The Great WALT DISNEY

"If you can dream it, you can do it."

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter."

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you."

"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them."

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Heavenly Spring Break

And boy do I wish it was still happening! I've only been back at work for like 2 and a half weeks since then and for some reason it's killing me. Seriously, have I mentioned that I totally have an entire gray streak/chunk of hair right in the front of my head? I think six years of classrooms full of children is causing some premature aging. Whatever. One month left.
Anyhow, Spring Break started with a lovely weekend of General Conference and some Easter festivities. Honey and fam were up here from California for Andrea's baptism and Leslie's new baby, Braxton's blessing. I have no pictures from any of these events, which is highly uncharacteristic of me. However, I do have great photos from the trip I later took that week with my roommate Jessica to my homeland. We stopped in Vegas to see Natalie and her cute family. Carson has the best cheeks in America:


We spent some time at Newport Beach with Carrie and her little guys


All of Carrie's children eat sand, it's a family tradition.

The next couple of outings were to an Angel game where we ate delicious garlic fries and changed seats a lot of times and then to Disneyland where we tried to avoid the mass crowds by doing random things:



Like the Shooting Gallery

and the Monte Cristo sandwich at the Blue Bayou

...walking through Chip and Dale's tree house

and taking a quick nap...

But the best event of the weekend was the MS walk at UC Irvine to support Mike, Adriane's husband. He's the bomb and we had a great time on our march! The H.S. crew was there with their kids and I love any chance to see them all!

Adriane and Jude (she has make up on, I do not, lol)

The Fisher

Glen and Mike gearing up



Walkin' it out with Holly

Dallin and Aubrie racing to the finish

Oh and then we met up with Jess's friend, Melissa, and went to Olvera St. in L.A. for some taquitos and to beautiful Hermosa Beach to see Ryan and Kim perform in their a cappella group, Soundstage. They won the competition of course! (We may have stopped at Disney Studios in Burbank to try and sneak in...yes, it was my idea)







Ryan and Kimmy. Their group is amazing! I'm so proud of them!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Some Fam Dam in Town

Took a couple days off work in March, right after Ally's wedding, because my Bro and his great family that I miss so much came into town from Oregon for their Spring Break. We had fun eating and playing games and skiing in a blizzard, and playing lots of pool!

Played with Mamo

Nice day outside, it felt sooo good to throw a softball! I miss it so much!


Uhm, Mathew has a permit, and he drove my car. Weird.

Powder Mountain, freezing!

Ha! Don't mind the sun in our eyes. My brother and I have some classic faces happening...

He was excited, it had been a while for him!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Ally-Baba the Asian Beauty tied the knot!

One of my very best friends, Ally, got married on March 19th to a very tall basketball playing man named Jared. Their wedding was beautiful and unique and perfect blend of basketball at a Hawaiian Luau :-) I was able to be at their sealing in the Bountiful Temple and it was a priceless experience- I love her so much! The overachieving Ally is in the middle of her doctorate in nursing and Jared is a professional basketball player for a team in Mexico (right now it's the off season)...so, we'll see how they work it out, ha ha! But they are happy and a great couple! Jamie, Lisa, Aja, and I got to spend a lot of time together at the various events being unofficial bridesmaids and it was loads of fun!









Oh Man, San Fran!

Open your Golden Gates!

Okay, so I'm clearly behind in this world of blog! Urm, I haven't really read anybody else's either. Something collosal hit the month of March, and half of April...well, lots of things really. It's been a blast mostly, but so busy! Here we go...

Lisa (aka Kitty) and I ran off to San Francisco for a weekend to see Kevin do a twirly ribbon dance in Wicked- oh, and be a monkey and a "oh ee oh ee oh oh" guard. It was quite fun to see him on that stage, in a show I adore so much as a bonus! I cried a lot-I'm very easily proud. And I had a cold straight from hell so I spent the whole weekend holding a box of Kleenex Puffs infused with Vicks! (Those are a blessing, btw) We stayed with Kevin in his apartment and did some other site seeing, including a new Walt Disney museum! Yes, I was in Heaven. We had absolutely perfect weather! It was fan-flippin'-tastic! Some pics? Okay:


Tromped right through the middle of the ST. Pat's parade, ha ha!

Backstage after the show with Eden Espinoza! She's Elphaba...but more importantly, we used to watch her in Anamazement at Disneyland as Pocahontas in the like 1998

Yeah, who would ever want to leave this place?

Muir Woods, an absolutely breathtaking National Park

I read every word this museum, but this little plaque made me cry a little- I'm ridiculous

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kevin looks like he's having a good time.

We ate a little ice cream

My future purple house