A weekend full of wedding.

Ohmygoodness what a great weekend. Seriously it's kind of ridiculous how fun of a wedding weekend I had, it just made me happy all over and even more excited for my own wedding next year (like I wasn't excited enough). So recap weekend here we go!

Thursday: Had a mini bachelorette party at my apartment for the fabulous bride. Then we headed off to the Standard for some dancing and good times, great way to start it all off.

oh how we love Laura, the bride.

Friday: Left work a bit early to head on over to Covina Bowl for the wedding rehearsal dinner. It was a great time to mingle with everyone, get to know some new people, listen to some fabulous toasts (I definitely got a little teary) and ultimately do some bowling! Um I love bowling and I love it even more when I get a new high score! My last high score was at Gianni's birthday and then I got my new best at his rehearsal dinner, I think that's just awesome.

oh yeah, 171 what's up now!

Saturday: Wedding day!! Matt left bright and early to help out (he was the psuedo best man and basically rocked it) so I had the day to myself. I lounged and relaxed a bit but then I was on a mission to get some new shoes to go with my dress for that night, so I as off and man was I sucessful, so sucessful I even got a new purse. I'm sort of in love:

oh how I love yellow. :)

Eventually I got ready and Matt's dad and brother picked me up and we were on our way to the wedding! I've know the groom, Gianni, since freshmen year of high school and Matt's known him since fourth grade, so basically we all go way back. To make things even more sentimental and adorable, Gianni introduced me and Matt, so to say we're all close friends is sort of an understatement. I couldn't be more happy for him and his now wife, Laura, I love them both and their wedding was all sorts of amazig. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

oh check out those handsome groomsmen.


oh and what lovely bridesmaids.


Husband and Wife!! Yay!


the high school kids, love it.


their first dance, precious.
and um love their names on the floor.


cutting the delicious cake, mmmm.


me and Jo getting down on the dance floor, haha.


Karen and I enjoying some wine and
some dancing, lovely.


everyone was dancing all night long, it was awesome.


Matt and I with the newlyweds!


me with the fiance :)


Gianni, Sean and Tim having a great time.


this pic makes me smile.


it wouldn't be your wedding if your car
didn't get decorated! Congrats!

So as you can tell from the pics it was a fabulous wedding. I had so much fun hanging out with my friends, getting all dressed up, dancing the night away and celebrating our friends' wedding. Congrats again guys, we love you! :)

Sunday: Met up with most of the wedding party peeps for a post-wedding brunch at the hotel. It was definitely just what I needed and it was fun to see everyone one last time. Eventually Matt and I were ready to head home so we said our goodbye and wished the newlyweds a fabulous honeymoon (they'll be gone a month! I'm so jealous!). The rest of the afternoon was a pretty lazy one for me which was nice and just what I needed. But later that night my sister and I headed over to West Hollywood for Nicole and Kerri's GAP Born to Fit party (I posted over at my review blog, so click the link, woo), which was all sorts of awesome.

So that was my weekend. I'm sort of tired just rereading it all, haha. But it was totally worth it.


and how was your weekend?


happy monday!

World travelers.

A couple nights ago Matt and I were talking about just up and going. Anywhere. I think I got butterflies in my stomach at just the thought of it.

We both want to travel, try living somewhere else, be a little crazy for a while and have some fun.

But we've got this little thing called a wedding coming up so world travels isn't really in the cards just yet. However, post wedding, post honeymoon, post save up some more money I think we might really do it. After everything next year I'd like to think that we really will up and go somewhere new. Maybe another state or even another country, even though neither one of us speaks another language. And not plan any of it (okay maybe some of it, who I am kidding, I'm a planner, haha). But just go. Maybe stop renting our apartment, store our stuff somewhere and just go.

And really? This makes me happier than I can even begin to convey.

Do you have any big travel plans coming up (I'm looking at you Nicole, haha) ? Have you done crazy spontaneous long trips? Any advice?

