A Late Valentine's Day...

This past weekend, Jeff and I drove down to my parents' house/LA for a late Valentine's Day celebration. Yep, that's how we roll...Valentine's Day at the end of March. A designated day for celebrating with the rest of society isn't our style, especially with the schedules we've both had lately. We've both been busy with work, and what little free time we have seems to get gobbled up by wedding stuff.


For my V-day present, Jeff got us tickets to Beauty & the Beast at the Pantages Theater. We drove down to T.O. late Friday night, something that will be repeated several times in the next few months, and spent the night at my parents' house. Saturday we went into LA for lunch and the play, which was wonderfully done. There were tons of kids, with little girls dressed up like princesses. Adorable. And one of the highlights was a little girl shouting out during a quiet part..."I have to go pee-pee!" Classic. And the whole audience burst out laughing.

That night we had an early birthday dinner for my grandpa, since Judy, Kirk & Megan were in town for 1 more night. It was great seeing everyone, and there was delicious Nothing Bundt Cake for dessert. Yummy!

Another morning of sleeping in on Sunday, with lunch at The Counter. Delish! And we watched my March Madness bracket fall apart, and Jeff's come together. With the right wins in the remaining games, we could potentially win $375 between our two companies. Sweet! And then the long drive back up after another weekend gone by too quickly.

Wedding updates:

-All the bridesmaid dresses are ordered...good job girls!
-The cake has been ordered after a scare of losing our baker after waiting too long to book...she is booked for 6 weddings that weekend already, but squeezed us in since I talked to her so long ago! PHEW!
-The tuxes have been figured out...info to be sent out soon
-The showers seem to be taken care of...thanks hostesses!
-The rehearsal dinner sounds like its details are falling into place...good job Mike & Becky!

If you have not yet booked your hotel room and are planning to book under our group, there are only 5 rooms left. Not that I'm anticipating them booking quickly, since most of the people I expected to book them have already done so. But I also know a few people who have not yet booked who I want to make sure get the discounted rate.

I feel like I'm in a constant push and pull of checking things off my to-do list and adding more things on. It never stops! And I feel like there are so many things I'm over-looking. What if there's something big I'm forgetting about?! What if people don't like the decisions I make? What if things fall apart at the last minute? Oh wedding woes...I'll get over it, hopefully.

The next few weeks we'll be busy with visitors and working on more wedding stuff. Hope the beginning of spring is treating you well. Enjoy the sunshine!

Griffith Observatory...

So I know this happened a while ago, and I wanted to blog on it back in December when we went but alas, had no time. Now that I have the time, I'll actually write about it...


Way back in December, during the time of gorgeous weather, Jeff and I went with my parents to the Griffith Observatory. While we (my parents and I) had always talked about making this trip, we had never found the time. So now that it's back open again, and the weather was gorgeous, we decided it was time to make the trip.




For those of you who don't know, the Observatory is free, and has some pretty awesome exhibits. You can pay to watch the shows in the planetarium, but it was too crowded and we decided to wander around the free part of it instead.



You can also hike up to near the Hollywood sign, but we decided to just take pictures from the Observatory.



Word of advice...get there early. This is a popular place, even during the daytime, and there is not a ton of parking. As it was, we had to hike up the hill, and we got there probably at least 30 minutes before it even opened. All in all a great experience, and one I highly suggest you do if you live in the area.