It Happens...

My mom's car got broken into last week. last week? ok. maybe 2 weeks ago. It was parked in our driveway and someone must have come in the middle of the night and done their dirty work. They broke the passenger side window, and made a huge mess of everything. They stole her GPS (bummer! but covered under insurance. thank you jesus!), her garage door opener, and her work key... random, i know. My mom and i were the only ones home when she noticed her window smashed in at 8am that morning. she ran back in the house (flustered and angry) yelling "Someone just broke into my car?! what do i do??" I got her to calm down and call the Santa Ana Police to report the incidence. Suprisingly, they said she would have to drive the car down to the police station if she wanted to get it finger printed. Later that day the window got repaired, we found out our insurance covered everything, we reprogrammed our garage door (that was a scary thought! they could have had easy access to our entire house!), and all was well. 

 About a month ago my neighbor came around saying that her house got broken into and a few weeks ago there was a shooting a street down from Nina's house. That same morning my mom's car got broken into Josh told me someone high on drugs was driving recklessly down his street and hit a parked car, running it into his driveway! Such a crazy world we live in! 

Textures...

...from the Huntington Library and Gardens. all these posts at once after not posting in almost a month! crazy i know! :) 

Huntington Library and Gardens

Let me just say (once again) that I have the sweetest freinds...ever. Bri and Batstone wanted to take me out for my birthday and had  planned this weekend for about a month, since it was the first Saterday we were all available after my birthday! They suprised me with a trip to the Huntington Library and Gardens in Pasedena. I had been there once before when i was about 13. Definitely did not appreciate its beauty as much as I did this time around. We all had so much fun taking pictures and trying to find the different gardens! More pictures to come. :)

This poor fly is about to meet his Maker. This type of plant has fine, sticky hairs on its stem and leaves to that bugs stick to it! ...somehow the plant later eats them i think. 

look at the cool colors on this tree!!!



this plant closes up when you touch its leaves! 

Bri couldn't figure out how to get the microscope to focus. i think she was getting frustrated
the COOLEST bridge in the garden

We share the same birthday!

Yesterday Josh and I went over to my aunt's house to help celebrate my little cousin, Landon's 1st birthday! His party was postponed for about a month 'cuz the poor little guy was in the hospital for about a week. But now he is completely healed and could not be any cuter! He thorougly enjoyed his first cupcake smothered in chocolate icing. Suprisingly he did not have any trouble consuming the whole cupcake. :) 

My dad fell asleep (which is a regular occurance whenever he has a spare moment or two) and Josh decided to cuddle with him. To bad my dad woke up at just the right moment. ha!

I'm 19!

So let me just start out by saying that I have the sweetest boyfreind and the type of freinds that everyone wishes they had. uh huh. Their awsome. :)

My birthday (was yesterday) but started on Saterday when Josh took me out to celebrate all day. He planned a whole day for us and we had such a fun time.We started out at this delicous honey baked ham shop, got some sandwhiches and sat down at the hill overlooking corona del mar. Honestly, that was probably one of the best sandwhiches i have had in a long long time. After driving up and down Laguna Beach for a while, we went to Olive Garden for dinner then went and saw Mall Cop. Hilarious movie. If you are not a fan of Kevin James (originally from King of Queens) then you won't appreciate the humor.

The birds at the park were fearless! Full wing span going straight for the sandwhich!

Yesterday (actually birthday) Batstone, Nina (and the babes), Danielle, Lauren, Lindsey, and Jessica met me at Chipotle for lunch! I had such a great time just spending time with my lovelies. When Nina opened the car door I saw Char sitting in her chair holding a "Happy Birthday" balloon for me. It was the cutest thing. 

The girls brought be a balloon and flowers!
Look at the card she made me! Its me and Nevaeh at the park..next to a flower. I LOVE it. :) 

Both of the girls attached themselves to Jessica right away. It was really sweet.

Thank you everyone for taking time out of your day to come to lunch! i greatly appreciate it and had such a great time with each of you.

P.S. Danielle makes THE COOLEST cards! (as does Nevaeh)

Girl time.

Nina, Nevaeh, Bri, and I had some serious girl time last week...we got our nails done! that was my second experience going to a nail salon (and it is a unique experience each time). I got acrilycs (spelling anyone?) for the first time and i really like them! even more important josh really likes them. ;) however, i keep fearing they will fall off if i bang them at work one more time, and ill admit that it is much harder to type. but they are so worth it. i had a great time with my girls that night. pure fun. nevaeh was excited to get her nails painted (bright red with sparkles) and hopped right up in the chair and put her hands up on the towel ready to go.

After we got our nails done, we checked out the new Cherry on top by Calvary. FYI their plain tart yogurt with fruit is delicous!

As you can see Nevaeh LOVED her ice cream.

Picnic in the Park

Nina suprised me last Monday with the great idea to go on a picnic! Nevaeh came with an old, oversized trucker hat, ready to battle the sun. We had a healthy and delicious lunch (as always) prepared by Nina, then spent a few short minutes on the playground before I had to go back to work.

...She let go to soon and was so very trusting that i would catch her. Thankfully I did, but obviously I wasn't so sure of myself.