Halloween

Here we are as Homer and Marge! We borrowed the costumes from my friend Katie who made all of it...

Halloween night was so crazy and so much fun. We decided to go to "The Parade" in West Hollywood...half a million people were there! It's not really a parade, it is this big party on Santa Monica Boulevard where they've blocked off a section of the street...there's a big stage set up where they had bands play and a costume contest...then they have booths all down the street...kind of like a carnival. But the coolest part is just seeing that EVERYONE there is dressed up...and there are a lot of cool costumes that people are in. We expected to see a lot of drag queens since it is West Hollywood...but actually we didn't see nearly as many as we thought we would. Marc was so bummed...haha:) But here is the craziest part...from the second we got there, the reaction was huge to us as Homer and Marge...we literally got to experience what it feels like to be celebrities. We were asked to be in pictures continuously the whole time we were there...there were times we couldn't even walk because there was a line of people waiting to take a picture with us...we had no idea there would be this kind of a reaction...people seriously love the Simpsons out there...everyone was so excited about it and high fiving us, running up and hugging Homer, etc. We even experienced the paparazzi feel because even when we weren't posing in pictures people were just snapping them of us at all moments....it was nuts, but so fun. But let me say I am so glad we could go back home and just be anonymous, regular people:)

Here we are with JackWith Lucy and Ricky...
With Dwight Schrute (for you Office fans)
With Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas
We weren't exactly sure what these people were...but they definitely committed to some all out costumes
Here's some drag queens for you:) They were the cheerleaders from Heroes...they were walking around calling out for Claire--it was funny to watch

I got tagged

I have been tagged by Rachel to do a post where I list 6 facts/habits about me. Then how it works is at the end of this post I will tag 3 people to do the same thing on their blogs. I will also leave a comment for each of them on their blogs to let them know they've been tagged. So, here it goes:

1. My favorite thing to do is to laugh. That's why my closest friends have always been ones that I laugh a lot with. That's one big reason I was so drawn to Marc...he is always cracking me up.

2. I like talk radio...and that makes me feel old:) I listen to KFI whenever I am in the car between 12:00 and 6:00 (for Dr. Laura and the John and Ken show). I love Dr. Laura! I know people either love her or hate her...I think it is just so refreshing to hear her putting out such high moral standards when everyone else I hear in entertainment has such a loose moral code...ie: The View...between Rosie and now Whoopi I just can't watch that show anymore because I get too angry when I hear them talk.

3. I love to scrapbook. The funny thing is, I actually feel stressed out that I am not caught up in scrapbooking...who feels stress about something like that? I try to remind myself that it is my hobby and shouldn't give me stress! But really, it is always on my mind that I need to get caught up in my different albums.

4. I poured myself a bowl of Lucky Charms this morning, and then picked out about 20 extra marshmallows out of the box to add to my bowl....umm, sorry Marc

5. I am a picture fanatic. It gets so bad that I actually have picture envy sometimes...usually over wedding photos. If I look at someone else's wedding photos, and they have ones I really like...I feel jealous. It is crazy enough that I have seriously considered at times having Marc and I get in our wedding gear again and go take the photos I wish we had.

6. My FAVORITE time of year is Christmas...and it's coming soon!!! There is just a certain feeling I get all through the month with everything from going to the mall and seeing all the people in the "hustle and bustle", the stores all decorated for Christmas, to all the Christmas activities--seeing house's decorated with lights, the giving, time with family, nativities, Christmas carols, decorating our apt. for Christmas....just all of it. It makes me feel excited, and romantic, and just so happy.

Ok, I tag the Hawkins clan...Ashley, Stephanie and Natalie!

We're Moving!

Well, it is official...we will be moving to Torrance in 1 month! We found a nice place...I'll take pics when I can and post them. I am sad to be moving...I will miss my friends in our ward, I will miss Brea, I will miss being in Orange County, I will miss living so close to all my family in Whittier, I will miss our 1st apartment...but there are a couple definite upsides to moving to Torrance. Marc will have NO commute...that will be incredible! It will literally take him 2 minutes to get home! (Compared to 1 1/2 hours!) So that will be so different and awesome. Also, we are literally 5 minutes from the beach...can't really complain about that!













Here's when we moved into our 1st apt. (our current place) back in April of '04.

Here's a link to a map of Southern CA (if you're curious to see where Torrance is...there's an arrow pointing to Torrance...also, if you didn't know where Brea is...it is labeled on the 57 freeway...on the right)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Torrance,+CA,+USA&ie=UTF8&ll=33.929688,-118.087921&spn=0.417039,1.263428&z=10&om=1