Reflection

This summer has seriously been the best summer! It's been full, yet relaxing. A look back...
[side note: this post should be looked at while listening to Kina Grannis' album "Stairwells". It is the official soundtrack to my summer. ]

Padre game with Alanna. Scary, but fun with Alanna as always. We learned to NEVER ride the trolley at night just the two of us ever again.


My dad graduated with his AA in Fire Science. SOOO proud of him :)

Credential Program Graduation

Lost Party. See previous post. Also, we just had a Lost reunion party where we watched the epilogue and special features. It made me feel so much better about the ending of the show.

Disneyland with Alanna. We were bombarded and I mean literally bombarded by about 20 asian tourists when we got off the Matterhorn who wanted to take a pciture with us. So we gladly obliged and couldn't stop laughing. I got the courage to ask some of them to take a picture with us on my camera as well to document. It was so funny and random, but what else can I expect when I'm out with Alanna.

House sitting with Al in North Park. Gilmore girls and being rock stars.

Disneyland with Lauren. We did all the stuff no one else likes to do with us, like dance in the parades and watch the shows.

Allie's brother Evan's visit.

Watching Guy Fieri at the fair with Ty and Lauren after scarfing down pizza and austrailian battered potatos! No trip to the fair would be complete without the food.

Camp Beyond the Scars. SO much fun and put things in perspective for me. I can't wait go back next summer. (Again, see previous post.)

Matt and Jenna's Wedding

Josh's visit. Chynna did a soccer camp for a week all the coaches were from England. Most of hte coaches had families to stay with, but Josh was homeless for the week so Chynna asked, "Can we take him home?" and my mom gave in. We introduced him to real mexican food (his only previous experience was Idaho mexican food), and sushi. I took him to Mt. Soledad and La Jolla Cove and he absolutely loved it! He misses So Cal and said he wants to move here because it's so much better than England. I asked what was so much better and his first response was, "the girls." haha He also quickly realized that his accent got him a long way with the ladies. He also taught me a list of English phrases and said my impression of his accent wasn't half bad. Yay me!

He was with us during the final game of the world cup so his fellow coaches came over to our house for swimming and to watch the game.

He wanted a picture with my dad at the station.

Allie's Auntie Rach's visit. Had my first cannoli in Little Italy. It was amazing!!

Sports Camp at church. We did cheerleading.

Family vacation to San Francisco. Ty, Chy and I at Ghiradelli square. We kept going into the shop so that we could get the free samples. Yum.

Golden Gate Bridge on the way to see an old military fort.Muir Woods

Alcatraz was swesome! So many cool stories of men attempting and failing to escape.

It's tradition...Tyler's birthday at Red lobster.

Finding Kate Morgan's room at the Hotel Del

VBS at church. Chynna and Maddie got to be in Kristin and my group. We were the pink group and dressed up every day.

Santee Lakes bike rides with Allie Bug. Our first attempt was not successful as it resulted in a mouth full of mosqitos. The second time was beautiful with the wind blowing through my hair...felt like a kid again.

High School Beach Bonfire

First crepe ever! Chocolate nutella crepe for breakfrast while Grant was in town. I've been two more times since! I just can't stay away. In fact, I'm starting to crave one right now....[drool]

Manhattan Beach/Downtown Disney Date with Allie when I picked her up from LAX coming home from Oregon. We had dinner at a cute taco shop on the water and watched cute surfers haha. Then headed to Downtown Disney were we got dessert and people watched. I tried to ask someone for their tickets that they were done with so that we could ride a few rides, but the first person I asked made me feel like a con artist trying to steal from her with just a simple glare so we gave up.

Late night girl dates with long time friends and good talks.

One last Momo night before she goes to college :) Proud of that girl! Souplantation, The Last Song, dress up, and Yours Mine and Ours.

Stephanie's visit. I had so much fun with Steph while she was here. I had been introduced to her before, but we never really got to know each other until this trip. My schedule was wide open and she needed someone to hang with while Nick was at school and working so we spent LOTS of time together. She's my new friend! On her last day in town, we went to La Jolla Cove (her 4th time this trip) and admired the ocean. I guess since I see it all the time (or at least more often than she does) I atke it for granted. But listening to her go on and on about how beautiful it is gave me a new appreciation for it. I felt like I got to see it through her eyes and it was gorgeous.