Halloween 2013

So for Halloween this year we decided to go "cheap" and find something we already had at home to dress up in.

Week 2 of Training

Caitlin's Saturday times

This week for our training we went on 2 different runs!  I know not very much but we are working our way to more.  I'd say this week was a little better than last.  I will say it was a lot colder when we went but it was so much fun to be able to get and bond by running.  I know!  Me having fun running?!  Never thought I'd say it but I actually enjoyed it (as much as I complained).

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we carved our first pumpkin together for Halloween this year.  After searching a few stores for the perfect pumpkin (or the best we could find) we finally found one for our Jack Skellington.

Money Earned for October

Drum Roll Please...... So for the month of October we were able to raise a total of..... $39.32.  This has brought us up to $125.60 for our next adventure!

Pumpkin Carving Patterns

In honor of Halloween here a 3 free printable patterns for your pumpkin.

First Day of Training

So today Tommy and I began (again) our training for our 5k marathon set to happen in January.  We plan on participating in the Tinker Bell Never Land Family Fun Run at the Disneyland Park.

Nightmare Before Christmas 10/20/13

So Tommy and I had planned for a few weeks now that we would be going to the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood to see the Nightmare Before Christmas in 4D.  Well 30 minutes before we were going to leave my mom and sister decided they were going to join us!  So off the four of us went to Hollywood.

Disneyland 10/13/13

So today we went to Disneyland.  I was excited because everything was to be decorated for Halloween and this is one of my favorite times of the year (aside from Christmas).  The night before we were at Knott's Scary Farm and had a blast but boy were we tired!  Once again we stayed at the Stanford Inn and Suites and we were able to have breakfast before heading into the mad house!  Once we made it over to Disneyland it was about 11:45 am and the line was about 20 minutes to go through the bag check!

Knott's Scary Farm

So this year we went to Knott's Scary Farm for our Halloween excitement.  Last year we went to Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights and had a blast.  This year we decided to try something new for our Halloween excitement and went to Knott's Scary Farm.  We were joined by my sister and her friend.  We left early so we would not get stuck in traffic and also so we could stop a few places along the way.  Luckily traffic was smooth and we were able to quickly get to our hotel in Anaheim.  Once again we stayed at the Stanford Inn and Suites.  We got to our room around 3 pm and took the next 3 hours to nap and relax.

Anniversary Weekend Sunday 9/22/13- Disneyland and going home.

Our last day of vacation and celebrating.  With nowhere to be this morning we were finally able to sleep in.  We woke up just in time to make it down to breakfast which was delicious.  We had hot eggs, bacon, pancakes, potatoes, muffins, bagels, and fruit.  Very yummy for a hotel breakfast.  I personally enjoyed this breakfast better than the one from the Stanford Inn.  After breakfast we made our way back to our room and took our time getting ready.  We had until 11 to check out and we were in no rush to make our way to Disneyland.

Anniversary Weekend Saturday 9/21/13- Blast From the Past

Today we had the whole day to do what ever we wanted.  Being in Anaheim, CA we were close to the town I had grown up in while my dad was enlisted as a Marine.  One of the bases we were stationed at was Seal Beach, CA.  It was crazy to go back there to my old house, old elementary school, library, and girl scout house and see how much had changed.  I was happy to finally share with Tommy something that had made such a huge impact in my life and to share with him that part of my life.

Anniversary Weekend Friday 9/20/13- DInner and a Show

After the event we made our way to California Adventure for our dinner reservations at Carthay Circle.  As you can see we went all out for our first anniversary together.

Anniversary Weekend Friday 9/20/13- Disneyland Tour

Today we woke up bright and early to get ready for our tour at Disneyland.  We stayed at the Stanford Inn and Suites (formally known as Comfort Inn MainGate) and were lucky enough to have breakfast included.  For as cheap as the hotel was I was not expecting anything special.  Usually we stay at the Camelot Inn which is located right across the street from the main gate.  The rooms are fairly pricy and the breakfast is usually just toast, cereal, oatmeal, stale donuts and muffins, and fruit.  So as you can imagine we were expecting something similar or worse from our new hotel.  We were thankfully surprised to find that this breakfast was much more filling and versatile than the one we had received at Camelot.  There was sausage, eggs, oatmeal, cereal, yogurt, waffles, toast, bagels, donuts, and drinks.

Tommy's thoughts - Tapatio on eggs is a must.

Anniversary Weekend Friday 9/20/13- Pin Trading Event

So I decided to do this post separate from our day at Disneyland.  This was our 2nd pin trading event but our first one with Disneyland (our first was at the Disney Soda Fountain).  We were not sure what to expect going into this event and only brought a few of our pins to trade.  We walked the 2 miles from our hotel to Paradise Pier all dressed up and ready for our dinner after and probably the most "dressed up" people at the event.  My feet were killing me from the long walk over in my heels and the closer we got the more I dreaded walking into those big double doors but Tommy was excited so in turn so was I.  The moment we walked through the doors I was instantly overwhelmed.  There were so many people everywhere I did not know where to start.

Anniversary weekend Thursday 9/19/13- Hollywood

We celebrated our 1 year anniversary a week early and planned a 4 day trip.  We started Thursday by making our way down to Hollywood.

Piece Of History: Month of September 9/12/13

So like any collector we made the long drive down to purchase the newest Piece of History pin.  This month it was the Haunted Mansion featuring the grave digger.  Inside the globes are pieces of his scarf. Traffic was surprisingly not as terrible as we thought it would be.  We took the 101 to the 134 to the 5 and did not hit any
traffic until getting onto the 5 but we were so excited about Disneyland the traffic did not phase us:)

Schrade 94TTP Uncle Henry Custom Trapper Turquoise & Pearl Pocket Knife

UPDATE:  Well it looks like someone has bought this beautiful knife! (Secretly I was hoping no one would so I could keep it;) ) but now he has some extra money for our anniversary trip coming up this weekend!

Well Tommy has a new item up for sale on Ebay! Check out it out and if you are interested buy it!

Disneyland and Angels Game

So last Friday September 7 we went to not only Disneyland BUT also our 3rd Angels game this year!  What a blast we had and to make it even better..... THE ANGELS WON!! So that is 3 for 3 so far!

DSF Pin Release

Being the Disney fanatics that we are, we of course went to the pin release at Disney Soda Fountain in Hollywood on Saturday morning!  What a crazy morning!  We left at 4 am (very exhausting).  We got there at 6:30 am and lined up with the 50 people that were already there.

Comics Galore

So today we began going through Tommy's HUGE comic collection and priced a few on Ebay!  I have never been surrounded by so many comics in my life.  He has an easy 200 comics and that was only the few we went through.  It was a lot of fun to go through them together and be able to see something he is extremely interested in.