in the past month(ish)...

hey there, blog land.
yeah, it's been awhile.  yes, i'm still alive.
i haven't really been crafty (sad face) since school kind of took over my life for awhile.
so here's a little update from october through now.
(some photos swiped from friends...  thanks friends!)
sarah & raymond got married
i've known these two since high school, and it was so much fun to celebrate their wedding day with them and some of my favorite peeps.  they were married in sarah's parent's backyard, and then a reception at a local winery in loomis.  there was some crazy dancing, delicious food, and all around good time.  table 13 was a pretty groovy collection of people.
and then there was also this fine musical piece...

halloween 2014
on halloween i ended up working 3 of my 4 regularly scheduled dance classes, and then headed off to melissa's halloween murder mystery party.  i wore my minnie mouse costume on thursday to the pre-k party, and cat ears to the dance classes, and so i was finally able to bust out my halloween costume (that was intended for two years ago) and attempt to not die (in the game). yep. i totally went as big bird.
this year's party was a much smaller collection than last year, but still fun in the same.  after trying to get someone killed off - which ended up being me in the last round - we played cards against humanity.  oh, and since jenny showed up late, she followed me around like she was navi... hey.  listen!
i headed home around 12:45, and it was POURING. so crazy to finally see so much rain.  and then it all be gone the next day.  boo.  and that brings us on to our third and final section....
birthday!
yep.  this past wednesday i turned 26.  and since it was on a weekday, i partied hard the saturday before with some of my favorite peeps.  erika, jenny, melissa, jared, chris, myself and the boyfriend went for dinner at lorenzo's in town.  after dinner, we had a quick stop at wal mart & starbucks before heading to rocklin lanes for some good ol' bowling.  it took awhile for the glow bowling to kick in, but we still had some fun.
on my actual birthday, i worked at the pre-k in the morning, and then taught my dance class kiddos that night.  two of them brought in a whole bunch of cupcakes, and my boss also brought me more cookies... they were pretty much set for life.  usually, i would have been going to class afterwards, but my professor had a speaking engagement at NAEYC in texas, so class was cancelled that night.  instead, i went to hang out with my dance class peeps that i haven't been with on a wednesday since before i went to colorado.  i'm a little bummed that my next semester's schedule messes with that as well... ugh!  i'm hoping to make things work somehow, especially with the 30th anniversary recital happening and all...  well, here are my party people from wednesday!
and here's to hoping i can better update in the next few weeks.
i have my quilt block swap done, as well as a quilt or two that i still haven't posted.... oy.
about a month until the semester is over... so close... yet so far away...