No Place Like Home

At the beginning of the month I was able to spend a week and a half in Reno with my family. It was so nice to be home. It's so funny how no matter what's going on in my life or how long I've been gone for, it's always the best when I get to go home. There's something comforting about being able to just be a daughter and a sister for a few days and ignore all my other responsibilities.

My brother started high school this year and is playing football for his school. I had never gotten to watch him play because he started after I had moved out, so I was excited that I would be in town for a couple of his games. And to make things even better, my dad is coaching him! It was seriously the cutest thing ever to watch them interact on the sidelines. I definitely choked up a little bit. It's so weird to me to see my brother all grown up and teenager-like, but it's been fun to watch it happen too.

my dad and Danny talking before the game

For as long as I can remember, football has been a big deal in my family. It's something I look forward to every fall, and actually being at games, especially when family members are playing, makes it so much more fun! My mom and I went to the game extra prepared to show my dad and brother that we support them

this isn't embarrassing to a 14 year old, right? :) 

It was so awesome to watch my brother play! He played wide receiver, cornerback, and kicked the extra points, field goals, and kickoffs. I don't remember what the final score was, but Danny's team won by a lot! 

Danny is on the very end closest to the ref

this is a picture of Danny running off the field after he'd made the extra point with his best friend, who happens to hold the ball for him when he kicks. How cute is that? 

(I'm sure he would kill me if he knew I was calling it cute haha) 

saying hi to my dad at halftime!

after a win the team comes over to the stands and sings the school fight song. GO HUSKIES!

The next night we went to the varsity game. I didn't take very many pictures at that game, but I love this one I took with downtown in the background. Did I mention I love going home? 

The varsity team also won, so all in all it was a happy weekend at the Jimenez household.

The rest of the week was pretty low key. My sister graduated from high school early (she's a little smarty pants) and is taking some time off before she starts college. This was awesome because we got to hang out all day long while I was in town. There was some serious sister bonding going on :) We took the dog out for a run (almost) every morning, wandered around town, and stayed up way too late talking and watching chick flicks. It was so much fun. She recently got her senior pictures taken and they're way too good not to share with everyone, so excuse me while I show my sister off (Thanks to Lindsey Waite Photography for all the photos! They are amazing!).

and just one more...

Thanks family for letting me hang out with you!  I love you guys so much! 

A Day at the Zoo

On Friday we both had the day off and decided to go to the zoo. It was so fun! I hadn't been to the zoo in a really long time. The weather was perfect and I always think it's fun to explore your own city and see what there is to see

Here are pictures of some of our favorite animals. It's fun to see animals you don't really see everyday. We especially loved the brightly colored frogs, the flamingos, and the giraffes.

Here is Ty checking his wingspan and looking tough

and shooting "threes" with the orangutan

I would say it was a very successful day at the zoo :) 

The Best Two Years

Last Tuesday was our 2 year anniversary. I cannot believe how the time has flown by! It seems like these two years have gone by so fast, but at the same time it feels like Ty and I have been together forever. We celebrated our anniversary a few weeks back by going to San Francisco. We started our day with lunch at Pier 39 and then headed over to the Orpheum Theatre to see Les Miserables. I was so excited. We bought the soundtrack a while ago so that I could listen to the music and get more familiar with it. I'm so glad we did this because when it was finally time to go see it I could not wait!

The show was amazing. I loved everything about it and I'm so glad we got the opportunity to go!

After Les Mis we headed over to AT&T Park and went to a Giants game. Is anyone surprised? No? I didn't think so. I wasn't very surprised either when Ty suggested it. It was actually really fun. I love going to baseball games (thank goodness, I have a feeling life would be a little rough if I didn't like sports). 

 The Dugout Store. It's nuts in there.

A few innings into the game, Lou Seal came around in here little golf carts and was throwing whole pizzas into the stands. Ty stood up to try and catch one and he did! Hooray for free dinner! 

All in all, we had a great time in San Francisco. I'm glad we got to go because we went there on our honeymoon and last year for our anniversary, so it's kind of become our little tradition. I really hope we can keep it going!

We both had to work on our actual anniversary which was a bummer, but we decided to go to Old Sacramento later that day and just walk around. It is so cute. We went into a candy store and bought some taffy. The mango taffy was to die for!

We spent the rest of the night going into all of the little stores and just walking around. We had a great time!

This last year of marriage has been an absolute blast. I think the first year was all about adjusting to married life and learning about compromise and sacrifice and decision making together and just trying to figure things out (at least for me). But this year I feel like we had gotten the hang of things and could really just enjoy each other and experience lots of fun, new, and different things together. I am so thankful for the relationship that Ty and I have. He is the best husband ever and I'm so glad we found each other. Happy Anniversary Ty, here's to many many more! 

Monterey & Santa Cruz

After graduation we moved back to Coloma to work for the summer. Paul and Jenny were so sweet and took us on a little graduation trip to Monterey and Santa Cruz! It was a blast.

Before I talk about the trip, thank you, thank you, thank you Jenny for taking all of these pictures! So glad this trip was well documented :).

        We started our trip at the Monterey Bay Aquarium 

I hadn't been there in years and it was so fun. Everything was so beautiful!

We spent the night in Carmel and the next day we wandered around the little shops and stopped to take some pictures by the beach

Then we headed over to Santa Cruz. We went to the boardwalk and rode on some of the rides

      and walked along the pier and went to see the sea lions.

The next day we went to the beach in the morning and looked at the tide pools. It was so awesome! we saw so many different animals in the little tide pools. We had a blast exploring.

Thanks Paul and Jenny for such a wonderful trip!