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a visual update.

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Another picture-filled post to share what I’ve been up to lately. Work hours are a bit shorter lately so I’ve been home more and spending time with the hubby, family, and just relaxing and enjoying myself. My sis-in-law and I decorated the house a bit for the holidays and I must say, I am quite proud of us! The last few days have been spent packing and organizing (more like JIMMY packing and organizing, and me watching and occasionally helping, but oddly he seems to really enjoy doing it?). Getting everything ready for when Jimmy leaves to basic training and putting everything in boxes except the essentials. In a few days we will be moving out of our room that we’ve had since we’ve been married and into the guest bedroom, and our old room will become an office, where all the computers and laptops are…and let me just say, in a house full of 8 and a half people, there are a LOT of laptops.

Uncle Jimmy babysitting Joss and teaching her how to play guitar.

We were on a budget with buying decorations so we had to get creative, but getting creative also happens to be the funnest way to decorate!

Capturing some sweet moments with my camera…

I LOVE this picture!

And lastly, a picture of Jimmy and I at Chuck E. Cheese!

Happy Sunday!

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birthday weekend, day one.

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

I know I said that I wouldn’t be posting any newer outfits until I got all the old ones out of the way, but these are pictures from my birthday weekend, so I’m letting myself cheat a little! Anyway, This was from my actual birthday. My husband Jimmy took me on a date to our favorite place, Disneyland. We go quite often, as you’ll be seeing in posts to come. It was a really nice day and everything was perfect. We had initially planned on spending the whole day there, but we sort of procrastinated and arrived closer to the evening…haha. Either way, I had a blast. I’ll start off with what I wore.

vest: thrifted, tank: target, shorts: a small boutique back home, shoes: F21, necklace: a gift from Ashley that was originally a hairpiece but it broke, so I transformed it into a necklace

Our Indiana Jones and Davy Crockett hats!

This is probably Jimmy’s favorite ride at the park. Not surprisingly, he happens to be awesome at it.

The highest score you can get is 999,999. Jimmy got that score less than half way in to the game.

Then we went and played around at Downtown Disney, where we put on silly hats and clothes, and Jimmy talked me into wearing a (meant for toddler) Snow White gown. I got a few weird looks and the stink eye from an employee, but whatever, it was all in good fun.

Nick Jonas’ outfit in a glass case. Creepy much?

Lately when we’ve gone to the park, it’s been a tradition of mine to stop by the bakery and watch them make their famous Mickey shaped apples.

Ahhhh…Disneyland gives me such a happy feeling inside, I’m smiling as I’m thinking about it and typing this out! Combined with being there with my favorite person ever, it’s magical. I can’t wait until the Christmas decorations go up! I’ll have to enjoy it without Jimmy sadly, but I’ll make the most of it

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another date night.

Monday, September 13th, 2010

for this date we went and grabbed dinner at Red Brick Pizza and it was so….just, yum. we started off sharing a greek salad, pepperoni pizza, and mint chip gelato for dessert. also, we had a cool little tv next to us so we ate while laughing at an episode of “world’s dumbest inventions”. my, i have been getting way too spoiled with all these special dates! but i am definitely grateful and cherishing these moments with jimmy before he leaves in november

do you ever have so much of one food that sooner or later even the smell of it grosses you out? i used to feel that way about pizza. see, around two years ago i used to help out as a youth leader for jr. high and high school kids at my church and we would have events almost every weekend and at most of the events the food that we ate was pizza. haha, i got so sick of it after a while that i would just eat before the event so i didn’t feel hungry enough to eat pizza. it’s been a while though and i’m glad that my aversion to pizza faded. in fact, just looking at these pictures is making me crave a slice!

the look on jimmy’s face is due to him watching a kid fall on his skateboard and hurting his nether regions.

well thats it for now, my next post might be postponed until the weekend is over because my birthday is in 4 days. the big 24. i might get a little emotional about it, we’ll see. no set plans as of yet, but i know whatever we do, i’ll be bringing my camera along to capture some fun! have a great weekend

Jen

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ode to panera.

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Oh Panera, you give me such joy in visiting you. With your selection of pastries, bagels, breads, and not to mention your delicious soups, salads, and sandwiches I feel that the possibilities are endless. And my most favorite thing…free wifi. I have so many fond memories of spending time sitting in your comfy booths catching up with my girl friends. Before I moved, you were less than 5 minutes away from me and were walking/biking distance. Now, you’re about 20 minutes away and my heart is NOT happy. When Jimmy and I move, one of the first things I shall do is find my nearest Panera Bread for my weekly fix. Thank you for always being there for me.

Always,
Jen

Anyway, things are going great! A few weeks ago Jimmy got his date to leave for basic training…November 29th! We were awaiting a call to let us know he’d be leaving any day now, but it’s nice for us to have a date and make the most of the time we have left together before we are away from each other for 8 weeks. We’re thinking of taking a mini-vacation somewhere, but not sure where yet. It’ll be nice that he will get to be here on Thanksgiving, but the thought of spending Christmas and New Years without him makes me cry a little inside, and I’ll definitely be crying on the outside when he’s gone. All I gotta say is that we better have one heck of an amazing Valentine’s Day when he comes back!!

Coming up: Disneyland pics, Palm Springs, outfits, and so forth

x
Jen

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