With Relish: 2011

Friday, December 30, 2011

There's a hole in my pocket that's about her size

Sorry, that blog title has NOTHING to do with this post. I was just listening to Joshua Radin today and wanted to write that. Anywho...

I found out for certain that more than 2 people read my blog (regardless of what blogger stats tells me). So with that being said, maybe I will crawl out of my blogging depression and post more. Cause that's what you want isn't it??! So keep checking back to read about my AMAZING Christmas vacation and I will also be sharing my story about my new chin...say what?!?- I know, exciting right?

Stay tuned! And don't be afraid to leave a comment every now and again so I know you are there! Peace, love and cosmetic surgery.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

"That's my girl"

What is one of the coolest parts of having my sissy in the same house? Someone to see Breaking Dawn at midnight with me!

Here is what my teenager self SHOULD have felt like:

Here is how I really felt (aka: SUPER tired):

But we went anyway. Like my shirt! Shilo gave me the idea. It is like Breaking Bad (Ah-MAZING T.V. show that you MUST watch if you don't already). And her shirt was pretty sweet too.

Frisco was jelly. He wanted to be in picture

Close up!

I was dead the next day. I am getting too old for this... But not too old to see THG at midnight :)

Peace, Love and trying to act younger than I really am.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

my blogtober

Let's start off with this fun story. One day we left our bathroom door open on accident (background: we usually keep it closed so the cats wont unravel the toilet paper or drink the toilet water. gross) Well we forgot and what do we find? Our cup of Q-tips empty. And THIS all over the floor! :

Really? A Q-tip fetish? We found them throughout the whole house the remainder of that week. Could these little guys be the culprits? Nah, they are too cute to do that...

Shilo and I went to Fairfax festival. Twas fun. Here is Shilo with her cute coat:

Why do I love this pic? Cause you can see my in the reflection...look!

I wanted to take a pic by this orange car that had no one by it. Then all of a sudden, like clockwork, people wanted to marvel. So I was mid sentence when Shilo took my picture "No!, its too late! These people ruined it! Now it is just weird!"

In October my in-laws came out to visit. We had so much fun! Pictures below are from Mt. Vernon (out of order, sorry!)

Love this picture. I wish it weren't blurry

How to photbomb at Mt. Vernon:

Step One: find someone trying to get this shot:

Step Two: PHOTOBOMB!

Shilo, stop and smell the roses!

I was trying to get a picture of this steer and my mother in law was cracking jokes about how I was taking a picture of the rear end of the other steer. I said " NO I am not!" I think this picture clearly shows who was right. Sorry Mary Kaye! :)

Best quote of the day: "Martha who!?!" - Mary Kaye LOL!

I will follow you until you love me...

We went to Arlington Cemetery (props to SHilo for giving me the inspiration for this shot)

Waterfront in Old Town Alexandria

The night before the in-laws left we played a game called Crazy Cat Lady. LOVE!!!!!!!

SHILO WON! (If you call having a bunch of cats winning)

Then they bought us a pumpkin and some festive flowers to stick on our porch for decoration. Karma went downstairs to help my mother in-law because she said she "wasn't doing a very good job" - those two are a RIOT!!!

Shilo and I dressed up all cute the day before Halloween. Here is the least scariest picture. I know. But seriously, you do not want to see the rest.

We didn't dress up on Halloween. Saddest day of my life. I had tons of fabulous ideas too! But we didn't really have anywhere to go. And we weren't allowed to dress up at work. Bummer.

That is about it. It has been pretty cold. Even the cats (that are covered in fur) stay under the blankets. Exhibit A:

He knows whats up. I am super exited for the holidays coming up and especially excited to go home for Christmas. I miss my family and friends so much.

Peace, love and Q-tips.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

My Magical Summer of Awesomeness

The day is finally here! You get to read (and see) all about my super amazing summer! Fair warning, it is a little lengthy but there are a lot of pics so hopefully you wont get bored. Hold on tight kids, here we go!

In June we went to Florida to Disneyworld. I haven't been since the early 90's. So needless to say I was oober excited. Enter face:

The boys...not so much (at least they were good at hiding it)

You can see the castle in the background!

We made it! Pay no mind that we look like we got no sleep. I am not sure why we look so haggard. Maybe its cause we missed the shuttle because the driver was a freaking yahoo.

Me and my BFF!

Brandon and Bob on Splash Mountain. Click to enlarge. Trust me, it is for your benefit:

This is the slowest ride in the history of everdom. I think the max speed was .25 miles an hour. Stupid.

"Let's take the cheesiest/annoying-est picture evah!" Check.