In the meantime this weekend's travels are taking us to our friends' wedding and I couldn't be happier for them.




happy weekend!

*ps. thank you for all your advice and tips about bridal showers yesterday, I'll definitely use it all!*

Sign me up for Bridal Showers 101.

So I think I've mentioned it before, but I'm the MOH (maid of honor) in my cousin's wedding coming up in October. And with the regular day of wedding and some pre-wedding duties comes planning the bridal shower. Ummm say what? One more time? Mic check?

Yes I love planning holiday parties and birthday parties but even though I'm a future bride (and I've been to two bridal showers lately) I'm pretty dang clueless.

Here are the facts:

• The bridal shower will be mixed with family and friends both young (well 19 at youngest) and not as young (like aunts in their 40s/50s).
  
  
• I'm having the shower Labor Day weekend, so it might be hot it might not be.
  
  
• She'll be honeymooning in Thailand (I was thinking maybe a beachy theme or Thai food, but umm no idea).
  
  
• It's a luncheon, so like noonish.
  
  
• The shower is going to be at an Aunt's house.
  

For food I thought about doing some appetizers like spinach dip, fruit tray and chips or something. And for lunch maybe sandwiches and salad? But it just seems so boring, I need ideas people! And for dessert I think I'm going to make cupcakes or a cake or lemon bars or umm something awesome.

For decorations I'm completely clueless, I have no idea what to do. And favors? Ha! Help?

And for games, I don't want to go overboard or do too many. But I was thinking of a "newlywed game" where I ask her fiance questions about her and we make her answer them. And them yeah that's all I got. Help again?

Um so if you have any ideas, tips, free food please send them my way! I'll love anything you've got, this is quite the learning experience for me :)


And how appropriate is this comic? haha.

happy thursday!

The wolves are taking over Hollywood.

As we've learned in the past, Wednesdays are just as awesome for Hollywood updates as Tuesdays. Maybe not as amazing, but they're pretty awesome too. So without further adieu, here's today's Hollywoodness:

• For this week's cute bebes we have Marcia Cross's adorable little girls, Savannah and Eden. Seriously they are just such adorable little girls. And playing with mom in the park is sort of precious:
  
  
  
  
  man they are both just so darn cute!
  
  
  
• Next up is another precious little girl, Stella McDermott. I admit, I sort of watched a couple episodes of Tori and Dean and umm they're kids are freakin adorable. And this little beach babe pic of Stella and Tori just made me melt a little bit.
  
  
  
  um adorable right?
  
  
  
• Okay and because I couldn't resist and this picture is both adorable and zexy I just had to share Cam Cigandet and his little girl, Everleigh.
  
  
  
  ooh hellooooo.
  
  
• Moving on from the bebes but to some other cuteness... In a recent interview with Women's Health Mila Kunis said some sort of adorable stuff about her boyfriend Macauly Culkin. Basically he's her "steady rock" and they've been together seven years and umm go them!
  
  
• Oh and because I feel like he hasn't showed up enough on my blog, Orlando Bloom. He's all sorts of adorable and cute and I just want to go to a coffee shop and be hip with him.
  
  
  
  aren't you so hip?
  
  
  
• Moving on from the hipness and on to the Twilightness. Oh what a great week for Twilight it was. The second and very Jacob-centric preview came out and ummmmm is it November yet!?! I sort of swooned a bit over this preview and may have watched it more than once. Like wo.
  
  Also in Twilight and Jacob-centric news last week was a most fabulous EW shoot with Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner and I may have squeeeed a bit at the pics and the behind the scenes clips. Sort of love it. But don't worry, I'm still team Rob/Edward :)
  
  
  
  um love this pic and their cuteness.
  
  
  okay I gotta admit she looks pretty fierce here,
  sort of love it
  
  
  I can't believe this cuteness is not even 18 yet! haha.
  
