New Years Day

New Years Day evening, we all headed out to Casa Vega up in LA. This restaurant was seen in one of our favorite shows, 'Flipping Out' on Bravo. My parents had already tried it out and said it was amazing, so we were so excited to go!

There was a kinda a whole episode of 'Flipping Out' about this door.

It's a very cool door, AND it was hung properly too. ; )

Me, out by the CV hedges

The restaurant had such a great atmosphere, and was much smaller than I had pictured.

We were happy it was still decked out for Christmas, it was so fun with all that tinsel everywhere!!

This was the fried burrito empanada, I believe it was called. It was also in the top 5 best things I have ever eaten in my life!!

We can't wait to make it back up there!! It quickly became an all time favorite place! : )

After dinner we headed to the LA temple to look around at the Christmas lights. I had been awhile since we went up around Christmas. It was beautiful! And the new visitors center is amazing!

Brody took this shot, and I just love it!

City view from the grounds : )

Us : )

What a great start to the new year!!

Happy Twenty Eleven!!

I've expressed this in New Years post's of the past, but, I LOVE New Years Eve!! I also love that we have spent it at Disneyland just about every year since we started dating.

This year we went up in the morning and got breakfast, some fast passes and a hand stamp, so we would be sure to get back into DL later that night. : ) It was so fun to go up early before the park got really crowded....but by the time we finished eating, it was starting to fill up! But we don't mind crowds at all.

New Years Set up in front of the castle

People had their firework spot staked out since the park opened.

It's pretty dedicated to spend your day at the park on the curb ; )

As you'll see we had SO much fun wandering the park taking photos of things, and playing with our new camera. We didn't go on any rides the first part of the night, we just walked around playing with the camera! It was a blast! And we took about 500 photos that day, this is just a little taste. : )

The Cast Member who took our photo, told us to hold hands like that. We thought it looked more like a middle school dance shot. haha.

...back at the parks to close out 2010 and start 2011 off right!!

4:49:49 till New Years at this point! : )

We watched the "snow" fall back by Small World. It always snows more back there than it does on Main Street! I just love when they make it snow...

Mmm, perfect midnight snack (or almost midnight)!

What a handsome husband I have! I love this photo...he's so dreamy! : )

Couldn't believe how many hats they had, and can you believe they ran out?!?

The area around the castle is so much fun at New Years!

So many lights, and music and tons of happy people ready for the new year!

Pluto and Goofy

Little bit of Hot Coco to continue to stay awake for the new year. haha.

Watching the fireworks back by Small World was amazing!

I've never seen a show like it, it was beautiful!

A little New Years kiss : )

We made our way from Small World to the castle to catch a bit more of the party before heading out.

I've never seen the place SO dirty!

It was such a fun night!!

We are really looking forward to this new year and all the wonderful things it has in store for us. We feel so very blessed!! : )

Twenty Ten

2009 was an interesting and great year---and stands out among the others. There were a lot of uncertainties with the economy, the change in government & a trial here and there (with my 2nd miscarriage). I think '09 changed us in a way that the past years have not been able to, and we now see life in a whole new way---and for that we are so very grateful. We learned a lot of lessons, some 1st hand and many 2nd hand, but the biggest lesson we will take into this new decade is that whatever the world may be up to, as long as we have each other, our family, friends, (and most of all) the Gospel, we have all we need for true lasting happiness in this life and in eternity! Come what may, and we will love it! : )

(find Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin's talk, "Come what may, and love it" here)

We spent New Year's Eve at a place that holds a very special place in our hearts, Disneyland! This was our first New Years Eve just the two of us, and with how busy things have been lately, it was the perfect date night! : )

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE New Years Eve, always have since I was young!

It is always so fun to be at Disneyland on this night---everyone has New Years hats, noise makers, dancing, saying "Happy New Year" to everyone they meet....it's just has a fun vibe!

This year they turned California Adventure into 'Club DCA'. It was pretty awesome! A red carpet entrance, with cast members taking photos, fun decor lights everywhere and different radio stations dance areas through out the park!

This was back by Monsters Inc. ride....a 2010 ice sculpture that they used to pour mixed drinks into to chill them fast. Of course we didn't partake in that, but it was pretty, so I snapped a shot of it. : )

On The Tower Of Terror (or when we went last year with Brad & Andrea, "The Tower of Fun" lol). The guy in front of Brody cracked us up....after the first couple drops, he loosened up : )

Party hat and noise maker station. We come every year, and this is the first time I have seen this....It was always a mystery to me where people got them....

This was our favorite ride of the night (Screamin' was closed)...it is the big rocket swing things (that are blurred in this photo) : )

...I just like this photo : )

We spent most of the night here! DaNcInG the night away, it was a blast!!

I even got to join in on the Electric slide...brought back some Stake Dance memories

We LOVED this fire!! They did it a lot and it helped to warm things up. : )

(Here you can see a bit of my awesome sparkle shirt! : )

The fire works were AMAZING!! Best we have seen yet. The funny thing is, they were going in both parks, so we were looking right, looking left, looking right, looking left again..... : ) It was so fun!

Happy New Year!

We hope everyone had a wonderful & safe New Years Eve. We hope that 2010 holds nothing but wonderful blessings for you and your families!! : ) We are so so excited for the new year and all the new and exciting things it will bring!! Cheers to a new year!