Schools out!

After our last final, we met at Tahoe Galbi in Koreatown for some Korean BBQ to celebrate/Xmas party. It was so yummy and fun to experience this way of dining. Michael was our end of the table's chef and he was a quick learner.

And we had a gift exchange. There were a few hearts broken...

But in the end we all left happy as could be!

Dawes

We went to a concert for a group called Dawes a couple weeks ago... and they were DAWESOME!!

Check them out here.

Holidays

Thanksgiving was a success. Michael and I were able to use our formal dining room for the first time and I LOVED hosting the dinner (part 1).

Afterwards we headed to my parent's house to enjoy dinner Part II. A bit larger group, as usual, and some more fun games that mom added.

Playing Bingo

Cole making Tico his very own Thanksgiving dinner.

 

 and Tico loving it.

Then we put up our Christmas Tree

don't get dizzy!

I love this time of year. There are so many wonderful things to enjoy and family and friends to spend time with. I wish all year could be just like this!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be grateful for in our lives. Today is especially wonderful because it is my mom's birthday!! We love you so much!!

"A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. . . . It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being".

-James E. Faust

If you need a little pick me up...

Listen to this...THANKS TRAVIE!!

Running

Michael is such a natural runner and leader. He works for a company that promotes physical fitness and is a great asset to their cause. Last week Santa Clarita had an marathon, half marathon and 5k. With Michael's encouragement, his company was able to sign up and participate in the event. Michael laced up his shoes and he was off to run a quick 1:32:00 half marathon with hardly any training at all. Here is my stud :)

Look who I got to meet!

The other day I went down to Irvine to meet little brand new BRODY!!! And to see his amazing mommy too:) What a perfect little boy! The whole time I was there I got to hold him and he slept the entire time. Ashley looks gorgeous as usual and is doing great. I was so happy to see her and how well she is doing as a new mom. I really can't believe that just a couple years ago we were sharing a bed in Huntington Beach as single ladies...time flies! Congrats to the Widdinsons and your new addition, can't wait to spend more time with you.

Way too Cute :)

Lex & Loren - Engagement/Save the date! from Loren Brinton Films on Vimeo.

Lucky huh?

Sister just put this picture up on her blog but I just love it so much I stole it! :) I can't get enough of my sweet nephews. Thanks D

Fair Oaks Pharmacy and Soda Fountain

I had heard about this great ice cream place in So. Pasadena so when we had some visitors we went to check it out. They had the most ENORMOUS creations I have ever seen. I thought that the prices were a bit high, but then when we got our treats, I realized why...

The little boys spilt a root beer float.

Mom, Dayna and I shared this delicious monster ($7!)

Dad playing the boys outside afterwards, working off the sugar overload.

 

What I've been up to lately...

So my Everyday is filled with lots of studying, class, work here and there and if I'm lucky I can sneak in a run. Though it is a lot of work, I am loving what I am learning and feel so blessed to be in school and have a Super husband to support us. Most nights I get home from class (around 8:30 or 9) and dinner is sitting on stove ready for us to eat. He washes our cars every Saturday and cleans the bathroom floor like 3 or 4 times a week (he can't stand my hair...I totally get it :/ ) Who can beat that?!

I have also made some really great friends at school and turns out that I am class historian, so I have some pix! Easy little job for me, just snap some pix and put a slide show together for graduation...

Gourdheads

I got my first gourdheads! Mom has a the cutest gourdheads around her house during the autumn season and guess who got some!!! Thanks so much Mom!!

Summer Getaway

We took a week off in August and headed out of state with my family. The journey began as a semi carpool to Salt Lake (we lost to Snows in St. George), then to Jackson Hole, back to SLC and then home. We had a week full of so much fun and adventure, family and laughter and the most amazing condo EVER! Mom, once again, had every detail planned to a T and it all went so well. The boys left us girls in SLC on Sunday to begin their canoeing trip down the Snake River, so us girlies had ourselves a good time shopping, seeing movies, getting mani/pedis and hanging out with the fam. in SLC.

At our cousin/sister Amy's house with all this kiddos.

I got to see my Holly that I miss so much and eat lunch with her at Paradise...sooo good!

Some stops on our way.

Cannon LOVED this DVD player...couldn't even get him to make eye contact here, was a great tool for a long car ride!

Wednesday morning we left for Jackson to meet up with the boys and check into our digs. The boys were exhausted, but had enough in them to make it to the Jackson Hole Rodeo that night. What a riot. Cannon and Roman got to chase baby cows around the rink attempting to withstand the older kids trampling them. Definitely the highlight of the evening.

The girls went on our own river rafting trip the next morning and took control of that river! ha. Good thing we had a guide...not sure we would have made it otherwise, but serious fun times having Steph aboard with all her worry. She said "If grandpa did this, then I can do this too!" And she did!  Afterwards we headed down the alpine slides...Michael's first time and he loved it.

We went to the Chuck Wagon Ranch and saw the Bar-J-Wranglers that night. This is a Slagle family tradition that, to me, really encompasses the COUNTRY experience. They serve 'grub' and have cow hides and bull horns on the walls and have live music that they really played "on the range".

And of course we made it to Yellowstone. We watched Old Faithful do her thang....and saw lots of other hot pots and water sights.

Can you believe how high Griff got Roman? I was certain his little body was going to be flung into those trees.

What a beautiful part of the country this area is. The entire time we were there I was in awe. Thanks Mom and Dad for such a wonderful trip! 

*you must ask the boys about their wild river trip and specifically about Michael's almost decapitation of Tucker.
**We missed you Coley...would have been so much more fun with you there.