Briana had a birthday!

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Birthday Girl!

Briana just had a birthday! We braved the snow and took a few of her friends to Big Bear for the weekend. There was a larger than life pin the tail on Briana's bottom, a homemade, nearly indestructible pinata (made for big kids), cupcake decorating, shopping, visiting the local arcade straight of the 1980s, and who knows what else these girls got up to without us ;). Good Times!

Hoping to post the pin-the-tail poster soon - it was SWEET!

Pinata Construction

The Finished Product

Friends and Presents, what more can you want?

Pure Entertainment

Stocking Stuffers - I NEED HELP

Last Christmas, Santa brought our house brand new stockings. They are awesome and huge, 3-4 ft long. Sadly, the biggest kid in the house must have made the naughty list, because he only got an empty stocking. Poor guy. Now finding stocking stuffers for kids is fun and kind of easy, but for an adult man, I'm having a tough time. Any good ideas? Remember Brian loves gadgets, extreme sports, flavorful food, and it's got to be semi-unique.

Thanksgiving with Aunt Laura

So I know it's been forever since I last posted. We've been really busy and I've taken lots of pictures, but I have been too lazy to upload them to post. I'm begging my husband to help, because I hate uploading pictures so much, I've never learned how to do it, patheic I know.

Thanks to the main photojournalist of the family, my mom, I have at least 1 photo to post.

Over Thanksgiving, the kids were lucky enough to go to Hawaii with their mom. They had a great time, those lucky kids!!!

Brian and I were lucky enough to get to go to Arizona with my parents and brother and visit my dear Aunt Laura. She and my dad's mom were very close and Aunt Laura has always been like another Grandma to me. She has led an absolutley amazing life, traveling all around the world, fashion shows in Paris, living the high life in NYC (yacht club and all), working in Hollywood at it's height (and even with the beloved Audrey). She is still living it up, dancing with her friend Vic, yoga, winning golf putting tournaments, and giving me her latest Vogue magazines - she is always a lady of style, just look how gorgeous she is below. When meeting the Donald himself (as in Trump) just a few years ago, he summed up my Aunt Laura perfectly, "They don't make them like they used to."

It was Brian's and my first time to Scottsdale. We had a great time.

Highlights:

• Oregano's Pizza - so delicious, we went twice in 2 days and took 2 x-large home for the kids



• Shopping at the outlets on the way. I bought 2 pairs of AG jeans for $39 each AND they came in short just for me!



• Meeting Vic in person.



• Having Thanksgiving dinner with my Aunt Laura and family.



• Going to the USC game and watching the ASU team get severely embarassed.

Lowlights:

• Trying to get Gelato Classico twice, only to have it be closed both times. Brian still has never had it!



• Shopping on Black Friday. We thought about going to Fry's them went to the mall instead. My mom and Brian made out, but nothing for me.