2010 in pictures!

Phillip turned 1!

We went to San Francisco with Amanda and Alex!

Captain EO opened again!

We went to Solvang!

Descanso Gardens

Disneyland with Jeniece and Jasen!

The Flower Fields in Carlsbad!

We did the Disneyland Half Marathon!

Team Monkey did the CHOC Walk!



We went to Ohio!

It was a great year!

One of my favorite places

This weekend, Mike and I met his mom, stepdad, aunt and uncle in Solvang. And I just love it! It's the perfect distance to be far enough away to feel like a vacation but not so far away that getting home feels stressful! I love looking in the little shops and eating the fun food.

True Love

I love him!

My favorite places - San Francisco

San Francisco is one of my favorite places in all the world! I love the big city/coastal town vibe. One of my favorite places is Pier 39. I love going in the little shops and seeing the Sea Lions which I heard are no longer there. I also like seeing the Golden Gate bridge. In high school, I went my junior and senior year with band. Once Mike and I started dating we went often seeing as his family. The last time we went, we saw Mike's little sister and her boyfriend. We went to Golden Gate park, rented one of those bikes that all of us could ride and had fun! Although the bike wasn't as fun as we thought it might be, we had fun in the Park. Here are some pictures from our trip!

New Years Goal #6

Well it's February first and that means that my goal to be a vegetarian for the month of January is over. I think I did pretty good. Yes, I did cheat a bit but overall, I think I did ok. Now I will not say I MET the goal because I did cheat but I half met it or something.

I do want to thank my friend Kris. Her enthusaisim for my goal was catching. She let me borrow some of her cookbooks, sent me websites, called to encourage me and made me food! I couldn't ask for a better cheerleader! Thanks Kris!

Can't Wait for Captain EO!

Those of you who went to Disneyland in the 80's probably remember Captain EO. It was a 3D movie kinda Star Wars ish staring Michael Jackson and Anjelica Huston. Me being of course the big Michael Jackson fan watched it almost every time I went to Disneyland! It closed in 1997 to make way for Honey I Shrunk the Audience which is a dumb replacement IMO. Disney has announced that they are bringing Captain EO back!!! It's for a limited time but I will take what I can get. They are being really vague on the release date, all we know is that it is coming back Feb. 2010 and that HISTA closed yesterday to make the changes for the show. I can't wait and I am glad they decided to bring it back!

Happy New Year!!

I thought today I would reflect on my goals last year and set new goals for this year!

2009 Goals:
1. Lose 40 pounds (not met, I gained weight instead!)
2. Get a House (not met maybe this year!)
3. Get sewing (met!)
4. Start an Etsy shop (met!)
5. Go to Las Vegas (met!)
6. Sell at the Christmas Craft Fair at Knott's (not met and not going to met because of the rules to sell but at least I researched it!)
7. Write a book (and attempt to get it published) (not met, but should have been!)
8. Catch up on my scrapbooking (not met either boo)
9. Write this BLOG! (well I wrote a little bit, does it count??)

2010 Goals!
1. LOSE WEIGHT and get in shape (this needs to be my number 1 priority)
2. Continue sewing and my Etsy site
3. Start writing a book!
4. Try to save as much as I can for a house
5. Sell my crafts at a fair, festival or farmers market
6. Go vegetarian for at least the month of January
7. Start learning Italian
8. Keep my house clean
9. Volunteer


Happy New Year everyone!

Wow it's been a long time!

Sorry it's been so long! Not really much new going on here. Andi came to visit for a week and we went to Disneyland for 4 days! I turned 27 yesterday! To me that is "old" haha! Well here is the last 7 months in pictures :)

I saw my Dad's Family

I went to Disneyland (a lot)!

We went to the Huntington Library!

Cindy came to visit and brought me Cheerwine!

Phillip was dedicated!

Melissa came to visit!


We went up north for Mike's sister Amanda's birthday
We hung out with Phillip!!

We went to Comic Con and hung out at Flynn's Arcade! Go Team Grid!

Happy Birthday Karen!

Molly Elizabeth was born!

