my life in nutshell

my current life in a nutshell:

*just finished a week of vacation bible school... with matching shirts and all!
*san diego with the parents on wednesday! and get to see jenna
*aunt courtney's wedding in a little more than a week!
*leaving for school in about one month!
*hilary's birthday on the 28th yay!
*getting a care package ready for my big =) before she goes abroad
*megan and austin both leave for cvtc on sunday
*hosting a party at my house tomorrow night, kinda nervous!! but excited to play host

oh summer fun!

my ABC's

from tiffany's blog :)

A- Attached or single: single and loving it :)
B- Best friend: Liz
C- Cake or pie: cake/carrot... pie/apple yum yum!!
D-Day of the Week: Sunday aka lazy, catch up days, d-brunch ;)
E- Essential item: mascara and gum
F- Favorite color: green
G-Gummi bears or worms: bears
H- Hometown: Lakewood,WA
I-Indulgences: mom's carmelitas or lakewood vanilla sprinkle donut
J- January or July: july on the lake
K- Kids: i want 4!!!!
L- Life is incomplete without: my amazing family and friends. & dkp
M- Marriage date: i have a few years to go ;)
N- Number of siblings: 2.. megan 16! and austin 13! so old!
O-Oranges or apples: apples for sure... every way
P- Phobia or fears: getting eaten by a shark or abducted in a dark parking lot walking to my car late at night
Q- Quote: "imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring."
R- Reason to smile: its summer and i am enjoying being home with my family!
S- Season: spring (my birthday) or peppermint mochas when its cold
T- Tag three: hil, jackie, pagita!
U- Unknown fact about me: I cannot go a day with bare nails... i go crazzy. color addict=me.
V- Vegetarian or oppressor to animals: oppressor i guess? :(
W- Worst habit: snacking or wanting what i cant have
X- Xray or ultrasound: umm ultrasound? x-rays sound boring
Y- Your favorite food: mom's summer salad with nectarines, well any kind of fruit, popcorn!!! (movie theater, kettle, carmel) cookie dough and banana bread batter
Z- Zodiac sign: taurus.. leader, holds friends close, not easily trusting

home.. hello july!

just got home a day ago and already miss the beaches of hawaii :) i had such an amazing time and it was so good to get to see paige!!!! we've already decided on me visiting in october for my fall break. i can't believe we seriously met at tennis camp and have stayed so amazingly close still. i consider her one of my closest friends and realizing that we have really only spent a total of 8 of so weeks together is crazy. oh the bonds CVTC can make :)
its good to be home though, back in the swing in things. HAPPY BELATED 4TH. Liz came over and we enjoyed a low key night and american lake's fireworks. Dad and austin went to the indian reservation to get fireworks (some legal and some illegal) and were very excited to play with fire etc. haha
things happening in my life as of now--

* nannying, brought the kids back little souvenirs :)
* bachelorette finale on monday with liz!
* meg and i have a doubles tournament next weekend
* doing an overnight for the Clarks on the 12th... 24hrs of mommying, utoh
* need the sun to start shining!!
* Hilary's bday at the end of this month (28th)
* going to start hitting again... from more than a month off
* aunt courtney and mikeys wedding on the 2nd :) need to find a dress!!
* going to kinko's to print out second semester pics for my scrapbook
* trip to the Del Cornado w/ the parents for a long weekend to see Megan play in a tournament yay!

summer summer summer... it always goes by too fast

off to the beautiful hawaiian islands!!!

My family +3 officially departs for maui in the morning. I am so very excited!!!! Megan is bringing Lindsay, Austin is bringing Beau and Paige is meeting us there from Chicago!!! Ahhh its been over a year since I have since her lovely face and I miss her so much!!! The last time I saw her was a complete surprise when I found her sitting on my bed for my 18th birthday. It was AMAZING. I still cannot believe mom pulled it off but she did and I was so excited to get to bring her on our family getaway =)
So the next time I blog it will probably be after the trip. I will (hopefully) be all tanned, relaxed, and very happy to have all of july and august ahead of me. I already cannot believe it is the mid-to-end of june!!
Were renting a house since there are in fact 8 of us. yes.. chaos is a given. but i've never looked more forward to two 13-year-old boys, and four sassy older girls sharing a roof for close to 2 weeks. plus mom and dad.. that makes 8!!! here we go...
Being home has been amazing. Although mother nature and I are in a fight, it has been great to spend time with my friends and just lounge around the house and have plenty of lazy days ;)
so ALOHAA =) and look forward to a long post about my adventures on the beaches of gorgeous Hawaiiiii.. !!!

ps
side note: a few days ago I came to the realization that I am in fact 19. and even though to lots that doesn't sound very old, I'm already having problems accepting the fact that this truly is my last year as a teenager. I KNOW completely random and very odd.. but it's been on my mind and I wanted to document it. This year better be and good one where I sudden find like the meaning to life or meet my husband or something truly great because I can't turn 20 next year not feeling any wiser.

lots to say..

this is a list of running current events. my thoughts are scattered, please bear with me♥

- family vacation in Hawaii in 4 days :) THAT means I get to see paige so so soon... it has been over a year!
- nannying is going well... i can tell the summer will be full of stories, ha
- trying to keep a positive attitude with my new diet/allergies/way of life
- went to Kate's graduation tonight, congrats kate!!
- get to see megan p for lunch tomorrow =) major catching up to do!
- trying to get in some tanning appt.'s in before hawaii so i have some sort of base
- so nice being home to see familiar faces!
- mom had a successful surgery on her hand to remove her sits
- my car is fixed...! all of those bumps and bruises that a year at college can do to it, ha
- the 1st semester of my scrapbook is complete! one more semester to go! (its looking really good ;) )



rip abbey ♥ you had such a wonderful life and I will miss you sleeping on my bed. I love you and you will forever be remembered.

just call me nanny

just got back from nannying noon-five. wooh! Quite a job! Anyone who believes being a nanny is easy should try it sometime.
So, realizing that this is probably going to be the bulk of my summer weekdays I thought it would be fun to keep a side story going of my day to day nanny "journaling."
hopefully some of my experiences will be entertaining :)

june 13th, 53 degrees and raining

Okay I officially fed up with Washington and this ridiculous June we are having. I have seen the sun maybe 3 times since I have been home? and the grey looming clouds are all in all depressing. I think I have written in previous entries about having a weather dependent personality. That said, countless days of rain are taking a toll on my emotions.
On a happier note, I got a NANNY JOB!!!!! and have a summer of watching two adorable kids! Abigail is 9 going on 10 at the end of july and Wyatt is 7 and going into 2nd grade next year. They are so cute and I'm so excited to get closer to both this summer.
So nanning is about 4 days a week (~5 hours at a time) and I'm also working at St. Mary's every Sunday and Thursday.
Putting aside the bad weather, I have lots to keep me busy until the end of August!
Off to see my precious two-some! =)