...real quickly...check this!

i dont have time to enter much...just really excited about these new pics! Gav and I modeled again for a Mike Colón workshop. these are the first pics ive had the chance to see...and i LOVE them!!

Taken by Kansas photographer Jeff Wendling of T&J Studios

Here's their blog...BLOG

but...click here to see a SLIDESHOW of the pics. there are some of all 3 couples taken over the course of a couple days. what do you think?

...good to remember...

so i totally stole this from DJ's blog but I thought it was pretty powerful...

Thanks DJ!!!

Watch your thoughts because your thoughts become your words.
Watch your words because your words become your actions.
Watch your actions because your actions become your habits.
Watch your habits because your habits become your character.
Watch your character because your character becomes your destiny.

...the details...the chicago trip!

sooo...after graduation we met Gav's mom and grandma & grandpa B, and a couple others for dinner at a Tapas (no no...not TOPLESS) Bar in Wheaton. It was really good! We bolted early from dinner to say goodbye to Paul, who headed back to St Louis. Then met back up with the gang for dessert at this adorable little ice cream shoppe in Wheaton!

it was sooo small town cute! of course I had to grab a shot. (unfortunately, I elected to leave my real camera at home due to limited space on the drive back, so all i had the WHOLE trip was my Powershot...which takes great pics! but not quite perfect quality.)

Monday, we went Downtown Chicago with Jay and Cath to just hang out. We had a great laugh on the way there out of the "POSTAL POLICE" lol...anyone heard of THAT before? And the poor "postal policeman" he looked so serious! I wonder how many people laugh out loud in amazement as he drives by...

It was nice to relax a little bit after the craziness of the weekend! A few days earlier they had found this amazing little chocolate lounge in one of the malls...(Cath and I are very much the dark chocolate connoisseurs, and found the little truffles to die for!) ethel's chocolate is perfect for anyone that loves fun chocolate and appreciates unique, charming presentation....they can't be beat! We headed into the Bentley Dealership (being the car nuts that we all are, we were in the mood to drool over some serious metal but, of course they were in the processes of renovating, and only had a few lambos to show) and Gav decided this was the car he wants...lol...
We even made it to the place where we had our first "real" date a little over a year earlier! We had lunch, and again, it was wonderful!

teehee...this picture makes me smile..."a true likeness..." wouldn't you agree? :P

As we were strolling around I remembered to grab a shot of the John Hancock building...we were alllll the way at the top a few nights earlier..and, as you can imagine, the view was AMAZING!

One of the many things I absolutely LOVE about Chicago is how well kept the grounds are! As far as big cities go it seems fairly clean, and the tulips in spring are breathtaking!


The white ones by the old water tower look like snow! I loved it! why can't LA be this nice!?

Ok, so I have to preface this pic by saying..."Gavin James...i love you with all my heart...please dont kill me!"
This was just tooo great to pass up.
those are MY jeans!!! lol. by FAR this is my favorite pic of the WHOLE trip!!! hehehehehhe... O:)

On our way out of town, Handsome Rob (Gav's MINI is a he) loaded to the brim with everything coming home, I made Gav stop in front of school, don his very loud royal blue cap and gown (over his shorts and tshirt...hehe) and pose in front of the sign! Not too much to ask...right? lol.. :P



ok, more to come about the drive home and the events since then...im catching up! slowly but surely! but its bed time for now. night night all! sweet dreams!

...the details...the graduation...

This is going to come in several posts, but I'm going to attempt to do it all in the next hour or so...we'll see how successful I am! :P

At the end of last session I was SWAMPED with work. All of a sudden I had 2 papers to write, and like 3 finals all in a matter of a couple days. Now of course I could have started at least one of the papers a couple weeks earlier, but alas, i have this nasty little habit called PROCRASTINATION. That being said, my last couple weeks of the session, consisting of flailing to keep my head above water....was all my fault. lol.

Anyway, the middle of the break I flew out to Chicago to be with Gav, my prince charming, for his graduation from Wheaton College.



Blanchard Hall...the oldest building on campus!! isn't it beautiful!?

13 of his family members arrived over the next couple days, and by friday night everyone was in town (totaled 13 people from the two different sides). Then we began the juggling of spending enough time with people so neither side would get upset. (let me tell you...this is definitely an art form!) Gav officially became a Wheaton Grad Sunday May 6!! I'm so proud of him! While I was out there, we went to some wonderful dinners! We had dinner at the Signature Room on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Tower (unfortunately my camera battery died, and I dont have any pics from that one), we had Maggiano's (which is always yummy!), we went to Wildfire, an AWESOME bbq place....it was sooo wonderful! We also went to Gino's for pizza, a great Tapas place in downtown Wheaton. I had the salmon at the Signature Room, and a Parmesean Crusted Filet at Wildfire.






Grandma & Grandpa B...pretending they are us...the "velcro couple" :P


The Graduate and me.


Grandpa & Theo ordered the sundae for dessert...and wouldn't let anyone else touch it! haha.


At brunch @ Saga (the caf) before grad....so proud!


555 grads...can you find mine? :)


all about the details! O:)


Proud Daddy!


Jay (Dad) and Cath


Pam (Mom)


Chelsea and Cam (sister and bro)


G&G B (moms parents)


haha...now he's well aware of what we women have to deal with with long hair! :P


...the guys...


...a couple of great roomies...and lifelong friends


...i am so grateful for Paul's friendship with gav!! such an awesome friend!

...shes back...

ok ok ok ....so go ahead, get the scolding over with now...

i havent blogged in FOREVER...I know...no one has any idea whats been going on in my life...i KNOW! lol. I'm sorry!!

it has been so insanely crazy this last month around me that I have barely had time to breathe, much less sleep! so, this week, I plan to catch up on all my blogging!

A brief summary of what will be appearing on here over the next few days...

-gav's graduation in chicago
-the road trip back from chicago
-dan and amys wedding
-started interning for Mike
-eileen and jeff's wedding
-an update on interning for Mike Colón
-grad review
-moving out of my sb apt
-moving back home
-an entire house in my parents living room (my old apt)
-adjusting to moving back home....etc etc etc


ok, i gotta get to work, but I'll write this week!!! i promise!!!