I'm always so behind :s

July and beginning of August update coming soon!

June

June I'll give an A-....mostly because husband is MIA :( and work was kinda poopy BUT otherwise I've been having a blast with friends, visitors and vacations!

 Pool days and hanging out with my Clovistan "fam" (me and G)

 my mom and aunties came to visit me. we explored ABQ and then they got to see how Clovistan does what it does lol

 i traveled to Corpus Christi to visit my bestie, Mirielle. We had a great time eating delish seafood and watching her fiance, Jorge play baseball. Was soooo great to see them both :)

 Mirielle and Jorge after he pitched

 i miss her! love u turtle

we have fun

Happy (late) 1st Anniversary!!!

Our anniversary is June 19th. We unfortunately couldn't spend it together this year but it was a wonderful day full of reminising and opening my gift :) I got a pretty sweet pashmina and shawl from somewhere on the other side of world ;) They are beautiful!!!

To my husband: I love you more today than I did a year ago and I know that our love will keep growing and our relationship and our life together will continue to evolve and make each day better than the next. I look forward to many many more wonderful years with you and whatever our future holds! MUAH!

June 19, 2010

I suck at updating this!!!

That's all...HAHA! A few post coming your way pronto

A day late but...Happy Memorial Day

This picture was take quite a while ago (3 years ish) but I just wanted to show you who my hero is :) I love you honey!

"Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13

Thank you to all our service men and women, past and present, for your dedication to our Great Nation and to ensuring our freedom. Much love to you all!

Where the heck has May gone??!!

Seriously, where had the month of May gone?! Whoa. I feel like it was just May Day and now it's the week before Memorial Day Weekend...time just flies sometimes, having fun or not :) This month has been slower at work (for Sara at least) and has allowed a little time for playing. Also allowed for a little bit of over due office work and spring cleaning, yardwork etc etc. It's been nice to actually have a weekend (for Sara at least lol). Alex is still extremely busy and gone. He'll be around sooner or later but such is life in the military. Here are a few pictures to recap the month of May.

 Sara was driving Alex's car one day and got hit in a parking lot but a chick with no license or insurance. Oh happy day!!! At least she came inside and asked who's car it was and told me she hit it. It could have got unnoticed for a bit and that would have SUCKED! We're getting it fixed though woooo!!! Along with the crack in the bumper a la Alex :)

 Sara went for a visit to Denton, TX (north of Dallas) where she (I whatever) went to school. I visited some friends and had a great ol time. This is a picture of the new Mean Green Football stadium. While I really didn't have a hand in doing any thing for this, I was there when the process was started and helped promote the capital campaign etc. So I feel a little source of accomplishment :) I think it's pretty sweeeeeet

 Me and Miss Tana :) I babysat her a lot when I lived in Denton and can't believe what a big girl she's grown into. So crazy that sh'es going to be in Kindergarten :s

 Got to see friends Brad and Jana and their sweet little girl Chloe :) We ate at our fav spot in Denton, Fuzzy's Tacos that I introduced them to and they no go all the time! yay me. This is a picture of me, Jana and Chloe after dinner...and Brad's finger lol

 Me and Jenn...she's my old bosses wive and a very very dear and awesome friend. I miss her everyday and was so happy I got to spend time with her and the fam and watch her graduate :) Ur awesome Jenn

Sometimes I wish I had a dogs life...so easy :) (sorry she's not very lady like!)

Excited to see what the rest of summer has in store for us!!! Next up on the agenda...Memorial Day Weekend, my Mom and Aunties visit, my trip to Corpus with the bestie, Alex working...oh wait LOL. Ciao!

Spring

This Spring has been NUTS!!! Between the....

 weather,

work

 more work,

 even more work,

fun times,

and more fun times....

