Drew's Goodbye!

This morning we saw Drew off as he headed on to his next adventure- working on his PhD at University of Texas! It is super sad to see him leave, but also very exciting because he is going on to an amazing next step in his life! As a little memento for Drew, Jennifer and I (with Adam's supervision) made Drew a photo album and it was ASTONISHING how much the four of us have done in the past year together- from camping in Big Bear, Sequoia, and Yosemite to eating, eating, and more eating! I hope we continue our memories together. Road trip to Austin is in order!

Last "West Coast Family" Friday night dinner at Cham Sut Gol

The photo album for Drew- hilarious cover shot

First page of the album- it took us almost 20 hours to complete! That's 40 man hours!

Yesterday we helped him pack his truck. This man has sooo much stuff. Wow.

But amazingly it all fit in the truck!

Drew's last time at his house in Mesa Court

This morning in our classic West Coast Family order- Drew, Jennifer, Adam and Emily

Very last WCF photo in Irvine at 8am on 8/10/08

And away he goes from Mesa Court Housing...

The card for Drew (from someecards.com). So mean and so funny!

Canon Rebel XTi

Adam and I got the Canon Rebel XTi! We bought it yesterday and I am VERY excited about it. I am probably going to spend a lot of time taking photos and playing around with the camera in the next few weeks. It is a huge investment, so I hope it is well worth it! I have been wanting an SLR camera for a long time, and Adam decided to get it for me (I want to say for us!) for our anniversary that is coming up this week. So excited.

Here is one of the first pictures that I took on the camera. Of course it is of scrapbook paints. Haha. Hopefully I will have some amazing pictures to show in the future.

Utah in January- I forgot!

Today I was talking to our good friend Jared and I realized that I hadn't seen him since January when I went to Utah. I had forgotten to post up photos from my trip so I'll include them now. I had taken some time off to visit Susan & Paul, and I also got to connect with Jared, my friend Paul & his wife Chelsea, my friend Jeff, and of course, Amy, Kevin & the family!

It was a very fun trip, with snow, nighttime walk in Park City, snowshoeing with Susan, reading at the local coffee shop, scrapbook shopping, eating, and good laughs. Here are a few pictures from that trip.

Paul in shorts in front of their house...I was in a warm coat!

Jared, me, Chelsea, and Paul Schramm (with their new baby) in Provo

Susan and I went out in the cold snowshoeing. It was a lot of fun and good exercise!

Jeff and his cute daughter Breyer. His wife just had their 2nd baby a few days before, so she wasn't able to meet up with us since she was still in recovery.

Two of my cute nieces playing around (yes, one of them is a lion!)

My sister is a college graduate!!

Today we celebrated Betty's graduation from UCLA with a Communication Studies degree, as well as Father's Day! We drove up to UCLA this morning to attend her graduation at 10:30am. I was so relieved it was on a Sunday (since I had to work yesterday) and so happy that I could make it. Susan and Paul also flew out for her graduation, and we all got to meet her boyfriend Carlos. It was a great day, followed by a lunch at Javan's to eat Betty's favorite food: Persian!!

Here are some pictures of the day! We are so proud of Betty as she wraps up her 4 years at UCLA- a Bruin!









And of course, how can I not include a video of Betty as she crosses the stage! Congrats Betty!

Non-adventures! =)

It's been a bit since I posted. Not too much has happened but I figure I could post a few pictures up and give an update on what Adam and I have been up to!

Jennifer & Drew on the night we got Ethiopian food. I thought everything was very good except for the spongey sour bread...I'd rather have rice!

No utensils are provided- you are supposed to either use your hands, or use the spongey sour bread (more properly known as injera)

We also went to Gina & Greg's wedding. Gina was a friend of mine from college who lived in the next building over but on the same floor- it had been a while since I saw her!

They had their reception at the Bahia Resort- beautiful views of Mission Bay!

While in San Diego, we also did a quick walk around of UCSD to see some of the changes (and of course some of the things that haven't changed- like the Sun God)

Here is a picture of the RA's that I supervise! They are a great group of students with bright futures ahead of them- and a total riot to work with!

Things have been pretty busy around here with work and such. The residents are moving out this week so we are eagerly anticipating when things will be a little more quiet around here (for a little while...until the cheer camps, orientation groups, etc. come in a few weeks). Adam's parents came a few weekends ago, and this weekend my parents and Susan & Paul will be coming here so that we can travel up to Betty's graduation on Sunday! I cannot believe that Betty is going to be a college graduate! How exciting!

We also welcomed a new niece who was born on June 3- Serenna Megan Ihrig! I don't know if I mentioned this in a previous post, but this is our second niece born this year! Our other niece, Julienne Olivia DuBois was born on February 15. They are too cute and hopefully Adam and I will get to see them in person soon!

That's it for now! Not too many adventures in May & June!