Baby Olive!!!!

I had such an amazing time on Saturday night! My cousin Kyle, his wife Marie, their little girl Eva, my cousin Jenny, her new baby Olive and my dad’s cousin Wendy all came over to my parent’s house. It was so nice to have all of us under one roof again. We grew up with Kyle and Jen and at one point they were at our house every other weekend for the good part of a year, maybe even more actually. I think it’s so cool when you love your family so much that no matter how much time has passed it isn’t awkward. Jen and I were sooo close growing up. When we were little we would dress alike hoping that people would think we were twins and most of the time they would..idiots! Jen and I have gone our separate ways over the past 10 years, but every time I see her it’s like no time has passed. Jen, I know you are reading this  I love you very much and I am so proud of you. You are an amazing mother to Olive already and she is a very blessed little girl to have you as her mother. It was so nice catching up on Saturday and I am glad we have these silly little blogs to keep in touch. Give Olive tons of kisses from please! I didn’t get very many good pics, the lighting was horrible, but I think these will do!

Anniversary!

I think I am caught up on documenting big events in my life after this post! Actually, I will be back on Sunday because Saturday I get to see my cousin Jen and her new baby Olivia! I am so excited! OK, back on track now...

September 15th was mine and Morgan's 2 year wedding anniversary! I honestly cannot believe it has been 2 years! It has been the best 2 years of my life. I found a list in one of my old diaries I wrote when I was single of what I was looking for in a man. Morgan met every single criteria (except for the tall part) which he mentioned the other day and laughed! :) To Morgan: I don't care boo, i love everything about you. Life gets crazy and we are busy, stressed and tired, but every time I feel anxious about everything I remember that I have Morgan to come home to and I feel happy.

On our actual anniversary we went to a Malibu, had fish and chips at the Reel Inn, went to Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, shopped, had a couple of beers at Barney's and for dinner ate at our favorite hole in the wall Chinese food place by our house. Then this past Saturday, we went to the Magic Castle in Hollywood. You have to be a member or be invited by a member to go. Morgan's student invited us and gave us his VIP passes to get in without paying. We had to dress up really nice! Morgan looooves to dress up, he is so cute. If he had it his way he would dress up in a suit everyday :) I love him. We had such an amazing night. The place is 22,000 square feet at and you are allowed to go anywhere you want in the castle. There are bars and people doing magic tricks everywhere! I need a membership to this joint!!!!!! We couldn't take any pictures inside, it wasn't allowed. I love places that have weird rules, it makes you feel special and honored to be there!

Recording!

Ladies and gentleman....The Slater Sisters and their amazing band are in the studio! We are recording a new CD and we are Pumped! Pumped actually does not do how excited we are justice! Morgan got us into a studio at the LA Recording School which is owned by his work the LA Film School. He had to do 16 hours of training to get us in! He is honestly the best husband and best friend a girl could ask for. So now we are in! We also have an amazing engineer named Matt and his girlfriend Lucy (who is helping out as well), who both went to the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He is engineering for free because he loves to do it and hasn't been in a studio in months. We will just say that we are extremely blessed right now because recording costs a fortune and right now we are paying everyone in Roro's chicken (Morg's favorite food on the face of the earth).

Walk On!

Two weeks ago, Lauren and I participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. It was probably the most inspirational 2 days of my life. It restored my view of humanity and it still makes me teary eyed when I think about it. I am actually welling up as I type. Lauren and I along with over 3,000 other men and woman walked 39.3 miles for the same cause. People were following us as we walked through Long Beach, cheering us on and thanking us. One, in particular was a woman who had Breast Cancer, she didn't wear a hat or a scarf to cover her head that was almost completely bald. She held signs thanking us for supporting her through this struggle. I have never been more humbled in my life. The second day of the walk was the anniversary of my cousin Ian's passing. It was on our minds all day, and every once in a while we would look at each other and well up. I am glad we were surrounded by so much positivity that day. I have to say that even though Lauren and I were both in so much pain, neither one of us complained. We walked with blisters and achy legs because we knew why we were doing it. I will participate again next year and I want to say, thank you to all who donated; we couldn't have done it without you! Below are a few of my favorite pictures, enjoy!

Dear Morgan

Dear Morgan,

I am sorry I have been so hard to deal with lately. Sometimes I am in my own world and forget how my bad mood affects you. You are patient and kind when I get like this. I appreciate and love you more than you will ever know. We are coming up on our 2 year wedding anniversary next week and I have never been happier and more content in my life. I never wanted to be content, but I am ok with it now because we have managed to help each other grow as people while keeping our inividuality and independence. I also love that we can rely on one another for anything. I am so excited for what the future holds for us. I will love you until the day we both die and beyond....