Christmas Time is Here ...

Danny and I went on a Disneyland date tonight and got into the Christmas spirit early. We had dinner at King Fish in Orange, and then drove down to Disneyland to ride some rides, take some pictures, get some hot coco and watch the firework show. It was the perfect weekday date!

Disneyland looks so beautiful at Christmas time! When you walk in you're greeted with these beautiful decorations!

I LOVE the castle at Christmas time!

We thought it would be fun to go visit the reindeer, so off we went ....

Dancer is my favorite!

But Dasher comes in at a close second!

Everywhere we went was covered in lights and garlands and wreaths! It was too pretty!

After walking around enjoying the lights and riding rides with NO LINES we were off to get some hot chocolate to warm up and watch the fireworks!

The firework show is crazy!

After the fireworks it SNOWS!!

If you don't have a Dland pass I suggest you get one ASAP! No one does Christmas like Disneyland!

Beard-day Bash!

It was our friend Joey's birthday the other day and we decided to throw him a birthday party! Joey has had the most amazing beard ever since I can remember, so we decided to make it a Beard-Day instead of a Birth-Day! I made a bunch of beards for those who didn't have one of their own, and Danny and I came up with some fun beard themed games! Our friend Erika provided food and the location, and Joey's girlfriend Jill made the most AMAZING art to display around the house. I can't believe I know such talented people! The party was a total success! I had so much fun making decorations and helping to plan the party that I can't wait until the next one! Erika's birthday is next, I need to start thinking of a fun theme for her party! I am addicted to party planning!

Here are some pictures of how we decorated!

Jill made those great  paintings, and I made the bunting garland out of plaids. Joey is almost always in a plaid shirt so I felt that the fireplace was very Joey.

This was my favorite painting Jill made!

Beards I made for the party. They took me forever. I wish Cricut had a beard cartridge!

I thought it would be fun to drink our of mustache straws! These were really fun to make!

The cake Erika made.

We had fun games to play like "Name that Beard" and "Pin the Beard on Joey"

I had so much fun making this game!

Can you name these beards?

Pin the Beard on Joey! Danny went and photo shopped Joey's beard out and then printed out another picture and cut the beard out of that one. We laminated it and we were ready to play!

 So many of Joey's friends came out to honor him on his big day! They wore beards, they sang songs, they had a grand ol' time!

Joey had his own beard.

The boys bearding up!

Joey is in a band called The Steelwells, and almost all of the band members were there so we were surrounded by musical talent!

Group shot!

Joey asked for no gifts so instead we took the "Pin the Beard on Joey" picture and had everyone sign the beard! 

Here's what the beard looked like after everyone signed it. I thought it was a fun idea.

 We also started a new tradition at Erika's house. Marking the globe with our birth locations on our birthdays! Joey and I are the first! Next com's Erika, and then Danny! So fun!

Happy Beard-day Joey!

Lunch Date

I am a big Sex and the City fan, and one of the things I loved most about the series was that the girls would always get together and have lunch! No matter where they were, or what they were doing they would meet together and have a bite to eat. I am lucky enough where my girl friends live close to me so that we can go on our own lunch dates! Today we tried the new place that opened in Brea called Bruxie. There you can find Gourmet Waffle Sandwiches. 

When Tanne and I got there the line wasn't too long, but by the time we had ordered the line was wrapped around the building! We beat the rush by about 10 min! I ordered the Fried Chicken and Waffle sandwich, Tanne got the Burger, and Cami got the Tuna Melt. They have old fashioned cane sugar sodas and very yummy fries! Their service is impeccable! They brought our food out very quickly, refilled our drinks (mind you this is a serve yourself type of place, so the fact that they refilled our drinks was amazing to me. Can you imagine anyone offering to refill your drink at Panda Express or Chipotle?), and even offered to take our picture when they saw that we were struggling to do it ourselves!  It was the perfect place to have our girls date. 

After we had lunch we walked across the street to go to some stores and to get some macarons at the bakery. Macarons will be the death of me! I can't stop eating them! 

Down Town Brea might be itty bitty, but it has all the perfect things to have a girls afternoon. Good food, fun dessert, and shopping!

Snap shots of what I wore: Shirt: Made by me. Pants: Forever21. Shoes: H&M

Everybody Scream!

Halloween is over and I am a bit sad. I LOVE Halloween and hate when it's over, but at least when Halloween ends I have Christmas to look forward to!

Danny and I spent our Halloween like this...

First we decorated Julie's lawn with the pumpkins we carved last night...

They look so good with candles in them!

Danny carved the Big Mac pumpkin today. By the time he was done it was already dark outside, so this is the best picture we got of it.

Then Bonnie mimicked more pumpkins ...

 After that Lyla wanted a picture with her pumpkin. She wanted a smiley face pumpkin, and I think it's just adorable!

Then it was finally time to go Trick-or-Treating!

Here we have Chiquita Banana and Pocahontas

Time to get candy!!

Danny and I stayed behind to man the fort and pass out candy!

Decorations are ready ....
What I Wore: Shirt and Scarf: Made by me. Pants: Paul Frank Corduroys. Shoes: Topshop.

Time to pass out candy, and eat a LOT of candy in the process.

I think my favorite part of the night was when Bonnie came back early stating, "I have enough candy, I don't want to get sick!" She is too smart, I was a greedy little child and went around the block three or four times, and I ALWAYS got sick. She is much wiser than me. 

How was your Halloween? Did you eat too much candy? I did. I guess I never learned my lesson.