4th of july weekend

summer time ~

me 'n my main girl

i'm bad at blogging.

not much to say it seems.. i don't know whats significant enough to write. i've been in utah for almost 2 weeks. just got back to california. having two homes is rough. i love utah & california so much. so different from each other. i need more friends in utah tho. because i have so many friends in california and i love having friends over and meeting up with them etc. i need that in utah too. i'm tired .

i'm craving salmon . & i want to go kayaking .

OH !! hey .... went on a hot air balloon ride this weekend! it was incredible ! i loved it sooooo much , it was beautiful. we took some photos , as best we could. but i was so happy to do this! everyone knows its been one of my dreams to do it. it was everything i expected. peaceful, beautiful, thrilling, FUN, & lovely.

me & mitch

after landing , deflating the balloon

the view from the air over park city with

another hot air balloon in the distance

i miss utah . cant wait to head back. WISH ME LUCK.

this is a huge blog post . its HOT in california. am i ready for summer ? i hope.

southern california vacation

so i got back from my 7 day vacation with my boy & girl - mitch & payton. we stayed at mitch's sisters house with her family . they are so wonderful and welcoming! i really loved it. we went to the beach, universal studios, disneyland and did so many other fun things. it was such a sweet fun filled vacation and i am so happy. i love my little family so much ! here are some photos from the trip ...

first day at the beach

mitch & i's date day - went to olvera street

roller blading champions ....

we went to universal studios too

super cheesey photo of us in front of the universal studios globe

payton & i laughing because we were tickling

disneyland ! she was tired at first... so no smiles.

but once we got into the park she was so excited !

her "1st visit" pin !

(that i had to wear all day because she didn't like how big it was)

she loved meeting minnie

& ariel of course

pay , dad & cheshire cat

she loved her cotton candy ...

and we shared ! perfect way to end the disneyland experience !

but now that i'm back here in northern california, my body is sore, my back hurts, my mind is restless and i miss the guts outta payton & mitch ! its sad. can't wait to go back to utah... *sigh*

trauma in the ER

yup! last night Payton got 2nd degree burn on her upper left thigh from spilling hot tea on it.. ouch. we rushed to the ER after putting cold water on it and cold cloths. and well , yeah. what else can i say? it was a sad night but she is a brave kid. of course she cried and screamed but after she calmed down she handled it very very amazingly. doc got her all cleaned up and slathered ointment on her leg and dosed her up with lortab. and voila, shes like it never even happened - until we have to clean the owie or the pain meds wear off - but shes great today. really. no one needs to worry at all. i bet she'll have a neat special little scar from it. she'll be like me... i got my first big scar when i was 3 or 4 ... its on my face! scars are rad. payton even goes "isn't it cool?" cause i told her her owie looked cool. so today i went out and picked up some paint & potatoes for some special potato stamp art work/ finger painting. here is the work of art -

snow

last night we had a craazzzzyyy wind & rain storm. i thought the house was going to blow away. the rain was pelting the house so hard & the wind was sending ripples and waves across the pavement. so this morning upon waking .. we look outside and there is snow on the mountains... oh boy... freezing. i need more clothes for this kind of weather. brrrr.

view from our front porch

laughing fit

tonight i couldnt stop laughing. it all started at the dinner table. then i got up to go to the sink and started to laugh all over again and laughed so hard i cried. been laughin ever since. i havent laughed that hard in a while.

here is a picture of me and payton laughing on the kitchen floor. mitch took it.

this morning a storm woke me up because mitch forgot to close the blinds. so the flash of lightening woke me up. plus it was super cold. and the window was open. and i had to pee really bad. payton was awake too. oh ya this was at around 6:30 am! fun! so payton and i came down stairs and watched Barbie... somethin about rainbows and whatnot. and ate oatmeal. made coffee and well, just kinda lazied around all day long in our warm pants and stuff. however the storm didn't stay all day, but the chill did . we went on a walk and a mitch caught a grasshopper and handed it to payton & it jumped out of her hand and then jumped on her leg and it scared her really bad but.... i couldn't stop laughing... i didn't let her see i was laughing tho. that would have been mean. but for some reason just the fact that it decided to jump back onto her after trying to get away was hysterical to me.

so i havent really blogged in a while. sorry if i'm boring. whatevs oh well. time to play this game with mitch.. farcry... whatever

hahahaha

lush & a wedding

so mitch finally came back from the east coast on wednesday and he brought me back surprises! he went to this store called Lush and got me bath soaps, bath bombs & bath melts. he got me this sea salt scrub that is divine oh and he also got me this lotion called Dream Cream that is amazzzzing. he got Hope in a Jar for my face because i have dry skin. and basically i am a smooth skinned, soft & moisturized lady now thanks to him. still so happy with my fun cosmetics he brought me. I have a great thoughtful boyfriend. since when have i been this lucky?

Tonight I am cooking dinner for Mitch's parents, niece, nephew & brother. I'm excited to feed everyone my food.

last night i attended Jake & Lauras wedding ..... it was cool . the last wedding i attended was my Fairy Godmothers which was quite a long time ago. I've been to about 40 or more weddings but i've always worked at them... being a guest at one like last night is a whole different story. i really liked it. It was pretty & relaxed. And i realized it was Mitch & I's first appearance as a couple in public around lots of people. hahaha. i mean we've gone out in public and stuff but not to events. i really enjoyed it. Cheers to Jake & Laura for tying the knot.