Normally, when the weekend is winding down and I sit in front of my computer I have plenty to write about. Our weekends are usually busy, so they give me plenty to recap. Well this weekend was uneventful thankfully. Saturday we met Andrea for a late lunch at a Mediterranean restaurant. It's pretty new and she's been wanting to try it out. Food was good, not amazing just good. Then being the party animals we are headed out to my co-workers 30Th birthday luau. They went all out with the theme, you got laied as you walked in, the food had a Hawaiian tang and last but not least and not exactly luau related but they had a chocolate fountain which was a hit!
Dennis lost a bet to Jessie and had to buy him a burger. So we met Him, Robert and Mandy at Slater's 50/50 burger. They basically give you a check off sheet and you check off what you want on your burger. They are famous for the 50/50 which is 50% beef and 50% ground bacon. It's delicious, as if I needed to state that. I think it should speak for itself. The rest of my Sunday was spent right here on my couch. I didn't move unless I absolutely had too. Dennis started getting everything ready for the river, he's always over prepared and such a planner!
As I sit here thinking back about how chill the whole last week was, I realize what is in store for us this week. I'm basically pulling an all nighter on Wednesday.(midnight showing of Sex in the city 2, and leaving for the rived at 3am) and Camping Thursday thru Sunday.
Geez... At least I'll have plenty to write about after the river!
With age comes the realization that relaxing weekends are needed. Wait I need to rephrase that... I'm not old... I'm only 27! Late 20's Oh man... Okay gotta stop this train of thought. That's a whole topic in it self...
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
66ers and Strawberries
So again, we OVERBOOKED our weekend. And when I say (we), I mean I overbooked. Saturday morning we were up and the crack of dawn for the community yard sales. Dennis' parents neighborhood does a huge yard sale every year in May. You end up getting a TON of people, who dig and try to talk you down from your already SUPER DUPER low prices. Seriously people, if you wanted to get something free you should have stole it. When someone is trying to talk you down from $.50, there is a problem. We didn't sell much, just some extra stuff that we had either acquired free or stuff that we had that was old and we'd never use again. Over all we made about $70. Not to shabby, if I do say so...
After the yard sale we headed home to get ready for the baseball game. Dennis got tickets for a Dodger's minor league team the Inland Empire 66ers. The tickets were $10 and we were literally front row behind home plate. Check out some of the pictures we took:
Front & Center
The two of us!
The Mascot, I'll admit he made the game. He kept cracking us up!
The team had cheerleaders. LOL
Dennis' dream job: To clock the pitches for a MLB team:
Best/ Worst beer: Best cause it hit the spot, worst cause it was Bud Light.
Highlight of the game: They showed Dennis and I on the jumbo screen and we busted the ROBOT! All the people around us starting laughing and clapping! Too funny, We seriously have a blast doing random stuff!
Sunday we woke up early and headed out to the Strawberry festival with our friends Debbie & Dustin. They accompanied us on the 1 1/2 hr trip up to Oxnard. Thankfully we took the shuttle. It was free and we were able to avoid the millions of cars and people that were already there.
The lines for everything were crazy long. CRAZY LONG. Dennis and I opted for food-food, such as curly fries, a hot link, and a tri tip sandwich. Debbie and Dustin were more adventurous. They had strawberry pizza (Dough, with cream cheese, strawberries on top and whipped cream) and Strawberry nachos (fried flour tortilla chips coated in cinnamon and sugar, Strawberry and whipped cream on top). It all looked Delicious but I couldn't hang with all the sweet stuff.
The highlight for me was the build your own strawberry shortcake tent. It was a flat charge of $5 and you could add as much as you wanted. Here is our creation:
Our Strawberry shortcake baby:
I couldn't wait. YUMMY
Debbie and I
Dennis and his Strawberry Beer. The beer was terrible but at least the cup was cute! (He has his pinkie raised and everything, he's so classy)
We had such a good time during our busy weekend! We were so tired after all the activities, we said the same thing we say after every weekend: "Next weekend were not going to do anything" As I'm sure you can tell that never happens. It's only Monday and we already have plans for next weekend: 3 birthday parties, and Lunch/ shopping outing with Denni's friend Jessie. Hey at least it gives me something to blog about...
