Thursday, April 30, 2009

4.29 part II

The birthday was fabulous.
Bagels for breakfast followed by Sushi for lunch with Rachel. We then cruised the sunny strip and got our free gift from Sephora. Rach got me some awesome Turquoise earrings from a shop by the hoover damn!
Back at home the Gross Fam brought me a lovely cake and gift, Maggie sent flowers, I got a package from my mom and a card from Katherine! All lovely surprises.
Then some of the friends went to The Roadrunner for dinner (a pretty cool Texas looking restaurant with Dr. Pepper marinated steak tacos) followed by a great game of Taboo and a little dance party. It was a good time of hanging and celebrating.

Thanks for all the texts, calls, facebook love and time spent celebrating yesterday :] All the love means a lot to me!

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

4.29.

On this day, in 1986 I was born - 5:20am.

The major event listed on this day is:
800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library

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So let's lay out the last year.
*quit my job
*applied for an internship
*enjoyed a fabulous summer off no work
*went to spain to visit jordynn
*went to a movie by myself
*Shot a wedding in beautiful Sonoma
*Started working for Fullerton Photographics
*Took my first official college class and it was hip hop (yup, hip hop)!
*fell in love with sushi
*grew to love iced tea
*saw death cab for cutie twice in one weekend
*vacation in san fran/see radiohead
*Moved to Las Vegas to intern with Fireproof Ministries
*Went to my first Porn Convention as well as multiple strip clubs and brothel visits
*Became an auntie to Ellie Dann
*Met amazing people from all over

blessed, challenged, discouraged, drained, filled up, encouraged, reminded, grew, received/gave love, newness, continued relationships, experiences and more.


Here's to the end of 22 and on to twenty three..

I am blessed by all of you who have and continue to be a part of my journey. Seriously.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Brothel BBQ

Last Saturday a few of us headed out to the famous Chicken Ranch
Brothel where the sin city chamber of commerce fundraiser/BBQ was
being held. As a member of the chamber we had a booth where we handed
out bibles, water, shirts and told people who we where and what we
were there to say. There was quite the interesting crowd with booths
ranging from beer to insurance to "toys". There were also bikini
contest and more.

One if the booths including these ladies from the sin sity sisters who
raise awareness and support for those with aids. They were hilarious
and stood for great things.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Getting the rescue on

I was stoked to find out that even though I missed the orange county
rescue for invisible children, they were in vegas waiting to get
rescued. Thanks to tranica's info I was able to join them and catch up
with her (friend from hih school). It was great to see everyone gather
from all over to pasionately raise awareness for the war in Uganda.
After quite some time, Mel b. From the spice girls, dancing with the
stars, etc. came to the rescue of all of us in las vegas! It was a
great gathering. A few more cities left!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ellie part 2 (and her Fam).

Sorry, there is kind of a lot. I narrowed it down as much as I could.
Much more to come the next time I am home and Ellie is a little less hungry and antsy. I am sure she will look worlds different in one month!

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Ellie Grace - 4.16

The day arrived when Elizabeth Grace Dann to enter this world. At 4:00pm thursday afternoon I received a text saying it was epidural time for Maggie. I am sure you can imagine but I was frantically running around packing and preparing to get in the car and drive from Las Vegas to Fullerton. I guess I should have had a bag packed but she was 2 weeks early so gimme a break!

At 8:58pm - literally just as I arrived in the waiting room - Maggie gave birth to Ellie weighing in at 7lbs 13oz and 19.75 inches long. She pushed her out super quick and while I am sure it hurt like crazy, she looked great and did a fabulous job.

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If you or someone really close to has had a child then you know but it was so crazy to see her right after being born and the fabulous way God puts us together in the way he does. It was surreal and still is. She is beautiful and flawless.

Part two later.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter

friends.

"I am free to live for you."

Someone's art:
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BBQ
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lovely surprise in the mail.
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Friday, April 10, 2009

Back to the Brothel.

Today Rachel, Heidi Jo and I are heading back to the brothel. This will be our 3rd time to this ranch. We've got the meal planned (including dessert), hair dying, gift giving and simply spending time with them on the agenda.

We have been so blessed by the generosity of those who support what we're doing and their heart to get involved (and get others involved).

Laura and Stephen have already been huges contributors of Sephora make up but Laura has recruited more to get involved with loving these girls. This time we're taking them lovely Sephora body wash, loofas and this amazing basket filled with magazines, stationary, journals and candy.

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Pray for conversations, growing relationships and God's presence in their hearts and in this place.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Lizzy's Senior Photos.

Along with Maggie, I also took senior photos for Lizzy (Beth). Graduation time is here! Congratulations are definitely in order. I had not seen Lizzy in years but it was great to catch up a little while shooting.

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