Los Angeles!!

So it's been a few weeks since the big trip down to L.A., but I finally got some photos from my sister and decided I should finally pretend like I have a blog. :) So it was a pretty incredible time. We went down there for my step sister, Jaymie's wedding. She was married to rap artist, Jimmy "Taboo" Gomez, of the "Black Eyed Peas". It was a beautiful Catholic wedding in a church in Pasadena. Only family and close friends were there... of course THEIR close friends just happened to include Fergie (some of you may know who she is...), her fiance- actor Josh Duhamel, fellow bandmates Will-i-am and Apl de ap... It was crazy to see them amongst all of our family members! Everyone was very friendly, though, and just as beautiful as the movies! ha. Josh especially... don't worry, Jake agrees. The reception that followed the ceremony was amazing! They had traditional Filipino dancers there as well as an awesome mariachi band! They were combining their heritage into an incredible show. There was also a surprise appearance by Frankie J who covered the song "More Than Words" as Jimmy and Jaymie danced with their moms. And to top that, BOYZ TO MEN showed up to sing to the happy couple for their first dance together. It was pretty awesome and the food was nice, too. The reception was held at the historic Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and we were able to stay in a suite on the top floor! It was a fun hotel.. even if the bathrooms were really small. It was so wonderful to see our beautiful family... and it was an experience we won't ever forget. Here are some pictures from the weekend. Enjoy. (I accidently just uploaded all of the unmodified pictures... so the red eye and everything is right there. I could shoot someone right now... but it's too late and I'd rather go to bed. So I'll be modifying this whole post soon.... gurr.)

Our dinner once we got into town... Johnny Rockets!

The sisters!

What can I say? the men in my family are ridiculously good looking...


Mandy and Scotty.

Luke and Michelle.

Us.

I wish this weren't so blurry. They were so damn cute...

Our table. Ya.. Jake was being difficult.

Jake was having a hard time smiling... so I guess I was watching, waiting... ready to pounce on him if he wouldn't smile for another picture! And that's my dad.

Our "Momma Ganda." Gorgeous, I know.

Scott took me for a spin on the dance floor. Practically the only white people there... be wow... we really were impressive!

Ya. That's Boyz 2 Men. AGGHH!! We bout peed our pants...

So I wish I could post more pics, but it takes too much time and I'm too dang tired. Love you all. Stay posted as I will be blogging our Lake Powell trip we went on last week very soon!

So. California Trip

Last Friday we made the trip down to California for some partyin. We started by going to Costa Mesa and checking in with our lovely friends, the Tyrells. It was awesome to see them and to hang with their sweet kids Lady and Zyzzx Snowball Spazoid Furrhead.... um, whatever her full name is. We had a great time. Then we headed down to San Diego that afternoon to hang out with my family. My stepbrother, Ton, graduated from UC Riverside last week and my stepsister, Jaymie, is getting married in a few weeks to Jimmy "Taboo" Gomez (um, he's famous, you should look it up...). Anyways, my parents decided to throw them a combined party because of it all and we had a huge turn out. Great food and an awesome DJ who played nothin but the good stuff... and the company was fabulous. We're really excited to see everyone again in a few weeks for the big wedding festivities. Jake and I also were able to catch some sun rays on Sunday before we made the drive back to good ole' Las Vegas. Here are a couple shots from our weekend...

Some more photos...

By request... I've finally decided to post some wedding pics.

Bug!

So I'm breaking the so-called "blogging rules" and posting again today... Here are some photos of our little Bug... um, finally.

So the desert sucks. A MASSIVE wind spurt from an invisible blow-dryer about knocks me over every time I walk outside. It's windy, HOT and ugly enough for aliens to want to live here. (that was an Area 51 reference...) I just wanted to voice my opinion of the great land of Las Vegas. So I'm not a fan... it's cool. At least I won't be here forever, right? Right?????

That's all.

p.s. Happy Birthday Kirsten!!

The "Anthill" in the desert

A much anticipated update!

Good morning cyberspace... I don't really have any friends on here yet, so I don't exactly know who I'm talking to when I'm writing these blogs. Just opening my mind and mouth (fingers) to the blogging world, I guess. I should probably tell more people that we're on here. Hm. Well, I didn't write anything on here last month, so I decided I should put up a new post. I sit in front of a computer most of my day at work, so when I'm home I don't feel much like getting on the internet and writing about myself... but EVERYBODY'S DOING IT... so I guess I should too, ya? Well, let's see what's new... Jake and I are still happily married. He's learning how to weld just for fun at the moment and is actually quite good at it. Yesterday we were watching that Discovery HD show about the NASA space missions and we decided that Jake should find a job at NASA. He'd be really great at it. But he's great at all sorts of things... lucky chap. We've been to the lake quite a bit in the last couple weeks and I'm rockin the wakeboard. Jake's rockin it harder than me, but like I said.. he's great at most things. :) It's been fun, though. I have a wicked burn on my leggies. We're heading to Orange County to see Kirst and Benny on Friday!! Then we're off to San Diego on Saturday for an engagement/graduation party at my dad's for my step brother and sister. I haven't been there since the big engagement of our own, so we're stoked! And I keep promising pictures, so here are a couple that I have on this computer at work, but I have to be at the home computer to post the cool ones, so if I remember later on, I'll get some on here and you can see our Bug finally. Hello run-on sentence. Love you all... (again, I don't know who I'm talking to... but I'm imagining my friends who I know have a blog...)At Kirsten's wedding... yes, that's a Mickey Mouse watch on his wrist... classic.

My handsome husband. Last year in Long Beach, CA.

Bug!

We adopted our very first Casto baby on Saturday. Her name is Bug and she's a tabby/bengal mixed kitten. She is so incredibly cute... we're pretty stoked about the addition to our family! So in a couple of years, when we get a house with a yard, we'll probably adopt a weimaraner puppy into the fam... then after taking care of those two, we might be ready for a baby human being. I don't know, though. : ) Guess we'll see! I'll get some pics posted on here when I learn how to do it.
Adios!