Monday, August 31, 2009

Talk about a Leap of Faith (29/365)

Innocence (28/365)


Patriotic (27/365)






Beneath the stars (26/365)


Pyrotechnics (25/365)


I realize these are not the best pictures, but I thought they turned out CRAZY and looks a little dangerous.

Short fuse. Almost lost a leg on that one.











Random fact: the house pictured here is the house I lived in until I was 12 yrs old, when my parents bought the house across the street from it. The house that my parents live in now, the one I lived in until going off to college, is not pictured here. Funny huh. But I love the new house so much that I want to buy it when my parents move to Arizona.


Faces (24/365)


How many clowns can you fit in a car? (23/365)


Good thing its not a close up...(22/365)

There is orange icecream everywhere :)

Kaboom! (21/365)


Craziness for Dan getting this fireworks store open for his business partners in Evanston.

Little Daredevil (20/365)

My little daredevil. Loves anything scary, spicy, dangerous. Especially rollercoasters. Mine is the second to last car next to the hot guy in the yellow shirt. Look how happy she is. She kept her hands up the whole time!

Last wedding for a while (19/365)

(18/365)


Great Friends (17/365)


Start of something good (16/365)

Great night out (15/365)


Seattle Cafe (14/365)


Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Healing Sun (13/365)


Ah, whenever I see the Sun I can't help but be happier and more optimistic. I believe the Sun has healing powers.


Happiest Place on Earth (12/365)




Deep blue (11/365)









Tuesday, August 11, 2009

"Mama Belle" (10/365)


My girls and Grandma Belle share a special bond (it must be the red hair). Although there is no blood relation, you would never know by watching them interact. They have a very loving relationship.
We had the privilege of staying with "Mama Belle" (as Adrienne calls her because Grandma is too hard to say) while we were in California. And woman is this lady a social butterfly, lunch and cards with friends by day and dinner reservations and cards with us by night. Highlight of our trip!


50's Diner (9/365)

Nice people, good eats. Dales in Long Beach, CA

Beauty (8/365)

* For the record. Dan wants everyone to know that this was not planned, posed, or contrived in anyway. He was adamant that he would not participate in any such cheesy posing experience. This happened all because I went back the the car for my camera and was last one out. And I'm great at candid like that. ;) *
But I still like it. Cheesy or not. I think it is beautiful.

It never rains in Southern California......(7/365)


Anyone else heard that song? Dan drove around So.Cal singing that song to me. It made me happy. Dan and the singing and the sunny weather and the palm trees. Oh the palm trees.


Monday, August 3, 2009

San Marcos

Priceline.com name your price, thank you very much. Neither Dan nor I had heard of San Marcos before you. We were worried you would be ghetto, but you are not. Lake San Marcos is fun and cool with comfy beds, vaulted ceiling, a man made lake, and the only one to accept our bid of $55.I did not take this picture. It came from the resorts website: http://www.lakesanmarcosresort.com/html/activities.html

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Oldie but goodie 5/365

Two years later and she still loves her thumb. Its a comfort thing. I was seven months pregnant here.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Shoulder to lean on 4/365



My big sis, who is smaller than me by about 4inches, is still my shoulder to lean on. Two days ago I was really having a bad day, struggling with depression. I called her and tried to be strong, but she saw right through it. She talked and listened and empathized. I love this lady. And by the end of the conversation I felt so much better.