Happy Belated Birthdays!

Life has been a bit crazy thanks to the fires, evacuating and work, but we were still able to celebrate three very special birthdays. The first party was our niece's Alexis 2nd birthday. Her actual birthday was November 15, but her birthday party was 2 weeks ago. I posted some cute pictures from her birthday party. The next birthday we celebrated was Tim's, Alexis' daddy and our brother-in-law. He turned the big 4-0 on November 15 so the big party was a pub crawl in Downtown Fullerton. Then today we celebrated Lisa's birthday, Alexis' mommy and Kelly's sister. Her actual birthday was November 14, but we didn't get a chance until today to celebrate with her, so we took all 3 birthday boy and girls out today for dinner and fro-yo. Then we ended the night playing on Lisa's brand new Wii Fit...that was a hoot. Happy Birthday Lisa, Alexis and Tim...here's to a great year and may all your wishes come true...love you guys!

We Survived the Fire

I just wanted to quickly let you all know that my mom, Kelly and I are all okay. Kelly and I got evacuated from Anaheim Hills around 1 p.m. yesterday. We grabbed a few essentials and headed to Brea, my mom's house, and into another fire and possible evacuation. As soon as we got to Brea I headed straight into work. I have been super busy ever since working at the City of Brea's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) keeping the media and residents up-to-date. But both of our homes made it through the fires safely...thank god! Thank you all for your love and concern...we appreciate the phone calls and texts!

Catching Up...

So, I've been a flake! Our lives have been so busy, both at work and on the weekends, that I haven't had the time to update the blog. I'm so sorry, but let me get started...

Halloween 2008 was a fun one! I celebrated at work on Oct 30, since City Hall was closed on Halloween. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had in the office. Our theme this year was "Martians." We decorated the office in an outer space theme and dressed up as martians.

Then on Halloween night, Kelly and I went to Downtown Brea to celebrate with my mom, Lisa, Tim, Alexis, Jake, Kamy and Melia. It was a fun night filled with games, trick-or-treating and a petting zoo. Look how cute all the kiddies look...

The following day my mom and I went to the USC vs Washington game. We met up with the rest of my family there and had a fun celebratory dinner at Canter's Deli after the game.

Kelly and I ended the weekend hanging out with our niece and nephew. We went over to Lisa and Tim's new place, had some dinner and went shopping for Alexis' birthday present. It was so much fun to see Alexis run up and down the toy aisles at Target pulling items into her wagon. She decided on a few and I wrapped them up for her birthday party which was yesterday. I'll post those pictures in the next few days...it was a cute 2nd birthday party. So, you're up-to-date now and I promise not to fall behind again. Believe me, it's much easier to stay on top of it, than to play catch-up.