break room love

richelle. suzanne. joy.

balboa park

what a beautiful day at balboa park and coronado. my word. i'm so lucky to be living in paradise. there was not a cloud in the sky and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. this was my first time to both balboa park and coronado and i'm pretty sure i fell in love with coronado!

mootime ice cream is pretty famous for being sooo good, and SO EXPENSIVE. $10 for 2 scoops???? really????

sheerwater cafe at hotel del. omg. best dinner ever. the view couldn't have been any better either.

hotel del

balboa park to see the titanic exhibit. SO COOL.

balboa gardens

archangel records

i know, i know

i'm the worst blogger ever

boy oh boy have i been busy

this past week not only did i work six 12 hour shifts in a row, but i was performing in a 2 day concert in Orange County for archangel records.

victoria and gary produced an album featuring multiple artists. it's even on itunes.

how cool is that??

so, the first day of the concert was Friday, December 16th

we sold about 250 tickets. not a bad turn out.

Saturday, December 17th was day number 2.

around 500 tickets sold. a very nice turn out.

even got to see my very favorite high school choir teacher, mr. elg (i'm kicking myself for not getting a picture with him. what a joy it was to reunite)

overall the concert was a hit. not only did i get to sing, but i got to see tons of people who've supported me over the years. love them all.

a huge thank you to those that came to the concert. my sister, blupid blore, for doing my hair and make-up for both days. she even stuck with me through my rehearsals. david, for taking us all out to dinner afterward, and aldy for driving all the way from temecula and bringing me flowers.

outfit #1

outfit #2 (a bit more casual)

duet with tandy shields . . . "put you under my tree"

haven't seen ms. alison in over 6 years. she's the exact same. . .cute as ever!

david, me, and blupid blore. they're the best.

aldy drove all the way from temecula to come support me. best branch member ever!

beautiful lillies.

so so tired after the concert. this was at like 11 pm. probably shouldn't have had a full meal at bj's that night.

our dessert

thirty seconds after the dessert came to the table

and ps. . .

here's a little video for those who couldn't make it to the concert. it's almost like you were there :)

my 15 seconds of fame

padres v. dodger game

vip field seats near dodger dugout. ps. field seats are definitely the way to go.

kemp hit a home run on his bday giving the dodgers a win.

and. . . . look who was on t.v!

can you see me?? blue striped shirt and padres cap? that's my brother sitting on my right, and one of our friends.

p.s. i am obsessed with baseball hot dogs. i swear they taste better at the game than anywhere else. i had to physically stop myself from getting another because they were just that good.

bodaboopi's bj's party

the gang at bjs

mr. bodaboopi had a going away party at bj's. he is relocating to utah to attend the U of U, and is currently single fyi. message me if your interested. LOL.

the "married couple" and nicky

love these boys

bodaboopi, sefra, and bodaboopi

bodaboopi's book of remember moments and a carrot cake bundt cake

i think he loved it

in boca al lupo in Utah!

jigga's wedding

the wonderful thing about going to salt lake city for your friend's wedding (besides the wedding) is eating at all those places that you've missed and loved so much.

take for example kneaders. my word i don't think i've tasted better french toast in my life. i even went back for seconds and that never. happens. oh well. sooo worth it. then i got to try moochies (guy fieri's fav in slc) and ordered a philly cheesesteak. . . the bomb. of course we also had some costa vida and the cocoa bean. best cupcakes EVER. i swear im sounding like the biggest fatty, but im a foodie. . . what can i say :)

jigga 1 and jigga 2 (by association)

amanda and brad

love this one of her. totally captures her personality.

it's always a joy and honor to be asked to sing someone's wedding song.

shogun love

bree bailey had a special birthday (the one in the middle). we got a group of her friends and went to shogun for dinner.

temple night and phil's

one of the perks of going to the sd temple is having phil's approximately 10 minutes away. that means everything bbq. and we all know how much i love bbq.

so pretty at night

my FAVORITE bbq joint ever.

keithy, bro and sis smith

some of the gang

.hannah.

this is about where we were ready to eat whatever we could get our hands on. because phil's is so popular the line is usually way out the door and this was around 10:30 pm.

this is what you do when you need a break from studying

and the other one . . .

a beautiful day in la

spent the afternoon in LA today with some friends. the best we could do with celeb spotting was this guy. . .

.larry king.

i have to admit, i was hoping for someone better. lol.

on the other hand, this was a pleasant surprise to stumble upon. it took me a second to realize what it really was!

the la temple. so pretty.

a couple surprises & a little skatin'

we love our brown boots!

cute little mel had a birthday in october and so we all had to celebrate! we wanted the whole day to be a surprise.

first we took her out to lunch: panera

then we blindfolded her and drove her to an ice skating rink where one of the employees was going to hand mel her personal skates. sadly this didn't work very well because there was not an open skating session. our mistake. so we handed mel her own skates and drove to another rink.

this girl was in hea.ven. she couldn't stop smiling! mel also used to be a figure skater so i think it was a job well done. it felt so good to be back on the ice. the next day i was so sore! it's amazing how much of a workout skating really is.