Merry Christmas Recap

Oh a 4 day weekend, how fun was that:) And another on the day this weekend. Christmas was great, we went to my brother's place and he cooked dinner for all of us. I mean he cooked. I will post pics of his food when he sends it over. America's Next Top Chef! Christmas Eve was last minute shopping, and I remained calm in parking lot craziness.(yes, I am a changed woman). Hope everyone had a great Christmas.

Me and my brother, Dennis.
Family Pic!

Ryan got me this apron. HAHAHAH

So Ryan and I decided to start our own tradition. So we decided every Christmas Eve, we would go grab brunch somewhere. And this year, we went to Sugar Shack in HB. Oh, HB, how I miss you! We also made Ebelskivers Christmas night, a Danish tradition. It turned out great for our first attempts.

Office Holiday Party

Our company had their Christmas party last Friday. Not much to say but post this pic......hahah.

2 Year Anniversary

Our 2 year anniversary was actually Nov 10. Yes I am late posting but trying to tie loose ends before 2009 ends:) This year we were low key since we were preparing for our trip to Israel. So I will say our trip to Isareal was the celebration. I have found some fun pictures I will post in the post so it does not get confusing. I was cleaning my email so I found lots of oldies but goodies pics.

My Birthday Celebration

So Saturday was my birthday and boy was it a rainy day! The surprises started at work. With cupcakes and flowers and balloons from my fellow co workers. Ryan's dad and brother, Scott, was in town too for Josh's graduation. (that is the next post later this week) so of course they took me out to celebrate Friday since Saturday we would be busy. Whitney, aka "White Chocolate" threw me a surprised party at lunch but it did not go as planned. Since I had no idea they tricked me and I was already dealing with lots of issues at work, I declined the meeting and time. So plan B came and to make a long story short, I somehow left the office to find them at a Pizza Place waiting for me. YEAH!

This card says it all and inside it said...."except age" :) Love it!
Flowers and a tiarra!

Me and "White Chocolate". She decorate the table with Princess stuff!

The gang! Gabe (to the left) looked surprised.

Then later that night we went to Port in Corona del Mar. I would never post a pic of me with a shiny forhead but this is the only pic I have of me and Ry at dinner.

Ry, his dad, Scott and me. Dinner was delicous!

The cute cupcakes I got!

December Weekly Update

A few fun things has happened this month. Here is a fun recap. Maureen came to visit us (she is married to Ryan's brother, Chris) And if the kids are reading this, "HELLO" to you guys! Hope Portland is not too cold.

Maureen meet us at Crystal Court at South Coast for dinner. It was so fun to catch up!
The three of us under this huge Christmas display

This is another night when we went to the Laker's Game with Ryan's work. (Leedoms and Pilgram with Ali)

What a game! 1 sec. left and Kobe made a 3 point. Thank goodness we never left early like some people did.

Shalom

Shalom! Ryan and I went to Israel last week. It was an amazing, spiritual and fun experience. We went on a 7 day tour lead by Daniel Rona. He has been doing it for 30 years so he knows his stuff. We had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from our trip. Enjoy! (I am so behind on blogging so the next post will be a Novemeber recap)

It only rained one day, the rest of the week it was like sunny Cali, (72-75 degrees)

On the Mount of Olives

Masada. My favorite.

This was just part of our tour group but we hung out with them the most! They were the best!

At the Jaffa Gate shopping area. Loved it!

I forgot where this was called:) Ryan will be uploading more pictures and probably giving more details on the name of all the places we went to. (he is smart like that)

We ate at this resturant overlooking the Sea of Galilee the first day for lunch. Which is not really a sea, it is a lake:)

Halloween at Work

My co worker Whitney loves Halloween, so she decided to throw a Halloween Party in her cubicle. And she went all out, decoration, treats, and scary music. Not many dressed up, but those who did are pictured below. I just wore a Halloween themed shirt, (close enough). She did a great job bringing some fun into a Friday afternoon.

Me. Whitney and Rj (scary zombie)

Her cute cubicle.Dwight, from the office was even there:)