Jon had his first bike race! I am so proud.It was fun experience even for me the water girl. One mile from the Mexican border is the town of Douglas. The race was 92 miles. There was a storm off the coast of Mexico and the bikers sure felt the wind while passing through the the mountains. We stayed at an awesome hotel that was built in 1907. They say the hotel is haunted but we couldn't find anything, but it did feel way creepy walking down the dark halls. Check out the pictures.

The beginning of the race. I wish I looked this good in spandex!



Jon in front pulling his crew. Even they were impressed with Jon's skills since he is so new to biking. We made some friends that I am sure we will see again in the TOUR DE TUCSON. I can't wait! Oh yeah Jon got a bronze medal- Watch out Lance.


How Grandeur is this place? The columns were leafed with 24 carat gold, and the windows were tiffany stained glass. OOHHLALA.



The Macho Mexican General, Pancho Villa, rode his horse up those italian marble stairs.


Here is the town of Bisbee. It was like going back in time to Westerns.

G-MA

My 88 year old grandma from El Salvador came to visit for a few days before visiting my family in Canada. It was fun having her around, telling stories about my papi. It was too hot to really go sight seeing so we did some drive-bys and of course my favorite, shopping. I got some great deals (may be my G-ma was good luck?!)

She could definetly read this menu without her glasses...too bad it wasn't in spanish.


In front of my house.


Jon was trying to get our dog chopper into the picture. Every meal my grandma fed chopper half of what she was eating. I kept on telling her not too but she couldn't resist his cute face. I was afraid he was going to have a sugar overdose or gas from her frijoles. Chopper loved my G-ma.

By the way we are off to Mexico before I start my new job.

Who wore it best?

For those of you who read People magazine are familar with the "Who wore it best" section. My shirt reads the same as Kim Kardashians, but I think Chopper wore the "Green" shirt the best. Agree? By the way my shirt was made out of recycled material and wears my name! What could be better?

So Cal Summer

For our second trip to Cali this summer we went to Oceanside with Jon's side of the family. We do it every year during last week of July/ first week of August. It is great to catch up with those we don't see very often. I need to remember to bring my camera so most of these pictures were stolen from someone elses camera.
Here are some of the highlights of the trip:

My gal pal Julia, a bridesmaid of mine, picked me up from the airport. We then met up with Jon and had a healthy lunch somewhere near the beach and then went for some awesome frozen yogurt. This yougurt place had tons of flavors and they let you serve yourself like a 7-11 slushie machine.




Here's a glam shot of Jon looking at the surfers. We kind of got lost so we parked at this cool spot. Then when Jules met up with us again she said this was a secret surf spot for locals. Funny that we randomly found it. We went swimming here too, but dont worry I didn't post any swimsuit shots.



Jon did a lot of biking while out there.


The last night we ate at the infamous "Claim Jumper" restaurant. It was sooo good. This is most the fam minus a few.

Need of a new cut...

Lately I've been feeling blah about my hair. It could just be that my dark hair acts an heat magnet and insulator in this crazy Arizona weather. I've also been watching Shear Genius on Bravo and that inspires me to look for a new do.
What do you think of these ones?

Too boring?


I will get these bangs when I finally go in for a cut


Too old school?

I've been seeing a lot more of the middle parting. I will try that next week to spice things up.


But sometimes its gets so hot styling my hair I feel like just going with something less maintence. What do you think?

Oh so slow!

Things are dead at work today so here are a few things I love and lust after while cruising the net...

This is a lust. I love white cabinets.

hmmm... I never thought of using blue in the kitchen. I like it!

lust this dress from my favorite store in Canada...of course with a cardigan on top.

How about a nice summer top. I am addicted to stripes this season. You like?

And of course I love...

He's so cute!

Jon and I went to Newport for the Independence Day. It was a blast! There were so many beach bikes everywhere. We had a tandem so we fit right in with the crowd. Here are a couple of pics of the crazies we saw and our sweet ride.