Fleet Week, Blue Angels

this weekend was fleet week in SF, so of course we hopped in the car, took our bikes and tackled the hills of SF from our far away parking spot.

and i even wore my "naked pants" because in SF it is not illegal to be naked, so if anyone actually mistakened {not a real word} me for being naked, it would be ok.

yay for my naked pants!

{they are my naked pants because obviously, as shown below, they are orange and yes, i have mistaken for not having pants on}

anyways, fleet week is incredible! last year we were visiting SF this exact weekend and tried to do fleet week, but because of the foggy weather it got canceled. so we were super excited to finally see it, and it was really really loud but also really awesome. the planes fly in formations and are super close to each other and do swirls and ride low to the city. it was awesome!

we went with some friends, cody and meg, and cody LOVES fleet week! all of the normal people were sitting on the grass watching the planes go by and he was RUNNING all over trying to get the best view of them all. it really was pretty comical. 

we had pizza for lunch and donuts from bob's. {bob's i highly recommend, pizza place- was like a grocery/greek store, so i don't even know how i feel about it still}

after the boys went to priesthood and megs and i did some shopping and then we all met up at jack's prime in san mateo for burgers and shakes.

photo credit, cody johnson
as he was the only one willing to run all over for a good picture.

as observed above, i am always ready for a good picture.

also, i really need to work on my posture... cause megs really has it down

half moon bay

saturday was beach day!

our new fun friends cody and megs planned a beach day full of eating, surfing, lounging, sneaky hot tubbing, sitting by the fire, eating, walking the beach, and then driving home.

all in all it was a great day! and i'm pretty sure bevi the pup enjoyed it too.

obviously bevi loved the sand. we tied her to this big log and she was a digging machine. i think she thought she could dig her way out... poor thing. she was surprisingly good about being tied to the log though and just entertained herself digging holes and laying in them and eating weird seaweed things.

me and megs getting our tan on.

sexy wetsuits on...

wetsuit coming off...

it was so much fun! big thanks to cody and megs for inviting and planning everything! and yay to bevi for being so good and not cutting our day short.

missing our labor day weekend

we are really missing our labor less weekend over here with good friends, good food, and good sights.

cruisin on the ship

our first night on the ship was pretty exciting.

since i had never been on a cruise i was just loving it!

thought it was just about the neatest thing.

we timed everything perfectly and were some of the last to arrive. we waited in zero lines.

we also had jake with his new surgery leg which bumped us in front of everything!

we also discussed what we would do if we were to fall off the boat.

we decided that if one of us fell off, we would throw this floaty as far as we could to them so that they could get to it and stay floating, 

and then once in the water, we would try to swim in the boats wake, so that when the rescue boats came they would find us right on the boats course! great plan right? 

good thing we never had to execute it!

steph, brooke, emmy and me

 and boys will be boys... can't take a serious picture can they?

jake, ben, josh and my jeff.

 yes. ben and steph ordered every single dessert one night.

oh the booze cruise...

i think that i can speak for everyone when i say that the times spent off the ship were much better than spent on the ship. and the "booze" part of the cruise was most entertaining. 

we loved all the singles ready to mingle! 

and i can tell you that if you are lookin' for a good time... go on a cruise ;)

the luxury of never ending food was fun at first, 

and then you remember that you are in a swimming suit all day. uh-oh.

and when the boat is rocking... things aren't so great.

a couple of us got a little sea sick. and most of us god food babies.

but i will never once complain about the never ending frozen yogurt. that was good.

london proposal and a birthday leprechaun

my best friend is getting married!

i know, we all say that our 'best friend' is getting married when any of our friends gets married.

but really, this is my best friend, and she is getting married.

woo hoo! i can't wait!

this gorgeous couple got engaged in... drum roll. are you ready???

LONDON TOWN!

how fun and cute and amazing and dream come true is that!?

i'm so happy for her, and him too. and can't wait for them to get home and get the story from the source!

i love them so much and am so excited!


on another note... happy birthday sam!

this pretty girl and i have been friends for a very very long time.
even though she has red hair we set aside our differences early on and it has been pure bliss ever since.
and yes, she is the pistol of a red head.

it has been so fun to grow up with sam
hot lava in her basement on all the exercise machines
spray painting her driveway
swim team
shakespeare play
brokeback mountain
pan's labyrinth
arizona
alta jay
pep club
europe
lake powell
newport
lake mead...
rodeo time
humanitarian trip to peru
being a bridesmaid at my wedding!

love you sammy! and i hope you had a happy one!
oh and just so you know, sam is not only a red head born in march, she is born on march 17th...
leprechaun!

lately has been fun

we have had a lot of fun lately.

