The Letter "M"

So Laura did this little game passed along by one of her friends so I thought I would join in. Its a fun way to get to know people:) Basically, she assigned me a letter and I have to come up with 10 of my favorite things that start with that letter! So here we go!

1. Movies-I love movies! Dave and I decided not to get cable our first year of marriage, but lots of movies were watched! I love chick flicks that is for sure, but the last couple years I have grown to love thrillers and action movies. Really, you don't have much of a choice when you live with a guy:)
Some of my favorites have to be, PS I love you, The Notebook, How to loose a guy in ten days, The Wedding Date, Along Came Polly, Breakfast at Tiffany's(I do love my Tiffany's, Freedom Writters(such a great movie!), and I am sure a bunch of others!

2. Money-Its true I like money! Who doesn't it. Its a neccessary evil but we need it. Do I wish I had more, yes! Lots more, no! Just enough to take the every day financial stress away! I also like to give money away, its is such a great feeling!

3.Magazines-I LOVE magazines! Are they a big Money waster? Yup! But do I still love them? Yup!! I love to read the articles, look at adds, find recipes, find out whats in style! Its just so much fun. I love to lay on a beach with a starbucks in hand and to flip through a magazine. Ok, well if I was somewhere exotic..than it would be rum punch..but you get my point! Some of my favorites are, In Style, Glamour, Bon Appetit, Rachel Ray and Gourmet~

4. Margarrita's-So speaking of tropical places makes me think of Margarittas! yumm, I do love those! Dave and i had fun this summer drinking lots of homemade ones! So delicious. Ok well, they were technically daquiri's because they had rum, but it was the rum we brought back from Cuba, and it was fabulous! and actually we did have some with Tequilla. Some my friend brought me back from Mexico!

5. Make up-Ever since I was a little girl, I have been obsessed! I guess that is what took me to working for a cosmetic company for 5 years, and brought me back to selling it on the side:) I love colors, and lip glosses and finding a great foundation..so much fun! Some of my favorite brands are, Mac, Bobby Brown, Stilla, Christian Dior, Channel....just to name a few:)hehe

6. Men-Not that there was any confusion in this area..but i do. Actually, just one in particular..my hubby:) he's fabulous!

7. Mothers-I love my mom, and my mother in law:) I am blessed with two great women in my life! I also have always loved having adopted moms. You know, when you are at your friends houses so much, they feel like your mom and you feel like a second daughter...i love those relationships! Makes life so special:) I also look forward to one day being a mom myself, as i have watched some of my best friends turn into such natural fabulous mothers! So proud of them:)

8. Music-Oh how I love music! I couldn't imagine my two hours commuting every day without it! I love all types of music, Christian, pop, R and B, a little bit of country, salsa, ok you get my drift! I love it. I played three instruments when I was a kid as well, so I do love classical as well:) Some of my favorite bands are, Christian, Hillsong(a little obsessed) and Chris Tomlin. I love Sarah McLaughlin, Coldplay, chantal Kreviazuk, and many more:)

9. Missions-One dream that Dave and I both have is that one day we will be able to do some missions work. We both have a heart for little ones, and would love to go to Africa, or Brazil and serve. For now we just wait for our timing and for a door to open:) but its something that is always on our hearts!

10- Mocha- As in Mocha Frappacino....need I say more:)

HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS????

Ok, so this story isn't about me, but my dear hubby:)

So sat, he went to the grocery store, and came out to the parking lot. He opened the car door, and looked in the back seat to see some blue thing sitting there. He thought, huh, that's strange, what did Crystal put in my car, because I never put that there.....ahh....than the lightbulb came on....Crystal doesn't even have a key to my car.....wait a sec.......THIS ISN"T MY CAR!!!!

That's right, David was able to unlock the car of soemone else, that had exactly the same car:)haha! Scary, but quite funny. so he quickly locked the other persons car back up and walked away to proceed to find his own car:)hehe what a guy I tell ya!!

Anyways else have any crazy embarassing "blond moments" if I can call them that without getting yelled at by some people:)

Birthday Thanksgiving Extravaganza!!!

