Showing posts with label juliana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label juliana. Show all posts
I've told you once, twice and probably a thousand times that my brother married the best human. And along with her, she brought two more sisters into my life. They're all amazing, inspiring, ambitious, strong. I could go on and on about my three gorgeous sisters, but this post is about Juliana, my heart.
Juliana is a teacher at a Crestwood Elementary in Las Vegas. What's she's done for that school is absolutely incredible. She's started this incredible garden at her school, allowing for kids to learn how to plant, grow and sustain their own food. That's just one of the many amazing things Juli has done for her school.
Juliana is a teacher at a Crestwood Elementary in Las Vegas. What's she's done for that school is absolutely incredible. She's started this incredible garden at her school, allowing for kids to learn how to plant, grow and sustain their own food. That's just one of the many amazing things Juli has done for her school.
I'm pretty sure this next endeavor is the best one yet. Juliana is trying to raise money for a summer program for the kids. Here are some amazing reasons (spoken from Juli) about why a summer program would be great for her kids.
- They will be active! Students will be gardening outside and playing a lot of games. Typically, students from our school do not get to play outside during the summer because it's too hot and our community neighborhood lacks safe parks. This means students stay inside watching TV or playing video games.
- Students will get two meals each day. Most of the students in our school get Free or Reduced Lunch during the school year. During the summer, this program will ensure they are eating two healthy meals. Another great detail is that the students will be cooking their own lunch from fruits and vegetables from our garden. We will have a teacher that focuses solely on teaching them cooking techniques, food safety, nutrition, and food waste reduction.
- Science and art! In the typical school day, students do not get enough time to develop skills necessary to master science concepts. Often,, hands on observation and experience is missing from classroom instruction. Art and creativity are also hard to find within an indoor classroom. To counter that, the summer program will focus heavily on engaging students in science and art to foster observation, engineering, and leadership skills.
- We have scientists from around the city teaching students about gardening and plant health so that next year, the students will be able to take a role in planning the garden planting.
- Social Responsibility! Students will have plentiful opportunities to engage and practice social responsibility. This will include subjects like food justice, food access, nutrition and health, pollution, animal preservation, etc.
- Sponsoring a student would $382.50
- We are going to produce a written curriculum with all the elements needed to replicate the summer program at other schools with gardens. We are going to share that curriculum free of charge.
- We are the 1st in our district to start a summer program like this one
This one is easy for me because I truly have the greatest friends in the world. I've been lucky to live in a lot of different places and because of that, I have friends from lots of different places. People always say quality is better than quantity and I agree, I guess I'm just lucky enough to have both :) I feel so lucky to have this large group of woman in my life. They've been my rocks, they keep me grounded, they're all hilarious, gorgeous, smart, compassionate and wonderful. #blessed.
My friend group gets thrown back to high school/junior high. Yes, I'm 20-something years old and I'm still best friends with my friends from high school, how cool is that?! Two of them are my maids of honor and another one is a bridesmaid (and I was her MOH!). They loved me through my awkward high-school years, which wasn't pretty people, so that is saying a lot. They're the greatest humans.
My mom always told me the friends I made in college would be my best friends for life. Boy was she right. In college, I met some amazing girlfriends who became my roommates, sorority sisters and law school comrades. We grew up together. They're the girls who saw me at my best and worst. I'm so lucky to have them.
Next, guest where...off to law school. And what figures, I found 3 more girls who complete the circle. Law school would have been unbearable without these girls. They were my study group, my wine drinkers, TIVO watchers and friends. If you can get through law school and all the stress and crap it brings, along with multiple bar exams and come out with friends, hold on to them, because I haven't found anything more challenging and friends are a necessity. I'm so grateful for them.
Lastly, I'm lucky to have sisters as friends. When my brother married Camila I instantly gained three incredible ladies to call my family. And when I marry Adam I will have two more sisters to officially add to that group. They're all so strong, smart, independent and amazing. 5 sisters? How'd I get so lucky.
I know this sounds braggy and oh my gosh my friends are great but hey, they are, and I'm thankful for them. They've made me a stronger, better version of who I am. Who are you grateful for?
