The Good Life: October 2011

10.31.2011

Over The Weekend

Ok, so over the weekend, we FINALLY had the party that I have mentioned on the blog a few times. We had a wedding party for our friends Tiffany and Colby, but since it was Halloween weekend we added a theme. We had a "White Trash Bash" and it was probably the most hilarious sight I've ever seen. If you are ever looking for a fun theme, this is a MUST.

So without further ado, here is a picture overload!!!

(I apologize if this theme offends anybody. It was just a party)

The Lovely Decor!

The Happy Couple!!

There are no words...

Black Wranglers... a Must!

Kendall and Kendol

Bestest Friends!!
Ann-Hamilton, Mallory, Katie, Mary Kathryn and Myself

Ben and MK

Please notice the House Arrest Anklet

Broom Guitar

Dance Party!

..... and then the scrunchies came out
DEF should have sported that all night.

Other events of the weekend included:

~Crabcakes and Shrimp made by the Hubs on Friday night

~Babysitting Haysey Poo Saturday morning

~Some Hang Time with the Fam

~ A Fabulous MSU Victory

~McDonald's Hashbrowns

~A terrible Saints loss

~A terrible Fantasy loss

~A Glorious Nap

~Some ribs and homemade French Fries made by the Hubs

~Bridesmaids

~In bed by 9:30

I'm worn out jut re-capping!!

And here's to hoping we have some trick or treaters tonight... If not, it looks like I will be putting on some Holiday weight far before Thanksgiving and Christmas come along. Our area does this ~~stupid~~ Halloween event at the park, so nobody goes "real" Trick-or-Treating... So sad.. Way to ruin it for everybody!!

Source: windstarembroidery.com via Lindyn on Pinterest

10.28.2011

Fab Friday!

First of all, I am going to start this Friday out with a little Fill in the Blank sesh courtesy of Lauren at The Little Things we do!

1. When I was a kid I wanted to be a gymnast when I grew up.

2. As an adult, my dream job would be a wedding planner or interior designer.

3. W hen I was younger I wanted to be just like The Magnificent Seven Gymnastics Team!

And yes, of course, I had these folders and spirals of my girls!!

4. The childhood Halloween costume that I remember most was the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz!! It's amazing how many times that costume was worn for so many different reasons. My mom always hand-made our costumes so they were always awesome!

5. My favorite childhood toy was my original Nintendo, I guess (awesomeness... still to this day. I got rid of mine at some point, but my Aunt gave me her original Nintendo for Christmas 2 years ago. It's awesome)! We didn't really play with toys. We spent out days out roaming the streets, running around barefoot, riding bikes, and playing basketball, baseball, kickball and spotlight!! There was no time for silly toys ha.

6. The time I got into the biggest amount of trouble when I hmmmm we never really got in too much trouble. But one day, when we were planning our "Jazzy Reindeer" performance details we got on the roof of this little shed/barn thing. We thought it belonged to some of our guy friends house. Apparently... it belonged to their neighbors. They said we ripped the shingles off (which we most certainly did not do) and called the police... yes the police.. bc we sat on the shed... and we got off as soon as they told us to... We gathered all of the money that we had and took it to them to help "fix" their issue and they actually took it... from 10 year olds... every penney we had.... what terrible people they were.

I believe I'm still bitter.

What is "Jazzy Reindeer" you ask?? All of the gals (and boys) in our neighborhood got together and choreographed dances to all of the best Christmas songs and we put on a show for the folks in our neighborhood... Yes, we made them pay to watch us... Yes, we had snacks, hot chocolate and an intermission... Yes, we had Christmas "iron on" warm ups, outlined in puff paint... Yes, we had scrunchies and keds... And we used the money we raised to buy presents for 2 angels on the angel tree!!!

And yes, this is all on video!!! It's fantastic.

7. I get daily inspiration from pinterest, other bloggers and the people I encounter!!

Now on to Five Reasons why this Friday is FAB!!

1. Well, I started my day off with some Randy Travis, Diamond Rio and Deanna Carter on the way to work... ab-so-lute-ly can't beat that. A big THANKS to Prime Country on XM.

2. One of the ladies in our office brought Halloween decorated Sugar Cookies.... I had a Frankenstein!!

3. I'm jamming to some Christmas music in the cube!! (I hear the new Michael Buble Christmas album is legit... MUST download immediately)

4. Only one more day til the "White Trash Wedding Celebration" tomorrow night!! (engagement celebration with a dress up theme since it's Halloween weekend... yes, please!) Only downside, is my shirt (airbrushed) that I ordered is still not in...EEEEKKK... I ordered it on the 10th... Fingers crossed it comes in today! IT HAS TOOOO..

