LeSage

We've Moved!

2008-06-12T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well our blog site did at least, ahahha..... our new blog site is here make sure you replace this link with the old one in your favorites!! See ya there!!

Family Shoot

2008-06-10T22:43:00.000-07:00

So here Rachel and I "surprised" Matt by telling him that we were taking pics of them. I soon found out how much he hates getting his picture taken! hahah We had fun tho, short and sweet.....

Sorry to post these so late!!

Ahhh Yeeeaaahhhh...

2008-06-10T22:29:00.000-07:00

Here it is...10:30pm. I should be in bed (not) looking forward to being at stupid work tomorrow but im on the computer having a freakin heart attack because i just figured out how to add these AMAZING layers over my pictures that rock my freakin socks off. I'm too amped to go to bed tonight!!! check it...fine. Ill go make my lunch after i post this.

Morgan & Ryan

2008-06-09T18:31:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Rob and I spent the day in San Diego so i could shoot pics of his cousin's little kids. They did such a great job!!! We shot most of them at this AMAZING old church, which i will definitely be going back to, and then some at a nearby park. I had a lot of favorites and thanks to my new collage knowledge i will be posting a lot more!!!!!

Morgan is Jennifer's daughter, and Ryan is Matt & Rachel's son. Now that we have that straightened out here are some cute shots of them together...

Now some alone time...

Stay tuned for more tomorrow, where we make Matt suffer thru an impromptu family photo shoot!!!

Collage!!!!

2008-06-05T16:27:00.000-07:00

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! I have been seeing such cool collages on peoples blogs/websites and was sooo freakin jealous. I could NOT figure out how it was done. Shalimar came over last night so we could work on organizing our pictures and try to figure out the collage mystery. After hours of searching the web i decided to call Andy. Of course he would know how to do it, he's a graphic designer for crying out loud. If he didn't know then i was just gonna give up. well, in a matter of minutes he had us collaging away!! Thanks Andy - you're the best!!! So here is my FIRST collage. Still some things to iron out but im pretty excited about it!

Hey Y'all....

2008-06-04T22:14:00.001-07:00

The past two nights we've gone southern with our dinners. Last night we had chicken, fried zucchini, salad and home-made BBQ sauce. Tonight we had ribs and mashed potatoes. Both Shal and I had never really had ribs and they were really good! Way ta go Rob!! Shal came for a visit to sort out our iphoto/photoshop issue (more on that later...) We had a blast hanging out together and looking at all the different blogs we each peruse.

Baby....

2008-06-03T17:41:00.000-07:00

This weekend while at my folks house i went over and visited with my old neighbors. I grew up with these guys and can always rely on them for a fun visit and the juicy gossip from the neighborhood!!! Anyways, Alana and her husband had their first child and so i took the opportunity to invade and take some pictures. Her name is Jayden and is just the cutest littlest thing!!

Here she is with her two of her cousins...

Peri's Party...

2008-06-01T10:01:00.000-07:00

It was soo cute! We showed up and Peri comes running in from the backyard with her cute-as-can-be mermaid costume on, which she wore the entire time. Aaron and Cristy do such a good job setting everything up for parties and it looked great! It was a hot day and i got a sunburn but we all had a fun time.

Happy Birthday Mom and Peri!!!!

2008-05-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Today is my mom's birthday and I wish I lived closer (freakin gas prices) to celebrate it with her. I'm typing this at work right now so when I get home I hope to find an incredibly embarrassing picture of her to attach to this post. hehe.
So stay tunned!!

Tomorrow I will be at Aaron & Cristy's house for Peri's B-day party. Her birthday is today too! So, love you both and see ya tomorrow!!!

***Update***

Well, here it is. Now since I don't have access to my mom's 1 million photo albums (no joke) this is the best i can do. 2 things about this picture that come to mind,
1.) that's our old Volvo and it had a turbo button which i thought was pretty freakin cool.
2.) I'm pretty sure my mom's sunglasses are back in style. Too bad you don't have them anymore mom!!!

Wedding

2008-05-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

This wedding Kel and I did was in Claremont this past Saturday. Everyone looked great and we had a fun time!

