Summer Fun

Its been pretty rare for me this summer to make time for having fun. Two jobs was finally getting to me and I needed to take sometime off. We went to Michael's cousins wedding last weekend in Spokane and it was the little get away I needed.

I don't think I'm the best road trip passenger, I ended up watching Ugly Betty on Netflix on the Ipad the last half of the drive. 

We stayed at the Doubletree all on the same floor as Michael's family which was really fun.

The next morning was really great because one of my best friends lives in Spokane so I was able to sneek away for a few hours and have Breakfast with Cass. She drive me around the cutest area in Spokane trying to convince me to move there. I think we are going to the stick to the west side but it was still really fun to think about living life in the same city again!

I spent the rest of the afternoon with this little stud...

 ^^could he get any cuter?!^^

We went to the wedding later that night and had a great time. It was such a nice day and a beautiful wedding. 

There was a pool at the wedding venue and Jalen decided it would be a good idea to jump in...Me and Jessica followed. I still don't know if that was a good or bad idea, but oh well, it was fun!

July Update

I just realized its been awhile since I'v done some blogging! July has gone by in the blink of an eye, and summer is in full swing.

At the end on June my dad got married. 

That same night we went to Sicily's dance recital. She did so good, it makes me so excited to have girls of my own someday and go to their dance recitals! 

We went to the Emerald Downs fire works show on July 3rd with Michael s sisters and their families.

When I'm gone to much my babies act deprived and this is how they snuggle....I woke up to cat butt in my face and his body under the covers, so funny!

Michael turned the big 25 on the 12th. He got home super late that night from Palm Springs but we still managed to have a little ice cream cake and a few drinks with friends at the Log Cabin. 

We went to Sarah's house for a little Family BBQ and had more cake for a belated birthday for Michael.

More Fun at Sarah's house, we were trying to take pictures in front of the mountain but as soon as you take a picture, the lighting makes it disappear.

Then Michael wanted to see if I could fit in the little kid fisher price car...I did. It took a little bit of time but I got in there. 

  

Feeling Nostolgic

Oh High School...so many memories, fortunately most of them are great memories for me! Auburn HIgh School is getting this incredible remodel and that means the place where I grew up for 4 years is about to be torn down. Alumni have been posting pictures on Facebook of the empty hallways and classrooms right before demolition but it was one picture that particularly stuck out to me....

Yes high school is a place you go and take classes like biology, English and Math...but it is so much more then that. High School is about growing as a person, meeting new friends, finding or continuing hobbies and activities you are interested in. For me, this is the place where most of these things happened for me in...The Pit. For most people who haven't been in this space, it just looks like a small empty gym, But to me I see so much more. I see, dance practices, cheer practices, eating vending machine food and blue powerade during yoga, getting ready in front of the big mirrors before football games, blasting the stereo and dancing in front of the mirrors, getting all lined up alphabetically for graduation, and most of all creating friendships that have remained and grown to this day.

Twenty Four

I had the best birthday yesterday, I felt so loved! When I was in college I could skip class or request the day off work (my smoothie job) so I had the whole day free to celebrate, but that isn't the case when your a big girl. I consider myself a big girl since I'm done with school and have a grown up job.

Michael so kindly kept reminding me that I was halfway to 48...I didn't like that so much but its okay I still feel young.

The day started off with my favorite Americano and Chocolate croissant free from Starbucks, gotta love being a gold member.

Balloons from my friend Brandi, more balloons Starbucks and card from my fav little people and Michael's sister Sarah. All morning my phone was going off with texts from friends and family giving me warm wishes.

SO many Instagram shout-outs!

I went and got a pedicure after work and then met my friend Mackenzie for Icey drinks at Hop Jacks. 

After drinks Michael gave me a pretty new necklace then it was off to dinner at the Rainier, my favorite!

Than back to my Mom's for homemade raspberry lemon cheesecake, my other favorite! 

It was a good birthday! 

Halfway Through 2014

I set all these great goals for myself at the beginning of the year...lets see if I'm actually keeping up with them.

1. "NO MORE SODA POP" This goal is going fabulously, I have not had a coke, or Dr. pepper or any pop at all since Last year! I do have a weakness for carbonation so I have been occasionally drinking these fabulous dry sodas. Its basically just flavored carbonated water with a little sugar.

2. "START A BLOG" well obviously this whole blog thing is going pretty good. I have done about 30 posts this year. I recently haven't been posting very much but that is more or less the fact that I have two jobs, no life, therefore very little to post about. I'm pretty proud of myself for starting this and I get even more excited when people know whats going on in my life because they read it on my blog! 

3. "EXERCISE MORE" This goal is not going so great...actually its not going at all. I have yet to join a gym or get on any kind of at home work out schedule. I have done an occasional Jillian Michaels DVD but not enough to count for anything. Red Robin helps keep me more active then I was before but I still really need to be working out consistently. 

4. "EAT OUT LESS" I think I have gotten better at this, I still think I eat out to much but I'm getting better. The Spring/summer time really help because me and Michael are big fans of using our BBQ every night. Chicken and turkey burgers taste SO much better off the BBQ!

5. "BUY A HOUSE" obviously this hasn't happened yet but I am making good progress. I started serving again at Red Robin and this second job of mine has really made my savings account happy. I'm very proud of how much I'm saving as well as paying my credit card and furniture bill down.  

I think I'm doing a pretty good job so far!

Date Night

Since I work so much these days...its a rare occasion to actually go on a date with Michael....or actually just seeing him at all is pretty rare. I had Tuesday night off this week so we took fun advantage of the beautiful weather and went to a Mariners game!

It was so nice to spend some time with Michael other then late night dinners when I get off from RR. 

Mini DIY Herb Garden

I was so excited to start/help my friend Brandi start a garden in her back yard...then I started working at Red Robin and every ounce of free time has been taken. I still wanted to do some gardening so I figured I could just plant a couple things in pots.

I bought a couple cheap terracotta pots from Walmart and painted them with chalkboard paint.

This took a little longer then expected. Each coat needed to dry 24 hours in between and I did about 4-5 coats just to make sure it didn't chip from being outside.

My original plan was to do Cilantro, Basil, and Mint but I couldn't find regular mint starters anywhere. On our way back from Costco me and Michael stopped at Tacoma Boys and found nice starters and I settled on Spinach instead of Mint.

 Actually Planting was the easiest part.

I LOVE how great they turned out! Surprisingly I only wrote the chalk words on there once and was happy with them. I can't wait to see them grow and be able to start using the herbs!