After the yard sale we headed home to get ready for the baseball game. Dennis got tickets for a Dodger's minor league team the Inland Empire 66ers. The tickets were $10 and we were literally front row behind home plate. Check out some of the pictures we took:
Front & Center
The two of us!
The Mascot, I'll admit he made the game. He kept cracking us up!
The team had cheerleaders. LOL
Dennis' dream job: To clock the pitches for a MLB team:
Best/ Worst beer: Best cause it hit the spot, worst cause it was Bud Light.
Highlight of the game: They showed Dennis and I on the jumbo screen and we busted the ROBOT! All the people around us starting laughing and clapping! Too funny, We seriously have a blast doing random stuff!
Sunday we woke up early and headed out to the Strawberry festival with our friends Debbie & Dustin. They accompanied us on the 1 1/2 hr trip up to Oxnard. Thankfully we took the shuttle. It was free and we were able to avoid the millions of cars and people that were already there.
The lines for everything were crazy long. CRAZY LONG. Dennis and I opted for food-food, such as curly fries, a hot link, and a tri tip sandwich. Debbie and Dustin were more adventurous. They had strawberry pizza (Dough, with cream cheese, strawberries on top and whipped cream) and Strawberry nachos (fried flour tortilla chips coated in cinnamon and sugar, Strawberry and whipped cream on top). It all looked Delicious but I couldn't hang with all the sweet stuff.
The highlight for me was the build your own strawberry shortcake tent. It was a flat charge of $5 and you could add as much as you wanted. Here is our creation:
Our Strawberry shortcake baby:
I couldn't wait. YUMMY
Debbie and I
Dennis and his Strawberry Beer. The beer was terrible but at least the cup was cute! (He has his pinkie raised and everything, he's so classy)
We had such a good time during our busy weekend! We were so tired after all the activities, we said the same thing we say after every weekend: "Next weekend were not going to do anything" As I'm sure you can tell that never happens. It's only Monday and we already have plans for next weekend: 3 birthday parties, and Lunch/ shopping outing with Denni's friend Jessie. Hey at least it gives me something to blog about...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Mother's Day 2010
Mother's day 2010 was bitter sweet. Since my mom lives in Carson, City NV I couldn't be with her. Our mothers day conversation went a little something like this:
Niki: Hey Mom
Mom: Hang on...(I hear her yelling at Allyson to go potty before she pees on herself) What's up?
Niki:Happy Mother's day!
Mom: Thank you (Now yelling to Aggie to stop messing with Allyson in the bathroom)
Niki: (waiting a few sec) So did you get my card?
Mom: Oh yeah, I got it yesterday, really cute!
Niki: yeah, I thought it was appropriate
(Side note the Card was something about being so alike and not being able to stand each other for long periods of time, but we wouldn't have it any other way)
Mom: Hang on Niki, I gotta get the kids ready.
Niki: Where are you guys going?
Mom: The Carnival, I'll send you some pictures later
Niki: Okay, Love you have fun!
Mom: Okay, Love you!
For any of you that know my mom and the current situation, the above conversation is typical. She's always in a rush taking care of her grand kids. When we do get to talk it's less then 3 minutes and it always entails at least one of the kids grabbing the phone to talk to "my Niki, or Uncle Dennis" We happen to love when that happens!
We headed to Dennis' parents house to have Mother's day Lunch. We had Ribs, salad & potatoes! Dennis' parents are the best cooks hands down! I am seriously blessed to be welcomed into such a loving family.
The day was spent hanging out with the Fam (Stacey & Andrea), a trip to Kmart to get a bathing suit for the river. (May 27- 30) and more hanging out. Seems everyone was camera shy so I've only got 2 pics from Sat.
Correia Mom & kids:
Stacey, Gloria & Dennis
Duffy Mom & kids:
Deborah, Sonjy & Niki
I'm adding this picture, just because it makes me laugh...
Niki: Hey Mom
Mom: Hang on...(I hear her yelling at Allyson to go potty before she pees on herself) What's up?
Niki:Happy Mother's day!
