june weekday haps

thinking about blogging all that happened on the weekends in june is making me feel extremely overwhelmed so we are just going to hold off on those moments for now.

..i wrote that a week ago but hey hiiiii. 

june was so nice and went by so fast. here are weekday things that happened slash i liked. 

 i always love walking by the harvard stadium at this time of day, it always looks super delightful

so many facetime/skype times! taking screen shots makes me feel like we are more than just phone friends. also worth noting: this was my first time facetiming with my old companion sister wang, my friend david grant, and brynne's baby morris!! thank you, technology. 

lots of bike rides with myself or kristin 

my boss and his two assistants, megan and meg

the bosses are having a baby! slash they already did but it hadn't happened yet in this picture. we gave them a diaper cake, they loved it as you can see. 

best 57 year old work friend from texas, john bridwell, brought us back these macaroons from france. 

i always thought i hated macaroons but THOSE THINGS WERE SO GOOD. maybe i just hate american ones? who knows. 

left:june weather was nuts and one day it was so cold that i wore a sweater, a scarf, and boots. what?

right: also, i've been better at eating lunch at work. see? a little panara with my best mexican friend alberto. 

more biking. lots of yoga. super obsession with my new backpack. 

(it makes carrying things so easy and convenient!)

boston loves learning. welcome to fred talks: TED talks by your friends. 

still obsessed with the location of my church and how green it is

when it wasn't freezing it was raining! for days and days and days 

(which i honestly appreciated because summer without central air is THE WORST)

friday afternoons were spent with bff nat and our veteran boyfriends and were always topped off with tons of delicious ice cream from bedford farms. maybe this is a good time to tell you that nat is leaving me and is moving to texas soon. we are very sad about this. 

sadly you cant really see the rainbow in the picture above but it is there and i loved that it looked like it was coming out of the word "friendlies" on that building in the distance and there is a baby rainbow on the building across the street.  ..it's the little things.

bless asian friends who make it in the korean newspaper and eating whatever it is i got at that korean restaurant.

unedited boston beauty. this is the trail we use to get to the church, i think

it is especially beautiful after a rainstorm when the sun is setting and felt happy we were walking rather than biking so we could further enjoy it. 

amber turned 30! even though she looks 12.

my closet fell down one night - don't worry, i fixed it - and i had utah hair for a minute.

scenic storrow drive

all you can eat ice cream festival with mccall. didn't feel so hot by the time we left but it was definitely worth it (probably)

oh hey! and then the boss had her baby and i photographed the event. this picture was taken at 5 in the morning and i didn't even care because she is the cutest. if you have any "A" names that you think are the best go ahead and throw them out there - she is still nameless a week and a half later haha. 

that time i took my cam to fhe

 and everything was so green and nice

 and i saw these friends

and liked these gals. 

and then we went to the walking bridge near harvard afterward and had a photography lesson by friend bradley. he taught us some night photography tricks and tips and i felt really proud of my camera for taking the pictures above. i didn't touch those guys up! not even a little bit. 

bye may! hi june.

herrroooo!

let's first discuss how much boston loves memorial day. 

they had 33,000 flags placed in the commons all weekend to represent every fallen service member from the civil war to the present. 

is this blowing your mind? this isn't even all of them. it's crazy to think how many people gave their life so that we can be free. 

i need you to know two things. 

1. i LOVE that little white house with that huge tree and pink flowers and i feel happy i get to walk past it everyday. 

2. i ate swordfish for the first time in my life and didn't hate it! not even a little bit. 

swordfish w/ banana rum chutney, avocado and tomato salad, and mashed sweet potatoes = a meal i still think about and it was like three weeks ago. 

okay i guess three things. 

3. natalie and i finally (after probably three months of trying) got our volunteer badges for the VA. 

we not only get to hang out with elderly vets but also get to feel like we are on alias. 

the last week of may consisted of lots of outside friend time, toscanini's ice cream, and this gal below:

but my face is sad because she moved back home to arizona which makes me SO sad. 

mel, come back!

can we talk about this guy for a second? 

i was cutting through harvard business school to go home around 10pm one night when the man above came up to me asking about where something was. he then somehow started talking about some app which then brought up something else which then brought up the fact that i am mormon which then led to us sitting at some outdoor table discussing it for over an hour.  he was kind of crazy and somewhat inappropriate in the types of questions he was asking but it felt nice to defend my faith and hopefully he listened to at least some of what i said. 

anyway.
the last week of may was graduation fest 2013 and there were SO many moms and dads and chairs everywhere. 

here is a story. 

so maybe one time i was trying on my one-piece swimsuit (trying to debate if it would make it's debute this year or not) when it started rain storming outside. i was so thrilled with this that i forgot i was in my swimsuit, immediately turned off my lights, turned on bon iver, laid on my bed, and just listened while i watched the lightening and pouring rain out my window. a few minutes later i looked down and thought it was the funniest that i was still in my swimsuit so i took these photos and awkwardly sent them to friend christine and am now posting them on this blog. the end. 

the temple is the greenest right now and it is the best. 

these houses are also the best. 

i was walking to my friend carly's catholic school kids pop recital and accidentally turned down the wrong street. i was way happy this happened because it was the most beautiful and lovely detour (and the best time of day i might add!). it was nice to discover somewhere new, it is one of my favorite things to do. 

one night i came home to find this. maybe i'm not good at those little sticky hangy things because they hate holding up this strand of lights. 

i walked into my boss' office to find three of our executives being match teams. so cute.  

one of my more favorite parts of spring = our parkway boyfriend is back! i need to not be in a car when i pass him one time so i can actually sit and talk with him. i just love him. 

can you spot the random spanish man asleep on our lawn? re-roofing our house is tiring i guess. 

the last night of may was spent with kristin, boston, and our bikes. 

if that is what my nights are like for the rest of the summer i definitely won't be mad about it. 

(and i don't know how many more times i can say it without sounding trite, I LIVE IN A DREAMLAND)

the next morning a few of us drove up to portsmouth new hampshire for lunch on harbor

then we drove a few more miles and BLAM! we were in kittery, maine. 

i think maine was born to be foggy and rainy, it was perfect. 

(if you look closely you can see a very iconic lighthouse on the tip of that land - there was another one too but i wasn't very good at taking pictures of them)

 

we only explored for a few hours but it was delightful. 

there is just so much to experience and see on the east coast! i'm glad i have friends who love to go and see new places just as much as i do because let's be honest, i've become an adventure addict.