Day 61

This is Malachi's big mean Ford Dakota. Angel requested that i take a picture, so here it is. i got to drive this the other day, which was awesome. i felt very tough. ;) ~Abbie

Fiona riding shotgun on her way to the vet. :) ~Angel

Day 60

this is the river right next to my work. which is basically the only place i've been this week. so here it is. :) ~Abbie

Went to the San Diego County Fair today. Lots of crazy games, delicious smells, and tempting foods! Decided not to get the fried butter though. :) ~Angel

Day 59

i've been so busy working that i havent really had time to take pictures of anything really exciting. so here are some flowers. :) ~Abbie

My staircase has these cool little windows that look out over our neighborhood, and I thought it made for a neat photo opp. This is my favorite view, since you can only see the trees, and the distant houses, and not any of the freeways! ~Angel

Day 58

just a portion of grammas turtles. we went swimming at her pool, cause it was so hot. Shelley and the kids were there, and that was fun. ~Abbie

The jumble of things I'm using for my latest knitting project. I know there's been a few knitting project and yarn photos on here recently, but I have been working a lot on several different projects, so that's been a highlight of my week. :) ~Angel

Day 57

Didn't know Abbie had posted a pet picture until I got on to upload my photo, :) but here is my cute little Eva . They may drive me insane, but I love my pups! ~Angel

k, so i know i just posted a picture of him the other day, but Leo has claimed a very special place in my heart, and i couldnt resist taking this picture of him. sorry its a little blurry, but putting on the flash kind of took away from the cuteness of him laying in the sun. today has been a long day of parties, one that i was at for work, serving burgers, dogs and pasta to a bunch of people i didnt know. the other was a graduation party for a good friend from church. but after my night with the girls last night, and all the business of today, i'm with leo, totally ready to curl up and go to sleep. ~Abbie

Day 56

this picture pretty much sums up my friday evening at my d-group sleepover...my dear friend Ashley decided to walk on the wild side and paint her fingernails blue. yeah, shocking, i know! ;) ;) it was a great night full of root beer floats, nail polish, talking, chick flicks, and believe it or not, sleeping. we're all headed in different direction starting this week and we're not sure when all seven of us will be able to get together again before college leaving time. it was a great bonding/one last night of fun to kick off our summer of touch and go hanging out. ~Abbie

The pretty new yarn I bought. I said I wouldn't buy yarn until I'd finished the projects I had going, but that resolve didn't last very long... :) At least I know what pattern I'm going to use, and I am almost done with one of my other projects! ~Angel

Day 55

Out walking the dogs today, and saw this gnarly, crazy old tree, and out of the side was growing this cute little sprig of clover! ~Angel

Ethan being adorable out on the back porch reading. ~Abbie

Day 54

i dont know if you remember my very first picture that i posted of wisteria, but this is what has happened to them. i'm not sure whats in these pods, but they looked kind of cool. ~Abbie

The interesting ingredients from tonight's dinner, a new recipe I was trying out. Kind of an unexpected combination, but yummy! :) ~Angel

Day 53

my breakfast.. at five thirty in the morning! i was/still am adjusting to american time. its definitely getting better though. ~Abbie

My super cute new bathing suit arrived today! I'm super excited and can't wait to wear it. :) ~Angel

Day 52

i can never resist the beautiful flowers around our house. these were so pretty and pink, i just had to take a picture. :) ~Abbie

Sunshine-y day today. Made me happy. :) ~Angel

Day 51

so this is what greeted me when i got home last night. Leo is totally adorable, and i am completely in love with him! ~Abbie

Pulled out my paints and brushes, put on an old t-shirt of hubby's, and spent an afternoon making pretty pictures! :) ~Angel

Day 50

just one of the many beautiful sights that we saw out there. the landscape was AMAZING! i wanted to take pictures of everything, which is basically what i did until friday when my memory card stopped working. :( ~Abbie


The lovely flowers my sweet husband sent! ~Angel

Day 49

IRELAND! this is the cliffs of Mohr, which were pretty awesome. sadly, i dont have all of the pictures that i took out there right now, a bunch are on my friends laptop. so i wont be able to put them up on here till probably tomorrow, cause i'm supposed to get them from her tomorrow morning. but i had a great time! ~Abbie


Keeping track of hubby on our very large wall map. Love my guy. ~Angel

Day 48

So, this is some random beautiful lake out in Ireland.. the scenery there was just breathtaking.. i absoloutley loved it. ~Abbie

My little family. :) Took the dogs for a walk this afternoon, and snapped a quick picture of them in the sunshine. ~Angel

Day 47

This was a beautiful cathedral in Sligo, which was my 2nd favorite city of the 4 that we visited. we spent an evening wandering the city, looking in shops and getting lost. we stopped at a fruit stand and i bought an apple that was delicious. for some reason all the food out there tasted extra good. the fruit was a little fresher, the bread a little more wholesome. maybe it was the thrill of being in such an exciting place and i was imagining it, or maybe we over process the food here in america... i dont know, but i thought there was some kind of difference. i loved looking at everything in the city, it was a really lovely evening. ~Abbie

