bloomin'

If I could have fresh cut flowers on my bedside every morning I'm pretty sure I'd be the happiest person on earth. No joke. There is something completely and utterly wonderful about fresh blooms that just makes me smile.

Yesterday I took care of things with our leasing office, got the oil changed, and talked shop with the mechanic about my brakes and tires.

I earned these babies. Thanks Trader Joe's.

My only regret is not being married in peony season...

highlights #60

It's starting to feel like summer around here.  I'm just waiting for Dave to come home from his last day of school, um, work for the summer vacation, right????  If only that were how it went down. 

Highlights below:

Great NY Times article about BYU's animation department

summer uniform

I'll be making a version of this soon

celebrity doppelgangers

I've used this TWICE now and it really works!

LA drivers will laugh

xo

gateway to summer

Our long weekend started Friday night when we hopped in the car and headed down to Orange County to stay with my parents.  I know I sound like a broken record, but it rocks to live so close to them.  We honestly see each other every other week at least.  It's great.

The boys were up bright and early Saturday for a 7:45 tee time down in San Clemente and we ladies got our beauty sleep.  We decided to head to the beach for the afternoon around 12:00, but upon entering the freeway on ramp we realized our mistake.  Duh, it was Memorial Day weekend!  Everyone and their dog were on the 5-South on the way to the beach.  We waded slowly through the sea of traffic, but around San Juan we decided we'd try to shoot down to PCH...with 100 of our closest friends.  Turns out everyone else had the same idea.  It was at that point we decided to jump ship, turn around, get some lunch, and salvage the afternoon.

We ended up in downtown San Juan for afternoon tea at The Tea House on Los Rios and had a great time sipping tea and eating cucumber sandwiches.

We had a pretty great time trying on all their hats while we waited for a table...

We were a tad bit under dressed for the occasion - ahem, swimsuit coverups and minimal makeup - but we decided we'd just roll with it.  This was a spontaneous afternoon.

 PS they served scones with clotted cream...I was in heaven.

After tea we walked around the charming street of downtown San Juan where, it so happens, we took pictures on our wedding day.  This house look familiar to anyone...?

May 2013

August 2011

Time flies...

Sunday was spent quietly with the family attending church in my home ward, and getting to hear Brooke sing in Sacrament Meeting was a special treat. 

Monday was planned for a beach day, but after Saturday's fiasco we decided to play it safe and lounge by the pool.  The morning was brisk so we caught a matinee of the new Star Trek movie and came home to hop in the pool.

Quite literally...

It was a lazy afternoon in the sun and a day well spent with good company.

This long weekend was over too soon, but we're starting to get excited for the Tobler family 4th of July on Balboa Island!  It's only a month(ish) away!  Let the countdown begin.

time flies

One year ago this holiday weekend we were loaded up in our U-haul cruisin' down the I-15 towards sunny CA.  Honestly the most memorable part of that trip was trying to figure out how to park our huge truck, staying at Buffalo Bills for the night (leaving much to be desired...), and waiting in bumper to bumper traffic for over an hour to drive less than a mile to our pit stop.  Oh and then unloading the contents of said truck into our apartment...on the 3rd floor.  Thank goodness for our elder's quorum and the missionaries.  They were LIFESAVERS.  Literally.

Needless to say, I'm really pretty glad we're not driving too far this weekend (cough cough, please be kind LA traffic).  We'll be hanging out with my fam down in Orange County, and, weather permitting, we're planning to be soaking up some rays at the beach.  Fingers crossed.  Sunscreen packed.

Three day weekends are really my favorite kind of weekends.  Waking up Monday morning and knowing you have no responsibilities is bliss.  Can't wait.

Pictures via Pinterest: left, right

web highlights #59

I think I need to get back into the groove of posting more...these highlights posts are becoming every other post on this blog!  Oh well.  To be honest I've been looking forward for this week to hurry up and be over so we can spend a very fun long weekend down with my parents enjoying some CA sunshine and Memorial Day.  Come oonnnn Friday!

Until then here are some fun posts:

I SO want to make one of these for both me and Dave

I'm making a book like this for my kids

this is real life

always be uplifting

a list of fave Insta editing apps

a party lifesaver

FREE vintage printables here (for real)

gorgeous

faux taxidermy (??)

and really simple pretty makeup (too bad the sites all in Russian...)

And in other news, I actually really like the changes Pinterest has made to it's new format - I don't think I've ever said that about a site update before.  Props to Pinterest.

xo