San Diego Supercross

Last weekend we did the annual trip to Qualcomm Stadium aka "The Murph" to us long time San Diegan's for Supercross. We got there as the gates open so we could find a good parking spot for a full day of tailgating fun. The boys had fun playing "Man Jenga" and Cornhole.

The big show was awesome with Davi Millsaps taking the 450 Main Event. Until next year...or maybe we'll make our way to Vegas....

...Family...

...Kevin knowing whatever he does the tower is going to fall...

Happy New Year....2013....

I can't believe that another year went by in a blink if an eye. it seems as only a couple months ago I was writing New Years 2012.

2012 was a whirlwind to say the least. I'll give you the cliff notes version by months

January:
- We hit the ground running with our annual Anaheim 1 Supercross, that way we can see all of the riders healthy and hopefully no injuries. Most importantly though is to make sure it doesn't rain
-Charleigh Grace turned 4 years old and still as mischievous when she was 4 months old

February:
- Mr. made is arrival into the world on the 8th! I was so excited for him to be born and get to spoil the little man. I fell in love with him in a nanosecond.
-Kick off to cousin Elissa and Steve's wedding! Grandma Jean, Aunt Marti, & Melissa put on a gorgeous intimate bridal shower for Elissa at South Coast Winery in Temecula.
-San Diego Supercross with the usual gang. Man it was cold and drizzly too!

March:
-Ran my 2nd 5k, Finish Chelsea's Run in Balboa Park (participating again this March '13)
-Kick off to Chris & Tash wedding extravaganza!! Had a relaxing afternoon and Jenny's full of lots of laughter, champagne, and wine
-Scratched off going to Baseball Spring Training for Elissa's bachelorette party in Scottsdale, AZ. We rooted for the SF Giants and because of that they won the World Series in October

April:
-Natasha & Josh celebrated her/his last of their 20s
-Steve & Elissa make it official at The Cliffs Resort in Pismo Beach, Ca. A gorgeous wedding and a weekend filled with wonderful memories. I was so honored that she wanted me to be with her on one of the biggest days of her life. E you made a gorgeous bride!

May:
-Maverick Thomas turned 4 years old as well. He was happy it was a warm day and he got to go for a birthday swim in the pool
-Kick off to one of my best friends wedding, Catherine and Scott. Had a nice lunch at Casa Bendini in Carlsbad. I knew from this even alone Ashley, Catherine, & I were going to have a blast at her bachelorette party. The day was perfect day full of laughs, margaritas, THE BEST rolled tacos and tortillas. Also the perfect evening spending it with her family at the beach condo. There are some awesome moments that happened that day, but I think the best was hen C's brother became Capt. Jack Sparrow and telling us he "knows these waters and if we go whale watching we will see whales with him."
-Annual Memorial Day Trip to Lake Havasu with the family...a blast was had by all

June:
I'll start with this is the most EPIC month of the year!
-first was Tasha's bachorlette Brew Tour of 4 different brewies in SD on a party bus stocked full of alcohol
-being able to spend the day with my new sister as she prepares to become my brothers wife. Being able to stand by my Daddy and brother as Chris and Tash became husband and wife is something I'll cherish forever. The wedding was one of the best parties complete with "Smart Water", party bus, and a fun after party at the good ol' VEC bowling alley
-Manhattan Beach for Catherine's Bachlorette Party. A weekend filled with fun, fun, debachary and more fun.. We had more alcohol than ever, laughs, new friendships made, and some epic pictures and stories. Ashley's husband summarized our weekend the best. "Ash, your stuff smells like you went to Las Vegas instead of Manhattan Beach."

July
-I start the countdown of my 20s
-Hadley Marie turns 1 and still thinks she is a lap dog at 97 lbs
-being able to stand as a bridesmaid for my best friend Catherine & Scott became husband and wife. It was gorgeous, the binder worked!!! There was not a single detail missed by Catherine

August
Our only month where we were able to relax and be spontaneous

September
-Took a trip to Los Cabo de San Jose and San Lucas for an early 4 year Anniversary trip. Where did the last 4 years go?!?!

