Hello lovely

My new marathon evoking show that is ever so wonderful The Office

It's a beautiful day

I love summer. I really really do. Darn those little kids in my neighborhood who always set off firecrackers! Where the heck do they get those things in the middle of July? I mean, I guess you could always stock up for the year during the 4th of July, but is that really practical?

Vacation was nice, chilling with the little cousins I usually never see. I already miss them! Gio telling me his dreams about rockets and jets and Disneyland and flying castles. Matthew standing outside our room at 11:30 opening and closing the door and grinning. Sarah throwing rock hard sandballs. Caleb catching a frog and having it die the next day. Faith with her crazy tan. Rachel with her non-talking ways. I love 'em all

Aladdin. Beauty and the Beast. Aristocats. The Incredibles. Lady and the Tramp. The Little Rascals. Shrek. The Pacifier. The Lion King. All the VHS tapes I watched in 2 1/2 days. Good stuff! Throw in some late night pool competitions, early morning wake-up calls, kayaking, tag, ham and cheese sandwiches, sunburns, and Rite Aid ice cream (Chocolate Malted Crunch anyone?) and you've got yourself a vacation!

....That tonight's gona be a good night

A smattering of pictures that range from 2 days ago to 7 months ago.

ASB poster party mural #1 COMPLETED!

What a lovely bunch

Brandon, Carlos, me, Kassandra

Christmas 2008 "The Phamily" cousin style

Peach and strawberry cobbler Mama's Day '09

Getting ready to leave for vacation and then hanging out with Kathy while she's in town. Why does Santa Monica have to be so far?

Invisibly angry

Stupid shorts tan!

Well-placed purple streaks

Goodness gracious, it's been a long couple of days!

Thursday: In the morning we started off with a lovely ASB poster party where I accidentally spilled ink on my hands and legs, painted the ugliest basketball I've ever painted in my life, and burned the bottoms of my feet. Good stuff. Next was volleyball practice with the wonderful crew where I managed to get a v-neck tan and burn my face. Blech. Then some shopping at The Lab where I bought some items from Buffalo and Urban (YES!) and then off to Souplantation for Kathy's going away birthday dinner for the cousins. Kathy had to leave after that, so we headed on over to my house and had a delightful time laughing and quoting lines from Zoolander. Good stuff!

Friday: My parents being the parents they are trekked us on up to Simi Valley, CA to go to the Ronald Reagan Library. It was actually pretty cool! At the Library/Museum, they keep the retired Air Force One, and you get to walk inside the plane and seen where the presidents lived during their flights and all that wonderful stuff. I'll never admit it to my parents, but I love museums, they're fascinating and so interesting! After beating rush hour traffic, we had a BBQ in the backyard grilling turkey and mahi-mahi burgers. yeah, I know, not real burgers, but hey, that's my mother, and they were delicious! Then Definitely, Maybe with the Dais-ter.

Saturday: 4th of July!! Went bike riding with my mom and sisters around Mile Square and saw a bajillion people. Everywhere you look, you see volleyball nets and little kids running around like savages. It's terrific! And you can't escape the smell of BBQ. I think I might have drooled the entire time we were riding, the smell doesn't leave you! Next was dinner at the Davis', a little fried chicken an mashed potato action. Yum! Afterwards, JoLiza, Joseph, Branden, Mary, Daisy, and I walked over to Downtown Disney and scouted the place out a bit. Boy was it packed. We sat down in the space between the 2 parks to watch the fireworks, but it was a disappointment. Only 6 minutes of fireworks! We're in a recession! hahaha, I love Khue! Good company and good embarrassing stories though!

mmmmm, American flag cake is so good!!

Gotta catch 'em all

Yes!!!

Holy Cow. Happy July!