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As fun of an adventure my trip was, nothing compares to the comfort of home. There's so much to be thankful for in just these two creatures. I love my famblie! I'm a lucky girl. 

Emma spent her birthday in two different countries this year: Thailand and Cambodia. We finished off our stay in Chiang Mai getting $6 foot massages to kick off her birthday. Then we headed to Siem Reap. Come to think of it, we ended her birthday that night with cheap massages again! Lucky Ducks! :)

Got to spend more time with my Niner before my trip, whacking some balls at John Wells Golf Driving Range. It's always therapeutic and I think we're getting better at it. :)

Teddy got to meet Auntie Cayo.  As sad as the reasons were for our visit to Phoenix that weekend, I'm glad that we were all together. And as there are never the right words to articulate, I'm glad I was there to give her a last kiss on the cheek, support my family and hold my Niner's hand. <3

A summer is not memorable without good music. Before the end of our Coachella trip last April, we managed to find a computer to score some tickets to see Fiona Apple. It was meant to be. The Palladium is terribly engineered, but when you have Fiona Apple's sultry voice echoing around you, who cares! She was amazing like the first time we saw her at the Santa Barbara Bowl. I'm glad she sang more from her older albums. So much of it is in the NiBi soundtrack. <3

Celebrated Cheryl's Bachelorette Weekend at Santa Barbara on July 20-22.  We, along with Cheryl and her closest girl friends Heather, Rachel and Irma, boarded the Amtrak from DTLA Union Station to Goleta that Friday morning. Being that the ride went along the coast, the views were beautiful. The friends were able to catch up and we able to get to know them.  The weekend was full of surprises for Cheryl and fun for all. We had a fancy dinner by the beach at the Four Season's Hotel. We were taken out by a shuttle for our winery tour through out Santa Barbara County, which included wine tasting at Kalyra where the movie Sideways was filmed. We also had a pajama pizza party, surprised Cheryl with her 50 SOG gifts, and spontaneously got our matching hello kitty bow tattoos to forever remember the special weekend. It was a great time with great women. I'm so happy for Cheryl and even happier for my lil bro Ryan that he found his "more"..

Less than a week after spending time with my family in Las Vegas, I played hookie from work and went back on July 15/16 to use our Travelzoo deal. After years of wanderlusting over Travelzoo's bargain trips, we finally purchased one near to home (to play it safe.) and it was amazing! We stayed at the fancy Mirage, had free buffets and free 20 oz. drinks at the pool. It was also the first time Nancy, Mar and I went out of town together. We sure had a grand ol' time. Cheers to many more!