Wedding

2008-05-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

This is a wedding Keleigh and I did about 2 weeks ago in San Bernardino.

Hello World!

2008-05-21T20:43:00.000-07:00

There's nothing like a good hair cut and ive been waiting for what seems like FOREVER to get this done!! I went to my friend Jennifer at Salon ReBelle in Orange. She is the best and i freakin LOVE my hair!!!

Dinner...

2008-05-16T14:58:00.000-07:00

Well we were pretty excited about dinner last night. Mostly because it was the first time we shopped in like a month!!! So here's more pictures than usual.

Its Shish Kabob time!!

getting the grill going..

Robert brought home Couscous to go with our meal and im tellin you, im gonna have Couscous with everything i eat now! I LOVED IT!!

Mother's Day

2008-05-14T17:12:00.000-07:00

For Mother's Day my mom and i did our favorite thing, we went to the Flea Market!! It was a blast! we got some great deals and saw some crazy people, all around a fun day. Here are some pics...

This was at one of the first booths we stopped at. My mom got a great deal for all the dessert rose dishes, $50 bucks for EVERYTHING!

Before we went to the Rose Bowl we stopped off at Robs parents house so we could wish Carolee a happy Mother's Day and she loaded us up with snacks. Carolee these saved the day! Thanks!!

Here i am at the end of the day luggin 100lbs of dishes along with all our other goodies!!!

It was a great day Mom...Love ya!!

Riley

2008-05-05T19:38:00.001-07:00

It was soo great seeing my cousins, Noah & Tina this weekend and watch Riley play volleyball. I brought my camera along hoping to get some good shots. Man! It is freakin hard to shoot a volleyball game!! As soon as he was up, till the time he was out he was all over the place - i had no idea where to look and then when i focused on him he would move!!! I guess i can't tell him to hold a pose while his dorky cousin Noelle takes his picture in the middle if a game right? So here are the few that passed my screening. Looks like ill be going to some more games to get better at this!

Thanks guys!!

Dinner...

2008-05-04T20:43:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! a new dinner post! It's been a while, i know. So this is Mahi Mahi with a mixture of potatoes, carrots, and celery. On top is spinach and sun dried tomatoes. I made it. just kidding. I just did the dishes.

Carolee

2008-05-04T14:43:00.000-07:00

It has been a year since Carolee's surgery to remove a tumor that had been camping out in her spine. We all got together and celebrated her progress since that day. We are proud of you Carolee!!

Get it Levi!

Well I Tried...

2008-04-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

I talked to Rob about a week ago and asked him to make some peanut butter ice cream for me. I had it at the restaurant with a brownie and it was freakin delish! Well, with being so consumed with going to school and studying he has less time to do things so.....I took on the challenge. I had him write down what I needed and walk me through the steps. Making the ice cream was quite easy in fact, I was VERY nervous every step! When I was done I put the mixture in the freezer, and walked away feeling very proud of myself for taking on this challenge. When Rob got home from class he was searching the fridge for the ice cream "Where the heck did you put it?" he said, and I said "its in the freezer!" - umm..duh? Well. Apparently that's NOT where it's suppose to go. My proud feeling left the room as Rob tried to salvage the half frozen chunk of un-churned ice cream and assuring me that it would be ok. The next day we dumped the ice cream into the ice cream maker and let it churn away as i made the (box) brownies. I turned the oven on and was stirring everything together and then heard this loud boom and a flash of light. The oven well, died. Soooo we had to bake the brownies in the toaster oven. No big deal right? I plated the brownies and ice cream for the picture and then dug in to enjoy. Hmmm...something wasn't right..I got down to the bottom of the brownie and it was totally burnt. Everyone that was eating it said it was "good" but I tossed mine. Once again I realized that I'm just not the cook/baker in the family. oh yeah - the ice cream needed more peanut butter too. well enjoy the pic and dream of what Robert's would taste like. :)

Happy 30th Kyle!!

2008-04-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

So, as i was saying below, we headed up north to celebrate Kyle's birthday. Most of the cousins made the trek up to Sunnyvale where Rachael & Kyle live. The theme of the party was Casino Night. The guys helped Kyle set all the tables up and get the backyard ready while us girls went with Rachael to the grocery store about 20 times.... PS - theres a ton of pics so deal with it.

