I had to dust off my keyboard

Yes, yes, I am alive! You know, its hard keeping up with such a blog-savvy sister like mine. No matter what I do its hard not to feel second best. Anyways, I have a lot of pictures to show of what I've been doing during the last month sin blogging.

While still in Portland..

As you probably already know, we moved from our cute, quiet, 2-bedroom apartment across the street to a 3-bedroom apartment to accommodate for a third roommate. With the new apartment brought new challenges and annoyances.

Yes, look beyond the adorable face of Milo to the four children that made our lives a living hell. I named them Rosa, Juanita, Carlos, and Jose because they are of Hispanic nationality. They ding-dong-ditched us, played with their stupid toys and bikes right in front of our doors, and did lovely things to our property.

Like this beautiful scratch on my car, for example. And yes, that is my foot in the picture. I wished I could have gotten a picture of when they smeared gravel around on Brad's trunk. See what I mean? Bastards.

To get away from the crazyness and chaos at home we went out as much as we could.

Here, Brad tries his best shot at creativity in World Market. I bet you're not surprised he's an Art Major, huh?

Family (Brad, Mark, and I) Time was also fun:

Pancake Saturday, anyone? This one was my creation and that is actually a Swedish pancake mix. :) With our bellies full, we hit the Portland Zoo for some afternoon fun (before it got bloody hot up there, that is).

Black Bear (not dead) and Polar Bear (sleeps with his leg up like Trac) :)

And of course like good college students, we studied 98% of the time we were away at school. But not without a little help...

Finals week eventually came and went which meant packing up for the summer to move home and work. When we moved in, one of the walls in my room was painted a heinous green color so I decided to paint it bright pink. Why? Looking back I'm not sure. But, that meant when we moved out I had to paint it back to the tan color of the other walls. And because of the super bright color I had to prime before I painted, BOO! And well, I couldn't resist a little Picasso-ing of my own. 

Neither of those images should surprise anyone. :)

Packing and storing was just a havoc-reeking, fight-starting, blood-shedding (okay, so there was no blood, but you get it) mess so I'll spare you the details. :)

While in Medford (for the summer):

Not only am I working 3-4 shifts per week at Torrid, I am working a full day every Friday and some mornings during the week baby-sitting. I've watched the "boys" (Trey and Ty, 5) since they were 3 years old and now I get to broaden my horizons with this cute, giggling, adorable-y dressed, bundle of cuteness..

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Tatum (8 months) Brad helps me out whenever he can because the boys love him. I'm on my own for the summer, however, while he's working like a big boy in SF. But isn't this picture just adorable? That's the only reason why I put it up, it's so rare that we see a soft side of Brad. :)

Because I was a sheltered child and had never been there, April and I sported a one-day roadie to Water Works Park in Redding, CA. Super fun, super tiring, you know how it goes. 

But what do you do for lunch when you're in Redding?

This photo needs no caption. Everyone should know what this is.

Boo for being hungry now.. BYE :)