Song of the Month: July

I decided I am going to try a new monthly thing and have the Song of the Month. This will be a song that I pretty much can't stop listening to for a while. I little way for you to get to know me :)

July's is 311 - Sunset in July. Fitting right? I know this is an old band but this new album is wonderful and the singer is still VERY good looking! Enjoy!

Hot Tub Time

Summertime is full of sun, cool drinks, sunburns, having fun, and days spent in the Hot Tub. Wait? Hot Tub? Should be a winter thing, right? Not at our house. It is a year round activity. My Dad cools the water so it is like a mini swimming pool... at least if you are between the ages of 1-8. A couple weeks ago I came home to Emett & Mia playing in the Hot Tub with their Papa. First thing they both did was show me how they plunge in the water. Even little Miss Mia. She has absolutely no fear! I had to get some pictures and these are best seen as a slide show. I just held down my finger and let the camera do the work by taking consecutive photos of the kids going under water.

Look out for Mia in the background on the end photo's. Her face cracks me up!

Independence Day

I am finally breaking down and posting about my 4th of July!! Its about time. This year was probably the most fun I have had in quite a few years. The morning started out bright and early with a 5k at 7am... (told you bright and early). This year it was just me, my mom, and Maegan. It definitely is more fun with more of the family but they had good excuse, such as pregnancy, floats, etc. You get the point. I ran it in about 27 minutes which I think is pretty good with not training AT ALL. The last time I ran was for the Dirty Dash. It was hard but I did it.

This year my Dad got the idea in his head to build a float. So that is exactly what happened. He built a massive Liberty Bell and had my nephews dress up as the founding fathers. It was pretty sweet and he won Most Patriotic! Go Dad! It kind of made me sad to realize how far away from the actually Independence celebration we get away from. He was the only one playing patriotic music and the only 4th of July themed float. Instead we get kids dancing to the hits on the radio. Whoopie!!

Anyways below are some pictures of parade time:

Close up of the bell, it turned out really good:

This is the crew with some of the vehicles we had following the float (for those of you who don't know my Dad is an insurance agent so he had some nice classic and custom cars he insures follow behind.)

I love this shot of Garet:

Meet Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, & John Hancock. Did you know they had Mickey Mouse Lightsavers back then? Yep!

By the middle of the Parade Emett was done. I mean done. This was what would happen when we would tell him to smile. And the others loved to get giggy with it!

It turned out really good and a lot of people loved seeing a patriotic float. Way to go Fader!!

After the parade, the whole crew went and got some pizza. I wish I would've gotten a picture cause we were all wearing our red Jones Insurance shirts.... all 12 of us!

I than went home and took an amazing nap, went swimming at Kari's parent's, than I think watch some TV... the rest is a blur!

Happy July!!

DiSnEyLaNd!

This year for my Birthday I treated myself to Disneyland!!! What I wonderful friend I am huh? Me & my sister just went over the week and had some much fun. I haven't been there in FOREVER and it all just seemed so new and fun to me!

We stayed in Seal Beach in a very nice hotel. Seal Beach was very convienent. About 10 minutes from the Long Beach airport, 20 minutes from Disneyland, and 5 minutes to the beach. I loved it. Our rental car is shown below... I was so scared to drive it because I have really only driven smaller cars but I found my new love. I am getting me an SUV for my next car.

One day we spent at Seal Beach. Ate some awesome food at Taco Surf, did a little shopping, ventured out on the pier, and got nice and crispy at the beach.

(My feet love the sand and so does that little girl!! Doesn't she look like she is skipping out into the water?)

Then we spent 3 days in Disneyland. So fun! The first day we went was on a Friday and it was wonderful...hardly any lines and actually quite pleasant. Come Saturday the floods hit and lines where crazy. We got to do all the rides we wanted (even Tower of Terror three times, it would've been more if I had a choice) but Star Tours was ridiculous so we didn't get to do that one.

(The World of Color show was awesome)

Huge Tron fan right here. They had this thing called ElecTRONica that I was so excited for but it ended up being kind of a disappointment. I was expecting this huge dance part but it wasn't. Oh well I got an awesome T-Shirt though!

Best Birthday Vacation Ever!!

Day 23 - Something you crave for a lot

These days I crave Reese's Pieces alot. But I also crave Guacamole & Jalapeno Poppers. Good Stuff.

A snuggle buddy is something I crave to... my body pillow just isn't cutting it these days =)

Day 22 - What makes you different from everyone else

I am me. What else?! Haha... Not sure exactly how to explain me but I am a very laid back person who is extremely planned but go with they flow type at the same time. I am trustworthy and dependable. I do what I say and say what I do. I love to have fun and love my family and friends. I am pretty cool... what else do you want me to say?!

Andrea's Wedding

My friend Andrea got married a couple weeks ago. Doesn't she look beautiful??

It's official, I am the only one from my group of friends growing up that isn't married. ahh... I got some work to do!

I am so excited for Andrea and she had a beautiful wedding!!

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