Its been a crazy one. I've been working my tail off at fundraisers, baseball and softball, plus trying to have a social life and be a good wife. Alex has been super busy and gone with work as well. We've had 2 house guests and hosted Easter dinner for all our friends at our house (like 25 ppl, yikes!). But let me just say its also been great. Work is slowing down (for me aka Sara at least) and summer is upon us. I'm taking a trip to Denton next weekend, my mom and aunties are coming in June followed by another trip to the BEACH!! It's shaping up to be a great summer! Love ya'll xoxoxoxo

Loves...

I seriously love the month of March...conference tournaments and then the NCAA tournament :) It's amazing!!! So much basketball and brackets and upsets and awesome wins <3 Wonderous...

p.s. GO CATS!!! Represent the PAC!

The Big Easy

These pictures are so not in order...grrr blogger...but here are some pictures from our adventure to New Orleans for New Years.

These are our friends Elsa and Chris...Chris and Alex were in pilot training together and also were roommates at one point. Chris lives in Mississippi now and his gf Elsa was visiting so it was nice to meet her and hang out with them.

 This was on the 30th when Alex and I got there. It was a better time to be on Bourbon St. because there weren't as many people but there was still a lot to check out...see the man in the bottom right lunging for the garbage can and almost missing. He wasn't having a successful night...or was he?!

 Morning of New Years Eve we did some exploring...NOLA is such a beautiful city and I hope to go back soon and do some more exploring, shopping in the little shops all around and eating the fantastic Cajun food.

The was on the 30th... Alex bought me a rose from a man in a wheelchair (I made him haha) and then bought me this awful drink called a Hand Grenade aka lots of sugar and some booze. Headache city but man it was a fun trip!

I think next time we go I want to take our parents...it would be a blast :)

My 30 'Things'

I read someone else's 30 things and I thought it was be interesting to see if I could come up with 30 things about myself that not EVERYBODY knows....hmmm, we'll see how this goes...

1. I'm super slow at putting pictures up on here or Facebook. Pictures usually sit on my memory card until I can't fit any more on there.


2. I often talk to myself....a lot

3.I absolutely hate the "C" word...if you don't know what I'm talking about, it refers to a women's body part but I find being called it is very degrading.

4. Some people have a fear of throwing up...not this girl! Ever since I was little, if its going to make me feel better, I'll do it. It's just one of those facts of life things that happens sometimes and I just deal with it. Don't get me wrong, I DO NOT do it on a regular basis but like I said, if its going to make me feel better, why not?

5. I've become quite the germ freak over the past few years. Maybe it's because I spent some time in some fraternities in my college days or because I moved to the city for a while and saw some pretty gross stuff...Idk but I have 2 bottles of hand sanitizer in my purse, a few in my house and a giant one on my desk at work. I have the wipes in my car and I ALWAYS use them after coming out of a store or public place.

6. I love doing laundry! I love the sorting, washing, drying, hanging/folding...the catch is I'm very anal about how it's done. Ask my husband, he thinks I'm crazy. I like things folded a certain way and if they get folded otherwise, I'll refold them (again ask the hubs). I may be OCD but whatever.
7. I know the words to a million songs, probably the artist as well and around the time it came out. My mom says if I had applied this skill to school, I'd be a doctor (yeah right!)

8. I love kids, and kids usually love me. I have rarely found a wee one that doesn't like me and have been called the "baby whisperer". That may sound weird and a bit creepy (maybe) but it's true. My friends have always called me the "mommy". I like to take care of people and am always worrying about everyone else. As of now, I don't have any kids of my own but I hope to someday and for the time being I love babysitting, play with and visit my friend's kids and the best part is I can give them back. haha!
9. I want to get better at photography...I'm waiting for my husband to buy me a sweet digital SLR camera. I have a nice digital one and a point and shoot but I really like the quality of DSLR.

10. I really miss my grandpa...he was my best friend and its still hard to think that he's not home, sitting in his chair, watching CSPAN and sneaking chocolate.
11. I clean when I'm angry.

