Back to School!!!!

As of next Monday I will officially be a college student once again! It has been almost 6 years since my last attempt at school so I am a little rusty. I signed up for a couple night classes at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee and I'm super excited about it! I've been saying to Rob recently that I feel really stupid, like I'm not exercising my brain at all and I think getting back into school and working toward some degree will get my brain up and running again.

I am nervous but excited about it, just hope my classes aren't filled with 18 year olds to make me feel old and dumb, but I did sign up for classes that I should ace since I'm only doing accounting courses!

So over the next few months I should be back up to working almost full-time, taking 2.5 classes, running 3-4x a week, and anything else that comes up- and I'm totally stoked to be busy once again!!!

Shhhh! Did you hear THAT??

This past weekend we traveled with our dear friends Kevin and Laura on a little camping extravaganza! We did some soul searching on the trip and found that none of us actually like camping!!! We really enjoy the hiking part of it and being in the wilderness, but the actual digging a hole to go potty, sleeping on the hard ground, no comfy place to sit and relax is not our cup of tea.

Here are the major highlights of the trip:
*We planned on staying 2 nights...we were up and packed after the 1st night!
*Kevin & Laura were freaked out all night because some critter was sniffing around their tent
*I had a dream that I was at my 36th b-day party and Justin Timberlake was there!
*We saw some naked men soaking up the rays at the hot springs
*We saw a bat fall out of a tree and die
*We saw a rattlesnake (we think it was dead)
*The amazing sky at night it was so beautiful seeing that many stars
*The best lunch I've eaten in a long time in Ojai
*Hot fudge sundaes at McDonalds
*Coming home to a cool shower and a super comfy couch!

Me & Rob (he wore his old marine boots and they were sooo cute!)

Kevin & Laura














Isn't this beautiful?














Rob, Kevin & Laura on their neverending hike (I took a nap)

So you think you can dance dance dance dance

I really find pure joy in watching "So you think you can dance". I know it is silly but I find myself smiling the entire time just hoping each contestant does their greatest....I think I should have taken dance lessons while growing up because I didn't realize how excited I get when I see people dancing!

This week my favorite dancer Will got voted off, he is a beautiful dancer and I wish Rob had his beautiful upper body HA HA!

My Very Own Wall Art!

I've had this magazine cutout for years now and I've always loved the idea of a huge collage of pictures. I finally got all the pictures of Rob and I all copied and blown up accordingly and got this project finished this morning! Now the wall may look a little like we enjoy looking at ourselves, but I literally only have 2 other pictures of us in our entire house! So I thought it would be fun to put us all together (and I just think Rob was the MOST adorable kid ever!!!)

And yes I realize it may be a little silly that I couldn't come up with this on my own, but hey I freely admit I need all the inspiration I can get!!!

A Little Side Note:

Aaron Brothers is having its semi-annual "Buy any Frame, get one for a penny" SALE!!! This is the best deal ever because I got all my frame shopping done in a matter of minutes!

Sugar Free....is the way to be (NOT!)

I went for a follow up visit with my doctor and while he saw some improvement I still have to completely change my diet for good! That means no more tasty yummy comfort food that I love soooo much! I have to give up all wheat (which is literally in everything, I have checked) and sugar (which is basically what I live off of). So I tried to rid the pantry of all pasta and other foods that I can't eat to get rid of the temptation but unfortunately Rob is not on this new eating plan so I had to keep it all....hopefully he'll get with it and cook it when I'm not here!
I have to eat as much protein as possible in every meal...if anyone has any good recipes or snack ideas please fill me in cause this is going to be a difficult adjustment. I was forced to eat ice cream last night by my mother-in-law but I did choose sugar-free instead....I told Rob afterwards I might as well just go hungry cause there is no point in sugar-free anything!!!!

A Very Long Day.....

I finally was able to get my hair done today....I was there from 12:30-5:00, so thanks to my new hairstylist who got through it with me! I don't think she has ever seen a person with sooooo much hair! But the end result was totally worth it and I love it!!

Before...blah (no makeup extra blah!)

After...the picture doesn't do it justice, it really is very blonde!!!

Our Trip to Needles

We just got home from a much needed weekend away with friends out in Needles! Nathaniel's brother was graduating high school on Friday so it was just excuse to get together, so we met up with friends from AZ and got to spend some time together! Here are some pics of our trip down to the river, it was the first time Chanel and Max have ever been swimming and they loved it! It was adorable to watch them all play, they got to spend time with Bailey and a new friend Buck as well and played for hours in the water. It was a great weekend with good friends who are basically our family and we love them!

This may sound strange to some but we got a hotel room with 2 full beds, well Rob went out Friday night into Laughlin and left me in the room with my 2 doggies and of course I let them get on the bed with me....it's a vacation! So Rob and I slept in separate beds because the dogs snuggled with me the whole time---and no I do not let dogs in my bed normally!



They loved chasing Nathaniel in the kayak, Max rode around in it and Chanel swam behind because she thought he was stealing him! It was pretty cute...

Here is Max passed out on the floor of the backseat....we came home with a real need for an SUV...2 large dogs in a sedan does not work!