A baby shower, A night out and a funeral... What a week!

So this week (saturday through Thursday) has been a full one to say the least.

Aaron's cousin Rachael is due with our third to last baby due this calendar year... It's a girl and her name will be Amara Jordan Redford! We spent the better part of Saturday celebrating her and her mommy-to-be at her sister Nicole's house (in my old neighborhood). We had so much fun. Nicole did a fabulous job putting together the party. There were so many games to play and activities to participate in. My favorite was the "design your own onsie" with puff paint, I drew a stick figure balerina that had the title "dancing queen" underneeth it. I also enjoyed the baby food taste test, mostly because they had Banana's which is my favorite baby food....I know you think "gross" but I say "YUMMM!"

After that the girls and I went to The Tavern (where sister Katie works) and had a drink with Erin S.'s cousin who was in town for the weekend. We had a great time, finally found an awesome bartender there, who not only knew what St. Germaine was, but was able to locate it in the stock of liquors and pour me a glass! WOO HOO! (ok now you all think I am a lush, but fear not, I not that much of a drinker, I just know what I like!)

Tuesday brought us to the funeral aformentioned above. Cheryl is Aaron's brother's OT, and has become a member of our family over the past 16 years. Her husband of 39 years past away after several years of illness (unkown). It was a said event, as funerals usually are, but we were happy to celebrate his life with his family. Like my mom and step-dad he was also a Pac-Bell lifer!

After the funeral, Katie (S-I-L to be), Paul, Aaron and I went out for a final toast to Stu ala Irish Wake at the local wine bar. It was so nice to sit outside at 3:00 in the afternoon and dream about having a job in the town you live in, no commute, and a rightful happy hour (again I am not a lush...).

This weekend will bring us to Donner Lake for a family runion and one good time on a longboard skate board....more to come, so stay tuned!

Peace out!

Last Sunday....We DEMO'd

Well last weekend wasn't a total waste. I actually got a chance to get out of the house on Sunday. I was feeling much better and so I told Aaron- "we are leaving as soon as I finish getting ready!" We headed out at 9:30 to Sonic burger for a cherry slush, then ran over to say "howdy" to Erin and see her new place, then we ran a couple more errands and finally I kicked Aaron to the curb and went back to Erin S.'s and we demo'd the closet!
We had such a blast! Her dad and Nate were there, but us Ladies did a lot of the hard work. Erin and I took off the door, I took out all the tackboarding from the carpet and we all had a hand in the destruction of the closet.
There's nothing more satisfing than slinging an ax through a wall...and not getting in trouble for it! hahah!
The picture to the side is a little collage of our successful day. It took about 3 hours to bring the whole thing down. Nate rewarded us with his mom's Taco Salad....MMMMMMM!!!!!! And we all pretty much collapsed....well sorta.

Baby Pictures!

Well le top is back at it again! Our company is getting ready to re-launch our Daily Darlings segment of the blog, where a new baby's face appears each morning on the Daily Darlings page. We are in GREAT need of baby and kid pictures. Please send me your kids, nieces, nephews, friends, etc baby & kid pictures (the more the merrier). If you are sending a friends childs picture in, please make sure you have thier permission to do so. Please make sure all picture submissions are in JPEG format. Once your "baby/kid" has been scheduled to post I will email you letting you know so that you can share this 15 minutes of fame with your family and friends. Always feel free to comment, and check out all my postings at http://blog.letop-usa.com.

sick...

There won't be much to post this week as I missed all the fun events- I had the 24 hr flu. Sucky!

I came home from work on Friday just totally exhausted, achey, & fatiqued. I slept pretty much till Saturday morning, moved my self to the couch, attempted to watch some TV and slept till almost 3pm. I finally started feeling somewhat better, but remaind on the couch the rest of the evening, forced aaron to take me with him when he went to pick up a pizza for dinner so I could at least breathe some fresh air and think about the beautiful day I had missed. Today I woke up at 6:45AM-wide awake! I am feeling pretty much my regular self today, thank God! I think I am going to head out and help Erin S. with her new place. Enjoy your Sunday!

