Temple Square Lights

Tonight we went to see the lights at Temple Square with my brother Jared and his family. The lights were beautiful and it was actually not freezing cold. I like seeing the lights when we can take our time because we are not cold. The kids loved to see the different nativities and all the colors. It just a fun tradition.

Newport Beach California

I had the most wonderful weekend in California. I flew in Friday night and my cousin Jenny picked me up. After dropping off my luggage at her house we drove to Huntington beach. It was dark but the ocean looked so beautiful with the moonlight glowing on the water. On Saturday we went back to the beach for a couple hours. It was so fun to play in the waves and walk along the beach. It was actually fairly warm. It was quite a change from the snowy weather that I left. During the day on Saturday we went to Balboa Island and Pennisula and just walked around and shopped in the quaint little town. We walked the boats sailing in the bay and dreaming of being on one of the yachts. Then we did some more shopping at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. It is a fun outdoor mall. I didn't buy anything because come to find out it has mainly expensive shops. It was fun to look though. We then drove to Downtown Disney to meet up with another cousin and his little family. We were going to go to dinner but ended up in Disneyland instead. It was so fun to be with them all for the evening. I haven't seen these cousins for about two year. Oh and I forgot the trip to see the Newport Beach Temple earlier on Saturday as well. It is a beautiful temple and there were no protestors at the time. Sunday we drove to the beach again and watched a surfing competition and just relaxed listening to the ocean. It was a perfect ending to a great trip. I headed back home late Sunday night. I am excited that I get to go back so soon. I really love California. 23 days and I will be back in Disneyland!

Finished!

I am finished with the Twilight series. I think book 4 "Breaking Dawn" was my favorite. I didn't want it to end but at the same time I wanted to find out what was going to happen so I couldn't put it down. Now I need to find a new book to read. Any suggestions?

Halloween

I attended the craziest and most fun Halloween party I have ever been to on Halloween Day. Where you ask? Well it was at work. They go all out for Halloween. Each team comes up with a theme and all the costumes are part of that theme. My team chose Wii Olympics. We each chose a country and dressed up either in their colors, traditional costume or the sport in which we were participating in on the Wii. We then decorated our cubicles or offices to represent that country. We made up a name for our character and I made credentials for each person. We brought two Wii's and played several different events throughout the morning. We had a Torch Relay throughout the office and then an Opening and Closing Ceremony. It was a lot of fun. We won the competition which made the day even more fun. We get the coveted trophy back and we get a free lunch for the team. Here are some pictures from the eventful day. I was from the Netherlands. I am half Dutch after all!

The Torch Relay. I don't have pictures from the lighting of the caldron because I actually had the honor of lighting the real caldron outside. We later lit this torch and then had a Tiki Torch lamp outside that we really lit during our Opening Ceremony. I did not have my camera with me during that part of the morning.

My Cubicle The Whole Team The event stadium