I heart SC

T-street the other night

and all over the house. In fact there is one on my arm right now! AHHH! What a nice surprise to come home to! I am glad they made themselves comfy when we were away!

Morphine is the bomb, and so is Palm Springs!

Our family weekend is Palm Springs was so much fun and a little drama too! We had tons of fun relaxing in the pool, eating too much junk food, sleeping, reading for the girls, and watching movies for the boys. We celebrated Danielle's B-day one night at Kobe Steakhouse, which was so much fun. The whole time my mom wasn't feeling too hot, and got worse and worse until one morning she woke up and drove herself to the ER with out telling anyone! Crazy lady! She ended up having to get her appendix removed last night! We went into visit her and she said, "Morphine is the bomb"...we just about lost it! Poor little mama. She is still in Palm Springs with my Dad recovering. Palm Springs has been a tradition every summer, but the last time we were there I was in the hospital...this time her....we may not be going back!



Me and Matt at Kobe.


Amazing way to grill onions! I might try that tomorrow night!


The whole fam damily.


Me and my sister! The one shot of us without "Eclipse" in our hands!


Goodbye desert!!!

See ya on Tuesday!

We are off to Palm Springs till Tuesday night!!!! I can't wait to lounge in the pool, watch movies and eat eat and eat!
Here is my fav. pic from last time!

You're fired!

If you haven't updated your blog this week...you are FIRED from my blog friends. Come on people. Let's get crackin. Everyday I click on your name, hoping, praying for something to read! Nothing. Let's go. UPDATE.

Big girls don't cry.

Yes they do Fergie and Frankie Valli. The past year has been a struggle to be able to complete my student teaching here in California instead of Utah. I was told a year and half ago that I could do it...hence the move to CA. Seriously, everyday I fight it and try to make it work, I talk to 22345234 of my people and try to come up with a solution. With another school year approaching, this was the week it has to happen. I was and am determined. I called all my 23423 people to tell them whats up, and of course no one seemed to be in town, or even country. So, tonight, after another missed communication, and failure, I laid down on the couch and cried like a baby. It was a year of frustration coming out. And then sure enough, just after Matt had calmed me down, and I composed myself, I got the call I had been waiting for. Nothing is figured out yet, but I made progress. My little cry sess- worth it!

Hi, my name is Ani and I am a blogger.

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Matt said the other day, "You are addicted" and I said, "It is just a phase, like facebook, it will be over soon." I think I was lying a little bit! How addicted are you? I
ps. I am secretly pissed the number was not higher.

PINKBERRY

Well, I thought I should dedicate a whole post just to Pinkberry. It was......AMAZING. Not only was the actual product great, but the decor was really unique. I loved it! So much, that I snatched Danielle's camera and snapped some shots to post on here. I was a little sceptical when my mom, who loves frozen yogurt, chose to go to Cold Stone while we got Pinkberry. But I really liked it. It was so different, you just need to try it!

I got the original with raspberries and chocolate chips...yum.


Funny (and expensive) little things you can buy...


Lighting... cool huh?

Girl Time!

My sister might have had butterflies (see her blog) because of the unknown...but as we were planning our ambush while getting off at "Haven Ave" my stomach was turning! Why does that happen?! So funny! Danielle is turning 30 this coming Saturday! Her last birthday also happened to be my WEDDING day!!!! So, she obviously did not get the attention one deserves on their birthday. This year we are trying to make up for it! And 30 is exciting! Manicures and Pedicures, shopping, Cheesecake Factory, and pinkberry all resulted in a very funnnnn day! Happy Birthday Danielle!

L.O.V.E.

Today we had a girls day for Dani's Bday (will blog about tomorrow) and we stopped at Anthopologie, and it was fun to see my mom have her first Antho experience. Oh the possibilities! I picked up some cute "Fultter Dishtowels" that look ever so cute hanging from my oven at the moment.

And my fav. was this amazing iron "T" (for Taylor), I may post a pic later, I couldn't find a pic online! Gotta love that store. There was on of those "must have" items, you know what I mean...you just don't WANT it, you NEED it. Yeah, it was a pillow, and it was amazing. It was and I think still is, calling my name. May save up for it.


Can't afford the $200 dresses, $495 vases, but it is fun to look anyway!

Friday Night Project

Ever since my last trip to Ikea, I couldn't stop thinking about those amazing textiles. So, I got the idea off of some great design blog to cover some cork board with fabric. Prefect! While Matt surfed, I was a busy bee!

Picked out some "neato" fabric...


Covered the cork board...


And WAAALLAAA!


Up close!


I am trying to add some more color/patterns to the apartment! I think this will add a little splash of excitment!

New Look

What do you think? I know sometimes it appears different on other peoples computers. Give me your suggestions!!

The BEST news week!

This week has been a doozie! Great news! Danielle, my sister, is prego with #4!!!!!! And I couldn't be happier!!!
AND...if that wasn't enough, Jenna Vela informed me that she is having twins!!!! BABIES BABIES EVERYWHERE!!!! I love it!

Holy Bathing suit!!!!!!!????????

What the shizzzzzzz?!?!


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The pictures say it all...

We got to watch Addie, our niece, this weekend and we had a blast and I think she did too!

We took her to the mall and out to dinner at Ruby's


We learned a few things...Babies drink a LOT of milk.


And when they drink TOO much their bellies get really big and really hard!


We learned that anything can be a toy: a nano


and Uncle Matt's leg hairs...ouch!


Addie thinks her Uncle Matt is hilarious!


Me and Addie at church


That look is too funny!


The most important thing we learned this weekend: make sure babies are done pooping before putting them in the bath! Addie will thank me later that I did not whip out the camera for that one! Even though it was tempting!