home!


- Had some major job switcheroos: ME (rachel) - the good Lord opened a door for me to work in an exciting, creative environment with some pretty crazy talented people over at 31Films, where I especially enjoy working side by side with my favorite dude (hubby). I was previously employed at the family business, Cornelius Contracting. I'm so very grateful for my time spent there and the things I learned! Basically being together as couple 24/7 has its challenges, but for the most part it's super FUN.


- We've done a bit of traveling from California to Cincinatti; our job has taken us to some fun and interesting places, and we are so grateful for things we get to do and the places we get visit :)


- - FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA: So we never realized the prison that good ol' Johnny Cash sings about was in....California?!? Does that make any sense? I pretty much dig all things Cash though, so we of course considered taking the tour of the prison, however watching the news one night during our 4 day stay in Cali, we discoverd a 250 person prison riot happened the very evening we arrived. We even saw the ambulances swoop by on our way to our hotel. The report was 13 injured and the riot occured during rec hour so um yah... no prison tours for us.. sorry Johnny. Aside from prison drama, I absolutely love the town of Folosm. Lots of charm, super cute, historic district, full of awesome shops. (and showcasing a breath taking view of folsom lake.) I'm adding it to the list of places I want to move to one day :)


pics of the beautiful folsom to follow...


- - CINCINATI, OHIO: Ok, so not exactly on our dream list of places to visit, but off we went to make wedding film magic ;) and stayed at a pretty ritzy hotel smack in the middle of down town Cinci. We did a bit a browsing on the streets, not to bad a place and we had the privledge of meeting up with some pretty awesome friends (Steve and Reagan Zegulter) who also happend to be in the wedding filmaker biz.

- Nina is still adorable. We did the yearly "Furry Friends" shoot with Clark Lara Photography, and he captured the little cutie pie....leash and all (since we can't trust her on her own)

Aside from all of that...we're having an incredibly exciting year. We're coming up on our 2 year wedding anniversary and our 1 year home owning anniversary. Tons of fun stuff happening for our family and friends, tons of adventures for us, and tons of learning and goal-setting in motion for us as well. We'll save it all for their own posts though. 

For now, it's good to be back. Hope the feelings are mutual :)

Much love,

the Tharpeys

Images for the Tharpes

We took some fun pictures awhile back with Clark Lara Photography

He is very good and we had such a blast!

check them out here :)

clarklaraphotography.com

(just so you know although we may not be smiling we are actually quite happy)

Herb Garden - Take 1#

so, i started some garden fun last week - with these cute little planters i found from Target in the $1 section, which was so cool! they're called "Buzzy Mini Grow Pots" and they come with little porcelain pots, seeds, and a little pellet of soil that expands. it was loads of fun!

these are the kits

these are our own mini bowls

i spread it all out on the countertop

tried to keep it all organized so we know what's what

this is the soil that's been freeze-dried - i think? :)

then i just added a little bit of water

then the soil magically expanded!

and i did the same thing for the rest of the little soils

then i mixed up the soil and water

and i put a little over half of the soil into the planter

and these are the cute little seeds (5 in each pot)

i put the little guys in the pot

then i covered it up with the rest of the soil and lightly packed it in

then we put 'em on our window seal

and now we'll just have to wait and see!

thanks to husband for taking the pics!

all i have to do is keep the soil moist. its so fun to watch these little guys grow.

i hope to have a huge vegetable garden one day

........baaaaby steps though....baby steps!

:)

House-ness

So we haven't been so great with the house updates....and we apologize

Here are some of the most recent details :)

Sidewalks are laid! (*lain?)

Bricks and Painted Siding all up!

(Driveway and walkway are actually down now too...)

All landscaping should be done this week!

Inside- All sheetrock/texture/paint/fixtures are up!

Cabinets and countertops installed! (waiting for backsplash)

Tile in bathrooms is down (and up)

Even sinks are in...

The rest of the flooring will be in sometime during the next two weeks.

Appliances have all been ordered too!

Me and Rach already shopping decor/fixtures and planning our "upgrade" work :)

We'll be hitting the hardware store soon to grab a few power tools so i can deck the place out! :) lol

We'll keep you updated, we swear!

-Aaron and Rachel