CHRISTMAS TIME!!

Okay here are a few pics from Christmas, with more to come soon!

hehehehe, maybe we got 3o movies for Christmas! Everyone knows we love movies... And we got GOOOOOD ones!

Thomas bought me these beautiful Pearl and Diamond earings that look antique-ish... And Lauren made me this beautiful necklace too... We got so many great gifts, we were truly spoiled.

Here's our little tree, so cute!

Here we are... give us a break, it was Christmas morning and we weren't looking our best :o) And our snuggly little Christmas tree.

Here is my sweet little peanut, Bella in her Christmas sweater which coincidentally matched my shirt... She loves it!!! (Not really, she skulks around in the sweater and lays down a lot. She gets very confused with it on).

So Cute pink argyle girls!

Twilight-- Oh my gosh!

Have I neglected to tell everyone about the best movie (and my experiences with) TWILIGHT??? Oh dear me, how could I? Okay, I went and saw the movie on opening day at the 12:01 am showing! My friend Leanne and I made shirts the night before to prepare! ((and may I toot my own horn here a bit? I drew the design and hand-wrote the "twilight" for the shirts freehand)) And all we did was use spray paint... and some little iron on sparklies.

The front of my shirt...

The back of the shirt...

Leanne SO EXCITED!!! Thank goodness for my dear obsessed friend!

Here we are in our seats with pal Kristen. We were about the fourth and fifth people in the theater!
Waiting in line over 10 hours is really hard work ;o) Luckily hubbies will bring treats and toys to keep us busy! Here we are with Brann in the back!

These are the people who were in front of us in line... and there were hundreds of people BEHIND us in line! There were 3 showings just after midnight, and they had us all line up together. It was so much fun! The movie is great! I have seen it 6 times, Leanne=5x, Brann=2x, Thomas=2x (or 3, I can't recall), Kristen=2x.... Twilight=goodtimes

And to all the lovely people out there who like to hate on people who wait hours in lines, and see movies repeatedly, (and obsessively read books, and make t-shirts) I say unto you I DON'T CARE! I am sure you all have things that you LOVE that make you happy. (and that you spend lots of monies on...) This last month has been about one of the funnestestest of my life! TWILIGHT FOREVER!

Hmong Christmas

Did you know that Santa is not a 'Whitie'? Nope, he is HMONG! I saw him make an appearance at an LDS Hmong Christmas party (which, p.s. had the most divine food ever!!! And we totally got stuffed cuz Hmong people love to feed us... and we love to eat it!) And Elder Vaj had to sit on Santa's knee again this year. He wished for world peace, I think. I really don't know, cuz it wasn't in English.

Merry Tacky Christmas!!!

This is my little Christmas set up on my desk at the office. Cute huh? Christmas is not quite complete without tiny trees and a musical snowglobe nativity.

This is me and my friend who shall remain nameless (apparently he may be wanted by the mob or something) wearing our UGLY CHRISTMAS sweaters. Mom bought these sweaters 2 for a dollar in OROVILLE. I had to classy mine up a bit. And I won 2nd place in the ugly sweater competition.


Here is Rebecca's classy little number! She got 3rd place in the contest... but truly, that is a dang ugly sweater!! We had a really fun time getting tacky for Christmas!

All Hallow's EVE 2008

Here's me from Halloween... Was I scary enough? I made my own mask, and paper mache-ed me some goat horns... It really doesn't look like me at all, huh?

Creep-tacular!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice horns, huh?

You can see better in this pic that I had half a mask and that my nose was really still there, though it appeared to be chopped off or something. I was 100% pleased with this costume since I had to throw it together last minute. (and yes, that is the same dress that my mom made for the midieval festival in 7th grade!)

And we had a beautiful tree/wood faerie...

And the always cute and quirky, Yurtle the Turtle!!!!




Luke and Zenobia were VAMMMMMPIRES!!!

WE had a great time at L&Z's party and ate way too much candy. What a geat time surrounded by some of my dearest friends!!!!!!!

Angie's Birthday

Here are some pics from the recent Bday trip for my good pal Ang.

Here we all are (Rebecca, Angie, Alli and Thomas) at the best Irish pub/restaurant EVER!!! we had the best clam chowder and fish and chips... yum. (The Place is called "Molly Brennan's" and anyone in the clearlake area should definately stop here!!!!!!!!!!!)

Everyone loved the food and the atmosphere... there was even a real Irish guy there!!!!! Sweet! (Ang's parents surprised her, and showed up for the trip)We stayed at this adorable little place called the "Linger Longer Resort" and all the rooms were retro and themed. So cute! We stayed at the "Bogey and Bacall" room. The fridge and furniture were all antiques and the walls were bedecked with Humphery Bogart and Lauren Bacall stuff.

This place was quaint and adorable... it was originally built in the 40's apparently... I would totally go back again! We really had a blast, and it was nice to get away, even just for a weekend!

Oh Yes!