  
  
• And in movie news...
  Apparently Tom Cruise is bored and Mission Impossible 4 is in the works. Now I'm not going to lie, I sort of love Mission Impossible and I own MI:2. But umm don't know that MI:4 is quite necessary. But I can bet I'll probably see it either way, I'm a sucker for some crazy action sometimes.
  
  Also in sequel news, a second Wolverine movie is officially a go. Hugh Jackman is even going to produce this flick too. I sort of really loved Wolverine and I love the X-Men movies so I hope this movie lives up to its predecessors. Fingers crossed!
  
  
• And in TV news...
  John and Kate Plus Eight. I heart Aaden. Really that is all. He is just so freakin cute and adorable and ah! Heart him. And I can't believe I'm still watching the show, but the kids, oh the kids are just precious!
  
  
• And in music news...
  Miss Britney Spears did Letterman's Top Ten last night. And it was actually sort of funny. A little much at times, but I totally still laughed.
  
  Also in musicness. I'm sort of really obsessed with Shakira's song "She Wolf." I can't stop listening to, tweeting about it, talking about it! It's ridiculous. It's not even all that amazing. But it's definitely keeping me dancing and umm you should probably check it out. And then love it. Then thank me later, haha.
  
  
• Lastly in today's WTF news, we have another bebe story from a woman in Tunisia. A woman that is most definitely putting the Octo-mom to shame because she's pregnant with twelve, yes TWELVE babies!! I can't even imagine how big her stomach is or how that is even possible to have so many kids. But man, that is definitely WTF worthy.
  *update: The woman is a fraud, she's not even pregnant! I think it still constitutes as a WTF story because um she has some serious problems*
  
  

Anything I missed? As always, let me know!




happy wednesday!

Quite a Swiss weekend.

So remember when I said I wasn't going to miss a day of blogging again? Yeah well I totally forgot that I wasn't getting back until yesterday so alas the blog went blank again. Oh well. I'm back now and had a most fabulous weekend that I have to share!

Friday: After work I had the pleasure of attending Tara's GAP Born to Fit party on the west side and man was it a great time. I posted all about it on my review blog so head on over to check it out. Basically it was a great way to end the work week and a great night overall.

Saturday: Off and away! My sister, Matt, my cousin Bryan and I hopped into Bryan's parent's car and we were off to Salinas for the annual Swiss picnic with my family. Per tradition we stopped off at Andersen's Pea Soup on the way up and my sister and I got this gem:

oh I'm so easily amused

Eventually we made our way up to my cousin's house for a big BBQ with tons of family, lots of food, some music and even more alcohol, haha we know how to have a good time.

gettin all cute on the dance floor


my cousin Dave and his daugher, so adorable


they're all so intrigued, haha

After the BBQ the youngins went to my cousin Kenji (hi Kenji!) and Zach's place where the drinking games and craziness commenced. Seriously hanging out with my cousins is always a good time. So without further ado and talking about let's just see some more pictures:

this is why we love each other, haha


Kourtney and Bryan pre-drinking games


oh so zexy kids


this would have been perfect for Tiger Week, haha


Kristine is in awe (or shock, ha) of Kenji's pong skills


and check out those sweet moves, haha


I missed this part of the night but apparently things got
a little crazy and pretty entertaining, oh good times

Basically it was a ridiculous night and it was awesome.

Sunday: Time to celebrate our Swissness Basically all of the Swiss people in the community head to the Swiss Rifle range and have a big ole picnic, celebrate being with family, dance to some polka and do the chicken dance, have lots of delicious food and have a grand ole time. And grand as always it was this year. I love hanging out with the fam and being crazy and having fun. And again I present some more fantabulous pics:

love these two cuties


the SoCal crew, sort of, haha


my parents with some of the cousins


getting down to the chicken dance

After the picnic we headed to my cousin Steve's house for some more food (how I ate it all I don't know) and good times.

the boys relaxing for a bit


Kurt giving himselt a nice massage as well, haha

chilling at the Indigo Bar, good times all around

After my cousin's house we headed back to Kenji's place for a little more fun time and bonfires before calling the weekend to an end.

kisses for Rocky, cuuute

Basically it was another fun night of laughs and good times and not a dull moment in sight.