My friend group gets thrown back to high school/junior high. Yes, I'm 20-something years old and I'm still best friends with my friends from high school, how cool is that?! Two of them are my maids of honor and another one is a bridesmaid (and I was her MOH!). They loved me through my awkward high-school years, which wasn't pretty people, so that is saying a lot. They're the greatest humans.
My mom always told me the friends I made in college would be my best friends for life. Boy was she right. In college, I met some amazing girlfriends who became my roommates, sorority sisters and law school comrades. We grew up together. They're the girls who saw me at my best and worst. I'm so lucky to have them.
Next, guest where...off to law school. And what figures, I found 3 more girls who complete the circle. Law school would have been unbearable without these girls. They were my study group, my wine drinkers, TIVO watchers and friends. If you can get through law school and all the stress and crap it brings, along with multiple bar exams and come out with friends, hold on to them, because I haven't found anything more challenging and friends are a necessity. I'm so grateful for them.
Lastly, I'm lucky to have sisters as friends. When my brother married Camila I instantly gained three incredible ladies to call my family. And when I marry Adam I will have two more sisters to officially add to that group. They're all so strong, smart, independent and amazing. 5 sisters? How'd I get so lucky.
I know this sounds braggy and oh my gosh my friends are great but hey, they are, and I'm thankful for them. They've made me a stronger, better version of who I am. Who are you grateful for?
Attention: This is a mushy Kristen-wedding post, if you're not interested, feel free to skip, there will be plenty of paleo posts coming! This past weekend was one for the memory books. I spent 5 blissful days in Arizona and am sitting at my desk dreaming of the past week. The first day I flew in my mom and I spent the entire day wedding planning. From picking linens to picking cake, we had the best day, taking pictures, laughing and drinking champagne. I just love getting to do this super girly type stuff with her and can't wait for the actual day. The rest of the week was a blur of friends, family, my nephew/love/bestfriend Tomas, wine and so many pictures.
how insanely handsome is Adam, sheesh, I'm lucky.
I'm so excited to marry this dreamboat.
Adam flew in Friday night and Saturday we took engagement pictures. I've been kind of nervous for engagements because they're used for so much wedding stuff! But, Stephanie Fay (click for link!) knocked them out of the park! Go look at her blog now, you wont regret it. Stephanie and I have known each other for years. We were lucky enough to go to school together for 12+ years, play basketball together and go to more Suns games than I can count. She's such an amazing human, let alone photographer. I'm so happy with the way our pictures turned out, thanks to her!
Picture from my bridal shower with our #hashtag!
Sunday afternoon, my two gorgeous MOH's and my mom's best friend hosted for me the most beautiful shower I could have ever dreamed of. It was complete with custom napkins, lots of mimosas and amazing, handmade quiches, frittatas and cakes. I had the best day catching up with old friends, taking 100000 pictures and opening lots of fun and thoughtful gifts. I had friends from every stage of my life at this shower and those who couldn't make it sent gifts, their love and sweet notes. This shower made me so excited for the wedding day. I can't imagine the feelings I will have when I walk into our reception surrounded by all of our friends and family. I feel so blessed to have so many wonderful woman in my life. I'm so thankful to Coti and Whit for the shower and to everyone who came out to help Adam and I celebrate.
my MOH's and the hosts of the shower!
my wonderful friend and bridesmaid, Lyndsey, all the way from Omaha.
sisters.
how I spent my day, laughing, drinking mimosas and eating homemade cake.
Thanks for letting me rave about all things wedding. I promise I'll keep these types of posts to a minimum. It was just too good of a weekend not to share. Only 191 days until I'm a wife, and then I promise, the wedding posts will be less!
Happy Thursday blogworld, make it a good one!
Day 19: What makes me happy.
1. The Broncos.
2. My steaming cup of coffee in the morning.
3. Friday date nights with Adam
4. Laying in bed with the fireplace on.
5. Denver.
6. This verse, 2 Corinthians 12:8-9, "Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness so that Christ's power may rest on me."
7. Red wine, white wine, champagne, I don't discriminate.
8. Cooking.
9. Planning our wedding.
10. Finding new songs.
11. Pure Barre.
12. Texting.
13. Real Simple, the magazine.
14. My kindle
15. My DVR.
16. Painting my nails
17. My sister, Erin. (you can read more about her, here.)
18. Blogging.
19. These people, I'm the luckiest and happiest lady in the world because of them.
1. Isablel, my beautiful niece. 2. My sister-in-laws & the fact that I'm an Aunt! 3. My Omaha loves. 4. My beautiful and supportive family & graduating law school. 5. My crazy little family, Adam & Henry. 6. My new family. 7. My gorgeous best friends & maids of honor. 8. 223. 9. Tomás' my littlest love and dreamboat.
