Christmas Card

Here's the Christmas Card that I sent this year! Not the best picture but whatever. Tonight was the start of Christmas decorating. Mike and Mike Ohara hung up lights outside the house. What a chore that was for them. We built our fake tree we got at Target on black friday and hung ornaments. I also found the stocking and hung those up. Pictures will be posted later. But everything is almost complete a few presents left to buy and thats it. It will be wierd spending Christmas not in San Diego but as long as the Brown clan is together thats all that matters :)!

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving this year was held at our new house. We had a total of 12 people come over. Both of Mike's brothers Robert and Joe, sister in law Heather, my parents, my sister Suzie, my sisters boyfriend Blake, Heather's mom Nancy and Heather's brother and girlfriend Chris and Tara. So it definitely was a packed house. We made a huge dinner with all the fixins. It also was the day ASU and USC met at Sun Devil stadium. Since me and mom are huge ASU fans and my dad is a huge USC fan it was an interesting day of talkin! All in all it was a great day and now its time to get Christmas goin.

I love the 80's

1. Did you listen to New Kids on the Block?yeah i did..had a couple tapes and loved the videos!
2. Did you ever own a slap bracelet?yep and i remember buying it at 7-11
3. The Babysitter's Club or Sweet Valley High?I read both books but I read all the way to like 115 of Babysitter's club and I loved both shows even though they only showed like 8 episodes of BSC on Disney and replayed it over and over again!
4. Salute Your Shorts or Hey Dude?I loved both shows...sleep away camp or a dude ranch...hmmm
5. Kids Incorporated or The Mickey Mouse Club?BOTH!! those were two of my favorite shows
6. Did you want Dylan to end up w/ Brenda or Kelly?Brenda..Kelly belonged to Brandon
7.Who was ALF?he was an alien from Milmack...i still have that stuff ALF at home
8.Do you remember the show Dinosaurs?yeah..it was wierd though..
9. Do/did you know the words to the Fresh Prince theme song?is there anyone who doesn't?
10. Kimmie Gibler or Urkel?Urkel is the bigger idiot
11.Blossom or Clarissa Explains It All? Definiately Clarissa Explains.. watched that show everyday
12.Did you have a crush on JT?not really
13. Bobby Brown or Tevin Campbell?neither
14. full house or step by step?full house..when michelle was cute and not older
15. Did you listen to Milli Vanilli?yes...poor group got scammed
16. Mr. Rogers or Reading Rainbow?its in a book...its reading rainnnnnbowww!
17. Did you own a Glo Worm?yep
18. Paula Abdul: better now or then?then most def..i had her tapes
19. Wild 'n' Crazy Kids or Double Dare?I did watch both but I really wanted to be on Double Dare
20. Remember Legends of the Hidden Temple?Yep..no one ever won though. The Temple guards always scared me.
21. The Mighty Ducks or The Little Giants?duhh..the ducks (josh jackson such a cutie)
22. Did you watch Saved By The Bell?who didnt ?
23. Who was hotter: Zack or Slater?Zack
24. Camp Nowhere or House Arrest? Camp Nowhere
25. Did you own a pair of Reebok Pumps? No
26.Carebears or Smurfs? Both but I had a stuffed Care Bear
27. Rainbow Brite or Strawberry Shortcake?Rainbow Brite ( i had bed sheets, rainbow brite doll, shy violet, the lunchpal that I still have)
28. Did you watch Miami Vice? Not really
29. Did you own a pair of Jelly Shoes? Yeah I had many a color
30. Did you own a Trapper Keeper? No
31. Atari or Nintendo? Nintendo
32. Do you remember Moon Dreamers? No
33. Did you have any My Little Ponies? Yes..still have them they are in my closet as we speak
34. She-Ra or Straberry Shortcake?neither
35. Shirt Tales or Monchhichi's? No idea what that is
36. Disney or Hello Kitty? Disney for sure
37. Ever have a Hyper-color shirt? I don't think so
38. The A-Team or MacGyver? Neither
39. Did you ever wear leg warmers? Not really
40. Jem or The Misfits?Jem beacause shes truely outragous!
41. The Cosby Show or Family Ties? Both
42. Remember who won the World Series in 1985? no idea
43. Did you have a Cabbage Patch Kid? Yea I did i can't remember her name or what I named her
44. Did you like Mary Lou Retton?whatever
45. Have any parachute pants?nope
46. Still wear a side ponytale?don't think so
47. Did you wear your sunglasses at night?No
48. Know all the words to We Are The World? I know the chorus
49. Michael J. Fox or John Cusak?J Fox
50. Did you own Debbie Gibson's "Electric Youth". No

Seven Random Things about Angela!