On the way home from Dinseyworld I thew up. Just thought you should know. Then we went back to the hotel, got some rest and headed to Epcot! Asian shot:

We are so original, I know.

We went to this expensive French restaurant for lunch. It was yumsters.

When is it okay to have a rat in a restaurant? When its ratatouille of course!

After a day of Epcot we met up the Inner Circle (which consists of Shilo, Brittany, Shannon, Ronnie, and Bob). My parents hooked us up in the AMAZING timeshare. For more on that and our Universal Studios trip, click here: Brittany 's Blog

We all have a love for Harry Potter so it was only necessary to go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando. Here are some pictures from Hogwarts:

Shilo made us all shirts with spells on them.

Brittany: Expelliarmus

Shilo: Stupefy

Ashley: Sectumsempra

Shannon: Expecto Petronum

Everyone trying Butterbeer for the first time. My favorite part of this picture? Ronnie trying it before everyone :)

Ready for the BEST story ever?!?! Ok, so after Harry Potter world we mozied over to the other Universal Studio parks. The majority of the group wanted to ride this scary ride but me, Shannon and Ronnie all stayed behind. Well, we were sitting by some shop because we were exhausted. I guess it was also the place where all the action hero actors come out because we saw about 4 of them. Well one of them that came out was the green goblin. Freaking scary. This is what he looked like. Creepy right?!?!

Well anyway, Shannon was sleeping because A) she was tired and B) she can sleep anywhere. Exhibit A:

Well, the green goblin didn't like that Shannon was sleeping. So what does he do? He goes and stand DIRECTLY OVER HER and STARES AT HER IN THE FACE.

It takes a minute but Shannon finally wakes up to a Creepy goblin in her face. She FREAKED out! It was so effing hilarious! You really should have been there.

Thank goodness I got it all on camera :) Thank goodness she didn't hate me for not warning her!

We got a snack by the Jurrasic Park ride. And we must dissect this photo.

1. Why do I have 2 churros? I probably said I bought one for someone else, but lets be honest, I bet I ate both of them

2. This look is classic. Enough said

3. 2 Sodas? Really Ash?

4. Thats where it goes. No, I am not pregnant.

Ok, so back to Virginia. We had the wonderful pleasure of going to the White House for the Fourth of July. Our friend Thad works for Barry so he got us in. It was super cool

Zoolander face:

My favorite picture of them:

Vampire Thad:

For my birthday this year Brandon set up a weekend retreat that included horseback riding. I was so excited! Then I kept seeing the name Marshall everywhere and I told Brandon that we should name our first son Marshall. He then proceeded to tell me he would call him Eminem (cause Eminem's real name is Marshall Mathers). Anyway, here is evidence of one of my "signs":

Beautiful scenery

Our room:

Me doing a jig because I am excited to get on a horse!

Hay!

For the rest of July we were moving on all of our stuff into our new house (pics to be up soon. Not quite done decorating yet). To see one of the rooms, click here: Shilo's blog.

In August my brother, sister and I set up a surprise camping trip for my parents 40th wedding anniversary. Since we couldn't really make the camping a surprise (can you imagine how pissed you would be if someone blind folded you and drove you to a campsite and was like: Surprise! We are camping!. Yeah, not-so-much). So my brother set up a big family trip but they (my parents) had no idea that Shilo and I were coming. Complete awesomeness, I know. Here is some pics of it going down:

Shilo "OMG! We are about to yell surprise!"

Me: "What do we do!?!?"

In unision: "Surprise!"

Dad: "What the F*$%#!" - lol!

It's a little hat. It's funny.

My sister in law (who makes the cutest kids with my brother) and my nieces with Shilo. Presh.

How many men does it take to set up a pop-up tent?! haha!

Love this moment. I want to put it in my pocket.

Woman make fire!

I was whittling a wand for my sister. I know. Best sister award goes to moi.

Who says you have to eat crap whilst camping? Not the Mayers! Yum!

The Leonards like to catch snakes like a boss

Shilo and I made us all shirts with our names (or nicknames) on the front

And 40 on the back for how many years my parents have been together.

I love my shirt!

My aunt brought cheese balls. I love her. I think this picture shows how serious I am.

Not only are they the most adorable couple ever, but they also woke up at 3 in the morning, took down their tent and packed up JUST to take Shilo and me back to LAX to catch a flight. Can you say AMAZING!?!?!

Lugos <3

Plane ride pic

In September my sister and I went up to NYC. Every year she gets to go to the US Open with her friend (and fellow Jacob lover) Tess and this year they had en extra ticket so I got to go too! Yay for hot men! I mean tennis!