Legoland

Since both my sister and I had a furlough day last Friday (yeah a day off...I guess you could say good, but when you're not getting paid...bad!), we headed to Legoland with my mom and Makena....we left the guys to work! ;) Since I had a free teacher pass burning a hole in my pocket and considering the fact that we live a few miles from Legoland (and I've never been to the park itself), that day was a great day to go! It was a perfect day (perfect weather in sunny Carlsbad)...what more could you ask for!

This little lady is going to have her princess mermaid birthday party at the aquarium next month...she cannot wait!

My mom, sister, and I cracked up while watching her drive around the track...I think we were only bracing ourselves for the furture when she is actually driving...yikes!!!

Keeping Busy Crafting...

I have been busy here and there making LOTS of hair clips for our class raffle basket for our school carnival...theywere sure fun to make! =)

The Craft Room....

I finished! After a few months of procrastinating, I made my space complete! I still have to add some finishing touches (I plan on using chalk board paint and painting one in between the two wall units...If you know where I can find cute white vintage frames (cheap ones!) to frame my board, please let me know!) here and there, but for the most part my "cave" is complete!

I broke out the Cricut machine and the vinyl and made a name for my room (perhaps a business name?)!

I stuck with a red, black, and white theme...I'm all about the colors matching...weird, I know!

2 chairs...one for me and one for a guest! Ha!

Those little jars aren't full enough!

I crack up when I find Mike hanging out in my little room...he always seems to find his way in there for something even though he laughs at it....all in all, it is a perfect place for me to try and get some projects done! We'll see! =) By the way, thanks mom and dad for this wonderful christmas present! I love it!

Valentine's Day

Mike and I had a very nice day together...loved the fact that it was also a 3 day weekend! We started off the day by heading up north to the Irvine Spectrum. The movie theatre was packed...of course we just had to see "Valentine's Day". How could I resist! I can honestly say, it is by far one of my favorite movies now! After the movie, we made our way to Zitos. Zitos is by far our very favorite Italian food restaruant in Orange County! Every time we are in Orange County, we don't even think twice about going anywhere else...it's that good! After that, Mike and I truly realized that we are complete dorks! We witnessed a crash before getting on to the 55...yah that's the bad part...anyway, we waited around to see what was going to happen and sure enough the fire department was called...could we have left? No! Mike had to wait and see if his dad's old fire crew would be on their way...sure enough they were! We waited over 45 minutes just to sit in the car and watch the fire department come and go! Valentine's Day was spent how? Ahh!

After 45 minutes of watching (by the way, no one was hurt...thank goodness!) we made our way closer to home and stopped at our favorite Yogurt Land in Mission Viejo! What a great day it was...despite the fact that we wasted 45 minutes, it truly was a nice and relaxing day that we both really enjoyed! =)
While shopping at Urban Outfitters that day, I could not resist buying this for his Valentine's Day present...it was just toooo perfect! =)

2-7...another year older

Last year, my BIG present was going to Oahu...that is where Mike and I spent my birthday and Valentine's Day...(oh how I wish we could go back...I'm waiting...patiently....)

(Pipeline)

So sad to reminisce about how beautiful it is there...my eyes get teary just thinking about it =(


Enough about me missing Hawaii....This year my family and Mike's mom (his dad is a little too far away right now to have joined us...we sure wish he was here to enjoy the fun!) came down to our house to help me celebrate...

Every year, my sister and I always ask my mom for her famous chicken tacos...instead, this year she made delicious enchiladas!! Yum! I was one happy girl!

Makena LOVES birthdays! She couldn't wait to help her auntie with all of the birthday activities...


Of course she helped blow out the candles (yes, another mom creation...homemade oreo cookie cake with buttercream Oreo frosting...now who is the lady that should have a blog?!)! =)

Thank you for making my birthday VERY special everyone!!

ONE LAST NOTE...... If you are ever on the North Shore, I HIGHLY recommend you go to Ted's Bakery in Sunset Beach...this was my birthday cake last year...a chocolate cream pie...seriously the best pie I have EVER had... (not homemade by my wonderful mom, but it sure was DELICIOUS!!)...

A few Valentine's gifts...

The little clip is to hang a photo on...

I sanded the edges and used distressing ink

More to see!

I know, I know...it has taken me a while to get pictures up of "the room", but I promise I will (hopefully by the end of the weekend!). In the meantime, I provided you with some great "eye candy" (a.k.a. awesome ideas!) by adding more links under "Ideas, Ideas, Ideas"....hope you enjoy!

Just a sneak peek...