Missed: Davina's Birthday, Erin's Key Acquring Party for her new home, and a absolutely spetacular Saturday- weather wise...

SUCKY!!! I hate being sick on a weekend!!!!!!!!

In A New York Minute

I just got back from one of three yearly business trips to New York. This visit we were debuting our Spring 2010 clothing lines for le top and rabbit moon. We had a GREAT reception to the line. I would say probably one of the best since I have been working for this company! Whew! I really feel like this recesion is starting to come to an end. HEY! Ben Bernake (sp?) says the recession ended two weeks ago!

So anyway, I didn't get to do any shopping but I did get to go to the following places:

• Hair Party 24 (a 24 hour hair/nail/make up/tanning Salon- SWEET!- but expensive)
• Il Cantinori (where I have seen "Mr. Big" from SATC and John Goodman- but no stars this time)
• Rosa Mexicana (super mexican food and some of the best guac ever! - see pictures)
• Gotham Bar & Grill (one of the top restaraunts in the city)
• Parma (has the best gnocchi ever)
• Fresco by Scotto (fairly famous italian restaraunt)
• The Coach Store on 57th Street (ok so no big deal, but I had to mention at least one shopping spot even though my pocket book will not afford anything in there!- ps- the picture on the store locator is of the store we went to on 57th street)

New York is super fun...if you are not working. But I am not complaining too much, because I definitely appreciate the fact that I have dined in some of the best restaraunts in Manhattan. Here is a collage from my trip.

Another Night Out

The other night we patronized The Rellik Tavern, a local pub that Katie, David and Davina work at. I must say at the opening of this place the only thing that impressed us was the venue. The service was less than adequate, the owners had no clue, and the place was, as many yelp authors put it, "full of cougars and douche bags". The cougars and douche bag thing hasn't changed, but our experience gets better and better with each visit...and maybe each drink! haha! This was just a little more than a "usual" night out...but we won't go there...will we?

Our Own Kind of Fair

July is the month that the local county fair comes to town. When we were growing up the fair was two weeks long, but in the last couple of years they have shortened it to a week, whether it was budget restraints or just pure ghettoness I am not sure. Either way, I have always loved going, even if it is only for an hour or two. I love the "fair food", funnel cake is the ultimate, and cotton candy is a close second. This year "the crew" joined up to go on a friday night after work. I had to opt out as I had a Mary Kay thing to take care of, but planned on meeting up with them right after. Everyone met at our place and I took off to do my errand. When I got home everyone was still there to my surprise! They were bummed I wasn't going to make it and I guess pretty much decided that the thing they were all going for was the "fair food" too. So they busted out our Deep Fryer that we had received as a wedding gift and had NEVER used. Erin S. googled a batter recipe and we had a super fun night of funnel cake, deep fried twinkees and deep fried snickers. We were all pretty much sick at the end of the night, but we had fun and we had "fair food" so we couldn't complain much!

Sift it and sift it good!

Who doesn't love cupcakes? They are my very favorite!

Sift is a gourmet cupcake shop in Napa and Cotati, that makes fantastic cupcakes! I just drool over their Pink Chamagne cupcake and Aaron loves the Guiness one! They even have a cupcake devoted to us Snickerdoodle lovers- that is my very favorite!

Today Sift is offering a free cupcake coupon if you take thier 4 question survey. Just click on the link below and take the survey and presto!- You have a free cupcake!

Click Here for your Free Cupcakes!

Just fill out the questionaire at the bottom of the home page (signs you up for the newsletter)

Enjoy!!!

Mi Wuk!

So the next day after aaron's birthday we packed up, kicked Matt out of the house (he stayed the night... it was a sleep over! hahaha), woke Jame's butt up and hauled ourselves up to Senora to stay the rest of the weekend with Aaron's family in a cabin they had rented up there. We had a blast hanging at the beach and hanging with the family! There is not too much more to say about it, but that it was relaxing and nice to get away for even just a night- and to spend some time with the fam!

