going green

Something you should know. Green is my favorite color, except when it comes to food, then its orange (Cheetos, candy corn, carrots?, macaroni and cheese, and goldfish)The Northwest is so green! I love it. Summer with the cousies was pretty lovable too!
Getting ready for beach weekend baby!
Chase took this one, hence the blur.
Dad with me and the girls after a family home evening.

a few of my favorite things (and people)

Jake, if I had a little boy, I would want him to be just like you!
I believe this was the original 944 that Jake Ryan drove in Sixteen Candles. We went to watch some races at the Portland International Raceway, we saw some impressive cars to say the least.

This blue Porsche that jake is standing by was my 2nd runner up.

We looked at this Porsche for the longest. I love the colors and how you get inside.

A cute little racer coming off the track.

This is my ultimate dream car, and the license plate is so fitting, MONSTER, why yes you are.

"broke down tree park"

as cousin john so lovingly referred to this Huntington beach park. sunday after church we packed up the cars and headed out for a picnic. when john got there he was pissed because "where is the park, the playground?!?!" "this is just a broke down tree park!" we all died laughing.

inseparable for the whole trip, chase and avery. danny and i even bought them matching outfits at justice one day. lame i know, but i couldn't help myself. chase cried for days after leaving. i know the feeling well.

danny and i making some sandwiches. i feel like joey, i LOVE sandwiches!

my totes amazing mom, who does circles around the rest of us. she walked every morning we there. i didn't wake up in time once! lame, i know. :)

c.b. niece aderies. she is so dainty and cute and loves her momma more than anything.

reese and grace need i say more

look at that crappy tree!

summer summer bang bang

What do these things have in common? Absolutely nothing.
random the way i've set this post up, but at least i've got a post UP people.

summer must have if you ask me!salt river fun!


a diagram of the gallbladder in case you were wondering

we started summer of with a bang when danny had to have his gallbladder out in a bit of an emergency. he's all good and to prove to himself and everyone around he's been doing a "master cleanse" otherwise known as the lemonade diet. google it. now we have our very own jack la lain power juicer and a no red meat diet too add to all this excitement...i want a whopper... i digress, the girls and i are home for a bit so everyday we do something relatively fun. we floated the salt river, chase was a thumbs up, savanna was a thumbs down on the experience. we went to the dollar movie with friends. i bought that smart food popcorn in the black bag by the chips in walgreens. the whole bag has 230 calories and it was soooo goood. i remember my mom eating this stuff by the hand fulls (literally) on our oh so long road trips. good times and good memories. we've had lots of friends over, played the wii too much, and enjoyed one too many pop tarts.

the thing i most look forward to in the summer is sleeping in! so why do i feel so guilty when i do it??? any suggestions?

surf city here we come.

We took a family vacay, I packed the car while the kids did a half day of school and dad-napped Danny from work on the way out of town. At the beginning of the trip all me and danny kept saying to each other was "who cares, We're On Vacation" so we took our time and let everything roll right off the back. Something that is difficult for Danny and I to do together...

We stopped at walmart to stock up on fruit for the car and a movie to watch. At the California border we were asked if we had any fruit and we showed them the "cuties" luckily they came from cali, the bag said so, and we were allowed to proceed on with all cuties in the car! Reese built a little fort in the way back and we only had to stop for the restroom once. Note to self: as important as it is for the kids to stay hydrated don't give too much fluid on a road trip. I hate public restrooms!

Aunt Hillary's Trip

These are the only shots I got with my camera. We had 3 goals while she was here. 1. Tan at the pool 2. Shop for cool stuff 3. Eat lots of good food! Its safe to say we were successful in our endeavor. Hillary is the best, she came to my gym and gushed over how nice it was, let all the girls have a slumber party in her room, and made desserts from scratch for the family on Sunday. I dint know you could make brownies without a set of box directions.

me time

Can people really change? Yes. I can say honestly I have changed a lot in my last 10 years. What comes to mind right now, I'm so much more "responsible". I'm also tidier, watch more t.v., follow politics, look for cheap thrills, exercise more, go to bed earlier, and ry alot of different food.

My personality more or less is the same. I'm generally upbeat, a people person (especially the right people), non confrontational to a fault sometimes, and quick to thin slice anyone. I love my life and am so grateful for how things are going and how far Ive come. The first two pictures are from my 30th birthday.