st. thomas

St. Thomas is a beautiful island, we spent the day wandering around downtown and then took a taxi to Magen's Bay.



The view from the top of the island.




The Coconut Man!

the long awaited cruise recap | san juan

We spent the first day of our vacation in Old San Juan, we stayed right in the old part of the city, and walked everywhere! The weather was beautiful, and the food delicious!


The old cemetary near the fort.







Fried pork and plantains, with yummy rice and beans!


The second night we got on the boat we bought drinks ate lunch, sushi and headed to the room for a quick nap, got up and headed for dinner! Gotta love cruises.





mmmmm.... my fav, creme brulée......

we're...

...having a open house today! Wish me luck!

post graduation festivities

After graduation the festivities continued throughout the weekend! With three BBQS. My mom through a party for all my friends and family and we had yummy Mexican food and margaritas!



Danielle's mommy and sister Tamara were so thoughtful and threw us a post graduation fiesta, complete with handmade Chilean food, and the most delicious empanadas! Mmmm my mouth is watering thinking about it!


After our lunch we were serenaded by Danielle and in awe of Tamara's mad banjo skills... She really knows how to 'Boil Them Cabbage Down.'

very niccceeeeeeeeeeeaaa.

graduation 09

Flashing way back to May 8th, I graduated! Finally! It was a long stressful and fun journey, and it's finally over! I'm lucky to have a job lined up and have been working since!

ok so this time... really.

I will be updating soon, I finally got my graduation pics, and borrowed a cord to update all my pics.... I will force myself to do it TONIGHT! But brace yourself/ves for a photo overload!
Until then... our house is for sale so tell all your friends!

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And check out this awesome video!

mia

Sorry I've been MIA, so many exciting things have been happening and in all the shuffle I've lost my camera cord.... so there's so much more to come, very soon!

stole of gratitude

This is my friend Danielle. Oh! Wait what? I want to note that I have been lucky to have many amazing friends that I can laugh and cry with but I wanted to take a moment to dedicate this post all to Danielle, so that everyone (and by everyone I mean anyone that reads this on purpose or by accident) knows how great she is. She and I have gone to school together on and off since 8th grade, and although we drifted apart for one reason or another throughout that period, we've been great friends ever since we both found out we would be going into architecture. Little did we know this one little thing called architecture would be the root of a great friendship and hundreds of adventures and lasting life long memories. Here is just a small collection in no particular order of just some of the great times we've had together over the past 5 or so years, and as I look at all of them I can't believe how much fun we've had together, and can't wait to see what the future holds. What this post can't show is all the time we've spent laughing til we cry over poop stories, ostrich clad boot wearing police officer videos, saying stupid funny words, and oh so many other things. I want to thank her for laughing, crying, mocking, and helping me through all of my life and school stress, but also for challenging me to think in different ways about things. She is one of the people I trust most in the world. Although she knows I am too cheap to actually purchase a physical 'stole of gratitude' I hope she know how important she's been and continues to be in my life. While looking through all these photos, you may notice that unlike many Danielle takes her moment in front of the camera very seriously, and while some may shy away she takes the chance to strike the pose of a lifetime! Thanks for being such a great friend, snarflesnookumpoop-pie! Over and out.