Mom: Thank you (Now yelling to Aggie to stop messing with Allyson in the bathroom)
Niki: (waiting a few sec) So did you get my card?
Mom: Oh yeah, I got it yesterday, really cute!
Niki: yeah, I thought it was appropriate
(Side note the Card was something about being so alike and not being able to stand each other for long periods of time, but we wouldn't have it any other way)
Mom: Hang on Niki, I gotta get the kids ready.
Niki: Where are you guys going?
Mom: The Carnival, I'll send you some pictures later
Niki: Okay, Love you have fun!
Mom: Okay, Love you!
For any of you that know my mom and the current situation, the above conversation is typical. She's always in a rush taking care of her grand kids. When we do get to talk it's less then 3 minutes and it always entails at least one of the kids grabbing the phone to talk to "my Niki, or Uncle Dennis" We happen to love when that happens!
We headed to Dennis' parents house to have Mother's day Lunch. We had Ribs, salad & potatoes! Dennis' parents are the best cooks hands down! I am seriously blessed to be welcomed into such a loving family.
The day was spent hanging out with the Fam (Stacey & Andrea), a trip to Kmart to get a bathing suit for the river. (May 27- 30) and more hanging out. Seems everyone was camera shy so I've only got 2 pics from Sat.
Correia Mom & kids:
Stacey, Gloria & Dennis
Duffy Mom & kids:
Deborah, Sonjy & Niki
I'm adding this picture, just because it makes me laugh...
Thursday, May 6, 2010
A day in San Diego, with the homies.
The weekend was a busy one. May 1st was Lisa's 28Th birthday, we started the day with stealing Lisa from her house for breakfast! It was pretty funny, I was driving the get away car so no pics. Then we went to Janee's championship softball game. They won 18 to 8. Go Toxic! The evening was spent at hurricane's a bar in Huntington beach partying up Lisa's birthday day.
Sunday we headed out with Andrea to visit Stacey in San Diego. Once we got there we were starving! So we went down to Ocean Beach to get a bomb ass burger from Hodads. We saw them featured on a food network show once and couldn't wait to try it out... check out the pics and see for yourself...
The place:
The burger:
The eater:
Me acting crazy:
Being at the beach sitting on the path was really peaceful other then the bums, and weird ass people... lol
Bro & Sis:
The Sunday group: Andrea, Dennis, Paro, Stacey & Jenny
Us
Dennis attacking Andrea
Our tour guides
We'd had enough of the beach, and crazy people so our tour guides for the day took us to this quaint little shopping village where Dennis found this lovely treasure.
The blondish mullet hat, what a gem!
Courtyard, so peaceful
We ended the day by heading to Cheers, a bar where a friend they work with is the bartender. You can easily say that she has a heavy hand. Our 'pineapple and rum' turned into more of a 1/2 cup of rum with a splash of pineapple juice.
Andrea & I were a tad tipsy after 2 drinks.
The 'cool' kids played pool. I tried but it was just bad... VERY BAD
Such a pervert
He's a pro
And so are they!
Sunday we headed out with Andrea to visit Stacey in San Diego. Once we got there we were starving! So we went down to Ocean Beach to get a bomb ass burger from Hodads. We saw them featured on a food network show once and couldn't wait to try it out... check out the pics and see for yourself...
The place:
The burger:
The eater:
Me acting crazy:
Being at the beach sitting on the path was really peaceful other then the bums, and weird ass people... lol
Bro & Sis:
The Sunday group: Andrea, Dennis, Paro, Stacey & Jenny
Us
Dennis attacking Andrea
Our tour guides
We'd had enough of the beach, and crazy people so our tour guides for the day took us to this quaint little shopping village where Dennis found this lovely treasure.
The blondish mullet hat, what a gem!
Courtyard, so peaceful
We ended the day by heading to Cheers, a bar where a friend they work with is the bartender. You can easily say that she has a heavy hand. Our 'pineapple and rum' turned into more of a 1/2 cup of rum with a splash of pineapple juice.
Andrea & I were a tad tipsy after 2 drinks.
The 'cool' kids played pool. I tried but it was just bad... VERY BAD
Such a pervert
He's a pro
And so are they!
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Catching up on great times, with old friends!