This weekend has been a blast so far! Friday night started out with a family dinner at Bravo's(a fabulous restaurant in Chilliwack). Wonderful atmosphere, great food and great laughs...it was a perfect birthday evening:)

Saturday was prep day for our party that evening! Everyone started arriving just after 4pm..and of course mostly everyone was late:)hehe We had a great time with family and friends, a whole house hold. Lots of food, lots of little people running around, good laugs, a great time catching up with people. All in all, I couldn't have ask for a better way to celebrate Dave's and I first anniversary and my birthday! Thank you everyone who came it was an amazing evening! I only have a couple of photos to share because I had a "brain Fart" moment on Sunday when I was half a sleep downloading and accidently erased most of my photos before they saved onto my computer...I wasn't to happy:( But here is a couple that I was able to get!

Sunday was a relaxing day at my parents and eating turkey..and now we are just getting ready to head out to David's sister's place for some more turkey!yummm...hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend with family and friends. Be Blessed!

Happy Birthday to me....tommorrow!!!

Yes! Tomorrow is my birthday its true...I will be turning the big 26!! woohoo:) Its amazing to think that i have celebrated my birthday 25 times, and each time was so different and unique..It got me thinking about my previous birthday's and some of my fav's!

Last birthday was a special one as I was on my honeymoon:) It was great to be with Dave but I have to say that it honestly didn't feel like a birthday, I think apart of that had to do with being away(which I have never been before on my birthday) and still coming off of the adrenaline of my wedding! I did it to myself really:)

The birthday before that was my first with David, so that was pretty special:) I have to say though, I don't think any birthday is like the birthday parties i had as a kid. It's a good reminder for me to because we didn't have a lot of money, but my birthday's were always so special! My grandma was an amazing cake maker, so she would always make me the coolest cakes:) I remember this one birthday, I think it was my 10th where I had like 12 girls sleep over and we all lined up in the living room in our sleeping bags. My poor parents, I don't think they slept at all that night:)

Like I said, I haven't done anything crazy, over the top for my birthday, but the one thing I do know is that I have always been surrounded by lots of love and felt special:)

I will be back after the weekend with lots of pics I am sure. Friday is my family birthday dinner and than Sat we are having a bbq at my parents place with family and friends celebrating my birthday and our one year! Because to me, now a days, anniversary's need as much celebrating as possible!

SO.........MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BIRTHDAY MEMORY?????

Our One Year Anniversary

our One year anniversary was just Yesterday, but we celebrated this past wekeend:)

Saturday morning I received this little gift from my hubby:)

A card in this adorable bag(our wedidng colors) and a cute little thing that said "you mkae the world a better place just by being in it," so sweet, and I am so glad love is blind!haha

This was a nice suprise as well since we already got our anniversary gifts, my new camera and Davids PSP:)

About 3pm on Satuday we headed out to Harrison Hot springs for the night. We checked in and wandered around the hotel. We saw a wedding being set up in the room we got married in, it was a little bittersweet for me, apart of me wished I could do it all over again as it was such an amazing day!

But the other part of me is so thanful to be where we are now:)

We Hung out in the room for a bit, watched a movie and got ready for our dinner reservations at the Copper Room! What a cool place;) It reminds me of a fifties dinner club. A live band, dance floor, great food....all in all a great experience and I would love to go back!

This is a picture of David and I just about to head out to dinner, all dressed up for our big night out!

This is me..in my little black dress ready to go to dinner:)

This is David chilling in our room....and yes there are two beds, thats all they had left!haha!

The beautiful view of harrison lake from our hotel room!

More shots of the beautiful lake!


After dinner we went into the lovely indoor pools for a bit, than headed back to the room for the night:) We ended up sleeping in till 10:45am..and check out was at 11am, woops:) I have never gotten ready so fast in my life!! We had lunch at the lake side cafe and headed to abbotsford for some serious mini golf, and Skee bowling and Castle Fun Park, yes its true we love that place! Followed by some yummy appy's at Milestones. All in all a wonderful weekend together:)

Yesterday, after work we were pretty tired. Both sets of parents dropped by around the same time to drop off cards, so we chatted with them for a bit, than ordered my favorite, Thai Chicken Pizza from Boston Pizza, curled up in bed and watched a movie..it was great!!!

This first year of marriage was such an amazing adventure, it had its ups and downs, thankfully more ups than anything. Getting married definetly doesn't make life easier, but its so awesome to share each moment with your best friend, and have someone to hold your hand through this journey. I wouldn't change it for anyhting in the world. I can honestly say that I love my husband more today than yesterday, and that is a great feeling:)