I know it's another knitting picture, but I finished up this little purse today (after it had been sitting on my sewing table for several weeks, waiting to be finished!) and it was so cute I couldn't help but take a couple pictures! ~Angel

Day 46

This is Kylemore Abbey, which is, as you can tell, stunning. sadly, it wasnt part of the plan to go in there, so we would have had to pay and extra entrance fee, and it would mean we would have to give up other things on the trip so we chose not to tour it. but we ate lunch at a lovely cafe nearby, and got this great view of it for pictures. it as a sad story of an irish man who built it as a home for his wife and daughter, but when they both died he could no longer bear to live there, he was reminded of them so much. so he moved away and gave it to the church who made it into an all girls school. i dont think the school is still going on there, but i thought that it was terribly sad what happened. ~Abbie

Went to our favorite little pizza place tonight for dinner. My guy wanted some beer and pizza before he goes on a strictly ship food diet, and it was easier than cooking, so I agreed. :) ~Angel

Day 45

These are the cliffs of Dun Angus on the island Inis Mor, which is the largest of the three Aran Islands. it has a population of 800 people who live mainly off of fishing and tourists. it was where they filmed the movie Leap Year, which was great if you havent seen it. we got to see where they actually filmed it, but it didnt look much the same since i guess they brought in a bunch of set stuff.... :( but this was definitely my favorite place that we visited the entire trip, it was so breathtaking. ~Abbie

My little summer top that I've been working on. :) Hoping to have it done pretty soon, but we'll see how fast I can knit! ~Angel

Day 44

This is one of my top favorite Ireland pictures. i think its so cute, i just love how cliche it is. there werent many homes like this one, since i guess they're very hard to keep up electricity and heat wise... ~Abbie
Went and played mini-golf today with the family, which was loads of fun. We golfed through castles, windmills, towns, and rivers. Here's a quick shot of the golf course, complete with California palm trees. :) ~Angel

Day 43

This was at a little graveyard/monastary that we visited one afternoon. it was warm and sunny, and the prefect day to be outdoors. there were great photo opps, and we went from there to a horseback riding plave in Glendalough. ~Abbie

Always so many pretty flowers up at my in-laws. I loved the little bird house in the background! ~Angel

Day 42

This was at a horseback riding camp we went to. there was a gorgeous old house that the family lived in, and they had apparently decided to make a horseback riding/ outdoor camp for during the summer. it was pretty cool. ~Abbie

My apologies for this being a day late. :p We're spending the weekend with my in-laws, and although I was very good about taking pictures, I forgot until too late to post them. Anyway, here is my sister-in-law Lizzy, and their little puppy Strider, brother to our pup Fiona. :) ~Angel

Day 41

Cold, rainy day today... perfect for making chocolate chip cookies! :) ~Angel

thanks a lot Angel for putting up a plant. now mine just looks boring. i've been so busy packing all day, and catching up on sleep, which i've had a lack of lately, that i barely remembered to take a picture. but here are the beautiful hydrangeas that are just beginning to turn blue.
Just a reminder, i'll be in Ireland from tomorrow till the 20th, so sorry if i'm not able to get any pictures up. ~Abbie

Day 40

Yes, I know it's another plant on the blog. But this poor little plant was looking very sad and droopy this morning, and is looking so much better tonight. After giving it a little more dirt and stability, and lots of water, it perked right up, and now looks so much better. It helps to liven up my little kitchen. :) ~Angel

So the fam went strawberry picking this morning... i was at work, but apparently the strawberries were small, because they all look like this. teensy, adorable, and very tasty, they made great strawberry shortcake. ~Abbie

Day 39

Grams and I went to Johnny Rockets for lunch, and we had this nice waiter who looked slightly like David Archulleta.. he made us this cute pac man smiley face in the ketchup.. :) ~Abbie

Finally had a chance to finish unpacking from my visit to CT, and got to set out my new little angel that I was given while on my trip. She looks so cute on my dresser. :) ~Angel

Day 38

the lovely Mom and Mrs Kinsky.... they had me take their picture... i think they liked a different one, but i thought the one with the sunlight streaming in the background was pretty... ~Abbie

So, little Miss Eva got a haircut today. She looks so cute, but so funny at the same time!! :) It'll keep her cool this summer though. ~Angel

Day 37

My pretty little bowl of apples sitting on the table. Probably should eat them, but they make such a nice centerpiece I haven't yet. :) ~Angel

Okay, so sorry for not posting in days... my life is so busy right now, from graduation parties, to graduation ceremonies, to concerts, impromptu sleepovers, work, friends and sleeping, i am getting a little overwhelmed. this week isnt looking any less busy, i have shopping, work, choir practice, lots of laundry and packing, all leading up to leaving for Ireland on friday. I will be gone from friday till sunday the 20th, so i'm not sure how faithfully i'll be able to keep up with the blog. but i PROMISE that what i cant put up while i'm there i'll put up when i get back.
my picture for today is pretty cool, i have to say. our church recently put in a new entry way, elevator and staircase, so today we had a "celebration sunday" with cake, balloons, lots of cheering and clapping, and a commemorating/prayer over the new work done. this is one of the deacons just before he cut the ribbon. ~Abbie