1. I am addicted to spider solitaire. If I am not on the Internet I am probably playing this game on either the laptop in front of the TV or in the office. My dad is addicted too so I have a feeling its hereditary.

2. I {heart} pens! I have kind of an obsession...I like to buy new pens if thats sharpies, ballpoint or permament (like my new fav the BIC markers). I also like to steal other peoples pens like from offices or restaurants. It was my goal when I was marketing for Costco to steal at least one pen from one business we saw that day. I think its the inner rebel in me. (bad catholic I know)

3. Reality TV takes over my life! I watch every MTV show like the Hills and Tila Tequila. I love Top Model, Dancing with the Stars, Amazing Race, the Real Housewifes of Orange County. All these shows are great and I talk about them at work in great length like its my life and these people are my friends(especially Lauren and the gang on the Hills)

4. I would love to go back to school. If its a community college or ASU it doesn't matter. I would love to go to school for photography since I really like to take pictures. I change my mind everyday.

5. I never try things on in the store. I hate store dressing rooms and usually know what I want and if it doesnt fit hopefully I can return it.

6. I LOVE pumpkin pie. My mom makes two pies for Thanksgiving..one for me and one for everyone else. Then she makes me a pie for my birthday(on Christmas Eve) and then I proceed to have it for every meal especially for breakfast!

7. I love to go to the movies by myself. I know thats wierd since I have plenty of people to take to the movies with me especially Mike. He loves to go to the movies. When we first started dating we used to go every Friday night after work. But most of the movies I go to myself are the movies that every 14 year old is at like the Princess Diaries and A Cinderella Story or the song and dance movies like Hairspray and Dreamgirls!

Congrats!

I want to congratulate my sexy fiance for getting the center/seasonal manager position at the Tempe Costco. I am way excited for him and I know he will do an awesome job! Sucks that he has to get up at 2 am but its for us. He starts the week after turkey day (he has to work 8 days straight starting tomorrow pumpkin pie galore). So congrats Mike..i love you!

Need your Prayers!

Just got a phone call today from one of my mom's friend and our good friends Martha and Dick Lyles' home burnt down in High Valley in Poway. Please keep Martha and Dick in your prayers since this is a very hard time for them right now.

This Week!

So this week has been very fun and stressful at the same time. My mom came out Friday for Tempe High's centennial. She was staying with us at our house which was cool. We have been doing alot of wedding stuff. We met with a caterer and a florist (two big things to take care of). Went to two bridal shops to try on dresses. I can't count on how many dresses I tried on. But its narrowed down to four. Also met with a printer to print my invitations since I am putting on my creative cap and making my own invitations. It should be a project! While all this has been going on the fires in San Diego have been going on. Since I grew up in San Diego and my parents still live there with many family and friends these last couple days have been nerve wracking. All of my mom's friends had to evucate on Sunday night and Monday morning. My uncle and his family evucated from there home and went to his in-laws and had to evucate from there the next day. Thank God their homes were alright. We watched the news whenever we were home on the live feed here in the internet. Everything is so surreal. Please keep the people that were less unforunate that lost everything in your thoughts and prayers. I (HEART) SD!

A little Update....

I know I know..i've been a bad blogger! But really we haven't done anything exciting. On Oct. 4 it was our 4 year anniversary. I got Mike the Heroes DVD set and he got me Grey's Anatomy season 3. That day also marked the one year mark til our wedding. We are busy planning. I am super excited and I know I am in for a busy time. We have the venue which is going to be the ceremony and reception. I also picked my photographer. She is super cool and I love her photography. My mom comes out at the end of the week to visit. It will be my sister's 21st birthday...i know world beware. Also the first time Mom sees my house. So during the week we are going to do some planning and visit lots of stores. Well thats about. Til next time...

