First of all, I can’t believe that I’m old enough to have so many friends with babies. I feel like I just graduated from high school! But I love my girls, and it is truly amazing to see them get pregnant and have babies! (Don’t worry, my time will come!)
We spent the night laughing, eating an awesome dinner (that included homemade cake!) and playing Clue!! I’ve known these girls since High School and I’m so glad we still get to hang out.
Living in LA means lots of fun opportunities. We are so lucky to be surrounded by so many exciting things. This year, we were fortunate to score a bunch of free tickets to the Rose Parade (with amazing seats!) We woke up at 4:15am, gathered our friends, and braved the 28* weather to the parade side lines in Pasadena!
We love taking the metro whenever we can (we’re probably some of the few residents who do!) 
The sun was just starting to rise when we got off the train, and we followed the crowds down Colorado Blvd. 
We were bundled up warm! You’d never know this was southern California! 
Ashley, Hudson and her mom made it out too!! Hudson’s first parade! 
Before we knew it, the parade was ready to start! 
Check out this Stealth Fighter that flew overhead! 
Right at the very beginning, we saw the Amazing Race winners!! I’m a huge fan!
They had to decorate part of float during the season finale this year!!!! So exciting! I almost didn’t recognize them, but I knew they looked familiar! Glad I snapped a picture! 
The Grand Marshal this year was Paula Deen! 
It’s amazing that all these floats are 100% decorated with flowers or living materials.
The bands were great, lots of fun music and dancing! 
The Queen and Princesses of the Rose Court!
The two teams in the Rose Bowl football game this year were Wisconsin and Texas Christian. They each had a float and the fans went wild! 
So many cool themes this year! 
Hudson loved the parade!! He’s such a good boy!
LOOK!!! An Uno Float!! (You all know how much we love game night!) 
At one point, I think one of the floats broke down! Good thing for AAA! 
This was a band from New Hampshire! New England, represent! 
Look who it is! 
Pacman! 
Some of the hosts from HGTV’s Dream Home show! 
This float was for 9/11. The fire hydrant was from ground zero and was the only thing on any of the floats to not be made of flowers. 
Click here for more shots of the amazing floats!
I have a feeling 2011 is going to be a great year!
Last night, our friends Ashley and JR had a bunch of friends over for a game night. They had an amazing spread of food (Red Velvet cupcakes, homemade rice krispies treats, carmel corn, veggies, nuts… and my favorite: chips and dip!! Mmmm!!!)
Little Hudson is getting so big. He’s just adorable! 
He watched as we played an intense game of Bezzerwizzer. It’s a trivia strategy game that Erika and Timmy brought over. 
We had an amazing night with our friends (new and old!)
The boys! 
The girls (Even abby!) 
Thanks for a fun night!
I definitely shopped myself out this year for the holidays. I had a list and I fiercely plowed through it bouncing from store to store at each opportunity. I have to say, I’m a little burnt out now. It’s easy to forget what the holidays are really all about sometimes.
And I’m totally guilty of buying myself a couple of treats on some of my excursions. (I never really do that!) This week, I got myself a new sweater, some cozy slippers…
And this sweet Christmas Card tree (Irving’s request). 
I had the ‘one for you, one for me’ syndrome this year!
But now, I’m SUPER excited to go home for Christmas and see my family and my East Coast friends!
Tonight, I had a few girls over to scrapbook with me. I was really excited because Girl’s Night In is always a blast. The scrapbook paper, stickers and scissors came out and before we knew it, four of us were chatting away cutting, cropping and creating!
But I just wasn’t feeling inspired tonight. Maybe I was just a wee bit tired, but mostly, I was frustrated that I couldn’t find the photos and pieces I wanted to work with tonight. I think I need to reorganize and clean up my craft closet a little bit. I’ll make that a New Year’s resolution.
And I promise, I will definitely share my Wedding Album when it’s complete. It’s |this close| to being done!
Christmas is almost a week away!!! Wow, that really snuck up on me this year!
Last night, Erika and Timmy hosted a Holiday Party to celebrate the Holidays. They really went all out preparing the food for the party.
The highlight was her Calzones! She made the bread from scratch! Delicous! 
It was such a great night. They have some great friends and we really enjoyed the conversation. 
Muggles was brave all night and hung out with everyone. (Good job, Muggles!) 
And little Abby made an appearance too! She was so cute! 
After spending an hour trying to figure out how to work the controllers, we played a few fun games of Trivia with everyone! 
Then it was time for the Yankee Swap! (Apparantly they don’t call it that out here! Maybe it’s an east coast thing?) 
They were all awesome gifts! I had the second number… 
And I got a sweet game of Travel Scattegories! (Thankfully no one stole from me, because I was pretty excited about this!) 
It was a great night, we had so much fun! Thanks for having us over!
Hi I'm Kelley! I'm a 30-something cancer survivor and a self-proclaimed world traveler. I am originally from Boston, but now call Los Angeles my home. Traveling is my passion, but I also love running marathons, watching soccer, eating cupcakes and planning future adventures with my Husband. In June 2012, I became a mom to a beautiful baby girl named Adele. Our lives are forever changed and we couldn't be more excited!
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