Alexa's first movie in a theater!

Matthew and I thought it was time to take Alexa to go see her first movie in a movie theater. We thought we'd make a mommy, daddy, daughter date out of it and have some dinner before the movie started. Since we already had tickets for Century Theater we went there to go see Ice Age: Continental Drift. Alexa has already seen the first 3 movies and since she loves the characters we thought it would be perfect for her first time. We didn't know what we wanted to eat and since Matthew and I usually go to Acapulco, that's where we ended up since it's right next to the theater. Alexa had a lot of fun drinking her shirley temple and eating her pizza. We had chips and salsa on the table and she took a chip and dunked it in the salsa and ate it. She actually didn't mind the taste but I was unsure about how it would affect her skin on the way out, if you know what I mean. She has sensitive skin so I didn't want to take any chances.

Matthew and I were really excited to take Alexa to the movies. Once we got into the theater and sat down she asked for candy, so Matthew went to go get some and he came back with candy, an icee, and popcorn! Alexa did her first movie right!

They had really cute cartoon movie previews for the kids so it kept her entertained..... that and her goodies! Overall, she had a great time. She was the best little girl she could have been and Matthew and I would love to take her to another movie soon. We actually saw a preview for a vampire movie coming out. It looked really cute, and I think Alexa would like to go and have another date night with her parent's. Now when we put the other Ice Age movies on she asks for Sid, one of the characters, and when we say ok we'll put it on, she says "no Sid that way" and points to the front door! She is so cute and funny! Best little girl ever!

My surprise date!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Since today is a day for green I thought that today would be a perfect day to post what I did on my  exciting date. 

About a month ago Matthew sent me a text that said to make sure I have my mother babysit Alexa because he couldn't change the date of our surprise date. I was greatly surprised by it because he never really does things like this. If he ever has an idea of something to do he usually always tells me about it first, so I was very happy and excited for our date night! Tuesday, March 15th finally came and I was wondering what the night had in store. He told me to kinda dress up, so I was very curious as to what we were doing. All I knew was that we were going to Costa Mesa. I didn't know of many things besides South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa so I was very confused. We were finally on our way and the whole time he was saying, "I know you know where we are going." I kept assuring him that I had no clue. He kept asking me if the place was down this street or that street as we were driving by and I was like I have no idea since I don't know where we are going. I'm great with directions and he isn't, so I was a little nervous if we were going to make it to the place we were going on time. It was funny. He finally found the place and it was around the corner from where we were. He said, "I'm sure now you know since there is a banner," but I couldn't see the banner so I still had no idea. We finally turned down the right street and I saw the Performing Arts Center. I had no idea that we had one right down the street from the South Coast Plaza. I was even more excited, since I still had no idea what play we were going to see. We finally parked and as we were walking towards the front of the Performing Arts Center he told me that what we are seeing is on the next directory like stand. I saw a poster of WICKED! I was flabbergasted! I have been wanting to see Wicked for a few years now and that night was finally THE NIGHT. The play was amazing! I had such a great time and the play had fantastic actors/singers! Their performance was remarkable! We were surprised that the play had a lot of humor. We were laughing a lot! It was a great night and I'm very thankful to have such a wonderful husband!

Depending on our situation we may go and see West Side Story in September. I still want to see Beauty and the Beast, Phantom of the Opera, and they really need to put together The Newsies.

Dancing With The Stars Taping!

Matthew and I always sign up for free tickets to live taping of shows we watch. I went on the waiting list for Dancing with the Stars way before it started and sure enough I received an email last Wednesday to come to a live taping of the show. I was able to choose between Monday night and Tuesday night. I would have preferred to go to Monday night's taping because I love watching the dances, but since Matthew's day's off is Tuesday and Wednesday we were only able to go to Tuesday's taping. Don't get me wrong, it was still a lot of fun!

