JULY rocks.

JULY 28TH. 2010.

This was the longest day of my life.  I have never been so anxious for something to happen.  I am going to tell this story from my point of view.  I have always been .. I don't want to say afraid of hospitals, of blood, of anything in this family. .. but that is the best word to describe it.. afraid.

In health class I guess I always missed those days where we would watch the video's on CHILD BIRTH.  Or when I was watching the baby show on TLC growing up.. I always changed it when it showed anything like this.  call it what you want.. it just isn't something that I can handle watching.

well. on July 28th.. I saw something that was completely new to me! A baby being born.

I can honestly say.. it was the absolute most insane thing I have ever seen.  I look at my sister in a whole new light now.. she is my hero! I have never seen someone in so much pain.  I have never seen someone have so much strength! I wanted to faint/throw up/cry/laugh/leave/stay/sleep/go on a mission to avoid marriage(babies)at all costs/hide/ all at the same time.

(this was when we were still happy to be there.. woo!)

This is probably half way through labor..... me trying to distract myself..

 

me with the best seat in the house... (I was warming up to it)

Katie was the funniest though..  I have to give her that.

I was laughing so hard (sorry kate)

but she would be a 10 on the pain scale .. and all the sudden you would hear "How good am I doing?? Am I doing SO good?? tell me that again!!" "BRING IT ON!"

haha. we were entertained.

But after a long day of waiting.. crying.. hoping.. praying.. telling myself I was never going to do this .. EVER ..

I took it all........back

I have never witnessed something as amazing as this.. It was incredible.  It was one of the most spiritual moments of my life.  definitely one of the best days of my life.

I can only imagine if it was my own.

I already love baby Steele.. so much.

and I can already tell... being an aunt is THE BEST.

welcome to the world nephew.. we have a lot of fun times ahead.

xoxo,

your favorite auntie.

temporarily

....be back soon.

side note:

where do they find these?

I'm seriously wondering.

.................................

oh yeah.. I officially have one more full day of being a teenager. I think I will go home and watch the hannah montana movie and read a Jack Weyland book.

like totally.

hello wednesday.

go see TOY STORY 3

it was cute.

"look alive out there Larsen!"

I LOVE FATHERS DAY.

because we get to celebrate this guy.

The man that used to come find me in the lunch line at school and eat lunch with me and emberass me in front of all of my friends.

That same man is now someone I look to for advice, someone I trust, someone I appreciate and love, someone who supports me and loves me unconditionally, that same man is now a hero and a best friend to me.

Thank you for all you do.

I love you dad!

Our everyday.

Living in California is one big vacation.. I'm tellin ya.

This weekend Garrett and I acted as tourists.

It was an awesome "vacation!"

Went to Old Town ... which was basically Mexico

ate at this fun restraunt! This old man was walking around giving out roses to the ladies... and then he would look at the man after the lady was attached to her rose.. "smell it... isn't it beautiful!... it's yours!!" .... 4 dollars sir.

So sweet Garrett.... may or may not have been his idea .... but he got me that BEAUTIFUL rose! haha

Then after walking around a bit we pretended like we didn't see the "do not touch" sign... and we decided to juggle with this plastic fruit .. (Gar is a serious juggler . )

Saturday we decided to go to Belmont Park .. which is so fun! we rented bikes and rode around for awhile.. 

perfect day for this!

I do have to add this in... when we were just about finished with our bike ride.. we were riding in a really busy spot where people are lining the streets and just hanging out.  Welllllll.... we were right in the middle of all of this when we started seeing if we could ride with no hands (bikes were definitely not sturdy enough for this) .. Garrett then tried to put his feet up+no hands. I look over just in time to see him CRASH on his bike!!! and me being the pathetic insensitive who can't help but laugh.. I LOST it. After I heard all of the people clapping for him I was laughing so hard. 

and. 

couldn't. 

stop.

....he forgave me.

shopped some.. and rode the oldest wooden roller coaster in North America.. so they say!

(our buddy Max who we bribed to let us have the front seat)

then we stopped to see my sweet cousin Sharlie

at the hospital.

since when do they make you dress like this to enter??

we thought we looked kind of cool though for a minute...

such a fun weekend!

life is good in cali.

BEST TRIP EVER.

he is amazing.

it was amazing.

we spent a week with his wonderful family on a houseboat in the middle of paradise.

he is insane and jumped off that 1000 foot cliff.

I watched from my lawn chair on the house boat.

we got lost on the wave runner. it may or may not have been on purpose.

I tried to wakeboard for 5 seconds.

yeah he is better than me at that.

we almost lost his dad in a parachute accident....... and if we would have recorded it (dangit) we would have won americas funniest home video's this week.

he taught me how to fish even though he can't stand it.

he's just like that.

we saw a lot of shooting stars.

we jumped in the water two nights in a row.. i've never had such a cold shower in my life.

We watched great firework shows given by some of the fam.

his family is great.

we played the lipstick game.. and laughed our heads off.

we played lots of cards.. I learned how to play hearts. 

we went on a few long kayak rides.

we hiked until we got attacked by bugs.

he climbed a mountain to write our initials.

he amazed me in a lot of ways.

we laughed.

we talked.

we ate.

we slept.

we relaxed in the sun.

we . didn't . want . to . leave .

playing scrabble!

(ehem. HI down there.)

FREEZING.

I'm pretty sure I won the fishing contest.

....I'm ready to go back