but we have also been kind of busy. but we like busy.

we visited a favorite burger shop that because a not so favorite anymore. too bad smashburger, we really liked you. maybe we should just stick with hires. they have not failed me yet. 

and i'll even make an exception for them and eat a hot dog, while NOT at a baseball game.

we hung out with friends at cafe rio for three hours.

helped josh with twitter. 

 and continued our three hour conversation at menchies, because i love frozen yogurt, and apparently flowered pants. also, the reason for the high school pride is because this place is a skyline hangout, and they were pretty upset that when they came in we had taken all the chairs. 

book club was super fun! we decorated valentine cookies, and of course chatted, 

and of course again- book talk only...

we are reading night circus by erin morgenstern. which on the website is listed for $4... darn me.

but not everything is fun and games. i have been doing TOO much of this lately. homework. 

math and stats!

i was telling jeff that it is taking over my personal hygiene. because it has gotten to the point where dirt is under my fingernails. how did i let this happen? and how is it still there while i type this, because my friends, this photo was taken on wednesday.

SOS!

other than that- happy friday, and thank goodness it is the freakin weekend!

we're gonna be baking pizza's tonight, sleeping tomorrow, and cheering for the winning team on sunday {i don't even know who is playing...}

a sun valley weekend

or more like a sleepover that was a ton of fun!

we stayed at brooke and jake family condo in sun valley.

we bowled, hot pooled, ate too much food, had good conversation, shopped, and then drove home.

we love good weekend getaways but mostly we love good company! and the company we had was great!

friendly get together.. get it?

get it?

cause they're our friends...? so it's a friendly get-together.

i have been quite the party panner this christmas season.

we hosted jeff's friend party.

we {i} planned jeff's family christmas party, which was a success, of course.

and then the next day i had my friend christmas party, which was also a success. of course.

do you expect anything less of me? 

no, you don't. cause i kick a..

we have loved this holiday season because of all the fun things we get to do and all the visits we get to make! we feel so lucky to live so close to our family and friends that not only do we get to see them at christmas but throughout the year.

many thanks to all of you for making our spirits bright!

some of the nights highlights were

the guesstures game that kept getting passed around

skate or die sweatshirt

the unwanted cake bites

the eternal marriage talks on tape.

ali and jeff vs. lauren and tony... and their idea of a wrapped present

annie almost snipping raymo's fingers off. ouch.

and the wrap-off. emmy and josh vs. brooke and jake.

the singing reindeer that brooke and jake won for their sweet wrapping skills.

thanks to everyone for your delicious eats and your good company!

fun friend dinner parties

every year jeff's friends have a christmas party up in midway. it has become a christmas staple.

the gifts are kind of the best part.

jeff and i got uber lucky and walked away with $10 to the dodo and $10 to jamba juice.

it's all about strategy.

yes i stole the same thing the same person 3 times... i'm gonna be ruthless.

make sure to take a close look at my pasta i had for a little bit...

happy christmas party going!

birthday

her parties were great! she was surprised and all!

and the pazookies were delish!

happy birthday best friend

2010

apparently i forgot last year. whoops.

eliza is my bff, and has been for quite some time now.

she was my maid of honor and and before i got married, my better half.

not that jeff is better than her, {cause i'm actually better than both of them} but her and jeff are both my opposite and it's really like i have married my best friend in boy version. that's a compliment right? if not, i mean it to be.

2011

eliza is a real keeper. she has helped me with so many things.

we became friends many moons ago, and i won't go into details because the story does not do me well.

let's just say. it was kindergarten and i met a girl who had my same name and wore the same exact outfit as me... on the first day of school. why would i like her!? 

at one point i may have told her i hated her, and at another we were chomping on boogers. and good thing we got over that habit huh?

eventually having the same name benefitted us, every time we played games, we got to be together, cause it only made sense. we had the same name.

we have done a whole lot together.

she is smarter than me, and tells me when to NOT dye my hair {pink}

but i'm also there for her when she is trying to get out of soccer practice and i help her jump off the bed pointing her toes trying to break her foot somehow. we'd also call her soccer coach at the same time so that if he answered one, it was a mis-dial, and then eliza could leave a message about why she couldn't make it to soccer practice. 

she helps me explain things to jeff that make him look wrong.

when i want to buy weird things, she tells me no by telling me who else she could see wearing that.

all in all its a pretty solid friendship.

this one above might be my favorite. it sort of is sums us up.

halloween party

 yes, yes, we know. our costume kinda of rules.

if you are an idiot, we are a french artist and i am his canvas, brown leggings are the easel. 

costume winners were mail and mitch in their fabulous tourist gear and sun burned faces!

we were a close second... falling somewhere around 3/4th