-Here's some pics from Riley's birthday-
The 1st ones are of the mini-midnight birthday party I threw for him.
Small party, I know.. but it was fun.
Yay. New shirts & a wallet equipped with concert tickets...
Jack didn't mind the balloons one bit.
Scout wouldn't come close to them.
Here's some pics of our lunch @ Troy's BBQ with some of Riley's family.
Jim, Jane, Jordan, Monica, me, and Riley enjoyed perfect weather and a massive amount of BBQ piggy.
Yum.
I'm pretty sure he had a good birthday.
We went to his parent's house for dinner last Sunday and it was great to see everyone (sorry-- forgot the camera!). The rest of his family is in Disneyland right now, but will be home this weekend.. & Jordan is home from his mission for a while until he starts feeling better. Riley was so excited when he heard he'd be back for a while!
Riley also got a really neat BBQ grill from his parents, Grandma Jane and Marge and Steve.. we'll try it out Monday (pics to follow!). Also, thanks to Jim he will now shave his face.. which I'm sure we all appreciate. He's also gotten a new gaming headset and video game with some extra bday cash from my mom!
Thanks everybody!!
So I woke up this morning, and Danielle was wearing stretchy pants, and I couldn't stop laughing about it all day. So I blogged about it.
Riley
Well.. I finally did it!
I signed up to be a Big Sister, after a girl at work did it also. I needed someone else to jump in and tell me how it's not so scary. Hopefully I'll get the coolest little sis ever (since I guess I could use more sisters..! ha.), I'll let everyone knows how it goes on here!
-Danielle
I was off work today and was able to plant my little seeds after class! Hopefully they turn into flowers before the dogs tip them over. I made a mess, but it was fun. One of these days we're going to plant some tomatoes in the backyard-- yum!
FLOWERS + CILANTRO
Both me and Riley will be out of class all week.. yay for
Spring Break.
We're almost done with this semester, too.. but are going to keep going. I have a bunch of assignments that I'm actually excited to be working on for the remainder of school.. weird, I know.
Spring is here!
[ALMOST. March 20th starts it off this year.. which also happens to be Riley's birthday.. lucky #23.]
Tonight after I reached my limit of cleaning, I found the coolest t-shirt website.
www.threadless.com
It's called Threadless and it's made up of independent designers (and people like you and me) who can submit designs for shirts.. and if you're voted on, they print your shirt. AND you get a lot of money (+$2,000 worth).
Here's some
fun designs:
They have shirts for guys and girls and even kids and babies! I'd buy them.. if I had money, so if you do, check them out.
Hi Mom!
And whoever else wants to take a look at our pictures.
I've finally gotten them all on here (it's taken like an hour to try and just get them placed on this site).
Hope you enjoy!
p.s. Here's a fun picture of us tonight.. using the timer button on the camera. We are sometimes a two headed monster.. haha.
Also, Scout was pretty curious about me standing in the backyard, and wanted to let me know she says 'hi, hi, hi'.. her eye still looks pretty bad, but she's doing fine!
And here it is:
The best picture I could get of our tree. It's the big one, in the middle. Jack's probably laughing inside because he pee'd on it.
And we have grass! Thanks to the Bracken's for helping us!
Ha. Here's what we've been use to for the last few weeks.. there's still some random piles that haven't been put away yet.. but we're getting there!
Our kitchen
Big creepy window
My beautiful blue bathroom... it's a lot brighter and lots more blue in real life...I was scared to paint it, but I think it turned out okay. I really am not a fan of the double mirrors.. or either one in particular, but that's what it came with.
Here's where to look to find Jack 96% of the time.
The bedroom hasn't really been touched yet. We're still trying to decide what to do with it.
Yay, tax returns! Mine turned into a washer and dryer this year. Too bad there's no stimulus check.. I could put it too a good use! I think I'm going to re-paint the laundry room dark brown. Don't mind the creepy smiling faces that the washer and dryer always have...
Ta-da! That's it for now.
Thanks to both my family and to Riley's family for everything they've done to help us! We both love you SO much.
Next, we'll be planting flowers and tomatoes..
After Riley calmed down enough after a long song and jumping-twirl dance, I was able to ask him what was so exciting. What was he so excited ab
out?
Music. Not just any music, but apparently some of his favorite bands that will be playing in a big 3 day concert in Washington (state).
To me, music is noise.. but
vacation is probably the best word ever created.. so I'm all in!
Here is a stolen internet pic of a previous year concert there...
Looks fun, right?
Anyway, we'll be going in May. Wish us luck that we don't get trampled.
Wow. I forgot all about this blog!
I'm impressed with anyone who can keep up a blog.. it's tough work.
Anyway--
If things go according to plan, next week we'll have our very own house.
It's only taken 6 months to get but we're finally there!!
We plan on cleaning, and painting, and decorating for Valentine's Day weekend.. seems strange since most people probably try to avoid those things on such a romantic holiday.. but this is going to be the best 14th day of February yet!
Here's a pic of our little home:
I'll post some more pictures when it 100% belongs to us.. right now I feel creepy taking picture's of it, since we haven't even moved in!
