christmas photos...

olive penguins
my sweet neice avadave and another sweet neice lilly
miss ava
my handsome brother Gary
tara my beautiful cousin
looking like a rockstar...cousin dylan

it's cleaning time...our house and the blog...more changes to come...having fun playing! photos are of family on both sides...mine and dave's. love them all...including the cutie pie little penguin olives my sweet sis-in-law, mindi made! xoxo

more photos of my side of the family over on my mom's blog...xoxo

whirlwind...

of a christmas...traveling to the homes of all our favorite family and friends. Made about 20 of these little snow globes. Got the idea from this over at twopeasinabucket. They were fun and fast! Have some other photos to share later...off to the Huntington Library today...love that place! xoxo

back in a flash...

just wanted to let you know a blogeroo update will be coming shortly...haven't fallen off the face of the earth just busy with the holidays and work. Hope you all had a great Christmas...er...holiday...or whatever you celebrate. xoxo

good stuff...

hope you are all well! me? a busy bee...just a few cool things I love that I wanted to share with you...

one of my favorite photographers...who happens to live in our area...

and as if I didn't have enough things to dabble in...i really want to learn to knit or crochet thanks to this cool piece...

and love all the fun inspiration on this blog...love her fabric...

and can't get enough of this CD...cause of seeing this!

Have a good week! xoxo

it's beginning to look...

a lot like Christmas around here...just wish things would slow down enough for me to be able to enjoy it! Hope you're having fun decorating your place for Santa to come too! xoxo

yeah...

blogger is finally being nice to me...will post a message tonight after work. Hope you are all well and getting ready for the holidays! We are! xoxo

viva las vegas...

after having a great time at the Henkel's house for Thanksgiving, we drove to Vegas to spend the weekend. LOVE was definitely the highlight of the weekend. Loved every single moment of it and wish I could've stayed for the next show...it was soooooo good...worth every penny! Loved the colors, props, costumes, dancing, tricks and even the chairs you sit in. Can you tell I really liked it? You can see the trailer HERE. Hope you get a chance to go the next time you visit Vegas. xoxo

thanksgiving and birthday fun...

with my sweet nieces Lilly and Ava! Celebrated Lilly's 4th birthday too! Love those girls! Lots to be thankful for this year! xoxo

please stand by...

for a break in the blogeroo broadcast system as the operator has had many late nights working. update coming soon...i hope! xoxo

happy turkey time...

hope you have a great weekend filled with family, friends and yummy food! Dave and I have some fun plans...will post an update on that later! xoxo

under the sea...

Really enjoyed the aquarium of the pacific with dave yesterday! The jellyfish were beautiful. It's amazing that something so poisonous can be so pretty. Can't wait to go back! Happy Turkey week! Yeah! It's a short work week! xoxo

a few good laughs...

with jane small and her first adventure at work. Suzie, Janessa and Christina loved meeting her! She will definitely have to visit there again! xoxo

the "loot".

such a fun day today with my hubby today. Was nice since he hasn't been home 2 weekends in a row...and was gone since Thursday and came home last night. We went to the Carson Rubber Stamp show. It's one of my favorites...can't wait to go next year and take my mom! One of the booth ladies handed me my bag and said, "enjoy your loot!" I will be sure to do just that! That was the same booth that I bought the "smalls". A while ago I ran across this...and thought it was really fun...thought we would do the same thing. Then we took the scenic route home. Wonder where the "smalls" will go next weekend! xoxo

la la la...singing a little tune...

just found these musicians and think I have some new favorites. Hope you likey too! Can never get enough of i-tunes...love that place! xoxo

#1-Nina Gordon-love her website AND her music
#2-G.Love-great new album on i-tunes
#3-Psapp-another fun website and music too!
#4-The Pinker Tones...wiggle in your seat music-love Sonido Total
#5-Alexi Murdoch-love his voice
#6-Hellogoodbye-good stuff
#7-M. Ward-I can see this one would be one I would play over and over again
#8-The Hush Sound-Love the female singers voice...like an angel

Boy...really shows that I like a variety of music! Let me know your favorites or who I should check out! xoxo

happy halloween...

hope you have lots of treats and no tricks today! xoxo

one of my favorite...

stores of all time...love Paper Source and was so excited to hear they were opening one only 45 min. from me instead of 2 hours. Guess who was the lucky first customer to walk in door today for the grand opening at the new Paper Source in Costa Mesa? Coulda spend the whole day there...and lots more $...but tried to refrain. Totally inspired to create something every day! xoxo

my poor neighbors...

are probably tired of me playing this new song over and over again...can't wait till December when the new album is out. xoxo

Marie Antoinette...

has anyone seen this movie? If so, what did you think? Debating about catching a movie this weekend and really want to see Nightmare in 3D (one of my favorites is the original) and may see this Marie Antoinette one too...we'll see...just wanted your opinion. Thanks! xoxo

disney...

went to Disneyland and California Adventure...who would've known that it would be so crowded. yikes! Oh well...was fun anyway. Love all the punkins, halloween decorations and pirates...arrgg....! xoxo

unexpected treat...

from a co-worker...love that...such a sweet little arrangement! Love the people that I work with...so thoughtful! Can't wait to see that one tall posie bloom! xoxo

good book...

love those kind of books that you can't put down...P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern was one of them. Just found out that there will be a movie based on this book soon too! oxox

new album...

finally bought a new album...my old one was busting at the seams. Love these scrapworks albums with 3 rings...so much easier than the others. Now if someone would design a 12 X 12 album that would house all my pages that have goodies that extend over the page...just a bigger page protector would work...end up cutting all mine open to fit the pages...oh well...maybe someday. so now on to my next project...organizing all my magazine clippings that I've saved for years...bound and determined to get more organized. xoxo

palm springs...

just a few photos from last weeks palm springs trip. We have been going for a mini vacation there for over 10 years for my birthday and always look forward to it! Soaking up the sun and relaxing with our friends...what could be better? Kinda felt out of place when we went downtown and there was a motorcyle rally going on...so many lights and leather! What a combination! This year we decided to check out the Living Desert and we were pleasantly surprised. Loved the giraffes and the model train exhibit! Off to celebrate my mom-in-laws birthday today! Hope you all have a great weekend! xoxo