one love. <3: April 2008

Monday, April 28, 2008

Birthday Weekend- Im 21 woo!

It probably seems like all we do is go on vacations, but really thats the only interesting thing I have to post so it just seems that way! :-) We've actually been quite the nerds doing lots of school and trying to finish the semester. Only 2 more weeks!! For my b-day last weekend Brandon, Derek, Nicole and I drove to San Diego for some fun. It was a nice little break from our crazy life. We still have a day pass to use at Sea World so we did that again.. and we went to La Jolla again (i still love it!!), went to the beach, and Coronado Island (except we got there too late at night when everthing was closed, darn!).

Here's some pics of the trip..

this guy on the street made us roses from palm tree leaves

the black pearl

san diego skyline..from coronado

la jolla

pretty flower from a shop

lilacs are soo pretty!!

found this in a dr. suess store...it was a perfect picture because it was my birthday!

yummmy burger from a smal joint. All of their cows are grass fed, didnt taste any different to me! hehe

la jolla beach.. its so windy

us in our killer shades

killer shades part 2!

this is my close up ;-)

he always has to climb to the hardest spots!

dolphin show

brandon and derek (theyre in the green pancho)

making out with the fish!! uh ohh

arent we a cute bunch?

this is the walrus imitating Shamu.. funny show!

brandon catching the frisbee

the boardwalk

derek and bran

~Diamond Ball ~

Our friend's dad works for a company that bought these tickets for a fundraising event called the Diamond Ball. The tickets were like $250 a piece and he gave 4 of them to Sara, Andres, Brandon and I! It was this fancy dinner, auctions (for charity), and funny James Bond stuff because that was the theme. There was actually a James Bond walking around with his women. They also gave out a diamond at the end. We didnt win :-( But it was a fun night! This was actually back in March..Im a little behind on our postings!

before we left

the gold james bond lady! she was like a statue but moved slowly every now and then

my auction card..this is how i purchased my $10,000 trip to europe! pssh yah right

brandon doing some bidding ;-p

we got monopoly money to play the casino. i was too chicken to play so i cheered for brandon!

us in the silent auction room

playing with dice at our table

part of out dessert was these awesome white chocolate guns that said 007 or something!

All of us!

Friday, April 4, 2008

Spring Break

So for Spring Break, Brandon and I went to Sedona with our friends Sara and Andres. Andres' parents have a time-share there so it was a pretty sweet hookup! On the way there we stopped at Montezuma's Castle. It was pretty cool but there isnt really much to see there execpt the 2 castles in the rock. Its worth it though because you always drive past the sign on the way up north and you've just gotta see it atleast once in your life! Next, we stopped at the Church on the Rock. Its exactly what its called.. a church in a rock! Pretty neat!

Then we went shopping around the touristy areas. We bought some prickly pear candy. mm! Haha. Then the next day we went hiking and found some vortex areas. Ok I looked up what exactly a vortex is so here you go...."they are believed to be spiritual locations where the energy is right to facilitate prayer, mediation and healing. Vortex sites are believed to be locations having energy flow that exists on multiple dimensions. The energy of the vortexes interacts with a person’s inner self." We didnt really feel much there other than the fact that being on the rocks is really pretty and peaceful. Maybe thats what they're getting at? :-p Then we stopped at slide rock and rested a bit. That was pretty much it, just a relaxing few days.