Santa Cruz

My boyfriend, Miles is from Santa Cruz but is going to school down here at Long Beach State. He is in my singles ward which is how I met him. So, during Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Summer breaks he goes back home. And then I miss him. So, this summer, I went up to Santa Cruz to visit him!

This is us at the Kanye West concert. Amazing. Amazing.

Just some Sea Lions we ran into.

This is the puppy he was babysitting! So cute.

Glen Ivy Day Spa

For Kacey's birthday present, I took her to the Glen Ivy Day Spa in Corona. We went in a mud bath, an awesome lounge pool, and a mineral bath. It was so relaxing and fun just to hang out and talk about nothing with my very best friend at this beautiful getaway.

Kacey got a free pass for next time since she came on her birthday! YAY!

Mr. El Dorado

Every year, any man in the El Dorado ward has the opportunity to participate in the competition known as Mr. El Dorado. For fhe, everyone comes to watch the competition. The men competing need a sports outfit, a talent, and ghetto fabulous formal wear (whatever that even means). This year was my favorite so far. Everyone was very creative, clever, and handsome! It was hard to vote, however, the guy I did vote for was the winner!

John Sellers was crowned Mr. El Dorado 2008.


And he deserved it!
Sport Outfit: He wore a nerd outfit and held a chess board.
Talent: He yelled the tune of "Carol of the Bells" while listening to it on his iPod. It's hard to explain it, but it was hilarious.
Ghetto Fabulous Formal Wear: Well, in a nutshell, he did have grillz.

Who will be the next Mr. El Dorado?

Karen's Black and White Birthday Party!

My friend from the singles ward, Karen turned 21! Her party was black and white themed so you had to wear black and/or white. The house was decorated so cute and the party looked really cool with everyone in their black and white attire.

This is me with the birthday girl, Karen!

A bunch of girlfriends from the singles ward.

Miles and me!

Jeff and Tamara! Cuties!

Miles and I... again.

This was parked right outside the house so I thought I'd take a picture on it.

We all carpooled: Miles, Kacey, John Sellers, and me! The party only had dessert, so afterward we went to Tommy Burgers for dinner and walked around Ralphs for a little. It was such a fun night. I'm blessed to be a member of such a great ward with fun people in it.

We Love the 80's

Last week Kacey, Miles, Miles' friend Waldo, and I went to an 80's party. We forgot to take pictures during the actual party, but you can see the hair and make-up from the above pictures. I was wearing a pink unitard with a cut-off white shirt and tennis shoes. Kacey rolled up her jeans and wore a cut-off shirt also. Miles and Waldo found some hardcore 80's shirts at Buffalo Exchange and rocked those all night. It was funny to see what everyone came dressed up in. It was really a fun night.

Mom's Birthday Party!!

Happy Birthday mom! My mom is the coolest, most beautiful, funniest, most amazing woman in the entire world. Seriously, I have never been embarrassed of her, I have never even thought of wishing for a different mom, and I can always go to her with my problems. I love her so much.

Here are some of my favorite inside jokes with my mom:
1. You choking? or not choking? I got to know.
2. When she flailed her tampax.

3. Have you ever been to New York?


Here are some pictures from her Birthday Party.

We played pictionary! It was so much fun!

Kaceys Birthday Dinner

Happy Birthday Kacey! For Kacey's Birthday Dinner, Kacey, her family, and I drove more than an hour to the Gormet Pizza Shoppe in Redlands. But ooooooh, it's soooo worth the drive.Kacey won the good eater award. I was jealous.

After dinner, we walked around State st. for a little.

Then we did this. And I don't really know what this is.


...pictures from what we did during the day on her birthday are coming soon.

Happy Easter!

Scott and I dyed easter eggs. I couldn't just not dye eggs. I don't care how old I am, I love dying easter eggs.

Helping Ella find some eggs.

Katie is pretty much a detective. Look at those egg-finding skills!

How convenient! A basket already attached to her walker!

They really love Easter.

Miles and Me.

Easter was so much fun this year. Scott and I opened our Easter Baskets which consisted of a Book of Mormon, the Dvd Finding Faith in Christ, and a bunch of plastic eggs with scriptures inside. Then my parents opened their easter baskets I made for them. Then, we ate breakfast and dyed eggs. Miles came with me to my home ward which was so fun because I got to see everybody again! After church, the Hulls came over, my mom made dinner, we had an easter egg hunt, and then we all just sat around. When the festivities came to an end, Miles and I took a walk around the park and watched Rudy that night. It was so relaxing and so much fun!

Celebrity Party

Look at all those celebrities!

A Quick Day at Disneyland

One morning, I was waking up, about to get ready for the plans I had made for the day, when my lovely sister, Sarah texts me, asking to go to Disneyland with her. When I responded that I could not go because I had plans already, she called me a punk. I wasn't going to have that, so I canceled my plans and went to Disneyland with Sarah and Ella. I'm glad I did cause it was so fun!

The merry-go-round was shut down at Disneyland so we went to the Mermaid version that they have at California Adventure. Ella was on a Sea Horse and she named it Sea Horse. That's the way to do it, keep it simple.

She's so cute!

I've never taken a picture with Donald so I was stoked! Ella, not so much.