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Tracey's Wedding Weekend

This weekend I was honored to be apart of Tracey's special day. I was lucky to have found someone as amazing as her when I took my job in Maryland. We instantly bonded and have been close ever since. Thank you Tracey for asking me to be a bridesmaid!

Thursday evening we went to the movie Bridesmaids (HILARIOUS), Mexican food for dinner, and then salsa dancing. We had a blast!




Friday night was the rehearsal and dinner at a delicious crab shack near the water.







Saturday was the wedding. It was beautiful and I cannot wait to see the professional pictures. I had so much fun with the entire wedding party and of course the bride and groom!!

Law School Graduation

Kirsten graduated from law school this month and we were fortunate enough to get up to Pittsburgh to celebrate for a few days. Steve, the boys, and I had a lot of fun seeing our family and friends.

We had a Mexican fiesta, barbeque, and Sunday Funday brunch. As you can tell our lives revolve around dogs, food, and each other.

Congratulations Kirsten!!!




Steve had two very helpful co-pilots






Chuy hated his sombrero.

Junior Achievement 2011

I became involved in Junior Achievement this year and LOVED it. I am so glad that a colleague asked me to volunteer. I look forward to participating every year.

What is it?!

Junior Achievement is a partnership between the business community, educators and volunteers — all working together to inspire young people to dream big and reach their potential. JA's hands-on, experiential programs teach the key concepts of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy to young people all over the world.
(http://www.ja.org/)

I taught kindergarteners financial literacy (money, saving, trade, earn, etc). I can't describe the great experience I had with the kids. It was so much fun and they really do listen and know so much. I was thoroughly impressed. I cannot wait to do it again next year!

Chuy Turns T-W-O

My little man turned 2 today! We had a small family party. I made cupcakes (oatmeal and carrot) and frosted them with peanut butter. They LOVED them.

Chuy loved his present...a flavored bone and a squeaky toy that is suppose to be indestructible. Surprisingly its been half a day and there isn't even a mark on it. Maybe I finally found a toy that they cannot destroy in less than 2.5 seconds.

Mother's Day

Since I cannot be with my mother today I went looking for pictures. I wish I had access to my baby photos but those are in Bard. I do however have many photos from over the years (since digital cameras were invented).

I love my mother more than I show her and more than she knows. It is because of her that I have many great qualities and talents. Thank you mom.





Still one of the funniest photos I have of mom (Maverick took it too)

Adventures in Baltimore

Yesterday was an INTERESTING day to say the least.

My day started at 5:45 am. I woke up to a hair dilemma. My newly died red hair now looked ORANGE. But there was nothing I could do about it. I had to be in DC by 9 AM. So I left at 7 to brave the traffic. I was able to start working at my new office for the job I was hired for (almost a year ago). After a 10 hour day I had a busy schedule of errands (dogs, run my 3 miles, Chipotle for cinco de mayo, deliver bed to Steve's grandma, return truck used to deliver bed, and pick up moving boxes from a freecycler).

Needless to say Steve and I were stressed since we were pressed for time and didn't want to be using his brother's friend's truck all night. After we had been driving his truck for 20 minutes I looked down at my feet and notice the cornucopia of manly necessities (pictured above). I couldn't help but take a picture.

We delivered the bed and quickly headed out of the city to get home before dark. **SIDE NOTE: Steve's grandma, mother, and 3 younger brothers live in the city in a not so good area where crime, prostitution, and drugs are somewhat of an issues. But we still go down there to see his grandma and two youngest brothers.** We were able to get a few block from the house before flashing lights were in our mirrors. A Baltimore police car and paddy wagon were behind us and three officers started to approach us.

Long story short they patted Steve down for a weapon, asked us both to step out of the car, then we were asked to sit on the side of the road while they search the truck for weapons and/or drugs. **ANOTHER SIDE NOTE: We could not find the registration or insurance and only knew the owner's first name. Making our story of delivering a bed to our grandma even more convincing.** They of course found nothing (except items such as the ones in the picture above). Let us get back in the truck where they told us that the area we just came from was well known for drugs and we should be careful.

MORAL OF THE STORY: If you do something nice for someone you will be stopped for drug possession.