Oh so YUMMY!

I am making my favorite cookies! I love peanut butter cookies and love snickers so when I found this recipe I had to try them last year and they have become one of my favorite cookies ever! They are best right out of the oven!
Here is where you can find the recipe if you are interested.
http://ahafermann.typepad.com/my_thoughts_exactly_well_/2006/10/index.html
So I mentioned that peanut butter cookies are my favorite, so I also made these ones with Kisses in them!
I have also been making sugar cookies and starting on rice crispy treats!

Last weekend dh had his work party at the Newport Beach Harbor. We watched the boat parade and joined in at the end and cruised the harbor. It was a lot of fun and so much better than sitting down at a restaurant. We even got a $100 gift card to Morton's Steakhouse! We have heard how yummy it is and have never been so now we are going to have to try it! Here is a picture of just one of the many yacht's that cruised by decorated with lights!


Back to baking!

Bad Blogger!

Lately I have been such a bad blogger! Things have been super busy around here so I guess that is part of the reason! Our Thanksgiving was great! It seems like it was so long ago. Unfortunalty my sil's 20 yr old cousin died the day after Thanksgiving. We had gone away for the weekend and didn't find out until we came home. He was trying to catch up to a friend who had made it through a light and was speeding, lost control of the car and went down the side of the road. His brother the passenger flew out the window and survived. I right away started making a scrapbook with my sil of her cousin who past away and we finished last Saturday. She had it out at the viewing last weekend. Today is the funeral. They have been waiting for the brother to get out of the hospital.
On to happier things! We are pregnant!!! I am now 14 weeks but last SUnday after we got back from the viewing and eating at BJ's I decided I should take my picture. I am feeling very bloated here! I am 13weeks and 3 days in this picture.

Thursday night we went to pick out a tree! We have always gotten a Noble Fir however Joe growing up always got a DOuglas Fir. I personally think they look like a bush! So when we first got married he said every other year he gets his tree. Well the last 3 years I have won! This year we decided to get something different. We picked out a Grand Fir. Made him happy because it's similar to a Douglas but much prettier! So here is our Grand tree we decorated last night!

Ok I am off to clean up and then go Christmas shopping!!!

GRASS!

Finally after about six months we have grass! It's so weird to look outside and see it all green! I am so happy it's done! My dad, brother and father in law all helped Joe and were finished in no time! SO glad they came to help!

A new lo

This is one of my favorites from the crop on Saturday. I love the picture of my family at the luau in Maui!


My haircut turned out really cute! Danielle did a great job! But of course I haven't taken a picture yet! Hopefully this weekend.

I am so glad it's Friday tomorrow! It was a short work week but I had report cards due today. All week I have been working on them and testing the kids at school. SO glad that's all done. Now it's conference time! But no kids next week so that will be kinda nice! We have a busy weekend ahead. A craft show tomorrow with a friend. Saturday we are FINALLY putting in grass in the front yard, I'm sure the neighbors will be happy too! Also Saturday we are going to my SIL PAtty's 30th birthday party. Sunday I may start some Christmas shopping! Can't wait for the holidays! Love this time of year!

Finally...

some new los! Last Sunday at 8 o'clock I decided I wanted to scrap so I put together this lo in about 20 minutes total! It's a very simple page but with guy pages I have a hard time embellishing! These are pictures from this summer when the guys went away for my brother Eric's bachelor weekend. They went fishing and dirt bike riding all weekend in Mammoth mountains. So here it is.


Last night my friend Michelle invited me to join her crop with her design team at Table Scrapz. I got so many pages done! I am so glad she invited me! It was a little tough because it seems like forever since I have done some decent pages. Here is one of the ones that I finished there. Again because it's a guy lo I am not sure about it.

I am glad we took this picture of all them together since Joe was not in the wedding it's the only one of him with the guys. The picture did not turn out that good though. FOr some reason the setting on my camera got changed and many of my Hawaii pictures look foggy or something! I have since fixed it!
More los to come soon!

I am off work tomorrow for Veteran's Day! I am so happy! But I have report cards to work on instead. But I am also getting a color and cut tomorrow! I am going to my brother's girlfriend Danielle for the first time. SHe has been bugging me to try her out so I will see what she does tomorrow!

