Memorial Day

Memorial day was filled with the St. Mary's Polish Festival, BBQ'n, boyfriend & roller blading with dogs!

Momma Tess!

The Stewart family is 99.9% sure Tess is pregnant! It looks like she will be expecting puppies 1/2 Golden Retriever, 1/2 Black Lab! She certainly is a cougar!!

The best runnng partner

A dog, hands down, is the best running partner. I rotate between Gracie, my puppy nephew Gunner and Jonathan's dog Magglio, but really any dog will do!

Top 5 reasons a dog is the best running partner:

1.) They don't judge you for the pace your running, they just enjoy the run however fast....or slow!
2.) If you need to stop they don't tell you your slacking, they enjoy the rest ...your really walking because the dog is tired anyway right? :)
3.) When you're running you don't have to worry what they are thinking they are happy regardless if you take the long way or the short way back home.
4.) When you are not sure you really want to go for that run, looking at your pup and seeing how excited they get when they see their leash gives you the extra push to get out the door.
5.) When you are on your last leg home and wanna get that extra push your pup always has that extra burst of speed and encourages you to sprint it all the way in!

So go get a dog and go for a run!

Mothers Day Love

Mothers day was more of a Mother's Weekend for my mom. Saturday we had the Walk in Detroit and Sunday was my Alumni game. My mom came to the game and had lots of fun catching up with the other moms. My dad made a delicious rib dinner and Natalie and John came over, even Jonathan was there too! And after dinner Jonathan gave my dad a lesson in pool :) For a present I am buying my mom potted flowers for the front of the house with my first paycheck. My dad even let me take his Corvette to the Alumni game! All in all it was a great day! Love you mom!

Proud Alumni!

Sunday we had our annual Foley Soccer Alumni Game! Some people have mixed feelings about lacing the ol' cleats up again after "X" many years away from the game and choose not to come. For me, even though I haven't played since last years alumni game I LOVE coming back to play. I have so many great memories from Foley Soccer and just being there makes me think of all the great times I had, not to mention the 3 State Championships :) This year we had a great turn out (compared to years past) 12 alumni come and hopefully more will come each year. The alumni, still steller, won the game 6-1! Current team mom's had food for us after the game and it ended up being a really great time, full of " Do you remember when's!?!" & "What are you doing now?!?" Thanks to everyone that came hope to see you all next year too!

Kim's Kursaders!!

This past weekend we did a walk to raise money and awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. My team and I raised almost $700! The walk started @ Comerica Park went all the way down Woodward to the water front then back up to inside Comerica Park. It was a gorgeous day the clouds parted and the sun came out just as we made our way to Detroit! A lot of people came out to show their support and it really was an amazing day! Thank you to everyone who donated and showed their support it was truly a perfect day!

I went to the Cappuccino Cafe in E.L last week to visit Jonathan at work...I ordered a caramel cappuccino, and this is how he made it for me....he sure is full of love!!!

25!!

Happy twenty five Jonathan!!! For his birthday I made him a jar filled with 25 reasons I love him, here are some of my favorites....

• He thinks I'm beautiful in my glasses
• He cooks the best breakfast...full of love
• He wakes up early when we are camping to make a fire for me.
  

there are way more but those are my favorite.....Happy birthday babe I love you!!

movin up and on....

Jonathan and his sister Molly moved out of the apartment they shared for nearly 2 years today. In those 2 years Molly graduated from Michigan State with a degree in Human Biology and Jonathan will be leaving E.L with an offer to attend the prestigious Purchase College in New York to pursue acting. Alot was accomplished in those 2 years at 2287 Stonehedge Apt. B....here are some moving day pictures and a few of Jonathan getting his B-day gifts from me a day early :)

high class puppy

I may be stereotyping but for a pit bull by pup has expensive taste, those are Rachael Ray treats!

Lululemon!

So starting Friday I will be employed! Last Sunday I had an interview at Lululemon Athletica @ Somerset. They sell super cute yoga and running clothes, my interview was a 50min yoga session followed by a meet and greet. My next info meeting will come after another yoga session! Meetings should always come after yoga! I am very excited to start this adventure, it feels like the right thing at the right time and I am excited to explore the yogi in me!

birthday wrap-up

Well its official the noise has stopped, the smoke has cleared, its all said and done......I'm 24.

I have a hard time with age, I hate seeing the years tick by, but for some reason this one was a smooth transition. It was very low key, Jonathan gave me my present last weekend which was the Tigers game, my sister incapable of waiting also gave me my presents early, and my mom and dad game me a helmet for my new bike, which also came early! So April 16th was spent just lounging around 40% sick...Jonathan was here and we planted flowers on my Nona's and Papa Joes grave, we tried to find grandma Galas's grave, but I only have been there twice, so we roamed but could not locate it, (Sorry Grandma I'll me back!) Jonathan took me out to breakfast where my birthday officially kicked off with chocolate chip pancakes! Then we baked my birthday cake. All in all it was a good day, Jonathan is now off to NY to check out his possibly future college, cross your fingers!!

i have fallen hard...

I think its time to put my old Coach's on ebay to get some funds, because I have fallen hard for this lil lady...

dinner date

Erin came over for our regular scheduled Tuesday dinner and Biggest Loser date! Today was my "birthday" dinner we made homemade spinach gnocchi and my favvvvvorite dessert: S'more brownies :) and she brought me a lil special prize!! :)

Thanks 4 the flowers :)


Can you tell what one we made!!??!

Boyfriend gave me a Tiger.

Jonathan also gave me my birthday present early, and like my sisters gift, it was perfect! He Surprised me with Tigers tickets! He strategically picked seats where he thought we would have the best chance at a foul ball. We sat 6 rows up from the 3rd base line, it was awesome! The Tigers warmed up and signed autographs right in front of us! Foul balls came close but we didn't catch any I had my mitt ready just incase! We had an awesome time, Comerica Park is just beautiful and just being there made me so happy, good present boyfriend! I love you very much :)

early birthday love

Well, if you didn't know my sister absolutely can't wait until the designated present giving day to give the presents she bought. Christmas, birthday any and all presents come early. Now, while I can count on my sister to give me my present early, I can also count on her to give the prefect present as well. She is very thoughtful and can easily identify the perfect present for the recipient. This year was no different, on April 6th (10 days before my birthday) while in the car, my sister declared she was now giving me my present. Of course it was perfect! A wax sealing kit. And then yesterday after she found out I was going to the Tigers game, my sister gave me my second present, the picture explains it all! Apparently she is getting me back for the "boy" card my mom bought her.
I know this post isn't too exciting but her presents were so thoughtful they deserved their own post!

My wax kit comes with 5 different stampers and 5 colors of wax :)

Thanks for the money Nat and John, I really enjoyed my beer and dog :)

love my city!

So I love Detroit, yes I think it needs some changes but I just love it. Today I found out the city wants to tear down the old train station :( Let me tell you, I wanted my wedding pictures in front of that building, no joke! This past weekend we had alot of fun in the D! My sister, best friend Caitlin and myself oh yeah and Gunner and Oliver ran in the Final Four 5K race which was down the riverwalk, so pretty. My mom and I went on Friday to watch the MSU's open practice @ Ford Field and on Monday we went downtown to watch the National Championship game! All in all it wa an awesome atmosphere and just solidified my love for the D :) Here are some pics of the weekend fun!

16 things update

I am not sure if I will finish my 16 things but I will try my best!! Here are some things I have accomplished so far!!

Walked in a new park, babysat Isaac and Maddy (in that picture Maddy is showing Isaac the picture she has of him in her room), baked a pie! More to come!