it's been a while...

ok....so summer is over, but it feels like summer doesn't really exist anymore once you're outta high school. being a grown up kicks in...but we did do some really fun stuff. let me show you...
i learned how to color splash:



oh! and i got a wicked sunburn....1st one of my life!! it was a really fun 4th of july too!

me and lou...

david showing us all why he's a marine

my loves before the fireworks...

boyfriends!

rosalynn got scarred!!

all of us...

my nerds!!


july 11th we went to the alameda county fair with alicia and casey:
where i rode the bull...

it rained for like 30 seconds...hence the wet pavement...

check out my wicked park job. i pulled that far forward so that we could find it easily on our way out...smart huh?

the lovebirds...

the scariest ride of our lives...

all he needs in this life of sin is...

we had a really fun time at the fair...this is us leaving...we were always in strange seating all day...i drove there and brandon was in shot gun...i was too tired to drive back:


july 22nd my in-laws got tickets to EARTH WIND&&FIRE with CHICAGO and brought us with them...

it was such a good show!!!

both bands playing together!!!


august 1st brandon's uncle from utah came since it was rickey henderson's memorial thing.


and lastly...to end the summer...my best friend bobby turned 24. so we had a sweet tailgate party at guess where? the coliseum. you know...with as much time as i spend at that god forsaken place...i think they're trying to turn me into an a's fan. :( NEVER!!!! it was a firework show...so here we are after the show in the field


and lastly...brandon and josh learned a camp song from raquel...
here's raquel's:

and here are brandon and josh:


i can't complain...we had a really fun summer!!! we did a lot of things and with the people that we love!!!

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thinking...

i've been thinking a lot lately about something my sister said to me. Last sunday was our 1 year wedding anniversary and my sister texted me asking what the hardest part was, since you know..."the 1st year is the hardest" right? or so they say. i replied, "nothing really" and here's what she said, "BRANDON NOT HAVING A JOB FOR THE FIRST 4 MONTHS? PAYING RENT? BUDGETING BETTER? SPLITTING UP BILLS? CHANGING JOBS? TAKING A PAY CUT WHEN YOU DID TAKE YOUR NEW JOB JUST TO HAVE MORE TIME? COOKING? LIVING WITH A BOY? IN LAW ISSUES?"
my first thought to this was...wow...that really is a lot to take. but i [we] don't see it like that. sure it was hard trying to figure out how everything was going to get paid for...but we did it. we never lacked what we needed. we never [REALLY] wanted something we couldn't have. we have been blessed with so much. it makes me really stand back and think...we're so fortunate. and the list that my sister made...that's not even half of it. we've managed to be married and not "lose ourselves". we are one, we are a team...but we've never given anything up that we really love. i LOVE to hang with my peeps [cheesy i know, but HELLO....MADE IN THE 80's] and brandon loves to chill with his sibs and watch a movie. also...in about February...we fond ourselves opening our home to our very best friend. we feel so blessed that he feels like he can come to us in one of his hardest times.
THE LORD has really been looking out for us this past year and we are so thankful for that.



ok...so moving right along...we took anniversary pics...look:

year one....down...infinity more to go.

time sure does fly!!! it's already been 365 days since we were married! like 4-5 years ago, i told brandon i'd take him to the mystery spot since i loved it so much...so we finally went for our 1 year anniversary.
here is a SUPER long....ok maybe like 45 pics or so. enjoy:

Welcome to March

This weekend is the first in a VERY long time that actually seemed like it was long enough! Friday David, Brandon and i had dinner and hung out all night. Saturday, i had a primary activity from 10-12 then brandon had an Elders Quorum activity that he and his counselors put on from 12 to whenever. That too was a lot of fun, we were fortunate enough to have a GREAT BBQ at Mt. Eden park with nice weather. it was a good turn out and i even learned to play Frisbee...well...i sorta know how to throw one now. we played a bunch of games, it was fun. After that we picked up brandon's brother and sister [josh and lou]. we got back to the house and played WORLD TOUR and watched tropic thunder. Later that night, my in-laws came to pick up the kids [or so we call them the kids...they're actually 16 and 17], and we put my father in law on the drum set. check him out:




He actually was a lot better than we thought he'd be. He says he played drums in jazz band for summer school one year. but anyone who knows "fetch" as we like to call him knows he's a super goofy guy!!!

Sunday...we had church...Gina Cook came over after for lunch and the boys did...actually, i don't know what they did...i took a nap. a few hours later we went to grandma's [brandon's grandma] for dinner. came home...and we [we being david, brandon, joshy and i] watch a movie that will not be named since i don't know which adult/parental figures will be reading this.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND!!!!!

hair...

ok...here are some pics of when i chopped it off and donated it in 2005 and most recently in 2009:



ok..i know this time wasn't as drastic...but it's still a lot to me.

my brother in law josh said, "For a normal person that's not a lot, but for you this is huge!"
thanks joshy.


What do ya think?

valentine's

ok, so my childhood bff got after me about not blogging! i told her that if i had a cute 5 year old, i'd be bloggin everyday too!!! so here i am, thanks aub!

ok...so...where did i leave off?? .:::this is me thinking:::. ah yes...with my birthday pictures.

Luckily for you all, i have valentine's and HAIRCUT picys!!!

As of late...like a few months back my god pal alicia and i started having friday dinners as a practice for our one day "friends" dinner. [you know how on the show friends the 6 of them get together for the holidays? well, i've always wanted to do that. i just haven't figured out how to do it with no ones parents/family getting upset. and most importantly...with all of the good food that those people have to offer. enough of this tangent.] so we decided to have a PRE-VALENTINE'S day dinner...look. i made a fancy lookin salad in a heart bowl. well...at the bottom of the bowl there is a heart:

i also made my very 1st homemade lasagna! i am a Stouffer's FREAK!!!
there was also garlic bread and so on and so forth. the next day was the 14th and this is what i found when i woke up:
the card says, Cristina my love. aww....what a nice guy. and anyone who knows me knows that i do not eat chocolate and that i am allergic to flowers. this leaves brandon to come up with other original ideas. [jewelry seems to do the trick, but it has to be real fine metals...anything else makes me bleed.] I LOVE SWEDISH FISH!!!!
ok ok ok. here are some more mushy gushy 1st married valentine's pictures.