Picnic Looking Over LA

So I decided that because Michael usually plans our dates that I would surprise him and plan something special for our 10 months. I have always wanted to go on a picnic to this park that is in the middle of LA and it overlooks the Hollywood Hills and Downtown area. The Griffith Observatory is actually right next to where we had our picnic. The day actually turned out to be perfect because there was no school for me and Michael always has a 4 hour break on Thursdays from classes. Originally I was going to just drive up at the time he was going to get out of class and tell him to come with me. But he told me the day before that he had a meeting and I had to tell him so that he could get out of it. This park is like 20 minutes from where he lives. So pretty and a great couple of hours to just spend time with him and get away from the craziness and busyness of life that we are both in right now. So here are some picture... I realized before the date that we really haven't taken many pictures together this semester so I kind of was camera happy.

(Most of these were taken with my timer on my camera)

All the food! I realized afterward I had bought way too much stuff. But the menus for the picnic was: Hummus on whole wheat pita bread with carrots, celery with peanut butter, devil eggs (which is actually one of Michaels favorite snacks and I didn't even know), strawberries, and a special surprise dessert I will reveal in a bit.

He loves strawberries.

My dessert creation that I was excited about making was whole wheat flour tortilla, peanut butter, honey, sliced bananas, chocolate chips, and then I rolled it up. It turned out great! I was so proud of myself!

Our view was really pretty. So cool. Mountains and Hollywood hills.

Michael got a little tired after we ate all our food.

This one is my favorite... and it was done with my camera timer... love my skirt blowing in the wind!

The last one before Michael had to get back to class.


Great sun shining day with such a handsome man. :-)

Happy 10 Months!

Who would have thought that 10 months ago from today that I would fall for such a handsome man. Celebrating 4 1/2 years of great friendship and 10 months of love!


Freshman Year....

Sophomore Year....

Junior Year....

Senior Year....

And now...


I love you so much Michael! Happy 10 months!

Improv Ice Show

So there was this random Improv Skating night that Tina got tickets for and asked me to invite some friends! So I invited Candace and sister Aubrey to come. The Goo Goo Dolls performed live and then there were lots of Olympic Ice Skaters there too.

Aubrey and I started the night excited!

It was a sister sandwich with Candace and Aubrey. They were the bread and I was the meat.

Gangsta vests.

One of my childhood heros Kristi Yamaguchi hosted the night! Love her!

Nancy Kerrigan my other childhood hero. I wanted to be her. I didn't even know she was going to be there but I almost cried when she came onto the ice! Such a dream come true!

This was the finale!

Tina! Thanks for getting us the tickets and a fun night!

Roomies Roadtrip to AZ

A quick 36 hour trip our to Casa Grande, Arizona two weekends ago to see Leanna family and home. We decided to have a roomies getaway and it turned out to be a blast! Lots and lots of laughter and good times together. Here are some of the pictures from the weekend.

This first one is early in the morning (if you can't tell from our sleepy faces). We got up at 6am to leave so we could make it for the party in time.


The whole point in us going home with Lee was to surprise her niece gabby for her 6 year old birthday party. So Leanna dressed up to fool her family and Candace and I dressed up as presents!

In Arizona apparently they have these misters everywhere! They were so cool... AZ is very hot... I think it might even be hotter than Thailand! Leanna thought it was funny.

Quick Starbucks stop for energy for our ride home!

Back Seater...

Front seater....

In the car on the way back we got a little restless.

Love you roomies thanks for a great weekend getaway!! Next stop VEGAS!!!

Michael Moves to LA

So the much dreaded day has arrived for me. Michael moved to LA on Saturday and I am so happy for him and the opportunities he is going to get to use his gifts. His apartment is amazing though! They are called the Park La Brea Apartments and they are right next to The Grove (where all the movies stars do their shopping).

The first picture is of his apartment. His room is all the way to the right side 4 down from the top (with the open shades). This is us at The Grove. We got free Tshirts from a radio station.
Michael in his room. The view from his living room. Hollywood hills and downtown LA.These pictures are from about a week ago but they are from our last date night before he moved. He bought me a gummy snake! It was so cool! Loved it!
Missing you. But glad you are able to pursue your dreams for these next 4 months.

Christ In Youth Conference

This past week (Monday to Saturday) I went to CIY with my church that I intern for the High School Ministry. It was not too far away at Biola University. Our church brought around 40 high schol students. The focus of the week was kind of a reflection of Moses life and a study of his life. It truly was an amazing week. Here are some of my highlights of the week:

1. The second night about 80% of our students stood up in front our youth group to confess the sin in their life that they had been bonded to for year and commited to not letting it have a hold over thier lives.
2. One of the boys in my smal group rededicating his life to Christ.
3. On our free afternoon taking our students to The Ringling Brothers Circus (it was a surprise event)!!!
4. It was a very much needed time for me and my walk with God to just get back on track and be encouraged.
5. Hearing Michael express to me his desire to want to work with CIY someday to help them film documentaries oversea someday.
6. Realizing the idols I have in my own life and being able to set boundaries and get accountability for those things that take away from my relationship with God.

Ok those are just a few of them there are so many more things! But here are some pictures of the week too!

Monday we took the upcoming Seniors to Red Robin as a special celebration of the torch (leadership) being passed onto them this year! It was yummy!

Dress up day!

Pretty much the whole group! Can you find me?!

All the students on the bus unsure at this point what our "Surprise Outing" is going to be!!

Elephants at the Circus!

Britney, Becca, and I at the Circus!

My small group making houses out of gum and toothpicks for an activity we did the last day to give an example of the foundation we set for God abiding in us.

One the final night we were each given a envelope with a challenge in it. It was our choice if we wanted to open it or not but the speaker told us if we opened it that that would be our commitment saying we would do whatever the card said. There were a hundred different choices as to what were in each card. The point of the card was to over the next year have this card completed. I chose to open mine and here is my task! I am excited!!!

Need any Coupons?

I somehow have been getting a lot of coupons in the mail. So last Saturday I thought I would see if I could put them to good use. I spent about an hour cutting out all the different ones I thought I would use and this is what I came up with! Lets see how much money I can save!