A Burns' Thanksgiving

This past Saturday (November 21, 2009) Brad's Dad's side of the family celebrated Thanksgiving early. His Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Mike made a fabulous Thanksgiving meal. His aunts, uncles, cousins, and Grandma were there. I love his family so much. They are some of the most amazing people I have ever met. I spent a little time with his Uncle John. I am so thankful he was able to make it to the Thanksgiving dinner. I wish I had my camera to take pictures. :(

After dinner, we left around 9pm and headed to the Auld Dubliner ar The District in Tustin. They were having a fundraiser for The Orange County Fallen Firefighters Fund. They poured the world's largest Guinness! 400 gallons, 8 feet high, this thing was amazing! We were just planning on stopping by to see his Captain and Engineer from his station and as we were sitting at a table, my best friends from high school Lauren and Carrie walked by! We hung out the rest of the night! It was so good seeing them, never a dull moment! :)

Ortega Hwy Fire

Fire season this year has been fairly quiet (compared to the last two years), thankfully. A fire broke out yesterday, Monday November 16 off the Ortega Hwy in San Juan Capistrano. Brad got called in to cover the station and then was called out to the fire today. The fire is 75% contained, 250 acres burned and they are expecting full containment today. He really enjoys wildland firefighting and as long as he is home by Thanksgiving, I am happy. :) I am very proud of him and all he has accomplished so far in his young years ;)

JBM!

On Friday night Brad and I went with some friends to the Marlin Bar in Huntington Beach to see one of our favorite bands play, Jack's Bad Monkey! It's always a good time whenever they play and we really enjoyed our night out with some great friends :) Here is the link to their website www.jacksbadmonkey.com

Credo Ut Intelligam

"Credo Ut Intelligam--I believe so that I may understand. We can only make sense out of everything that goes on in our life if we have some kind of belief system by which we organize and understand things. Life always begins with and requires an act of belief, of faith. You must believe in order to understand."-Servite High School

Yesterday Brad and I had the day off so two of his good friends Chris and Jason came over to the house and I cooked them lunch. :) We hung out and watched some T.V for a little and then we all headed to Cerritos College for the Servite High School vs. Orange Lutheran High School football game. Brad and I really enjoy going back to our old high school days and watching the games. It's always a good time hanging with Brad, Chris, and Jason...there is never a dull moment with those three. Thanks Chris for being my back rest during the entire game, I owe you!

Servite won 45-26 and remains undefeated in their league.

These are the boys before one of the high school football games 2 years ago on 11/23/07

The first post!

I absolutely love this time of year. The leaves are changing colors, weather is crisp, and Starbucks has their Christmas cups! :) This year there is a downside: grad school applications are due Feb 1 and March 1. So I've been swamped doing apps and hoping to have everything set before Christmas. :) Applying is exciting, but way more stressful than fun. I'm just excited to start that new chapter in my life and get the show on the road! I feel like I've been in college forever and I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things!

The new house is coming together perfectly. Brad is getting all settled in and I'm enjoying decorating it and adding the "home" touches.

Here are a couple pictures of the downstairs :)