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. 

april, welcome.

aaaand it is may already. 

well after a few months of hanging out at all of boston's hot spots by myself i got a real job! 

being unemployed in the dead of winter was pretty awesome but i am very grateful and happy to be an adult again! kind of sad that I didn't time my unemployment better (i.e. i should have been unemployed in the summer rather than the winter..what was i thinking?) but everything happens for a reason so i'm excited for the opportunities this new job will bring. 

a celebration was definitely in order so roommate maren and i did some grocery shopping at target! i just really wanted a personal pan pizza.

the first weekend in april (i'm just a little behind on blogging) was so nice. john and i went on a little dinner date with grace and dave to a vietnamese restaurant. the food was great but the real highlight for me was this baby watching her ipad the whole time haha 

then we parted ways and headed to see charles strouse SING AND PERFORM ALL OF HIS BROADWAY HITS. i'm talking bye bye birdie and annie medleys people. it was awesome. 

this would be me meeting him afterwards and you can tell from my huge cheek that i was just as happy as he was. he told me i reminded him of his daughter! i appreciated that. 

i'm obsessed with cannoli's these days and want grace and dave to be obsessed too. we picked them up to go on what is becoming a pretty regular occurrence (late night cannoli runs in the north end at bova's, a 24 hour (!) bakery) and i think they liked it! at least baby alta liked it i'm sure. 

we had this great idea of being the easter bunny for my roommates so we went to the nearby grocery store, raided the easter aisle, and then came back to my house to put it all together. my roommates said we really did sound like parents just giggling in my room after telling them they all had to go to bed or the easter bunny wasn't going to come haha. i really loved it so much and wish i could be the easter bunny everyday. i was especially proud of my letter i wrote and the creepy easter bunny picture we found in the paper that definitely made my efforts go from mediocre to awesome. 

and there it is in all it's glory. sick peeps and chocolate bunnies even made their way in that basket!

church was so nice the next day.
this picture isn't very good and it looked way better in real life but i kept staring out that window to see those hot pink blossoms through church and it was so dreamy. everyone gave really thoughtful talks and everything was centered on Christ and the many things he has done for us. all three hours were perfect and i am so grateful for the preparation everyone made to make it such a lovely easter. 

all the pretty blossoms just added to the niceness of the day

i got to spend some quality time with my roommates which i always enjoy

we had a lovely spaghetti dinner

and the easter bunny thing was a big big hit! they loved feeling five again. 

and to top off the day i got this sweet picture of my grandpa (thank you aunt jeri!) about to blow out his candles because easter so happened to be his birthday! happy birthday grandpa! i sure do love you. 

so..the first week in april was a success. hopefully i can blog a little better this month so you can see all the other nice things that happened last month too