Bat Mitzvah

Kevin and I left Jetta alone for a few days so we could fly down to Florida for my cousin Stephanie's Bat Mitzvah. We were sad to leave her, but we had a really good time. My uncle really knows how to throw a party. Stephanie did an awesome job reading from the Torah. I love my little cousin and wish I could get to know her better. Her a Jessica are so cute and funny. Anyways, here are just a few pictures of our extremely busy trip to Florida.

The day we flew in Uncle Mike (the world's best uncle), Kevin, and I met Tiffany, Tyler, and Grandma (the world's best grandma) at the beach.

The day of the Bat Mitzvah my grandma held a very nice brunch for all her favorite people. Lucky for us we were included. Side note: I didn't really take very many pictures, but most of the ones I took are really good. I'm sure my sister has plenty on her blog as well. Anywho, we didn't eat any breakfast and were really hungry by the time the food was served. Here's Kevin's plate and the look on his face :)

This is us in the synagogue. It's a nice perspective picture. In order, Tyler, Tiffany, Aunt Linda, Kevin, me, and David.

Aunt Colleen and Uncle Mike took us to Howl at the Moon, a really fun piano dueling bar. The couple sitting in front of us drank two whole buckets and several shots of liquor. They were pretty wasted. It was hilarious!

And last but not least is a picture of me just havin a good ol' time in my awesome bright pink shirt.

All in all, it was a really busy weekend, but also tons of fun. I'm so glad I got to see all of my family too. I really enjoyed spending time with everyone and getting to know them all a little better. I'm going to try to go down there a lot more.

More furniture

We finally got some living room furniture! I'm super excited. We got a pretty good deal on all of it too. IKEA is great, by the way. We still need a couple of things, like a tv, stereo, and some book shelves, but this place really looks like a home now.

And of course I have to include a picture of my dog, because she is amazing. It seems that she has laid claim to our new chair.

pics from apartment and the beach

We went camping this past weekend down by the beach, and I took a couple pictures of the sunset that turned out pretty cool. The guy in the top picture is kevin's brother Matt. He's trying to catch a crab so he doesn't have to go skinny dipping (he made a bet with his wife that he could catch a crab)

These are more pictures from my apartment. This is our backyard! These are all pictures from our balcony. It's a pretty nice view if I do say so myself.

Okay, the long awaited pictures of the apartment are here. I forgot to take a picture of the balcony and my batteries are being recharged, so that one will have to wait. Kevin won't let me show the pictures of the living room, because it's basically just junk waiting to have cool storage places, and there's no furniture. So enough about that. Here they are: In no particular order, the top left is the bar view of my kitchen with granite counter tops and a cool sink. Top right is the gigantic refrigerator that seems impossible to fill up. Middle left is my awesome big closet that fits all my clothes (eventually the folded clothes will be in a dresser that will match our bed). Middle right is yours truly wearing an extremely wrinkly shirt and in dire need of a hair cut. Bottom left is my awesome dog laying in the middle of our new bed (that is SO much better than an air mattress). And bottom right is my great bathroom which we've decided to do in bright colors. And that, folks, is about it.