Sanrio's 50th Year Anniversary

This month, my sisters, mom and I had the best opportunity of the year. We were able to go act like kids again at Hello Kitty and Sanrio's 50th year anniversary celebration. It was held at the Santa Monica Airport. We were literally like kids in a candy shop, but this candy was made of red bows and white fur.  At the Sanrio pop-up tour there was everything from mini-carnival games to an art exhibition. We really adored every little bit of this experience except the two-hour wait to get into the pop-up gift store. I guess it was kind of worth it because we were able to buy the most unique Hello Kitty gifts.

This is Sephora's new and upcoming collection-can't wait!

Is this cool or what? 

Trimester 2

For the last month I've been feeling pretty prego. It's not like I wasn't "feeling" pregnant before, I just didn't look as pregnant, I guess. I felt like my stomach looked like I had drank a little too much...if you know what I mean.:) Well, now I am officially in my 6th month (week 24) which makes me in the last month of Trimester number two! AHHHH! I heard trimester 3 is when you get completely wiped out, fatigued, bloated and HUGE. I think this calls for a shopping day...he he he!

This is me at month 6 comin' at ya!

Week 24 = Papaya

Charm and Scott

...And they lived happily ever after. These were the words that seem to fit so perfectly at my friends', Charm and Scotty, wedding and I know will also be true for their marriage. This special occasion for these love birds was held on October 23, 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. No, it wasn't anything remotely close to a shotgun wedding but just the opposite. They said their vows in a Catholic church, which was immediately followed by a very appetizing luncheon at Boarder Grill inside the Mandalay Bay Casino & Resort. Later in the evening, drinks and desserts overflowed in their luxury suite. My oh so creative friend Charm thought out every detail from the cutest flags (instead of rice) at the ceremony to making her own cake pops at the dessert bar. I not only loved being apart of their romantic getaway wedding but had too much fun snapping some shots. Here are a few of my favs!

The flags were in place of throwing rice...too cute. They had different embossed sayings and pictures like LOVE, Mr. & Mrs...etc.

These two love birds were seen everywhere....from the out-of-town bags to the modern 3 layer cake.

Scotty and Charm's cartoon picture was surrounded by candy galore.

 This has got to be my favorite detail of the whole wedding. They used an ornate birdcage to hold the wedding cards. The tree was meant for guests to place notes of love and advice.

The "adult" party favor.  :)

Doesn't this look a Chicago style pizza pie...it was the groom's cake-totally unique!

The dessert bags.

Happily ever after!

October 31st

Pumpkins. We like to carve the old fashion way. No stencils, just a knife, marker and spoon. My mom and sisters came over on Halloween to carve five awkwardly shaped pumpkins and go trick-or-treating (of course Mr. G and I pass out the treats). It's tradition. Each sister designs and carves their own pumpkin. So sad our tradition was broken this year. Two of my sisters were over it by the time we started carving...oppsie mommy, you started too late! Only my mom, sisters Mini and Sophs and myself carved the heck outta our 5 little pumpkins this year.

Coco is trying to help out...or maybe steal some pumpkin seeds.

My mommy carving away.

Baby G's first Halloween costume!

Our family tree (with a new addition on the way:)

Amelia Earhart and her super unique owl pumpkin.

Spooktacular Continued

For some reason my blog wasn't letting me upload all of the pictures. So here are a little more:)

Some more glittery decor.

Mr. G's Devlish Drink contribution...& yes that is a skull beer bong!

The hosts: Bug catcher and his firefly

Can't forget about the butterflies!

Our Spooktacular Halloween Bash

Mr. G and I have many things in common, but the one thing we love the most is entertaining. Mr. G likes to "throw parties" while I like "hosting." They are similar in some ways but completely different in oh so many more. For instance, throwing a party involves a d.j., alcoholic beverages and of course finger-lickin' good grub. Hosting is well, much more planned out. It entails a themed decor, sweets and treats, which all take major preparation. Let's face it, Mr. G is Mr. Social while I try to be the Mrs. Mexican Martha Stewart. I think this combination works out pretty darn well if I do say so myself.

This year we held our 3rd annual Spooktacular Halloween Bash for our family and friends. We prepped and decorated for about two weeks straight. Here are some of the results of my decor!

Dia De Los Muertos Fair

After the Halloween festivities, many Mexican families celebrate Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). We celebrate the lives of  those family members or friends that have passed away. We set up altars with photos of our loved ones, food and or drinks they enjoyed along with colorful decorations. Last year I set up my first altar dedicated to my Papa (grandfather) and Mr. G's mother. This year I am planning to add more decorations and memories to celebrate the life of my late nana (grandmother). Usually I would just decorate a few skeleton  heads and add some left over Halloween decorations to the altar but luckily this year I found some glittery finds at the annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival in Uptown Whittier.

This was our first time at this local festival and I am so glad we went. There were some amazing artists that had their paintings displayed. Along the walk, we also saw some interesting altars dedicated to a range of people; everyone from the artists' family members to the Beatles. I couldn't resist snapping so many shots. It was like a color explosion! Enjoy:)

One of the first altars: symbolizing a mother and her child

Cactus fruit, enjoyed by a loved one

Bride and Groom- one of my fav decorations

Colorful right? I am SO going to throw a DDLM party one day!!!

One of the artists signing my painting

This is one of decorations I bought to add to my altar...eeekk can't wait to display it!

REAL ART:) 

Gotta love Frida

This altar was amazing! This was a display from my mom's friend Sonia Gonzalez, an artist at the fair.

Another vibrant altar

Oktoberfest

My Mr. G celebrated his birthday this year, Oktoberfest style! Since we couldn't make it out to celebrate drinking the day away we decided to have the partay come to us! I was just getting back into the swing of things so I didn't do much decorating...but really what more do you need than an Oktoberfest keg, pretzels and bratwurst?

It took us a while to find these beer mugs, but we ended up finding them at Walmart.

We found these coasters at Cost Plus World Market.

You know we had to dress up-see my baby bump!

Peacock Mask

Animals & Insects. This is the theme that my first grade colleagues chose for our school's annual Halloween parade. Every year we play dress-up, as a grade level, to get into the spooktacular Halloween spirit. I'm gonna be a peacock! Sounds kinda fancy for a school parade, right? Not really. We all decided to just create a mask to mimic our animal/insect's best features. I love fancy things so a peacock was an easy choice! Here is the before and after of my mini-craft Halloween costume.

All of the materials came from Michael's.

Viola!