Family 4th of July walk

 My dad wanted to take Stella and Olive for a walk so we decided we would all join for a family walk. We walked down to my old elementary school and let the dogs run wild. Olive was super pumped on her awesome car. Grandma has all the cool stuff. It was time to head home when Olive started passing out in the car because she was so tired. It was a fun little walk and a nice way to start off the day.

Meeting Quinn

On sunday we finally got to meet Quinn! Kristin and Ryan live in Portland now so we haven't had a chance to meet their little one. Kristin's mom threw them one hell of a party. Oh my gosh the food and the treats. I wish I took more photos of the little details of the party but trust me when I say Martha Stewart could learn a few things from this party. It was fun to see old friends and of course Olive got to hang out with her boyfriend Gavin so she was pretty happy. I don't see Kristin as much as I'd like too. You know those friends that just totally get you and no matter what you say they are just so amazing and supportive? Well that is Kristin. We  have been friends forever and been through a lot together. Mostly good but we did have a fuck the world phase where we were kinda outta control. Sorry Mom.  Don't worry, Quinn will definitely be hearing those stories when she is a bit older!!

I didn't get enough photos of Quinn as she was being passed around the entire party being the star of the show. She is absolutely beautiful and has the cutest little smile! Oh and the hair, AMAZING!

My mom got Olive to sleep on a swing. This is pretty much a miracle as Olive isn't really one to just sleep on the go. Grandma powers.

We've all been friends since elementary school.

Crumbs cupcakes.

Olive was ready to go home and swim.

4th of July Weekend- Saturday

Today was rough getting back into normal life as we pretty much spent the entire weekend surrounded by a ton of people and going in and out of a pool. Going to Costco and the farmers market today seemed kinda dull. Plus I was convinced that we were going to have a big earthquake or something crazy as today just seemed a bit off. I felt like everyone was just really weird everywhere I went and it was kinda like being in the twilight zone. Have you even felt like that? After some dude who worked at the market tickled Olive then tickled me I decided that I wasn't going to leave the house the rest of the day........

I'm lagging a bit with the 4th of July post. I shot way too many photos so it will be a few days till I get everything up as it was a pretty busy weekend. On Saturday we headed up to my parents house and hung out by the pool. It was a pretty mellow day but it was fun to hang in the sun and extremely warm weather. Hello heatwave! 

4:31

You know what happened at 4:31 in 1994?? The Northridge earthquake. You know what else happens at 4:31 every morning in our house?? A baby wakes up. Fuck 4:31.

Does anyone remember the quake on Jan 17th or am I the only one that suffered emotional damage from that shit? I was absolutely traumatized from the earthquake in 1994 like to the point where every single night I would crawl into my parents room and sleep on the floor. I would say this happened for a good year. My poor parents. I was scared of another earthquake. I know it seems silly, I mean an earthquake who cares but it scared the living shit out of me. I will never forget the feeling or how fast my heart was beating and the sound that the shaking made. I was sleeping over at my friends house when it happened. I've never felt something so strong and so scary. I just remember standing in the doorway when the first aftershock happened and I thought to myself I am going to die. I had never been so sure. As we stood in the doorway my friends mom grabbed the phone thinking I could call my parents but of course the lines were dead. At this point the house was in shambles and we didn't know what to do so we all went out to the car and listened to the radio. I remember listening to some deep mans voice on the radio saying this could be a before shock and that the big one could be coming. Talk about being scared out of my mind. I remember crying to myself just wanting my parents more than anything in the world and wondering if they were ok. I remember the sun starting to come up and out of nowhere my dad is speeding down the street in one of his work pickup trucks. It's weird how I can remember the sound of the truck cause the streets were so quiet. Back at home everyone was fine. The house was a mess and everything from my closets was spilled out into my room. The house suffered so much damage that we actually had to move out for a few years but that's besides the point. Obviously all the electricity was out so my dad powered up the generator and we brought the couch in the garage and toasted bagels and hung out all day while the earth shook. Ya a bit white trash but it worked. I felt safe with my family but it is one of those things in my childhood that I will never forgot. So now I wonder if 4:31 is like this weird curse. As usual I went off on some weird story but this is where my head has been going the last few mornings at 4:31.



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