Party Glasses

I bought these sunglasses in San Diego last weekend for $3. I put them on today as I sat outside watching the beggining of the Hermosa Open Beach Volleyball tournament and instantly felt like the weekend is getting started. I'm leaving work in 2 minutes to head out to the Homecoming Football game at my high school. My younger brother Tanner is hosting the half time show, announcing theHomecoming Court, and McKenna, my sister, is on her Freshman Class Float. Tomorrow we will spend the day watching the Volleyball tournament and hopefully soaking up some sun. TGIF!

Have a wonderful first weekend of Fall.

7 Things about...

I was tagged by Grahangela (one of my new blog friends) to share a few facts about myself:

The directions are:

1. Write 7 things about yourself.

2. Give the "award" to other blogs.

3. Inform them about it!

1. I went to both BYU-Idaho where I got my Associates Degree and then went to BYU-Provo where I got my BS, I liked BYU-I better.
2. I come from a family of 7 kids, I have 3 brothers (26, 17, 5-yep 5!) and 3 sisters (21,20,14).
3. I secretly love the show Teen Mom, no secrets on this blog anymore!
4. I am obsessed with Nail Polish, ask Chad, about 75% of our conversations come back to "Oh I saw this idea on pinterest" or, "Which color do you think goes with this outfit" (sorry babe I'll try and keep those conversations between me and my sisters and friends)
5. I want to start REALLY learning photography, my mom is an EXCELLENT photographer and am going to start having her help me spruce up my skills.
6. Last week I did Yoga for the first time, and loved it. I need to start adding that into my exercise routine.
7. I work full time for an Entertainment Insurance Brokerage, spend part of that time blogging (woops :) ), I also tutor a few hours a week.

So now its your turn:

Catherine @2 B.C.

Maddy @ The Bells

Katya @ This Time is a Charm

Jen @ Smoking Crayolas

Lindsay @ Just Us

Amanda @ For Love of a Cupcake

Whitney @ The Zuflet's

Lisa @ The Lyon Family

Lindsey @ I'mLindsayB

Do You Really Put Pictures of Your Nails Online?

I was Skyping with my family on Sunday night, and my 17year-old brother Tanner asked me, that question. So to answer your question Tanner, "Yes, I really do post pictures of my nails and put it on my blog. Did you really wear your $1 hawaiin shirt and jeans to Homecoming?" (Yes he did). So these pictures are especially for Tanner, I hope you like them little brother (even though he is now way bigger than me). I have to also give a shout out to my sister Hayley who found this idea on pinterest for me here.

                                                                         How I did it:

1. Paint two coats of ligher polish, let completely dry

2. Tape off the bottom portion of your nail at an angle and paint the darker color

3. Let dry for a few minutes and remove the tape

4. Once the darker color is completely dry, use a toothpick to dot on the white polish

5. With a small nail brush paint glitter polish where two colors meet, let dry.

6. Once dry apply the top coat.

This is the picture from Pinterest:

Linked up over here

RIP TYLER

Remember our little turtle Tyler that we caught when we lived in Texas? You can find the story here.  Chad's dad was the perfect "grandpa" to Tyler. First he bought him a nice aquarium, filter, rcoks, water heater, etc. That turtle LOVED him, when Brent walked into the room the turtle swam to the top of the water. We had one incident with Tyler before, he somehow jumped out of his acquarium and hid in the bedroom next to where his home was. Luckily we found him, lowered the water level and have had no problems.

Brent (Chad's Dad) decided Tyler needed his own pond. He built a pond in the backyard with a water fountain, heater, you name it, this turtle had it. It was the Ritz Carlton for turtles. The turtle lived there for about a week and a half before tragedy struck. Two nights ago we heard the neighbors dog barking and barking, I was annoyed but in bed and didn't think anything of it. The next day Chad went to check on Tyler and he was GONE!! Chad looked everywhere for him, there is no way he could have crawled out of the pond. We came to the conclusion that a racoon must have jumped in his pond and taken him, which is why the dog was going crazy. Hopefully Tyler is still alive somewhere, but we are pretty sure he will not be found swimming in his 5 star resort. I think we need to get a puppy now :)

(The tall dark rocks where not up that high when Tyler lived in the pond)

San Diego for a Night

So here's the skinny on our weekend:

We decided last minute to head down south for a nice change of pace. We stopped at the Orange County Market Place and picked up a few random things (post to come just about those). We ate breakfast in Pacific Beach at Kono's (our favorite breakfast place), celebrated Brazillian Day in PB, got a hotel in Pt. Loma, caught sunset at the Sunset Cliffs, ate dinner and walked around in Old Town and ended the night with a swim in the pool.  I took a ton of pictures because I recently purchased a new lens for our camera, picture taking just got that much more fun.

(King of the world/Titanic Pose?)

Had to throw in a "oh quick here comes the temple, let me grab my camera as fast as I can picture".

Nails for the Weekend

Well the weather is no longer boycotting the fall like it was last week yesterday. Maybe it's because I painted my nails with a dark plum that the Fall weather decided to make an appearance. Whatever the reason (I'm sure it's not my polish) I actually enjoyed the cooler day, with the brief appearance made by the rain. Now tomorrow I would like to order clear skies, 75 degrees with a light ocean breeze.

To spruce up my nails I dabbed a make-up sponge into my silver OPI polish and lightly applied only to the tips of my nails. It's Friday, I was feeling dangerous.

Last Weekend...

 Was filled with volleyball, big suprise I know. We went to the Women's USC vs UCLA volleyball game in Downtown LA. Afterwards we cruised around all the frat/sorority houses to do some GREAT people watching. Chad drove down a narrow alley filled with drunk people, that was fun trying to maneuver our way through them. Then on Saturday Chad played in his last volleyball tournament this year in Hermosa Beach. The Fishbacks and Bells joined to cheer Chad on. We ended the night by introducing them to Get Shaved, our favorite shaved ice place!