Darren's 30th Birthday Weekend

My brother Darren turned the BIG 3-0 this past Monday so Heavy, my sister and I headed up to the bay to help celebrate with the birthday boy. Those of you that know Darren know he is never content with just one party, this year we had 3 separate events - pub crawl, golf and BBQ.

Since one of Darren's favorite days of the year is St. Patty's Day, we decided that the theme for Saturday should include lots of beers, Irish bars and green attire. Audra organized a party bus to drive about 30 of us to some of San Francisco's best Irish pubs, it was such a fun day!

Sunday morning, day two of celebrations for Darren, kicked off with 12 of us going golfing at Dublin Ranch Golf Course in Dublin. It was a super nice day with little wind which made golf a bit more enjoyable, most of us were fighting hangovers so we needed all the help we could get. Mark kicked all of our butts with shooting 3 over par!!

After finishing our rounds, we headed back to my parents house where the BBQ had already started. The boys played some beer pong, we took a dip in the pool and enjoyed a few more cocktails with a lot of family and friends.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARREN!

Joel and Gena Rasmus!!!

Joel and Gena got married on the top deck of the Tahoe Queen. It was one of the most prettiest places to get married - the lake was like glass, no wind with the sun just about to set. Here are a bunch of pictures from the Rasmus's big day! Congrats again you two!!

The bride and groom on their walk down the isle.

The Nilssen Fam - Auds, Mark, Nancy and Heav

Heav, Numbs and Chris at Emerald Bay

Dana flew in from Hawaii for the weekend - so fun seeing her!

Coop!

Half the group decided bourbon should be our next cocktail...not smart. This led to c-walking!!

Of course someone had to remove their shirt during the wedding!

Festivities before the Rasmus's big day!

After visiting with Krissy, Jose and JJ, I drove up to Lake Tahoe to hang out with my family before Joel and Gena's wedding Saturday night. We enjoyed walking the lake, seeing my grandparents and of course throwing a few dollars on my favorite Roulette numbers!

My sister, parents and I power walking around beautiful Lake Tahoe

Stateline Brewery - The Nilssens, my parents, sis and my aunt and uncle

The rest of our friends arrived Friday for all the festivities. We enjoyed pizza and beer after the rehearsal, then met up for dancing and some gambling at Harrah's later that night! Here are a few pics..

Laura, Dan, Auds, Heavy and Stephanie enjoying some cocktails.

Little Cooper fell asleep on daddy's hat...so fricken cute!

Auds and Jenny

Meeting my Godson JJ

This past week I drove up to the bay a few days early to visit with family and friends. I spent two days with the Banuelos Family in Sacramento and finally got to meet Krissy and Jose's little baby boy, and my Godson Julian. He is an amazing adorable happy little baby (minus the occasional diaper explosion that I'm sure a few of you saw on facebook! ha) We had a fun few days - started with a yummy BBQ with Jose's family, enjoyed some tv time, lots of soccer which included a very early US soccer game, and we had a fun lunch with a few friends from Dublin High near Old Town Sac. It was awesome to catch up with you girls!!

Here are a few pictures of little JJ.

Weekend Adventures

This past weekend we headed up to Big Bear to camp for the night with our friends Heather and Sam. On the way up, we took a detour to El Monte to check out a Lexus IS 350 that Heavy has had his eye on. We test drove it and loved it so Daisy, Heav and I bought a car Saturday. Here is a picture of the car while we were doing a final inspection.  

After finishing all the paperwork, I drove the Xterra and Heavy drove the Lexus up to Big Bear. We spent the afternoon drinking, eating and hanging out around the campfire. Daisy was in heaven, we let her roam off leash the entire time with her friend Macie. She also got to swim in the lake Sunday morning, the lake was freezing but she didn't seem to mind.

Audra sent me this picture of my parents pups sunbathing with her last weekend. How cute is this picture??

Gena's Bachelorette!

Our friends Gena and Joel are getting married at the end of this month so we jetted off to Vegas to help Gena celebrate last weekend! Her bachelorette party was held at their Vegas home which is just minutes from the strip. 12 girls moved in for the weekend - we laid out, swam, and enjoyed a cocktail or two that first afternoon. Then after showering and getting ready, Charla surprised us with a limobus ride to The Palms where we had dinner and did some gambling before heading into Rain. We had our own table, bottle service and had a great time dancing and singing the night away.

Audra and I at the beginning of the night...

End of the night...

Saturday we headed over to Moorea, the pool party at Mandalay Bay. It was such a fun day - good music, pooltime and lots of cocktails! We got some rest that evening and then headed out for a couple more hours of dancing!
It was such a great weekend - congrats again Gena! See you in a few weeks for your big day!