FHE and Farmers Market

So last week for family home evening, Nathan and I made chocolate chip cookies. We still need more practice before they can be called Mrs. Fields cookies. We decided that we didn't want too many chocolate chips so we ended up not putting in enough. Other then the lack of chocolate chips, they were pretty good.

Last Tuesday I stop by the Farmers market on the way home from work. It was fun seeing all the different vendors. I especially liked the flowers. I am definitely going to have to check it out again with husband. I love the arrangement I bought too!










my lovey flowers

July Love

On July 25th my friend Emily was married in the LA temple and Nathan and I were able to go to the sealing and the reception. We are so happy for the two of you!

We had lunch at Tito's Tacos
Visited Greg and Cori and their new place
Played with bunny ate cookies
and went to a great reception!

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...