Vacation to Newport

I went to Newport beach last weekend to visit my lil sis from my sorority in college. We hadn't seen each other in something like 7 years? The last time was when I was pregnant and that was way too long! It was so much fun...it was as if we just picked up right where we left off no time had passed at all. That is true friendship at it's best! Her name is Jennifer for those of you that don't know her and she is an amazing girl! I am so proud of her and all her accomplishments! She is so grounded in a town that can apparently take you and turn you all around. She lives in the cutest house just blocks from the beach I wish I would of taken pictures of her street it's such a cute area it's hard to explain...bottom line cutest neighborhood ever!

We went out to dinner the first night to a really good Mexican restaurant the food was amazing! It's also the first time I have waited for a table for an hour since college :) Then on to a place where there was a cover band (The Harpe I think?) to dance and where the leaed singer actually did the river dance while singing it was hilarious! The next day I woke up and got to run along the beach it was beautiful! I wish I could run along the beach everyday! The next night we went out again to another fun place with great music. Her friend from high school came along as well. We also went and visited her parents and some friends during the day time.

I had a great time it was so fun to laugh at old times, reminisce, and I especially loved going through her photo albums from college since I don't have any photos from college... Why? because of the fire we had right after I graduated college and I lost everything. So it was especially fun to see and remember times I had forgotten. All in all it was a fun weekend! We are definitely are not going to let that much time pass again before we see each other again! Love ya Jen, and can't wait to see you again soon! xoxo

Shrek the Musical

Mal and I got to go to Shrek the Musical! It was so much fun! Our neighbor hooked us up with 4 free tickets to the show at the fifth avenue theatre! Natalie, Marlo, Mal, and I went and had a great time! We laughed out loud throughout the entire show. It was fun for all of us we all walked out of there saying it was very funny! I highly recommend it to anyone especially anyone with kids!

School is starting again!

School started for Mallory Sept 2nd and she has Mr. C for her 2nd grade teacher. She was very excited! As we were walking in together she said "mom I am not nervous or anything!" which is great because this is the first year we haven't had a few tears the first day.

I start school Sept 22nd and have more than a full load of classes. I am taking Microbiology, Interpersonal Communication and Psych 200 lifespan Psychology. But before I do I get to go visit my lil sis from college Jennifer in Newport Beach which should be a great way to end my summer break!

Summer Fun

First I want to thank my sister in law Leah for the idea to start this blog THANKS LEAH! I was doing facebook but none of my family could see it so I thought this to be a better way to go...now lets hope I have the time to keep up with everything going on and put it on here as well! I will do my best.

As you already know in my intro I am back in school and so is Mallory. But I will catch you up on a few things that we have done over the summer...

Mal spent lots of time with her me me and pa pa (my parents) in either Lake Chelan or their house in Ellensburg. In that time Mal learned that she loved to go on the jet ski and has no fear whatsoever on how fast it goes (she likes to go faster than I do!). She is also swimming better than ever with only maybe one or two swim lessons her whole life! When she wasn't with my parents she went to the peter kirk summer camp. There she got to swim almost everyday at the peter kirk pool, did lots of arts and crafts (her favorite), and took some field trips. She also did a week of tennis camp which she loved! She really likes to play tennis which is great because I do too!
We also went on a few trips together... the first was to the Peninsula (Forks Wa) with Jeremy and his two assistants. While we were there we went to a hot springs something neither of us had ever done. Wow the smell is something else!! We also went to the beach one day it wasn't warm but mal had fun watching the waves come in and hit her feet. The other trip was to the Great Wolf lodge where we went with my brother Ryan, sister in law leah and her cousins Tate, Ashley and Ellie. WOW that place is like a Las Vegas for kids! We had so much fun! We ended the summer a little different than usual by not going to the Rodeo we stayed home this year instead. We did go out to the Monroe fair and go on rides and eat lots of yummy fair food!
That is just a little taste of what we did this summer to kind of catch you up.