Happy Graduation Alex!

My little brother Alex graduated from high school on June 17th in Irvine, CA. We are so proud of him and all of his achievements (all 5's on his 9 AP exams, a ridiculously high GPA, won the Science Medal given to only one senior every year). I can remember when my munchkin was a little baby and now he's all grown up.

My dad and Karen threw him a dinner celebration attended by his family and a few close friends and we surprised him with his graduation present--a 2 week trip to the Western US and all the national parks.

Alex is off to Berkeley next year! Congrats Zander!

Striking a pose

Alex, Karen, Dad and Miriam, his girlfriend

The whole gang--minus a fewAlex in front of the great memory board Karen and Dad did for Alex. On the back of it was a map and itinerary for his surprise trip!
Gratuitous shot of us at the beach

Congratulations Jacqueline and Todd!

As I try to catch up on everything that fell by the wayside in the last month or so of chaos, I would be remiss if I didn't congratulate our good friends Jacqueline and Todd on their marriage on June 14th! As she likes to say Hurricane Jacqueline came into town that day and forced the outdoor ceremony inside, but a great time was still had by all!

Fun fact: Belinga and I originally wanted to get married on this date since our anniversary is June 15 and we could continue to celebrate it that day. This was really a shameless attempt to not have to remember another anniversary date. :-)

Happy Birthday Belinga!

Happy Birthday to my husband of 3 months who turns a sprightly 33 today! We are celebrating both of our birthdays with a yummy meal at The Palm tonight, can't wait!

Happy Birthday to Me!

I'm not ashamed to wish myself happy birthday! Today I turn 29. Wow. I really can't believe I'm almost 30. Where has the time gone? Looking forward to celebrating with drinks tonight--hope you all will join us at the Ballroom!

And look at what I was just surprised with from my awesome friend Laurie:

Thank you so much, how sweet! And thank you to everyone who has sent me warm wishes on my birthday--it's so nice to have such great friends and family!

Congrats Laurie and Brad!

Congratulations to the new Mr. and Mrs. Brad Bell who got married in Denver on June 7, 2008. Denver is a beautiful city and their wedding was fabulous. We got to meet a lot of new friends too, Brad and Laurie have fun friends!

Mrs. Scull, Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Essama!

Honeymoon pictures!

Yes, I'm fully aware our honeymoon was 3 months ago, but it's never too late to look at the pictures! :-) I captioned them all for you too. You can pop out the small slideshow below to enjoy the pics in their full size. :-)

Enjoy!

I know, I know

I'm sorry I haven't posted in forever! The last month has been one of the craziest! Two weddings, a graduation, a shower, a bachelorette, oh my!

I have lots to post up and update you on and I know I still haven't put up honeymoon pictures! I will slowly do all of this this week. I'm sorry to all my friends who have had exciting things going on and I haven't mentioned them. But I haven't forgotten, I promise!

Two things to note: I've started boot camp again...why you ask? B/c I'm insane. Second, Laurie, my awesome friend from Denver has now started her own blog. I've linked her, she's the Denver Download.

More to come soon!