Roadtrip to Dino Land

After the bridal activities a few weeks ago, I went over to my momma's for some good ol' family fun. 

Both my lil sister(Lisa) and brother (Quincy) have birthdays in September so we celebrated them with some bbq and football.

Monday we woke up early and I hit the road with my older sister (Ami) and her two super adorable kids. They were coming to visit me in Arizona for the week so we decided to make a road trip out of it.

Now I will admit, I stop at the dinosaurs in Cabazon almost every other time 

I drive from California to Arizona. 

Yes, I realize I am 27. 

But when I was a kid, we used to stop every time we went to visit my grandparents in Joshua Tree so it holds a special place in my heart. Plus... dinos! 

We would always go up into the gift shop in the belly of the brontosaurus and stare at the massive t-rex. We would beg our parents to take us into the back museum, but always got told "no" due to time and money constraints. 

This time, since we were old enough to have our own money but with young enough kids to have an excuse, we decided to go into the museum in the back. 

Childhood dream realized. 

The back museum has 50+ dinosaur statues and robotic dinosaurs. 

With museum admission, you also get to walk up into the mouth of the t-rex. 

Yes, the big one you can see from the freeway. 

It was an intense climb up a tiny spiral staircase. But awesome view and experience. 

I love that she is casually posing on the teeth and he looks terrified. 

Such a great time.

Kristin's Bridal Shower

Two weekends ago I had the super rad honor of flying out to California for my friend's bridal shower. 

The maid of honor and her mom decorated the back yard and patio super cute 

and served us various forms of mini poppyseed muffins, cinnamon rolls, champagne cocktails, 

quiches, cheesy potatos, cheesecake, and peanut butter balls (and probably more that I am forgetting). 

I've known the MOH since 5th grade and let me tell you, her momma knows how to host a party. 

"Movie Night" was never just simple popcorn, it was always a 5 course meal (but I'm not complaining).

 We played all the basic bridal shower games, ate lots of food and found a secret midget door.

Potter?! Are in you in there??

I won a super cute scarf during the "who knows the couple the best" game... but I think living with the couple out in Arizona may have given me an unfair advantage.

Me and Ashley also almost won the toilet paper wedding dress game (everyone agreed ours was the best) but the bride had to get all sappy and pick her mom's team. I guess I can live with that ;)

After the Bridal shower we cleaned up and went out for a night on the town. Margaritas at the fabulous Mission Inn and then wandering the dive bars that are Downtown Riverside.

I adore hanging out with these ladies and when we go on our cruise for the bachelorette party in October... its gonna be AWESOME.

Santa Monica Instadump

as promised yesterday, here's some pics from my santa monica adventure
this adventure was fairly last minute
but when someone says "hey, do you want to stay in my beach condo for the weekend?"
you don't say no... am i right?

shirt my brother got me - seemed appropriate for the roadtrip 

saying good bye to arizona and the sun

not a shabby view

frank the turtle who resides in the courtyard

santa monica pier at night

(taken by @okfnjesse)

santa monica pier during the day

the dinos in cabazon - i have to stop every. single. time.

windmills remind me of going to my gma's as a kiddo

the weather was lovely, i spent most of the day reading and soakin in the scenery
sat night we went to sushi with my good friend tijana and her man
(known that lady since 5th grade, whaaat?)
and then we all walked down to the beach for some night time wave watching
after returning to the condo, my friend nicole from college came over with her man
and i realized we had a lil ucla party going on
(2 ucla undergrad students, 1 ucla masters student... go bruins!)
we chatted into the wee hours of the night (aka midnight... i'm old now)
then sunday was more book reading and sight seeing as we drove home

not gonna lie, all this traveling is fun. but its great to be home.
sleep in my own bed. use my own shower.
unpack my suitcase (two loads of laundry done!)
and it'll last a whoooole weekend.
because i'm road tripping out to san diego in two weekends.
somebody stop me.
or dont. i like the adventures.
so i better rest/catch up while i can ;)

have you guys been traveling lately?
anyone gonna be in sd in two weekends?
anyone else love those dinos?!?

Weekend Recap: California Edition

this weekend was one for the books
i mean...
best. weekend. ever.

me and the boyfriend headed out to california
to hang out with ashley and her man
and a bazillion other friends

we spent the weekend lounging by the pool
giggling about nonsense,
watching workaholics,
and eating our weight in mexican food.

time well spent. 

of course, in true "robin fashion" 
i forgot my camera at home
so all of my pics are stolen from ashley, justin and sisterface.

Double date :) 

Pool time

This is how we BBQ at the ranch. Green for the win!

Party time

Mini Robin, Brother Robin, Second Robin and Robin.
(Family time... we kinda look alike haha)

It's nice to see my brother loves Ashley and Justin as much as I do. 

seriously.
i can't not think of a better way to spend my bday weekend.
approximately 25 people came to hang out,
many of which i haven't seen since i moved.
i cannot get over the fun and pure happiness that was shared by all.
friends, you rock.

Fat Dog in a Litte Coat

my roommate is currently in indonesia for two weeks

on a business trip, expenses paid, in a five star hotel

must be rough 

so me and her fiance have been sharing the dog-sitting duties 

for this little furball 

hi! my name is indie

don't you wanna rub my belly??

and because we both have such random schedules

we made a checklist for feeding to make sure she didn't miss a meal

and we've been having too much fun with it 

apparently i don't know how to spell coat 

but i DO know how to draw (shoulda been an artist)

and i DO know how to quote awesome movies 

now i'm just counting down the hours til it's 4:30pm

because i'm off to lovely california 

to visit miss ashley (pool, st germain's, mexican food, #bdwong)

to have a joint birthday lunch with my momma (june babies! woot woot!) 

and to meet up with olivia, kristin and maybe even kelsey!! 

holy schnikes!! 

this weekend could not get any radder

what are your plans for this weekend??

Who? Us?

The lovely Miss Aislin over at scribbles by a nominated our new little blog for a Liebster award. 

Liebster? I hardly know 'er! 

The purpose of this award/nomination is to recognize the smaller blogs. 

You know, give those hidden gems a chance to shine. 

And we are sooo stoked Aislin thought of us! 

Rules: 

{1} Choose five up and coming blogs to give the Liebster award to. 

Blogs must have less than 200 followers. 

{2} Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.

{3} Post the award on your blog. 

{4} List the bloggers you gave the award to with links to their sites. 

Leave a comment on their blogs to let them know. 

{5} Share 5 random facts about yourself! 

....and now to announce our winners.... 

....drumroll please.... 

[in no particular order] 

{1} Devon @ The Mermaid Chronicles

{2} Olivia @ Olivia.Dee

{3} Kristin @ Skinny Jeans & a Chai Latte

{4} Christy @ Sparkles & Spinach

{5} Leah @ Keep Your Sunnyside Up

And now for 5 random facts about US...

{1} Our favorite movie is Zoolander. 

{2}We once hosted a pirate party that may have ended with 

someone getting dog biscuits glued to their face.

{3} We have both seen every single episode of 

Law and Order: SVU. 

We currently rewatch episodes while 

gchatting with each other from 333 miles away 

ok... ready... go... its loading... 

they're talking... wait your 5 seconds ahead!... ok paused... 

"doink doink"

{4} One of us is obsessed with fruit, the other is obsessed with veggies

{5} Our birthdays are exactly 30 days apart

the poker run

here are some pictures from a poker race

we attended out in the desert

of southern california.

all taken by my husband's iphone

it woudnt be a trip with my husband if he didn't find a snake

-Ash