Happy Birthday to Nick!

This weekend it was Nick's turn for birthday fun. Since I had class all day on Saturday, his actual birthday, we decided that we would do something on Friday to celebrate. Nick heard on the radio about Raley Field's Rhythum and Ribs festival so we decided to invite the Langstraats and get ourselves some ribs. Nick and Chad both devoured an entire rack of ribs a piece while Erin and I tried some bbq sandwiches which despite being a little spicy were delicious. There was also a small vendor section where we bought some cute clips for Brianna and Jill and saw the funniest sign ever...

Nick and his ribs....

On the way to the vendors...

What the...?

Friday was a lot of fun and we were so glad that the Langstraats came to hang out with us. On Saturday Nick opened his presents from me and then on Sunday we went over to my parents house to celebrate with them. For dinner we had a variety of salads and chicken wings by request of Nick...apparently my husband loves some good meat. Thanks everyone who helped us celebrate this weekend!

Labor Day Weekend...

Nick and I basically partied all weekend long. On Friday we went to the State fair with Erin, Chad and Brianna Langstraat. I got everything that I wanted a ride on the Ferris Wheel and cotton candy. We had a ton of fun petting the animals, spotting the mullets and spending time hanging out.

On Saturday Nick, Jenny and I went down to the bay area partly to turn in homework for me and partly to not waste a whole day to drop off a couple of binders. We went to Berkeley and had some of the best pizza ever at Blondie's and then drove down to San Francisco to see the sea lions and get some amazing salt water taffy. Way too much fun for a trip to school.

On Sunday we celebrated my birthday at my parents house and basically never stopped laughing. I'm not sure what happened but everyone brought their A game and we had a lot of fun hanging out.

On Monday we went down to Lake Tahoe to spend some time on the beach for labor day with the Langstraats. We had so much fun on the cold, windy beach and only suffered one causality...poor easy up. Surprisingly we got a little bit sun burned but the boys had fun in the water while Erin and I had fun hanging out on the beach.

Overall the weekend was fantastic and a nice way to end my summer freedom. Starting this weekend I have class EVERY weekend until the middle of November. I'm so glad that we had this time to spend with our family and friends.

Cake Balls? Cake Pops? You decide...

My friend Erin is pretty much the coolest and for her daughter, Brianna's birthday she made the cutest cupcake on a sticks I'd ever seen. I really wanted some for my birthday so I asked for her help. We decided instead of cupcakes to try and make yellow happy faces instead of cupcakes and thus started the adventure...

Brianna eating the leftover cake we didn't use...

Feeding me the cake...she is such a good sharer.

The one's that survived.

My favorite one.

We had some problems along the way with actually keeping the cake on the stick and melting the chocolate and pretty much anything that could go wrong did. However in the end they tasted delicious and it was really fun.

You wanna play steak?

On our last grocery shopping excursion we splurged and bought a steak. I know... we're big time. Well, we finally made it yesterday and it was just incredibly delicious and a nice change from chicken and pasta. We even made it into a real life meal with a vegetable and everything. I was a little bit excited about it so I took pictures...

My amazing kitchen table and our STEAK dinner...

Nick so happy to not be eating chicken...

I'm a carboholic....

Best Dinner yet.

Why is my husband crazy?

This was all Jenny's idea and because I love her I'll refrain from posting the pictures of her.My Favorite.



Crazy Eyes


You should see the other guy?

How can I have some more when I haven't had anything yet?!

Last Friday Nick and I decided to have a date night. One problem we are trying to save money so coming up with something got a little tricky. I suggested that we camp out in the living room and make smores over the bbq. If you know Nick you know that all I have to do is offer treats and I can convince him that anything is a good idea... :)

"When the mallow is flaming...."


Best Idea EVER.

Nick in smore heaven.

Who We Taking About?

So I know that it's been a long time since the last post but I have excuses if you want them. I won't bore you with them but just know that they're there. Here's some of the things that we have been up to in the last couple of weeks...

Nick and his friend Chad went to Yosemite to take on Half Dome. One was successful and one made it to a really cool waterfall....I'm not telling which did what because I might get in trouble for ratting them out.

On June 19th we celebrated Jill's first birthday with all of my family over at Andi's house by the pool. Of course Jill made out like a bandit and we all had a lot of fun.

Jenny and I went to the Brad Paisley concert! The weather was surprisingly not horrible for June in Sacramento. There were three opening acts and Brad went non stop for over an hour. We had so much fun.

We spent the Fourth of July over at my brother in law's sister's house lounging by the pool. It was a really nice day and fun to hang out with all the family, watch fireworks and especially watch the little kids play with the sparklers.

Finally, a couple of days ago we had some great news come in the mail for us. Nick past the CHP written exam!