Halloweenie

Ohhhh to follow our dreams of being current on our blog. As a wise man once said,I think I’m just going to see where my dreams are going and catch up with them later.

Oh look. It’s Halloween.

In honor of such a magical holiday (when else to you get to see grown people look like silly little kids and kids look like silly little sluts) we celebrated it all weekend long. Our Halloween Weekend was spent in the best way possible – by taking a trip to California!!! We got to spend time with family, catch up on our shows, carve some sweet punkins, eat at the site of the original French dip sandwich in LA Chinatown (of all places), AAAAAAND go to OCTOBERFLAME III at The Grove!!!

It was, in a word, special. The two opening bands were unfortunate. The first one kinda almost had something going for them. They all had sweet face paint except the awkward tubby guy in a dress. The lead singer had on a Mexican/Sailor costume on… to start with. The music was almost okay, entertaining enough as the lead guy did some ridiculous, seemingly drink induced dances… by the end he was down to tighty whities and frankly I was embarrassed for him. The second band was just shameful. They were old, painful to listen to, and looked like they belonged in cubicles... not in a geek chic way. Yeahhhh I walked out and got some fresh air during their set.

BUT then… the main event… TIGER ARMY!! They were aaaaaaaawesomeeeeeeee. I even fished my wish and got to hear my favorite Tiger Army song (Afterworld, which we coincidentally danced to at our wedding for THE first dance) as the SECOND song they played. ALSO Nick 13’s parents were in the audience and so he played his mom’s favorite song they play (Through the Darkness) and it became my NEW favorite : )

All Hallows Eve was pretty sweet too – we walked around with Chris & Dennis – both dressed for the part – Dennis as Nacho Libre and Chris as a lovely Asian. We even shared an awesome dark choco sundae for a Halloween treat. But anyone who knows anything about me and trips to San Clemente know that my FAVORITE treat I could even wish for is Pedro’s Fish Tacos and Horchata which I also had at least once a day : D

BEST HALLOWEEN EVERRRRR!

TV - new for fall 2010!

know what's pretty good? TV. Not all of it, but some of it. Here are some of the things you can find on one near you that is worth your time:

Raising Hope. Never heard of it? Neither did we until earlier today. It may be best to just watch it not knowing what you're getting into.

No Ordinary Family. Did you like the Incredibles? X-men? Smallville? Throw them all in a blender, add Michael Chiklis and you've got No Ordinary Family. It's actually eerily similar to the Incredibles (it's a good thing it's made by ABC so Disney doesn't go crazy on them).

Running Wilde. Love Arrested Development? Well here's a show for you! It even has G.O.B. and Tobias! PLUS Mitch Hurwitz is one of the Exec. Producers.

My Generation. A fake documentary about how some high schoolers 10 years after they graduate, complete with flashbacks and all!

And of course there are all the staples: the Office, Community, and Modern Family.

(and when we finally get around to catching up on past seasons: Chuck, Psych, and Burn Notice)

And that's how we spend our free time. Of course there isn't much of that since for some reason we think we need to go to school and work, and eat and sleep. I don't know where those ideas came from , but they're really cramping our leisure time.

We're becoming a real family

Last night we got home a little past 9pm due to my night class, and yet Andre decided we would have our first "real" Family Home Evening - like with a theme and scriptures and a treat and an activity and everything.  I thought this was quite cute.  He pulled up the scripture story about David and how his friend's dad, the king, wanted to kill him, but his friend hid him to protect him cause he was his best friend.  I hadn't heard that story before, but his point was the importance of friends and how happy he is we're best friends : )

We then had hot dogs and popcorn for our treat (aka dinner).  I sure hope Jamie Oliver isn't reading this.... I really do want us to start cooking more and being more healthy.  The popcorn isn't THAT bad though - it's my very favorite kind.

Then for our activity, we watched animal bff videos here.

I think my favorite was this one