Top 10 of 2010

We just wanted to share our best moments and things we are thankful for in 2010 and what we look forward to in 2011!!!
(Not in any specific order)

Top 10 of 2010
1. Finding out we were expecting our first baby in Feb. 2011 ( this really does qualify as #1)
2. Trips to Sea Ranch, Burney Falls, Reno, and California with great friends and family
3. My brother visiting in October
4. Our niece being born in September
5. My mom, sister, and brother in law joining us for a week at Christmas
6. The Chubb and Pettigrew Weddings
7. Celebrating our 2 year anniversary
8. Gabe starting his career in the insurance field
9. Healthy Family
10.Torturing our family and friends by not finding out the gender of our baby. Haha

Things to look forward to/ hopes for 2011
1. Baby L's Arrival
2. Yearly trips to Sea Ranch and Burney Falls
3. Being parents and starting holiday traditions as our own family
4. Hopefully a trip to South Carolina
5. Friends and family meeting Baby L.
6. Our 3 year anniversary
7. Spending time with our friends
8. Would love a trip to Maui
9. Healthy Family
10.More crafting and decorations for the house
11.All the new experiences and adventures we are about to be faced with


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Twelve Days of Christmas

This year Gabe and I decided to surprise our good friends, with a little something everyday for 12 days. We started on Dec.13 and made our final delivery on Christmas eve.

Each day we left the surprise with a number and a little note attached saying. " on the 1st day of Christmas my true friend gave to me"... And then the rest of the saying went along with whatever we gave them.



The first day we left some homemade sugar cookies and caramel corn and said " some yummy treats to share with your family"

Day 2



"There are so many reese's why we like you and hope your Christmas is merry and bright"

Day 3



"we wash you a merry Christmas"

Day 4



"wrap yourself in a wonderful holiday season"

Day 5
This day brought a challenge because our friends gate code changed and I couldn't wait around as I had to get home and leave for the airport in a few short hours.



" sending clean and sparkling Christmas wishes your way"

Day 6 and 7 ( were combined because we were out of town and had to deliver when we got back)



"save your energy by letting us do your dishes this holiday season"

Day 8
This day I thought I was caught as our friend called and asked if it was me....but I played dumb and well they say that they gave up thinking it was me..



"thanks for being a lifesaver lately"

Day 9



"wishing you a scrumptious Christmas with homemade caramel autumn spice dip"

Day 10



"friends are the magic of the season"

Day 11



"take note we are thinking of you this holiday season"

Day 12
I didn't get a picture of it, but we left their favorite wine, beer, roll of cookie dough and a card letting them know we were their little Christmas elves.

"everyone could use some extra drinks and dough around the holidays"

We had a blast doing this and Mike and Sharon said they enjoyed getting the surprises everyday and trying to figure out who was leaving these little gifts!

Can't wait to surprise another family next year!

Christmas

Wow we can't believe Christmas has come an gone. This year we were lucky enough to have my mom, sister, and brother in law visit. This visit was long overedue, since we hadn't seen Alyssa and Chris since our wedding! They were here for a week, and what a fast week it was.
Gabe and Chris were able to golf twice and play lots of games on the Wii. Mom, Alyssa, and I enjoyed pedicures, shopping and lunch at Serendipity.



Our beautiful tree, and yes everyone was spoiled including baby L.



Makena got lots of new toys and treats!



Mom was very excited and surprised by her pink iPod!



And Alyssa by her green iPod!



Chris loved 007 for the Wii. I think gabe was secretly hoping he would forget it when he left today!



Gabe with his one request, a white TN hat with an orange T.



He also loved his wolf pack champion shirt....



And his SF giants world series champ shirt!

Personally, I think I got the best gift of all. As if my family coming for Christmas wasn't enough, Gabe surprised me with this...



No not just an apple case....



An iPad! I really think this could be the coolest present I've ever gotten.




Alyssa, Me, and Mom the night before they left



I swear gabe is happy about baby L despite the serious look.

We are so thankful to have had such a wonderful Christmas week. Also, I'm so happy because Gabe is working from home, which means he will be here through the new year.

Lastly, we are still amazed that in 6 weeks or so, we will be blessed with our new bundle of joy! We know this time is going to fly as our next few weeks are extremely busy.

We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday season as much as we did!!

December 1st

OK..so where has the time gone?!!?!? I couldn't believe it when I had to write December 1st on everything today. This set me into a slight tizzy when I realized I didn't have a Christmas wreath to hang on the door. So, immediately after work I headed to the craft store. A few hours later I had whipped up this beauty for our front door.


I'm much happier knowing that all my decorating is finally done. Now to finish my shopping and wrapping!

