Cousins By Blood, Friends By Choice

This weekend was spent with a bunch of our cousins. Friday night we met up with Chad's cousin Nate, his wife Meegan, and their two boys Zachary and Landon. They were visiting from Washington, unfortunately we didn't get to see them for long since we got their in the evening and they had been at Disneyland all day, but it was still nice to see them, catch up for a few minutes and meet their new baby, well new since we have seen them.

On Saturday my cousin Danny, his wife Raina, and my other cousin Matt all drove down from Utah for a few days. We hung out at my Grandparents house, talked about all the pranks we did as kids, teased one another and I worked on convincing Danny and Raina to move to CA when they graduate from BYU next year. (Don't let the cost of living here scare you guys!) I love these cousins of mine, why do they have to live in Utah?

Sunday evening Chad's cousin Wesley, his wife Kim and their cute little boy Preston came over for dinner. We enjoyed great food, celebrated Wes's birthday, and played with Preston, who is the best baby he never cried the whole night. I told Kim we need to hang out with Preston more often so Chad will want to have a baby :) 

I loved that we were able to hang out with so many different sets of cousins this weekend. Cousins are so much fun, the relationship is deeper than a friendship. I instantly feel a bond to each of our cousins, knowing we shared memories as children, and will share many more memories in the future.

Lunch...

I went to Vons for lunch and decided a Lunchable sounded good, at the checkout line the bagger smiled and said, "I remember when I was in Elementary School and ate these!" Thanks dude for making me feel like I have an appetite of a 7 year old. I've come along way. I now eat salad, vegetables, fish, tomatoes, etc. Ok, I probably should graduate from the processed meat and cheese that are in the Lunchables, I can still buy a bag of Oreos for dessert, right? What do you eat for lunch? I'm at work so I can't cook anything...ideas?? Please?? So I don't have to be embarrassed anymore of my lunch!

Half Moon Nails

I loved this nail design since the first time I saw it on The Beauty Department. I decided to try it out for my weekend in Vegas. I loved it! It was so simple, you do not need to have a steady hand, since the stickers do all the work.

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Another Successful Vegas Trip

Highlights :

Shopping, so many stores, so many good deals

Spa

Great food, especially the steak, I can eat more steak than ANY other food!

Girl time

Being able to fly home instead of having to drive late at night

Sleeping in

TV in bed

Not having a schedule

No Work

Unlimited candy supply

Seeing Pauly D from Jersey Shore

Here are some pictures of our trip, we stayed at the Palms and had an amazing room, with a great view and a hot tub on the balcony! I didn't take very many pictures this trip, its hard when you have so many people and I am still trying to figure out my camera.

Movie Trailer...

Have you seen the FULL trailer for the Hunger Games yet? They had a teaser trailer out before that gave you nothing to get too excited about, but on Good Morning America today they release the trailer and I am so excited to see this movie!

This weekend we went to Vegas with about 12 friends, we had a blast! I clocked in at the spa every morning and enjoyed relaxing with the girls. Mondays are always so tough after having a fun weekend, don't you agree? All the anticipation and excitement you have for your trip is now gone, and  is now a memory. I took a few pictures and will share those tomorrow since I left my camera at home. Now I am looking forward to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then New Years! We have a SUPER fun trip planned with friends over the New Year Holiday that I can't even describe how excited I am for that!

Retail Therapy

Target can be a great place for me to go when I am a little stressed out, or just need some time to myself to shop for nothing of great importance. Today I headed on over with nothing on my list, excited to see what would end up in my cart, and then what would make it through the checkout line. (I tend to put back half of what I think I can't live with out).

Why I love each one of these simple purchases:

1. Mascara - this is my favorite one Loreal Voluminous, I have been using samples I got from Nordstrom and am so happy to be back to my basic cheap mascara that works better than the expensive ones

2. Nail Polish Remover: Means I have been painting my nails a lot b/c I have run out so fast

3.Hair Ties, I love a nice new one, all mine are stretched out and scattered around the house

4. Reinforcement stickers to try out this nail design

5. Big Bobby Pins so I can try hairstyles like

6. And a new flannel that is actually that is warm and cozy for this cooler weather.

The Grove

As I uploaded my pictures from the weekend, I realized it was all about food. We went to the Grove on Saturday to do some shopping, but ended up spending most of our time at the Farmers Market (they have the most AMAZING one) deciding what we were going to eat. 

First stop: Titos Tacos. Its an LA landmark, we love the Tacos there!

Next we got down to The Grove, it is such a trendy glitzy outdoor mall. Both Chad and I felt WAY under dressed! The fashion, strollers, and dogs are all something that catch my eye. Last time we were there there was a little dog that had pink shoes, so cute/ridiculous!

We decided on a French Dip Sandwhich, I am a sucker for French Dip Sandwhiches!

Next we gave into our sweet tooth cravings and bought a crepe (another thing I am a sucker for)

Yummy Nutella

 We continued to window shop at all the fun treats they had

Unfortunately Chad wasn't feeling to well, so we left once it got dark, don't want him being sick for this weekend!