new years, casa bonita style.

waiting for our food, hot lunch style.

 the plates came out of this little hole. 

who knows what they didn't want us to see behind those walls.

please note the excess amount of "cheese" on this plate.

this was obviously before our hopes and dreams of casa bonita came crashing down.

on our stomaches.

 even this fire juggler could not distract from the horrible, horrible food.

although this cliff diver may have gotten chelle's attention for a moment.

 michael and our waitress.

 sopapillas.

 michael went exploring.

 the "margaritas" did not meet their standards.

the after-shock.

thanks for ruining our new years and clogging our arteries, casa bonita.

never. again.

casey's wedding

casey got married. 

we took cute pictures. 

so did michael and chelle. 

 and a little of this happened.

happy christmas! pt. 2

just making a few cookies out at g'ma's. 

muffy helped. 

my first pies: success! 

my braided bread.

cam posing with the tree. 

cheese straws! yessssss.

hot wine... not so hot in my book. 

 i made these pillows for camball. 

cousins on the couch. 

merrrrrrry christmas! 

so many presents!

so many cousins!

happy christmas!

we rendezvoused with the harmes clan up in cold minnesota and ate some german food... 

or in my case, a salad with a side of sauerkraut.

then we went on the schell's brewery tour.

and read some books.

bonus: post-christmas trip to the grotto!

 joseph: the foster father of jesus.

get it, gurl. 

 so much magic.

the grotto goers.

celebrationz.

in honor of my survival of another semester and a 12 hour train ride back to the homeland next to the smelliest man on the planet, nathan took me to my favorite ames eatery, cafe b. 

the much-needed iron veggie. 

nate ate his whole burger. what a champ.

studio III

here are the models i made during studio III last semester. the class was supposed to focus on the "poetry of light" which we studied by creating two pavilions and a final solar think tank designed for the NREL campus in golden, co.

pavilion I 

pavilion II 

final think tank

HP7!

opening day. we experienced the magic.

sooo jazzed for the action!

no movie theatre experience is complete without 5 lbs. of sour patch kids. 

we almost got caught by the snack police (really).

supplies!

rebecca and i planned a surprise party for our bff claire. after taking her out to dinner, we decided to "stop by" our old stomping grounds, the horseshoe lounge... where all of our friends were waiting!

 she was so surprised. 

 classy cupcakes for our classy friend. 

a guy who used to work at a cupcake store told me they were the best cupcakes he ever had. 

just saying.

some of the gang. i dominated at the connect 4 table.