sew crazy

my new addiction is embellishing shirts so i spent my friday night sewing ruffles to add to a tank top.

i sent this to my man to show him

and he showed me this.

needless to say, we both "sewed" our friday night away. .

mini golfing with mitch

was perfect.

he knows one of the ways i feel loved is when i get to spend quality time with my favorite people.. so for my birthday he gave me a date for dinner and mini golf. the weather was perfect, believe it or not.

i love

my brother..

arizona sunsets..

my new glittery gold gems ..

and the fact that i was on one course, hit the ball so hard that it went past my course and onto another guys course, into the sliding doors and a hole in one.. he and everyone who saw was amazed.

i think that was pure luck; cause mitch ended up beating me..

august twenty third

was

such a good day.. best birthday yet.

i can't believe i'm twenty two.

my
highlights:

• woke up to sister singing happy birthday to me at 6:45 a.m
  
• had literally 120 people wish me happy birthday on facebook
  
• constantly got happy birthday text messages/calls
  
• lunch with sister and nana at rumbi grill
  
• recieved the most beautiful, perfect dozen red roses delivered to my house from my man
• went to gecko grill for dinner with my whole family {the waiter thought it was my 12th bday..}
• played my favorite games with mom, dad, g and sis
• got a gift certificate to gecko, a book, blow pops, money to buy the gold glittery toms, a plane ticket to visit my man in vegas, and a date with mitch on friday night.
• ended my wonderful day talking on the phone to my favorite man in the whole entire world.

i love my love birds
and my boys
and my parents/best friends.

and my nana and grandpa.

i loved just being with my family.
i have a feeling that this year will be my very favorite one..

[yup.]

bowling like you've never seen

we bowled on monday night. my family is very transparent. you can read them by looking at their faces. trust me.

mitch beat the whole crew with: 148!

we on the other hand, didn't do so hot..

neither did they.. but we still had fun.. g hates mustard so we put it inside his finger hole in his ball. yeah. he didn't think it was as funny as we did..
oh mitch..
oh how those dimples melt me..
hey, i got some strikes, believe it or not.

dang, i love this man..

thats besides the point.. here's the bowling crew..

lets just say the people around our lanes were veryyy entertained. we will leave it at that..

{no, i didn't bowl in flip flops, i took my shoes off before the family picture, i should've known better}

perfect match?

so i'm obsessed with gold..glitter..and slip on shoes..

and these happen to be all three

..i've fallen in love; sorry justin..

{ my only wish on my twenty second birthday list --are these gems}

how i feel:

"there's a place, i've been lookin for that took me in and out of buildings behind windows, walls

and doors and i thought i found it couple times even settled down then i'd hang around long enough to find my way back out i know now

that the place i was tryin' to reach was you right here in front of me

and i wouldn't change a thing

i'd walk right back through the rain back to every broken heart on the day that it was breakin' it's amazin' what i let my heart go through to get me where it

got me in this moment here with you and it passed me by god knows how many times i was so caught up in holdin' what i never thought i'd find i know now there are a million roads to take to get me in your arms this way i'd relive all the years and be thankful for the tears i've cried with every stumble, step that led to you and got me here to a love i'd never thought i get to get to, here and if that's the road god made me take to be with you..that got me, here

right here"

{i'm so thankful for life with my man, he's more than i ever dreamed

my future IS bright and i love it..}

ten weeks

of dating justin pattee.
they have been the best ten weeks of my whole life. literally.
boy am i a lucky one.

seriously.

nothing like

reading a good book..

putting sand between your toes..
being in good company..

feeling like life's so good that you have to jump for joy..

having amazing weather..

and getting a piggy back from your little bro..

now, i'd say thats a pretty dang good day.

he's the best

he knows how much i love bowling. so he literally called 20 bowling alley's to find pins for sale and went to 4 goodwills to find a ball.

he suprised me and we bowled in a parking lot. i am proud to say that i got 3 strikes in a row. it's the truth.

dang i love this man. he makes life so entertaining and wonderful.

{11 weeks with audition rotations in different states better go fast.}

goodbye spending every free second with him;
hello- sewing headbands, quilts, clothes, reading, time with girlfriends and family.

thank goodness for phones and skype.