Christmas in California

So I might be adding posts in reverse order. Anyway, Ben and I went to California for Christmas this year. We only were in Bako for just enough time to throw Erin a bridal shower. After the festivities we headed down to a beach house in Newport for about a week. The house was seriously amazing. Our balcony had a perfect view of the ocean. So let’s just say after spending a week on the beach we did not want to leave.

Sophie is seriously darling. I am kinda obsessed with her.

Bella reading her note from Santa. She was so excited.

The girls at the bridal shower.  I don't have a lot of pictues yet. But I have to say all the deocrations turned out so good. Stacie should serioulsy be a party planner.

Everyone at the shower.

Please notice Ben's impeccable posture.

As you can tell Ben was really exicted to be at the beach.

The fam after Erin went through the temple.

Erin GOT MARRIED

Last weekend Ben and I flew to California for the weekend for Erin and Warren's wedding.  It was a very quick trip but I enjoyed every second of it.  We took a red eye flight on Thursday night and got to LA around midnight.  It took FOREVER to get our rental car so I did not make it to the hotel where Erin was having her bachelorette party till like 2am.  Once I got there everyone was going to bed but it was still fun.  The next day was the day before the wedding. So as expected Erin, Stacie, Bella, and I went to go and get manis and pedis.  Right after that we had a family dinner on Erin's roof in Huntington.  It was seriously so cute and the food was amazing.

All the girls

The rooftop

 The Fam

The happy couple

The next day was the wedding and reception.  Everything turned out so beautiful including Erin.  Her dress was seriously amazing.  I still cannot believe Erin got married last weekend.

Coming out of the Temple

Darling

The Fam

The girls

I think this is my fav pic

The tables at the recpetion. I wish I had more pictures of the room. It was stunning.

Their first dance

Outside the reception

Parents: Round 2

Once again I am making a post about a month late. One day I will get better at this whole blogging thing.  Well the day after my parents left Ben's parents came to visit us.  We drove down to D.C. to pick them up.  We spent about 5 days in D.C. It was so much fun to spend so much time there.  There are so many things to see D.C. and I thought we could see them all in 5 days but sadly no. After spending so many days there it made me want to go back even more.

  

Ben at the Air and Space Museum. We went on a guided tour here and I have to say it was the best tour guide I have ever seen. I left feeling like I could ask this guy anything and he would know.

We stopped by the Washington D.C. temple

Arlington

Mount Vernon.

 

After we left D.C. we drove back to Connecticut but stopped at Gettysburg on our way.

Our next stop was the city.  Us with Ben's parents on the Brooklyn Bridge.

And of course the trip would not be complete unless we stopped by Stew Leonards.  This World's largest pumpkin that they had there.

So I know it looks like we went on the trip mostly by ourselves but I promise Ben's parents were with us the whole time. We are not the greatest at taking group shots.

The Parents Came

This is quite a bit late (about a month) but I thought I might as well still make a post about it.  So my parents came out here in the beginning of October to see the New England Fall.  We drove up through Connecticut and up to New Hampshire and Massuchusetts. It was the perfect time and the leaves were gourgeous.  Then to finish off the trip we met Erin and Warren in NYC for a couple of days. It was so much to see almost my whole fam and spend so much time with them.

This is Lake Winnipesaukee, which we thought is where "What About Bob" was filmed but later found out it was filmed in Canada. Ben was quite upset about his revelation.

The parentols by the covered bridge

Mom and I apple picking. So much fun.

Plymouth

Ben, me, Erin, and Warren on the Brooklyn Bridge

The girls on the subway

Blue Man group was amazing. Seriously loved it even though I was so nervous they were going to try to bring me up on stage.

Me and padre in CT

I wish they all could be California girls

On the east coast it seems like you have to pay a toll anytime you drive. With that in mind, a couple of months ago I was driving to pick up Erin from JFK and I passed through the toll booth and when I handed the man my money he started singing "I wish they all could be California girls" by the Beach Boys. (We still have California plates on Gus Gus.) Usually these tooth booth people are not the nicest and won't even look at you when they take your money. So I started laughing and for a second didn’t even care I had to pay my $5.50 toll. (Also an annoying thing because it use to be only $5.00.) Then on Sunday I drove to pick Ben up at LaGuardia airport. On my way there I passed the same toll booth and I had the same tooth booth worker and don't worry he sang that song to me one more time. What are the odds?? 

AMERICAN IDOL

This was quite a while ago but I thought why not just put it up anyway.


My friend Lindsey and her little girl and I went to the Good Morning America concert with David Cook, Adam Lambert, and Kris Allen in Central Park. It was seriously so much fun. What I could not understand was everyone's obsesion with Adam Lambert.  Seriously every girl went crazy over him.  Apparently they don't care he doesn't like girls. 

We had to take the 5 am train to get there in time for the concert. Such an early morning but well worth it. After the concert we just walked around Central Park, had a delish lunch at a diner with Lindsey’s husband, and then took the train home.

Captain's Cove

I have received many requests to update my blog. So here we go. It is going to be short but maybe I can add some more in the next couple of days. No promises though.


A couple of weekends ago we went with some friends to a (for a lack of a better word) seaport village called Captain's Cove. We went up to get some lunch which of course consisted of fish and chips and to try to win a lobster (see pic below).

If you catch one of the lobsters they will cook it up for you. Sadly, we did not win. But the boys think they now know the strategy so next time they will win for sure.