Surprise trip to California

Last week Nils surprised me with a trip to California to hang out with my cousin Jose Carlos who was visiting from Peru. So, sunday night Nils bought my ticket to sunny California and I was on my way on thursday morning. I arrived at LAX at around 2ish pm. and my brother Sergio, his girlfriend Tami and my cousin Jose Carlos picked me up. I can't believe it had been 10 years since the last time I saw him, it was very nice to finally been able to be part of the pictures he was taking with my brothers and just to hang out with everybody. That day we went out to eat at a peruvian restaurant called "Choza Mama" and after that we drove to Hollywood : )

I always love going to Hollywood to look at the stars and take pictures of them. My cousin had one goal: to find the star of Luis Miguel ( his favorite singer) that of course happened to be on the opposite side from where we parked, but it was nice to walk for a while and catch up on each other's life, then we headed back to Murrieta to surprise my mom, who had no idea I was in town. The next day Angel, Jose Carlos and I went to the beach to relax and enjoy the beach. There, we met up with my aunt Veronica and my cousins Kathy, Renzo and Vanessa. We played in the Ocean, and I enjoyed the waves with Vanessa, Angel and my adorable aunt. We had an awesome time! Jose Carlos went in the ocean with Angel but then (as any old person) decided to lay down and took a nap. After the beach we drove back to my mom's place, ate and went shopping to the mall.

On Thursday all of the boys and I went to Universal Studios. We had a blast! we went to all of the different shows, and enjoyed some of the rides. I believed our favorite ones were The Simpsons' ride and the tour around the different scenarios. We got to drive through Desperate Housewives' street which made my day! : ) I had so much fun hanging out with the boys, and this day was for me the best day of the whole trip, because it gaves us a day for all of us to re conect and remembered old times.

Friday we spent the whole day we all went to Disneyland and had a magic day, took lots of pictures and ate some goodies.

Saturday was my last day there with everybody. In the morning Paola, Alejandra and Kaddin showed up to go get breakfast, so we had some girl's time. It was nice to see them, specially Paola because is moving to Peru for a while, so I won't be able to see her during holidays or to just get on the phone with her whenever I want to. After having breakfast with them, I went back to my mom's house to say goodbye to everyone because it was already time to go to the airport. I had so much fun during this trip, it was great to catch up with my cousin and hang out with him and my brothers just like we used to when we were kids in Peru.

Our 4th of July

This year we spent our 4th with the other Sundelins : ) and had a blast. The day before the big celebration, Nils and I went to get some fireworks. This was my first time going with him, and I loved it! I love the smell of the fireworks because it reminds me of my Peru, so been around that smells was very neat for me. Nils got some small fireworks for the kids and some big toys for him and Tore to play. This was Charlie's first time he enjoyed the fireworks with us. So, we all got ready with our fetive colors and headed to the Sundelins house.

Oh yeah and I made this:

"Mormon jello shots" like Nils likes to call them .

Strawberry cupcakes

We of course got some goodies for the kids:

Bubble makers

Water guns

We enjoyed dinner together, chili dogs made by Tore, and couscus made by Tiffany, ate some watermelon (which I don't usually do) and had a wonderful 4th of July. Those kids sure makes us laugh, and Charlie loves hanging out with them.

Later on, we started setting up chairs outside their house so we could all enjoy the fireworks. It was getting kind of cold, so I asked Nils to get my sweater from the car that was park accross the street. On his way to the car he found this:

A wasp nest!!! Scary!

Two years ago I took this picture with my nieces and nephew:

This year we decided to make it a tradition:

Then, it was time for Nils and Tore to play. They were all smiles after every time they light a firework. They were the happiest boys on earth and the rest of us enjoyed the beautiful show. Oh wait did I say all of us?! I meant all of us except for Charlie.

Memorial Day Weekend

This year for memorial day weekend Nils and I went to Portland. OR. We decided to leave on saturday after Ella's birthday party. She had a minnie mouse theme, so I made this for her:

She looked so cute that day with her minnie ears. I was so happy when she gave us her party invitation, because as everybody knows, I LOVE DISNEY! So Nils and I went to the disney store, and let's just say that he had to take stuff out of my hands. I'm glad that Ella is back on the disney track because she used to like disney princesses but for a while now she hasn't really been on the disney spirit : ( but she is back! : ) and Minnie Mouse was perfect! She turned 4 years old this year. I can't believe how much she has grown, I met her when she was 2 and I love been part of her life : )


So, after hanging out with Ella, we left to Oregon, Nils wanted me to drive so that I could "get more practice" so I did, and we still alive, so it went great! However, our trip was a little bit different than what we expected it to be. We arrived at Portland around 4ish on saturday, and decided to take the light trail to downtown. We saw a couple of guys getting tazed by cops, and after that we kind of didn't want to be there anymore plus there wasn't anything to do in Portland, besides been scared! On Sunday, we went to the outles, to take advantage of no paying taxes! Nils got a bunch of stuff he needed and he got the cutest purse ever : my second Coach!

