Edgar received it as a gift from his friend that breed’s them. He had been wanting one for a long time and he couldn’t be more happier, he’s already in training. Did you know they have private training school for pups now? Edgar didn’t enroll him in one, but his friend did.

Let me just be loud and clear about one thing, I love the idea of my baby brother having this pup, I already love him too, but the name just makes me want to vomit! It’s okay, my brother has heard the ranting already. Like really, you really are going to name him that? How humiliating when you take him to the dog park, he’ll get made fun of you know? So If we can’t convince Edgar to switch the name (you know, it’s still early to change it), he might have a few different ones. Just like my parent’s chihuahua whom goes by Mousy and Chiquita, brilliant, I know.

The three of us, Edgar, my other brother Erik and I enjoyed a lunch at a cafe at the Beverly Center. We had originally thought of going to the UCLA Book Festival, but since Erik goes to school there he wasn’t too excited about being on campus on a Sunday.  Plus, Edgar and I arrived a little late so we decided to not go after all. After lunch we picked up the pup at Edgar’s friend’s house and took him to a park near by in La Brea. It was nice to get some sun and run around. Then we dropped Erik off and we headed to my place. Once we arrived Kris was able to meet the pup and play with him too, nice way to end the day since Kris had to work.

Now for the good stuff. There are many photos to view, but after viewing I’m sure you’ll agree that they are worth the long post, enjoy.

My favorite photo of the day.

Holy cute!

Now does this little guy look like a Duggie to you? Please join me on this campaign to change his name, a cute pup is counting on you.  What name would you give him just based on these photos? We don’t know his personality much yet as he’s only had him a few days, but he’s very playful and oh so full of love.

We started early, I woke up at 6:00 AM and made coffee and toast while Kris packed up all our snacks and survival kit (if you know Kris, you know how paranoid he is) and headed out at 7:00 AM. I loved being able to cruise on all the way up the 60 to the 10 freeway with no traffic, I guess only on an early Sunday morning. Even the drive up the road to the main entrance is beautiful. It was love at first sight! I had already done my research so I knew which trail to do, the easy slow paced one (you know, for non-experienced hikers) and at the end of the trail is a waterfall, perfect. So we started off with this trail, it took about 45 minutes, very easy, even saw an 80 year old woman and pregnant lady along the way. We headed back and learned about the Rising Sun Trail, the hard, steep, you want to cry for your mommy trail, that one. It loops around and around, steep all the way up, the end you is the top and can see the whole coast, downtown la and beyond. Gorgeous indeed, but I was not prepared for it. I go to the gym 2-3 times a week, but this could not have prepared me, it kicked me you know where really hard. Kris of course had no problem, show off! He also thinks it’s fun to race up the mountain because he can’t wait to see the view, get the picture? Then you’d think that going down is easy? Not so much. Almost just as bad, but believe it or not, I didn’t complain much during the hike (too busy trying to catch my breath).

However, I am really glad I did, it’s one of those feelings of accomplishment, like hey, I can do this. It was probably about 5 miles all together. We were both beat and hungry at the end of it all. I was sore that day and the next in body parts I didn’t even know existed.  Thank goodness we’ve been in the area before and know a yummy, healthy cafe in Pacific Palisades. It’s called Cafe Vida and a lot of hikers go there after for breakfast or lunch. They have the best peanut butter milkshake made with almond milk, peanut butter, whey chocolate protein and banana – delish! Not to mention great healthy breakfasts, all organic, plus unique and fresh salads.

That my friends is a healthy, fun, refreshing Sunday Orozco-Jasie style. We plan on going hiking every Sunday for the rest of spring (mostly in LA) unless I have a photo session of course, friends are welcome to join. Even went yesterday to Temescal Canyon, also amazing and beautiful. It has a more of a forest-like feel, with lot’s of trees and vegetation for shade, but not as many wild flowers. Finished the morning with a stop at the farmer’s market there and grabbed produce for the week and had yummy Indian food.

I hope to document more trips soon. I didn’t take my camera to Temescal Canyon yesterday, sometimes it just distracts you and you can’t enjoy your surroundings the same way.  I love that there is so much to discover and do in So Cal, definitely a great place to live.

Stand off, no one won, we scared them off.

Texture.

Movement.

So what do you think? It’s hard not to fall in love. Such a freeing experience, just imagine… no cell phone, noise, tv or nothing else for 3-4 hours. Just pure silence in nature. Thanks for viewing, more from my photo sessions this last week coming up.

I made sure we had a good start by making a yummy breakfast and coffee and let me tell you, Kris gets excited over a fancy breakfast. Otherwise it’s our usual cereal, yogurt & fruit or oatmeal (easy, healthy and satisfying), but it doesn’t compare to blueberry, multi-grain pancakes. It just doesn’t! Then we cleaned up house, it’s always nice when we can do it together because it’s done in a snap, plus there’s nothing hotter than a man dusting, no?

Later in the day I managed to go to my parents just to visit and talk to my dad about his upcoming surgery, dreadful, but I’m glad we talked about it and discussed all the info and references. Afterwards we went outside in the front yard since it was nice outside and watched mousy play and run wild. It was one of those days where I felt accomplished and emotionally satisfied, like I said, it was a good Sunday. I wanted to capture our home since we had just cleaned up and it was looking extra sharp, so here we go.

Our dream catcher. We picked it up in Sedona, AZ earlier this year and p.s I think it works!

I love our dresser. It’s mostly my jewelry, but he takes up most of the closet, so we’re even.

My beautiful mini herb garden: thyme, sage (2 types), parsley, basil and rosemary.

Mousy, doing what she knows best.

My dad with his 5th child.

My beautiful mother (sorry about the shadow on your face mom). When I grow up I want to look this good without make-up!

Tonight I made chicken tortilla soup. Sometimes I omit the tortilla strips and add avocado to each plate, but it’s still delicious!

I’m trying to get some major stuff done around here to start off the new year well, plus try to get into the holiday spirit… it’s just not in me this year. Partly because my dad won’t be around for x-mas, but also because I’m scared of what the future holds over things that are out of my control. I need to learn to let go of that, surely but slowly.