look who's figured out how to blog again!

my nephew, two of my nieces, and a tiny picture of my sisters and me in the corner



it takes me some time to get the hang of things, but i've finally figured out how to add photos to my posts again. yay! so i'm finally posting pictures from last week when my sister celebrated her 40th birthday. sadly i didn't get a photo of my mommy in her sassy blue dress - but she rocked it and looked sexy and i still can't believe she has a daughter that's 40.

my family means the world to me - and any excuse to have us all together with food and music and lots of laughs, makes me one very happy lady.



my niece turns twelve!

happy birthday to my darling little bella.

 

i can't believe how quickly she's turned twelve! twelve! my goodness, she's nearly a teenager!

 

i'm so lucky to be an auntie to such a beautiful, caring, and talented young lady.

now...i just have to remind her to ease up on the boy crushes (golly! we really are related).

 

bella,

if your mom somehow stumbles across my lil ol blog and let's you read this post -

i love you and wish you the happiest of birthday's.

thank you for being such an incredible part of my life.

 

love,

autie lori

 

a birthday

today is my older sister lullette's birthday!

i'm so lucky to have two incredibly loving, caring, hilarious older sisters

and today, we'll celebrate one of them.

ate*-

 thank you for all the bedtime stories,

the right-handed penmanship on late homework assignments,

the countless baths after play time,

the swimming lessons (which uh...we might need to discuss),

and for tucking me in (and petting me) to sleep every night when i was little.

the best part is, i get to watch you do the exact same things with your two beautiful daughters.

you are an incredible mother and an equally wonderful sister.

i love you more than you can ever imagine and i'm so lucky to be your little sister.

happy birthday!

*ate translates to "big sister" in tagalog :)

flirty-thirty!

happy 30th birthday gigi!

i can't believe we've gone from those two little pip-squeaks in the picture to actual grown-ups!

happiest of birthday's my love!

 i can't wait to celebrate the weekend with you.

xo

life lately

goodness! you would think that by taking a 12 day stay-cation i would have had ample time to keep up the blog. instead, i've found myself celebrating my birthday for a week straight and spending hours upon hours with friends.

(i even neglected my 'thank you thursday' post this week! yipes!)

i couldn't have asked for a better birthday celebration. i found myself surrounded by an entire room (or courtyard) full of my favorite people. i just couldn't stop smiling, hugging, and telling people how much i love them.

i can't thank all of you enough for making my 29th birthday so special! i can't even imagine what 30 is going to be like!

i've got 3 more days left in my vacation and i can't wait to see what else this weekend has in store.

till next time,

lt

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hey shorty...

it's my birthday!

we're gonna party like it's my birthday...

(and it just wouldn't be me if i wasn't obnoxiously reminding everyone)

twenty nine

tomorrow is my 29th birthday! (eep! weird...because i still feel like i'm 19)

i'll be spending the day with food, friends, cocktails, and hopefully somewhere looking a little bit like this:

not gonna lie...i'm pretty damn excited about tomorrow's festivities.

happy birthday to me!

#8 go camping

...well...maybe not so much. camping will have to wait until later this summer - because this birthday i plan on being fabulous and surrounded by 40(+) of my closest friends.

#8 go camping

when: july 1st - 3rd
why: because it's my birthday. duh!
who: 7 of my closest friends (former boy/girl scouts, outdoorsy types, park rangers, etc - please apply here)
where: big bear lake, california

i foresee many rei trips in coming weeks.

stay tuned...

oh...did i mention i'm terrified?! ok. well i am.

palm springs and happy birthday hambone

this weekend (well...monday's are weekends for us) hambone, adam, p and i all took off to palm springs in celebration of ham's birth.

we checked into the ace hotel monday afternoon and spent the day dancing in our room, drinking by the pool, and taking an obscene amount of pictures. i'm not sure how one would survive in 106 degree heat for more than an hour at a time - but tequila infused drinks and a body of water (does a pool count as a body of water?) kind of makes it bearable.

i can't tell you how exciting it is that heather is back in la, and after three years i was able to party with her on her birthday! having our little "crew" back together sure does make me one happy little baby.

looking forward to more maymagic, jazzyjune and julyjubilee!

happiest of birthday's to my darling niece, abigail

i can't believe you're already nine years old today!

it seems like just yesterday we were all at the hospital waiting to meet you for the first time. when you were born, i figured i already had the "auntie" thing down - and pretty much considered myself a professional in the babysitting and diaper changing department - i just couldn't wait for a brand new baby to hold.

you are growing up to be such an intelligent, loving, generous little girl and i'm so greatful to be your auntie.

happy, happy, birthday baby!

i love you more than i can put into words.

a birthday!

today one of my best friends is celebrating her 28th birthday!

jessica has been one of my most darling friends since we were both 6 years old!

i honestly can't imagine my life without her in it.

she's always been one of the few people in my life that can make me laugh until i can't breathe, my shoulder to cry on, and the kind of girlfriend that will sit on the phone for hours with me and just listen.

happiest of birthdays jess!
thank you for being such a wonderful friend.

i love you!