Happy 1st Father's Day Honey!!

Happy Father's Day to the love of my life on his 1st Father's Day!!

I am so proud of you and the man that you are. Watching you step into the role of being a father so naturally is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I can't wait to raise our sweet little boy together and am so thankful that he has such a wonderful role model for a dad.

Happy Father's Day Honey, I love you!!

Show Us Your Life: Proposal Stories

This Friday's Show Us Your Life topic is Proposal Stories.

Josh proposed to me the night before Thanksgiving 2007.

Every year my mom hosts Thanksgiving at our house, my mom and I were cleaning and decorating the house when she got a call from my dad. My dad works in Seattle and had called to say that he needed my mom and I to get on the next boat to bring him some paperwork that he really needed. I thought it was pretty weird, I mean it was the night before Thanksgiving and our whole family was coming over the next day, we had work to do!! I didn't really want to go but Josh was working late that night so when she asked me to I agreed. I got ready to go and my mom said, "why don't you put on something a little nicer?!" I thought that was super weird... I mean I was dressed in my normal day to day clothes, and didn't understand why I should I dress up to go over on the boat and back? She gave me some lame excuse like, "well some of your friends might be home from college for Thanksgiving, what if you ran into them?!" haha :) So we went over to Seattle and after the boat docked we looked around for my dad, he said that he was running a little behind and asked if we could meet him half way between his office and the ferry terminal. My mom and I started walked and spotted my dad but had to go down some stairs to meet up with him... at the bottom of the stairs was Josh with a HUGE bouquet of my favorite flowers! I was so surprised! The first thing I said to him was, "Why aren't you at work?!" I went to hug him and he immediately dropped to one knee and pulled out the most gorgeous ring from his pocket. I wish that I could remember all of the sweet things that he said but I was in such shock... and a crowd had formed and a bunch of tourists were taking our picture! (I wish I could track some of those people down because I don't have any pictures from that night!) I, of course, said yes and after lots of hugs and kissing realized that my parents and the crowd was still there *oops!* and grabbed Josh's hand to start heading back to the boat to go home. Josh stopped me and said, "Where do you think you're going... the night isn't over!" My mom hugged me and took my bouquet home and Josh led me to a limo. We went to the jeweler and they gave us a bottle of champagne and wanted to make sure my ring fit perfectly, then drove around. Josh and I called some of our close friends/family and told them the good news. The holidays in Seattle are such a beautiful time, I will never forget sitting in the limo with Josh all snuggled up, trying so hard to pay attention to all the beautiful lights but being so distracted by my gorgeous ring! After a ride around the city we went to the most posh restaurant, El Gaucho. It is the hands down best restaurant I've ever been to, it has such amazing ambiance with live music, there is on open charcoal grill and there is just such an exciting vibe. From table side preparations to our wait staff, every single detail of the experience was perfect. The jeweler Josh bought the ring from had called in and ordered us an appetizer and the restaurant gave us a complementary bottle of amazing champagne. I was even escorted to and from the ladies room by our server! The whole night was magical but the best part was that the next day we saw all of our families and could share the wonderful and exciting news with them.

me the day after he proposed

Thanksgiving 2007

my ring!

Good job Honey!! I couldn't of planned it better myself and I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat :)

Fafo!

So I have this friend named Fafo...

He is seriously one of the funniest guys that I've ever met.

He is always doing something crazy to try to get a laugh out of someone.

Things like putting out the vibe at the bar:

Impersonating the guy on this commercial

or dressing up in this RIDICULOUS outfit @ Hooters

after this "dance off" @ the Cardinal's game:

In college he sent me this video...

I was so shocked and thought, what do I do?! He's really putting himself out there! I showed my friend who lived in the dorm room next to me and she received the exact same video. Turns out Fafo sent the video to all of our girlfriends!!

Anyways, now that you have a little background on my crazy friend, Fafo, I have to tell you the reason for all of this rambling. Yesterday, I found out that Fafo is going to be on America's Got Talent next Tuesday!! Faf sent me the preview link of him on next weeks show and I've just got to share it with you guys.

http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent/video/next-week-on-americas-got-talent/1234588/

Haha, He is so crazy!!

Top 2 Tuesday: Guilty Pleasures

This week's Top 2 Tuesday's topic is Guilty Pleasures.

My top two guilty pleasures at the moment are....

1. Jell-o Mousse Temptations

...DELICIOUS.

Whenever I feel the need to have a little sweet treat I go to my stash of Mousse Temptations in the fridge and enjoy. They taste so good that you feel like you should regret letting yourself have one, but they're only 60 calories each!

They're my little guilty pleasure that I don't really feel that guilty about ;)

2. Watching the Kardashian's on E!

I can't exactly put my finger on what it is that I love about the Kardashians... maybe it's the fact that I wish that I could act like them sometimes and get away with it or maybe it's because of all the fun trips and places they get to go?! I don't know what it is but I can tell you one thing, it DEFINITELY isn't this guy:

yuck!!

Happy Tuesday :)

our weekend

This weekend we had beautiful weather! We took every opportunity to enjoy the sunshine.

