Graduation (the first wave)

WOOOHOOO!! I'm Graduated and SO IN DEBT YEAY!! haha We'll I'm almost graduated. I have one class left but this is damn close enough!! It was amazing. Simply amazing. I can't believe it came and went so fast! It's like a wedding or something else enormous. The time just FLEEEEW by. Actual graduation was a total out of body experience. It was just like "Really? Sure? I'm actually here????"

Friday was super fun. Jed's family, Sarah and us all went out to dinner and continued the celebration well into the night with many many bottles of wine :) As one should celebrate college graduation right :) Katy and Virginia gave me simply the most beautiful jewelry and I was so touched. Katy made me cry when I read her card too. It was super cute and I love them :)

Saturday was such a blurr. The graduates waited outside at 8:30 am. However, Jed had to come back because apparently you weren't allowed to bring your purse?!?! Hello! That should have been in the pre-emails. Do they know how many girls were graduating? Then I left my bagel in my purse so I was STARVING by the time it ended at 12:30. My parents said since I decorated my cap you could totally tell who I was :) Plus you couldn't see me very well from the ground so I got some pics on the big screen!

After graduation it was the Pikes Place Market, Pacific Science center and then to Kells!! It was awesome! I got to eat the best food, surrounded by family, drink Guinness with my dad in my favorite pub. Oh I looooved it. The next day we all toured my house, went to Bainbridge Island (which is the most expensive island ever! Geeeeze!) and had more fun. The goodbyes were said and I'm still smiling over the memories. It was truly an amazing vacation.

Thank you to all who made it possible, made me smile and made my weekend. I love you :)

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies whithin us :)

4 Mom & Dad

It was a very looooong ceremony :)

Woohoo! I'm on the big Screen! GIMME THAT!

My family is "special" Love them :)

The 2008 Graduating class of University of Phoenix!

The sing says HI EDITH! They're so cute with technology :)

The driving force behind my degree. I love them soo much!

Grandmom and Dad. They're too stinking cute.

My best girl Sarah. We're here through it all for each other.

It's the Garner Girls :)

I stinking loooove this photo :)

One of my heroes :)

All of the Garner Girls! Love your Sara!

Geee. I wonder where I get it from :)

Jed stealing my "on the house" celebratory beer...

Guinness + Kells Irish Pub + Dad and Me = AWESOME!!

Ever heard of a show called "The Truth and Wisdom of Edith Ann"?

The adventure continues :)

These hats are damn sexy!! We'd be the hottest Who's in Whoville.

My dad the artsy one

Hey it's my square!!

Rainbow Bright all grown up :)

Channeling Elton John? (they came with attached earrings!!)

'Scuze Me!! Hollywood Comin' Through!! Outta the way!

The family on the ferry. Oh too much fun!

The man and his city. He always leaves a little bit here.

Finally the Amazing Camping Trip!

Okay so I know it took forever and a day to get all of the photos up. We went camping the weekend of memorial day. Simply put it was A-MAZ-ING! First of all we drove like three hours to Tri-Cities. The next morning we get up, get ready and get super excited about going. We clean the boat and drive off into the sunny day. We drove to about three different camping sites...all booked beyond all reason. Finally we find one that has overflow camping. We were asking where this was and the manager said, and I quote "see that green patch of grass? Now see the next on? Now see that brown patch of grass? That's the overflow camping. You all enjoy"...was he serious? As we pulled up to the sign we realized he was. Oh well, we were determined to make the most of it. So we loaded the boat into the water. We were all very excited to go boating. I even rented a wet suit to try wakeboarding. We started to boat...and the alarm goes off....so we try again. Same result. Finally after about an hour of investigating we've got nothin'. We decide that It's better not to chance it even though the boat ran. We have lunch and decide to map out any other possible camp sites. Finally we learn that there is an unmanaged camping spot not too far away. So we head out. After taking only a few wrong turns and adding about 30 minutes to our drive we find it. It was PERFECT!!! We camped, we ate, we drank, we got to shoot guns, we fished. Oh it was perfect. Everyone got sun and loved the whole weekend. I added all of the photos. Sorry there are a butt-ton of them. Enjoy! Man I love camping!!!

