oxnard wedding on the beach

dominic and I went to our friends wedding this last weekend in Oxnard. think i mentioned it before, but we decided to take the train because we wanted to do our part to rebel against the gas companies. plus its just fun, and we miss taking the train like we did everyday while in europe. so we went up there friday morning to their beach house. hung out with the couple and helped get a few more things ready with them. we then went over to the embassy suites at mandalay bay where the wedding would be. we got ready for the rehearsal dinner. we had a blast hanging out with all doms friends from high school, and visiting as a small close group.

the next day we hung out with john (the groom) and then i hung out by the pool with friends while dom got ready to go take pictures with the wedding party. the wedding was at 530....it was gorgeous and the bride, my friend noelle was gorgeous.



dom was so cute drawing this on the sand for me.





i love this one of him walking





this is the view from our hotel room....so pretty to look at



looking out of the bride and grooms suite onto the grass where the wedding took place.



the groom getting ready for his big day



i thought these were so cute. noelle gave all her bridesmaids a gift bag full of goodies



me at the rehearsal dinner



dom and his friend jesse. they were walking people to their seats. what gentlemen



little bit of what it all looked like



they love each other so much.....it was cute watching them giggle with each other







her dress was amazing.....hope it didnt take that long to take off at the end of the night.



noelle and dom....



her dad gave the loooonnnnnggggest toast ever.....people just started get up and doing there own thing after awhile....

my last week in a nut-shell

Just a few things to talk about. 1. Some of you know that Dominic got chickens. Well he has been working really hard at building the coop for them and finally finished it this last weekend. but also found out this week that his first baby 'harmony' was a boy.....he was so sad, because she (well he) was found by dominic walking across the street one day. and because of the little chick he went out bought 4 more and then spent a ton of money on the coop.





me and dom went to the Huntington library last saturday. its a lot like the arboredum but this one is privately funded so its better taken care of. it is over 100 acres of themed gardens. the most beautiful place to be that is also so close to home. here im sitting in the Japanese gardens.
this is a picture of an artist i learned about while taking Contemporary Art last year at school. i had forgotten about his work until this week when i was reminded through another friends myspace page. it is an artist that is unknown by anyone, but does pieces that represent things going bad in our world. he is always making a statement about something. i love his work, you should check it out
www.banksy.co.uk

last Sunday Dom and I went to our friends house for a bbq. we had so much good food, and a fun time with all our friends.














Now were off to a wedding in Oxnard. they are having it on the beach. we decided to take the train up there to try to rebel against the gas companies. not that they are affected that much from our one decision but we feel that people will see our example and start making the same kind of decisions!

PS i start my internship at Apparel News on Monday morning. So excited!

oops i forgot.....my sweet berkeley!

looking for jobs is not as easy as it seems

trying to find the perfect job really sucks. I want something close enough to LA that i dont have to commute more than 45 minutes (which is already stretching it), i want something in my field, fashion marketing, and i would like to work for a company that i support ( either love them or wear the clothes). so ive sent my resume out to about 15 companies....Volcom, Burton, Lost, Arbor, Obey, etc. and every job seems like they always want 5+ years experience working in that particular job! WTH (what the heck)! how are you ever supposed to get the experience before getting the job? its a crazy cycle that i know most people dread getting into.

So ive also been looking for internships. I have to take the class this quarter and i actually need this job by the end of the week. Well after searching a few places, i have a couple possibilities.

1. Apparel News-Amazing fashion newspaper here in LA
2. Elm-Skateboard company also in LA
3. BambooSk8-skate company that makes boards out of bamboo in the Palisades!

Im pretty excited to hear from any of them. I have spoken to all three but now its a matter of whether or not they like me!

Wish me Luck!

i only know how to capture other people

i hope nobody is getting annoyed with all the photos that arent of me! but who wants to keep looking at me all the time anyway. well here at the last few pictures im posting of the beach. these ones of clay were so fun to take. it seemed like as soon as this guy with the balls came up the beach i knew it would be a fun group of pictures. he stood there facing the water with a perfect background! and then as soon s clay saw him, he ran down and had to try and touch them. the cutest thing ever.

i seriously can not get enough of cuteness

just wanted to share some of my favorite shots from the beach last week. I know i can get a little crazy with my camera sometimes but im learning from everything i shoot. berkeley was my main subject last week....prob because she and jillian shared a room with me. so enjoy! more to come soon.

parking seems to drain me

so Dom and I arrived at the beach first that saturday. we unloaded his truck and placed our in between our house and our neighbor....maybe 3 feet wide. I took my bags and stuff in the house and left my antique beach cruiser there. dom started driving around looking for parking so i was there by myself. well about 10 minutes later i went back to get my bike and wheel it to the front of the house. it was gone. someone had stolen it within 15 minutes of us arriving. i couldnt believe it! why are there so many jack-asses in this world? so i was bummed.....well i still am bummed. so we proceeded to look for a parking spot for the next 2 hours. we finally found one and while im waiting for dom to come around the block, my sister-in-law robin comes rolling up in their ginormous van. so i gave her the spot. then my brother christian showed up 2 minuted later, and than my cousin jeny with her van. well there was another spot opening up right behind the van but it wasnt big enough for doms truck, so we gave that to Jeny and Matt and Christian was able to fit in the garage. so now its been 2 and a half hours of looking and three families were able to park right away. what luck! so i could tell dom had had enough, so i took his truck and started looking. in the mean time danielle and jon showed up. so as i was looking for another 30 minutes i found 2 spots next to each other, i called jon and we were both able to park there. MAN what a day. ps when my mom got there i helped her find one too. so here are a few pics of our crazy week!







grandma cathy rented these bikes for the kids for babysitting! what a good trade right? and we love this place for some reason. the food really isnt that good.

definition of an amazing mother = danielle

i cant tell you enough about my sister danielle and the calm manner she is able to keep 24 hours a day having 5 children. she is most definitely an example to me. jon (her husband) is great too, but because she was there most of the days with all the kids, i am giving some credit to her. and her kids are all so unique in their own way it brings a great dynamic to our entire family. she got down and dirty with the kids the whole time.....here are 3 of hers, baby carley, jensen, and brynn. sorry i dont have any pics of the 2 boys....they were so busy being boys i was never around them with a camera.

more sun, lots of family, and memories to last a lifetime

so every year my parents rent a beach house in newport beach for a week. i love the beach. and i love my family. but this vacation is a little more stressful than most people would think. there are 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and 2 kitchens. so we divide ourselves upstairs and downstairs, and try to make the most of living with 20 children (under 16), and 12 adults. and with my OCD, i wonder how i even last a night with it all. i shouldnt be so negative about it all.....i really had an amazing time bonding with everyone.

we rode bikes, made starbucks runs, laid out, swam, frequent ice-cream shop visits, scrapbooked, played nerts (which my first time), went to balboa island, had our adult only dinner, and squeezed in a family picture at the temple.

jeny, matt, kids and mom nancy also joined us from St. George, and Amie, Ken and Ava had their own beach house on Balboa island. we were visited by my aunt patty, my cousin christopher, and my friend alison......

just a few shots to start.....ill prob keep posting a ton of pictures over the next few days.

Thanks mom and dad!