On Saturday, Claire and I went and picked up some Baby Coppertone Sunscreen for Jay, lathered him up and headed outside. Auntie Claire also bought Jay some sunglasses that had straps!! He looked like such a goof, take a look:

Jay loves his Auntie Claire!

Ahaha! I love him, he looks so hilarious!

Then we went out for lunch at the Treehouse Cafe on the south end of the Island.

Poor Jay is teething had just stopped crying a few minutes before the picture was taken but I love that little boy's smile.

Claire and Brenton enjoying the yummy pizza.

After lunch I put Jay in the front pack and he, Claire and I went on a walk on the beach at Lynnwood Center, it was so breathtakingly beautiful.

Jay had so much fun putting his feet in the water, I wish that I would've taken a video of him laughing and kicking.

On Sunday we went to a wedding of a young couple that goes to our church.

Poor Jay he was having a hard time and I could tell his teeth were really hurting him.

Thankfully Auntie Claire was there to help me with Jay, she was my hero!!

The wedding was held at the groom's parents house, it was beautiful.

Claire, Ian and Liz

Jay was such a hit at the wedding everyone wanted a turn holding him.

I totally just noticed our church's youth pastor and his wife making out in the background of this picture!

This week's forecast calls for sunshine and I'm so excited that it's really starting to feel like summer... cuz let me tell you, this white girl needs some sun!! :)

Why aren't I asleep?!

I have the worst time falling asleep when Josh is at the Fire Academy, just one of the many reasons I'm looking forward to him being home on the weekends! I thought I'd join in on Five Question Friday over at My Little Life answer some questions and maybe get sleepy in the process?! Couldn't hurt to try...

1. What do you think makes a good friend, or friendship?

When you have a true friend you can go weeks or months without seeing each other or talking and know that when you see each other things will pick back up just as if no time has passed at all. There’s no game playing, no guesswork and no need to try to impress a true friend because they love and accept you for who you are. You know you’ve got a true friend if they call to say they’re dropping by unexpectedly, you’re looking like a hot mess and you’re totally fine with them seeing you as you are! A true friend is someone that you can trust, who is honest with you, someone that will stick up for you, someone you can count on and someone that you can let your hair down with and go crazy with… and that can expect the same from you.

2. What is the last thing you bought & later regretted?

The last thing I bought and regretted buying was this super cute purpleish/pinkish nail polish for my toes. I just hate it when you think you’ve found such a cute color and while you’re putting it on it looks great and then when it dries it looks like crap! Such a let down, good thing I got it a WALMART for like a dollar ;)

3. Have you ever had a prank played on you?

My family had a week long family reunion with all of my huge family while I was in junior high. My cousin/partner in crime, Kristen, and I somehow got into a prank war with some of our boy cousins. One morning we woke up totally covered in toilet paper and grass and apparently they put crawdads in our bed, which we never found (yikes!) I don’t know how we didn’t wake up! Don’t you worry though... we got ‘em back!! ;)

4. What is your favorite theme park?

My favorite theme park is Six Flags Magic Mountain. In high school I went on a trip with a bunch of friends to Six Flags and Disneyland/California Adventure, it was so much fun! There are so many cool rides and roller coasters, I really want to take Josh someday... I think he’d have a blast.

5. Have you ever seen someone else give birth?

I haven’t and that’s totally ok with me!!

Alright, I think it did the trick! Nighty Night Friends! :)

Show Us Your Life: China Pattern (and my hot husband)

This friday's topic over at Kelly's Korner is Show Us Your China Pattern.

My China pattern is Monique Lhuillier for Royal Doulton, Dentelle collection.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to register for China when Josh and I were getting married but one day Josh's step-mom and I were shopping and we came upon these dishes and I LOVED them. I really loved that they had a classic look to them and I could see my family eating off of these dishes for years to come.

One thing I love about this china pattern is the tea cup... I love the classic look of this cup.

I'm still so in love with them. When I look at them I think of all the meals we will share

with family and friends on these dishes. We were so grateful to receive 5 place settings when we got married. I still haven't had the chance to use them with company but for our 1st anniversary we ate our cake top off of our china plates... (well we tried to but the cake top must not have been preserved correctly because it tasted DISGUSTING and was a crumbly mess, haha! :)

For our glassware we registered for the Monique Lhuillier for Royal Doulton, Joie collection.

We only have a few wine glasses from the collection so far, but I think that it will be fun to add to our collection through the years. I love these glasses and so do my girlfriends, except I don't think we love them for the same reasons, I love them because of their gorgeous shape and long stems and I'm pretty sure they love them because of how much they can hold [...ok let's be honest, that's another reason I love them too] :)

Everybody loves Happy Hour @ the Beahan's!

Happy Friday friends! Josh is off to the Fire Academy and after this weekend we only have 2 weekends left!! Yippee!!

An organization called Hero to Hero took this picture of Josh.

He looks so tough and serious! I'm so proud of him

and can't wait to watch him graduate!!

Have a great weekend!