October
-kick off to desert season, Glamis, perfect weather, great friends, and met some new ones

November
-glamis: did 6 days in the dirt for Thanksgiving and had a blast

December
-Spontaneous trip to Big Bear for the weekend. There wasn't any snow but that didn't stop us from having fun. We walked around the little shops and sampled food and drinks.
-coordinated Christmas with both families
-Ended the year at Ocotillo this year with friends!!


2012, you're going to be hard to top, but I can't wait to see what is in store for 2013

Sunday Funday Wine Tasting

We went with our good friends Jimmy and Sara and Sara's friend,Natalie, out to the Temecula Wine Country last Sunday.  This was my first time wine tasting and wasn't too sure what to expect sine I am not a big into drinking wine.  We started out at Wilson Creek Winery and made our way to the "Members Only Bar", thanks to Jimmy and Sara being members, and did our 5 tastings. I loved 2 wines and of course the Almond Champagne.  We enjoyed the atmosphere and what the winery had to offer to their Members Josh and I deiced to get our own membership.  Once we were done at stop #1 we made our way to winery #2: Faulkner Winery where Jimmy and Sara had their "I do's" in October of 2009 for more tastings and fun times and finally finished at winery #3: Vindemia which is an up and coming winery that holds its tasting in their rose garden. If you go there you have to have Cowbell, so yummy!

After an extremely fun day wine tasting  we were headed for dinner.  When we got in the car turned on the radio and had a little dance party and singing our hearts out to awesome 90s music, Vanilla Ice: Ice, Ice, Baby and Paula Abdul's Straight up! I think Jimmy was happy it was a short drive from the Wine Country to dinner.

We had dinner at Spuntino Pizzeria we order appetizer's and Pizza Hawaii and Patatina. By far the best was the Pizza Patatina, how can you go wrong with pizza and french fries?! We will definitely be going back to check out more of their Menu.

 ...Natalie, Sara, Jimmy, Aubrey, Josh...Faulkner Winery...

 ...Cheers...

 ...Us Girls...

...Cheers-ing to becoming Members at Wilson Creek...

...Jimmy, Mike (bartender), Josh at Vindemia...

...Sara and Josh enjoying Cowbell in the Rose Garden at Vindemia...

...Jimmy and Sara...

...Us...

...Sara dancing to Paula...

...Pizza Patatina...so good...

No, I am not ready to go outside!

It is amazing how much a dog can be so much like his or her owner.  My Charleigh Grace is just like me...yes it is true, we hate mornings. This is Friday morning. She got up after yelling at her for 10 mins to move and she makes it to the landing and lays down.  Basically this her ignoring me and doesn't care that I want to go start my day.  Finally after 5 more minutes she finally got up and went outside...it only took 3 Beggin' Strips to coax her down.

Gotta Love Facebook!

I check Facebook twice a day...okay, more like 5-10...hey it's interesting and I love looking at US Weekly.  Most of the time though it is to keep up with friends and family.  I love being able to comment on their status updates and see what other mutual friends or their friends I may not know have to say, (some are very hilarious).

I do have a point...really...so here is goes....

Catherine, one of my best friends and the one who got me started on blogging, always talked about her friend Ashley and how she is so much fun and that we would get along great.  A few months ago Catherine posted that it was Ashley's wedding day, so I just posted a "congratulations, and have a wonderful day" (or something like that) to the couple after that one comment its been a wonderful Facebook friendship.  We have come to find out that we enjoy the same reality television shows, same celebrity gossip, and so much more.  We finally got to meet in person over the weekend because we both have the honor of being bridesmaids in Catherine and Scott's wedding and both had to have our fitting and see the dress and color in person.  Meeting Ashley was like going to school on the first day. You know its going to be fine, but still nervous. I mean would we really get along in real life?! 

Needless to say, the minute I saw her wearing a Top Gun T-Shirt and carrying her Louis Vuitton (two of my favorites, here and here) and knew it would be a great day and it was.  We had a wonderful G.D.O. at Fashion Valley mall eating lunch at CPK and window shopping...well we did spend some time in the Louis store.  

I am so happy we finally met in real life and look forward to the next encounter.  We were too busy gossiping and shopping that we only snapped this one photo, thanks to Catherine's awesome one arm camera skills.  ...Here is to a fantastic friendship from Facebook to Real Life...

Happy Birthday Steve!