I've been blessed to have met 3 women that I can honestly say have changed my life forever.
When I first started college I didn't know anyone. I was in the teacher tract at LBCC, so I had mostly the same people in all my classes, considering that you would think that making friends would be easy... Well not so much for me. I'm not a run up to people and introduce myself kinda girl... I wait for people to approach me. I met Martha first. We had to do a presentation on someone else in the class. She was sitting next to me so she leaned over and asked "Hey, do you want to partner up?" so basically we learned all about each other in 30 min. On the way out of the class she asked me if I had any plans for the break we had, until our next class started. I told her I didn't have plans, so she invited me to go with her to meet another girl in our class to study.
We went to the little pizza restaurant in Long Beach and met Dolores.
Dolores turned out to be as crazy and random as I figured she would be. Loud, dingy & crazy! After that dinner/ study session we all were inseparable. We would spend all of our free time hanging out and studying. That semester I had the best grades of my life. It's through Dolores that I met Grace. Dolores and Grace had been best friends since they were kids.
Grace is that friend that will tell you the truth when you need it. I am so thankful everyday that she and I have remained as close and we have. She is truly one of my best friends!
Today we had a reunion BBQ at my house. It was really fun! Dennis, the chef, hooked it up as usual! Hamburgers with bacon, peppers, onions and mushrooms, Hot dogs with all the fixens, and a ton of other delicious BBQ food! Thanks grace for the Potato salad, Dolores for the yummy rice pudding & Martha for the chips & veggie platter!
These 3 ladies have all grown up and apart. Leading our own separate lives but staying in touch. Grace lives close so we hang out pretty often, I haven't seen Dolores or Martha for 3 or so years but hanging out with them today was like no time had lapsed. Each of us are in our own little world, Grace: Married with a baby on the way, Dolores also with a baby on the way & Martha, engaged and 2 months away from getting her Masters degree. Thank you ladies for being you!
PS I can't wait till the ladies have their babies! ADORABLE!
In the pictures above the ladies in order from left are Claudia, Grace, Martha, Dolores & Me.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Busy weekend: Workout, Lunch, Soccer, Cleaning!
So the boring weekend that we thought we would have didn't turn out.
Friday night I went to my Calisthenics class umm yeah, I love the class but it makes me feel like I'm going to die. I guess you could say that means it's working but I don't think my muscles understand that. After that class, which is 2 nights a week, the only thing I want to do was sit on the couch and be lazy, so Friday night was a dud.
Saturday however was pretty awesome! Dennis & I met Lisa & Logan for lunch at Kabuki, sushi at it's best. Spending time with Logan is a highlight for us, Lisa is okay too. :) Here are some pics from lunch:
Logan's momma & I
Logan
No more pictures, please.
After lunch we hung out with Stacey, Dennis' sister. She's graduating this June from UCSD. Were soo unbelievably proud of her! ANYWAYS... Jessie, one of Dennis' friends has 4 season tickets to the Galaxy soccer team, and he invited us to go. We'd never been to a professional soccer game before so we were pretty excited to check it out. The game lived up to all the Hype. We had a blast! We love baseball but soccer was pretty intense to watch. Here are some pictures from the game, Most of the pictures are of us because we all know that we're conceited. ha ha
Stacey & the one and only David Beckham
I can't tell who is hotter!
Dennis & his man friend (Jessie)
We had a pretty good view.
Dennis being a stalker/ paparazzi/ pervert took this picture of Jessie comming out of the restroom.
Stacey & I
Thanks Jessie for the tickets.
Results of the game: Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2 to 1. whoo hoo. I think more soccer games are in our future!
Now it's Sunday... Cleaning day... whatever happend to Sunday funday??
Friday night I went to my Calisthenics class umm yeah, I love the class but it makes me feel like I'm going to die. I guess you could say that means it's working but I don't think my muscles understand that. After that class, which is 2 nights a week, the only thing I want to do was sit on the couch and be lazy, so Friday night was a dud.
Saturday however was pretty awesome! Dennis & I met Lisa & Logan for lunch at Kabuki, sushi at it's best. Spending time with Logan is a highlight for us, Lisa is okay too. :) Here are some pics from lunch:
Logan's momma & I
Logan
No more pictures, please.
