i said you do...

i said you do, lyrics in a really sweet angus and julia stone song...it is called mango tree:) it is what i am currently listening to and i just love this specific song. i am sitting listening to music and reflecting on my weekend. this weekend was full of so much. a lot to reflect on and just be really grateful for.

friday was joe's birthday. he is the big 23 now and he is just brilliant and i am so grateful that i get to be his big sister. since he was at camp and i had work we didn't celebrate until later on. so after work, i was able to spend some time with a couple really dear people, terry and esther. terry and esther i have loved for a couple years now and getting to sit with them over frozen yogurt was so good for my heart. i pinky swore them that i would concur the zip line before this summer comes to an end...oh gosh, i really hope i can keep that promise because if there is an irrational fear that stands out to me out of all my irrational fears, it is heights, and to concur it would be so good for me. i spoke to becky and tim about it today and we have a plan...so hopefully within the next couple weeks i will be posting some footage of my success:)

friday night i wrote about...read the last post and you will learn all about joe's fun little birthday dinner. we had such a good time and he was so happy with his friends and it made me so happy.

yesterday was wonderful. i woke up and got ready to spend the morning with cc and ryan. i don't get to see them very often so i always jump at the opportunity to spend time with them...sometimes i think i invite myself over...hope that's ok cc:) i stopped by augie's to get coffee for them. it was quite busy(really) in there but brian, austin, and jessie were on top of the situation:) from there, it was off to cc and ryan's. as i was driving over, i noticed a huge yard sale at the church near by...:) when i got there, i delivered the coffee, i actually forgot it in the car so i had to go back to the car to get it and deliver it:D and ryan made crepes. we romanians, we love crepes. but the ones with yummy sweetness inside. we don't do food crepes. and he even flipped them in the air! they were so good. we sat and ate and talked and i love them so deeply. they are so good and their thoughts are so precious to me.

cc and i. she is a good lady:)

we walked over to the yard sale and i found this really lovely perfume bottle for one dollar! i love it so much. and cc bought a really old magazine rack...and we are going to strip that thing down and make it so beautiful:) after the nice morning walk, we went back and cc and i cleaned and cleaned and laughed a crazy lot. ryan was working on school planning and what not and cc and i just cleaned...sometimes there was more laughing happening but it was so good. we hung curtains and that was the best thing ever. it took forever but my heart hurt at times from all the laughter. i am glad it took so long:) ryan must have thought we were a little off our rockers but it was so good! cheese pizza was the perfect way to end my time with cc and ryan. it was so nice. next time we will paint and garden. mom will be proud of us:)

afterwards, i worked for a couple hours and from there headed out to a going away party. this going away party was for a really precious girl that i have become very close to in the past few months and i am deeply grateful for it. we sat and chatted for quite some time and had wine and chocolate cake. and the conversation was so good and my wheels are really turning right now just thinking about some of the things we spoke about...steph, i am really thinking about it:) it was so nice to meet her family and friends and there were even fireworks! left overs from the fourth of july and actually i didn't get fireworks on the 4th because i was in the mountains:) i was so SO thankful for the time i was able to spend there with her and the others. what a gift, truly, truly.

this morning i woke up feeling like i just needed to get out. to get my brain some air or something. so i got dressed and headed for the hills...literally:) i went up to oak glen for a couple hours and it was so nice. the sun was out, it was green, and just lovely. i read and listened to music and just sat and watched everything around me. it was beautiful and peaceful and so nice. i needed that time. i have been experiencing a bit these past few days/weeks and it was so nice to just sit down and process. terry and ester, if you read this, there was no geocaching:) next time!

i loved getting home to my family all there...minus aura, we miss you. we lunched and joe and cc(cc's from bec was the best thing ever...i had just spoken to her about my thoughts on something yesterday and becky read my mind or something:) opened presents and we had cake and i tried to watch 2012 but got sleepy so took a nap instead:)

i told her i would love a little niece or nephew...becky was on it:)

joe likes the lakers...a lot:)

i love my family. they are so good and caring and supportive and that is so important. so important. it is so easy to miss aura come most sunday afternoons when we are all able to be together but i am so proud of her and what she is accomplishing and will see her soon enough:D