5. We now have a carved pumpkin at the house for the Halloween weekend.

The Hicks' Witch
The Collins' Paw Print
The Russell's Spider

And one to grow on...
6. I am officially signed up for the MS Warrior Dash!!! Can't freakin wait. I'm most excited about the complimentary viking helmet, of course.... Has anyone else ever done this??

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween weekend! I absolutely can't wait to see everyone shenanigans next week :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

10.27.2011

California Cutie

Hey Ya'll!!

So, today is a big day for The Good Life Blog.

I am having my very first blog swap today and what better person to be doing this with than my little California Cutie, Meg!! She is adorbs. Hope yall enjoy and go visit her blog Henning Love to read more about her and see my portion of the blog swap!!

Hey everyone! I'm Meg from henning love and happy to be blog swapping today with Callie. She is darling and makes me want to move to the South and be one of her best friends. She looks like she is always having fun! Plus she and her honey are just so cute together!

The idea for this post is to "interview" each other. Basically give each other the same 10 questions and we have to answer them. You get to know both of us a bit more, so check out Callie's questions over on my blog. So here I go!

1) What is one thing that gets you really excited or the most happy?
The one thing that makes me so happy is being at home with my husband and hanging out with our dogs. They are really family to us, so whether we are off on a family run together or being lazy and lounging around in our bed, yes our dogs too, that is what makes me so happy.

2) What is one dish or meal you want to learn how to make really really well?
I really really want to make a great Italian ragu, don't ask me why in particular. It just seems to be a staple of Italian cooking, it is low and slow cooking to allow the flavors of the ingredients to marry together very well.

3) What sports, if any, did you play in high school?
I played volleyball freshman year, then my arthritis that I had when I was first 3 years old returned so I couldn't play anymore. The arthritis could be another post in itself, but yes I did get diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when I was 3. Thank goodness I don't have many memories.

I did however allow myself to play softball and I have the greatest memories from playing softball.

4) If you could trade places with anyone for one day, who would it be and why?
I am a political science nerd so I would want to trade places with the Secretary of State just because I love diplomacy. Not a fan of Hillary Clinton, per say, just the position she currently holds. I want to influence our foreign policy, meet heads of state, and bring the world a bit closer together through diplomatic means. But if I wasn't a political science nerd, I would say well get back to me on that one :-)

5) What is a big pet peeve of yours?
One of the biggest pet peeves is when someone is routinely late and wastes my time. If you want to meet up with me at 12:30, please make sure it is 12:30. I will forgive you and I understand things come up. We both have busy lives and I want to make the most of my time with you so don't be late :-)

6) If I came to visit, what’s the one thing you would make sure we did and the one restaurant we MUST go to?
The one thing I would make you do when you came to visit me would be to ride cruiser bikes down in Newport Beach. It is one of my favorite activities.It is so relaxing and you can just ride around for an hour or more right next to the ocean. The one restaurant I would have to take you to is Wahoo's Fish Tacos too and pour some of that lovely Tapatio sauce on your fish tacos because I like my tacos spicy with an extra kick!

7) What is your favorite sport to watch and what teams (college and professional) do you follow?
My favorite sport to watch is either baseball or hockey. I just like them best and can follow them better than any other sports. The teams I follow are only because they are my husband's teams, the Padres and the Chargers. I didn't have any teams before we met that I followed regularly, but I knew 3 months after dating him, I would pretty much have to be a Padres and Chargers fan when I married into his family.

8) How did you and your husband meet?
Ok I actually have a post already written about this, I haven't posted it up yet but I will give you the brief story. The post later will fill in the details. We met at church, although we both went to the same university, Azusa Pacific University. I went to the post-college group at church on a Tuesday night all by myself, and I was praying that God would have some people ask me to sit with them. That happened and later in the service, Sean came to join the rest of the friends I was sitting with. We all chatted after the service but I didn't see Sean again at church until 3 months later. We saw each other in passing, said hi and I went home and later that day facebook-stalked him. Yes I did! We messaged each other for a bit, then I asked him out for coffee. We met on a Wednesday, the next day we both had another date lined up, we saw each other on Friday again, and the rest is now history!

9) Have you ever met anyone famous? If so, who’s your favorite that you’ve met, and who is the one person you would die to meet?
Ok meeting famous people here is my list, John O'Hurley, you know the boss in Seinfield and he hosts the game show, Family Feud.

I have also met, the former Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson.

Lastly, Lou Ferrigno, the original Incredible Hulk. Sorry for the poor photo quality.

10) What is your favorite movie of all times?
Oh this is a hard one, ok my all-time favorite movie is The Cutting Edge. Remember it, toe pick?? After that it would be Notting Hill, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, oh too many great ones.