The "all about me" first post

As if I needed one more thing to fill my time with, I decided writing a blog would be something enjoyable. Not for any other purpose than my own enjoyment. Sharing family news, things our daughter does, exciting moments in life etc. With that, here's some background:

I'm a born and raised California girl and proud of it. I graduated high school in 2002 and moved with my family to the state of Washington. It was practically culture shock. It still is actually.

I met my husband, Erik in 2003 when we were both working at the same events center. He opened a coffee stand and well.... i'm a caffeine junkie. We married 5 years later in 2008. I graduated college that summer and got my first job right away. In May 2011 we welcomed our first child, a daughter named Summer and she is the love of our life.

Family photo at my brother's recent wedding

I have 2 brothers and a sister. There's 10 years between the 4 of us, I am the oldest. When I was 10 my mom went back to school and my dad stayed home with us. He's the most amazing man ever to be able to tackle 4 kids like that - he literally had to tackle us sometimes. As I grow up I reflect on what I remember being the most amazing childhood. We would visit my mom, she worked 100+ hours a week. The rest of the time we just did fun stuff with my dad: Disneyland annual passes, the zoo, Knotts, California beaches, Lake Arrowhead, all the fun SoCal things.



I desperately wish we had those things here in Washington. Great Wolf Lodge just doesn't seem to cut it.

It's a long standing joke in my family that you can say whatever you want as long as you say "i'm just sayin'" after. So since it's my blog, I can say whatever I want.



I'm just sayin'.