12. I hate feeling unsafe and I kind of do where we live. I don't like that feeling.

13. I eat chocolate every day. Not a lot, but probably a piece a day. It keeps me sane :)

14. I get horribly car sick unless I'm behind the wheel, especially in the back seat. I've gotten better as if gotten older but it still happens from time to time.
15. I only have 2 piercings and they are in my ears.

16. I have a hard time parting with clothes. Even if I don't wear them any more I always find a reason for keeping them. I need to go through my closest this week and I'm dreading it...

17. Even though sometimes I complain that I work most weekends (at least one of the days) I really don't like sitting around all that much. I get that from my mother, always have to be doing something.

18. I find it nearly impossible to leave Target without having made some sort of impulse purchase.

19. I don't know if I could never not work...I often think about what I want to do when we have kids and from talks we've had I think hubs would like it if I stayed home but I just think I'd go stir crazy. Maybe I'll change my mind...

20. I love to organize and clean, but I'm hopelessly messy. Especially when it comes to my car.

21. My mind never stops wandering and I get side tracked a lot.

22. Along with wanting to get better at photography, I also want to get better at editting it (aka Photoshop efficiency)

23. I love baths but rarely think about taking one.

24. I detest doing the dishes.

25. I could watch/listen to Chelsea Lately for hours.

26. Fear of failing often keeps me from trying new things.

27. I can almost always find something to be nervous or worried about. Not my favorite character trait.

28. I want to learn to knit and crochet.

29. I love reading but sometimes I loose myself too far into a book and when I'm finished with it, it takes me a long time to get over it. Take the last Twilight book, Breaking Dawn, for example. I got so engrossed in it that when it was done, it took me a couple months to want to read again. Granted it was a looooong book but I had a hard time, when I let my mind wander, from thinking about it. Right now, I'm taking a break from reading my favorite section of the bookstore, romance novels (no, not the dirty ones!) and am reading George W. Bush's book, Decision Points. I'm really enjoying it (on my new Kindle ;])

30. I used to be a person that let people walk all over me so they would like me and I let myself be used but after being in a sorority in college, I changed. I'm not longer that person and at times the complete opposite, I'm too hard. Nowadays, if you burn me, you have a fat chance at gaining any respect back. I tell people what I think and don't take shit. I'm learning to be a little more in between than too soft or too hard but I think it's going to be a loooong work in progress.



If you'd like to list your own 30 Things, please do! Leave a comment and include a link to your post so I can come and read about YOU, too.

Wow...always playing catchup

Well here I am playing catch up again...its been a crazy holiday season! Thanksgiving, Alex's training, the end of fall semester for work and my masters and LOTS of traveling in the month of December.

 This are my 2 best friends here in NM, Tina and Emily. We had Thanksgiving at Emily's casa with lots of friends :) We cooked all the food, it was fun!

 I got to go home to Washington for Apple Cup...it was a surprise to everyone but my mom and Mirielle. Haha my daddy almost cried it was pretty cute :) I got to hang out with my sister who is now at WSU and see her dorm and what not. It was great to be home!

 This is a group shot from our Spirit Squad Christmas party. We did ugly sweaters, cookie decorating contests, silly games and white elephant gifts. It was way fun and these girls are so silly.

 I graduated with my master's in December and it was a great feeling! After 2 years of soooo much work, it finally paid off and I'm glad it's over haha.

 Alex missed the actual graduation ceremony because of work and I didn't think he has going to get to come at all. But he, my mom and my dad were very sneaky and he "showed" up at dinner after the ceremony. It was an excellent surprise and I was so glad he got to be there with my family. We did the Dallas aquarium and Dave and Busters and other fun stuff.

 For Christmas vacation, I drove to where Alex is going some training and we went galavanting all over the southeast. For Christmas we went to Florida and it was a blast. New Years, we hit up New Orleans with friends and had such an awesome time!

Here is Miss Gabby and her first ever Christmas stocking :) so adorable!

I will post New Orleans pictures whenever I get them downloaded....