June Bugs!

Drew asked me the other day if I was trying to tell him something because I've been sending him so many kid pictures.   But the truth really is that I've just been hanging out with so many cute little munchkins that I can't help sharing the cuteness.  I'm at the stage in life when a lot of my friends and cousins are having kids of their own now and I'm just so glad that I get to spend so much time with them all.  It's going to be sad when we move away again and I have to miss seeing them grow up.  I'm just trying to soak it all up while I can.

In mid-June, my beautiful cousin Marianne and her husband, Josh, graduated from veterinary school from UC Davis.  I couldn't be more proud of them and I felt so honored to be able to make it up there for the graduation.  It was such a nice weekend hanging out with my family.  And I got to meet the newest member of the Charles family, little Naomi Marie Charles.  Take a look at all of these cute pictures, and just tell me if you wouldn't be sharing them too?!

Abby & her daddy 

Naomi Marie

Abby & her Auntie M

Naomi & her proud grandpa

And since I can't post only kid pictures, here are some pictures from the graduation.  I had never been to Davis before, but Marianne gave us a wonderful tour of the vet school - it is spectacular.  We even got to see the horses, cows & llamas.  So cool!  Now we have two doctors of veterinary medicine in our family.  Congrats!

Dr. Marianne Krumheuer! 

Family train ride through Old Town Sacramento!

I'm kind of a pro

That's right, a professional baby-carrier.  I went to Disneyland yesterday evening to meet up with my good friend Kristen and her family.  They were enjoying a day in the park, but I just took a quick jaunt over after work to hang out and watch her sisters perform in a Battle of the Bands contest at House of Blues.  Her sisters got second place and absolutely rocked!  Before the show, though, we had such a great time walking around with little Kairi, taking her on It's A Small World and eating some tasty Disneyland treats.  I just love Disneyland so much.  Even though I was just there for a few hours I had such a good time and left feeling all giddy.  I guess it really is the happiest place on Earth.  And luckily I get to go back on Friday since I'm such an elite annual pass holder!

Kristen & Kairi

Rstr: 01 - Corrective Lenses

That's now what my drivers' license will say on it.  One restriction for corrective lenses.  Boo!  I knew that my eyesight was getting slightly worse, but I still just don't consider myself a person that needs glasses.  But I guess I've got to face up to the cold, hard facts now.  I know that tons of people have to wear glasses/contacts and it's not a big deal at all.  And in time it won't feel like a big deal at all to me, but it just seems like I have to go through a bit of an identity change now.

I'm also extremely stubborn and I just still feel like I don't really need them.  I mean, at the DMV this morning I could see the eye chart just fine with both eyes.  I could even see it just fine with my right eye, but my left eye just conked out on me.  As soon as I covered up that right eye and the left eye had to fend for himself, I knew I was doomed.  The chart became a total blur, the mean lady made me put on my glasses to retake the eye test and told me that she had to include "corrective lenses" on my license from now on.  But, honestly, when am I ever going to drive with one eye covered?!  I just don't get it.  Well, I guess that's enough griping for one day.  I'm now officially Jessica with bad eyesight - onto a life of glasses/contacts for me.

Living Out Of My Car

As most of you know, my life is in a bit of limbo at the moment.  I'm currently living at my dad's house on the weekends and down in Fountain Valley during the week with my wonderful friend Beckie's parents.  I am so blessed that two separate families are willing to put up with me and let me stay with them, but it does make things a bit difficult.  As a consequence of moving back and forth every few days, I keep a LOT of stuff in my car.  I didn't realize quite how much I really live out of my car until today when I switched cars with my Dad.  And when I say switched cars with my Dad, I really mean that he was nice enough to take my car in to get an oil change and let me drive his to work for the day.  On the way to work I realized that I forgot my keycard for work in my car so I couldn't get in and out of the parking lot easily - not a biggie.  During the day I realized that I forgot my flip flops in my other car that I wear into/out of spinning class.  Still, not a huge deal.  Then, as I was driving to spinning class after work I realized that I completely forgot all of my work-out clothes at home.  I usually keep all my spinning supplies in my car, but had taken them out, planned ahead and packed them up the night before.  And then I left the house without them!  I felt like such a dummy!  Oh well.  

In other news, I've still been keeping very busy.  I was up in San Jose this past weekend for my dear friend Lindsay's brother's wedding, I went to my first Dodgers game of the season on Monday night, and I'm off tomorrow for Davis for my cousin's graduation.  Here are some pics from my last few adventures: 

Rehearsal dinner with my two beautiful besties

Linds and her new sister-in-law

Sarah gave me curly hair!

My first Dodgers' dog of the season - it was WAY overdue!!
And, oh, so delicious!

The law school gang