Party Time!

Nic, Brooke, Bria

Opening gifts with Maleana's help

Sadie, Jules, Nic, Timmy

Kirk, Luke, Naomi, Jules, Nic, Timmy

Patties being made by Tim and Luke

Fam: Nic, Bria, Katri

The boys grillin

The girls n babes chillin

We celebrated Tim's birthday with a BBQ Party.  Lots of fun was had by all who attended. Luke and Timmy made some tasty burgers with the special seasoning compliments of Luke.  We are so happy to be back with our family and friends especially when special occasions occur.  We love celebrating and spending time with all of you! It was great having Jules and Sadie here from Ptown, Bones from Arizona, and Crissy and Ella from Arizona all in town on Sunday!! So fun, we miss all of you and your spouses move back soon!  The week has been filled with lots of birthday celebrations!

Happy Birthday Ella

Mouse, Katri, Nic

Intense gaming

Birthday Girl Ella

Katri, Michelle, Caroline, Kel

Chrissy and Ella came down from Arizona to celebrate Ella's 2nd birthday.  The party was held at Chuck E Cheese, it had been years since I had stepped into Chuck E Cheese.  I was reminded of my birthday party (i think it was my 6th birthday) that was held at Chuck E Cheese, I remember getting 2 Cabbage Patch Kids and I was thrilled. The place sure was a ton more fun back then. Although us girls did have a fun time today eating pizza, chasing down the mouse, and playing tons of games.  The  favorite of the day was the character photo drawing booth. I always enjoy seeing the girls from high school and their little ones. Weird how fast we have all grown up! Chrissy announced they are expecting their second baby! Happy Birthday little miss Ella, we miss you girls.

Lunch with the girls

Girls and Babes

Chrissy and Naomi with Julie and Sophia

Nic, Jules, Sadie

Julie is in town for a visit which was a great excuse to get a group of girls together for some fun. We wondered the Spectrum, ate Javiers, and enjoyed each others company. It is so fun that most of my friends all know each other in some random way and we all get along. I can not even believe how grown up we are and so many of the girls have babies now! The babies are so adorable and very well behaved. It was such a crack up watching them interact with each other and babble to one another. Jules and Sadie we miss you and can hardly wait for May to come!

Good bye black beauty

After many years of having this car in our family my dad finally sold it. This is was my second car and it sure did treat me well. I have a lot of fun memories with this baby and she has gone through so much! I will most remember this car for the uniqueness of its major accident - getting hit/slashed open by a steam roller. She was sad, I was sad, dad was sad. Thankfully my dad knows machines and cars inside and out, he was able to fix her up and get her back into great shape. Drake(the family dog) will miss his car (my parents have been chauffeuring him around in this automobile since they adopted him). Sad day but happy day for my dads client who is now the proud owner of black beauty.

New York City

I have been fortunate to have friends who let me work with them (and play too). I headed to New York this past weekend with Nic to attend ENK. The time flew bye with all the work, we had a little time to walk around the city - Time Square, Ground Zero, Manhattan, Statue of Liberty and eat at some great restaurants (always a favorite when working tradeshows). The trip across the country was HORRIBLE! I must say I have been to a many places and on many flights and NONE of them beat this experience, not even the flight to Costa Rica with the tico smoking, this flight was AWFUL. I honestly thought we just might go down and die. Imagine being on a bumpy flight, a few bumps here and there okay not so fun but manageable, now imagine the bumps for 5 hours straight and picture yourself at Magic Mountain on an unstoppable roller coaster that continuously drops then throws you straight back up over and over and over again. This was our flight. Nic was screaming, her body being raised to the ceiling, I am holding to both seats for dear life, and the majority of the passengers kept gasping. Now I understand what seat belts on airplanes are for... If you weigh less than 100 lbs you will find yourself trying to avoid hitting the overhead baggage compartment if your belt is not tight. Lets just say I had a headache for the past 4 days. I enjoy seeing different places and experiencing new things but I always love returning home!

top of hotel

Hotel hallway

Hotel Lobby

 

two story aquarium in lobby

Time Square

Random Street in taxi

Tradeshow

Ground Zero

Just a bit . . .

About what we have been up to recently. The weather has been warmer, warm enough to head down to the bay or to the Talega pool so on our days off we have enjoyed the wonderful warm weather, clear blue skies, good waves and fun company. Tim got a new ride, I guess I should say two new rides - a man car and a doyle for the bay. He has sure been enjoying both of them a ton! I planned girls night with some high school friends we went out in San Clemente and as always had fun eating and laughing! The time is going too fast before we know it summer will be over!

Tim headed down to Mexico with his dad

Girls night El Ranchito

Tim has been out here everyday surfing

Tim's new ride

Milk n Honey photo shoot

Playing with seaweed

Enjoying the sunset at the bay

Happy Birthday Christina

The Bowen's had a large gathering in honor of Christina's 29th birthday. Wow its hard to believe we are getting so old, I feel like we are barely out of high school. There was about 30 of us who enjoyed the delicious Peruvian food, my personal fav were the fried plantains... so yummy! I can not recall the last time I laughed this much. My cheeks hurt at the end of the night from smiling and laughing. I think karkar, kate, katri and I were the entertainment for the night. We reminisced about some fun times way back in high school. Sometimes I miss those days when life was so easy, we had no commitments, and loads of free time to stalk, laugh, shop, dance, wander target, and talk on the phone for hours. Once again I must say I am extremely grateful to be back in Orange County with my friends and family. What is one of your fun memories from High School?

The Birthday Girl!

The Girls

Kate, Christina, Kim

Jake