My 10 days in Arizona were anything but boring. I said yes to the wedding dress, had an engagement party and to top it all off, I became an aunt to the most beautiful little boy ever. My older brother and sister-in-law had their first little boy & the first grandkid of the family! He's basically the most perfect child ever to be born and I couldn't be more thrilled.
saying yes is fun!
we're aunts!
adam and I at our engagement party
One of my favorite personal blog posts is the one entitled "Things to be Happy About." I wrote this post right after I graduated college, was living at home, just got my LSAT scores back and was trying to figure out my life. I was apprehensive about where my life was going, whether or not law school was a good choice for me, and basically just reconsidering a lot of things. I stumbled upon a website and it talks about everything you're happy about. It was a pick me up when I didn't even know I needed one. And it made me appreciate the every day things that I so often take for granted. So, here I am, 2 weeks away from starting my third year in law school. For the last two years, my life has been figured out. Law school, law school, law school. Now, starting this year, I have to re-figure parts of my life out. Where is life after law school? What kind of law? I'm going to be 26 when I graduate, where does that leave me? Where am I going to get a job? All those questions can really bog you down, so I think it's important to go back to the things that make me happy. So, here it is, my list of everything I'm happy about.
50 things..... in no particular order.
1. Law School: Even though I hate it at times, I love it all the same.
2. My mom & dad. They just celebrated 40 years together and are the best example of true love.
3. My brother & my sister, Camila. They just celebrated 3 months married. They are another great example of true love.
4. Erin. My heart. My sister.
5. Adam. My one true (human) love.
6. Henry My one true (animal) love.
7. Coti & Whitney. My best friends, my security, my persons.
8. Britt, Lynds and Lys. My law school life savers, wine drinkers, bachelor watchers and study buddies.
9. My apartment. The first place I lived alone and really made home.
10. My job. Even though its the hardest job I've ever had, its the most rewarding.
11. My iPhone. I know, that's cray, but I really love it.
12. Summer reading.
13. The Olympics. Besides the fact that I love the National Anthem more than anything, there's Ryan Lockte. Need I say more?
14. My steamer. I just got it. It's way better than an iron, and I love it.
15. My God. Forgiving, loving, strong, adoring, faithful and always there.
16. Friday-nights watching TV with Adam. Best part of my week.
17. Wine. Red wine, white wine, I don't discriminate.
18. Arizona, my home.
19. Carrie Underwood's Blown Away album. She speaks to me.
20. Henry kisses.
21. A good pair of flats.
22. Watching Adam cook.
23. Double dinner dates.
24. The Denver Broncos.
25. The strength of the human heart.
26. Blogging on a Friday afternoon.
27. My personal "K" coffee mug. (see photo below)
28. The paintings my mom paints for my apartment.
29. My dad's emails.
30. This lyric from Ho Hey by the Lumineers, "I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart."
31. My brother's sarcasm.
32. Erin's hugs.
33. Netflix.
34. My family in Omaha.
35. Free speech.
36. The smell of my dad's cigars.
37. My middle name, Grace. For everything she was and for everything it stands for.
38. The wonderful memories of my grandpa, Horst. RIP.
39. Long walks with Henry.
40. Being in love with my best friend.
41. My kindle.
42. Watching Boy Meets World in the morning and Friends at night.
43. Skype.
44. My new sisters, Nati and Juli.
45. Picking out a great nail polish.
46. Running.
47. Birthdays. Anyones, not just mine. Even though I do love mine.
48. Sundays. God's day. Fun day.
49. Weddings.
50. Knowing that with hard work we're all going to be okay.
Surprise #51. This quote my dad sent me in one of his infamous (#29) emails. "As sure as God allows His children to be put into the furnace of struggles, setbacks and disappointments He also promises to be there to help them through and come out with a whole new outlooks on life." -Charles Sprugeon
Happy Friday Friends, I hope you have lots to be happy about!
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