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...

july 3-4th.

i know this is late. here is how we spent the fourth of july weekend.

rode Nephi's fixie. fixxy? phyquesie?

gawked at nephi's muscles. 

ate at BXMBURGER!!
ha.
new little burger joint on main street in huntington beach.

decorated our bikes for the occasion. 

celebrated america. 

dressed accordingly. 

loved each other. lots. 

snoogled. 

wore star stickers and took unflattering pictures that made my arm look bigger than my body.

seriously loved and appreciated america. 
(NO i didn't cry during the parade)
(also, worked on our picture smiles)

enjoyed the parade from our usual spot

got face paint from little kids in the parade. cutie!!

had fun together!

were reborn in the swimming pool. 

sacrilegiously walked on water. 

waved a lot. 
(don't know why jon ruined this picture i was talking of nephi in the pool..ss)

baked festive fun cupcakes!
(worked on jon's picture smile. see how good he's doing?)

hung out as twins. 

smiled big big big. walked to the fireworks on the beach.

watched the fireworks.
they were shot off the pier. this is the finale. Ruby's is on the right of the picture.


it was a fabulous weekend! we loved spending time with amanda and nephi, as always. 
i love america so much! i am so grateful to be able to do such fun things all the time.
it's always so fun to celebrate a holiday as a nation and celebrate our freedom. 
GOD bless america!

summer09

i have failed as a bloggr lately and i am sorry.

i have lots of pics to make up for it.
this is what i've been up to:

lots and lots of bike riding.
these are all of our bikes locked up by the pier. one bike lock
photo by: the talented Kylie Nixon

i took a little drive...

this was my first time holding this little doll baby!
my little niece, Audrey Grace.

i got to catch up with these two. "GIRL.......??" talk.

for real, girl talk. we made waffle brownies. very strange. but oh so good when smothered with hershey's chocolate syrup. try it.

most importantly, i got to spend time with this little guy on my quick getaway to utah.
he is the cutest little boy. i love him so much.

Jill came to visit! such a fun weekend spent with her.

we've looked at sunsets from the balcony.

this is quite the typical picture.
nephi does something really really sick and not funny for long enough until it actually is funny.
happy birthday nephi.

we've been to a themed party or two. this was a 'man' party. i didnt really get why that was the theme but it was funny. amanda is in nephi's clothes. and shauna made those mustaches. and that is real booze. yumm. photo taken by: mike c...i think.
we went to the OC fair. we saw lots of animals and watched a HILARIOUS hypnotist.

i made friends! we are all from utah and we all graduated in '06! they are so cute and so fun.

i even tried out for baywatch. thank you kylie, you're such a good photographer. you even captured danielle on my head.

and now i'm freaking out for these next few weeks!
in a bad way. not a good way.

why was this the best weekend ever?

wednesday night my roommates and i went to a local "hot spot" aka Tao on 53rd and Madison for dinner. it was Tai's birthday and my upcoming. it was really fun, i am loving my living situation, i dont think it could be better. this is what they brought me for dessert. i love chocolate. <3

so my weekend of love started off on a street called park avenue with a few people you might know.
1. me
2. congresswoman nancy pelosi

3. congressman george miller (he thought i was twelve. most awkward man EVER.)

and 4. funny guy seinfeld

i will let you guys beleive that he is as funny in person as in real life, don't want to ruin the show for the kids.

so i hung out with those people thursday night, served drinks, wore a 12 year olds dress...the works.
after that i went to a friends house and enjoyed another episode of the office season 4.

"What is it like being single? I like it! I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because everyday I get a little more desperate. And desperate situations yield the quickest results." well said michael.

this is us on our way to watch the office. skillz.

friday was prom. i worked all day which resulted in me rushing home to shower, rushing to the shoe store and finding it closed, rushing to payless to buy shoes that i dont even know if i like very much, and rushing to my friends house aka dave and dans to get ready. dave:"come early so you can help me set up" me:"can i get ready there?" dave:"yeah bring your make up and get ready here, that would be fun! :)" so i did just that. and i'll leave the party to your imaginations because you'll probably imagine something better than it was.

famous oscar and i enjoying ourselves.

oscar, kate, tai, and myself. the only normals.;)

bond aka d train aka dan and i

the next day was saturday and it had a lot of potential. some friends decided to walk the whole length of manahattan from the bronx bridge on like 225th street all the way to the tip at battery park. 13 miles. they departed at 10:30 and i met up with them at 125th street at 12:30 or something. we walked and walked and walked (...) and walked through central park.

it was so pretty i was loving it. it was really really hot especially since i was wearing black so my friend gave me the shirt off his back....supporting oral cancer...thats why i was wearing it. not a fashion statement.
then this kid and his friend showed up on their bicicletas to save the day and take me on a ride. we rode down to columbus circle and ate lunch and enjoyed the weather and eats with all the millions of others who were apparently hibernating all winter. fact:there are 1.3 million folks who live on the island of manhattan fact: 1.8 million import themselves to the city for work school and other daily activities.

wheres waldo? '08

this is what i saw when i looked up. so cool.

chillin with the other million people at union square. by the way, the previous statistics didn't include tourists. what does that put our number at? this is me on daves bike. can i tell you that riding a bike through the streets weaving between people and cars is the scariest thing ever?

this is the person i followed the whole time. what would i do without him.

after we partied at the pier (I asked a local NYPD (WHO I HATE) if there was anywhere i could touch the water and he, being the cocky bi that he was, laughed and said i'd get a disease.) we hustled our bustles to the church to go to stake conference in our hiking gear. good thing oral boy let me use his shirt or i'd really be embarassed.
saturdays activities concluded around 3 am with me taking a not legit taxi home and talking to the driver about being "cath-all-ic" and "mormon". he tried to persuade me to drink because it helps you let loose and have more fun and i told him its bad that you need to drink to have more fun and he laughed. he asked if mormons were allowed to dance. when i said yes he seemed skeptical because i guess in order to dance, you're supposed to drink as well.

the next morning was the concluding sesh of conference. i was late of course but not that mad because it was surprisingly boring. my favorite part was when oscar olaya was asked to come to the front and share his testimony. he didn't know they were going to call. it was the most amazing thing i've ever heard. it was no longer than 2 minutes and him in his very thick accent sat up there and said "I'm leaving my sick father to go on a mission because i KNOW thats what i should be doing and i KNOW that God is here by me. i've never had a harder decision in my life but i know its what i need to do" it was so awesome and shocked everyone, i've never felt the spirit so strong.
after wards, me dave and dan enjoyed ourselves.

the weekend ended.
so.
weird.