loving this...

Nathan sent me this video and I am in love!

We go out of our apartment to watch some sports

A few weeks ago Husband and I meet up with David and Katrina for The Angels vs. The Yankees game at Angels stadium. I am sad to admit I don't know how to play baseball....well i know you hit the ball and run around the bases while the other team ties to get you out. So I was able to ask husband all my baseball questions which made the game more interesting. It was also great hanging out with friends. I just wish that traffic was better.

Last night Nathan and I went to the Chelsea Vs Inter Milan at the Rose Bowl. The game was great! But not the traffic. It took us 1 hour to drive 1 mile!!!! Soccer fans are intense! Maybe not as crazy as the game I saw while in Siena when a fan ripped off his chair and threw it at the field. It was still a great game. I do have to say it was fun hearing my name be chanted throughout the stadium :) We did the wave a few times around the stadium and Chelsea won 2-0!

....We are tired of traffic

Suma Summer Time!!

I am still slowly looking through our gazillion wedding pictures

Today was my day off from work so I decided to go swimming at our pool. I am proud to say that I can still swim laps even if I am out of practice from my water polo days during my freshman year of HS.

Some notes to remember:

• Reapply sunscreen after you swim and before you lay out. (maybe i am a little pink)
• French families at the pool are so cute =)
  
• Days off work spent by the pool are the best...well it would be better if Husband was home too

P.S I am so excited for Harry Potter next week!!!

MIA

So I have been slacking on posting on the blog. Luckily I have such an amazing husband that does it for me. Husband and I were lucky to be able to go camping with both our families. In May we backpacked with Nathans family in the High Sierras. Needless to say I was super nervous to be hiking with all my gear on my back. However I survived the trip so all is well. I dont have that many pictures of our backpacking trip.

The weekend after my birthday we went river rafting on the Colorado with my family. I was nervous for this trip as well because the last time I went river rafting my dad flipped the boat! (Skull Rapid) We were doing the same river run (Westwater) and my Dad insisted that I be in his boat again. Well we broke the curse and no one flipped. Of course something bad had to happen besides it raining all night and it was me slipping on a rock when trying to tie the boat up and falling backwards into the water and slicing my toe in the process. =( But toe is all better now. After the river run, we went to Arches and Bryce and then home with a stop at Cafe Rio.

Chelsea Is 21...

And thank goodness for that, I am no longer 6 years older than her... and no longer a cradle robber, haha. Two Saturdays ago on June 20th Chelsea had her 21st birthday. I wanted to make it a special day for her, so I woke up early (10 am) and made her one whole pancake. It took some calculating (cutting an egg yolk in half) but I was able to downsize the recipe on the box to make just enough dough for two pancakes, one each, and they turned out delicious.

After breakfast, I made the bed, did the dishes, and took out the trash....four presents right there. Luckily I bought her some actual things cause she didnt accept doing the dishes and making the bed as presents. I gave her running shoes, sandals, and a slacklining set, all stuff to get her out of the house and back into shape, we both need it. The day continued as we made our way to Corona for lunch with Chelsea's friend, Lindsey at the Olive Garden. The all you can eat salad was amazing as usual. Next stop was Chelsea's parents house where she opened up more presents.

Our busy day followed with a stop at my cousin Amy's house for her birthday/graduation bbq in Riverside. It turns out that my cousin Amy was born on the exact same day and in the same year as Chelsea, and almost the same city, just a few miles apart, crrrrazy. It was then off to Mexico Restaurant with a ton of married friends and kids for free chips and salsa and nachos (wait a minute, was it my birthday or Chelsea's, eh, doesn't matter).

We all then ended up back at my parents house for social hour and baby holding with a little foozball and singing to Chelsea mixed in. The party was soon over, though, for almost everyone there had at least 1 baby and it was way past all their bedtimes (9:00pm, lame).

However, this party was not over for sometime around 11pm we hear a ding dong from the doorbell and who else could it be than the newly born Natalie Jane Loera. Yeah, she was just born and somehow she got to my parents house by herself AND rang the doorbell, its like 5 feet off the ground!!! Oh yeah, Juan and Audrey were there too and we had a nice long chat about baby stuff and passed little Natalie around. She is a cutie.

Thanks to everyone that came and for the gifts for Chelsea, we had a lot of fun and Chelsea had a good time too. Happy Birthday babe, my life is so good with you and can't wait to see where life takes us together...hopefully its to the casino...and you win lots of money playing blackjack...and then you buy me an ipod...

Thats what a hamburgerrrrrr's allllll about!

So for the last couple of months Chelsea has been talking non stop about her In-N-Out company picnic at Wild Rivers and she would get so excited just talking about it. Today was finally that day which means two things, 1) we finally have something new to blog about, and 2) we are as sick as dogs. Not only did they serve all you can eat in-n-out hamburgers (yes that includes double doubles, and protein style) but they also served all you can eat chili cheese dogs. Now, you all know how good their burgers are....now apply that to a chili cheese dog concept. Yep, you got it, AMAZING. It was so hard to choose between a chili cheese dog and a double double......

.......so I got both. And Chelsea and I definitely had too much to eat. I think between the two of us we had three dogs, three double doubles, two popcycles, a bag of popcorn, and many cups of soda. Now I know we aren't twelve anymore and shouldn't eat like that, but I mean, just look at that food, how could you say no?

However, the picnic was not all just fun with food, it also included waterslides and other activities. Wild Rivers has this really cool slide that spits you out into a toilet bowl and you swirl around it and then fall out a hole in the middle, it was pretty sweet except for the concussions it gives you. Chelsea was freezing the whole time, of course, but lucky for us we found the hidden hot tub in the corner of the park. We then headed over to the raffle where about 4000 employees were screaming their heads off to win prizes, such as big screen tvs, and xboxes. Our name was not called, however, the night was not a complete failure, for on our way out we picked up another chili cheese dog and burger. All in all it was a good time, thanks In and Out and thanks Chelsea.

I Heart San Diego

Chelsea and I are loving San Diego.  I'm so glad that the germans discovered it in 1902.  There is so much to do here and the weather is always perfect.  This quarter has been especially rough with our school and work schedules but we have found a few weekends and nights to go out. 

Thanks to Kevin for the longboards.  I just wish that I could have used it instead of walking aside Chelsea the whole time holding her hand.  Maybe we should just listen to crazy rollerblader lady and buy Chelsea some pads.  But then again, who even rollerblades anymore.  Now we just have to figure out what to get Kevin for his wedding.  We were thinking buying the store Color Me Mine for him...

We also enjoy when friends come to visit us down here.  We spent a day at Balboa Park with the Loera's and the soon to be Durr's.  We also BBQ'd some carne asada, Kevin wore Erins shorts in the spa, and ate a delicious mexican meal at Old Town Mexican Cafe in Old Town, obviously.

Lastly, your looking at the new owners of piece of furniture we like to call heaven.  You see, we would call it a couch but we were calling my old twin size bed a couch for three months and our new piece of furniture deserves so much of a better name than that.  I actually want Chelsea to kick me out of bed now cause it will give me an excuse to lay on it.