I have been putting it off for months now, but finally I had to dive right in and decided that nothing was going to get done if I just continued to stare at the mess I kept creating in my soon-to-be craft room (or as Mike calls it, "The cave"...ugh!). I spent all day Sunday ripping apart the closet I was storing everything in and went to town trying to be creative and thrifty at the same time...these are just a few pictures to share since I have yet to finish my new room (still waiting to break open the Cricut machine and add lettering to my walls!)...enjoy!

I bundled and tied all of my fabrics....organized them once and for all by color...love these cracker jars! They are seriously the best and CHEAP!!

Just a little peek at part of my wall organizer...

More pictures to come very soon...hopefully :(

Baby Shower Goodies!

I have a baby shower next week for Tami (on my team) and decided to do something different than onesies and make a hair clip frame and lots of hair clips! SO FUN!!

The People's Choice Awards!

Last Wednesday, we were lucky enough to be able to attend the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles! It was such a blast! Mike and I made it up to L.A. in record time with no traffic (an hour and 20 minutes) so we ended up having some time to kill...we drove around downtown and then decided to park in the parking lot where we were supposed to check in with the casting company. "Wow!" is all I could say! The sites that we saw (I kept saying that I could have spent a whole day in that garage people watching!) were VERY ummm...UNIQUE?!

Everyone else arrived and it was time to check in...I was under the impression that we would be waiting for about 10 minutes and then be taken right away into the theatre to wait...oh no! We had to wait for a VERY LONG TIME...people watching sure made the time go by fast! We finally were taken to the NOKIA theatre where the show was about to begin in....2 hours! We were lucky enough to get seats (instead of being shifted around the whole time) where we were told that we wouldn't be moving unless asked to do so. My sister and I were getting antsy and decided to ask one of the casting guys if we could move closer (to the stars of course!)...we were told we had to make eye contact and then they could move us during the show! We stuck the guys (Mike and Kevin) on the end...we decided that it would be best if the girls got up and moved to the end so we could get a better chance at moving since they were moving people pretty rapidly! I was the first one to stand and was told to go see the casting guy...to our surprise, we were moved to the area were some of the stars were....I walked right past Colbie Caillat...love her! I was star struck when I saw her! I luckily did not get separated and sat next to Joy! We were lucky enough to be so close to Taylor Swift when she got her award and also got to see Johny Depp up close too! Yes, Mike and I watched the show the next day and sure enough we saw most of us!

We were so lucky to see stars like Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Lautner, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban....just to name a few!

What a fun night! After the show we rushed out to see the stars who were heading to the after party...were unsuccessful though because most had already gone inside...we did keep seeing this weird lady who thought she was Lady Gaga! Well actually I should say that we thought she was too and were truly convinced when we first saw her! haha!

Because of Joy we were all able to attend this event! I am on the look out for more shows!! =)

Feliza, Wendy, Vickie, Jenn, me, and Joy

New Year's Eve!

We began the night by hanging out with some of the neighbors and enjoyed some appetizers together! We then had a delicious dinner at Kandyce and Ryan's! As soon as Dylan and Kaleb went to bed, we broke out Scattergories and Partini and played our hearts out (the boys were cheaters...of course not us girls!)! We dug into ice cream cookie sundaes at 2 a.m. and didn't end our night until 2:30! Surprised we were able to make it until 12 (let alone 2:30)! Ryan and Mike refused to wear their crowns for any pictures, but DID wear them for the rest of the night!

Yeah for 2010!

The night just wouldn't be complete without a SNUGGIE! Haha!!

Happy 2010 everyone! =)

Ice Skating and more...

Last year around Christmas, we all went down to Coronado and had such a great time together! It is always fun to spend time in Coronado during Christmas! We decided to do something different this year and go down to downtown San Diego for some ice skating at Horton Plaza and some treats at Buca di Beppo and Ghirardelli ice cream! It was a great time! =) Can't wait until this December! =)

This was Makena's first time ice skating...she had a great time! Isn't she wearing the perfect outfit?!
She loved skating with her daddy!

Mama tried teaching her what she knew (yes, my sister was an ice skater when she was younger!)

As for me, I fell once and boy did it hurt! =(

After ice skating, we had a great dinner at our favorite Buca di Beppo in the Gaslamp! Makena made us all a picture! What an artist!
This little princess was still hungry when we left and would not let go of her piece of bread...she finished every little bite while walking to go get ice cream! As the saying goes, you must finish your dinner before dessert...she obviously followed that rule!
My sister thought that Mike would look so handsome in Makena's cupcake hat!

Even though we ate a ton for dinner, we still managed to squeeze in some ice cream! Look at this beauty!
This little one loves being right by Nana's side...Pop Pop's too! =)