Here we are prepping for the party...

Their sweet dog, Jacks

Let the party begin!

The birthday boy!

Ya, can I have a splash of coke with my drink? thanks. To fill you people who weren't there in... the bartender was in training and wanted to put coke in EVERYTHING!!

Hey...has anyone seen Rachael??

Keep raking in the money Kyle! Tanks guys for letting us take over your house for the weekend!! Love ya!

Uncle Don....

2008-04-15T16:14:00.000-07:00

We headed up north this past weekend to celebrate Kyle's 30th B-Day! (more on that later..) On our way we stopped by Robert's Uncle Don's restaurant. This is the same Uncle Don that did our yummy wedding food!! Rob spent a summer up in Visalia and worked in the restaurant when he was younger, so he was excited to see it now, after so long. Don stuffed our belly's and told us jokes - it was great!

Look close Brooke....you made the wall!!

As soon as rob sat down he started stuffing his face, he didnt even stop to smile for the pic of us four!

Cleaning up and running away from Don before we got whipped with a wet towel. It was awesome to visit and we were bummed to leave.

Wedding...

2008-04-15T16:05:00.000-07:00

This was my first beach wedding. (not Keleigh - she shot in Hawaii..whatever!) so it was pretty cool not having my feet hurt after a long day! Also the couple was so great and dragged kel and i out to the dance floor on more than one occasion!

Happy 30th Jen!!!

2008-04-06T09:23:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Jennifer's birthday on Friday - German style! She was stationed there for about 3 years when she was in the army, so we thought we'd bring her back, kinda.....

Leslie & Eric

2008-04-05T08:14:00.000-07:00

Kel and I did a wedding at the a couple of weeks ago for my friend Leslie. It was at a beautiful hotel in down town San Diego.....

Ooops!

2008-04-01T17:19:00.000-07:00

Apparently i forgot to replace the roll of toilet paper. This is the message my lovely husband left for me...

Does Anyone Know Who This Is??

2008-03-31T16:14:00.000-07:00

It came in the mail today, worst butchering of a last name i have ever seen...

Brooke...

2008-03-28T21:46:00.000-07:00

This is why Brooke is soo freakin cool... click here

Brooke. You are awesome!

Squish Face...

2008-03-28T21:40:00.000-07:00

When Bella sleeps she sucks in her cheeks. If she sits up and doesn't yawn or lick her face right away this is what she looks like. Its pretty freakin funny, and she's been more extreme than this too, but its hard to get a shot - i was lucky to get these. You can tell she's not havin it...

Easter!

2008-03-25T16:24:00.000-07:00

I was going to wait and post this blog in April, because I still cant understand why we had Easter in March! But I couldn't wait so, here ya go! We celebrated Easter at my parents house at the desert, uh, I mean Corona. It was like 100+ (Good thing you didn't come out Noah..) we still had a blast with all the fam....

Walton's

2008-03-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

My cousin Tami and two of her boys(that would be my 2nd cousins!), Alek and Tyler got baptized yesterday. We had a big family group at church to enjoy and celebrate it with them. Then we went back to Tami & Erik's house for the party! I haven't seen my cousin's in a while and it was good to hang out with them for the afternoon, here are some fun shots from the day...
UB (Unlce Bob) and Wyatt..

Noah..AKA..The Tank

Half of Landon..

All the cousins playing pool..

Random shots of the fam...

Love all of you guys, thanks for letting me share this great day with you!

Say Ahhhh...

2008-03-11T18:14:00.000-07:00

It's sloppy joe night! Rob said last night, as we were eating dinner, that he wanted sloppy joe's and fries so bad. After dinner he started cutting the potatoes and prepping for tonights dinner. So efficient that boy is..

Ya, our dog cleans our table. What of it?

Long Beach Round 2...

2008-03-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

Here are some more shots from their last games on Sunday, thanks for giving me some "on base" pics Brookie, i know that was your initial goal when you were at bat ...ahhah
FYI - for those sports buffs out there Robert tells me that one of her hits was a double. This is Noelle in sports central, signing off.

Ladies in waiting

Men at work

Brooke at work

Goooooo Long Beach!

