Disneyland! (from January) Part 2

We found it hilarious that in the middle of Toon Town there is a Jolly Trolly. So of course Dara and I just had to ride it!Over at California Adventure we went on the 3-D Movie Bug's Life. WARNING! This is the scariest ride ever!! A huge grasshopper appears and there is spiders and fog! By the time the show was over I was in Dory and Cole's laps. So they just had to take a picture of me with the grasshopper. I will never go on that thing again!
I won on this ride! I shot the most targets. I have no idea how this happened, I am assuming pure luck, but I would like to think of it as Disneyland skills.
We also spent Saturday morning at Disneyland. This is the best picture on Splash Mountain. Yes, I am the one in the blue hood with my hands up...that's how I roll.

Disneyland! (from January) Part 1

After a hectic holiday season, we decided we just had to go visit Southern California! We left Thursday night and drove down. We ended up at Disneyland all day on Friday! It was so fun! 14 hours straight at Disneyland, we are that hardcore. It was great to have a girls day and have the only worry be how the heck we were going to find Cinderella!

The girls day is starting...
Space Mountain! Only the coolest ride ever! We had such great ride karma. We practically walked on every ride and got front almost every time!
Matterhorn! Also a fun ride, but still scary in my book! My Dad always use to say that the monster was calling my name... if you listen closely you can still hear him calling me!
Splash Mountain. Not my favorite ride but it's Cole's favorite ride, so we just had to go. Thanks goodness she got the water the worst!

Fantasy Land Party for Work

We kicked off our fund raising season in style with a fantasy land style tea party! The volunteers loved it! And I think the staff loved it even more! I wish I could post our staff photo, it is so funny all of us dressed up from the different fairy tales. I still have to find and post my picture of me and Prince Charming...woowoo. Hopefully with the economy we can still make our goal!
Alice & the Evil Queen
Snow White & the Evil Queen by the mirror
Afterwards I had to take off the make up (and sadly the crown!) but we were brave enough to go to dinner in our costumes. We got some looks and our waiter even asked if we knew what month it was. All in all pretty funny!
I love doing these events for my job (and I love that I have awesome staff to help me!). I am lucky to get to do what I love and be able to dress up while doing it! Can't wait for the next party!

Fairy Time!

I never can have enough fairy time! I swear time goes by much faster now that she is in my life. I wish I had all the time in the world to spend with JLK (and her parents!), they are one amazing family! We usually go to our "usual spot" and I have been having fun feeding her new things. Last time it was pickles, this time, Libster had the great idea of an ice cream cone! So here a few pics if her first attempt at an ice cream come. I think she did pretty well!

My Family...

I am so silly! Not only have I been lagging on my blog, but I have been skipping events! What the french toast? Anyway, instead of exchanging gifts this year, the fam decided to do a dinner out on the town! We had such a good time, great food and lots of wine, plus the parental units paid! Can't beat that!! It was great bonding time! It was such a good idea! Can't wait for next year!
D trying to take bike since the train took so long!
This is our "blue steel" look
The Farkel Family!
The kids!
They aren't related I swear, lol.

Hiking in San Francisco

I love random days of nothing. For the first weekend in a long time both Nicole and I didn't have anything planned. So, we decided to go hiking up in San Francisco. We ended up hiking around and above the Golden Gate Bridge. Then, we went to an AWESOME light house (Point Bonita) and checked out Sausalito for the first time. I love being a tourist in my own area, so much fun! I love where I live! Not only can I go hiking in the middle of Winter, but it is gorgeous! The views can't get better!

2008 to 2009

We rang in 2009 very calmly this year. Since 2008 has been super busy (and FUN!) we wanted to start 2009 off a little calmer. So we had a few close friends over, drank some wine, watched movies and sat back and relaxed till 3:00 in the morning! All in all good times. Liz, Me & Cole...
2009 toast!
I am so thankful for the people I have in my life. I am a lucky girl!!