yesterday

I can't honesty say that I had just woken up when i recorded this. But I can say that I hadn't looked in a mirror yet, haha. 

Oh yeah, and I figured out that this was a super easy way for you guys to see all of my videos! check 'em out!

Well I just got back yesterday from my week-long cruise. We stopped in Cabo San Lucus, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. It was a blast. Here are a few pictures :)

This is me and Blake in the main dining hall on the formal dress night.

Blake's shirt did not match his tie, but you can't really tell in the picture :)

Here we are waiting for a taxi in Puerto Vallarta.
We got to spend the day in Puerto Vallarta at La Palapa bar and grille, which was so nice because we were seated on the beach :) we didn't even have to get up for shopping, they brought everything to us.
Me and Blake at La Palapa.
Here's a little monkey our stateroom attendant made for us :)

This is me and Blake in Mazatan.
This is a picture that I took from Blake's parents' balcony as we were sailing away from Cabo San Lucus
This is me and Blake's mom, Rhonda, going from Cabo to our ship.
This is Blake, his sister Emily, and me at Mango restaurant in Cabo San Lucus.
Here we are being transported from the ship to Cabo.
This is a picture that I took as we were getting out of the car in L.A., ready to hop on the ship!

paper bag

Hi everyone. Here's a video of me singing one of my favorite Fiona Apple songs :) 

The things I do to put off studying...

school started again and i am dang tired. i noticed when i was visiting alex's blog that i haven't posted in over 5 weeks. here's my crazy acrobat. acrocat? have a good one!

well, I had a very nice birthday this year. first I stopped by my old employer to say hi to everyone after they woke me up with a happy birthday call :)

After that stop I went down to see my mom. She showered me with gifts and then we went out and got some yummy mexican food. After I left her I went home to study for my last final, which I took at 4:30. After I got home from that I did this :)

This is a different day, but that is what I did. Hank was on my belly and then jealous Bella came up to snuggle too. You can't really tell but Bella was actually sitting on Hank's lower half.

My mom was nice enough to hold a birthday party for me at her house :) These are all the pictures I was able to take before everybody was gone. I'm still getting used to having a camera and I often forget to use it :(






One of my gifts was this cute cute elf costume for Hank :) He totally hates it, but these are the two best pictures I was able to get.
Merry Christmas everyone!

happy birthday to mee!

so, I may be jumping the gun on this post by about an hour and a half, but I have such a great occasion that I simply can't wait! 

below is a picture that i took of myself tonight on my new birthday present from blake!

he surprized me with a camera yesterday and I am super excited about it. the thing has a really cool setting that will automatically photograph when it detects smiles. the following three pictures are the result of my experimenting.


Blake gave me the gift in the cute bag . Everyone in our family had representation but hank, so blake drew him in for me :)
(notice the clipped ear, haha)
this is the camera that i now have.

this is the mixer that blake and i got for christmas from blake's mother :)
these are the gifts that i've wrapped. 
and what entry would be complete without little hank and bella :)

Hank is getting very big. As you can see from this picture, he is almost the size of a full grown boxer! (just kidding, it's just the perspective. could you imagine?)
and this is a typical pose for bella :)

a kitten lost, a kitten found, and a sister in the hospital

Every night when it gets dark Hank likes to sit by the back door and meow until we let him into the backyard. He likes to explore in the jungly grass I suppose. He usually comes back to the door meowing to be let back in around 10 pm because he's either cold or hungry or wants water, but last night at about 11 i realized that Hank was still outside. Blake and I got a flashlight and searched all over our backyard, which is incredibly small. We even tried to jingle his favorite toy and shake up his cat food to see if he'd come running. I was in a crumby mood because earlier when I was taking out the trash the lid on the dumpster came down and smacked me on the bridge of my nose really hard. It still hurts a lot but no bruising. It was also past my bed time, so I called it quits on the cat and headed for bed. After not being able to fall asleep for about a half hour I decided to walk around the block and see if Hank was anywhere that I could see him. Just two houses over was probably the funniest sight I've seen in the pet world lately. It was Hank and two of the neighborhood cats sitting in a circle like a bunch of cool kids at recess or something. It was particularly funny because the neighborhood cats are fully grown, fat, super fluffy things and hank was about half as tall and stick skinny compared to those two. I guess cats need to socialize sometimes. When hank saw me he tried to creep under a bush, but he didn't run so I brought him inside and gave him a treat. My cat is a good boy, he just wanted to hang out with the older kids. hahha, I really wish I had a picture of it. Also, Michele is havin a baby today!