Second Family wedding to come

This August, my cousin Alena is getting married. She is the second of the cousins to get married after my sister Jill (she is to the left of Jill). She is getting married in Napa and I'm sure it is going to be beautiful. We are in the wedding and being in the wedding we feel it is necessary to have a bachelorette party for her. Yup that means penis cake and all. Think we are just going to have a Spa day with all the girls on our side. Should be amazing and just what a bride to be needs. I'm so excited for the wedding and I always like and excuse to all get together and dance. And how can I forget we will get to meet Nicks new girlfriend. FUN!!!

Life update

I haven't blogged in forever. I've been on the go a lot. I've been working back at Jamba Juice and driving more often than I'd like to. I've been doing some really fun things and two weeks ago got back from a cruise vacation. I'm going to share some pictures from the latest things in my life.

This was the amazing view from our room on the cruise. It was so awesome to have a room with a balcony. Definitely the only was to go on a cruise. It was a great change from the last cruise I went on, our room was basically in the steerage, and you could shower go to the bathroom and brush your teeth at once. :) Above... thats Ry reading... Isn't he so cute?! :)

This picture was taken in Haiti, 500 feet up in the air. We went on a zip line that goes over the water and ends to the right of those red roofs in the distance. It was so fun and I will admit I got a little nervous

A relative visited from the Azores. He is my dads closest relative, I mean closest because he is related to him twice. On his dads side and his moms. :) He was so cute and reminded me of my grandpa who passed when I was like 5. I was so fun to see him and I hope that we can go visit him in the Azores sometime.

Night at the Improv comedy club celebrating Jason's 21st Birthday.

My cousin and her baby visited. He is sooo cute and just a happy baby.

This summer has been so fun and I've been soaking up all the fun times and laughs shared with my friends and family. Time to get with it and start looking for a job. I'm excited to see what I find.

Disney WORLD!!

A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to go to Disney World and then on an amazing cruise through the Caribbean. A group of 10 of us partied from June 10th - 21st. It was a graduation gift from my best friend and I loved every second of it. We saw so many amazing things and just so many memorable moments that I will never forget.

This is Cinderella's Castle. If you look closely you can see the princesses in front of the door way. Disney World was neat and huge. There are multiple parks and they are so spread out and you can't just walk to them quickly. We were there for about 3 days but I think to see all of Disney World you need a week.

In Animal Kingdom, there was an upside down tree.

Dinner in Down Town Disney at an Irish restaurant. There was live music and Irish dancing throughout dinner. It was awesome!

Striking a perfect pose in front of the Pleasure Island sign. We definitely got some funny looks by people walking by.

Arrrrr....Pirates at Magic Kingdom.

Disney World was so neat but I was sweaty, Florida weather is a little different than California.

Thank you again for the WONDERFUL Trip!!!

More Road trip pictures...

Here are some more pictures from our road trip.

Enjoy!

Badlands National Park

Mt. Rushmore was amazing to see! Doesn't Ry fit right in! HAHA

Ryan is ready to start working for Ryan Potato Co.

In other states 7-11 = Loaf 'n Jug

My big brother at his desk! He works for city planning in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks! His has his own office and a Man desk! So proud of him!

We are home in Hollister for a day to basically pack and see family then we are actually flying to Florida to go to Disney World and go on a cruise through the Caribbean. Thank you Sandi and Steve for the amazing graduation gift! We are so excited to go and spend time with our close friends and their family. Ry has never been on a cruise, so I'm excited for him! If we has internet I'll try and post some pictures from our trip.

We have been very blessed and are enjoying traveling/vacationing and experiencing many new things. I love going places with boyfriend Ryan!

A Great Road Trip

Ryan and I just got home yesterday from our road trip to North Dakota to accompany my brother Matt on his drive back.

We drove a total of 2,450 miles and visited seven states - Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota.

I actually drove the farthest and being a night owl I finished the drive and got to watch the sunrise arriving to ND Sunday morning at 6:30 AM.

We saw so many amazing sites and the land was soo beautiful and open!

It was an amazing experience and I love watching my brother and Ryan hangout.

They laugh and giggle at each other and it is so cute and impossible not to laugh at.

Throughout our trip we camped and also couch surfed.

Here are a couple more pictures from the rest of our trip...

ENJOY!

In Utah we couch surfed with a house full of Mormon guys that were very high energy, crazy rock climbing, thrill seeking dudes. Note to self there is just water in that red cup of mine. haha!!!

Ry and I standing on big spindles of hay in Wyoming.

They should really take this off maps, it was super lame and closed because it was for sale. Of course we took a detour to check it out too.

All Sierra does is sleep! She is the best dog traveler. Matt caught her mid yawn for a great picture!

This is the girl Kim we couch surfed with in Wyoming. We were the first couch surfers she's ever had. She was very kind and even made us dinner. She will be traveling to Europe soon so it was fun to share stories with her and tell her the places and things she should see.

We had the BEST trip and thank you to my brother Matt for paying for all the gas and my plane ticket and making this trip amazing and unforgettable! Love you and miss you already!

Zion National Park

Here are some more pictures from our road trip. We are currently in Wyoming tonight couch surfing with a girl that goes to school at the college here. These pictures are from the other day in Zion National Park.

There was only one hike that we could take the dogs on.

These pictures don't do the sites justice but the mountains are HUGE and gorgeous!

We were all sweaty from hiking that we decided to jump in the Virgin river in our unders. As you can see they are in the bottom left of the picture. haha! It was a long way back everyone going commando! :)

This was the view we woke too.

Our evening hike towards the narrows of Zion's mountains. We couldn't get all the way to the corner because of flash floods.

We are having a great time! Tomorrow we are driving to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore and then Sunday to North Dakota. The sites have been beautiful and the land is just open and so much sky. I drove 380 miles today and of course got pulled over. It was actually kind of funny. We were just driving and singing and saw some antelope so I pulled over really so we could take a picture and of course I pulled of the road 60 to stopping in like a couple seconds. And yes there was a cop that had been following me and my speed has been fluctuating for a while. Thank God the cop was nice and let me go without a ticket! I have gotten really lucky in this department.

Well life on the road has been fun and full of jokes and laughing!

More Pictures...

Another state crossed!

First time threw Arizona! I found a Mile 0 sign laying on the ground so the normal thing is to pick it up and pose.

Matt caught a lizard, it was neat and had spots. Ruby and Sierra had a blast trying to chase down lizards.

State #3...UTAH!

The dogs are excited to sit in the back seat and parting with me. All smiles all the time.

Ryan found this sign to be hilarious!