Apple Pickin'

Neil and Monica (David's cousin and his wife) invited us to go up to apple country to get some yummy lunch at Apple Annie's and to get apple cider donuts. I planned to pick a bunch of apples to make homemade apple pie but apparently it's expensive to pick and buy apples yourself instead of just going to do store. Who would have thunk?! Being the cheapskate that I am, I opted out of picking them (plus it was COLD!!) and just went for the delicious donuts. They were crazy good. I never knew you could make so many things out of apple. It was a great fall activity and I plan on going back to actually pick some raspberries when it's the right season. And we saw real snow so there! In other news, it's been in the 80s all week and I could not be more thrilled about it! :)

I miss my mom A LOT. I'm used to spending every Thanksgiving with my family, going shopping with my mom and sister(s) and playing board games together. I'm used to seeing my mom every couple months when she'd drive down to Utah to see me and my sister. I'm very happy in California but I'm just missing my mom so much. I think the holiday season makes it worse but I wish I could live next door to my parents forever. And I wish Sebastian could grow up by his cousins. I sure love my mom!

Happy Gobble Gobble

I hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving and got nice and fat. We had our big turkeyfest last night instead of on actual Thanksgiving. We went to Knott's Berry Farm and enjoyed funnel cake on Turkey day instead. Trust me, funnel cake does NOT taste like turkey and gravy!! I have to admit I was a little sad to miss the turkey and all the trimmings on the actual day but it was still fun. This was the first year we didn't spend it with my side of the family too so I was pretty bummed, but I had a great day anyhow. I'm most excited for the fact that Sebastian got to sit on Santa's lap and get some AWESOME pictures at Knott's. He's just getting so cute and HUGE. I can't believe my little baby is already over 6 months old. That can't be right can it??
We also braved the Black Friday lines and ended up waiting at Target at 10pm to get some shopping done. I went for the entertainment value but was gravely disappointed at how calm it was. I wanted at least one person to fight for an item or hit someone with their cart. I left completely disappointed, but did up with a few cheap DVDs. Yes, I waited 2 hours for DVDs. The next day, I saw on the news the lady using pepper spray at Walmart to get to the items she wanted and was SOOOO mad that we didnt got to Walley World instead. I know where I'm headed next year for my entertainment. We're putting the old Christmas tree up tonight and I couldn't be more excited. Bring on the happiest time of the year! I hope Christ stays in your heart all year long.

P.S. Just so everyone is aware, Christmas trees are meant to be hunted for not pulled out of a box, fake, and set up pre-lit. I need to get my own place because this is COMPLETELY unacceptable. Where is the wonderful smell of pine and peppermint? I miss home.

Gettin' our Getty on

David had to go to a museum for one of his nerdy Art History classes, so Sebastian and I tagged along when he went to the Getty in LA. I'm usually not musH for art museums but I surprisingly had an AWESOME time. The museum was huge and it was just fun to get out of the house and see some crazy expensive works of art. David, of course, was nerdying it up with all his Art history talk and knowing EVERYTHING about every piece (practically). If you're ever in LA, you should check it out. It will not disappoint.

Disneyland!!

David and I took the Chinese girls to Disneyland on Friday. It was the bomb-diggity once again. We hadn't been in 3 years so it was fun to take in the Disney spirit again. I always forget how magical it is there. It was raining pretty hard on us but it was the best because that meant the lines were so short. We only had to wait 10 minutes for Space Mountain AND Indiana Jones--unheard of! Luckily, it stopped raining after lunch and we got to enjoy the rest of the day without herds and herds of people. I tell you what though, I've gotten so soft living here. It was like 55-60 degrees and I have FREEZING to death. I don't know how I dealt with snow all those years. I miss summer so badly. Winter is so overrated.

Happy Halloween

Happy Haunting for the few bloggers still reading my boring blog. We had a GREAT halloween and went to a really fun party on Saturday night. It's always a blast getting into the spirit of things and dressing up. The last two years our costumes have been the bomb-diggity, if I don't say so myself. This year was not quite up to my usual standards but I did sew them myself (for the most part) so I still feel as cool. It's always interesting when people ask me what I do for a living now and I say that I sew competitive swimsuits. But I LOVE it and is has greatly improved my other sewing skills. For my costume, I had to sew my first shirt and now I shall be attempting some other projects that I've had in mind the last couple years but was too scared to try. Let me just say, the only reason I'm sewing at all is because I have the RIGHT equipment. You may think you're cool and all because you have a domestic sewing machine like a chump. I used to think that too because I have, what I like to call, a "civilian" machine and a serger as well. However, now I have access to the real deal--6 commercial machines that kick your domestic machine's butts. The difference between the machines is unreal. It's like the difference between Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and the Walmart nasty cheese brand. YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE. Anyhow, that's enough nerdy sewing talk. Here are some pics because that's all you want anyways.