Bachelorette Party!!!

Can I just say ... I LOVE MY MOMMY! She planned the most amazing Spa Day for our Bachelorette Party! First she treated ever guest to a 30 minute treatment ... and me an hour... than fed us all day long the yummiest food! Breakfast: scones, fresh fruit, creme brule french toast, yummy egg dish; Lunch: chicken salad sandwiches, guacamole dip and chips, veggies.... and MUCH MUCH MORE... and for desert yummy strawberry short cake :) oh and don't forget my strawberry Mojito YUMMM!!!

I relaxed... chatted.. sunbathed and enjoyed every moment with my favorite girlies... added bonus Miss Keilana came along to chill with us! She was an angel as always :)

some fun pictures from the day :)



My BFF and Maid of Honor Weff!



My Silly Outfit! LOVE IT!



All my goodies! even fancy pins for Steph & I




How Beautiful and Relaxing!



Ta Da!!



Say Wooo Hoooo!! :)



Future Sister in Law :) Laura & I



Cuz Tay and ME



Cuz Heather and I



Ashlee :) What a babe!



Oh No! My Veil! LOL!!!!! :)



Lindsay my office buddy!



Keilana & Kristi and Me!!! Aren't they adorable :)



Sarongs & Gift Bags with Goodies! Thanks Mom!

Special Thanks to Jennifer Lew who mad the yummy scones, Aunt Amy for the dip and Lisa who did the treatments AMAZING!!!

Disneyland TIME!!!!

What an amazing time we had!!! I arrived bright and early for a full day of FUN! Here we are takin the bus to the park 8:00 AM SHARP!! The weather was AMAZING not too hot and a nice cool breeze and clouds :)

Goal for the day: Hit the fun rides EARLY before the crowds and we met our GOAL!!! Space Mountain.. FIRST THING!




Then we ran over to the other side.. got on Pirates :) So fun!!



Since California Adventures doesn't open till 10:00 we went straight over there next! Hit Soarin over California First! Ahhh I love that ride!! LOVE My Aunt Bonnie!! XOXO



These girls and I had SOOOO MUCH FUN!! Goofing OFF!





We got to go on the water ride later and then we had some lunch and headed back to the hotel for nap time! We were pretty exhausted!! Maddie and I Post Nap :) Ready for some more FUN!!!



SCARRY RIDE!!! Doesn't look to scary but let me tell you Its frightening! You feel like your going to just fly off !! EEEEEEEK We were screaming so loud and Aunt Bonnie and I kept looking at each other like we thought we were going to die!!!




Jim and his girls!! :)



Minnie and ME!!

Cutie Pie!



We closed this place down!!! We met some of their friends later for some yummy mexican food than went back over to the Disneyland side to see fireworks and hit more rides! But whew I was sure exhausted by the time I got home..... But TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! and it was Aunt Bonnies Birthday that next Friday so we celebrated! Happy Birthday Aunt Bonnie! I will miss you guys!!!

First Photography Session with Keilana

Brian's Birthday, Family Time & Beach Day!!!

The day started out just LOVELY! I got a massage in downtown and when we got home Brian Jeff and I headed out to Thousand Oaks for a Birthday Dinner/Lunch.. YUmmm we had a BBQ and ate on the patio! Look how nice the table looked! My parents came over later for some desert and to hang out!

Awe such hansome guys!



Then on Sunday we decided to take a trip down to Newport for some Beach Time!

Brian met us and we ended up having such a great time! It wasn't quite as sunny as I had hoped but either way we got some much needed sun.... well sort of .... I wore SPF 30 LOL!!

These two braved the cold water and went for a swim WOWEY!!!



Then what could be better to finish off a great day than a visit to see Kristi & Paul!! I held this little one for 2 hours :) She is such a cuddle bug ! Jeff even held her for the first time! He was a natural! ooooooh and while we were there we had an EARTHQUAKE 4.8 !!! It was a pretty big one too! SHOOK for awhile..... WHEW!

Northern California Road Trip!

We are so lucky to have the chance to take a trip up North to a few cities that are close to our hearts. Sarah was getting married May 9th so we decided to take the trip up to celebrate with her! All the festivities were in Santa Rosa area. Jeff , Brian and myself thought it would be fun to stay in San Francisco to keep things exciting! Not to mention I had a few wedding items to take care of while we were there. We left early Friday morning and arrived at around noon! We walked around the city to kill some time before we could check into our hotel. Which I surprisingly LOVED! It was the Prescott Hotel on Post only 2 blocks from Union Square.

1st wedding item on the agenda for me was my make-up and hair trial for the wedding. I was a little nervious since it was a big commitment to trust someone with your face and look on your wedding day, but I choose correctly! Lavish salon in San Francisco was a perfect match! She did such a lovely job I can't wait for everyone to see how it will turn out on the big day! Next we got ready to head out to Cattlemens in Petaluma for a lovely Rhearsal Dinner!

View of the Golden Gate Bridge...

The Boys all dressed up!

Our Lovely Hotel!

Day 2 was a busy one.... First we wanted to get up pretty early and get some breakfast at one our our favorite restaurants.... but much to our surprise they didn't open until 11:30 :( so we decided to walk down to the Embarcadero Pier 30 and enjoy the gorgeous weather and grab a snack so we still would be hungry for Fog City Diner when they opened later. So next we were off to our meeting with the florist.... it was right down the street from Fog City Diner, everything went smoothly and we again were really excited with our choice of vendors, I think she will be able to portray our style amazingly. So after were were done there we drove back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding that was at 3pm, so that we would have time to grab some lunch at Fog City Diner before we headed out. It worked out perfectly, food was even better than I imagined we chowed down then headed out to Petaluma again.....

The wedding took place in the smallest cutest oldest Church I have ever seen! I never knew Petaluma was such a quaint town.

Here are some pics from the wedding...

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Jeff and I stepped away and took a walk around the neighborhood to enjoy some of the old homes. Living in South Pasadena has given me a new appreciation for homes built in the early 1900's. This one was my favorite from the walk! The pictures do not do i justice... it is HUGE!

Day 3 .... Happy Mothers Day! and Napa here we come! we thought yesterday was a full day, but turns out Day 3 was the busiest. We started our day bright and early by driving out to Napa for brunch with the family for Mothers Day! Luckily we didn't have to wait too long to be seated and good ole' Gillwoods hit the spot.

The next stop was a drive up highway29 to check out some Rehearsal Dinner spotts ....

We made a quick stop at Sullivan Vineyards to check out our ceremony site again! It was amazingly gorgeous!

This is where we will say "I Do..."

We ended up also swining by Go Fish to get a better look at the reception site... Which was perfect.. .then we went to Pizzeria Travigne... which is where I think we will probably end up doing the rehearsal dinner. They have an adorable patio that is just what were were thinking! Finally we spent some time walking around Main Street! Oh it brought back so many memories... we even stopped into my engagement rings first home Patina.... and found some wedding bands that match perfectly... now I just need to be patient :) We also had some food at Market and visited with friends before we drove back to reality! But what a nice end to a fun filled weekend! :)