The morning of.......
We woke up and immediately started to get ready so we could drop off Alexa with my mother and get on the road. We knew we had to check in no later than 3:30, but since it was first come first serve we wanted to be SURE we got in to see the taping. We got to my mother's around 10 AM and kissed our baby good-bye. We do not like leaving her at all, but we knew she was in great hands and would have fun at her grandparent's house. We got to LA around 11:15 and since we wanted to have our tummies full, because we didn't know when we would get a chance to eat, we went to Olvera Street. It's a street that has many little Mexican shops and little hole in the wall places to eat. I have been going there to eat, every so often, ever since I was little. Matthew and I love this place called El Rancho Grande. It has the best Mexican food! 5 taquitos, beans, salad, and Root Beer's later that each of us had, we were on our way to the taping! We had to park in the designated parking structure about half a mile away. In heels, it felt like 3 miles away, and it was only the beginning of our day. We reached the area were we line up and there were only about 2 small groups ahead of us. We couldn't have a camera or our phones or else they would take them away and give them back after the show, so we left them in the car. That's why there are no pictures.We got to the line at around 12:45 and we waited and waited and waited in the freezing cold weather until around 3:30.   A group that was behind us brought chairs, so we asked what they did with them when we go in. They said that they stash them in the bushes and see if they are still there when they come back. They also said bums like to take them and try to sell them. haha. By the time they started to take us in, a priority ticket line had formed and there were about 35 maybe 40 people in that line. It was for the people who didn't get in last week, so they got a priority ticket to see the show for sure. We were getting nervous, but we heard that they bring in about 170 people for each show, so at that time we knew we would get in. I was freezing! I had a jacket on, my short strapless dress, and my heels were off since I didn't want to stand in them the whole time, so my feet were frozen from standing on the cold cement. Matthew was just tired of standing. He was covered from neck to toe. Guys always have it easy. All they need to wear is a button collard shirt, tie, slacks, and nice shoes. Done! Girls however, have it way harder! For every event there is a different dress for it. Back to the story, so we get in from off the sidewalk that we waited forever on and they took us to some long benches to sit on. It was nice to finally sit down, but we were still outside. We sat there for about 35 to 40 minutes and then bench by bench they had us go in. Unfortunately we got seated on the balcony over looking the front of the judges, so we weren't on TV, but they were still good seats. We weren't complaining. The whole point was to see everything LIVE! Everything looks so much smaller! I couldn't believe how different it was from seeing it on TV. Before the show started the whole audience was able to go dance to the music they had playing on the dance floor. Matthew doesn't like to dance so I knew we were not going to go and I was kinda sad. He knew that I wanted to go so he gave in and we DANCED ON THE DWTS DANCE FLOOR!!! It was a lot of fun. Some of the dancers and stars came onto the stage and danced too. Brandy came out and she is a lot prettier in person. Throughout the whole night there was this guy host that entertained us and he was funny. He pulled everyone out to dance and gave away rings that have lights. I got one! He came up to our balcony and Matthew pointed to my hand as I was holding it out and he gave me one! I was happy! :) It's just a stupid ring but I was happy to get something from the show. :) It was funny cause when we went to commercials, you see the judges getting their make-up touched up and the stage crew is changing the stage. It was really neat to see everything! It was funny to learn that DWTS tapes things for the next weeks show. We did not see the guy playing the piano at all. He was taped last week for this weeks show haha. Cheryl and Derek danced for next weeks show. It was super cute! Before anyone danced you saw them practicing and stretching. It was so neat. I'm going to go on the waiting list again and again and again. It was a great date! :) The night was fun and we were on our way home by 7 PM. It was worth the wait!

Family Movie Night

Tonight is going to be a fun night! Gabe and Holly are coming over and we are all going to meet Chris and Heather at the Edwards Movie Theater right down the street to see NEW MOON! All of us can't wait to see it and its FREE! Matthew and I always get movie tickets for our birthdays and over the years we have saved about 30 movie tickets so we thought why not and invite Gabe, Holly, Chris and Heather for a night at the movies. Our showing is at 7:30 and I can't wait! Well got to go cause Holly and Gabe just got here! :)

So we just got home and I really loved this movie! It was way better than the first! I can't wait for Eclipse!

Monday Night Angel's Game

Matthew and I went to the Angel's game and we sat in the 4th row from the field! It was a great view! The Angels played Colorado Rockies and lost! It was a really bad game but it was still fun to be at the stadium eating hot dogs and peanuts. "The Wave" went around the entire stadium about 8 or 9 times non-stop it was so funny. Matthew and I have never seen it go for that long! Even though our team did not win we had a wonderful time together! :)

Movie Nights

Matthew and I have been really busy the last month and finally we were able to catch up on our movies. We always rent our movies from Redbox because its really cheap. We rented Yes Man, Quantum of Solace, Marley and Me, and Transporter 3.

Yes Man was really really good! We heard some bad reviews so we were unsure about watching it, but now we realize that those people are dumb because Jim Carrey is really funny!