Josh and I were lucky enough to be invited to one of our favorite places to celebrate on of our favorite person's Birthday.  Here goes the family tree, Steve is Josh's cousin Elissa's Fiance (that wasn't as bad as I thought) 

Anyways....

For Steve's birthday we went to Dodger Stadium to spend some time in the sun and watch baseball.  This was also Miss. K's first baseball game, so it made it that much more fun.  We ate Dodger dogs, drank some beer, got a little tan, and watched an amazing game. Dodgers were down 3-2, bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, tying run on 2nd, winning run on 1st. Tony Gwynn Jr. hits a single to right....first one scores and here comes the winning run!

Exciting right?! Ok you may not be a Dodger fan or care, but all in all we had a great time and looking forward to our next game.

Mama Mia

I got a surprise on Tuesday at work with my boss asking me what I was doing on Wednesday night.  I thought it was a trick question, so I just said work.  He proceeded to tell me that there was an extra ticket to go with Kristin and Megan to see the play Mama Mia.  I had no idea what I was getting into because the only knowledge I had of Mama Mia was the movie trailer and the signs in Las Vegas.

To my surprise, I really enjoyed it.  The music was fantastic (not an ABBA fan) and all the actors and actresses were amazing.  I am hoping to attend more plays in the future.

Dodgers season is in full swing

Hands down my favorite time of year is when its baseball season!  I L-O-V-E the Dodgers. I have been a fan ever since I was little. Josh on the other hand was a Padres fan...boo! I am proud to say that he has come to the winning team....DODGERS...and has become a fan of THINK BLUE! Thanks to Stub-Hub so far this season we have been to 6 home Dodgers baseball game.  We have had so much fun going and and getting are Dodgers Snuggies, T-shirts, and of course the famous Dodger Dogs! Here's to more games at Blue Heaven!

 :::Blue Heaven:::

 :::So proud of his backpack ice chest full of drinks, sunflower seeds, peanuts, and licorice:::

:::Throwback to Brooklyn Dodgers:::

The Mullet

My brother and I couldn't be more opposite if we tried.  He is loud, crazy, unpredictable and doesn't care what others think of him.  We all know back in the early 90s the Mullet was in style...business in front and party in the back.  Well the is the 2nd time for my brother Chris to grow a mullet.  The first time I think a friend told him to have one for his wedding (thank god he was just a guest and not in the wedding party) and now he wants to be Joe Dirt for Halloween. We have been watching the transformation...we were told it was only until Halloween, but he talked his fiancée into keeping it until January...oh my!

I have to say that it is historical to hear what people say and and the stares that he gets when he walks around.  He is so famous with it he even made it into Trans World Magazine from Anaheim Supercross.

Santa Cruz

We are up in Monterey visiting family, so we took a little drive up the coast to visit Santa Cruz. It was a mellow day, but the weather was beautiful! We had a nice little walk and some great food at the Dolphin Cafe.

:::Santa Cruz Boardwalk:::

:::Seagull:::

::Adorable Sea Lions. Made me miss my Maverick when I heard the speak:::

:::Us:::

Only my Charleigh...

My kids have been in his or her fair share of trouble, but nothing tops what Miss. Charleigh did last Friday.  I normally do not check my cell phone at work, but I finished patients early and for some reason decided to check my phone and I had 13 missed phone calls!  Right away my mind started racing, so I check my voice mail.  It is our neighbor, he has Charleigh.  

You may think okay, she just got out not a big deal.....nope!  Charleigh and Maverick thought that since it was rainy day and the ground was soft that they would dig a hole to the next door neighbor's yard.  

Now, not only did the two of them dig a hole, Charleigh decided that she would take a little adventure into the yard.  I guess she like the yard so much she wanted to check out the rest of the property.  So she let herself into their house by way of the doggy door. She made herself right at home with getting into their trash and spreading it all over.  Tore up some paper plates among other items.  I guess she was hungry so helped herself to the cat's and dog's food and when she was full decided to take a little nap.  And somewhere in this adventure had some fun with Sandy's (neighbor's dog) toys.

When the neighbor's got home and found her inside they freaked out a little...15 phone calls in 1 hour...after a 2 hour drive home to rescue my little trouble-maker we had a little chat about behavior and how she needs to stay on her own property. Charleigh went straight to her crate in the garage and fell asleep with her ear covering her eye to block out the garage light and slept for the next 3 hours...