2008-03-08T14:06:00.000-08:00

So this is Brooke's last year for softball. This girl has basically played softball her whole flippin life! Work it Brookie! We love seeing you play!

Some of her fans...

Si Bueno!

2008-03-03T19:29:00.000-08:00

So Rob, in his all perfecting ways, has been honing his Mexican food skills. Tonight was Chilaquiles Night! He was in the kitchen for like two hours making this dinner! It was sooo freakin good.... sorry folks, no leftovers here! To accompany the chilaquiles were mini tostadas, beans and rice.

San Juan Capistrano.....

2008-03-03T17:43:00.000-08:00

Have you been? Well we haven't, and since we leave all of 20min away we thought we should go (well i did). We were kinda bummed that you had to pay 9 bucks to get in but we had a good time anyhow.....

Wedding

2008-03-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

Kel and I did a wedding in Riverside/Redlands this past Saturday...here's a few shots....

And since the wedding ended around 4:oo Keleigh and I had a few moments to get back to our roots, modeling that is. This alley was right next to the reception building and when you have your camera, you cant pass up cool buildings....

Who Spends $300+ At Costco??

2008-02-26T16:50:00.000-08:00

We do!!! What the frick?! We are just two people, how can all this cost $300? Are we going to eat/use it all? Who knows, what i do know is that in probably 4-5 months we will be drawn back in to the large sized items that can be found at COSTCO....

Thanks Mom....

2008-02-26T16:44:00.000-08:00

So we have a new addition to our Le Creuset family thanks to my mom. The gift was directed to Rob , but im sure she meant it for me too. Right mom? :) We (he) baked off some delicious potatoes au gratin. Yummy yum yum.

Kira's Baby Shower....

2008-02-25T17:09:00.000-08:00

Kira had a baby shower for her new addition, Kaleb. Here are some cute shots i got...

Green Tip: Be sure to reuse all your old boxes like grandma does!

So many talented people in the Inlow family, all these blankets were handmade...

Happy Birthday Buddy!

2008-02-25T16:36:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we celebrated Buddys B-Day (it was on Feb. 24th). Here's all the fun...
The guys got wrapped up in a big game of Wii bowling and golf. They were attached to the TV all night long.

Gift Time....
he got an Ipod and accessories, a shirt, booze and a drink mixer, but i think the top gift of the night was found by Kelly that day at the antique store.....a nut cracker.

what is Brooke doing while Buddy is opening gifts you ask?

Just trying to fit almost all of her fingers into her nose.... thats our Brooke!!

TGIF...Not Really...

2008-02-22T15:25:00.000-08:00

So the past couple of days rob and i have noticed that the carpet was wet right by the bathroom entrance. Yesterday i called up to the office and they sent a service man right over. He got into the access panel in the closet and discovered that there was a huge crack in the shower pipe and that the overflow "bucket" had...overflowed. They had to use a shop-vac to suck up all the water and it filled the house with what smelt like 20 stink bombs. NASTY! They then told me that i needed to clear out the closet and that a plumber would have to come by the next day (today) to make the repairs. I had to leave work around 9:30 and the plumbers showed up at about 11:00ish. They told me that they were going to have to use a jack hammer on the closet floor to get access to the pipe that was busted. Its now 3:30 and they are still working on it......hopefully we can take a shower and get semi back to normal. here are some shots i sneaked when they left the apartment for a bit.....

After Bath Madness!

2008-02-11T18:07:00.001-08:00

Every time Bella gets done with a bath she turns into a ball of energy (even more so than she already is!) She does this speed race thing around the house and if rob and i are totally still she will go for a while. its soo funny to watch...

FYI

2008-02-11T17:55:00.000-08:00

Both Ryan Gosling and Evander Holyfield were at the hotel where the wedding was. Unfortunately i didn't get the chance to see Ryan (I made Rob run around the hotel with me in search for him.) but Rob got to meet Evander and even take his picture! Rob, Dar and Kabir ran to the elevator that Evander was getting on and made it just in time. This pic is from Dars phone. after he took it he said "lets trash talk tyson!" ahhahaha too funny!

Indian Wedding...

