Some Pics from Mother's Day...

Well, I like to do a blog after the weekend generally to share my pictures from my weekend. This last Sunday was, of course, Mother's Day so I will share those pictures :)

We drove up to Grass Valley/Nevada City to meet with some other family members for a late lunch. After that we headed to their lovely home in Nevada City and just sat around enjoying the nice day and talking.


A bunch of Calla Lilies (Mom's favorite) for my mom from Russ. I also got her a couple of night gowns that she wanted.

My Grandma and I

I am in the center kneeling, along with my mom and brother :)

I love big trees!!

It was a nice weekend, and most importantly, I think my mom had a good one too :)

Hope all my mommy friends had a great one as well!

-K

P.S - was totally about to use my picture of the "K" in the sand again... but don't want to ruin my entire formatting on the blog again. Blogger really needs to fix that little issue.

A few Easter Pics...

We had Easter dinner over at my mom's. My neighbors (well, her neighbors) were also there, as well as my little brother. It was nice to see everyone, it's my favorite part about any holiday!

Here are a few pics from our little Easter...

All in all, it was pretty quiet and simple, with great food. We don't have any children in the family right now, so no Easter egg hunts or fun stuff like that...

Hope you all had a nice holiday too! Today I am back to school (last week was Spring Break, though I still had a ton of school work). I'm actually really excited to go back to school. LOL, I can't say I've felt that way on a Sunday night/Monday morning in a LONG time.

-K

Happy Easter Weekend!

(Thank you to Brittany for my cute Easter Tag! Find her work here.)

I just wanted to post this in case I didn't get a chance to later...
Hope everyone has a...

Happy Easter!!

Thanksgiving & Black Friday

Above: We each filled out three leaves, writing what we were thankful for...

I'm trying to get my posts up in a more timely manner... so here is a post and some pictures of our lovely Thanksgiving celebration!

Russ, Lilah and I went over to my mom's house which is about... oh, three minutes away from our house. LOL, yeah we're big travellers this year! We had gone over the night before, and I cooked & baked with my mom for awhile while Russ helped Rob (my step-dad) set up some stuff.

On Thanksgiving day, our neighbors (my Mom's neighbors, but also mine from when I was growing up) came over to join us. My cousin, Leah, came over also, I hadn't seen her in quite awhile. My little brother was also home from Chico, so he was there too. It was really nice to have everyone together and it really makes me look forward to Christmas, which I love so, SO much!

For our Thanksgiving dinner, we had TONS of side dishes, including homemade stuffing (made with sourdough bread, artichokes, and rosemary... A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!), brandied cranberries, mashed potatoes, and a barbecued turkey. I have to admit, I'm not generally a turkey fan, but this one was delicious!

My step-dad, checking on the turkey...

Miss Lilah, simultaneously sun-bathing & hoping for some food to drop!

We are all big cheese fans! Here is our amazing spread with some awesome cheese!

My mom, Kyle & Russ...

My mom & her husband...

Me with our wonderful neighbors, Alysia & her mom Lisa!

Kyle, myself, and my cousin Leah...

Kyle & I with Mom...

Russ playing Guitar Hero...

And showing Lisa how to play...

My mom presenting her Thanksgiving table (we had so many people, we had to add on a table!)

Kyle, after dinner, sleeping on the couch...

After dinner we just lazed about in our turkey-induced comas, and then busted out the SingStar and PlayStation & did some Karaoke for awhile!

And just wanted to share one of my favorite pics that I took right before I uploaded these... my two loves snuggling on the couch!

I really love that pic, and was wondering if anyone knows of any photo editing software that can fix "pet eye"? Typical red eye editors just don't work on Miss Lilah's glowing orbs!! LOL

Well, I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I know we all did!

Earlier today Russ and I met with my boss to go see Twilight. She and I had both read all of the books (I lent her one, and she read through it in a couple of hours! LOL). I have to say I was quite happy with the movie & think that they did a great job with it. I thought that they added some humor (and some more "grown-up" elements) that the book didn't have, and it was definitely a welcome and needed addition to the story.

I did actually run into the mall for a little bit today, (much to Russ' chagrin) as it was completely PACKED. I don't usually mind crowds, but it did seem like a bit much today. Our mall recently expanded (adding some store such as H&M, Tiffany & Co, Louis Vuitton, Love Culture & TONS of others), so things were even crazier than the usual "Black Friday" shopping experience.

We left after a bit, after bumping into my step-sister, Kristina, and my dad's girlfriend's son (whew! yeah, I usually just call him my step-brother) Josh. We did buy a shirt for Russ from Aeropostale and a few headbands for me (I am obsessed with headbands).

So much for getting any Christmas shopping done...

Well, we are about to head out to dinner, Russ and I have pretty much just been "grazing" on snacks all day and are ready for something good to eat!

Have a wonderful weekend!

-K