Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving and so much to be thankful for this year.  We had my parents, Anthony and Laura, Grandpa, and my Uncle Lionel over this year.  Everything was just about ready at the same time and was delicious :)  It was such a pleasant meal and everyone seemed to have a really nice time.

 Jamie and I started cooking early and the Turkey took just over 4 hours to cook.  Of course we completely devoured everything in under 30minutes,  lol.  Here we are digesting before desert.

Of course my Mom made her famous Cherry Pie and we made a very deep dish pumpkin.  Anthony and Laura stayed after dinner and we played a game called Origins.  It was so much fun, I don't think any of us have laughed that much in a long time.

With the long weekend, we decided to go out for the day.  We went to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles to see the illuminated manuscripts exhibit.  It was such a beautiful autumn day, a bit chilly with the wind but the sun felt pretty good.

The museum is located on the hills overlooking the ocean which makes a great view.  The manuscripts were pretty spectacular.  They had books from Belgium, The Netherlands, France and a few English ones as well.

It was a really nice day out, we had a good time at the museum and enjoyed being outside.  It was so nice to not be at work on a Friday.

Saturday we went to Pasadena to see the Gamble House.  It's now part of the USC Architectural School and is located very close to the Rose Bowl.  The home was owned by the Gamble's as in "Proctor and Gamble" and they donated the property to the City of Pasadena and USC to maintain.   

We've seen a lot of houses and stately homes over the years and this one definitely is one of the top houses we have seen.  It's a classic Craftsman house and every detail of the house was thought out.  The wood throughout the house was just beautiful, it's really amazing how the other half lives.  Afterwards, we went to Colorado Blvd for lunch.  The weather has been pretty cold the last couple of days.  It's definitely starting to feel like the Holiday Season :) 

Milissa's Wedding

Last night was a big night for my Aunt Milissa!  She married my cousin's dad, Mike G.  It was a great night and we all had so much fun.  The newly wed couple looked so happy together and it was nice to talk to family and meet friends we had heard about so many times but had never met before.

Milissa has always loved decorating and putting on parties, so we new her wedding wouldn't be any different.  This time she was able to team up with Anthony's girlfriend, Laura, who helped her coordinate the wedding and put together all the decorations.  Laura did an amazing job!  The ceremony and reception was in Milissa's backyard and the place was stunning.

We arrived a bit early to help out :)

The lighting made it difficult to get decent pictures and for some reason the flash was not cooperating with us, but I kind of link this picture of the ceremony.  It has a dream like effect to it, its pretty cool.

Mom and Anthony

Milissa chose a black and white themed wedding and so asked all the guests to wear black and white.

Here are the Saldana's getting their grove on, someone had to get the dancing started! 

It was a really great night!  Milissa and Mike looked so happy together and we are happy they finally realized they were meant to be together. 

Halloween

Halloween has come and gone.  It was a really nice weekend, a bit of rain on Friday night but the rest of weekend was nice and clear.  I am now part of the LEET (Local Employee Engagement Team) Team at work and so I had to dress up on Friday and help host the pumpkin and costume contest.  It was a pretty hectic day but everyone had fun.

Here I am as the Sheriff :)

With the new front patio we had to find another place for our gravestones.

It came out pretty good and our new front door still looks amazing!

Of course we carved pumpkins.  I went with a vampire pumpkin (right) and Jamie went with traditional (left).  Instead of candles we used glow sticks and it worked much better.  The trick-or-treaters started a bit later than usual which had us worried we bought too much candy.  They eventually started coming in huge groups and we ran out of candy around 8:15pm.  Luckily, I stashed away some candy corn to have later :)