2008-02-10T13:23:00.001-08:00

Our friend Kabir invited us to his sister Henna's wedding. It was soo freakin cool! It was at the Millennium Biltmore in LA. We got a room at a nearby hotel and stayed the night. it was like a mini vacation and it was great! The first half are some shots at the hotel and scenic stuff, then the awesome wedding. I wish i could have gotten better pictures inside the reception because it was gorgeous, but my little camera could only do so much..

If you look closely you can see the Hollywood sign!

View from inside the elevator..

For those of you who dont know, rob only likes to talk on the phone in his right ear. so if he has to write something down this is what it looks like..

This is the groom, Chad. He road up to the entrance on a white horse and we all followed.

Then when he got there they had a drummer and dancers and had all the groomsmen dancing - it was super cool.

Here's a little video of the dancing...

This, unfortunately, was the only picture i got of Henna and Chad

It was an amazing experience and we were soo excited to be invited!

Duck Tales! AWooHoo!

2008-02-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

So duck. i had never had duck before and as rob was preparing dinner he tried to convince me that it was the "dark" meat of the chicken. Nice try rob. i muscled thru it and ate all but two pieces. Never having duck before i had nothing to compare it to, but it was a lot better than i thought it would be. So it was duck with cipollini onions, risotto, zucchini and yellow squash.

We're Pregnant!

2008-01-29T16:06:00.001-08:00

hahahahahaaaa just kidding! stop crying mom. hahaha ok so has anybody (besides ray and kelly) done the "Gene Machine" at Dave and Busters??? its tooo freakin funny. well rob and i did it a few years ago and we picked a boy as you will see in the picture below there is totally something wrong in his lower face area. so we gave a another go last weekend and tried for a girl. funny thing is she looks very realistic. so we shall see when we are REALLY pregnant what our kids will look like.

Before & After

2008-01-27T21:13:00.000-08:00

So if some of you noticed in the last post, rob shaved his head and beard. i pulled the camera out and got some hilarious shots! we were laughing soo hard at every face he made when he was sportin the stach...

Happy Birthday Rob & Aaron

2008-01-27T20:46:00.000-08:00

Both of their birthdays were last week so we got the fams together and celebrated today. i took a bunch so be patient! some are actually from robs b-day, hence the hair/clothes difference...enjoy!

Dinner

2008-01-23T20:33:00.000-08:00

Roasted pork tenderloin with sauteed apples, apple cider sauce with bacon, roasted potatoes and broccoli. I'm pretty sure I've never willingly ate pork. this, my friends, was pretty tasty...

I Heart Krispy Kreme

2008-01-23T19:59:00.000-08:00

more so when its hot, but either way will do.

Wedding

2008-01-23T19:38:00.000-08:00

Keleigh & I did a wedding this past Saturday. it was at the Crestmore Manor which was the same place where rob & i had our reception...so that was pretty fun. it was a great time and the bride/groom/family/friends were all super cool...so here are a few shots...

Sunday Dinner...

2008-01-20T20:20:00.000-08:00

Steelhead Trout with green beans, carrots, cream sauce and wild rice.

Dinners

2008-01-18T20:01:00.000-08:00

Here are the past two nights of dinners. First is Chicken Roulade. the stuffing is spinach, shitake mushrooms and gruyere cheese. i didnt get to eat fresh cuz i had to rush off to class, but it was still super good microwaved.

Second is good old spaghetti and meatballs, everything homemade (except the noodles!)

Photoshop pics

2008-01-18T19:45:00.000-08:00

So shal and i are taking a photoshop class and i had to take some test pics. i didnt actually retouch these in class, i did them at home...it felt good to finally take my new camera out for a spin.

Question...

2008-01-16T19:11:00.000-08:00

How many dishes/pots/pans/etc. does it take a chef to cook dinner for 2? hhmmm...

Skating

2008-01-15T18:21:00.000-08:00

i went with rob and dan to the skate park last night to try and get better at night pics. rob hasn't skated in forever so it felt like we were back in high school all over again. it was pretty fun!

This kid is probably 13 and so freakin good already. dan knows him and told him to do a couple of things so i could get some shots.

All About Bella

2008-01-14T16:45:00.000-08:00

This one is a bit dark but it was too funny not to post.

and here, finally, a new trick..