Captin Jiggles about to drive the boat.

Our Camping site! It had a private beach, camping space and a pre-made fire pit!!

These clouds opened up the first night. We all got soaked...and found out that you can put a rainfly on a tent upside down. That's stupid if you ask me.

The most beautiful sunset I've seen.

Marshmellows over an open flame makes me very happy.

It's like grease the pig...but with an ungreased Jiggles....

She was tired after playing chase. Jiggles couldn't take the heat :)

We had a wrist rocket competition. So Much Fun!! I fished :)

Jiggles and Jed. They're so serious!

Say Cheese!!

I caught the only fish the whole weekend! He went back, but it made my whole weekend!!

The view from our campsite! So amazing!

Possibly our Christmas card photo next year :)

I call this the "love tree"

I take photos when I'm bored :)

Jed and Jiggles. They love eachother :)

Apparently this is how they transport porter potties...who knew?

Jed made the BEST bugers I've EVER had. Mmmmm

We saved this toad/frog from the fire.

Jiggles was dead after the weekend. Too much fun for one little pooch.

Party Here, Party There, Party Everywhere!!

So Jed and I have been suuuuper busy. 'Tis the wedding season, movie season and fun season. We have been hanging out more and widening the social scene that is oh so needed. I've been playing Ultimate Frisbee a lot lately. I love it. Everyone should try. It's fairly simple and a great game. It's often confused with disc golf which is different. Ultimate i when 2 teams pass a Frisbee back and forth and must catch it in the point zone (kind of like end zones). Everywhere has it. Try it! Other than that Jed and I hung out with our friends Val and Hunter more lately. They are getting married in July and Jed is the best man! The glorious movie Sex and the City came out. GO SEE IT! It is amazing. A bunch of us girls went out for martinis and cosmos until we went to see the movie. It was a requirement that one dressed up. It's Sex and the City. Of course you dress up. Val had her bachelorette party the other weekend. It was loads of fun! We played Pin the Macho on the Man :) drank champagne and went out dancing. This week I'm studying like mad to hopefully pass my last test. If I pass this test I don't have to take the class. EVERYONE PRAY FOR ME! I reeeeally want to pass. I might not be "officially" graduated by graduation time because the scores might not have posted, but dang it I'm still walking. Are you kidding me? I put 5 years into college!! Of course I'm walking. Okay well that's good for now. Take care and as always, Enjoy The Photos!!

I Heart Him

Jed and Hunter are Sooo Coool!

I can't tell who passed the wave to who...

Me, Rowdy and Val at her Party. FUN Fun fun

Vals friends toasting to her before we leave

Hello Cosmo!

I love love love Miss Bethy!

These girls make work worth it all :)

The girls on the way to see Sex and the City!!

The Brilliance that is Sex and the City

So I was watching another glorious episode of Sex and the City when as always, Carrie scripts a question that alters the thinking of women around the globe. The are the questions that makes this show good, that makes it more than just another group of friends in the battle of life. The questions that many of us are too afraid to ask ourselves. In Celebration of the movie coming out tomorrow. Here are some of my favorite lines from Sex and the City, keep in mind these are only a few on the extremely long list I consider to be my favorites.

"In matters of love, do actions really speak louder than words?"

-Do any of you have a completely unremarkable friend or maybe a houseplant I could go to dinner with on Saturday night?

"In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?"

-Oh my god! She's fashion road kill!

"Do we really want these things, or are we just programmed to think we do?"

-I don't believe in the Republican party or the Democratic party. I just believe in parties.

"Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?"

-The universe may not always play fair, but at least it's got a hell of a sense of humor.

"Do we need drama to make a relationship work?"

-I've spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!

"I used to think those people who sat alone at Starbucks writing on their laptops were pretentious posers. Now I know: they are people who have recently moved in with someone."

-Hello I'm drunk.

"We've had a swell time, it's just... it's midnight, he's gay, he's got to start his night."

-That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.

"As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and keep going."


-When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psyco.