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!

Ready to go!

Last week Joe found this great buy online. He called me numerous times at work on Thursday and asked if we could go see it. Well we did and we liked it but left without making an offer. Friday we called back and made a deal! We picked it up on Monday and it is now in our driveway. Not for long though, it's too big to leave there. We are going to have it detailed inside and out because it was dirty but such a great deal we couldn't pass it up. We were looking for a small 20 foot trailer and this one is 30 feet. But it was the same price as a smaller one. This is not the best picture but will do. I'll take another when it's nice and shiny! Joe has been outside late every night playing with his new toy!

It's been almost one month!

Yikes! I can't believe how long since my last post! I have neglected my blog! Things have been just too crazy around here! It seems like we always have something to do! About 3 weeks ago my mom had a party for my brother Eric and his new wife, Nicole. It turned out really good. I didn't take many (if anY) pictures because it was so busy. There were almost 100 people at my parent's house! It was lots of fun. My cousin and her husband flew in from Oregon and stayed here with us for the weekend. It was so good to see them after about 6 years, and Joe finally got to meet them.
Then 2 weeks ago we celebrated my MIL's 50th! We went to a Brazilan restuarant where they bring out tons of different meat to your table, it was so good! We ate way too much though!
Last weekend we celebrated my's dad's birthday! He turned 55 this year, he was not too happy about that! He even called in sick on his b-day! We took him out last weekend to the Yardhouse and then went to the Improv comedy club! It was a great show, we saw John Witherspoon!!
This weekend we made an offer on a toy hauler trailer and hopefully we can pick it up tomorrow! We are excited to finally have our own.
I have not had much time to scrap but did get this one done one night when Joe had to work.

On a sad note one week ago today our beloved family friend, Pat passed away. She was my dad's best friend's mother. She has been like a grandma to my brothers and I growing up! She was the sweetest lady and always talked to anyone she met! We will miss her dearly and I am so thankful that she was able to be at the party at my parent's house just a few weeks ago!

The wedding day

The wedding day was a little hectic but that's normal, right? Joe went with all the guys to do some snorneling. My brother Eric, the groom, told me that they forgot the flower girl baskets and the ring bearer pillow so my sister in law, PAtty, and I went to get some. We found a bridal shop and bought a pillow there for $45!! We thought we'd got to Wal-Mart and get baskets. Well silly me didn't think ahead. Of course they had a pillow for $11 but the first one was not returnable! oops! But we did find two cheap baskets. My other brothers gf, Danielle was going to do my mom's hair but ended up doing all the bridesmaid, the bride and the mother of the bride so Patty did my mom's hair and make-up. She also did my hair. We arrived at the hotel at 3:30 and hung out in a beatiful suite with my brother and took some pictures.

It was very cloudy the day of the wedding. Right before the cermony the sun peeked out. My brother did not seem nervous but when my mom and I started to tear up right before he walked me down the aisle he teared up too! I ws really happy when he told me that he was walking me down the aisle.

The ceremony was beautiful. My brother cried when he saw Nicole and a few times during the ceremony he did. The bride's uncle did the service, it was short but very nice.


The reception was outside. It was a gorgeous location and the food was awesome! Best wedding food I have had in a long time!


We had a great time!

The next day Joe and I went for a drive. This picture is looking down on the part of the island where we stayed. It doesn't look like it but we are pretty high up.


That night we went to a luau with my family and some of my brother's friends. It was a great luau and the food was great. The one we went to on our honeymoon was not as good.

Home Sweet Home

We made it home safely late last night! I am still trying to adjust to the time difference! Our trip was awesome and my brother's wedding was beautiful! I took so many great pictures, about 400!!! I will start with day 1.


We got to Maui a little late, as LAX was jammed with planes trying to leave. We were greeted with fresh leis, didn't get that last time. So when we arrived in Maui we headed straight for McDonalds. We got two mini biscuit crackers on the plane so we were hungry! Then we did some shopping at Wal-Mart for the condo. We got to the condo with just enough time to change and head to the rehearsal. It was short and sweet! Next we headed to Bada Bing, an italian restaurant. My brother got lost so we waited an hour or more before ordering dinner. Everyone was hungry and tired from traveling. But we still had a great time!