Don't Tell DAD....

...but someone puked at the party!

Well Bloggers, it seems no one is reading my blog, so it doesn't really matter, but just in case you happen across this and want to know whats been up this past week here it is.... well at least friday!

It was an unlikely source, the throw up I mean...or maybe it was the most likely source! Emma got a little drunk off her usual serving of milk and then Aunt KK decided to Airplane her in the air, and got the residual effect of PUKE ALL DOWN HER SHIRT!!!!

Now that the "third person" is done, let's divulge a little of Aaron's 27th birthday party happenings!!!

Aaron turned 27 (ooo getting so close to 30!) last monday the 13th, and we celebrated on the 17th at my dad's house as our group of friends keeps getting larger and our home stays the same- at 918 sq/ft! Not to mention it was blazing hot and we would have been like sardines in a sauna at our place! So dad, Katie and Davina opened their home to us (not that they had much of a choice) and we threw a great party- beerpong and all!

We ordered Mecca for Din and had a great time eating with all our guests...then we had an even greater time playing Flip-cup and beer pong. And to top off the night we had a Girls V. Guys Catch Phrase game....the guys "won" by cheating and later- like two days later- Aaron finally admited that they had cheated to win.

YAY! I posted again!

On the 3rd of July aaron took me to see Wicked! This was a on-time, late Birthday present. My mom and he went in together to get the tickets, but had to purchase them so far in advance that we had to see a showing in July! Oh well it was definitely worth it. The funniest thing was/is, that I have been "singing" Popular and Defying Gravity for about two years, and Aaron has hated every chorus of it...until he saw the musical on the 3rd! hahaha! those were his two favorite scenes! haha!

Before we went to the play...which Aaron said was not as good as Mama Mia, but was still good,I took him to this new bar that had just opened called Rickhouse, on Kearny St. in SF. It boasted of a huge selection of Scotch's....there were 5 PAGES of choices!!!!!! Aaron was, needless to say, in HEAVEN! Here are some great photos we took from the evening.- Enjoy

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Another new post...what?!!!!

So what the heck! you all aren't looking at my blog? what, do you think I never blog? hahaha! yeah ok I understand, I am not the best at this thing, but I asure you I am trying to get better!

YOU try sitting in front of a computer all day and then come home and try to sit in front of a computer more....not so fun! hahah!

So we had such a wonderful week with two babies being born!!!!! Joslyn had the Haven Bella on the 8th, 7/8/09 at 7:08 pm! what....!!!!!

Erin T.'s cousin, Anna had Katin Frison on 7/10! woo hoo! so many babies, so many girls!!!!! Tho, the nurses told Jos that Haven was the only girl born on the 8th in the hopsital! what!!! lot's of potential boyfriends! Here are some pictures of Haven!

Peace Out-

Kristin

A week goes by so fast....

Some day I will get really good at posting every day! I swear I could generate enough content to keep you entertained each day, it's just finding the time! GRRRR! Time Robbers!

Alrighty- so 4th of July was last week, and this is nothing less than untimely but here are some super sweet pix from our super fun 4th of July party at the Richardson's!

p.s. Justice found a new girlfriend-Davina. And Sean and Kurt are not really that drunk! And Sean doesn't have a black eye, he's just....drunk?! hahaha

Aaron and Kristin's Kid...

So Katie, Aaron and I were watching America's Got Talent last night (7/8/09) and this little girl walks on stage and does her act and we all look at each other and say "oh my gosh! I Aaron and [Kristin] had a kid this would be it!" Quirky, musical and full of energy....HEAVEN HELP US!

P.S. Hit PAUSE on the Pandora App at the very bottom of the page!

P.S. Haven Bella Kipp. was born last night at 7:08 on 7/8 weighing in at 6 lbs 7 oz and 19" long!

Canada- Revisited...

Sorry about the week delay in getting these last three days up. We got busy with the "real world". Here's a summery of the last Three Days in The Okanagan (DRINK!)

DAY 7- THE WINERIES!

