Bachelorette Party!

Sorry for the late post, unfortunately my camera broke and I had to borrow pictures from my friends.

On Friday, September 18th my amazing friends and family boarded the Carnival Elation for a 3 day cruise to celebrate my upcoming wedding! It was truly one of my best weekends ever! I had friends flying down from Northern California, cousin in from Arizona, my mother, aunt and soon to be mother-in-law took time off of work and flew down, a friend drove down from Santa Barbara and a ton of SD friends that took time away from family and work to be there - THANK YOU GIRLS!!

The entire group of girls (well over 20 of us) enjoyed every moment of the trip - comedy shows, 4-course meals, karaoke (which we sang to Journey), lots of dancing, sunbathing, gambling and of course a few cocktails! And Sunday everyone rallied for one awesome afternoon in Ensenada! Here are a few pictures from the weekend, I hope to post more in the future!


Mom, Nancy and I after a wonderful toast, lots of fun gifts AND 45 pairs of new undies...yes 45!!

Below is a picture of me in Ensenada, Trisha dressed me a lovely sombrero veil and the girls wore matching tank tops and beads! We didn't stand out at all - ha.

Melissa and I showing some of our dance moves inside the boats dance club!

Stretching before my dance off...in a crowded club.

Saturday we spent the majority of the day drinking beers and enjoying the sun. Here I am with Janine and Mandy!

I just love my face in this picture.

Engagement BBQ - Labor Day Weekend

Our amazing family & friends decided to throw us an engagement bbq this weekened up in Dublin. It was so much fun to see and catch up with our northern Cali family and friends.
We had such a wonderful time, the day was perfect.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS DAY SO GREAT.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR CELEBRATING WITH US.

Martha Silva was so nice to help with the photography for the day. Here are some of the pictures she captured of Heavy and I, our family and our friends.

Team Jenny in Cabo!

Jenny is getting married in October so we jetted off to Cabo to celebrate with the ladies! We had an early 6am flight Thursday, this was the group getting on our quick flight to LAX.

First group photo of the weekend! We met up at the Cabo airport and decided to do a toast to Jenny right there! We created quite a scene!

Our first night out we had dinner at the Marina, the table was outside on the patio so we got to enjoy the sticky humid air! Later we hit up a few bars, ladies drank free at this place!

Emily and I....I think we are dancing??

Pool time was a must in the 100 degree heat. We hung out at the Melia pool both days, soaking up the sun AND the cocktails. (please see crazy dressed up dancers in back ground)

You can't hang out at "the office" without a jello shot! Or hearing those damn whistles!

Friday night we became TEAM JENNY and wore matching tank tops and beads. We had a lovely dinner on the sand right near the ocean, it was awesome. Then we walked all over Cabo looking for the best bar to celebrate in, I think Cabo Wabo might have been the best place that night.

Saturday we spent another day in the pool, relaxing in one of the Melia cabanas. We drank and late into the afternoon, headed back to our condo when we all decided on staying in and ordering pizza. This is another sign we are all getting a bit old...soda and pizza on our last night in Cabo!

It was a great weekend with the girls, we had so much fun celebrating with the soon to be Mrs. Schwartz!

Weekend in Lake Tahoe

With some details still not finalized for the wedding, we flew up to Tahoe for one last trip before November. It also happened to be the weekend of my moms birthday, Adam and Kyle's 30th birthday celebration and the weekend Chicago (my fave band) was playing at Harrah's. There were tons to do and lots of people to see!!
Saturday, Nancy, my mom, Krissy and I filled our day with meetings for the big day - DJ, florist, photographer, cake, etc. It was busy but very successful! The boys got to enjoy a day of golf in Carson - lucky!
Heavy and I also had to do our food tasting at Edgewood so we decided to include everyone and just combine my moms birthday celebration with our tastings. The food turned out amazing and we had an awesome table overlooking the lake and golf course.
After dinner and drinks, we headed over to the Chicago concert. I probably sang a bit too loud and danced too much but it was a blast!

4th of July Tiki Style

The 4th of July celebration started Thursday night when Jerry, Greg, Auds, Darren, Joel and Gena flew into town for a 3 day weekend. We partied a bit Thursday night enjoying some beers at our house, some food and cocktails at the Tap Room and finishing up with pitchers at The Dog. Friday I started off my day with a long walk trying to avoid the early morning beer bongs, fortunately I got out of those but by doing so I missed breakfast which was followed up with Joel proposing to Gena. Of course she said yes and we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening celebrating! Congrats again you two!

Saturday was the 4th, we tapped the keg and started drinking pretty early. Audra did an amazing job decorating the house with a Tiki theme, she went all out once again. Even Daisy got to dress up. The guests arrived around noon and the day included lots of beer pong, jello shots and a dance off once the sun went down. It also seemed to include a mini Dublin High reunion which was so much fun. And I end the weekend with this photo - Yes, that means I had a good time!!