Day 2
We decided to go for a little drive to the other side of Maui. We found this really cool beach, it was called DT fleming beach park.

Joe has actually seen it on the Travel channel. It was really beautiful there. We decided to drive back to Kaanapali beach though and hang out there for the day. I didn't get pictures there but it's voted as one of the best beaches of Maui. We got in the water and enjoyed our day in the sun! We headed back in the afternoon to our condo. We got cleaned up and went to a restuarant called Cheeseburgers Island Style. They have the best cheeseburgers!! We actually went there on our honeymoon and had to go back! It was in a mall so we did a little window shopping!!

Our condo was amazing! We only saw a few small pictures but I highly recommend it if you are going to Maui!!

This is the view from the lobby area, the pool is what you see below.

This is the view from our patio looking to the left.

I'll be back with the wedding pictures!

Happy Blog anniversary to me!

It has been one year since I started blogging! I can't believe how much I have enjoyed it!

The first day of school...

is tomorrow! Last week I met some of my new students at our Good Start. They are all very cute and so little! SOme are still 4 years old! Our numbers are a little low still so hopefully they will trickle in. SO my room is ready and I just need to pick out something to wear! I had gotten a new outfit but it's been so hot that I think what I got will be too hot to wear.
Last week was spent in my classroom, however on Monday I treated myself to my massage! It was at Burke Williams, it was heaven! The atmosphere inside is so relaxing and quiet! There were three lounges to chose from to relax and wait for your appointments in! I got there early enough to enjoy the hot tub in the womens spa area! That was great!! I tried a misting room but that was not my favorite! I got a birthday bath, which was a milk bath with some kind of orange herb added in. Very relaxing! Then afterwards I had my massage, it was great! I stayed after and enjoyed the hot tub and took a nice shower and took my time getting ready to leave. It was a lot of fun, but next time it would be fun to go with a friend or two!!
Today I didn't have to go into work, no meetings today. It was a day to work in your room but since mine was ready I stayed home! It was nice to sleep in and lounge around. I got lots of laundry done and Joe came home early so we went to the $1.50 theater and saw Knocked UP. We couldn't find anything else out that we wanted to see so we checked an old one. It was so funny, we laughed the whole time. Not bad for $3.00!
I haven't done much scrappin lately but I did do my September calendar page finally!! I still need to do the rest of the year, so bad I know!!! I used some super old Micheals pack paper for this page but I think it's fine. I used a picture of us in Hawaii since we are going in Sept.

Have a great of the week! Thanks for stopping by!

Back to work!

I am so sad to report that I must go back to work tomorrow!!! :( Only the Kindergarten team must report back this week. We have a Kindergarten Good Start this Thursday and Friday, it's where the students come with their parents to kinda get used to school.
Tomorrow after I am done at school I am off to get my first massage!!! My brother and his gf gave me a gift certificate for my birthday. I am excited to see what it's like!
I have been scrapping a lot this past week, trying to get as much done before school starts! I am only posting one lo that I finished today using the new pencil lines sketch that was posted today! Saw it and loved it right away! I wasn't too sure about it but have gotten lots of comments to leave it as is.

The title I found in my "Ultimate guide to the Perfect Word" book, as soon as I saw it none of the others sounded good, so I went with it! We are not too cuddly in this picture but enough for me! :)
Have a great week!

Is this thing on?

My blog is driving my crazy! I posted a quick entry yesterday and it doesn't seem to be on my blog!! I don't know where it is!! Maybe you can see it but I can't! Hope this works! Last night I worked on lots of scrappy things! I worked on a baby book for my cousin, a book for my brother and his fiance and I did a page for me!!! This page is for Michelle's ABC challenge. We are working on the letters G,H, and I. G-for glitter, I used glitter letters and hearts, H-hearts, I'm sure you can find those, and I-for ink, I inked around all the edges, I need to remember to use my inks more often! I love how this turned out, I think the pps are perfect for my pictures. I have been holding off using this pp for months, I wasn't sure how I should use it but I am happy with my results!

Time flies when your having fun!