After lunch we hung out with Stacey, Dennis' sister. She's graduating this June from UCSD. Were soo unbelievably proud of her! ANYWAYS... Jessie, one of Dennis' friends has 4 season tickets to the Galaxy soccer team, and he invited us to go. We'd never been to a professional soccer game before so we were pretty excited to check it out. The game lived up to all the Hype. We had a blast! We love baseball but soccer was pretty intense to watch. Here are some pictures from the game, Most of the pictures are of us because we all know that we're conceited. ha ha
Stacey & the one and only David Beckham
I can't tell who is hotter!
Dennis & his man friend (Jessie)
We had a pretty good view.
Dennis being a stalker/ paparazzi/ pervert took this picture of Jessie comming out of the restroom.
Stacey & I
Thanks Jessie for the tickets.
Results of the game: Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2 to 1. whoo hoo. I think more soccer games are in our future!
Now it's Sunday... Cleaning day... whatever happend to Sunday funday??
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Easter weekend rundown
Easter weekend was fun filled and overly booked with stuff to do. Spent the whole weekend with my niece Allyson, nephew Anthony (aggie) and of course my Mom which was amazing!
Plus Sunday was Dennis & I's 8 year anniversary! Yea for us :)
Saturday, we went to Chucky Cheese, Umm thank god I don't have my own kids and have to go to that devil place that often... Kids screaming, and running everywhere. Plus it's crazy expensive. $60 bucks for pizza really? Got home and after a much needed nap, for the kids & us, we colored Easter eggs. So much fun! Last year the kids weren't old enough to know exactly what they were doing so this year it was pretty fun.
Sunday morning Ally comes running in the room to wake us up! Aggie not far behind. They couldn't wait to see if the Easter Bunny came! They looked all over the house and found their baskets on the table. They were soooo excited! Both couldn't get enough of the play doh.
The rest of the morning they colored with their Uncle Dennis. I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Dennis.
On Easter, growing up my mom always made us wear the most ridiculous outfits. big fluffy dresses & hats. There is no exception for her grand kids. I'll admit they looked adorable!
After the kids had their Easter photoshoot, family started showing up we took a quick family photo before grubbing on Easter dinner, yummy lasagna, Cesar salad and garlic bread. Yummy Yummy
The Easter egg hunt was the culmination of the day. We got all the kids inside and Dennis (the Easter bunny) and I went out front to hide the eggs. Over 100 eggs for all the kids to find!
Monday morning was bittersweet. I was ready to go home but I knew I would miss my family. Plus it Snowed that night! I HATE driving in the snow...
Overall we had a great weekend!
Plus Sunday was Dennis & I's 8 year anniversary! Yea for us :)
Saturday, we went to Chucky Cheese, Umm thank god I don't have my own kids and have to go to that devil place that often... Kids screaming, and running everywhere. Plus it's crazy expensive. $60 bucks for pizza really? Got home and after a much needed nap, for the kids & us, we colored Easter eggs. So much fun! Last year the kids weren't old enough to know exactly what they were doing so this year it was pretty fun.
Sunday morning Ally comes running in the room to wake us up! Aggie not far behind. They couldn't wait to see if the Easter Bunny came! They looked all over the house and found their baskets on the table. They were soooo excited! Both couldn't get enough of the play doh.
The rest of the morning they colored with their Uncle Dennis. I don't know who had more fun, the kids or Dennis.
On Easter, growing up my mom always made us wear the most ridiculous outfits. big fluffy dresses & hats. There is no exception for her grand kids. I'll admit they looked adorable!
After the kids had their Easter photoshoot, family started showing up we took a quick family photo before grubbing on Easter dinner, yummy lasagna, Cesar salad and garlic bread. Yummy Yummy
The Easter egg hunt was the culmination of the day. We got all the kids inside and Dennis (the Easter bunny) and I went out front to hide the eggs. Over 100 eggs for all the kids to find!
Monday morning was bittersweet. I was ready to go home but I knew I would miss my family. Plus it Snowed that night! I HATE driving in the snow...
Overall we had a great weekend!
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