TV Stand

2008-01-13T15:53:00.000-08:00

So here's our new TV stand, we got it at Pier One and we love it!

Snowboarding

2008-01-10T22:34:00.000-08:00

Rob went to mountain high with a big group and carved it up all day.

Fun With Dean & Loretta

2008-01-07T16:04:00.000-08:00

We all traveled to the Palm Springs area to have an "after the holidays" get together with robs grandparents and family. we had a bunch of fun. like always. here are some shots...

Welcomed With Opened Arms...

2008-01-05T20:57:00.000-08:00

If it wasn't for robs Aunt Paula & Uncle Ken's generous Christmas gift (a Costco gift card) we would not be enjoying our new TV!! Thanks so very much!

Now all we need is a new DVD player, upgrade our cable and oh yeah - a new tv cabinet. hehehe

How To Bake Cake.....From A Box...

2008-01-03T16:39:00.001-08:00

Chocolaty goodness.....

Happy New Year!

2008-01-01T10:54:00.000-08:00

Hope you all had a fun night!

the party's over..

The Dinner Kelly & Ray Missed...

2007-12-29T19:43:00.000-08:00

Braised beef with mashed potatoes and veggies. :)

Christmas & My Birthday...

2007-12-28T16:52:00.000-08:00

what a great day it was! i got the most awesome camera and we got to visit with a ton of family, what could be better?!

When Uncle Kevin says goodbye, that means the party's over. Till next year! Thanks Brian & Shalimar for a great party - A+++!

FYI....

2007-12-18T20:59:00.000-08:00

Don't set your tortilla warmer on a hot stove grill. it will melt.

PS...it peeled right off thank goodness!

In Or Out?

2007-12-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

Is the bed-head look still in?

You Know It's Cold When...

2007-12-13T19:32:00.000-08:00

your dog sleeps next to the wall heater. she was just standing next to it for a while till i brought her bed over.

I Made Dinner All By Myself...

2007-12-13T19:24:00.000-08:00

i didnt like it too much tho. i need to work more on seasoning everything. but non the less - here tis!
i found the recipe here

Teach A Man To Cook...

2007-12-07T18:54:00.000-08:00

We went to Joe's house so Rob could give him a few pointers on how to cook some meals. They made Salmon with Risotto and a Veggie mixture.

And then dessert!

Very fun guys, thanks a lot!

Update...

2007-12-05T16:09:00.000-08:00

So the pic below of rob happened at work while cutting something. not by sawing the tree stump off like some people thought. here's what it looks like today - avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach!!

Tuesday Dinner...

2007-12-04T19:18:00.000-08:00

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup. i made most of it due to the gimp below not able to do anything. Yum!

A Dull Knife Is A Dangerous Knife...

2007-12-04T19:13:00.000-08:00

You'll get cut...or almost cut your fingertip off like someone i know...

Get Your Christmas On!

2007-12-04T17:06:00.001-08:00

Ya for decorating! Boo for taking it all down in a couple of weeks...

i think i need a new angel...

Dinner Last Night

2007-12-04T16:46:00.000-08:00

Rob was hoggin the computer catching up on this last night so i couldn't post.....

So here we have London Broil with Butternut Squash (leftover), Roasted Cauliflower and Dimi Glace.

Friday Dinner...

2007-11-30T19:36:00.000-08:00

Tilapia with Butternut Squash puree and Balsamic syrup...

By Popular Blackmail...Uh...I Mean Demand..

2007-11-29T20:32:00.001-08:00

My dads cousin Bob and his wife Ellen revamped this old school bus. In 6 months it went from a rusted piece of junk to this dream camping machine. check it out...

They worked their butts off and it shows - cant wait to see what they have planned for next year!!!! :)

Here are the two little buds of the week and a group shot of all of us. (except rob - he's takin the pic..thanks babe!)

Happy Happy Birthday

2007-11-29T17:57:00.000-08:00

It was Carolee's birthday yesterday - here's the fun...

Kelly made a recipe folder with all her old recipes, then she made a copy for Brooke, Rob and herself.

