Some Pictures for Your Viewing Pleasure

Before the paint and new carpet:

2 Crazy Parker brothers in the process of painting:
With paint and new carpet!

Crazy Life

We've been crazy busy the last few weeks. For those of you who don't know, we recently bought a condo, so have been going to work all day, going to the condo, cleaning and painting until some crazy hour of the night or morning, then starting all over again the next day. :) The painting is pretty much all done, and we had new carpet installed. Last Saturday, we finally moved in. Tonight I was able to start unpacking some of our boxes and I feel that I've actually made a small dent in the process, which is motivating to keep on going!!! Tomorrow morning I will be going garage sale-ing, as one of the HOA's down the street is having their community garage sale. Hopefully I'll be able to find some much-needed furniture at some good deals. Anyway, hopefully I'll be able to keep you all updated and post some pictures of our new place!

Mexico!!!

Well, since we're long overdue for a post, and we have some new pictures to post, I thought I'd catch up a bit. We just got back from a Mexican Riviera cruise on the Golden Princess. I don't think Mexico was James' or my first choice of a destination, but we had a great time, regardless! Here are a few pictures for your viewing enjoyment:

Some overdue pictures...

Us with our neices, Grace (top) and Faith (bottom).


Wouldn't be Christmas without some carols!

We got Keanna a flashlight for Christmas. But not just any flashlight. It was PURPLE!!!

More pictures to come later.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was a bit untraditional.


Here are some photos:

Yes, we got to spend Thanksgiving with Snoopy! We went to Knott's Berry Farm and had dinner at their hotel. It was delicious and there was a TON of food!!!

I have started decorating for Christmas (and am probably done already). I bought a 2 food fake Christmas tree and some small ornaments. That's about the extent of our decorations, as that is about all that will fit in our house! :) Oh well, at least it's a little festive!

Our First Winter Storm

Well, we here in LA experienced our first winter storm...in September! It was complete with pouring rain, lightning, and thunder. Of course, the first roll of thunder completely freaked me - the wimpy Californian - out. Being in California, and it being September, I wasn't really expecting it, but when the window right next to my head started shaking and banging, it startled me, to say the least. :) Anyway, we survived and enjoyed the change in weather. Our plants are enjoying it, too. According to the LA times, this was our first rain in 150 days. It's about time! Here's a picture from the LA times. It was taken in Ventura.

On another note, I was at the grocery store yesterday and was stunned when I pulled into the parking lot. I don't know if it's just because we live in LA or if this is becoming the new trend, but commercialism has gone another step too far. The lines for the parking spaces are now being sold as advertisements. Yes, that's right. When I pulled in to my parking spot, there were ads on the lines on either side of me...and on every line in the parking lot. What is this world coming to? This picture is also from the LA Times and is actually the parking lot I was at yesterday.

Fire Up the Grill!

A couple of weeks ago (actually the day James was in the accident), we came home to find an anonymous someone from church left a grill on our porch. So today, we decided to give it a try! We made hamburgers, and since it was Kimiko's first time making hamburgers from scratch and James' first time BBQing, it was quite an experiment. It turned out ok, although we have learned a few tips for next time! :) Anyway, we had fun, and here are a few pictures as proof that we actually did this!