HK + Yogurtland, again!

She’s baaaaaaaack!!!! 

HK will officially be making her second debut in Yogurtland stores tomorrow!!  Guess I know where I’m headed after the Mister’s bball game…eeEEKKkK, can’t wait!!  

Home again!

We are home - bags are unpacked, dinner eaten and we even had time to see the worst movie ever.  I should've known better, but oh well...*sigh*

Highlight of the weekend – Sherwin’s catch!  Hooray for my Mister!!!  His fishy has been 5 years in the making.

More pics to come later, but wanted to wish y’all a happy week ahead!

Mammoth Lakes

This weekend we are going to Mammoth Lakes.  Totally looking forward to the beautiful scenery and oddly enough, being in the car with my Mister for the 6 hour drive. 

If you’ve talked to me recently, you’ve heard my growing aversion for long car rides, but for some reason, this drive is different.  It’s different because it’s a new drive for us.  We’ve never been to Mammoth together and we get to take a completely different route.  It’s not our 6+ hour drive up the 99 to Sacramento (woo hoo, we are flying up next weekend, NOT driving!) and I’m praying it won’t be like our recent 8 hour drive to Las Vegas (oil spill on the 15 – BOOOO).  Just as the pro’s (J+Josh)  told me earlier this week, we will be heading up the 395 and that, for us, is new.  It will also be just my Mister and I, and as much as I am “the more the merrier” type, I do LOVE being with just him.

I’m sure there will be a post and pics to follow, but until then, thank goodness for Daddy!  He gave us this trusty handbook and as long as nothing’s changed since 1976, we’re all set (hee hee…do love you, Daddy)!

Happy weekend, friends!       

Thankful Thursday...for grace

Good reminder and thank God for grace. 

What is it about feeling like no matter how much we do, it’s never enough?  Praising the Lord for the blessing of those in my life that keep me from going crazy (or at least minimize it), and for the grace He extends to us daily. :D  Happy Thursday, friends!

Independence Day!

As we celebrate our nation’s independence, I am reminded of how privileged I am to live in America.  Thank you Lord, for the blessing of freedom and for the multitude of provisions that you have bestowed upon our nation.  In God we trust, and I do mean that literally.

And before we start diggin’ into tbe bbq and lightin’ up the fireworks, a tid bit of history.  It’s amazing to see how one of our Founding Fathers, 236 years ago, had it so totally right, except for the day, but hey, close enough right?! 

"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more."

                                                       -John Adams, in a letter written to his wife Abigail

And of course, I couldn’t leave ya without some music for your eyes and ears!  This performance, often referred to as the best Star Spangled Banner rendition ever, is a 2-for-1 tribute…one for our nation, and one for the incredibly talented Whitney.

Happy 4^th of July!  Let the celebrations begin!

Independence Day (United States). Retrieved July 4, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

Happy Monday!

Hope your short week is off to as great of a start as mine is!  A phone date, or actually any kind of date with J, always leaves my heart overflowing with all things good – I love that girl. 

Oh, and a picture that I forgot to post yesterday…wishing us all leisurely moments like that of Lolli Oli’s. 

XOXO!

Weekend recap - Fun in the sun!

I just realized that it’s been a while since I wrote a weekend recap!  Our weekends have been nuts  (most of them have been spent out of town) and I am so behind on sharing what’s been happening!  This weekend was the first in over a month, and the last until another month, where we didn’t have any must-do’s (other than a work appointment I had on Saturday), which is awesome because I’ve actually been kinda fightin’ a bug of some sort…not full blown sick, but not my normal self either…just annoying.

Anyhow, we kicked off the weekend with a Friday night dinner with Mommy and Daddy.  After dinner they came over for wedding pictures and dessert.  Mommy and Daddy are like the only ones, outside of Sherwin and I, who actually are still excited to do all things wedding related and I love them for it.  Five discs and an almond jello dessert later, they headed home.  The Mister and I hung out till about 3:30am, then called it a night.

Saturday morning, Sherwin went over to my parents to help Daddy with some yard work.  I cleaned up around the house and needless to say, even though our plan was to sleep in a bit, we were both up and doing stuff by 9:30am, which I guess is, kinda sleeping in. :/  The Mister came home to go with me on my work errand, and after, we swung by the mall to do some shopping.  Oh, BTW, I have decided that a certain pair of zori’s need not be worn until my toe is fully recovered.  They are the shoes I wore in Vegas one day that gave me a blister and on Saturday, after just an hour or so of shopping, my toe was throbbing.  I think they don’t give my foot enough support, but they are super cute and one of three flats I own.  Ugh, my toe issue is killin’ me!  Came home, watched video upon video of the new MacBook Pro with retina display (it is fancy, folks!), took a nap, then went to work on my blog.  I’ve been wanting to give my blog a summer look and was inspired by J’s recent updo, but I spent 3+ hours last night researching and trying codes and it got me nowhere.  Truth be told, I was super frustrated and in a bad mood so finally I just went to bed. 

Sunday morning, late for church as usual (but the hubby did make me some yummy pancakes for breakfast!), then came home for lunch with my Mister, Mommy and Daddy.  Since Sherwin had a double-hitter today (2 bball games in a row), I decided to head up to Nafan-Chan and Diana’s for a swim day.  All in all, a relaxing weekend at home didn’t turn out to be so relaxing, but I did enjoy being with family and spending some QT with the hubby.  Hope you enjoy our fun-in-the-sun day pictures (sorry for the bad quality, they were all taken with an iphone) and wishing you all a fantastic 4^th of July week!

  Lolli Oli practicing her diving!

  Lolli Oli and Diana :D

  Hi Bubbas!

  Cheese!

Daddy having fun with Mommy

  Bubbas sad to go inside…

After a long day of fun in the sun…zzzZzzz