Intense...

...as in camping. Haha. That's Ben's favorite pun. He thinks it's REALLY funny...even the 27th time he uses it. Fortunately, this past weekend was an occasion that wasn't intense, but was in tents. We went up to Ventura and camped a couple nights by the beach. Perhaps not the best thing to do a week before we leave for Ecuador when I've got finals, dissertation proposals, and house cleaning to work on...but it was just what this someday-going-to-be-a doctor ordered.




Part of the gang.





Spaghetti?! There were also pancakes. And you thought camping was only good for hamburgers and hot dogs!



Happy hour.




Football (I got too lazy to take pics of the bocce ball, volleyball, and wiffle ball - active crew, I tell you)

5th anniversary!

That light bulb in the middle would be my husband. Repeat after me...sunscreen is our friend.

Natalie and Cedric...he does entertain, actually. Much to Natalie's chagrin at times.

Ben finally finished The Stand while we were there....it's about a billion pages long. Thanks for that influence, Andrew.

Yes, please.