Mail

I used to love getting the mail when I was younger, but that has since changed. Now it seems like every time I open the mailbox, out flies a bunch of bills and junk mail. Hence, the reason I choose to check my mail every couple of days. However, yesterday when I opened my box I was greeted with the dreaded bills but also a KEY! For those of you who have real mailboxes ( you know the ones that actually are at the end of your driveway), not a community one, this key signifies you have a nice little package in a bigger mailbox. So, I took the key and opened it up to find this.....
Homemade Caramel Corn from Auntie Sheri!!!!!Originally, I thought she was joking when she said she mailed me some. She sent two nice bags of this melt in your mouth caramel corn. Yes, as you can tell the minute I opened it I couldn't resist. As of this evening that 1/2 bag went to a 1/4 bag... and well by Friday Gabe may not get any at all. Thanks Auntie, for making my Tuesday so much better and please do share the wonderful recipe! Sorry to make everyone jealous, but this stuff is addicting and delicious!

Thanksgiving

This thanksgiving we had so much to be thankful for, but a few main things:
-Both having full-time jobs
-Gabe getting to come home for an entire week!
-Adding a beautiful niece to our family
-Vacations and both sides of our family visiting us
-And of course finding out we are having a little one of our own and an easy pregnancy thus far!
Of course we could make this list go on but again these are just some highlights.

We spent an entire week together, and let me tell you it was wonderful to go to work and come home and have Gabe there waiting. Thanks to Gabe we were able to feast on an awesome Turkey dinner with all the works. His parents drove down from Reno Thanksgiving day to spend the weekend with us! Also, with plans to work on Baby L's room!

Yes, it was as good as it looks!

We decided to use a green color for Baby L's room and do crown moulding at the top.

A little paint preview

Gabe and his dad worked so hard for two days to make this perfect, and perfect it is. We are so lucky to have great friends who own a painting company and offered to paint the room for us! We are so grateful, as neither of us could paint without making a huge disaster of the entire room. We will post the finished project once it is done, hopefully, a couple weeks!

The men hard at work

We went to our good friends Luc and Linda's to watch the UNR game friday night. I'm not much into football especially when I'm tired, but I will have to say it was an awesome game! Great job Wolf Pack!

Saturday, I was able to go register for the baby with some help of my wonderful friend Sharon and mother in law. We had an awesome time scanning away at Babies R' US and Target. We then came home to a nursery with finished crown moulding, that looks awesome! All the hard work and frustration Gabe and his dad put in, finally worked out perfectly. We went for lunch and then had a relaxing dinner at home, since everyone was exhausted from such a busy weekend.

See what I mean, came home to some awesome crown moulding!

Sunday, Gabe and his parents were on the road at 6 am heading back to Cali. Unfortunately, the 8 hour drive turned into a long 10 hours! So sorry you guys had to endure the holiday traffic, but so glad we got to have an amazing weekend together!

Halloween

The great thing about working with the mobile dental clinic and school district, is you get a lot of long weekends! Also, a little thank you to Nevada for becoming a state and giving us the Friday before Halloween off! So, since I had a 4 day weekend right before Halloween, Gabe and I decided I would go visit him in Pleasanton instead of him coming to Vegas.

Friday, Gabe picked me up from the airport and we grabbed some lunch, then headed home to relax. Cousin Jena and her boyfriend Aaron joined us that evening for a trip to the pumpkin patch and a gourmet dinner made by Gabe, of course! We had a great evening enjoying many laughs, playing the jute box and a few beers for everyone except me.

He looks good wheeling around Our pumpkin

The Master Carver

Our Mickey Pumpkin (don't judge us, we tried)

Delicious Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Saturday, we went to Babies R' Us in search of crib bedding and nursery furniture. We had much success picking out the furniture we liked. However, the bedding was a whole different story. They don't have much of a selection for "gender neutral" bedding. We, also knew we wanted to stick with brown and green colors, wanted a modern look and nothing that screams baby nursery such as little teddy bears or ducks.
We ended our Saturday watching Gabe's SF giants lose the game and going to an awesome Halloween party at Cousin Darrin's! Also, we were graciously given a crib mattress by cousin Nicole, yay one less thing to worry about!

Sunday, was spent relaxing together and then watching the Giants game. Well actually my strange husband listened to it on the radio (he likes it better...don't ask me) while I anxiously watched on the couch. We waited all night for some trick- or -treaters however, only had a family of 4 little kids!

Monday, Gabe went into work and I went to the mall. Then, we went to San Francisco and had a long walk and ate at a restaurant right on the water. We grabbed some stuff for dinner and headed home to get ready for the Giants game! Yes..... the GIANTS WON!!! I don't think Gabe could have been any more excited and it was the perfect end to my mini vacay in Cali.