Quantum of Soalace was good. I'm not that much of a fan of 007 movies but It was good. My favorite James Bond movie is Casino Royale! :)

Marley and Me was really funny and really really sad! :( I love animals and this was worse than Old Yeller! My eyes were so red.

Transporter 3 is really good so far! :) We haven't finished it yet because we got tired last night and we only watched about 30 min. of it last night and about 45 min. of it this morning but it is a must see if you have seen the first two Transporters! :)

Gem Awards

I would first like to say that for doing my hair myself I think I did a really good job!

It was a really long award party but it was fun to see! We met Fox 11 News anchor Christine Divine!

Disneyland

Valentines Day!

We went out to dinner with our friends Nicole and Sean. It was a nice night!




They got Engaged!

Karaoke!

Last night my family and friends had Karaoke night and it was super fun!

Ducks VS Kings

On Tuesday our old friend John, from BBB, called us up and asked if we wanted to go to a Hockey game because he had an extra ticket and we could get another and have a good time. We said sure, why not. Matthew and I have been together for...... well........ 6 years now, and we have not enjoyed each others company at a Hockey game. It was Ducks vs Kings, which is funny cause the last time I went to a Hockey game about 10 years ago it was Ducks vs Kings and it went into overtime so we left cause me and my brother were tired. Even though its pre-season it was a good game. Within about 5 min. that the game started there was a fight haha I forgot how much fun those were to watch. All in all there were about 2-3 fights. It was 1 to 1 for a while but in the 2ND period, somehow the Kings were able to get lucky with a shot so it became 2 to 1. Finally in the 3rd period the Ducks scored and the game ended with a tie 2 to 2. Here I was 10 years later with a tied game. The only difference was that I am now 22 and not tired. The clock showed 5 min for the overtime period. Then, with only 1 min and 30 seconds left the Ducks scored and won the game 3 to 2. Personally, I like both the Kings and the Ducks, but since the Ducks are our home team I was on their side. Have you ever done something a long time ago and many years later your doing it and you say to yourself, who would have thought.............. Well after the game that popped into my head. Who would have thought 10 years later I'd be coming back to Ducks vs Kings game at 22 with my Husband who is also my bestest friend and with our other friends that we didn't even know back then. We didn't even know each other existed. I don't know....... I think about that sometimes. Another funny thing happened at the game. My cousin Phillip, that I went to Vegas for this last weekend, called me in the 2nd period and asked where I was. I told him that I was at a Hockey game and he said, yeah me too. Lol I was like what! He told me where he was sitting and he was on the lower level in a suite that his friends uncle had. He was 2 levels lower than I, and we both were on opposite ends of the goal. At half time he walked up and we hugged and said long time no see. Lol it was crazy we had both went to the game that night. I asked how he knew I was there and he said he saw on Myspace that I wrote I was going to a Hockey game, and that he called me as soon as he got there. Him and his friend were out at dinner and his friend called his uncle and he said I have to ticket to the game tonight so they popped on over. It was a good surprise. Oh if anyone ever goes to Hockey game always eat before you get there. Our food, no joke, was $30 for 2 burgers and 2 fries and 2 drinks at Carls Jr. yeah it was crazy expensive. We didn't have time to eat and we didn't think it would be that bad, but now we know! Oh and parking was only $5 it was a good deal. We parked across the street from the Honda Center, you half to walk but its not a bad walk. Last night was a lot of fun!














Two girls raced each other after the 1st period up and down the ice rink in these balls. It was funny. They looked like hamsters. Those girls in black pants were the ice shoveler's. After every so many min. it would be a time out and the girls would collect the excess ice on the rink for the hockey players.














That's me and Will we sat in his season seats that were higher than our friend Johns seats. In the other pic its my cousins friend Reed. He is standing in his precious suite. They invited us down there, but we didn't want to be rude to our friends. Any seat in the Honda center is good in Matt's and my opinion. This Blimp came out every now and then dropping coupons or something. It was cute haha. Phillip and Reed sat at the top after the white part on the left in between the 3rd and 2ND set of stairs from the right.

Disneyland

We went to Disneyland for Matthew's Birthday and we had a blast! We were there for about 12 hours and we were super tired. The Buzz Lightyear ride is highly recommended. Well, all of the rides are great, but the Buzz ride lets you shoot a laser gun. Yeah, it was a good day!

FYI we do not know this guy. After we took the picture and got off the ride we saw that he had leaned in and smiled. It was the laugh of the day! We think he looks a little like Kevin Nealon.