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Jane Austen Evening 2008

I love anything Jane Austen, her books, movies about her books, the Regency clothes, English Country Dancing, scones, clotted cream, & tea, etc. So when there's a place that combines them all, you can count on me being there!

Years ago, I had gone to the Jane Austen Evening, twice. It was so much fun as you get to dress up, dance, and pretend like you are in a completely different place and time.

Jeremiah knows my love of Regency and he agreed to go with me this year! Now, the only catch was, he wanted to have an appropriate outfit, but definitely not one that looked home-made or costumey! But not only did he want an appropriate Regency outfit, he wanted a Naval Officer's Uniform. So I had my work cut out for me!

I started back in October getting things ready for the event in January. It took many, many hours at the cutting and sewing table to get his outfit to look just right and it all paid off because his outfit was a hit!

We had a wonderful time dancing and playing our parts during the evening. Here are some pictures of the event:

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Now this may not be everyone's idea of how to spend their wedding anniversary, especially not their 1st, but for the BIG Chargers fans that we are, we couldn't pass up the tickets when Jeremiah's uncle offered them to us. For us, it was a very special way to celebrate our 1st Anniversary - at a Chargers' Playoff Game - and they won!

(Oh, it was also raining, if you were wondering about our attire.)

Fun in the Snow!

Shortly after Christmas, we headed out for a mini family reunion with my relatives in Colorado (on my mom's side).

We got to spend time with my Grandparents and a few of my aunts, uncles, cousins, and siblings. We had a great time playing cards (especially Hand and Foot with my Grandparents), visiting, and playing in the snow.

Jeremiah even made his first snow angel ever!


We also were there to celebrate New Year's with everyone.


The trip was a great adventure and we enjoyed every minute of it.

Merry Christmas!

Our First Christmas!

Birthday Time!

Now it's time for MY birthday! And can you guess where we went? I'll give you a hint: we've been there before and it's one of our favorite places. That's right! Disneyland!!!

We spent the day before my birthday running all over Disneyland having fun. Here are a few pictures:


Oh, and this picture of us on Space Mountain was really special. If you can see Jeremiah's hand, he's holding up two fingers. He did this to show that this was the second time we rode the ride in a row - after the first time, we came back into the dock thinking the ride was over and that it was time to get out. But instead of making us get out, they quickly asked everyone in our car if we would like to ride it again. We all screamed YES and there we went! No waiting in line or anything - what a great birthday gift to me :)


On my actual birthday, my parents drove down to be with me, Jeremiah, and his parents. They all made the day really special for me. Jeremiah spoiled me not only with a trip to Disneyland but also a lot of fun gifts, including the TV series Firefly on DVD - if you've never seen this series, it's a must. It's so much fun; we can't figure out why Fox decided to cancel it - but that's TV execs for you.

We went to our favorite Pizza Joint for dinner, That Pizza Place. Then we came back to my in-laws for Lava Cake and Ice Cream.


It was so nice having both sets of my parents there to celebrate with me.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Boo!

Halloween this year was pretty low-key. We went to Jeremiah's parents' house to pass out candy to the little trick or treaters. We enjoyed a roaring fire out in the backyard as we handed out regular sized candy bars to all the little kids - of course, we were the house everyone wanted to go to :).

My "costume" was fun earrings.

The highlight of the evening was one little boy about 3 years old. Last year, we also passed out candy and Jeremiah's friend was dressed up like Spiderman. This little boy, dressed up like Batman- equiped with all the big muscles and everything - just stared at Spiderman in disbelief. He was mesmorized that Spiderman was actually standing only a few feet away from him and he wouldn't even grab his candy because he couldn't take his eyes off Spiderman.

So, I took a picture of the little boy with Spiderman and emailed it to him. His dad replied saying that the picture was now handing up on his son's bedroom wall.


This year, the little boy came back and guess what he was dressed up as? Spiderman! He had been looking forward to seeing the "real" Spiderman all year. Unfortunately, our Spiderman was off at college and couldn't be there with us. We felt so bad for the little boy but it was also really cute.

The evening wasn't anything over the top, but it was still fun and just enough for us.