Blessed

I had a great birthday yesterday! I rang in my birthday with family, I got to meet my cousin, Erich for the first time!

Even though I had to go to work on my birthday, my kids were so sweet to me! I got lots of hugs, balloons, and presents. And then they threw me into the foam pit before we all went home! 

When I got home, E had left me my presents on my bed. I got the sweetest card and two lovely dresses to pick from. And then he went and surprised me with a picnic on the beach :) 

And then we spent the rest of the night just relaxing and even got some Korean BBQ! I'd say it was the best birthday yet!

Xx -J

Happy Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my beautiful love. We've been through a lot this past year and I couldn't imagine my life without ya!

I hope you like your presents and hope you enjoyed the surprise picnic! I love you!

- E

SD Chillin'

Yesterday was quite an eventful day for me. Blaise came down and we hung out the whole day up until I had to leave for the Yelp event. We started off hitting up one of my favorite spots in SD, the Salk Institute. I love the architecture there and it definitely makes for some great looking photos.

After an hour or so at Salk, we ventured off to visit J's sister, Kaci, at work. We hung out with her for a while and just caught up over some lunch.

Next we headed to North Park to check out Gym Standard. If you're ever in SD, definitely check out this spot. Edwin, the owner, is a super nice and down-to-earth guy.

- E

Yelp @ Tavern+Bowl

Was asked to take pictures for Yelp down in San Diego again and since I was planning on being in the area, I didn't mind spending a couple hours shooting some pics. To my surprise, I also saw a few of my friends who are Yelp Elite members. It was great to catch up with them and get paid doing it.

- E

Attempting to cook

My sister and I were super hungry after work tonight and since E isn't here to cook for me, we had to fend for ourselves! So we made some mashed potatoes, some yummy fruit smoothies and some healthy ish that I have no idea what's in it! But it was still very noms! We even made some mac and cheese bites :) #winning

Xx -J

House "Wife" Duties

Best boyfriend ever award goes to me! Since J is usually either sleeping or working during the day, I'm the one who's tasked with cooking for the both of us. Tonight, I made some beef w/ broccoli for myself and an egg, cheese, and potato burrito for J. These are probably some of our favorite dishes and things we eat very often. I'm hoping we can take a cooking class soon so we can learn how to cook more things!

- E

Move it

Today was day 3 of the competition. I got there at 7am and haven't left yet… probably won't get out of here till like 1am... The competition is running SUPER late. There are kids dancing onstage and it's already 11pm... Ugh such a mess and everyone is sooo exhausted... 

Even the dads got in some nap time, while waiting for all the girls. 

I had some time early this morning to attempt to help my Cbad kids with their math homework... They need to take better notes though! 

Even though it's been a long weekend, we've still had lots of fun all together! Love my crazies! 

Xx -J