So they tell us that The Okanagan (DRINK!) is like the Napa Valley of BC....hmmm well, it's not quite that, but it was still good....they actually might one up us on the view, no not actually, they really do!

We went to three wineries, each progressively better. When we got to the last (Mission Hills- where most of these views are from) Sara looked at Aaron and I an said "I am glad we did them in the order we did, otherwise this would have SUCKED!" Yep- She was right. After words Aaron, Wilf, Matt and I hit up a local brewery called Freddies. I was the DD for these gentlemen, regardless the four of us had a nice time and I got carded...guess I look younger than 19! WHAT!??

DAY 8- Our last full day in The Okanagan (DRINK!)

This morning Aaron and I started watch The Sentinel. Once Sara got her sorry butt out of bed, we played Makeup! LOL! I brought some of my Mary Kay samples up there so that I could do a "demo" with her and write off the trip (woo hoo!). We had such a fun time just going through the motions, and it was good practice for me! I loaded her up with goodies too! I think she was pretty stoked.

After lunch we took off to the Value Village looking for Aaron Moose shirt- and we were successful! Actually 5 shirts deep successful! I will post a picture of that later. Sara scored on some awesome kids books, and I got away scott free...

Thant night we dropped Bells off at the grandparents and took a drive up the MTN. and a nice hike along some summer laden (ok it was still cold 11c) ski slopes! What a Blast! I think we captured our Christmas card picture there too!

DAY 9- The Ending...

All good things must come to an end. Today we had a great breakfast with Crew at The Polson Diner (we like to call it the Poisin Diner) puzt around a bit and then headed for the Airport....this time we did NOT run through the Vancouver airport; We sat for 3.5 hours! What a stinkin long layover! We had some beer, bought some time on a Internet Kiosk (which still has 39 minutes left on it, if we ever get back there...and I remember the password) and puzt around some more, and some more, and then finally hit the tarmak and got our butts home....whew. We walked in the door at 11:00 pm- and crashed into bed!

Definitely a great trip. Thanks Sara and Matt and Isabella for housing us and showing us a good time in The Okanagan (now DRINK!) Heh hhh!

Michael Jackson- Dead at Age 50...

This has been a tough week in the Entertainment world. First Ed McMahon died on Tuesday, Farrah Faucet this morning after her 2 year battle with cancer, and just this afternoon, The King of Pop, Michael Jackson dies from a heart attack... What more can I say.... I am deeply sorrowed.

Day 7 & 8 and Possibly 9.....

SORRY, WE ARE PACKING SO MUCH IN TO THESE LAST 2.5 DAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO UPLOAD ANY OF OUR PHOTOS! I WILL TRY TO GET TO IT TOMORROW BEFORE WE LEAVE... OTHERWISE, YOU WILL HAVE OUR LAST THREE DAYS ON SUNDAY.

LOVE
Kristin and AAron

The Night Sky in Canada

Just wanted to share with you how light it stays in the evenings here. These pictures were taken between 9:40 and 10:00 at night.

Six days...WOW! and we still have more?????

We were having technical difficulties last night, sorry this is a little late.
Day six was a Rainy day...
...But we made the most of it.
Before the rain swept in Aaron and I had a chance to take the bikes out once again and go for a ride down to a little breakfast place we found on our first bike ride a couple days ago. We had a nice little breakfast and on our way back encountered the beginning of the rain storm. By the time we got home we were wet...not soaked, but just a little damp.
We waited out the storm and once it blew over a bit we grabbed Sara and the babe and ventured out to Davison Orchard, a local apple orchard that harvest's more than just apples.

From there we did some errands and then went home for a little R&R.
We had a great pasta dinner and then dropped the little one off at grandma and grandpa's so we could all go on a double date (that ended with us sitting half way across the theatre from each other) to see The Hangover. Deffinitely a funny movie, but definitely not one to waster your $10 on...wait to see it on video...errr is that word out dated??? DVD??....no wait, VOD (Video on Demand...i.e. netflix via XBox righ?).
So we ended the night with cookies....mmmmm cOOOKIES!!!!!