4th of July

Hope you all had a great Independence Day!

I love days off. They are the best!

We slept in (obviously), and then headed

to the Ward Party. Then went home, took a nice

nap, relaxed, BBQ-ed on our balcony..

played video games.. watched tv...

relaxed some more.. and played with our pup!

We headed up to our nearby hill where I go

all the time to take pictures. Whisler Ridge Hill.

We saw minimum 30 shows from our spot!

It was awesome!

((trigger LOVES lasers!))

Life Lately

Wow, i feel like i just can't catch up anymore

life is busy with work and church and working out.

it just never ends. I don't want it to end up

but sometimes you just need a break. 

so glad we got to do that this weekend

with some friends from Idaho, 

Kevin & Gretchen

we went down the HB Pier 

enjoyed a stunning sunset

& ate at Rubys

The next day was hoping the beach would 

be warm.. but Laguna failed us.. it was

so windy and cold.. no sun :-(

we stayed about 1 hour, ate lunch

then headed back to our apartment pool

where it was much warmer!

aaron loves those chinese therapy massages..

we've gone to get massages twice this month 

already! we are in pain....

Aaron and Trigger napping... we find ourselves

here a lot..

                                      

Trigger and I running some work errands! 

it was about 100 in the car and 95 outside...

therefore the tongue is waaay out.

                                     

i love this little guy

with the weather being so nice in the evenings its

fun to go hiking or running nearby.

the aliso creek trail is a famous one for sure.

i find myself on it quite often.

the views to saddleback are great and i love

exploring back there.

the recent Super Moon.. it was way better

to see in real life!

 

I've found myself at the beach a lot

for work lately. I'm not complaining, trust me.

I have this awesome telephoto lens where

you can zoom in and see something a few

miles out. I spotted this ship in 

San Clemente one day!

another great shot from a Dana Point job I had.

I seriously love my job.

and I love my job so much that they even

put me on the cover of the magazine?!

I was soooo stoked! I'm front and center in the

purple shirt with my camera wrapped around

my neck. I have to say, in the 1 year i've had

my business... I never thought i'd make 

an impression so good as to get on 

their magazine. I must be doing something right.

YAY

Life has been great, just super busy.

I kinda like it that way though.

Things to look forward to:

4TH OF JULY

ARW PARTY @ HOUSE OF BLUES

5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

ANNIVERSARY TRIP!!!

Double Workout Monday

rowing 1,500 meters

ab workout

run 3.1 miles

(( trying to incorporate more

cross training into my workouts 

to get stronger ))

snack power

(( zone bar, apples w/ PB, naked green juice

and post workout supplement drink ))

Can't wait to try these GU products i snatched up at sports chalet. 

GU gel & GU chomps

for longer distance running

E a s t e r W e e k e n d

Easter Weekend usually isn't a big deal around our house

the best part is church. always. and being in

Primary it always makes it a little more special 

because we are teaching the children and building

their testimony of Jesus. 

we'll get to more about that later. 

had to watch Maria Sharapova almost win against Serena. 

UGH. she'll get her next time on clay.

Trigger loves watching tennis with me!

and who doesn't love a perfect so cal 73 degree day?! 

I agree.

hubby lasted about a whole 35 minutes before he was 

falling asleep

in the sun. we're both pleasantly pink now!

My dearest and sweet guy Daniel! 

Primary kids watching bible videos off

the new Bible Videos App.

amazing!

love all those kids so much.

trigger-man tanning in the sun!

getting ready for our Easter Feast with the missionaries.

deviled eggs by aaron

homemade from scratch... if you can believe it...

Texas Sheet Cake.

Boom!

fruit salad... we buy only the highest of quality..

Sir William Quality. 

if you are my brother who has the same

name, you'll think this is absolutely awesome.

we also had green beans... chicken fried steak.. 

It was great!!

 Finished off the evening by running out our 

adorable puppy at the local

unfinished sports park! You will die when you see 

this video. Too Funny.

Hope you all had a fantastic Easter and were able to celebrate. 

I am grateful for my Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ

who died and resurrected for me.

my little human and lunch

my little pup is turning into a human. 

puman.

This is in our bedroom and he'll just perch up on the window sill

and watch other dogs or people go by. So funny.

For visiting teaching this month, I was 

fortunate to get 2 new girls

to teach me. I am thrilled to say the least.

They took me out to Rocq Cafe 

in lake forest.

If you haven't been, it is a little gem 

and you need to go asap.

right now. run. it's a french place.

I got the la normande crepe with ham, 

swiss cheese, 

mushrooms and a mouth full of other 

flavors on a wheat crepe... 

I've never had a 

non fruit crepe 

before so I wanted to see what

 that was all about. 

So. Good.

I also got to try a macaroon

for the first time! 

LOVED THEM.

chocolate mint is my favorite, 

of course.

and lastly how could you go wrong with a
 8 minute 1994 ab workout via youtube

Please check it out and do it every single day.

I am. 

You'll be better for it.

and p.s. i hit over 100+ miles of running 
so far this year
i am excited. i need to get
my butt in gear if i'm going 
to do 1,000 though!

weekend fun

weekend fun

what would be the weekend without a little BBQ?

texas pit bbq in lake forest knows how to get err' done.

also another successful few days in running.

6.08 and 5.11 

my mileage is working it way right on up there with

the regulars. of course once you get up there in the

double digits... thats just cray cray. but cool.

very soon

Love me some easter cards from my favorite 7 yr old sista

CHOBANI is yet again rocking my world with their new 'bite' line

of greek yogurts. my two favorite things.

raspberry & chocolate

how could you go wrong?

i love these two.

puppy got upgraded this weekend to a pent house. 

doggie style.

and what would be a blog post without a Trigger video!?

This guy knows how to have fun.