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Date Night Returns!! November 5, 2009

Filed under: Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 10:44 pm
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Irving and I used to do Date Night all the time. We’d take turns planning secret dates and surprising each other. We haven’t done them in a few months though. Between the wedding, the traveling, and the whole “Saving money” for a rainy day thing… we just kind of forgot. Episodes of “Entourage” became the fun thing to do (and that’s still fun, don’t get me wrong. I love my Jeremy Piven!) So when Irving declared that he had a surprise date night coming, I was pretty excited about it. He hyped it up all week, and he was right, it was pretty cool.

We drove over the “hill” and spent the evening in Beverly Hills. We went to the Paley Center and watched this:

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SO FUNN!!!! I thought it was so thoughtful because Irving knew that I used to be obsessed with love the show. He had never seen an episode, so it was pretty cool to share that with him!

They showed the pilot episode, which was a total blast from the past. I completely forgot about how silly the show was. It’s funny when you’re 14 how different the world felt. It was cool to see Joey (Katie Holmes) looking so young and innocent. It was 11 years ago! Dawson’s Creek was such an important part to my high school days. (Right, Katie?!)

After the episode, they brought out some of the cast and crew for a panel discussion:

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Meredith Monroe, who played Andie:IMG_1946

Busy Phillips who played Audrey:
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James Van Der Beek, who played Mr. Dawson himself:
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Also there was the creater Kevin Williamson:
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It’s so crazy how many details about the show I had completely forgotten about! It was pretty funny to hear some of the stories about production and the show.

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I just realized that I hadn’t taken any pictures of the Hubby and I together…. but at least I got a picture with this:

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Halloween!! November 1, 2009

Filed under: Friends,Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 9:14 pm
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It’s crazy how fast Halloween came and went. But it was fun while it lasted!

I try to have all my costumes be “box” themes:

2006 (A lego):
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2007 (Youtube):
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And this year…I was a Robot!!
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It’s always fun to dress up.
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We had a mini halloween party at our place. It was great, we had awesome eats (A funfetti cake shaped like a pumpkin, Pumpkin flavored whoopie pies, Candy Corn and Pumpkin Ale!… lots of orangy colored things. YUM!

Everyone dressed up! I was so excited! Irving was a Lifeguard, just thought it was so cute and hilarious.
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 Ashley was a Stepford Wife and JR was the Sherrif! Erica was a marathon runner (WHOO HOO), Beth was a bumble bee and Chely was a German Beer girl! I love the spirit of the holiday this year!IMG_1908

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We played Apples to Apples for a while and then ventured out into the neighborhood for some Halloween Haunts. Lots of awesome things to see this year. But we started out a little late. Buy 8:30, most houses had run out of candy and people were shutting down their displays, but for the most part, it did not disappoint. It was pretty rocking!

The first stop was one of the best houses in the neighborhood… every year there’s a theme of skeletons, and this year the theme was “Rock and Roll”.

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Jimmy Hendrix (With Ash and JR)
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So cute!

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Michael Jackson (Thrillllller)

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Britney Spears (and you can’t see it in this picture, but there’s a baby skeleton on her lap!! What?!)

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Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana. hahaha

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The one and only….

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Bye, bye Miss American Pie…..

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The Marathoner, the Robot… and Elvis.

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The lifeguard (with our classy SOLO cups of Pumpkin Beer). haha

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The men.

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Isn’t this scary? It was a real TV set with a doll watching it. haha

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Where the Wild Things are… there was a person in there!

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A video of someone’s front yard!

The Girls!

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We were late to the trick or treating. haha

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I got sick of carrying the huge Robot Box through the crowds, so I ditched on the side of the road half way through the night. Haha. Doesn’t it look lonely? When I came back for it, it was gone. I hope some kid enjoyed being a robot. lol (dont worry, i was planning on trashing it after the night anyways).

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This was at a construction site (there’s a dragon on the pile of rocks!)

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Scary!

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ahhh!!! Isn’t this creepy?!?!

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What a fun night with friends! We totaled up the walk we did, and it came out to be about 5 miles! I think we totally burned off at least one handful of these:

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This is the #1 reason why I love Halloween… MMMMmmm. I’m pretty sure I’ll single handedly polish these babies off in the next week. 🙂

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

Bend it like Beckham! October 27, 2009

Filed under: Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 1:47 pm
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We were super fortunate to know people in high places (Hi Ashley!) and we scored amazing seats at the Galaxy Game Saturday night. We had gone to a Soccer Game (AKA: Football) in Europe in September, but we hadn’t been to one in our own city, so we thought it was a great opportunity.

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Wow, we can’t believe what we had been missing! The game was sooo much fun! It’s fast paced, the athletes are literally sprinting for the whole time. They were flying in the air, slamming the ball with their heads and skidding across the field. It was awesome! And Beckham himself played almost the whole game!  I had my eye peeled for Ms. Victoria Beckham too.. but I couldn’t find her. 🙂

And now I present the “Beckham Photo Montage”:

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Here’s a video of part of the game!

In typical Kelley fashion, I was in the right place at the right time, and I was chosen to be in the Half Time Show!!! It was the “Soccer Mom Challenge” sponsored by Tide! I was on a relay team and we had to dribble the ball up the field!

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Look at me go!! HAHA!

Mr. Pringles was waiting at the end! My team won!!! (I’m in the middle of these three girls!)

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What did I win, you ask? A huge basket full of Tide stuff! Detergent, fabric softener, paper towels, razors, shaving cream, toothpaste and a toothbrush! SCORE!

Good thing I have a handsome strong husband to carry the prize!
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And then to make an already perfect evening even BETTER…. this happened:

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Yup.

Here’s a close up of the awesome Soccer Mom prize!
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File under… you know you’re getting old when…

 

Temescal Canyon Hike October 24, 2009

Filed under: Los Angeles — Kelocity @ 2:59 pm
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Today, I went on a hike with a couple of my friends from the LA Racers. We went up to Temescal Canyon in Pacific Palisades. It was a gorgeous 4.5 mile hike up some pretty steep grades.

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Melanie, Rhoda and I! There’s supposed to be a waterfall behind us… but it’s dried up right now.

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The light was a little flat, but the views of the canyon were pretty amazing.

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It started out foggy, but then it got SUPER hot!

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Rhoda at the top!

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The views were worth it. You could even see the Ocean from up there.

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I was too chicken to climb up there!

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Cool cave!!

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Fryman with the Puppy! October 11, 2009

Filed under: Friends,Los Angeles,Uncategorized — Kelocity @ 2:10 pm
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Yesterday, Ashley and I took her dog, Abby, hiking up Fryman Canyon. It’s a moderate 3-mile hike, and it was great. The sky was overcast, so it wasn’t too hot. It was just so nice to chat and hang out and enjoy the fresh air together.IMG_1677

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The girls on the trail!

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Look at that face. So cute!
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A doggy Water Fountain!!!
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Abby is leading the way!
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