Weekend in Santa Barbara

Last weekend, we all headed up to Santa Barbara for my cousin Ben's wedding. We all drove up Saturday and Josh came into town on Sunday morning after he got off shift. We had a great time, amazing weather, and cannot wait to go back again. Beware of picture overload below, there is a lot. On Saturday we went to the rehearsal lunch, my mom, me, and Maryann hit up State Street for some shopping, and then ended the day with dinner and beers at the Santa Barbara Brewery and Co. They had delicious food and a really fun atmosphere. Pictured below:

Sunday was the wedding. It started at 11:30 so we all knew we were in for a long day, especially when the cocktail hour started at noon. This interesting van was parked in the parking lot. The guys said he has been collecting things and placing them on the van since 1994. Crazy!

Since we were a little bit earlier we opted for a brief family photo shoot. Again pictured below:

Waiting and waiting for the wedding to start. They were having some technical difficulties with the sound and the wedding planner was crazy. If any of you have seen Beerfest, she looked and sounded exactly like the grandma. It was the joke of the day.

Eugene & Ben

The Beautiful Cake

Kristen, Me, and Lara (Ben's sister)

Mom & Lynn

Right next to the park where they got married was this carousal. Josh bought us girls a ticket to ride.

Then behind the carousal was a pretty little pond that has this cute creatures sun bathing on a rock.

Us taking advantage of the pretty little pond as background.

Behind my mom and dad's hotel room was this HUGE, and I mean HUGE oak tree. Its really hard to tell in the picture how big it really is but if you look at the lawn chairs at the bottom it kind of gives you an idea.

My parents and us decided to stay an extra day and roam around Santa Barbara. The weather was perfect and we had a blast. I did not want to come home. 

This little guy was hilarious. I don't know if he smelled bait in one of the boats but he would sniff each one out and try to get in a couple.

It was a great weekend and I think it was what everyone needed. But now its back to reality, with work and responsibilities calling our names.

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Today is my mom's birthday. I must say I am getting a little bit better at posting things since I am not a day behind like usual. My mom is such a wonderful person and has such a heart of gold. She is the best kindergarten teacher, a great shopper, and one of my best friends. We had a low key birthday celebration tonight at my parents house with barbecued hamburgers and birthday cake. Hope you had a awesome day mom, we love you.

1 Year

Today is Josh and mine's one year wedding anniversary. Can you believe it has been a year already? Time sure does fly. It seems like yesterday I was getting ready for my walk down the aisle to marry the man of my dreams. Happy Anniversary and here's to many more to come. I love you!



I know the pictures are in backwards order but you get the idea. I always forget to post them the other way. Sorry!

Happy Birthday Emily!!

I know I am a day late in posting this, but in my defense, I was not home yesterday and did not have access to a computer. Yesterday was one of my best friend's, Emily, birthdays. We have been friends since the first grade-a total of 19 years with still many more to come. I wish I had pictures from back in the day on my computer so I could post those too but sadly I do not. Anyways, I hope you had an awesome birthday and I am sad I was not able to celebrate with you.

Happy 25th Birthday Em!!!

4th of July

4th of July this year was probably one of the best ever. Matt and Angela and Josh and I headed down to Carlsbad to Lynn and Jim's beach house and then to Kristen's grandma's house for a BBQ. We rode in kayaks during the day and then headed over to Kristen's grandma for a delicious BBQ. Her grandma lives on the lagoon in Carlsbad where they all have their own boat docks. People light off fireworks from their own decks. It was the most amazing fireworks show ever. They were right over our heads and lasted for at least hour, maybe more. There was also fire dancers on one dock, a live band on another, and two hilarious drunk dancers on another one. Chris and Theresa even came down from LA to hang out. So much fun! 

Morgan had to work till 6 but when he got off shift he brought Carlsbad Police hats for all the boys.

Ice cream cones for dessert!

The drunk dancers

Love my lazy eye in this picture.

Watching the fire dancers.

The fire dancers.

The only downfall of the day was that when I got home, I had an allergic reaction to something and broke out in hives before I went to bed and have been braking out in hives at random times for the last five days. I have yet to determine what is causing it but I have narrowed it down to: the beer I was drinking, a bug bite I got or the sun/heat. I hope it is not the sun/heat since it is only half way through summer. All in all, it was on awesome day and we had a great time.