My 25th Birthday

Jason and I on the ferry over! (We had never done it before....so much fun!)

I love my new camera....the panoramic setting is just so cool.

HARRAHS!!!

All of us on the jitney going to the Tropicana....after a few cocktails this crowd gets FUN

Dad and I at Johnny Rockets for dinner!!!!! One of my FAVS!!!!

hehehe

love it

love it more

look @ the ketchup!! win that money!!

Jason was playing the lobster game!! (que the lobster fingers)

they had a SMORES slot machine!!

um. Sex and the City slot machine? Yes please. 

This came from the Sex and the City machine!!! SCORE!!!!

Bfast @ Dennys. They gave Aunt Carla (her bday was Sunday!!! ) and I ice cream....lol 

ALWAYS TURNED ON BABY!!

"Under the boardwalk..."

All of us :)

My crazy dad.... :)

I loved the boardwalk

These doors were SO awesome!

We went to the Knife and Fork restaurant Sat. night. This is my new FAV restaurant. It opened in 1912 and was the speakeasy for the city. The friggin' rat pack used to hang out here. You cant get any cooler than that. 

All of us @ dinner

My filet with crab and asparagus!! YUMMO!!

Dads rack of lamb

HOLY LOBSTER BATMAN!!!!

Jasons porkchop and jumbalaya

HOLY KING CRAB BATMAN!!!!

Each of the stalls had a sink in the. Nuff' said. 

AWWW! Happy Birthday to me!!!!

This was like a chocolate covered moon pie. mmmmmm.

Harrahs had a bday too!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!

Every year since I have turned 21, I have made the trek up to Atlantic City with some of my family. Mine and my aunts bday is within a day of eachother so we like to make a big weekend out of celebrating. This year marked the big 2-5 for me and it could have not been a more perfect birthday. My parents, Aunt Carla, Uncle Dan and Jason spent the weekend at Harrahs, ate some amazing food, spent some money, drank a little (haha) alcohol and just had the best time. Cheers to this year!!! It will be the best YET!!! <3

Canada and Car Crashes

Whew. What a week. I have found it so hard to catch my breath this whole summer and this week didnt help. Im hoping that things start to slow down at least a little...i know, i know. Who am I kidding, right? The older you get, the faster time seems to go by.


Last week started off great! My family, Jason and I got back from the cruise on Monday and we all had SUCH a great time. Saint John was such a cute little town and spending more than a few hours with my family was so great. I have tons of pictures but here is a little preview...

Jason and I leaving port in NYC

Jason and I with the Statue of Liberty behind us!

Aunt Carla, my mom and I starting things off with Mimosas :)

Mabecca got serenaded again for her bday! Cant celebrate too much!

I loved the towel animals.

Once we got off the ship, there was a Moose to take photos with haha!

Us at bingo! (I won the first jackpot of the day!)

We ran into some character pirates in Saint John and we sat down and had a few beers with them. They were a riot!!!

"Come on over wench and take a photo...arggg!!"

Dad was right at home with these guys. He had to try on the clothes and all. I laughed so hard.

Dad and I once they opened their treasure chest.....

HAHA!

Saint John was so beautiful....this was when we were leaving.

It was such a great time. It was over too soon. This was Jason and mines last vacation for awhile and it was such a blast. 

SO that was the good part of the week. We got back on Monday and I had Tuesday off to unpack, do laundry and,well, be lazy with my dog because I missed the Mousse-Man!! Wednesday was back at work for me! It started off great and things weren't too backed up so it was a pretty decent morning. Since I live about 10 minutes away from work, I go home for lunch everyday. WELL I was on my way back to work from lunch and this guy slammed on his breaks two cars ahead of me, and the car behind him had to slam on his breaks and pull off to the side to avoid hitting the truck. Well when I saw him slam on his breaks, I had to slam on mine and I wasnt as lucky avoiding him. It was either go into oncoming traffic, or hit him. So i tried to avoid but i ended up slamming into the back right corner of his car. Both of us were ok but the guy that caused it all just went on his way...didnt even stop! I couldnt believe it. We both got our cars out of the road and i went to open my door to get out and....it didnt open. Not a good sign. I climbed over the console to get out on the other side and took a look at the damage. Yep, definitely not good. My car just crumpled. The only good news was that the other guys car just had minor damage to his bumper...he could still drive it. Me? Not so lucky. 

If you can believe that it actually looks better in the picture with everything taken apart than it did when the accident happened...well it does. My poor car. So now Im dealing with all this. At least we both werent hurt so that was a good thing. 

Sigh. 

So now here i am on Saturday, writing this blog and watching the Flinstones. Jason and Mousse are outside working on our jungle (we have SO many plants in our backyard...) and we are just gonna piddle around the house today. I should get motivated and clean....Ill go work on that :)

HAPPY WEEKEND!

xoxo 

Pearl

Arizona

Jason and I got back from Arizona today and looking back on the trip, it was just great. We got to spend some quality time with his Uncle David and cousins Ryan and Daniel doing everything from playing basketball in the neighborhood everyday to seeing the one and only Grand Canyon. I loved every second and spending time with the boys is always a good thing. The trip was short but awesome. I took TONS of pics but had to put the good ones up :)

Everyday when we picked Daniel up from school he wanted to go play basketball. Of course we went and played HORSE until we had to go home. It was a blast. Daniel is pretty awesome for his age, Jason of course held his own and...well...Ryan and I? It kept us laughing.

On Thursday Uncle David, Jason and I went out to eat at this place called "The Greasewood Flat". TRUST ME. If you are ever in AZ near Scottsdale....go there. It was an outdoor restaurant that was dusty and rustic and oh so cool. You walk in and there are picnic tables everywhere and to order food you go inside this building that reminded me of an old western movie and it has dollar bills pinned to the ceiling and walls with old pics. It was just cool. Plus we got to just chill out with Uncle David and have a few beers. Oh and the cheeseburger? Worth the trip alone. 

Yea. Doesn't look like much but it was very good. 

Saturday morning Daniel had a baseball game so we were stoked to be able to see him play. This is me and Ryan hanging out :)

Uncle David, Ryan, Me, Jason and Daniel after the game. 

Daniel and Ryan LOVE cars. They took us to the high end dealerships that made my Pontiac look like a junkyard car! We even saw a car worth 1.5 million! It was crazy. My fav was this white Bentley. It would look good with me in it, huh?!?!

Last but not least.........

THE AMAZING GRAND CANYON!! Jason and I rented a car on Thursday and drove up to the Canyon and spent a few hours while the boys were in school. It was worth getting up at 4:30 a.m. Everyone tells me it will be an image you can never erase from your mind and I think that is so true. We had a great time and the weather was perfect and it wasn't crowded at all. 

All in all? A perfect vacation. Jason and I had a blast with the boys and his uncle and we got to spend some time in the sun and see some cactus :)

xoxoxoxoxoxo