August Photos Update

Hey everyone! I am getting ready to finish up summer quarter and move into Fall of my sophomore year! Woo!! I cannot wait to start back on campus. Summer has been a great challenge, but I don't think I enjoy solely taking classes online.

That being said, here are this months pictures!

We picked up some parts for one of Patrick's friends. Patrick was asking a bunch of our friends from the track if they could help because they were heavy axles, and the guys has the bright idea of using their tow truck instead. Muscles and backs were definitely saved here!

This is how we occasionally spend our Saturdays. The sprint driver is our friend Eric Fisher and the push truck is our friend Larry and his wife Jill.

This is where I often watch the races from.

Updated photo of me and the "kids" the kitty is Satchimo, the dog in the middle is Peanut and the dog in the front is Buddy.

This is an old picture so I may have posted it up already. We were playing pool with some of Patricks co-workers.

I recently attended a bachelorette party for one of my bridesmaids who is now getting married. Shes the one in front. I am hiding, can you see me? (I didn't dress up in a tutu like everyone else...)

Patrick and I on our way to Diablo Lake

Diablo

I put my toes in. Still ice cold!

View on our way home

We stopped at the hydropower project. There was a tiny little town where most of the houses were boarded up. Anyone who has seen the movie "The Hills Have Eyes" knows my anxiety while we were stopped there. We were able to get this awesome picture though.

This was a waterfall across from the lookout point we stopped at on our way home

Here we are looking over one of the dams

OH GEEZ! 2012 2/3 GONE!

Its coming up on August and that means that 2012 is about 2/3 gone! How did time fly so fast? I am sooo sorry I haven't been on here much to update, and I really do mean to get better about regular updates. I finally have some spare time on my hands with summer "vacation" (really, I just got into a routine with summer quarter).

School Update - Music Therapy is a possible back burner. I am deciding if I want to spend school weeks on campus out of town, and trying to find a distance ed opportunity for the program. I haven't dug deep just yet. I have 2 more years of community college once I transfer into Skagit. The program I am entering will transfer me straight into Western for my bachelors in music where I can get a Music Ed degree - which is a possibility I have considered from day 1.

Pictures!!

New family addition. Satchimo Colby Jack Macaroni and Cheese.

Babycat likes to help with my homework. Sometimes his version of helping is sleeping on my homework...sometimes it is eating it, literally...

 

Peanut likes to help during homework time too. 

 

My friend Chelsea married our friend Jeremy last month. Chelsea and her mom Riki were like a second family to me when I was still settling into the Snohomish county area, and they still are. I am beyond proud of her, and we are super excited for her and Jerm to be starting a wonderful journey in life together. Chels was an amazingly beautiful bride! CONGRATS!

This is the lighthouse in Westport by Jerm and Chels's wedding venue

We ventured out to the beach to check it out. It was extremely muggy the whole weekend so though it looks cold - we were super warm.

We stopped at Lake Sylvia on our way home from Westport. It is a beautiful place, and we would love to cam

Earlier in June we went to another wedding for our friends Kirstee and Trevor. This summer has just been jam packed full of weddings for us!

My friend Jade and I on Camano Island

This is my best friend on the planet Laura an I. We have known each other going on 21 years, and she is more of a sister to me than anything. We went camping earlier this month, for the first time in years - something we used to do together with here family every July growing up. It was probably the most fun 3 days I have had in ages and I am looking forward to doing it again next summer!

This isnt the best picture, but it is from the top of Baker Dam. This is the first time we have seen the gates wide open like this and it was AMAZING to see.

Patrick and I hit up the Bite of Seattle this last weekend. Though my favorite Filipino stand wasn't there this year, we were able to try some amazing new places including an Indian place, a New Orleans grill (Patrick ate ALLIGATOR!) and I managed to find my beloved MACARONI BITES! - that is what I am saying in this picture! MACARONI!!!!

I have been getting a ton of compliments on this snapshot I took while I was literally waiting for Patrick to get into the truck. As you can see here there have been a few changes! I lightened a layer of my hair and got a funky razor haircut as well as my long anticipated and super awesome music bird tattoo! I am so excited to have something that represents who I am and what I love added to my tiny tattoo collection.

Well, That is all I have for now. I am sure there are TONS more photos on Patricks computer, but as I got my very own laptop for my birthday this year, of course I am out and about - well really I am taking care of a friend post surgery - so I will have to add those later!

Have a great day!!

New "job"

   I don't know if I would call it exactly a job, I have picked up some freelance work. It pays packing peanuts or whatever that saying is, but it is fun. I have been learning so much. It is freelance writing and I think I love it. Due to the writer agreement, I am not allowed to claim my content once I sell it, I wish I could thought! Once I get some more practice I will do some pieces on here on some things I have interest it, or have learned about through this content job!

No pictures booo

My apology for the lack of pictures lately, we haven't been taking many.
I have been so busy with school, I have maintained straight a's so far, but it has been hard. I am the worst with math. I know they are sad but here are some pictures:

The other day we fixed my truck. It has been apart and broken since summer of 2008. It may seem like a small accomplishment, but it was a big deal for me. This was my first car, and it is honestly, my favorite ;)

Kirstee and I went to the Tacoma wedding expo, and had a blast. Here are some of the pictures we did at the photo booths. There was a beer garden and some contests on the runway as well. Way better than the expo I went to before our wedding.

So far this year, we have 5 weddings on our calendar. One of which we are both in as attendants. This is going to be a good year, and 2012 seems to be shaping up to be a good year for weddings!

Il Niege!

It's snowing! It started this morning while I was getting ready for school. Here are the photos starting this morning when I decided to stay home, up until noon.

This is at 6:55 a.m. when I decided to stay home. Doesn't look like much, I know, however I was to be in school until 11:30 a.m. and that big white streak, yeah, that is a snowflake. ALSO there was nothing on my car at 6:50 a.m. So thinking hypothetically, I would have been stuck at school...

7:07 a.m. Glad I didn't leave for school.

10:13 a.m. The dogs discovered that it snowed while they were napping.

Just after they discovered it was snowing, they discovered they could play in it.

11:38 a.m. I sat down in the living room to read, and 45 minutes later when I got up to grab a snack this is what had happened.

excuse the mess, this is to show the amount of snow accumulated

She was begging to go out and play. They like when I make snowballs and throw them for them to chase.

11:50 a.m.

That is the size of the flakes falling. :)

The doggies were making prints for me to capture with my new retro camera app on my phone

The ivy on our fence looks amazing with snow on it :)



 I just went outside to check and see how much it is covering my footprints from making a snowman. In 10 minutes it covered up my trail! So strange for our area, I am excited to have REAL snow for once!

 

Here are some of the front yard :)