Monday: Drove home. Sad to go. Saw a movie with Matt. Came home to watch Definitely, Maybe. Relaxed, goodbye weekend.


And how was your weekend? Any crazyness or good times in there? Anything I missed reading about?




happy tuesday!

Awesome is as Awesome does.

Things that aren't so awesome:

• Bug bites. ON MY FACE. Apparently getting bit up last weekend in New Mexico wasn't enough for the bug kingdom because after I got back from dinner with Matt last night there was a whopping bite on my freaking face. Umm hey bugs, you can stop eating me up now okay? Thanks.
  
  
• Today is not a payday.
  
  
• I don't have a million dollars. Having a million dollars would really make my life amazing right about now.
  
  

Things that are quite awesome:

• Tonight is Tara's GAP party and I'm quite excited to see her and what other fellow bloggers and friends that are attending.
  
  
• Tomorrow I'm heading up to see tons of family in Salinas and have lots of food and drinks and tons of fun. So excited.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Wine. Really you can't go wrong with wine. It's just so gooooood.
  
  
• Umm it's Friday.
  

And what's awesome for you today?





happy weekend all!

My movie family.

A couple days ago Lethal Weapon was on TV and every time I see Danny Glover I think of my dad. Not even kidding there is a striking resemblance between the two in the way they talk and look and yeah, it's not a bad thing, just a funny thing.

So this got me thinking even more. If I got famous and a movie was made about my life like tomorrow who would play my family? Back in the day I did a poll of who would play me and I think I even changed my mind from that. So without further ado I present my famous family.

Dad would be played by Danny Glover, obviously.

I think my mom could be played by Meryl Streep. My mom gets frazzled and Meryl could definitely capture that and my mom is awesome and Meryl is awesome.

My sister, Kourtney could be played by Christina Milian. Yeah she's about a foot shorter than my sister but she's cute and peppy and my sister is too, sort of, haha.

My brother Kyle would be played by Connor Cruise. He's got that light skinned and tall business going on and apparently Connor wants to get all into acting now so it's perfect.

My youngest brother Kurt could be played by Oscar Jackman because he's totally got the hair going for him along with that goofy smile.

As for myself I think I'd like Zoe Saldana to do the job. Although her hair isn't quite curly and her boobs are a bit too small I think she'd capture my personality pretty dang well.

And for Matt I think Jason Segel would be a pretty great fit. Jason could definitely capture Matt's charm and goofiness and he's pretty good lookin too :)

Oh so actually sharing a picture of the family would be a bit useful right?

the parents

the siblings


me and Matt

So that's my movie family. I think it'd be a pretty great movie actually, haha. And who do you think would play your family or just you in a movie?




happy thursday!

Some Wednesday thoughts.

Oh yes it's one of those days where I just feel like rambling and sharing uselessness, so enjoy:

• Last night I realized that I own 16 Old Navy tank tops. Oh yes, 16. And I almost thought about getting more this weekend at the $2 deal. Yeah don't know about that anymore.
  
  
• Listening to Wicked just makes me want to go see it again. Is it coming back to LA yet?
  
  
• This Keanu Reeves video from 1984 made me laugh like no other. Seriously you need to watch it, it's amazing.
  
  
• I would love some Cinnamon Toast Crunch right about now.
  
  
• And some popcorn.
  
  
• And maybe a vanilla shake from In-N-Out too.
  
  
• Lately I've spent more time planning/getting ready for other people's weddings than I have even thinking about my own, whoops.
  
  
• I've been slacking on my review blog but I plan on getting some new ones up there soon I promise.
  
  
• I really wish I could paint my fingernails without it looking like it was done by a seven year old.
  
  
• Apparently I still have "sweet blood" like my grandma always used to say, because I got eaten alive by bugs last weekend and I can't help but itch! It's itchy!!
  
