Sweet baby Allegra...

My sister in law Ali and my brother Mitch had the most beautiful baby girl, Allegra, on May 18th. She was born with Trisomy 18:which unfortunately due to the multiple complications consistent with this disorder cut her sweet life short. She passed away this morning and I have just felt so sad to not be able to see her grow up and sad for everything my brother and his family are going through. I feel so blessed that I was able to go out and spend time with Mitch, Ali and the kids and to hold and fall in love with Allegra. I don't know how Mitch and Ali do it, they gave Allegra the most amazing experience of life and have continued to be the most amazing parents and examples to everyone. This experience has taught me to always be grateful for every person, every opportunity, every challenge. It has shown me that Heavenly Father does know each of us and what we're capable of and loves us. Love you Mitch, Ali, Cairo, Levi, Cameron, Klein and baby Allegra!

Good times, good friends...

My cute friend Kim and her darling daughter Brooklyn came out for a Girl's weekend to L.A. and stopped by to see me. We never have enough time together! I was so sad to see them go.

My friend Cara and I went to an L.A. Galaxy game (our major league soccer team). So fun!!! I love going to them. It's just a fun crowd of people and the perfect amount of time to catch the action. Too funny though, so at the Home Depot Center, where the games are held, every seat is a good one, but I happened to bring my mini binoculars. Of course I didn't need them, but pulled them out anyway and must've looked like a total stalker taking in the "scenery" on the benches :).

Our ward had a Lasagne Throwdown activity a la Bobby Flay from the Food Network. It was really fun, there were 3 categories: store bought, vegetarian and traditional. My friend had asked if I would be a judge and asked all 5 of us judges to dress "Italian mafia style". Let me tell you, it's ridiculous how much I stressed over what to wear. In the end, I borrowed a wig from my friend Janet, ran to Goodwill to pick up an Italian looking shirt, put it with a skirt and pointy heels. Bonus, I'll totally wear the shirt again, probably not the wig :)