Ok, I'm a little behind.

Take a journey back in your memory with me, WAY back to December 09. I know it was a long time ago, but bear with me, we've got a lot going on so I'm still trying to get caught up on my blogosphere. Full disclosure, these are all my friend Paige's pictures, we didn't bring our camera that day, plus her's rules - I have total camera envy.

The day after Christmas, we went with our friends to Disneyland to celebrate our friend Sean's Bday. I think Rob could pass on any more Disneyland trips for a while, but I freakin' love it there, I can't help it.

We did the typical Disneyland things and it was great fun. Sean and Paige's son, Carter is such a fun age now to be able to ride some kiddie rides and you can tell he's really into it. He didn't even mind my driving!

He loved Dumbo...but maybe not as much as his Daddy or me:
The Storybook (or fairy tale, I always forget) boat ride is pretty lame for "big kids" but fun to see through Carter's eyes, plus our guide was pretty funny.


Small World is so flipping boring we had to spice it up a bit:
Dave, Mary and their daughter Catherine joined us later and Catherine had her first entry into a real roller coaster, the Matterhorn - what a big girl! Not sure if she was really liking it - check out her cute serious face!

Rob seemed to have fun, though.
After that were some adult rides: Space Mountain and California Screamin' - love that ride but it gives me a heart attack when it takes off, yikes. Love this pic of us, Sean looks so serious, Rob looks like a pirate, clearly Craig is into it, and I think that's my happy mouth:
We checked out the new 3-D ride in Cali Adventures, kinda fun!
At the end of the night we had a really special opportunity to check out Disneyland's private exclusive club, Club 33. It's a Membership only situation and Melissa was able to get us in because she works for Chevron who has a corporate membership there - this truly was such a once in a lifetime opportunity! We've heard Membership costs around $10,000 a year, so clearly that ain't happening for any of us, ever.

It's kind of fun going there, a small discrete doorbell in the New Orleans area will notify them that you're there, then they kind of sneak you into the restaurant, very hush hush and fun. Here's us waiting:
and me showing off my new hat yet again. Jealous? Hey, I was super warm, that hat is the best.

They served a super fancy several-course meal and everything inside had such neat details:
Dinner was delicious
and afterwards we enjoyed roaming around and learning about all the secret hidden rooms and stuff that Walt Disney had designed. We learned that Walt had put microphones throughout the dining rooms so the diners would be continually surprised by things being brought to them that they didn't even order but had talked about, but apparently after Watergate it was decided those microphones were a no-go. They're still hidden around, though, so that was fun to check out.
Carter and Catherine seemed pretty into it. They're so freakin' cute and we've all decided they should have an arranged marriage now.

The guys:


The end!

Tara TICHY's Bday!

We had a surprise birthday dinner for our dear friend Tara this weekend and went out to one of her favorite restaurants in Del Mar - Sbicca.

Here the birthday girl practices her best Miss America wave:And J shows us how confident he is in his masculinity by holding his wife's purse and balloons. Real men carry purses, just so you know. :)

After dinner we grabbed a quick photo, then headed across the street to L'Auberge for drinks. L'Auberge was kicking - it was crazy Del Mar Cougarville in there, enough collagen and silicon to plug the hole in the Titanic - but fantastic people watching!
We opted for non-Cougar low-key, though, and had our drinks out around the fire pit. It got really chilly on the ocean so the fire was great. Good times, what a super fun night!

Nothing wrong with a delicious BBQ!

I'm a week behind on my blogging, what has the world come to? I have a good excuse, though, we've been embarking on the next step of Warrenski-hood and are shopping for a house! I fear this may become an all-consuming feat, so if you don't hear from us for a while, just know we're fine and searching hard for the next Warren castle. Stay tuned on that front!

Last weekend, though, was a nice mellow one - we had a get-together with our friends for a casual BBQ. And, just like if a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it falls...do events really take place if I don't have my camera? I think not. We'd intended to host the BBQ for friends who were coming into town - we were super bummed when their plans changed but decided to have the BBQ anyway...I'm pretty sure we never need an excuse to get together and eat.

The Tichy's were sweet to host - speaking of houses, I have terrible house envy with it comes to Chez Tichy - their place is legit. I would love to live in a house like that when I finally grow up, but let's be honest, that's still a long way away. :)

Kicking it in the killer backyard:


We had a bit of a beer-situation with some frozen beers...quite entertaining to watch them explode on other people...certainly not so funny when you're on the receiving end. :)

Good thing Aaron didn't get pulled over on the way home, he smelled like a homeless guy after this debacle.

I'm an idiot and dressed for the weather that I wanted, not the actual weather that was. Therefore, the denim skirt quickly got traded for a pair of Jason's sweats. I'm not saying it's a look, but, the saggy sweats crotch situation may have turned a few heads. Here I let out my inner gansta in my sweats while Rob actively cheers me on.
It's too bad none of us love our dogs:
G wasn't too stoked on this situation - Bear claimed me as his own for the afternoon.
Galileo is becoming such an old guy, he poops out so quickly now at social events it kinda makes me sad. But on a cute note, he has such an adorable little old guy snore now.
As always, Bennett will NEVER complain of no attention from his "aunts and uncles".



Of course, I love any excuse to let my inner dork out:And so does Tichy - it's nice to not be the only one.
Pounds of carne asada, enough cheese to clog an artery or two, and being surrounded by our sweet friends - the successful mix to a delicious BBQ!

Putt & pamper are now 2 of my favorite words

We went to Indian Wells for a quickie getaway last weekend with our good friends - we went for Jason Reynold's birthday, along with his wife Lisa and our other friends Jason and Tara. We stayed 2 nights at the Mira Monte resort in Palm Desert for their "Putt & Pamper" package - the greatest thing ever. The dudes went golfing, while we girls hit up the spa and gym.

Rob and I drove up the 15 after work on Friday afternoon and needless to say traffic was horrific, so we stopped off for some ribs in Temecula - slurp!After staying up late chatting (and getting woken up by our next door neighbors but that's a whole other story that I won't bore you with), the guys were off to some golf! Alex drove up for the day to join the dudes, 2 hours each way, now THAT'S dedication to golf!
Here's some pics from golfing - looks like a great course but I still think hanging at the spa was the better deal :)






Of course, no pics of the spa but just rest assured we had a great time. We had a delicious breakfast, then a rockin' workout, and REALLY earned our laziness at the spa - it was quite delicious. I had a hot stone massage that made me melt into butter and a great pedi to boot. Throw in a killer sauna/steam room and I was like a noodle.

Saturday night we all went out for dinner at Roy's. Between birthday celebrating (Reynold's) and cocktails, needless to say, it got a little silly.

Here the birthday boy shows off his personalized birthday menu:
And here's while it was still a classy crew, ha!:





Other than that edamame pod in Jason's nose, the whole dinner was delicious! Lobster bisque to die for, short ribs that make you want to slap...oh wait....and, a chocolate souffle that was downright sinful. Good times, man I love our friends. And souffle.



I know it is probably much funnier if you were there, but I have this annoying habit of yelling everyone's names like I'm Oprah. Here's a few videos of the Oprah yell catching on...(it's addictive, just try it, you'll see)