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted!! I have been enjoying my last few weeks of summer! I am so sad that there is only really one week left of freedom for me. The last few weeks I have done some shopping. I have gotten some work clothes, Hawaii clothes and shoes! This is the dress that I found at Nordstroms for my brother's wedding!

I had found another one that was $260 that I loved but was not willing to spend that much on a dress I will probably only wear once, so at $50 this was a bargain!

I also went to my favorite store H&M yesterday with my friend Holly. She lives in Kansas now so I had to introduce her to H&M. She went crazy! I only bought 2 skirts, a top and these super cute shoes!! But I was also there last week too! :) I love flats for work!

Last week I got a few lo's done for a few challenges at scrapbook.com





This last Monday we got to go to Universal Studios Hollywood! I have been wanting to take Joe there for years, he had never been! We had a lot of fun! The weather was perfect!! Here we are waiting for the Waterworld show to start, which is a great show! Oh we had also just been on Jurassic Park and gotten really wet, please excuse the messy hair! :)



Lastly today my mom and I met my brother for lunch at Cisco's Burgers in Long Beach(owned by Jesse James). It's next door to West Coast CHopppers, where my youngest brother works! And I did see Jesse James, my brother's boss! My brother was embarassed by my mom and I acting silly so we just got to smile at him. But I thought it was pretty cool to be in the same place eating lunch at the same time as Jesse James! My brother then took us a tour of both buildings and showed us all the cars and motorcycles they are working on there. It's pretty cool, I know Joe would have appreciated the cars more than me though!

That's all for now! Have a great weekend!

Summer is going too fast!!

Gosh I can't believe how fast summer is going! It's almost August!

Monday for my b-day Joe wanted to go to the fair. A friend online told me that it's closed on Mondays. We were bummed so we decided to go to an Angels game!! Love to watch baseball, so we left early, so we thought! And they were pretty much sold out! They only had single seats left and that would not have been fun! this is as far as we got...

So we ended up at Sam's club instead! Joe and his brother had fun! They always act like big kids when they are togehter!


On Tuesday we made it to the fair! We had lots of yummy food!! My favorite was the funnel cake with fresh strawberries and whip cream!! Yummy!!

At one entrance they had this awesome sand castle display! It's pretty cool looking and there is so much detail to look at!

Last night I did a quick lo of Joe's birthday. Didn't get too many pictures that day.

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Friday!

Happy Birthday to me!

Yes today is the day that I turn the big 3-0!! Yikes that is scarey to say! I always thought people 30 were old when I was younger, but now I'm there!! We had a party yesterday with some friends and family! It turned out great!! I am sharing a few pictures!
Joe wanted to get balloons and when he came home he brought me a necklace!

My mom brought the cake, I have always loved sunflowers!

Of course I got some scrapbooking ribbons too! My mom got these for me! Now I know why she told me not to get any at Michaels the other day!!


After everyone left Joe was sad he didn't bring out my gift and could not wait till today! So he gave it to me! I love it!!! He did good!!!

And a few pictures with my great friends!!! Thanks for sharing my special day with me girls!

Michelle

Holly

Amy

We did it!

We finished the backyard! We will still need to take down the patio cover and put up a new one in a different spot but at another time. For now the yard is ready for our party!! Last night Joe thought he would not make it and was worried about leaving the sod sit for another day but it actually went in really fast. I was on watering duty today, 6am,11am and 2pm! Had to get up early to water!

It's been so long since I have seen green grass back there!! Love it!

We did a lot of cleaning up today, and putting things away! Feels so good to be done back there! Just have to do the front yard next. I got the tables all cleaned up and ready to go for the party! This is our new patio set that my parents got us for our birthdays and anniversary gift! Love it! Thanks mom and dad!

I even had some time earlier today to get a pedicure and do a lo! This lo is for Scrappers 4 life CG. We had to make a lo that could open to have something hidden underneath, if that makes sense. I had trouble with the underneath part. I didn't want to make the photo to small and because of the heart I had to angle the picture.



So lucky to have this guy in my life!

And one more lo I did earlier this week, for Carribean girl's Let's play with a twist challenge. You had to 3 three beach pictures and it had to include the name of the beach. These pictures were from our trip to Monterey.


Have a super weekend!