  
• Matt is silly.
  
  
• It's always nice when the Dodgers win.
  
  
• I need a pause button. My planner is making me dizzy. Actually I think a nap would suffice.
  
  
• Two days from now I'm going to Tara's GAP party and three days from now I'll be headed to northern California for a family picnic weekend, I'm all sorts of excited.
  
  

and what are you thinking about/feel like sharing today??



happy wednesday!

Hollywood is hawt.

Another Tuesday, another day to post some Hollywood scoop! Are you ready?

• Starting off today's cute bebeness we have some of the cutest guys in the music world, Zuma and Kingston Rossdale. Seriously they are little rock stars in the making, I love it.
  
  
  
  
  oh i just want to squeeze those cheeks!
  
  
  grrrrring and still so cute
  
  
  
• Also looking precious as always is little Suri Cruise running through a field with a funny expression on her face. But yeah I thought it was cute and blogworthy, so tada:
  
  
  
  
  oh she's so cute
  
  
  
• Moving on from the cuteness to some tweeness, oh yes the Teen Choice awards. No I didn't watch it but I did see some of the pics. So I picked a few to share with you:
  
  
  
  miss Brit lookin fabulous
  
  
  
  
  the ladies of My Sister's Keeper looking fabulous
  
  
  yeah I'd say they deserve choice hotties
  
  
  
  
  oh yes Twilight took home 11 awards, heart
  
  
  
• And of course in some Twilight news... Letters to Twilight had a huge RPatz/KStew spotting over the weekend and the internets went wild! So of course I have to repost it! Basically they were seen leaving a concert together and being all sneaky like and umm please don't be together, Rob you are too cute and Kristen is too weird k? Thanks.
  
  
• In movie news....
  Sad news to the movie world, director/write John Hughes passed away unexpectedly last week. His resume is pretty amazing and I gotta say that Sixteen Candles is by far my fave of his flicks. He will definitely be missed.
  
  Last week Jen at Daily Mish Mash posted this snippet to Keanu's new movie, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and I gotta say I'm pretty intrigued. It looks quite interesting and very dramaful.
  
  So remember that movie Valentine's Day that a bagillion people are in? Yeah well Eric Dane aka Dr. McSteamy is in it and umm he gets shirtless and that's reason enough for me to see this movie, haha.
  
  
  
  mmmmmmcsteamyalright
  
  
  
• And in TV news...
  John and Kate plus eight. I watched last week's episodes. And I gotta say it wasn't as awkward as I thought it was going to be. Still sad and a bit weird at times but ohmygosh those kids are freakin adorable. I loved when they were at the beach and Aaden was like "I'd been wishing for the beach and now we're here!". Seriously my heart melted a little bit. So yeah I'm glad they brought the show back to the kids because they are amazing and so cute and maybe I'll keep watching.
  
  Fall premieres. Have you marked your calendars yet? All of our favorite shows are returning soon and TV Guide has the whole list on their site and it's sort of amazing and I'm sort of really excited for my shows to come back.
  
  Fringe. Well nothing really about Fringe except Josh Jackson was promoting it over the weekend at the TCAs and was in my town! And I missed him! Oh well. Also in Josh news, him and Diane are probably the cutest Hollywood couple ever. And um he was in the airport yesterday/this morning and I missed him again!
  
  
  
  
  
  Come on Josh, one meetup is just not enough :)
  
  
• And lastly in today's WTF news....Claire Cruise is a crazy crazy woman. She held a press conference to annouce the fact that she is Michael Jackson's kids's biological mother and that Michael is the biological father to Tom Cruise's son Connor. Um say what? Yeah all the crazies are really coming out.
  
  
• Oh and one more story non-Hollywood related story, Dana (from Just Talk)'s adorable pup Lola is up for a cutest dog contest. So go vote for the preciousness, she's pretty darn cute.
  

Anything I missed today? Let me know!





happy tuesday!