We spent most of the day shopping : ) and even though that was the only activity we did in Portland, we needed that time to spend together. Latetly, Nils and have been really busy, so it was nice to get away even if it was for a few days

Another fun weekend!

This weekend was great! Finally we got some really nice weather. It was on the 70's : ) so sandals were finally out of the closet! Annica and Mitchel were in town for the U2 concert, so we got together with them and The other Sundelins. We went to the family pancake house and enjoyed brunch together. It was really nice to get to see them and catch up with them even if it was just for a few hours. After hanging out with everybody, Nils, Charlie and I went to Capitol Hill, to the house where Nils used to live. Nils' friends made this tradition of getting together every year for the Crawfish Bowl so we went there to hang out with everybody and eat some yummy food. Nils and I don't get to see everyone as often as we used to because now we live farther from where everyone lives, so it was nice to see them and catch up with them : )


Sunday was mostly a "boys day/night out" for Nils, because I wasn't able to go with him (because I got homework to do) to watch the Heat's game and to the movies to watch " Xmen" so he went out with his buddies and had fun! Two of his friends are moving out of state, so I'm sure he had a great time with them : )

All of my shows are done for the season and I know it's because of summer, and people go out and enjoy their weather, but when you look outside my window all I see are clouds and rainny days. : ( It would help if Seattle ever gets the summer going... LOVE the finales of all of them.
1. Grey's Anatomy : ) the finale was great! I love this show and the baby is adorable!!!

2. Desperate Housewives: Liked it but not loved it : /

3. American Idol: Big BS! Lauren was the winner I don't understand how Scotty won, don't get me wrong, I like him but Lauren is amazing... so a little bit dissapointed.

A Sad Goodbye : (

I can't believe Oprah is really gone! Did you guys see the last episode? : ( I cried from the beggining to the end. I'll sure miss her! I hope she gets a show on her network, because I love her show! Charlie was a little upset he didn't get to be on her show, but we don't even care anymore, we already want her back! . Good thing, she left me her e mail and told me to just write to her whenever, so at least I would still keep in touch with her.
Is anybody else as sad as I am?

A busy weekend

My friend Daniela came to visit for four days last week. She is a friend from Peru that lives in Pensylvania, we went to school together on our 9th grade. While she was here we did a lot of fun stuff. On, thusrday we met up at Angel's house and went shopping. Friday was Angel's early birthday celebration, so we went and got madi/pedis, did some more shopping and went to Olive Garden. After that they went to Angel's house to get some rest while Nils and I went to Beckett's birthday party. Can you believe he is 2 now? Crazy! He is super cute! I love it how he says my name even when he is refering to Nils. I may be his favorite : )


We hung out there for a little bit and spent some time with the birthday boy. After the party we had another party to get ready for, so we hurry up home and met up with Daniela and Angel at our place. Nils hurt his uncle playing basketball on Wednesday, and by friday it was still not good. So, Nils stayed home while the three of us went to a club and dance all night long.
I didn't make it back home till like 4 am, we did stopped at denny's to eat. Saturday we went to pike place, gum wall took some pictures, went out to eat at the peruvian restaurant, and came back to our place to play some karaoke.

Sunday was Daniela's last day : ( Angel's parents invited us over to go have breakfast at their house. This was the first time Charlie met Angel's family, they loved him! Unfortunatly Nils and I couldn't go with them to the zoo because I had homework to do and Nils had some work to get done , so we met up with them later for dinner. We went to Bucca de Beppo, Nils' favorite italian place and after to B&O for desert. After our sweet treat it was goodbye time. I'm a crier and I did have some happy tears but i tried to hide them, it was so nice to have Daniela visiting, I seriously laugh the whole time I hung out with her, she is super funny and I just love her! Good thing we get to hang out with her in just a couple of months when Nils and I go to the East Coast!!! Can't wait! : )