#175 of 365: Party Like It's 2009

I didn't really feel like going out and doing much for New Year's Eve so I mainly just hung out with the family. We went to the movies and saw "The Princess and The Frog." After that we played a game and then Kimberly and I took off to go ring in the new year with some friends.

#174 of 365: I Hope You're Happy

My mom and Kimberly really wanted to go see Wicked while it was here in San Francisco so I got them and I tickets for Christmas. It was beyond incredible or amazing or spectacular. The perfect word to describe it is: WONDERFUL.

#173 of 365: Italian Kiss

Brittney and Job love bocce ball. And I love bocce ball. So I took them and my parents and Kimberly to my favorite bocce place, Campo di Bocce. We had an outdoor court and it rained almost the whole time, but it was still really fun!

#172 of 365: Cold Feet

Kimberly, me and Brittney snuck outside late tonight, with bare feet, to play in the cold, wet leaves and puddles.

#171 of 365: Silly Statues

My neice Isabelle finally started warming up to me on the last night of their visit. We were acting hecka goofy with each other and having so much fun!!! I really hate to see her go.

#170 of 365: myPhone

Look at what Santa helped me get!!!

#169 of 365: Be Jealous

I have the coolest, funniest, raddest, most beautiful family in the world!!!!!!!

#168 of 365: Seasonal Splendor

Tonight we spent Christmas Eve driving around looking at the lights. We have some really amazing displays in and around town. This one house is the most spectacular though! There are so many lights and attractions at just this one house it is incredible. Santa was even there giving out candy canes. It's hard to tell, but me, Kurt and Lori are standing in front of the house. Kind of under the "RY" in "MERRY CHRISTMAS"

#167 of 365: Friendly Wager

My family LOVES playing games! Every extra moment we have is spent playing games. Tonight we played "Up The River, Down The River." At the beginning of each round everyone bets to say how many hands they are going to take.

#166 of 365: Once There Was A Snowman

My best friend Suzanne, and all of her brothers and sisters, are in town for Christmas. So are all of my brother and sisters. We all grew up 2 blocks from each other and consider ourselves family. It's been years since we've all been together like this so we decided to have a giant family party! We had 18 adults and 11 kids there!!! And that wasn't even all of us because Michael had to work and some of the inlaws aren't in town yet. Del surprised us with a clown named Freckles, who was really great with the kids and they loved her. Freckles' helper did some face painting on the kids too. Becca and I got in on the action. She got a string of Christmas lights and I got this snowman.

#165 of 365: Game Play

Playing Hand and Foot with the family after most of the kids and even a couple of the adults had gone to bed.

#164 of 365: Survivor Brilliance

Kimberly, Lori and I holed ourselves up in my parent's room to watch the Survivor: Somoa finale. The rest of the family protested against us not socializing with them, but there was no way we were going to miss this! We had to see if Russell would win! He didn't. We were sad. He was sad. It was very sad. But we liked Natalie too. Here we are enjoying a standard holiday treat for our family, Seven Layer Bars, while we watched the finale.

#163 of 365: Express Delight

My neice Brooklyn came to visit! I love her chubby cheeks and giant eyes. This girl has more expressions and noises than a 7 year old boy! She is always so happy.

#162 of 365: Bird's Eye View

Just the top of my pretty, little head.

#161 of 365: Bargin Buy

This is one of my favorite sweaters. I bought it (and many others) at a discount clothing store. They were having a sale where everything you could fit in a giant shopping bag was only $5. This sweater had a rip near one of the armpits but I sewed it up and you can't even tell now.

#160 of 365: Drifting Off

About to turn out the lights and go to sleep.

#159 of 365: Impressed

Stopped at my favorite coffee shop to get the best hot chocolate ever. Mexican Hot Chocolate from Empresso.

#158 of 365: Evergreen

My parents and I went to our favorite Christmas tree lot, one that we've frequented often over the last 24 years, to get this year's tree. My camera was on the fritz so this was the best I could do.

#157 of 365: Contradiction

I like the ying yang feel of this photo.

#156 of 365: Hilarious

I never laugh as hard as I do when I'm around Rusty and Jeff.

#155 of 365: Indistinct

Hazy lamp light on a rainy street.

#154 of 365: Coziness

Wearing my comfy clothes.

#153 of 365: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast

Tonight I got to spend a little one on one time with Gillian Larson from the TV show Survivor Gabon. She is a friend of Steve, who is a family friend and my old boss. I actually used to know Gillian's husband Ron, who works with Steve. But that's not the point. Survivor Gabon was my favorite season of one of my favorite TV shows. I was so excited to meet Gillian and hear all her stories and ask her all kinds of questions. I loved hearing about all the contestants, from Gabon and other seasons. I would love to be a photographer for the show. I'm going to look into that.

#152 of 365: Hazy

Today was a very emotional day.

#151 of 365: Cinnamon Bun

I just pulled my hair back after work.

#150 of 365: Party House

Rusty, Des and I went over to Michael's new house to hang out tonight, and I brought a bag full of games to play. We sat around eating junk food and enjoying the fire. Then Michael wanted to watch his new favorite movie "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past." Good thing I brought all the games!

#149 of 365: Frozen Water Fun

Tamara, Shaun and I went to Yosemite to go ice skating at the outdoor rink in Curry Village. Tamara was like a baby deer learning to walk for the first time. She hung on Shaun the whole time. I just skated merrily along snapping pictures of the gorgeous setting we were in. You can see Half Dome perfectly in the background. Everyone should go to Yosemite in the winter!

P.S. I had a crush on the guy on the right in the photo. He worked there and he built a fire in the fire pit while I was laying by it trying to get warm. And he was an awesome skater. He could even do that skidding-to-a-stop-thing that blasts ice everywhere. Hot!

#148 of 365: Delighted

I'm really smily while at an event for work. The place looked beautiful. And I was really happy for the people we were celebrating. That's all the good I can say about it.

#147 of 365: Chit Chat

I'm sure I'm chatting to one of my sisters.

#146 of 365: Lousy

What a crappy day I had...

#145 of 365: Irritate

Don't you hate it when you get something in your eye?