Color Me Impressed!

last saturday, as an additional birthday activity (yay me!) we went to Color Me Mine. We just picked up our finished products and they turned out so great!!

Gabe did the Santa Box....

(before the Kiln)

(finished product)

I did the little Snowman...

(before the kiln)

(finished product)

It was so much fun and we definitely want to go back and paint for fun things... but it is a little expensive.

also - please note my kitchen iPod dock. it rules.

so excited for Thanksgiving Fun!

Birthday Fun

a few days ago i turned the big 2-4. it was a great day. below is a pic of my new do... not birthday related, just thought you'd like to see the darker hairs...

(courtesy of Kelsey Crosby)

Wednesday was my birthday! Growing up, I always got my birthday off from school because it's Veteran's Day. In the past, i have taken my birthday off from work... let's face it, it's more fun to play than to work! But, because i'm such a responsible adult, i did not take off my birthday. I went to work and was so surprised to find my cubicle all decorated and pretty... observe:

After working hard, Gabe rewarded me by taking me to Disneyland!! yay!! i showed them my Birthday Voucher and i got my $72 gift card (if you have a pass, you can get a gift card for the price of admission instead of a free ticket.)

We enjoyed a DELICIOUS dinner at the Blue Bayou Restaurant (the one inside Pirates of the Caribbean), went on a few rides, and headed home to open presents...

I love all the presents i got!! Above is all the stuff Gabe got me... (Left to right: a purse, a necklace, an iPod dock for the kitchen, a calendar kit of crafty goodness, a silly movie, an iTunes gift card and a Target gift card.)

I also got a Target gift card from my parents to put towards a pretty pink bike. :)

We're continuing the fun this weekend with a trip to Color Me Mine.

Thanks for all the presents and wishes!!

Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone enjoyed a great Halloween! (how could you not, with AMC running the original Night of the Living Dead all night...)

we didn't have very much to decorate the house with, but we did just enough to make it look festive. :)

And since our pumpkins from the carving party rotted before Halloween, we just had to carve two more!

(i bet you can guess which one is mine and which one is gabe's!)

gabe's Haunted House

my goblin