Upcoming Graduation

I know this is really early, but I was notified by University of Phoenix that I will be eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony this September. I will actually finish my classes in October. But I will have enough units in September to walk the stage. I'm excited, since this is a huge accomplishment for me. It has taken me so long to come this far. I may pursue my Bachelors degree after this but still not sure yet. So Saturday, September 18th 2010 will be the day to walk the stage. Since it has taken me this long to accomplish this I will be so happy on this day since I was not sure if this would ever happen. But I guess better late then never right....more details to follow as dates get closer.

New Year's Resolutions 2010

I know it's been a few months since I posted anything so I thought I start the New Year off with some resolutions for the upcoming year. I saw on my cousin's wife's blog about resolutions and I thought that was a great way to start off for my 2010 blog. Here it goes.....

This year I would like to accomplish the following:

1. Lose Weight - Won't say how much but LOTS
2. Try to do more family outings
3. Accomplish and get my AA degree in Accounting
4. Learn how to crochet Amigurumi dolls.
5. Hopefully make more $$$$ and save LOTS

I will keep you posted on my accomplishments as they happen, wish me luck. Especially on #1.

Halloween

This year for Halloween I think Brandon and I did a really good job on carving our pumpkins. We had several compliments when the kids came to our door to get candy. One lady actually took a picture of my pumpkin, I was surprised.

Brandon's pumpkin (kitty eating a mouse)

Rachel's pumpkin (turtle)

Brandon in his Halloween costume (what is he???)

Pumpkin Patch - Apple Hill

This past Sunday we (Greg, myself, Brandon and my mom) went to Apple Hill. We had a great time, and the weather was nice. We went to 4 orchards (High Hill Ranch - Boa Vista - Abel's - and El Dorado). I wanted to get our pumpkins when we were there so here are som pictures from the pumpkin patch at Boa Vista.

Bingo

So thist past Saturday, 6 of us went to play Bingo for the first time. We didn't really know what to expect since it was our first time. We all got there before 6:30 and got our cards. We paid $16 which gave us 26 games and that lasted until 10:15pm. Each game was worth at least $250. When we all sat down we must have look like "newbees" since people kind of starred at us. We were probably the youngest ones in there, so they were probably wondering why we weren't at the bars or clubs. But we wanted to try something new and thought that this would be fun. We played several different games, and we had to catch on pretty quickly since the games changed pretty fast. The games were all a little different. We each had a different color dobber, and so after each game we switched so we all got to use different colors. We noticed that they sell all different colors and sizes in a vendor machine, so the next time I'm going to get me a different color. There was this couple that sat behind us that helped us through. It was nice of them to offer because there were a few games that we might have got lost. By the night end none of us had won but we had a GREAT time, and were definetly going to go back again. Some of us got close to winning, like only needing one more number. I think the people around us might have gotten upset if we were to have win since we were new. But oh well, we paid our moeny like they did so we deserve the right to win as much as they did. I only played once and I'm hooked.

Great America

Another day when we were in San Jose a group of us went to Great America (myself, Brandon, aunt, uncle, cousin Rich and Emi). This was Emi's first time at Great America and she had a blast. She loved riding the roller coaster, she has no fear. She went on several rides and couldn't get enough. She enjoyed meeting her favorite cartoon character Dora and Diego. She took pictures with them a few times. Rich and Brandon went on several rides together. The 3 of us went on Invertigo, luckily the ride did not break down when we were on it. This past Saturday I heard people were stuck on this ride high in the air for up to 4 hours. That's just crazy! Brandon won 2 basketballs and Rich won 1. Emi even won a Dora ball in the kid games, so that was cool. That's the best prize she could have won. We went to see a Ice Show while we were there, that was cool too. We stayed there from open to close, I didn't think we were going to stay that long. Emi took her nap on time and so she was good to go all day. By the time we all got home after we had dinner at Boogie's, we were all exhausted. Oh and by the way the weather was perfect. Couldn't have been better, it was overcast when we go there and warmed up a bit after. The rides were not that crowded I think that was due to the weather and also that we went on a Thursday. Overall a great trip.

Brandon on her 1st ride of the day

Me and Brandon waiting to go on the "Psycho Mouse" ride

Brandon and Emi on the "Taxi Jam" roller coaster

Emi with Dora and Diego

Santa Cruz Boardwalk

The 2nd day we were in San Jose Brandon and I went to Santa Cruz with my aunt, uncle and cousin Ron. We went to the Boardwalk. Brandon and I went on one roller coaster "Giant Dipper", the roller coaster was cool. Of course I screamed while on the ride like always. Brandon and my cousin Ron played video games in the arcade for a while the had a blast like always. My uncle played the chicken in the pot game and won 2 cute monkeys for his granddaughter Emi, she loved them of course. Brandon won a glass and a shot glass at the dime toss. I love winning cups. We have a collection of them at home from their. The weather was nice and we had a good time.

Giant Dipper Ride

Brandon and I going on the ride

The Beach