all that and what-not

i am back from my trip to Utah. it was so awesome!! i feel so blessed to have the family i have. i really had a good time. got some good pictures. it was weird to wake up these past two mornings and not talk to my sister, brother in law, and niece. we had some good laughs and made great memories. i miss everyone so much already!

the las vegas airport is so crazy! it is huge, confusing, and the slot machines are crazy... then there are the people... i mean it is las vegas after all. i think i got lost a few times. somehow, in my confusion and lostness, successfully rechecked myself in to a different airline and made my way to the right gate. dean says that LAX is worse than las vegas... dont want to go there. lol!

i am so tired today.

alright... my capo broke a few weeks ago and i was pretty bummed about it. i told my sister and she told me to use a pencil and some rubber bands, which i did, and make a capo that way. so i tried that out today. it works pretty well! you have to mess with it a bit to get all the strings pressed down... but- it is better than not having a capo at all.

last night my grandma and aunt came up for my moms baby shower. they are helping me get ready for it today. we have a grip load of cooking and baking to do. i think we are going to the grocery store soon.

well, i have lots of shopping, cooking, baking and cleaning to do... so i had better quit wasting time online.

no nuhnuh no no no!!!

thought this was kinda funny

Laughter, Love, and Memories

this last saturday my family and i went up to cambria. it was so fun! my parents, apparently, just woke up and decided we were going to go do something fun instead of work all saturday like we usually do. i was pretty shocked and excited. we dont go do many things like that very often. once we got to cambria we went and ate at a little restaurant called the "indigo moon." it was so good! we all loved it. i recommend going there if you havent. right around that restaurant there were a cluster of little shops. i think that cluster was my favorite. they had cute names like: the paper omelette (and art, stationary, card, paper place), birds of a feather (antique boutique) and lily's coffee shop. i love little coffee shops like that. it was decorated so cute too! before we walked around we all decided to get a coffee... well i got a jasmine tea.... we didnt look in all the shops, there were too many. we are going to go back another time.

there was a HUGE three story antique shop there. i lost my mom in it!! my mom and i were so overwhelmed with all there was to look at that we wandered around, glazed, until we came to the clothes section. there we found some hats and had a fun time trying them all on and took pictures in them all.

from there we decided to go walk around the visitors building for hearst castle. that was cool. ive been on one of the tours before... just a long time ago. we didnt go on a tour then...

just across the street was a beach and a pier. i begged to stop and walk on the pier so i could get some pictures. we did. i got used my fisheye. i want to get the film developed! i hope they turned out pretty good.

all in all, it was a wonderful day. it was so great to be with my family and just spend time together, undaunted by school, work, cleaning, cooking, etc. just enjoyed each others company, shared laughs, and made memories=)

ive always known it but, i dont think i could live without my family. i feel so thankful to have been blessed with their love and companionship. they are there during and for everything. they help you up when you fall, laugh with you, cry with you, and anything else! they are another shining light to Gods love and adoration for his children. so much of His love shines through them. i feel so thankful i could cry.