Berkeley Bridal Shower

One weekend in July I went to Berkeley to visit friends and help throw a shower for my roommate Sam! On Friday night I drove up to Berkeley and had dinner and hung out with my friend Kathy. On Saturday morning I went with my friends Jonathan, Gar, and Kathy to Bake sale Betty, an amazing restaurant where we had chicken sandwiches, banana bread, and strawberry shortcake...yummy.

After bake sale Betty Gar and I went shopping and did a few errands to finish getting ready for the shower.

For dinner we met back up with Jonathan and Kathy for pizza. :)

Then it was time for the shower. For the shower we had fondue here's the pretty food table.

Kathy made a face out of her food plate.

As part of her gift I got Sam and egg slicer, who knew an egg slicer could be so exciting.

Another friend got her a bridal survival kit including a mini pocket knife...Sam is going to be very safe with that thing around.

Here's the whole gang at the shower. It was a good time and lots of fun. The next day I went the church and headed home. Great weekend that was over all to quickly.

4th of July Weekend

My brother Matthew and his family came home for 4th of July weekend. Here I am with Adden dressed in our red, white and blue, ready for church.

Here I am with my adorable Dad, ready for church on the 4th. :)

On the way to church we made our traditional 4th of July stop and the cemetery to visit Granddad's grave and place a flag on it.

That evening I went with my Aunt and Cousins to Cayucos beach for the fireworks, it's been about 5 years since I had been at the beach for the fireworks and it was a great time. Katie's Bf Mike was working that day at his uncles shop across the street from the beach so not only was he able to get us the best parking EVER, he saved us each a delicious fish taco!!! Love it when we have the hook ups!

Here we are Katie, Mike (katie's bf), Sadie, Addie, and I

Happy 4th of July! God Bless America!

Even my toes were patriotic.

As it started to get dark we got cosy waiting for the fireworks to begin.

It was kinda hard take pics because of all the smoke and fog...but I heart the beach and it was fun to be there with my cousins.

I decided to get out my new camera (my graduation) gift from the parents and takes some pics of Adden while they were visiting. Here he is dancing with his Daddy.

He dumped an entire bag of fish crackers on the carpet and then sang "clean up" as he put them back in...maybe if I was his Mom it wouldn't be funny...but I thought it was hilarious.

Adden Loves his Cars.

....and playing in the sandbox...I love this face!

Sand is quite fascinating

Love that giggle :)

Fun with Grandma Kathy

Kinda a gross pic of Me but we were having such a great time I decided to post it anyway.

Making Sand Angels

Hanging with brother and Car at my favorite time of day, evening on the ranch

Love this place, so beautiful.

My adorable Dad.

Great weekend, great company, great fun.

Graduation Party!

So it's been awhile since my last blog post but I wanted to share the pics from my graduation BBQ on memorial day weekend. Here I am enjoying the party with two of my beautiful cousins Sadie and Katie!!!

Being silly, love these girls!!!

With one of my very best friends Hillary (her family is always at the family parties, love them:))

Here I am with my favorite boy, Adden!!! I've been told this is the best Adden and Aunt Tara picture ever...what do you think?

For those who were unable to attend my graduation I hung my cap and gown on the hall closet so they could see how cool it is, and the background is cards my wonderful friends and family gave me.

Here I am with my Mom, the one who made it all happen.

Last but not least my adorable grandparents. :) My grandma Donna's mom graduated from college as did my Aunt Debbie, My sister Brianna, and my Cousin Tiana!!! My grandma is very proud of her educated posterity. :)

Graduation Weekend

This past weekend was my graduation from grad school. Here I am hugging my department head after she "hooked" me. :) Such a happy moment.


Here I am with my friend Brooke during graduation. :) Hurrah for MSOT's.

I was really blessed to have alot of family and friends come to my graduation (one of the perks of going to school just 3 hours from home). Here I am with my aunt Jean (mom's sister).

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Joe (Dad's brother), who I'm staying with this summer while I intern, made the drive too.

My Grandma (Mom's Mom) who has been so supportive of me during my education came to help me celebrate.

Here I am with my friend Chara. She was my partner for adult clinic and she's amazing. We did it. :)

My brother and sister-in-law cam the farthest all the way from LA. I really am loved.

My one of my very best friends Hillary came to support me to, she was such a big help.

My friends Kathy and Beth came from Berkeley to show their support.

My Dad and Mom showing love to the graduate.

Me and my siblings, looking good on my graduation day.

After the graduation a bunch of us went to dinner to celebrate.

The next day was my Mom's 55th birthday here she is with the pink chocolate chip pan cakes we made for her birthday breakfast "55" and Mickey mouse.

The next day we took some pics of my sister Brianna and I in our caps and gowns to commemorate the excitement of graduating just a month a part, her with her bachelor's in elementary ed. and me with my masters in occupational therapy.

Yippee we graduated!

We did it!! It was a great time and so exciting to finally be done with course work!