Then Brooke got two shirts bedazzled with Long Beach Softball writing on them, and a personalized seat for the bleachers - they came out great!

Brooke did her best at making a cheese cake...i didnt try it but i heard it was yum yum yummy...hehe

here's the fam!

and Happy Birthday to Keleigh on the 27th!! we will have fun with her when she gets back from hawaii...stay tunned..and thanks dad for the extra fingers!

Thanksgiving Week 2007

2007-11-25T19:58:00.001-08:00

Great family fun, as always! here are a lot of shots!

Lunch Date With Gramma

2007-11-18T21:40:00.001-08:00

We took Grandma Lee out to lunch to enjoy Robs yummy desserts!

did you like it Gram??............yup!

open wide! (check out the lady in the back is doin it too!)

Had a great afternoon with my Grandma, Mom and Keleigh...thanks guys!

Woo Hoo My New Do!

2007-11-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

LA Foodies

2007-11-11T16:59:00.000-08:00

On Rob's Bosses dime Rob and I got to enjoy some expensive LA food. Our first stop was brunch at Campanile. I had eggs, spinach and toast, rob had quiche, salad and toast.

Next we went to a pizza joint called Mozza.
We shared a salad & a Gorgonzola dolce, fingerling potatoes, radicchio & rosemary pizza.

Then for dessert Rob had Pumpkin geloato pie, candied pecans & walnuts, and I had Caramel copetta with spanish peanuts.

mine was very good!

There were more places to see but our stomachs were full! Oh well, next time...

Pizza Hut What?

2007-11-08T22:33:00.000-08:00

Side note: Thanks for being the hand model Ray...

You know your fat when....

2007-11-07T19:08:00.000-08:00

your freakin pants rip when you sit down in your car. mutha flipper!!! i thought i sat on bag of potato chips (knowing very well that there had not been any chip bags there before) i reach under me to see what i sat on and all that i grabbed was my bare butt!! oh man - unbelievable!!! thanks brooke for having an extra pair of pants - you saved my.......ass! ugh. i think ill go eat some ice cream now to wash my sorrows away..

Light Bulb!

2007-11-07T15:18:00.000-08:00

Today it hit me..........my boss laughs like a clown.

Sunday Dinner...

2007-11-04T19:59:00.000-08:00

Hoisin glazed chicken with an Asian stir fry. Yummy but pretty spicy!

Mise En Place

Finale

Friday Night Dinner...

2007-11-02T21:55:00.000-07:00

Tilapia with a tomato caper sauce and roasted red potatoes.

Naughty...

2007-11-02T15:54:00.000-07:00

I was sitting at the couch and i could hear bella's metal tags on her collar clanging around from the bedroom. That tells me she's up to something. I called her name a couple of times and she didnt come out so i walked in there. Out from the bathroom she rushes as if she doesnt want me to know where she had come from. This is what i found when i went in there.

So i made her sit there while i took pics!

Pumpkins

2007-10-30T20:28:00.000-07:00

we got our mad pumpkin skills goin on...mine took like 45 min. rob was sitting at the table for about 2 hours.

here's Bella picking the one she likes.

Someone lost there lid....

The conversation prior to this pic was.."Rob, come on just take a picture!" "No! You take too many pictures!"

Mine

Robs

Monday Dinner..

2007-10-29T22:31:00.000-07:00

So i think im gonna post what robs makes for dinner. This is blackened chicken, spanish rice, and black beans with guacamole. yum. i ate it all! .....everything from scratch...what a guy..

Mid Week Post...

2007-10-24T09:19:00.000-07:00

My friend keleigh sent this documntary video over to me and i was at a loss of words as to how these men live their lives. And since this movie is coming out i thought what a perfect time to watch this video. So its about 30 or so minutes long, but watch it all!

*side note - check out this blog..

Anybody Wanna Doughnut?

2007-10-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

So i was feeling fall-ish and thought it would be a wonderful idea to make doughnuts. i found a super easy recipe and got cookin! Rob added his two cents about how the oil was to hot and that i was burning them - but i though " uh what does he know anyways!?" Well i guess he knows a little cuz this is how they turned out....

