Stacy's Bridal Shower

Stacy (Ryan's cousin's Fiance) had her Bridal Shower this weekend.  It was thrown by Ryan's cousins Dawn & Sam.  All their planning made for a VERY CUTE bridal shower!

Sharon (Ryan's Mom) & Me

Olivia, Stacy, Dawn, Madden, Sam

Stacy & Dawn

Stacy, Sam, Me, Dawn

Sam, Me, Dawn

Deviled Eggs

Mmmmmmm.  Love these, but hate the smell when you have to crack open the hard-boiled eggs!  What we like in our deviled eggs:

Celery

Mayo

Dijon Mustard

Paprika

S & P

Relish

Red Onion

Garlic Powder

Yum.  Yum.  Yum.

Finally: Pics of the Living Room!

*You'll notice I still haven't found a coffee table I like, but the rest is done...

To Sgt. Peter Stadler, on Memorial Day:

Thank you for serving our country.  (I don't think that gets told to our troops enough).  It's because of soldiers like you that we can remain the "land of the free."  We know you're on your 2nd tour in Iraq, and you're missing being in California, so we just wanted to tell you how much we all love you and how proud we are of everything you are doing.  Be safe.

We all miss you very much!

Love, Your Big Sis & All the rest of your Family & Friends!

Dinner at Milagros for Sara's Birthday

Last night we celebrated Sara's birthday at Milagros (which happens to be a few blocks from our apartment). It has been really hot lately in Redwood City, so it was nice to have a dinner outside and some yummy chips & salsa. And the margarita's didn't hurt either :) We had a great night with good friends and good food. Completed by Sprinkle's Cupcakes out by the pool (since they tried to charge us $2/cupcake to eat them at the restaurant - no thanks!). All in all, it was one of those perfectly relaxing "summer-like" evenings...


Ry and I waiting for our table to be set up.


Orion loving the black beans!


Me & Sar.
(Did you read my post about the dress she wore on my fashion blog? It was gorgeous!)


Orion's "camera face". This kid is seriously so adorable.



The whole group :)

Update on Re-Decorating...

So Ryan and our friend Bo took a trip to IKEA this evening, and I think we finally have the finishing pieces for our living room re-organization (or should I say, MY living room re-org).  I will post pictures tomorrow showing you the finished...or close-to-finished product.

XOXO

P.S.  Why is IKEA always out of 1 (yes just 1) item that you need???

Wow it has been forever...

Sorry folks...I've been so busy posting on my fashion BLOG (have you read it yet???) that I have neglected our other blog. So what do I write about? Hmmmm...

Things that have happened since March 12th (our last post):

*Ryan's company moved him to Pleasanton (from San Mateo)...little bit longer of a commute!
*Ryan bought a new truck.
*Alvin got a haircut. He looks so darn cute...I will try to post pics soon.
*The weather (well up until the last 2 days has been amazing!). April in California and you get 90 degree weather. Perfect for pool time with friends :)
*I have re-visited the idea of re-arranging the entire bedroom. Shhh...Ryan doesn't entirely no this yet - haha!
*We sold our coffee table (finally), now we are on the hunt for a new one that doesn't have the same issues as our old one did (no glass ones).
*Work for both of us has been busy busy busy.
*Shopping "ban" is ALMOST OVER! Can you believe we made it??? May 1st is the date! Wahoo!
*Paid...yes P-A-I-D taxes...sigh...

I think that's about it for now.

XO