It's My Birthday!!

This past Sunday was my 28th birthday and I'm getting older every second of every day!!!!!!


Heather planned an awesome lunch at Lonestar and all of these lovely ladies were in attendance! (Laura, Sarah, Niki, Heather, Me, Kati, Kyra, Kim, Vanessa & Emily had to leave early to get back to work)


Niki and Kyra trying their best to fit these giant burgers in...impressive!!


Glamourshots by....




I had such a wonderful birthday and yet a little difficult as well, it has definitely made me reflect on my life so far. I am truly thankful for my friends- they bring such a light to my life and I appreciate every second I get to spend laughing, talking, complaining(trying to keep that to a minimum:)), and just hanging out with each of of them!!

Thanks to everyone for making my days special! I love you all and am truly blessed!!!!

Renaissance Faire

Yesterday we had our first experience at the Koronenburg Renaissance Fair! It was definitely a fun time and so glad we decided to try it out!

My favorite part of the day was Jeffrey the Juggler...he was hilarious and kept dropping his props and kept making fun of himself...just a really funny guy!



We also got to see some random battles...no idea what they were but people died really easily :(



Next was straight out of Medieval Times! The championship round of jousting! (the blue & yellow guy had the biggest horse we have ever seen!!!)...too bad he lost :(



And then Rob got some lessons on sword fighting (German style) he really enjoyed talking to everyone...they are all super into history and Rob could have spent hours talking to each and every one of them!

Hemet Air Show

Yesterday we spent a lively afternoon at the Hemet Air Show with the Andres and the Thompsons! It was lots of fun and we got some great pics...check it out!

New Food Blog

My sisters and I have created a new recipe blog...mainly because my sister Sam is the best and whenever I need a recipe she is the first one to call! Anyone that has been to my house for dinners and actually liked the food I served....those would be direct from Sam (although I do use others on occasion).....anyway come and check it out!

www.butterrequired.com

Did I mention most of the recipes you'll find there will have some type of butter, whip cream, cream cheese, basically anything to make the food rich and yummy!

4th Anniversary

Today May 21st is our 4 year wedding anniversary! What have we done so far to celebrate? Well we slept in till 11 (yes I sleep in and I don't feel bad about it for 1 second!!!), washed our cars, ate In-n-Out for lunch, and who knows what the rest of the day will bring!!

We have never really been big on anniversary's- our 1st was spent eating at Douglas Burger because everything else was closed by the time we thought about doing anything!

Let's see what we've accomplished in our 4 years of wedded bliss.....

bought our 1st home

got a cat

got a dog

got rid of the cat (we don't mess around with cats that pee in hockey bags)

got another dog

2nd dog got knocked up and we had 8 puppies

got rid of the 1st dog (don't worry we sent him to a loving home in AZ)

kept one of the puppies (dog looks exactly like the 1st dog did)

dyed my hair brown

bleached my hair blonde (it turned a little orange so I went back to brown)

back to blonde yet again

Rob separated his shoulder 4 times

Rob rolled his ankle running

Rob has played countless seasons of hockey and softball- so glad he has his hobbies and he is in amazing shape for a man of 32!!!

had season tickets to the Ducks and saw them win the Stanley Cup

ran my 1st half marathon - yes I will be talking about it for a while so suck it

both have our own companies and work from home - best thing in the world!

We've fought a lot- sometimes in front of friends (still get teased about the card throwing incident), sometimes alone- but usually laugh about it later

We've loved a lot- sometimes in front of friends, but mostly do that while we're alone (tee he he)

We are still married after 4 years....biggest accomplishment of them all!!

Looking forward to a million more years of your funny temper, your laugh, your story telling, your strength, your confidence, your support, your love and best of all your hot body!

Girls Night Out

A bunch of gals from our ward got together last Friday for a fun night out at BJ's in Corona.

There were 13 of us and we were even missing a few! I am so blessed to be here in a place where I can have so many good friends! And although it is sometimes difficult being surrounded by all the babies and pregnant peeps (there were 5 babies out with us and 20 kids at home, insane right??), I appreciate all the friendship and love hanging out with these ladies!

1st Half Marathon

Yesterday I ran my very 1st Half Marathon! It was out in Newport Beach so we made a weekend out of it and stayed over Saturday night since I had to be at the starting line by 6am!!

My goal was to just finish, my next race I will focus more on the time!! There were 8000 people racing, it was jam packed! The course was beautiful and went along PCH into Newports Back Bay and finished at the OC Fairgrounds....it was a lot of fun and I enjoyed running along side thousands of people! I am in pain today, my legs are super sore, but the good kind since I pushed myself further than I had ever had, seriously this was probably the hardest thing I have ever done! Rob is super proud of me and that is actually the best feeling of all, I want to keep challenging myself and keep trying new things, so we'll see when the next half-marathon will be....no way would I ever do a full one, I do know that for a fact!!

Rob loves this pic- this lady is like 100 ft from the finish line and she totally just collapses...she didn't faint or anything, she just gave up, she only got over the finish line by a stretcher, I mean seriously you run almost a full 13.1 miles and you can't get that last few feet????