We thought we were safe from TPing...

...because we live in a back house. Not true.

Free to a Good Home

We are getting rid of our trusty futon, does anyone want it? We've had it since we got married a year and a half ago and before that it belonged to my aunt and is in very good condition. It opens up to a double. Personally I think it's the most comfortable futon I've ever been on and yes, I had slept on it numerous occasions before it became ours. On the flip side, Scott hates it and thinks it's not comfortable at all. So come sit on it and tell us who is right, and then take it with you if you like it.Also, everyone knows how in love with this I am:
Scott got me the extended version for Christmas so we have our original copy that we don't need anymore. There is one BluRay disc and one DVD.

Welcome 2011

To welcome in 2011 we had a fondue party. Some of the world's funnest people were there, so we had an awesome time.

We started the evening off with some cheese fondue, which turned into a cheese experiment. I followed the directions perfectly but somehow the cheese was clumping instead of melting. Luckily we had Michael the culinary expert there who tried to help us out but it was almost beyond even him. We ended up putting it all in a blender to see if that would fix it. It was edible, but just barely.

If someone knows what I did wrong, please tell me. These sweet people all ate it anyway.

Of course we were rocking out to Rock Band 3 (which is really fun with the keyboard) all night.

Check out Kellie, the groupie.

Look at this teamwork from Ryan and Madison.

And how cute are these 2 twins? They will be married one week from today!

The chocolate fondue was next, which was as good as the cheese was bad. It was SUPER easy and delicious, for anyone who wants the recipe!

The highlight of the evening was when it was nearing midnight, and we got to witness the ball dropping, live! In our house!!

All in all, it was an awesome New Year's Eve and we're ready to take on 2011!

Christmas

We had a really great Christmas, we were able to spend it with lots of family and we got some really great presents. I would like to post all of them, but I don't know if you would enjoy that as much as I would. So here are a few highlights.

We got Despicable Me- complete with the little guys' goggles, which Scott loved.
Dustin (soon-to-be brother-in-law) got this disgusting giant gummy bear from his bride-to-be.

He took a bite out of it and then lost it. So if you see a giant green gummy bear running around, you know where to return it to.

It was a great Christmas and we can't wait for the new year!

Boutique This Weekend

All are invited! This Friday night and Saturday morning/afternoon in Cypress. There will be lots of talented people with crafts there. I'll be selling some of these:

I have generic ones with the temple or I can do custom prints with your wedding/family picture. See you there!

Adventures at Target

The other day Scott and I were at Target and he was trying on some clothes in the dressing room. I told him to come out and show me how it looked. That's when he discovered that when you shut the dressing room door, it doesn't open again. He tried to squeeze under but his head wouldn't even fit.Then he thought about just pushing over the cheap cardboard walls of the dressing room. Luckily we figured out that if he grabbed the handle from the inside and pushed, and if I grabbed from the outside and pulled, the thing would pop open.

Moral of the story: if you're at the Lakewood Target, don't go in the dressing room, especially if you're alone!

Gratitude

November is Thanksgiving Month so I am going to try to blog about some things I am thankful for. Since yesterday was election day I have been thinking about how grateful I am to be able to vote, and for the country we live in.

I know to some people voting doesn't even seem like a privilege, in fact some people don't vote at all because they figure their vote doesn't matter against the millions of other votes. But think about this- If all the people who don't vote did, would it change our elections? Every vote counts.

Our forefathers fought and died so that we could have a free country, and choose for ourselves who our leaders would be and what laws would govern us. And our foremothers fought for the right of us women to be able to do the same. I am so thankful for their courage and strength to do that for us.

So even if the person that I voted for doesn't win, or that proposition that I voted against passes, I am still grateful for the opportunity to make my voice heard, and for the wonderful country we live in.