Wrapping up the Year!

So today was my office party at the magazine. We went to a nice lunch at the La Costa Resort and Spa and exchanged gifts. Right before we left for lunch we had to take a picture for our company cards. The picture was taken at the owners house and every year her house is decorated to the extreme. Hope you like the picture!

Christmas Crazy

So this weekend was a very holiday weekend. I finished up the last minute shopping I had to do. Made and mailed my Christmas cards and had a wonderful date night! Ian and I went to a nice dinner and then raced over to La Mesa which is a little inland from here we live to see the lights on Pepper Street. This neighborhood is equivalent to Seven Oaks in Bakersfield but on steriods. It took us about an hour to go through the whole way and all the kids were hanging out of the cars as the parents escorted them through the winter wonderland. It was so much fun! Below are a couple of pictures from years past...I was so excited that I left the house without my camera.

Thanksgiving

I absolutely LOVE coming home! Even though it is always jammed packed, we love spending time with the family. I helped my mom decorate for Thanksgiving and Christmas this year which was really fun. Molly was here this year and not in Spain and we had more time to spend with Ian's side which was nice. We started out Eating at my side then went to Ian's dad side. I love hanging out with his cousins Neil's family. Neil and Jill have three girls who are absolutely precious and have one on the way...so much fun. Then we left and went to Ian's mom side and played with Jordyn...that kid is crazy!

My brother's football team was in the second round of play-offs and so everyone got up early Saturday morning  and met at Starbucks. There were so many people traveling to watch the big game. Below are some pictures I took of everyone following each other up the Grapevine. I also took picture of the snow on the mountains, it was beautiful!

 

B.C. ended up losing that day but the had a great season...can't wait for next year! It was also nice because Karen and Joel also went with us and they are always fun to have on a little road trip! After the game, Ian and I headed home...I cried because that is what I always do and we went straight to the tree lot to get our Christmas tree...we are getting ready for Christmas!

Dane Cook

So a couple of months ago, Ian and I went to see Dane Cook, "Isolated Incident." We absolutely love comedy and is probably one of our favorite things to do. Anyways, one of our Friends asked us to go last minute and so we went to dinner and met up with a group of friends at the Sports Arena in San Diego. We loved Dane Cook in "A Vicious Circle" and couldn't wait to take our seats to watch the show. There were three comedians that opened for Dane, one of them being Robert Kelly. He was sooo funny. We were so excited to watch Dane cook but the show turned out to be not so good. He talked about his mother who had died of cancer and ended talking about an angry fan which left the audience so quiet  you could hear a pen drop. We were really disappointed but thought it was still worth it. Next on our list is to see Kathy Griffin!

WARNING: If you have little kids around..tell them to leave, the video is not for kid ears!