A few days in Bakersfield

As most of you know my home town is good ol' Bakersfield, California! Most people shriek when I say that but I get overwhelmed with joy! Bakersfield brings back such good memories to me, mainly because I have such great people in my life that live there. This last weekend I got to go home for three days and I had such a great time! Here are some pictures ! Enjoy:)

This is my puppy Sadie! She is the second best doggie in the world! (Spotty is first) Whenever I come home she gets so excited and jumps all over me! The best part of all is she likes to cuddle!

These two pictures are of Jack Dundee Larios! He thinks he is half human as you can see how he sits!

ALIVA!!! This is Alivia and she is soooo precious and very dear to my heart! Alivia is my dearest friends, Stephy and James, daughter! I had a great time hanging out with them Sunday afternoon and watching all the people that passed by Liv just melt at how cute she is! Stephanie and James are absolutely adorable and so much fun to be around! When we were sitting in Starbucks they had one of the cutest conversations ever and it went something like this....

Stephy: You know what sounds good? POPCORN!

James: OOOO Ya!

Stephy: The kind of popcorn that you make homemade tho

James: Ya and that you can put your own seasoning on!

Stephy: Ya! Where can you get one of those?

Me: I think you can get them at target.

Stephy and James: No way! Lets get one!

Stephy: Yay! We'll have a popcorn party!

James: Ya! Lets do it!

Hahah As cute as their conversation was you had to be there to see their expressions they were soooo excited about their popcorn machine idea! Every time I see them together I can see how much their love has grown for each other and how they are best of friends! Blesses my heart!

Decorating on a dime!

For the last year and a half david and I have been without bedroom furniture. When we first got married and were living in the studio apartment we didn't really have enough room for dressers so we just stacked our shirts, socks, pj's, and shorts in the closet or under the bed. This led to a lot of clutter and stress in the mornings getting dressed. But praise God, because today Ikea was having an amazing deal on these two dressers! Hillary and Coco came over this afternoon and helped me assemble and organize the drawers. It was quite a test to keep Coco away from the zillion little pieces but we managed to feed, change, play with and love on Coco while snacking on chips and salsa and assembling a dresser hahah! Thats multi-tasking for you! Hillary folded and organized all my clothes into their new home, I know she is amazing, while I did Dave's side. I also got a few other things including pictures for ten cents each and frames for a 1.99 for three! What a steal! I love nesting!

I have had my eye on this picture for about 9 months now and finally spent the 42 cents on it lol. I thought it would be perfect for our someday babies room :) What do you think?

These pictures were 10 cents for all five of them and the frames were 3 for 1.99! They now reside in our bathroom and I love them! (The black ribbon was Hillary's idea! She's brilliant!)

OUR BEDROOM! YAY! It feels so good to have dressers and organization!

This is scrapbook paper that I framed! The white pieces are 1.00 each and the colored paper about 79 cents each! Designing does not need to be expensive! Just fun!

O Geeze!

Well I have been out of school for pretty much 7 months and tonight I start my first class in the Degree Completion Program. I'm not going to lie...I'm a little nervous....

Trunk or Treat

Big Bear

Two weeks ago Dave and I went on a retreat to Big Bear with CBU. We had so much fun and were really encouraged by all of the amazing mentors that came and spoke to us. It was so nice to get away from Riverside and escape to the mountains! Heres some pics!

Vitamins!

Last week I went to a Holistic doctor in LA to try and help kick start my system again. After telling me I have abnormal red blood cells, a high toxicity level, few white blood cells, and blood clots we decided that vitamins were much needed! I was a little nervous sitting in the doctors office as he listed off vitamin after vitamin. On top of that list of vitamins were a list of veggies such as asparagus, carrots and beats! mmmm (not!) Two days ago I got the package at my door and begin sorting through the bottles, talk about overwhelming! I have 13 different kinds of vitamins to take and 4 of those are 3-5 times a day! Others are twice a day and the worst one of all is once a day! This powder that tastes like bubblegum vomit is supposed to be taken every morning with a glass of juice or water. I tried putting it in my OJ, but after gaging over the sink, I decided to try and mix it with my fruit smoothies, which is so much better! Even though I am taking a large load of vitamins I am actually really excited to get healthy! Supposedly this will help my hair grow back quicker and get my "nest" ready! (Davids Mom calls my someday baby belly a "nest" and she is so excited to get that healthy so she can be a grandma!)

Lunch dose!

Please notice that dreaded Immune Option powder to the left!

I better be able to climb the sides of buildings after this!!

My Hat Collection

Though I may be loosing my hair I am certainly gaining a wide variety of hats! I got my hair cut last week to try and disguise some of the loss and to my surprise got a huge bag of hats from my dear Friend Kelly! When I came home that night my friend Hillary also had a huge bag of hats for me to wear and then yesterday Tiffy took my out shopping for a beanie! As fun as hats are you can really get sick of them if you don't switch it up so I can't even begin to say how happy I am to have such a wide variety!

I actually have 5 more hats that aren't in this picture!