tommy and his turkey leg...

this makes sense if you read my last post :)

he was really looking forward to that turkey leg

i made sure he got his leg

KAT-CHUP!

hello hello! so its been a long time... lets see what i can remember about the last few months.

so a few months back, when Tommy came down to visit... i decided that we should be spontaneous and we stopped by the mission San Juan Capistrano. It was purdy. Here is a picture of the broken mission. An earthquake caused the destruction of the mission.

we took some other pictures but i like this one cuz you can't see my pants that are way too big for me and make me look 30lbs heavier haha :) so anyway, we walked around the mission and were a little bit late to see my mommy. I really love what i saw of the town the mission is in too. it is beautiful.

so anyway, i think our capistrano trip was the last weekend tommy went out to Cali... or maybe it was the second to last before his trip out to Cali for Christmas. but in anycase, finals happened and i survived. I fell into the average for all of my classes so that was great, i don't feel incompetent... well quite as incompetent as i used to :). After finals i was able to fly back to Utah and spend time with Tommy and our family out there. the one thing i hate about Cali is that i don't get to see my utah family as much as i used to... but then in utah i don't get to see my cali/mexico family quite as much either. anyway, i got to see Utah family and i loved it. i miss everyone.

aside from seeing family, tommy and i also had the chance to go to Temple Square to see the lights. this is one of my favorite pictures of the temple that night. it is absolutely beautiful.

this is also one of my favorites. so cute.... it's tommy that makes it such a great picture :)
so after spending a wonderful week and a half in utah, tommy and i flew out to san diego together to spend Christmas with my family. Christmas eve we drove down to Mexicali and celebrated with my Abuelito and Abuelita Flores (mom's parents).

it was great to see them and the cousins and uncles and aunts :) i worry about my grandparents cuz my grandpa seems like his memory is going more and more and like his health goes with his memory. he kept thinking i was his niece that day. sometimes he knows who i am. Maybe i am getting too old for him to recognize.

so that was the 24th. on the 25th we woke up late and opened presents. after that, we went to my mom's ranch/orchard and cut oranges, tangelos, bananas, etc.

it was a beautiful day which was followed by a delicious dinner of ham, mashed potatoes, and salad. the next day, we got to do a trip to Disneyland!!! It was soooooo much fun. i never realized Disney was sooo much fun. Now that i am so close i feel like i need a year pass.... i must! it pays for its self after two uses :). anyway, we went and rode lots of rides... indiana jones, space mountian, thunder railroad, matterhorn, California sceaming, tower of terror, and i forget what else but it was great! here is the castle all decked out for Christmas.

there was a picture here of tommy chowing down on a turkey leg.... but it has disappeared. so i think i will just make it it's own post when i am done with this post :)

so days passed, we celebrated new years... tommy and i danced. and then a few days after new years.... we went to the beach! Coronado has the most beautiful sunsets... see! i love it. it was views like this that made me want to be a painter when i was a child.... and then i stunk at drawing and painting... but this is still a beautiful view.

its so pretty it makes my mommy jump for joy! or maybe it was just seeing my beautiful face for so many days hahaha just kidding :)

So anyway time came for us to drive up to Los Angeles cuz school was starting and i need to be there. so tommy hung out at the apartment while i went to school. poor guy was bored to death but i decided on my day off that we should go see the walk of fame.... and so we did. there we found my Tom Hanks on the walk of fame.... here is a picture of one of the few times tommy doesn't mind being Tom Hanks. haha :)

so that was break.... now we are both back at school and working hard. looking forward to late april/ early may so that we can be together for long time :). i can't wait. hopefully tommy can find a job he enjoys here in los angeles or in the close vicinity. in the mean time... our two week visits will continue and we will continue to look forward to the future. YAY!! i'm so excited. anyway that was what has happened in the past few months. that and learning that my sister is pregnant. she (my sister) is due july 28th.... yay!!! i'm going to be an aunt to a little one that will call me Tia Aileen! strange... but totally awesome. anyway... life is pretty good and i am super excited to continue my learning and getting closer to become a dentist! yay! and for tommy to be a computer scientist!!! double yay!!!