Summer 2012 in a nutshell.

Hi. Hello. Hola?! Anyone still there?? 

I have neglected my poor little blog for over 4 months now. 

It just hasn't been a priority to journal. With the lack of internet at my house, (cost an arm and leg to get it where I live now) the only time I get to blog is when I go to coffee shops after work or on the weekends. And to be honest, I have been LAZY. 

I still check my google reader daily to read all of my favorite blogs.... but that's it. =)

I thought today was as good as any day to try and start back up. =) 

Let's start with a photo recap of the last few months...

June:

Relay For Life 

River time with my sister! 

Brew Fest with a big group of friends! 

Meeting Chris Powell at a local event!!! And yes, he is as hot and nice in person as he seems. 

SF for the day! 

Wraped Tour in SF. Took me back to highschool 

Dinner in SF and exploring. 

Cousins Bachelorette party in Reno! We had a blast and almost lasted until the sun came up.

July:

Went to NYC for a long weekend. It's my most favorite city. I dare to call it home someday... *soon*

Celebrated my cousins wedding day!

The kiss! 

Fun at the bars with friends. 

My cousin gave birth to a precious little boy.


August:

The Color Run Sacramento with my girl, Stephanie.

Added a new member to the family. Meet Boston!



Visited with out Great Grandma for her 99th Birthday! 

Went to Half Moon bay for a morning hike with our cousin. ( I have a lot of cousins.... or I just hang out with them a lot according to my descriptions..lol)

Went to another Brew fest! What can I say...I like beer? 

September:

Went to Reno. Had coffee. =) 

Went to the balloon races in Reno. Gorgeous morning. 

Headed down to LA to celebrate Leslie. We had her bridal shower on a Friday evening. After we were done, we packed up the car and drove through the night to Vegas. We arrived in Vegas at 5:45am. Just in time to see the sunrise. 

We did Vegas right. After having no sleep Friday night we stayed up for all of Saturday. We relaxed by the pool, in our huge suite, and then suited up to go out on the town. We didn't go to bed until 3:30am on Sunday morning. We stayed up for almost 2 days straight.

Sunday Morning we got up and had mimosa brunch. lounged by the pool some more. Got pretty again.

Sunday night we had dinner at Serendipity. Tried the famous frozen hot chocolate. It was also my birthday on Monday so I got to celebrate my birthday Sunday night. Sunday night was wild. But as they say, "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas".  We went to bed at 5 am Monday morning. Then flew home that same day. It was a crazy fun adventure.


I have more to September but the pictures aren't uploaded yet. It will have to be saved for another day. I'm just glad that I got to share some of my adventures for the summer on the blog before I forget about them.

Cheers!

disposable.

I brought a disposable camera to Vegas with me. I love the way they turned out.

I love the color that film catches. I'm going to start using my 35mm camera more often. I love the dreamy quality that film brings out.

Here are a few of my favorites!

What do you guys think? Do you still use film?

Viva Las Vegas!

Wow... I have been busy. What news? I literally came back from Vegas on a Monday night then had to jet down to Los Angeles on Thursday for a Relay for Life conference. ( I volunteer for the American Cancer Society and am on my areas planning committee for the Relay for Life. Check it out if you don't know what I'm talking about!! It's a cool event and I bet your area has one.)

Anyways, Vegas wore.me.out.

Want to see some of the fun we had??

We gambled.

We had late night snacks.

We lounged by the pool at the Caesars Palace. (we didn't stay there but girls got to get in for free.. and for Vegas that's saying something.)

We drank Pina Coladas in the pool.

We took shots. a few times. =)

We had the boys model before going out.

We had dinner at Dicks in the Excalibur. Imagine that bag going over my head. LOL that place is bad in a really funny way.

We partied at Rain inside the Palms.

We drank $16 dollar Vodka Red Bulls while doing so.... (why does Vegas have to cost an arm and a leg??)

We had my birthday dinner at Margaritaville which had a good view of the strip.

We took tourist pictures.

We went to Rehab. (An awesome, insane, crazy, etc etc pool party at the Hard Rock.)

We went to a Burlesque show.

We watched the Bellagio water show.

We left Vegas in style... a limo ride to the airport.

Vegas was awesome. I can't believe that they can get away with charging so much for everything there though. I guess it's the city of excesses though.. in all aspects. Glad I had a good group of friends with me to celebrate my birthday. It was one to remember.