The Happiest Place on the Planet!

We got a chance to go to Disneyland with our good friends Mike and Dana plus his brother and fiance. We also took Mom with us since it was her birthday that day. We had a blast....everyone at the park told Mom a happy birthday which was fun. We went on all the big rides twice. Always fun at the happiest place on Earth!



Mom, Mike and Me on the Jungle Cruise


Jungle Crusie line(the longest line we stood in too!)


In front of the Castle


The Group


In a teacup...

Downtown San Diego

Mike and I went to downtown San Diego. We went and walked around Seaport Village, saw all the boats like the Star of India and ate at Mike' sfavorite restaurant Anthony's.


Thats in Seaport in front of Coronado Bridge


The statue of the sailor kissing the girl before he left for war in front of the Midway


Silverman with Mike


The Star of India

Redneck Fairwell Party

My Parents good friends Kathy, Linda and Judy threw my parents a going away party since they are moving in a month to South Carolina. These are people that our family has known for 20 years. It was a Redneck theme since my parents are moving to the South plus my mom loves Jeff Foxworthy. The decorations were priceless and made everyone laugh. Good times as always! (Yes I know Farewell is spelt wrong)


The backyard...classic laundry line!

Wouldn't be a Redneck party without some Beer Pong!


The dads getting in some Beer Pong action!


Too bad I did terribly..what a disappointment to the Brown Fam


Fun Times!

Final Fireplace Pictures

Me and Suzie


Got to get Mike in the action


The Brown Ladies


The Whole Family!


Every photo the Brown family takes is in front of the fireplace in the Living Room. Every first day of school picture, every dance picture, every church function picture...you name it, it was in front of the fireplace. So since my parents are moving at the beginning of October and selling the house we decided to take some family shots in front of the fireplace one last time.

Dog Beach

So everyone that knows us knows that we love our dog very much. She's like our child. We take her to Cosmo Park probably everyday or every other so of course we had to take her to Dog Beach in OB. She had a freakin blast. We were there for 2 hours and boy did we have a tired puppy afterwards!

Trip to California

We just came back from 4 wonderful days in California....we had an awesome time. We had the dog with us. Mom enjoyed having a dog in the house again and forgot all the trouble that puppies get into. I'll post each event seperately because we came back with 400 hundred pictures! Well 180 were of just Maddie at the Dog Beach!

Pics of the Spoiled Doggie

So I took a couple pictures of the doggie today in the backyard. She loves it out there! She's alwasy getting into terrible though...like eating the grass and pulling up the drip system oh and we can't forget digging! But isn't she cute? I think these are some of the best pictures I have of her.

Scrapbook Pages

So lately I've been trying to get into the whole digital scrapping thing. Basically you do everything in Photoshop and play around with it until you like what you see and print it out. It is so much cheaper and I can scan in all my stuff that I have still like flowers and papers. So heres a couple that I have done so far.

Quading

Hey everyone...hope you all had a great Labor Day. We sure did..we went up to Payson (so much cooler up there like in 80's) and went quading up on the Rim with Mike's brother and sister in law Robert and Heather and our good friend Mike. We had a blast and are very sore!

Office and Bathroom

So here are pictures of the 3rd bedroom which we made into a office/craft room! We bought this cool office desk off Craig's List.





This is the 2nd bathroom which is finished and decorated. I love the shower curtain!

Kitchen and Master Bedroom

Here is our lovely kitchen. There is so much storage we have mnay empty cabinets.



This is our bedroom. It still needs some stuff on the walls but its very spaceous with 2 closet...I was nice enough to give Mikey the walk in closet but I got the closet in the second bedroom and pretty much in the office too with all my craft stuff.



The master bathroom...nothing to special there.


Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

The Living Room and Dining Room

So here's the living room and dining room. I love our new dining set! Its so nice and high and it can fit the whole family now for Thanksgiving.




Our new table


Our first house warming gift from Mom and Dad



Maddie's room..I mean the living room

Living room and dining room together plus our huge DVD collection.

More to come!