so many pictures!

Seaside was amazing! We packed it full of Astoria sites (mine and Lydia's favorite), sea lion watching, beautiful scenery, and of course.. silliness on the beach. I'll start with the pictures from Astoria: yeah boi!

this is the view from the Goonies' house!

When we were up at the Goonies' house we actually heard these sea lions from all the way down at the dock. Of course we had to go look at them:

scruffy boy

Beautiful view:

James left this morning. He took my car to the airport and parked it at the tower so that when we get home we will have a car and won't need to get a ride. So I have been using his car today. I am totally spoiled with my car. His car is really dusty, but that is really James's fault, right? It is also a stickshift. I haven't driven a stickshift for months! I used to always drive this car, but then I got a new one and James got this one, so I am a little rusty with the clutch. I have stalled it twice today already. Here's how I feel about the dust:

And it doesn't have a plug for my iPod so I have to listen to old school CD's. (Like I said, I am spoiled.) But I just recently bought a new CD: Adele. Thanks to Christina and Mike's incredible taste in children I am now obsessed with this artist. James and I were over at their house a couple weeks ago and their girlies sang the entire "Chasing Pavements" track. It was really, really cute. I got a tiny teary-eyed. I love how Adele says "fings" instead of "things" just like my four-year-old niece. Here I am rocking out:
You know you all dance with closed fists in the car. That's right: I am driving a dusty stickshift car with my knee while dancing AND taking pictures. I will be a lot more responsible when I have children, promise.

Seaside.

James and I are going to Seaside, Oregon this week. His mom rented a condo on the beach and asked us to come. We are really excited. It's going to be freakin' cold and the ocean is never warm enough to swim in on the Oregon coast, but it's going to be fun. Suzanne (James's mom) asked us to come up with "Number 1's". These are like the number one things that we want to do while we are there.

My "Number 1":
Go to a tide pool.

Suzie-Q's "Number 1":
Go to a lighthouse. James and I decided that while we are in the lighthouse that we have to sing that song from Pete's Dragon. Ya know the one where they are white-washing the lighthouse. I know you know, don't pretend like you don't. "It's a razzle-dazzle day..."

Lydia's "Number 1":
To snuggle on her command.

Grandma Billie's "Number 1":
(Grandma Billie is Suzanne's mom)
To do water aerobics every morning.

James has 4 "Number 1's":
1. To have Grandma Billie be his water aerobics instructor.
2. Bumper cars.
3. Go to Astoria and take pictures on the same beach as the Goonies.
4. Go running on the promenade with Lydia and myself (yeah right).

swamped.

I have been so busy this past week. My face has been buried in my gigantic med-surg book all week studying. I took my test this morning and now I can finally relax for a second. Nursing school keeps getting harder, but I dominated my test so I'm a happy gal.

so glad to be home.

I'm back. I had so much fun in Utah. I love my family, they rock the party. We played Guitar Hero while I was there. Well, mostly Jacob and Sarah played and I just took pictures of me being hard core and them rocking out. The video is of me giving my brother what James likes to call a "trauma bond". It consists of yelling "TRAUMA" and jumping on the person and shaking them and yelling. And then you bond through trauma. I did this to Jacob almost everyday. It was awesome.

I love the pictures of me and Lolly swinging. She looks like Aunt Jemima, huh??

Ok so like I said, I am really glad to be home. One of the main reasons that I am so glad is that I absolutely hate traveling. Like the actual taking off, flying, descending, and landing. On my way home I had to fly to Phoenix first for a nice long layover. The flight was so bumpy, but it didn't really phase me.... until we started making our final descent. I started sweating really bad and getting really nauseous. So i put in a piece of gum, which only made me gag a lot more than I would've without it, grabbed the paper bag from the seat-back pocket and prayed and prayed (and prayed) that I wouldn't barf. But alas, my worst fear came true. I was absolutely mortified. When the flight landed and I could lift my head up again, I apologized to everyone around me. I couldn't think of a good excuse and I didn't want everyone to think I was gross so I just told them I was pregnant, (Which I'm not). It's okay because I will never see any of them again for the rest of my life. I got off that plane as soon as I could and bolted to the closest magazine store and bought some toothpaste and Dramamine. I brushed my teeth and took two chewables. So there ya go: my most embarassing story to date. I am so glad to be home.

fun times at home

We have fun at my house. The video with my mom is awesome because she thought that I was just taking pictures of her the whole time.

Happy Birthday Lala!!

Happy Birthday Sarah! I love you so much. I can't believe you are sixteen years old. Thanks for being so silly with me. I love you the purplest!

candid shot, this is actually how most of them turned out!

yes, we are the exact same height!

what would a post by me be without an ugly face consisting of massive nostril flaring??

My Little Sissy

My little sister, Sarah, is such a wonderful dancer. I love watching her. Mom showed me this dance and I had to put it on the blog so that everyone could watch it. The dance doesn't actually start till about a minute into the video, but it is worth the wait. Sarah is the one on the left.

Glenn Beck Rally

I hope that everyone got to watch Glenn Beck today. It was awesome. In South Jordan, they held a big gathering for people to come together and watch it. I was there. I was on national television. I am famous. Yes, I will give you my autograph.Mom and me waiting for Glenn to start

me, Dad, and my dad's good friend Ray. Thanks for saving us seats Ray!

here's what everyone is doing at my house....

i'm here

"Here" being Utah. Mom, Dad, and Jacob picked me up from the airport. I'm glad Jacob was there so that when he went to grab my hot pink luggage off the carousel I could tease him and tell him he had cute luggage. That sentence was too long, but it was funny. Hooray!

Tonight James and I went on a date with some of his buddies from work and their wives. We went to Shogun, which wasn't as good as everyone says it is, but still fun. Then we went to the theater (said in a British accent). Today whenever James or I said "theater" we would use a British accent and it made us laugh every time. Here are our theater faces:
We went and saw Les Miserables. I did NOT like this musical. My mom and everyone else who knows me well will know why. But James and I had fun together and with the other couples.

my sissy

I am such an awesome blogger that Carli has put me in charge of documenting her life too. She recently took a long trip to Utah with the bee-bops. The kidlets got haircuts and she sent me some really awesome pictures. I told her that she had a whole month to get them put up on her blog or else I am taking them. So last night I called her to let her know that her time was up, and she told me to just do it. So without further adieu: I love those babies so much it hurts. James and I always talk about how they are "our babies". They are. We love them. They are so cute and monsterific.

random doodles

Today in church I doodled. I am a doodler. Then James hit me with this:

James: Why does the sun have sunglasses?
Me: Because the stars are bright.
James: Then why don't the stars have sunglasses?
Me: Because the stars don't have faces.

hee hee hee.