26!

one of these sexy ladies is celebrating her 26th today, and it's not me.

it's amanda! amanda is celebrating her 26th!

(sorry about the scar on your forehead...you shouldn't have chased me around the house with a pin and then tried to run through a door.)

although i haven't been alive for 26 years, i'm certain that i've loved her for 26+ years. she is the sweetest and funniest little lady i know. i wish i was there to celebrate with her, but i know she'll be surrounded by friends and family in her new/old home in utah. 

happy birthday, sweety gurl! love you so much!

lazy hb sunday.

dear, dear emma came to california for a quick getaway last week!  jon and i were luckily enough to go up to HB and spend sunday with her and amanda. we got there in the morning, ate some yummy french toast (courtesy of emma), and went straight to the beach.

 i got to use my new camera for the first time! the panorama feature is so super cool, though i'm not exactly sure how to use it properly...yet. as you can see, the beach wasn't very crowded. it was kind of chilly, so none of us were very adamant about our sunscreen. what a mistake that was. 

 jon was the only one who got all the way in. he said it was cold. i enjoyed my time laying on my towel, relaxing and catching up with my two favorite girlfriends.

 amanda had enough bicycles in her garage for all of us, isn't that nice!? she even had a boy one in there for jon to ride. we rode around huntington, looking at the cute houses and rode down to the pier for some ruby's. i don't believe there is anything better than indulging in a big ol' burger, fries and shake after a day in the sun. and ruby's is the right place for all of those things. 

 we stayed all day before we had to go back and start on homework, again. it was such a fun day and a real treat having emma in town!! of course it's nice meeting new people and being in a new, beautiful place, but it's always so comforting to be around someone who has known you for so many years; you just pick up right where you left off. i wish her and isaac would move here so that we could ride bikes every weekend and enjoy the california sun.

a girl can dream...

wk 16.

Miramar Air Show 2010.

amanda came and spent the weekend with me so that we could go to the show.

we were both 100% amazed. it was awesome.

weekend fun/wk 15.

my weekend spent in huntington was so fun. 

i got there late friday night. not too late to miss out on amanda and nephi's yummy homemade pizza though.

we ate and watched the not funny episode of the office. 

ugh, it's so awful. they should have stopped after season three. 

saturday morning, we woke up before the sun.

got ready for the hike, and left.

it was a "moderately easy" hike that i struggled through.

nephi posted about it here.

yes, we saw a live tarantula. (!!!)

it was such a fun weekend. 

my favorite part besides the food, beach, hike and family time was singing on rockband.

i also loved seeing nephi really rocking out on the 'guitar' while amanda sang T swift.

St. George

at the end of July, jon and I went to st. george with my family!

it was such a ball. we spent most of the time...in the pool.

but we also wore swimsuits backwards and stretched our limbs.

and we compared muscles. sorry jon...

on saturday, we hiked the narrows. 

i usually don't like to hike, but this was so fun.

i wonder why i don't like hiking? here...let me hold that for you.

twin moms and cute babies.

i thought this was so funny and cute. little robbie.

here are all the kids! this was at the beginning of the water hike.

<3

i seriously loved hiking through the water.

and i loved playing with the doll.

(I meant to type this doll. the doll is pretty darn funny though.)

she is so precious.

and so is he. look at my boy, sleeping away.

two cuties.

(see how good jon's new picture smile is?? so handsome!)

here is the whole group. such good company.

doesn't this look like a paparazzi shot? or maybe i just want it to...?

we hiked as far as we wanted, then turned around. jon, sam, and I decided to get all the way in the water and just float down the river. it was so relaxing. and cold. 

the rest of the weekend was spent reading, nintendo-ing, and playing who wants to be a millionaire.

swimming!

and eating, obviously. 

yummm.

since i LOVED the hike soo much, this guy invited me to go hiking this weekend. 

it's called the bridge to nowhere. 

it is somewhat similar to the narrows, we'll be passing through water.

and it is ten miles. 

ten. 

miles. 

i haven't asked nephi yet if its ten miles in, ten miles back. 

i dont think i'll ask him until we finish.

oh, and i guess she can come too.

nephi talked me into it by sending me this email-

"I think this commenter said it best:

"After passing through the river a bunch of times (so much fun!) and about 4.5 miles in, we called it quits. Why? We got a late start (2 pm) and it was starting to get a bit dark... 

Upon return, we realized we were a mere 10 minutes-ish away from the bridge.

Though we “gave up” and never found the Bridge to Nowhere, we built a stronger bridge — a metaphorical bridge that connected the five of our hearts. A bridge we’ll never forget."

that could be US!!"

i'm alive.

Oh, it's been so long.

let me show you some pictures of when I went to visit Jon in March.

after having a bit of a break down, jon took me on this rollercoaster. its on the beach.

well...basically.

me at mission beach.

i got to see my two lovers! Lindsay is my cousin who lives in La Jolla (no more than 15 minutes from us) and amanda boo, hello. amanda came down and we shopppppped and laughhhedddd and had a good time togetherrrrr....etc.

i dont know when this picture was taken but i just wanted to post it. i feel like it displays our love of technology and shopping.

we went to a circus randomly. we were hanging out with jon's good friend from high school. he's a marine and stationed at camp pendleton. his gf was there and we drove to get yogurt and passes a circus. we knew we needed to go. well it was 100% sketchy. and not entertaining. jon dropped items from my purse under the bleachers and had to hop a fence to get "my" (kalie's) hair clip that i never use. and yes i did get that gum stuck on the bottom of my shoe.

this is me in little italy. we love, love that place. 

poor people have fun too!

today we woke up early and went to a class at 24 hour fitness. it was quite the workout! so sweaty!

then we went to costco and made sure to get a few samples of everything. i wish they always had young guys handing out samples,
getting more than one of everything wasnt too bad...

we've been to the library to read...

we couldnt check any books out though, because amanda has a twenty dollar fine she wont pay off. so we just read there. i can't stop thinking about how my book ends... :-/

we spend a sufficient amount of time in the car...listening to our favorite songs and stretching our vocal cords...

croquet with friends. on a sunny sunday afternoon.
it looks like they are not interested, but they were getting SO into it. you know how boys are.

and taking pictures of ourselves and each other is free too. so enjoy!