Happy Easter

I know I am a bit late, but nevertheless

HAPPY EASTER!

He is Risen!



14. Dye Easter eggs

The conversation between Shannon and I literally went like this:

Shannon: What do you want to do tonight?

Me: I kind of wanted to dye Easter eggs.  It has been so long since I've done that.

Shannon: Ok, we can do that tonight.

Me: REALLY!? WE CAN?!

Shannon: Yeahhh, we can go buy the stuff and make them tonight.

Me: OK! LET'S GO!

Then, I called Erin and had almost the exact same conversation full of excitement.  And that is how we came to the great idea last Saturday evening to dye Easter eggs and knock something off of all our lists :)

Shannon and I went to the grocery store and bought all the goods.  We purchased the traditional dye kit and an extra little goodie box that gave us little bowls, shaped like eggs, to dissolve the dye in.

When we got back to the house we started unpacking everything and Shannon :) had the brilliant idea to punch out the holes on the back of the packaging to set our eggs in to dry after we had designed and dipped them.. little did she, or Erin and I know, that we hadn't read the instructions first and no one knew how exactly to dye Easter eggs.. HAHAHAHAHA

It was so funny!

Therefore, here is another funny conversation of the evening:

Erin: I think it says to put blah blah blah of vinegar in the bowl and then blah blah blah dissolve one tablet of dye and blah blah blah...

and it carried on like this because the "blah blah blah" was where the information was missing due to the missing holes on the back of the box :)

See the hole punched tray sitting there..BAHAHAHAA

Never a dry moment with us!

And the dyeing begins..

Erin getting her dyeing on..

Hahahaha so many funny stories this evening!

I, being a helpful baby sister, decided to check on one of Erin's eggs in the dye.  Well since I haven't done this in YEARS and haven't handled the egg dyeing tools, probably ever, I accidentally dropped her egg and squished the bottom :(

It was still beautiful, but lets just say I wasn't allowed to touch anyone else's eggs than my own after that.

Shannon! Rocking her totally gorgeous new hair cut! Proud to say I was the first to see it after she left the salon :)) (I didn't ruin any of her eggs :))

And this would be me and a concoction I made.  I put a pink dye tablet with a blue one to try and make purple.  Instead I got a very interesting mix of both colors which was a favorite amongst the group! They yelled at me when I did it, but then couldn't help but put one of their eggs in this crazy color mix!

I love these girls :)



7. Take a romantic weekend/day trip.

On a very random afternoon, I am sitting at work -- not working -- and had a fantastic idea.. David and I should get away for New Years!  I called David and he totally agreed!! We decided to take a mini-vaca to San Diego for New Years Eve where we stayed in Little Italy and completely adored it! 

We spent the afternoon on Coronado Island.  It was the most adorable little place.  I kept telling David that I wanted to move there.. in reality, there is no chance, but it was a nice thought at the time :)

The Bridge to Coronado Island

 Snapshots at Coronado Island



We thought that we would want to go to the Gaslamp District to ring in the New Year, where we have been before and had a BLAST, but we decided to stick to the little town that we were already staying in and it was the best idea ever!!

FUNNY STORY - We have a very romantic dinner at this little Italian restaurant just a block away from our hotel...

Then, we decide to head out to find a bar/club to hang out at for the evening.  We pass a few places that are charging through the roof for cover charges, then we come up to a little bar that has music bumpin' and is only chargin $20 to get in (as oppose to the $50 next door).  We think, ya ok! Lets go!

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We get in and there is no bartender and only Solo red cups everywhere.. We look further and there are girls running around barefoot and just a crowd, of what looked like to me, high school kids.  Of course, our first thought is, "great! we just lost $40!"

I walk outside to talk to the bouncers and as if this is a high school event.  He says, "OH! You're not apart of the private party?? This is a private event for the local high school!"

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UMM WOW! David was in a suit, head to toe.. and I am in 5 inch heels -- apparantly that still didn't help us get past the high school "look".. Fortunately, he gave us our money back and directed us to a spot that he thought was more age appropriate for us..

That is how we ended up at The Waterfront bar and had a complete blast to countdown 2011 in!

The following day we ventured around the area and walked around.  All together it was a very romantic and eventful weekend! 





<3

75. Go on a roadtrip!

December 26-28th, 2010

Alex, David, Erin, and Danny depart from California travelling roughly 300+ miles to Arizona to visit family.

We left pretty stinking early considering the day before was Christmas and David and I had traveled to Temecula area to spend Christmas with his Dad's side of the family.  I was a late evening due to the weather and traffic, but we managed to get up early with a smile on our faces in order make this trip magical! And I must say, that it was exactly that!

We didn't get any photos of us on our way up, I think we were all too tired for that, but I did snap a few at the beginning of our trip back...

 David and I love traveling together, although we have only really gone as far as Vegas and Arizona.. so we haven't done much.. yet!

 We're a silly bunch! But the boys didn't want to play for this shot.

 All smiles.. very tired smiles - but smiles none-the-less!

And then the boys come out of their shell!.. well David at least!

We had a blast in Arizona! Visiting our niece had to be the best ever!! She is the cutest little thing and makes us laugh, it was really hard to leave her and Danielle.  Only urges us to go back ASAP!

Overall - successful trip!

What's on your Christmas list?

In lieu of the holidays and it being TEN days until Christmas.. I was wondering what everyone was asking for???

I had a bit of a hard time this year giving ideas to my parents and David, but I feel like I asked for just what I wanted, and would have probably bought myself - which may be why I couldn't think of what to ask for.

Heart of the Matter by: Emily Giffin

Erin and I love Giffin's books and have read all of them! This is Giffin's newest delight and I cannot wait to see if Santa brought it to me so I can dive in!

Lauren Conrad is quite the fashionista but she is also an amazing author! I have also read all of her books thus far and have been patiently waiting for this! Of course, by the time I thought to finally purchase, Christmas is right around the corner!

I love love LOVED this movie and it recently came out.  It is among a few movies that I'm craving to watch bundled up eating snacks with David.

Of course my little gems that I hinted to David about cannot be shown because the site will not let me save them but one can be seen here :)

This 'Torque' ring is so fascinating and I feel like it is so unique!

We'll see what Santa brings!!!

Share with me your gift ideas!