Founders Dinner

I am part of a group of fascinating women, we call ourselves the Founders. We founded the Academy Winter Guard which started it's performance season in 2004 in "A" class and this coming season are moving to "World" class. (http://www.arizonaacademy.org/) and (http://www.wgi.org/) The girls that were there from the beginning are Mattie (my BFF), Becky Richardson, Kerri Sydell and last but certainly not least Liza Noriega. These girls are huge part of my like and even though we have all moved on from the Academy we try and meet once a month to talk and remember, it usually last well over 4 hours. This month we were gonna meet for breakfast at "The Farm" but unfortunately "the Farm" is closed till September, so we went to Mimi's Cafe. Unfortunately Kerri was unable to join us, but she has a wonderful excuse, she is 8 months pregnant with our new little founder, Nora Elizabeth!! We cannot wait for her arrival and to read more about the Founders we have our own blog site, entitled "The Founders" and can be found in my favorite blogs list.

Kim and Ben's AGAIN!

OK so I have some catching up to do before I head off on vacation to Orlando/Allentown/Newark/Bayonne/Satellite Beach... Yeah I'll be home on the 9th :) Let's see, last Monday I believe I went over to Kim and Ben's AGAIN! I know they are probably getting sick of me but seriously I love them. After we had Chinese and talked about Tofu and Curry we played balloons with the kids and then after they went to bed we watched Monsters Inc, that's right after the KIDS went bed, the ADULTS watched Monsters Inc :) Here are a few pictures from our balloon time and Ethan riding the diaper train/car/boat!

All You Can Eat Crab Legs...

At Fort McDowell Casino they have brought back the all you can eat crab legs... My mom's friends Patti and Jackie invited her to go, so I invited myself :) My mom and I got there early so we signed up for the Fort McDowell card and we got ten bucks to do so. So we went and spent it on the nickel slots, we lost. Then onto the buffet my mom and did not have crab legs but the desserts were delicious! Patti really enjoyed her crab legs...
After crab legs and dessert my mom and I went to play bingo, it was a lot more stressful than I remember! Well we didn't win but we might go back for bingo sometime again soon!

Th Big Bang

My BFF Mattie and I get excited about a lot of things some of our favorites are food, Dave Matthews and THE BIG BANG! The Big Bang is a dueling piano bar located on Mill Ave in Tempe. The original one is in St. Louis and there is one in Nashville. We went to the Big Bang on Friday night and they announced that they are building another Big Bang in downtown Columbus, Ohio!! Mattie and I are thrilled, now her and Paul can move there :) We have been to the Big Bang for everything, birthdays, bachelorette parties, break-ups you name it we've done it there...Here are some pictures from Friday night...

Julie Martinez is on the piano, we L-O-V-E her!

No we are not really snorting coke, there was sugar on the table...and no we didn't snort that either...we just thought it was funny (drugs are NOT funny) :)

Mattie's sister in law, Brighid, was also there! We love her more than the Big Bang!

Banana Republic

For those of you who know me, you know that I LOVE Banana Republic. Well I recently got a job there!! I work at the women's store in Scottsdale Fashion Square. I do not officially start until after I come back from Orlando around the 10th. I am very excited to be working with this team they all seem incredibly nice and helpful. And do not worry I still work at Fry's Pharmacy and am still pursuing the career as a pharmacist.

Olive Garden

Tonight I finally got to meet Mick and can you believe I had my camera but my memory card was in my computer at home! Mick is Ali's boyfriend who is from London and is here for 3 months and then hopefully a lot longer...for those of you who don't know Ali, we met in a college Spanish class along with Julia and Scott (Scott did not attend the Olive Garden get together since he lives in California). We have since been friends but rarely get to see each other. Since I did not have a camera I will have to improvise on the pictures...

This is an Olive Garden, not the Olive Garden we went to though, I believe this one is in Colorado.

This is Ali and I at Salty Senorita some years ago...

This is Julia and I at San Felipe not all that long ago...

And I do not have any pictures with Mick or of Mick so I stole one from Ali's myspace...

Now picture all of us at a corner table in an Olive Garden not too far away and there you have it, friends reunited!! I promise to bring the camera next time... :)

Kim and Ben

My Best Friend from Jr. High found me on Facebook and we had dinner! Her husband Ben and her two little ones were there as well as her parents and brother whom I have not seen in years. It was a lot of fun and I cannot wait to hang out with them again! We did not bust out the camera until after the grandparents had gone and the children had gone to bed. We all decided to play Wii Fit...I am very unbalanced...

Ben is very balanced and is excellent at the soccer game...

Kim is also very balanced...

I am very unbalanced and believe I am about to get hit with a shoe...

Even the cat was more balanced than me...

Yay Kim and me!!!

Thanks so much for having me over, hope I didn't keep you up too late :P