Aletha's Bridal Shower

Several weeks ago (around when it first snowed i think), my mom and I headed over to Bri's (and Kevin's) house to celebrate Aletha and her soon coming marriage!

Aren't they just the cutest girls?

We thought it was hilarious that pretty much everything Aletha got was from Crate & Barrel, so we had to surround her and take a picture.

I didn't get the Crate & Barrel memo, see that one box there?  The rice cooker?  Ya...that's from me.  Whoops!

Aletha and her mom:

Congrats Aletha and Mike!

A while ago the Onjukkas came to visit my parents.  We spent a day with them and went out to Willow River State Park.

The falls in all their glory:

Aren't they cute?

Oh how I miss the days when I could wear just that jacket and not freeze my tuckus off!

Go pick up your copy of CB2 today!

And when you do, flip it open to page 31 to see Preeti!

I was so excited when she told me about it, and I congratulated her on her supermodel status.  She calmed me down and humbly called herself "more of a prop", but I'm sticking to my original statement.

For those of you who don't know who Preeti is, she was my roommate and friend all through PT school.  We went through alot together. 

Struggling through grad school, dumpster diving for apartment furniture, getting our ears pierced, and becoming the wheelchair wheelie champions... miss you Preeti!

Sabbath One Week Ago

Last weekend we were up in Deer River, MN with V, R, T & S!

After church (at the smallest and cutest church I've ever been to), we went on a hike, and the colors were just perfect.

The Guys

The Gals

After we got back to the house (and had a good nap), we drank hot apple cider and ate some yummy hot dogs around the camp fire! 

And how can you end such a great day?  By throwing a suprise birthday party for the amazing Taumi!

5 ice creams and one fruit.  Perfection!

It was a great weekend.  Just being with good friends. I can't wait to see you all again soon!

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Hope you all have a happy sabbath.  We are about to head off to church and then spend most of the day outside.  It's 80 degrees!!!  And sunny!!!!



I'm joining in on Lauren's fill in the blank friday again, I tend to get around to it on saturday mornings however...

1. If I didn't have to work anymore I would

Travel the globe and write a vegan travel book.

Have a clean house.

2. My favorite thing about a vacation is

Seeing and learning things that never occurred to me before.

Low stress, and equal parts high fun and high relaxation.

3. When packing for a trip I

Lay all of my clothes out on the floor in outfits (shoes, underwear and jewelry even), and have them there for about a week, unable to decide which ones I actually want to take. Of course, this always makes for an incredibly exciting playground for my dogs and then I usually end up doing an extra load of laundry. Oh, and I seem to take too much, I'm indecisive.

4. If I could go on a road trip with anyone (dead OR alive) I would choose

All of my closest friends! A road trip with a celebrity would probably make me want to kill myself, so that seems like a poor choice.

Because...

I already know that I like you guys!

And we would go...

Well, I recently heard about this guy who walked around the world. My response to that was that he couldn't have walked the entire way unless he was on a treadmill on the boat or plane that was carrying him overseas. Or unless he 'walked around the world' just walking around one of the poles. Regardless, if he can walk around the world, then we can have a road trip to anywhere, so lets hit up a bit of europe, shall we?

5. My top 3 absolute travel essentials are

My camera

Pen and Paper

and books or magazines or ipod...something to entertain me a little

6. Vacations are

Amazing. Can you imagine if there was no such thing? I imagine that as a dark, industrial, jail sort of world. Ick. Bring me the sunny beaches with palm trees, I need my vacations!

7. On vacation you must always

Try new things

Splurge a little somewhere

Venture off the beaten path

Not be afraid to be a tourist

Relax

And eat :)

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And now for a few pictures from a personal favorite vacay.

A to Z Pizza!!

We were able to make it to the wonderful pizza place again!  And this time Malachi was able to discover it's wonder!

We got there at 6:30 (I would recommend going a little earlier, but I couldn't get out of work any sooner).  And it being an absolutely perfect evening weather-wise, it was a busy place.  So we ordered our pizza and were told we had a 2 1/2 hour wait.  But no a problem!  The grounds are so beautiful and inspiring so it's nice to take a walk or two and even to just sit and take in your surroundings.

The greenhouses of herbs and veggies galore!

Ryan and Vanessa brought Fluxx, so we enjoyed a few hands of cards.

Then it was nearly 9:00, meaning suppertime!

Would you please stop drooling on your keyboard?  That was my pizza, I'm sorry, I won't I can't share.

Good food, good times, good friends.