Monday, December 28, 2009

Merry - Belated - Christmas!


Oops, I am a little late! Oh well, better late than never, right? :]

December was quite the month of celebration for us! First, we had Makayla's 14th Birthday celebration at my parents house which was a total blast! Delicious food and great fun with family and friends! I cannot believe Kayla is only two years away from getting her drivers license, scary!!! On the 13th, we celebrated Christmas early with Grandpa and Nana (since they would be in Roseville for Christmas!) We had Grandpa's famous pancakes, lots of snacks and desserts! Everyone got such great gifts! I got the hair dryer/straightener set that I was dying for, plus some bath and body works wall flowers for my house!

Bryan and I went to Sea World to see what types of Holiday stuff they had out, and it was so much fun! Of course everything was decorated for Christmas, all of their shows were holiday themed and they had a Polar Express 4D Experience Show, which was totally awesome!

Then, of course, my parents, sisters and I had to go on our annual Christmas Light drive. We saw some of the most amazing houses ever this year! The people are so nice too! Here are some of the really good ones! :]

Christmas Eve was spent with my mom and sisters decorating sugar cookies, making peanut brittle and opening the traditional Christmas PJ's! Unfortunantely, Bryan and my dad were both at work and missed out on the fun festivities :[ Later that night, Bryan and I went over to his parents house for traditional Christmas dinner, dessert and presents. It was a lot of fun spending time with them and opening their wonderful gifts, and seeing them open our gifts to them. We received a waffle maker, a picture frame, gift cards, clothes, cologne, and some other stuff! It was a lot of fun! (Sadly, I forgot my camera that night so I am waiting for Tina to email me the pics from hers, same with my moms camera from the cookie decorating!)

This was mine and Bryans first Christmas together in our own place, so it was extremely special to us. We of course decorated and enjoyed having our own Christmas tree and all of that good stuff. We started by opening our boys gifts (bones, toys, collars, etc.) from "Santa" and then opened our gifts to each other. I got some clothes, shoes, decorations, a movie and a beautiful Pandora bracelet (its a charm bracelet)! Bryan got some clothes, books, and some new vans (and then I surprised him later at my moms house with a brand new iPod nano!) We went over to my parents house to spend the rest of Christmas with them, my sisters and Grandma Cathy! We all got some really nice gifts. Grandma was super tired so she headed home around 2pm, but of course we had such a good time with her! We went to dinner at Sushi Boat in Temecula and then went and saw Sherlock Holmes! We had such a good Christmas! I hope everyone else really enjoyed theirs too!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Our Christmas Tree & First Family Photos ! :)






We decided to use our timer on our camera to get some family photos in front of our first Christmas Tree! For some reason they came out blurry and the dogs were just not having it. But we also managed to take some with just me and the dogs and Bryan and the dogs, and those came out great. Of course, the first one was Bryan and Boston being silly! LOL.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Weight loss, exercise, great goals!

While being bored one night, I decided to look through some random blogs, I happened to come across a girls blog where she manages her calories and exercise statuses, plus all of her goals, and shares it with her followers. I have been following her blogs daily and I am really enjoying reading it! She is very inspirational and motivating (especially cause she is 115lbs!) Anyways, she develops goals for herself every month and posts them on her blog. I thought that I would share my 10 Goals for the rest of December with all of you. I will continuously update on my progress and will post new goals each month.

December Goals:
1. Run/Walk/Eliptical a total of 90 miles
2. Read 2 books to add to my book list
3. Get all of my no longer stuff needed sold/donated
4. Redo our office setup and get rid of the clutter!
5. Make 4 new healthy recipes to add to my recipe book! (If you have any good ones, send em' my way!)
6. Only eat out once!
7. Lose AT LEAST 5lbs!
8. Figure out a budget to pay off debt!
9. Donate at least $5 to a charity.
10. Begin saving for my dental work/braces!

So far, I have gone 2.6 miles on the eliptical. I am in the process of reading "True Believer" by Nicholas Sparks. I have listed my stuff on craigslist, but no responses yet, if no responses after Christmas then I will be taking it to the Salvation Army. Everything else is still being worked on! :)

Monday, December 7, 2009

Registration for Spring 2010....

....already?! It's not even Winter Break yet!!! LOL, just kidding. I am glad to have gotten an early registration date so that I don't get left with not so fun classes! Here is my upcoming schedule:

1. American Justice 101 - Criminal Law
2. History 114 - History of American Music
3. Music 100 - Music Appreciation
4. Nutrition 100 - Family Nutrition
5. Theater Arts 100 - Intro To Theater Arts


Seems like a fun semester! I am excited cause after that I will have 51 units completed, which means only 9 more units and I will be ready to transfer to UCR! Yay!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

My Handsome Boys<3


Just wanted to show some updated pics of my cute boys!