Andi came to visit!!

update on life

Well life has been BUSY! Mike and I have been hopping and hopefully soon life will calm down. Life is good. One of the exciting things we have done is breakfast with Shamu. On Valentine's Day we went to Sea World and had a buffet breakfast. we got to see one of the Killer Whales up close (about 5 feet away). Her name was Corkie and she was the oldest killer whale they had at Sea World. It was really exciting to get to see her SO close. The trainers at Sea World warned us many times that we could get splashed and the salt water would ruin any electric devices we had. I figured we couldn't get TOO wet since we had food but I was wrong. Corkie messed up on one of her tricks and we (well I did since Mike was in the bathroom) ended up getting splashed pretty good by the whale. Luckily we were mostly done with our food because water got everywhere! Another interesting fact is SHAMU is the whales LAST name...who knew?

post to say I am not posting

I haven't posted in a while...expect a big catch up post on Sunday!!

12 things about me

This was a fun thing going around on facebook! I did it but since then I have thought about all these things I should have put so I am doing it again on here!

1. I was named after Gene Kelly (although I am Kelly JEAN spelled the girl way) and got to tell his widow that.
2. I HATE to drive...I will avoid it as much as I can
3. I love old movie stars BUT I don't necessarily love a lot of old movies.
4. I don't make any kind of big decision without consulting my mom, Mike, Ali, Karen and Andi, who knows what will happen if ever they don't all agree.
5. I am full of ideas that I want to make a reality but I have a hard time taking that first step to make it happen.
6. The moment that I knew Andi was my friend for life was in 9th grade when I did not have the field pageantry vest only the street and Andi wore her street one too so I wouldn't be the only one. We stuck out like sore thumbs.
7. I have a lot of dvds and I don't watch most of them. I just want to have them.
8. I am really picky but I LOVE food, hence why I have gained a lot of weight
9. I have a hard time living in the present which I hate. I am always looking towards "when I have a house or when I have kids" It's really bad and I am trying to break myself of that.
10. I am jealous that my husband doesn't have to diet
11. Jurassic Park has been my favorite movie since it came out in 1993.
12. I really want to grow my own vegetables but everything I try to make grow, dies

Accomplishment #5 Viva Las Vegas

SO Mike and I went to Las Vegas last weekend and it was a blast! We decided to only go out for one meal a day so that we could spend our money on touristy stuff. So we arrive at about 10am Saturday morning to Springs Preserve. It's this really neat museum/desert botanical gardens! It had the most high tech stuff I have ever seen and the weirdest bathroom sinks. And a baby fox!

Then we went to the strip and went through many casinos, stopping to see the White Lions and Tigers and the Dolphins at the Mirage!

When we got to Primm to check in, we found out we had FREE tickets to see Boyz II Men! I totally loved them when I was in middle school and their concert was GREAT!

On Sunday, we went to the Ethel M Chocolate factory. I was really disappointed in it because they weren't making any chocolate! But we still got a free piece! Yummy!

Later in the day, we tried different kinds of Coca Cola from around the world! That was a BLAST!! And we walked around all the casinos.

What a great trip!

Vegas, Baby!!!

I'm going to Vegas!!!! Pictures soon!!!

good news!

Little baby Phillip has had surgery and it went well!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting to see him on Monday due to the hospitals rule of no visitors at the EXACT time I could get there after work and my trip to Las Vegas! But I am excited to get some quality time with him on Monday! I will have pictures!!

Please Pray

I have a prayer request...Please pray for Phillip Rolland Butterfield born on January 10th. My best friend, Karen and her husband Eric, had a beautiful baby boy named Phillip. Phillip was born with a congential diaphragmatic hernia and must have surgery. Please pray for him as well as strength for Karen and Eric. Phillip is now at CHOC in Orange. Eric is staying at the Ronald McDonald house and Karen is in the Hospital recovering from the C-Section 55 miles away. Thank you for the prayers!

A sad day

Today we had to put my poor doggie to sleep. She was 14 and a half years old and had a lot of health problems. The past 3 days she has barely eaten anything and the vet said that was a sign of internal bleeding so my mom and I decided to put her to sleep because she would have just suffered and then died. Even though I know this is the best decision, I am heartbroken over the loss of Buttercup. I have had her since I was 12 and even have a scar on my knee from when I decided to walk her on my rollerblades and fell. I am mouring the loss of a family member but I have peace knowing that we made the right decision and she will not suffer anymore.

Hello

After 6 months of having this I finally decided to post! I thought I would start off my saying what I would like to accomplish in 2009:

1. Lose 40 pounds
2. Get a house!
3. Get sewing
4. Start at Etsy shop
5. Go to Las Vegas
6. Sell at the Christmas Craft Fair at Knotts Berry Farm
7. Write a book (and attempt to get it published)
8. Catch up on my scrapbooking
9. Write this BLOG!

I think that is it! I will post pictures as I complete them.

Happy New Year