L.A...shopping...food trucks...

crossed some things off of my...

"things to do whilst in california list"...

bargain shopping at santee alley which is 

located in the fashion district of los angeles...

outlet shopping at the citadel factory outlet...

and one of most important thing i wanted to cross off my list was to 

find and eat from the "nom nom food truck!".

i have been totally obsessed with them ever since i 

watched "the great food truck race" on the food network channel last year.

thanks to jozen from "lola's girl" she told me that their daily truck schedule

was on their website and to follow their tweets.

today's tweet:

nomnomtruck Nom Nom Truck 

Da Nominator is at @FoodTruckRodeo tonight w/ @COOLHAUS @lobstatruck @ButtermilkTruck from [6-9PM]

4 hours ago

the day was getting late and i didn't think we'd make it since we

really didn't know where the location was 

but we happened to take the back streets back to the hotel to avoid

the LA traffic on the freeway and

as we were driving along "the lobster truck" happened to catch

miss bling's eye!  

sure enough i double checked the tweet...

and yes!  

that's where they were...

i ordered a bahn mi...

it was soooo good...

the family told me to buy another one!

miss bubbles and the hubby stood in line for ice cream

at the coolhaus ice cream truck...

they ordered an ice cream sandwich...

chocolate cookies with thin mint ice cream.

and my guy ordered

red velvet chocolate chip pancakes from the buttermilk truck...

everything we ordered was yummylicious!!!!

and i was just thrilled to pieces that the family and i got to experience

the food truck craze that's

all the rage down in southern california!

it was a great way to end a fantabulous day...

and from this nomster...

"may the Nom be with you!"....

road trip...

packed up a rental car and going on a road trip down to southern california!!!

here's my view from the back seat in the middle between the girls. 

(oh yeah the best seat on a road trip...NOT!)

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we made it & our first foodie stop...

 we have arrived safely at our california destination.

and of course our first foodie stop

was at in-n-out!

where we feasted on the most

mouth watering, delicious, delectable

burgers ever along with their famous fries!

we crave these little guys and we're so glad

to have satisfied the cravings!

now if you ever visit the "golden state"

then a stop at an in-n-out is a must!

packing up...

the shop is closing for the next month because 

the kids and i will be going on vacay back home to 

C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A!!!

(the hubby can't take that much time off of work so

he'll be following and meeting us there for a few)

list of things to do whilst there:

EAT "in and out" burgers as it will be our first, in-between, and last stop!...

EAT filipino food...

visit, shop and frolic in san francisco which is my old working and stomping ground...

love that city!

take a road trip to southern california...

(disneyland, santa monica, hollywood, find and eat at the nom-nom food truck)

have some taro and avocado smoothie with boba...

eat sprinkles cupcake...

i could go on and on...

but the list will never stop.

stay tuned as i will be blogging while away...

well, at least i'll try to.

but for now, i am off to finish up my last day of work...

and get busy with packing...

before heading westbound!

embrace the camera...

i have the best co-workers ever!they are just an amazing group of women... 
we laugh together,we eat together,we make fun of each other,we hurt for each other, we pray for each other,we encourage each other.
i'm very blessed to see these ladies everyday...for 6 hours a day...monday through thursday!
embracing the camera with them...

(four out of seven of us)

beautiful aren't they?

inside and out...

"photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving.  what you have caught on film is captured forever...it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."

aaron siskend

what i wore wednesday...

well, it's more like...
"what she wore wednesday"
it was a busy week for me that
i completely forgot to take an outfit picture.
so for today's "wiww"...

i'm sharing my daughter's outfit...
practicing my photography,
i snapped some pictures of her in this outfit a few days ago
and thought it would make a good
"wiww" post.

dress- wet seal 

caramel belt- wet seal 

sandals- F21 

want to see more fashion inspiration?
head on over to "the pleated poppy"
and go check out the rest of the mom bloggers
and their
"what i wore wednesday post".

happy "wiww"!

hello monday...

{1)

starting my monday off with a 

strawberry-banana smoothie!

{2}

it's summer!

kids are on summer vacay

and everyone gets to sleep in!

i still have to go to work but i do get to sleep in just a tiny bit longer

since we have summer hours at work!

{3)

and the countdown has begun!

in 10 days we'll be leaving on a jet plane

to go back home to C-A-L-I-F-O-R-N-I-A

for some summer fun!

happy monday friends!

and it's official...

i now have an 8th grader, a junior and a senior in highschool!

i can't believe how time flies.

as soon as the new school year starts
my guy will be busy filling out those college applications,
looking for and applying for scholarships...

thankfully, he had the opportunity to

attend UNC Chapel Hill's Project Uplift
with his bff...
they left on a road trip to chapel hill last thursday
and got to experience dorm and campus life for a few days.

Each year, high school guidance counselors across North Carolina nominate students to attend the two-day program. They are from the top 25 percent of their class and are from historically underrepresented populations: African American, American Indian, Latina/o, Asian American, low-income, rural and first-generation.

Project Uplift allows students to experience Carolina for themselves and gain essential information about the campus.

The program’s main goal is to recruit students to UNC-Chapel Hill, but program organizers also focus on helping students choose the college, university or higher education opportunity that best serves their needs. Campus administrators and faculty show the students how to apply for scholarships and student aid, as well as teach them how to apply themselves in an academic setting.

Project Uplift challenges and encourages students to become leaders. Participants leave knowing more about themselves and others, and how to make a college experience work for them. UNC-Chapel Hill is a committed and inclusive community of people who want to make life successful. Participants have the opportunity to learn, to network and to make lifelong friends.

it was a great opportunity for both of them.

they learned a lot and it was a great experience!

summer has begun...

school's out!

and to celebrate the beginning of summer and with my guy

being out of town up at unc chapel hill and the hubby at work...

we had a girls day out!

got the nails done...

and had lunch at salsarita's!

oh, and guess where  the contents of their lockers ended up?

on the dining room table!

smh...

what i wore wednesday...

need some fashion inspiration?

 go and check out other mom bloggers for

"what i wore wednesday"

or you can join us with your wiww outfit over at lindsey's @

the pleated poppy .

the maxi dress mania!

it's been all the rage since 2008!

fun, flowing, floor length!

 fashionable casualness, it's easiness to wear and the

maximum comfort it provides is what i love about maxi dresses : ).

maxi dress- marshall's bought 2 summers ago

white bangle- F21 

white strappy sandals- F21

happy wiww!