High Five Friday

It's Friday! I am so excited to spend today with the hubby once he get's home from work. Hopefully sooner than later. This week seemed to crawl by..& i know next week isn't looking any different. 

High 5 for Friday

1. I made this yummy healthy pizza deal on a whole wheat roll up. It was so good. 

Love coming up with healthy fun recipes. 

2. Guess whose coming back to visit me? The little sister will be back for a week. Hopefully this is the LAST plane ticket we have to buy from Minnesota to Cali until she just moves to Cali. 

The best part of this, March 23 is kick off for concert season & she gets to be here with me! 

3. This just seemed so fitting in my life lately. Why chase people around who truly don't want to be in your life? 

4. I made it to the gym this week with a friend. I am so excited to get back in there & get down to business. I am hoping I can just kill it like Liz does every week. She is so motivated & determine. I can't wait to be able to fit into my older clothes that still have tags on them. What do you say that we make 2014 the year we get in the best shape of our lives?

5. My dad found this beautiful dog walking in the middle of a very busy road. When I got home & did some research - thanks to facebook - we have learned that she has been wandering around our town since Monday & no one has claimed her. 

She is beautiful & sweet.She had a collar but no chip or tag. She threw up some tinfoil which made me think she literally has been eating whatever she can find on the road. Of course I fed her, walked her, and loved up on her. The sad thing is, she would make my 7th dog if we keep her - I would love too but I know how much they LOVE to run & if she gets out again I would be so devastated. Hubby named her Cali. What to do?   

How was your week? 

On a side note: Finally it's raining in San Diego! 

So What Wednesday

This week I am saying So What to

+Alex will be getting his tattoo he has been wanting for years on Friday. I promise to take some pictures & my sister is trying to convince me to get one with her. 

+that I have so much work to do but instead I am reading blogs & writing this. 

+I really want some new clothes (shopping problems much?)

+Alex & I might not get our date time this weekend since it is Superbowl & the Seahawks will win.

+With that said though, I think Friday will take its place & we can run some errands as our "date"

+that I have yet to make my hair appointment that I need so badly 

What are you saying So What to?

Happy Hump Day! 

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Family Photo Time

Back in December I had this wild idea to do family photos with my sister when she was out visiting. Thanks to Hey Jessie Photography for capturing these moments. I highly recommend Jessica. She is so hard working, loving & truly cares. We can't forget either, she is extremely affordable. 

Here are some of the family photos

Eli & Aunty Cy

Eli & me

my mom had twins 5 years apart & two different fathers?? hahah it's becoming a running joke in the family now

The family 

Typical of Alex when I am trying to talk to him

The 3 of us

The bond these 2 have is kinda scary.. they truly are like brother & sister

If only I did these before Christmas & did Christmas cards

& just because we do it EVERY year we take photos with Hey Jessie Photography.. we had to recreate this photo 

We have lots of photos & I like the idea of taking family photos a family tradition. Isn't my hubby one sexy guy? 

Thank you Jessica for all the hard work & taking photos of my family. Next year though, I want to be about 30 lbs lighter & in shape. 

Do you take family photos every year? 

Weekend Recap: I Got To Pet a Penguin

It's already Monday, Can I please have a day between Saturday & Sunday? It would be greatly appreciated. 

My weekend went something like:

Friday: I am noticing Friday's are turning more & more into a relaxation. We seem to be so tired to not even want to leave the house. As usual, we ate some dinner & tried to watch Turbo. I think if we weren't so tired we would of made it through the whole thing. 

Saturday: They have turned into our day to run errands. As usual, we went to Costco & stopped by target but they didn't have my sugar free coffee creamer nor did they have my green tea with lemon & white tea. Than some friends came by the house as he is leaving today for a deployment & we cleaned cleaned cleaned. I was out cold by 10pm.

 Sunday Funday: We finally made it to Sea World for the first time in so long. Alex & I even got to pet a penguin (if you followed along on twitter or instagram you already know)

Waiting for the Clyde & Seamore show

Walking around drinking a cold shock top = perfection

Than it was time to pet a penguin 

Meet Tut, He is about 30 years old & LOVES people

How awesome is this? San Diego is 1 of 3 places in the world to be able to see penguins. The other 2 are Japan & the wild. San Diego also is one of the only places that has successfully breed penguins & they are able to do this by mocking their seasons. Currently it is summer down there so it is very bright & still cold. It was 27 degrees in this exhibit. 

If you ever get the chance to go to Sea world & do the penguin tour DO IT!  

How was your weekend?

Book Review: The Longest Ride

My first ever book review The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. 

Background: Ira is in big trouble and finds himself on the side of an embankment with some life threatening injuries. During his time in the car, he gets some images back of his wife Ruth who keeps him holding onto life. Meanwhile, Sophia meets a young cowboy name Luke. They come from opposites and just by fate they cross paths. Both of these couples have little in common yet soon find out what they do share.

This book has the best twist in it and left me questioning Nicholas Sparks because I couldn't read it fast enough to find out what would happen. I am hoping this becomes a movie in the future as well.

I would highly recommend this book over some of his others. 

Have you read it? Are you planning on reading it? Any good books you've read lately?   

Final Stop: St. Thomas

Our final stop of the cruise we took back in October was St. Thomas. Honestly I thought it was kinda ghetto and extremely expensive. 

We went to this place called Cokki Beach. 

It was beautiful but expensive. You have to pay someone to bring you drinks to your chairs. 

There was fish you could swim & feed a dog bone too

After the beach we went back into "downtown" to eat some food & shop around

On our way back to the cruise ship we took this sweet taxi ride - yes they can drink & drive. We even asked them. 

Back shopping around the ship area

The last picture of the 4 of us! 

Family is forever!

Back on the ship, the best part of carnival cruises. Towel Animals! 

There you have it. All four stops of my first carnival cruise. I cant wait to keep traveling and seeing many more places. So far though, Grand Turk is my favorite place on the planet! I can't wait to celebrate my 25th birthday there. 

What is your favorite place to visit?