Quick Getaway

Mahkala and I did a quick daytrip to San Francisco yesterday. We <3 S.F. I remember taking trips every year, if not multiple times, with my mom for shopping, sighseeing, etc. We did a little shopping at our favorite 7-story mall then met up with my sister, Sally, and niece, Emily. We went to the aquarium. It took us an hour to find each other and parking. This is why I'll never live in S.F., L.A., or N.Y. Fun cities to visit but not so fun to live in (my opinion). We had tons of fun and enjoyed seeing Sally & Emily. (no pics at the mall...we were too busy shopping!!!)

Snow Day

Not that I was the queen of posts over my three-week vacation, but I wanted to get one more post in before I head back to work :( I don't want vacation to end!!! I go back Monday. I know every holiday between now and the last day of school!! Here are some fun pics from our trip up to the snow. It was early waking up at 7 am, but it was a lot of fun and totally worth it.

Merry Christmas 2010

Christmas pic overload ahead*****

Overview-
Christmas Eve: Dinner at our house w/some of my siblings. Very yummy ham and we had a lot of fun. Christmas eve PJ's, movie, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" reading by Eric, go to sleep!!

Christmas AM: Kala yelling, "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!" at 6:58 am (she had been up since 4 am), opening tons of gifts, Kala saying, "I'm going to pee...I'm going to pee...I might throw up," as she opened her new Mac laptop from Santa, Santa brought Eric a new BBQ and tons of Steelers stuff, Santa brought me a cute new jacket and a new Coach purse! Breakfast-nap-rest--start again at 12 pm when Taylor came home...opened more gifts. Taylor loved her new Mac from Santa. Taylor also got an iHome, a Snuggie, and tons of band stuff. Kala got Uggs, a Snuggie, and gymnastics stuff. We opened all the gifts under the tree: DVDs, boots, Uggs, and sweats for me, Eric got a billion Steelers things (BBQ tools, beenies, shirts, jersies, etc), Taylor got more band stuff, movies, and Dr. Pepper from the dogs, Kala got a leotard, clothes, make up kit, and Root Beer from the dogs. Brownie and Soy Sauce got a bone and toy in their stocking (which was destroyed by dinner). There is a pic of Brownie cuddling his toy before he destroyed it.

Christmas Night-Went to dad's for more gifts. Taylor received a Kindle which she wanted, Kala got a bright purple beam which she LOVES (I'm sure I'll do some routines on it too!), and Eric and I received dinner for 2 at the Elderberry House in Oakhurst...a very nice restaurant. We are planning on using it for our anniversary and booking a room too (Oh la la).

We had a fabulous Christmas!! And yes Eric was still adding lights up until Christmas Eve.

THANK YOU, KRYSTA! (& some extra pics)

There are 4 of us (Sara, Jen, Krysta, & me) who have been BFF's since elementary school. We live in different places (well except Jen finally moved back to Fresno YAY). Sara is in NM and Krysta is in TX. We text and email each other quite often. This year Sara suggested we do a gift exchange; she drew names and away we went. I got Sara (no I'm not telling yet!), Krysta got me, Jen got Krysta, and Sara got Jen. Jen and I went shopping last week and it was so much fun!! Well yesterday there was a package on my porch. It was addressed to me. Eric said it wasn't something he bought, so I opened it. It was 3 beautiful apothecary jars from Sears. Cool!! But who from!?! Eric and I tried to figure it out over the phone, then I thought well maybe it was Krysta. She didn't tell me it was coming straight from the store, but I sent her a text anyway. She said it was from her. OOPS! We were supposed to wait until Christmas to open our gifts. It didn't say "Don't Open Until Christmas!" Eric just rolls his eyes at me. Either way, I LOVE my gift. I figured it was meant to be because I rearranged my entire table decor to highlight the new jars. This is just the start. I'm sure I'll change things up later. There are also some of my other decorations (my favorites). Notice how Soy Sauce and Brownie have to get in the picture any chance they can. *My pics are very blurry because I can't find the plug that connects my good camera to my computer and I hate driving down to Rite Aid to put pics on a cd. Items look much better in person!*

O' Christmas Tree

December is a busy month for everyone!! Here are some pics of the family picking out our tree. It was FREEZING and the tree selection wasn't the as abundant this year because our normal tree farm is in the process of switching owners. We still found a great 8-9 footer!

Woo-Hoo

As of 1:30 today, I AM FREE (for 23 whole days)!!!!!!!!

Christmas-Take 1

Well last weekend was the annual Champion Christmas Celebration. We went to Idylwild (spelling?). It's about 6 1/2 hours from here...LONG DRIVE! We had fun opening gifts, bonding with family, and checking out the town. We were hoping for snow, but the only snow we found was the patch Kala, Taylor, & Colton are standing on in the one of the pics.