You hungry yet?

how 'bout a "moist" doughnut? yum huh?
So of course Robert came out laughing at me with many "i told you so's". i guess its a good thing im not the baker in the family right. hahahahaa

Flea Market Fun...

2007-10-14T17:48:00.001-07:00

So my Mom, Shalimar , and I went to the Rose Bowl Flea Market today and, as always, had tons of fun. we are slowly training for the big adventure we plan to do next summer. But the night before we had a mini girls night...

On our way...

Shoppin away..

Wish i could've bought one of these!

So what do you think his motivation was when he got dressed this morning?

Come again?

To end the day off just right of course i had to step in this mess..

Shal trying to decide how shes gonna explain to Brian why she got this (awesome) trunk..

Well next time we need to remember: sunscreen, sunglasses, better shoes and a better cart. All in all it was super fun!

Happy Birthday Bella

2007-10-08T18:08:00.001-07:00

Today bella turns 3!! lets have a look back shall we?

Dirty Bella!

Bella seems to always find something to cuddle with

Love you Bella!

The Day Has Finally Come...

2007-10-08T16:34:00.000-07:00

Rob's cousin Matt married the beautiful Rachel on Oct. 6th and we were all there to see it and dance the night away. It was indeed a great day!

Janet (Matt's Mom), and Ryan (Matt & Rachels son) looking on...

Cody (Matt's Brother/Best Man), and his girlfriend Sarah. Cody has on the ring that he passed to Matt during the ceremony.

Rob, Ray and Joe

Its time to dance!

Yeah Carolee - get out on that dance floor and work it!

Brooke and Joe caught the flowers/garter! haha

Me and Buddy...what a father in-law huh!

Its as if Rob put that smiley face in the cake just for me...ya right!

This last song goes out to all the lovely ladies in the house tonight!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...

2007-10-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

So here is Rachel's Bachelorette party! We went to Laughlin and had a blast!
The star of the weekend

Now i wish i could have gotten a front view of this lady (who im sure was on something) the song that was playing was "867-5309" she came up to our table and sang something like "843-2672" soooo funny!

Me and Rachel

Kelly and Brooke

Some of the lovely ladies

It's Flip Cup Time!!

Dont mess with the Bride!

So heres the last pic of the night before my camera died..(sucky) we went out and danced the night away! good times were had by all......brooke..... :)

Bachelor Party!

2007-09-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

This past weekend rob went to his cousin Matt's bachelor party. They went to Ocotillo Wells. Here are some pics of their fun times...

and heres what the good old boys got matt for his bachelor gift....

Typical guys!!

Question Mark...

2007-09-24T19:36:00.000-07:00

Why is it that every time i do the dishes, when im done and ive cleaned off the sink i turn around to leave and there on the stove is a dirty pot just sitting there? I always forget that one lonely pot! It drives me crazy!!! Does this happen to you?

2 Years Ago Today.....

2007-09-23T18:07:00.000-07:00

i was walking down the isle to meet the man i married at the end. That day was one of BEST days! Some people say that they were glad to get their wedding day over with, i could do it again in a heart beat. Thanks to everybody that helped and that were in our wedding to make it such a speacial day on our hearts!

Robert had flowers sent to me since he was going to be gone this weekend for a bachlor party. They are beautiful and purple, which is so smart of him to remember that purple was the color we used in the wedding!

i got him a cool surf shirt and a potato gun which i found at an antique shop. Hopefully it works as good as it says it does!

Why Me??

2007-09-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

so on Sunday we were returning a movie at blockbuster and some guy backed into my car. so sucky!!! i decided to post my cars battle wounds over the past few years......
1. I go out to my car one late morning and found this....i suspect it was the guy across the street from my folks house but ill never know.

2. This happened while driving on the freeway, and as you all know i HATE driving on freeways already. and then to have a huge compacted bag of fake grass coming flying off a semi and hit the side of my car, i vowed never to get on the freeway again. i think i lasted for a few months till i had to suck it up.

3. newest wound. i will never forget andy yellling CAR CAR CAR HONK HONK!!! and then BANG! the guy felt really sorry and tomorrow im going to the auto shop to see what we can do. the window doesnt roll down cuz its smushed. rob wants to leave it like that. what a guy!

anybody wanna buy me a new car??? :)