cooler than the north pole

when cito and i are on the town, target is never safe. look out world ;)

baby me!

i am sorry, but i was flipping cute. i was a goofball when i was a kiddo and i'm still a goofball now :)

familia

this is one of my favorite pictures from the wedding because its a perfect example of my family. total chaos. but always fun :)

its such chaos that my dad isnt even IN the picture. god only knows what my brother is doing that has us so intrigued. seaonna is chasing a bug, while shontae tries to coax her our of it :) it just makes me laugh.

hermanito

this is my little brother :)  he’s cute and funny and pretty cool as far as little brothers go.  we love john mayer and hating the yankees.

this was taken his freshman year (i think…) at wsu aka the land of ice and snow.  brother and his friends figured it would be fun to make a snow cave in their pj’s.  he makes me smile :)

olive oil

where do i even start? this is my olive. she's not really mine, but i claim her (and steal her) whenever i can! she's my best friend's daughter and this was last november, when she was nine months old. she even threw up on me (notice my sleeve) and i still love her haha :) i love those cheeks and i cant wait for her to be such a good big sister to my future little ones <3

cito louise

oops.  missed yesterday.  didn’t feel very well and hit the sack pretty early.  figured i’d blog early today before the day got away from me again!

this is the cutest girl on the planet. aka my seester :) (she’s the short one, not the furry one…)

this picture is from one of the best days ever!  cito and i went to seattle to see RENT at the paramount!  we killed some time at westlake center mall and found a washington sports store and who was there?  butch t. cougar!  the show was beyond amazing, but spending time with my sister was even better.  even when we (*ahem* I…) tried to drive the wrong way down a one-way street, then got us lost in the projects. 

she’s the funniest person that i know, and she always listens to me gripe and moan when i’m having a bad day, and knows the right things to say to make me feel better.  she knows me inside and out and i’m so proud that she’s turned out to be such an amazing person and i can’t wait to watch her throughout college and beyond while she changes the world.  one sarcastic comment at a time, just like her big sister taught her <3

bertsie-doodle

 i think i may have posted this picture before, but that doesnt matter.  this is my grandma bert.  she’s an angel now, and i miss her like crazy.  i was especially missing her yesterday, so i wanted to share her today :)  she always let me eat peanut butter straight off of the spoon, taught me how to play cribbage, and make vegetable soup in the sink with her leftover scraps.

whenever i hear the national anthem, i have to hold back tears because she would always sing it under her breath, in that amazing grandma way, and i can still hear her.  she was always on my team and i could always count on her to play a whole saturday mornings’ worth of board games with me when i didn’t want to run errands with mom.

love you, bertsie <3