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Thursday, January 10, 2013

New Years Day

On New Years Day our friends invited us to see the Rose Parade Post Parade!

After the Rose Parade is over, all of the floats park along a street in Pasadena for all of the people who didn't want to brave the parade crowds!

It was amazing to see all of the floats up close and smell all of the flowers!

We parked our car and took a shuttle to the main drag.

It is seriously amazing how much work goes in to these floats!

They are constructed by volunteers who collectively spend 18 million labor hours building them!

Some take an entire year to make and can cost anywhere from $50,000-$150,000!

What is great about the floats is that they must be made from only organic materials!

I loved the Trader Joe's Float!
Can you tell what it is??

On the right is a coffee/espresso maker, in the middle are cheese graters, on top of the cheese graters is a cook book, on the left is a potato masher and a blender and the wheel on the outside of the boat is made of spatulas & spoons!

How cool is that?!

Loved this one too!
The world landmarks!

And of course, the LAX Float was spectacular!

We couldn't pass up taking a picture in front of the trolley car!

And we loved these bears!
The golfing bear and the football player!

Dr. Seuss is my all time favorite, so of course I loved the signs!

We got to see this float in action!

I really liked the Organ Donor float with all of the hearts!

There were marines & other service members with their dogs at the parade as well!
I loved the tagline - Canines with Courage

I have always wanted to go to the Rose Parade!
But I think it would be hard to get there in the morning and also to see all of the floats from street level.
So this was the next best thing and I am soo glad we were able to go!

And it was pretty cheap too!
It was $3 ea for the shuttle and $10 ea to get in the gate!
Not a bad way to celebrate the first day of 2013!

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

NYE 2012-2013!

Our New Years Eve was awesome!

We had fondue, like last year, but this year Rich and I were joined by the most awesome company!

Our friends moved on Friday, so we had one last WhoooRahhh before they headed out!
It was so much fun!
I mean, who doesn't like to play with their food??

We kissed and toasted champagne to bring in the New Year!
It was great!

Group Shot!
Thank goodness for the gorilla pod!

I hope you all had a fun & safe New Years Eve Celebration!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

UCLA at the Holiday Bowl

Yes, yes, I know I am late with these....

I have been super busy at work!

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The Thursday before the New Year, we headed down to San Diego to watch UCLA (~~get whooped~~) at the Holiday Bowl!

We had such a blast!

I worked a 1/2 day and Rich picked me up and we drove down.

We headed straight for Rich's cousin's house and then, with Rich's high school friend we went to lunch and started boozin ;-)

We took the trolley to Qualcomm and met up with a coworker of mine were we did some more boozin and then headed to the game for kickoff.

Basically, UCLA got their butt's kicked....

But we had an awesome time!

We were sitting 14 rows back from the field at the 15 yard line on the Pac12 side - it was crazy!!

After the game we took the trolley to downtown San Diego, where we got food and had some more drinks.

We had such an awesome time!

It was great that the game was so close and we were able to go!

Friday, January 4, 2013

LSAT Update

So right now, Rich is finishing up his undergraduate degree.

While he has been doing that he has also been studying for the LSAT.

He took the test at the beginning of December and since then we have been in the terrible state of waiting.

Waiting to get the score back.

Waiting to think about what schools to apply to.

Waiting to apply to schools.

Waiting for what is to happen/come next in our lives.

Well on Wednesday Night, we finally got the score.

And Rich did awesome!

Better than he expected

(but not me, because I knew he would rock the LSAT's world!)

So now we have moved on to applying to schools!

I am so excited I cannot even contain myself!

I am so proud of my sweet hubster!

He is smart and has so much to offer!

Like my mom always says: "The world is his oyster!"

I feel like this is the most fitting/perfect phrase for this post!

I am so proud of him!

I can't wait to see what this will bring us!

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Christmas at the Beach - Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

After the Mission, Rich, my parents & one of my brothers and I needed to get some air so we decided to get lunch and see a movie!
We had a great time and were sad to not have had my other brother with us!
We saw Life of Pi.
I hadn't read the book, but had heard wonderful things about it!
The movie was good, I would definitely recommend it!

We got home, had dinner and two of my cousins arrived!
We hit the hay early because we were all pooped!!

Christmas morning Rich and I woke up very early, showered and got ready and then walked over to see the ocean before we headed up to my parents room to celebrate Christmas morning.