Year: 2013

What a beautiful day for a walk with the dogs! Happy Sunday everyone, have a great day!

 

We started off the morning with donuts! Oh yeah! Cheers!

After a relaxing day, we headed to Solvang with my family for a Danish dinner at Red Viking.

After dinner we walked around the town at sunset for a bit and came across this fun hat store. Do I know him or what-bacon and brownies to follow! Happy birthday my love! Here is to another great year! <3

That’s right. My friend Tanda and I decided to donate our hair to http://www.locksoflove.org/. So naturally, we had to have a photo shoot beforehand to document our long hair.

Good bye long hair, time for the big chop!

We celebrated with froyo and then mailed our hair across the country to FL. Locks of Love is an organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. The hairpieces that they provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers. Several of my family members have been affected by diseases such as cancer; I hope that they are able to stay strong and know that everyday is a new beginning. ♥

My parents treated Kori and I to Taylor Swift concert tickets for Kori’s 20th birthday…..and boy did we have a blast! It was an amazing show with tons of costume and set changes, dancers, crazy lighting effects, sparks, and confetti. It was a truly magical, unforgettable night. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Ed Sheeran opened for Taylor. The crowd held up all their lights while he sang “The A Team,” and it was beautiful.

Then it was time for Taylor, and the crowd went CRAZY!

In the middle of the show, Ed Sheeran came back out to sing “Everything Has Changed.”

Jennifer Lopez was the surprise guest for the night! They sang “Jenny From the Block.”Thank you for an amazing night!

DogWatch Hidden Fences of Santa Barbara was a sponsor for this year’s Wags n’ Whiskers festival. The event resulted in the adoption of dozens of pets needing homes and was a huge success!

Here is my Dad and I at our booth.

All set up and ready for the event to begin!

Flyball!

Nice jump!

Our family Golden Retriever Sadie turns 13 today! You go Sadie Mae!

Happy 20th birthday Kori! How crazy is it that all of us are now in our 20’s! Can’t wait to see what this year brings. Love you!

 

A color run called ‘Run or Dye’ came to Santa Barbara and Kori, Tanda, Casey and I decided to sign up and have some fun running our first 5k together. The course wound through UCSB and had multiple stations along the way where colored powder was thrown at you.

Team Fruit Salad!

Waiting at the starting line!

Only a few people were behind us…(over 3,000!)

My “running” buddy 🙂

What a fun morning!

For my mom’s birthday this year, we all headed up to the Circle Bar B ranch for the dinner theater. The food was amazing (I had thirds!) and the play was hilarious. We all really enjoyed the evening together and recommend it to anyone wanting to have a night of fun. Check out the Circle Bar B dinner theater schedule HERE.