P o o l P a r t y

me and darci share an equal love for swimming.

so we force our kids to join us.

but they love it.

hooray for summer!

only darci will appreciate this...

p a r t y at the park.

for matix and my dad's birthday, we partied at the park with the fam. 

mostly for my dad though, since matix already got his celebration.

it was fun. and matix loved on the spraying water. 

until it got cold. 

happy birthday mister wiggle stinks

we survived our FIRST year together!!

Ps...happy birthday to grandpa steve too :)

internship

i am now officially divulged in my position as the pressintern for cinevegas 2009. Until school got out, I was only working on Fridays, but now that school is out, I am working 3 days a week. (and 2 at my dads office) busy busy. So far things have gone good. a lot of work with clippings and credentials, but now that the festival is only a month away, things should start to busy up and get fun! im excited. For instance yesterday, we headed down to Ditch Fridays at the Palms Pool to hand out beach balls and spread the word about the festival. Sure beats sitting in the office right?? (too bad i dont drink, because we definitely got vip passes with free drinks that my co-workers appreciated. haha)

For those of you who don't know anything about cinevegas, its a film festival at the palms from june 10-15. this year we are premiering a new robin williams movie call "World's Greatest Dad," and supposedly he is supposed to come. should be fun!

car a day in may

that's right me, matix, and my dad went down to the hyundai dealership last night for their raffle because my mom made us. she knows someone who actually won the other night. unfortunately we didnt win. but maybe i will have more luck next time! haha. that would be sweet to win a car just like that. or even to just take the $500 they offer if you don't want the car.

spring semester grades

journalism 305- media ethics- A
journalism 362- writing public relations- A-
journalism 374- advertising copywriting- A
tca 344- media in entertainment- A
tca 497- per art rep and mgt- A

ya that's right..straight A's. I'm a gangster.

someone owes me a treat like ice cream at danielle's before the end of the month when it CLOSES FOREVER! any takers?

happy mother's day to me...

i came home to flowers on the porch from jon.

(he had his best friend drop them off. )

how sweet.

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it made my day.

to celebrate mothers day my dad decided to have a progressive dinner, 

stopping at each of my sister's houses.

we started at theresa's for appetizers.

then to steph's for salad.

then to our house for the main dish and dessert.

(julie's house was cancelled due to peyton's recent arrival)

it was a cute idea. but i little chaotic. and naptime was ruined.  :)

i mostly think that my dad did it to get out of doing all the work. 

good job dad.

sweet tooth...

lately matix has no desire to eat...

unless it's sugar!!!!
  

we thought he was just playing with his toys... but no. 

he is a candy stealer and mess maker. 

and he is not even ashamed in the slightest.

what a boogerbutt.

unicorn LOVE=

unicorn THIEF!!

summer nights...

because of the nice weather this week, 

we decided to have dinner in the park, 

not once, but twice this week. 

(courtesy of gma and gpa)

day #1 mcdonalds with ethan kennedy and shelby

day #2 sonic with amanda and adam

introducing....

matix's newest cousin

peyton leslie bartlett

may 5, 2009

7lbs. 13 oz.

(my sister julie's 3rd child)

this is why...

I love val...

today she sent me a text so funny (but only to us) that made me bust up laughing while getting my oil changed. the lady next to me says "boy, you're having fun with your phone." i almost died.  

i love how we have a wacky relationship that no one could ever understand. and how we can be so immature, yet it's so normal. 

i love layne

today she ate with me. and then napped with me. and it felt like 3 years ago when it was our daily routine. even though now we're both married with children. (okay almost, in her case)

mother's day

is coming up and i just came across taylor swift's new video for her song "best day"

and it seriously made me teary eyed.

she is so cute. i love her. and fearless is an awesome cd. i swear.

walking baby (kinda)

missing daddy...

jon went to san antonio, texas for the summer to sell alarms. He's been gone now for a week and a half, and me and matix miss him a lot. it's going to be a lonely summer without him :(

jon's friends out to eat.

bucklin matix into his new carseat for the first time!

out at red lobster the night before daddy leaves. matix was lovin on the crab (and the lemon) :)

bye bye daddy. we miss you. 

Last day of class....

It should be an exciting day...right? everything is done, except for two little tests online that i need to do before next week, but im really not worried. I even got brave and wore a skirt (that i bought yesterday) and it was fun. (i dont often wear skirts because my legs are pastey... even more than the rest of me.) anyways, everything went great UNTIL my friend amanda talked me into questioning my schedule for the fall, so i decided to go make sure that everything would be fine for graduating in December. Well it was a good/bad thing i went. The good news is that there was a problem. the bad news was, if i hadnt mentioned it, i probably could have gotten away without ever taking any of the core journalism classes (like 1st amendment and media and society...you know the boring yet super hard ones) key word is probably... with my luck im sure they would have made me stay one more semester but the counselor claimed that wouldn't have been the case. Well after a very heated argument between my counselor and the journalism chair (with cussing and everything.. it was quite awkward) it was overruled that I have to take every single HARD class in the jms school next semester, and instead of having to go to unlv two days a week all day (which i was previously complaining about) i now get to go basically ALL day, 4 days a week. what the freak. MW 1130-215/TH 1030-345 plus an online class. and im doing 10 credits this summer. (i thought i could survive all my college years with never doing summer school, apparently not.) how the heck am i going to work? and get insurance? and have any money ever? and basically survive? i dont even want to freaking graduate anymore. i seriously do NOT know what to do. i am so upset. that's all.

on a positive note...baskin robbins 31 cent scoop night is tonight. (didnt it used to be FREE scoop night?? i guess we are in a recession...) it was yummy!

aa flea market

Today american apparel had a flea market at unlv. The only reason i even knew about it is because for my new job i have to read the Las Vegas Weekly and Citylife every week. Anyways...besides the fact that the doors were supposed to open at 8, but finally opened at 10:30, (so i had to come back) it was mad chaos but super awesomeness at the same time! For those of you who don't know much about AA they are a sweatshop free clothing company, so their clothing is a little more pricey than I like to spend.  So at this flea market, they had racks and racks of reject clothing, or stuff that hadn't sold, and it was all super cheap. Like 3 shirts for $16! holy heck. Normally their shirts are at least $20 each. I even got Matix some baby clothes.  Anyways, long story short...I was in heaven. and got some sweet stuff.

sandal season

I got these super cute sandals at children's orchard the other day. They look so cute on matix and they stay on surprisingly well. i love them.

 (well worth the $1.99)

the best thing about turning one....

goodbye infant seat....

hello big boy seat.

how exciting. :)