{Werewolf ♥!!}

Ahhhh....the long awaited premiere of NEW MOON was today! I went and bought our tickets for the 2:30 showing @ LB Town Center this morning. Took Megs out of 6th period and we went to enjoy a few hours of Taylor Lautner without a shirt on! PURE beauty! A great 2nd installment of the Twilight Saga...but DARN IT! Now we have to wait until 30 June 2010 for Eclipse! Arrrrrggggghhh! Oh well, they'll release New Moon on DVD soon enough and we can watch it over and over and over and....

{My FUNNY, FUNNY Husband!}

Okay...Mike DETESTS "nick-nacks". I mean, it's really a pet peeve of his to have all of my little "decorations" around the house. I think it stems from his childhood growing up in a house that was OVERcrowded with "stuff". So many "collections" of things displayed all over that were visually distracting. So he would love it if every surface in our house would be completely clear of any cute display items, candle holders, etc. However...it ain't happening! So this morning I go to get ready for work and notice that he's placed his OWN "nick-nack" in our bathroom. Do you see it? You might have to click on the picture to make it bigger.
So after I moved it to his nightstand...he found another place for it before he left for work tonight! What a NUT! And that's why I love him so much...he always makes me laugh! You'll probably have to click on this picture as well to find him!

{ ♪♫♥ PARAMORE CONCERT!! ♥♫♪}

Mike and I took Meghann and 4 of her friends to go see the group, Paramore, @ the Hollywood Palladium yesterday. The original concert was scheduled for 1 October, however the lead singer, Hayley, lost her voice on the first stop of their tour. So they had to reschedule. We were originally the 2nd stop of the tour and with the reschedule, we were now the LAST stop on their American Tour! WooHoo! It was a GREAT show...wish I had more pics of Paramore (thankfully Hayley came out and sang with one of the opening bands, The Swellers, so I got a few shots of her!), but since I have a "professional" camera (aka, detachable lens), as soon as they caught me shooting photos, they "perp walked" me to the coat check and I had to check it in. I was one of about 30-40 that had the same issue. So you're not allowed to bring a "good" camera in...but anything else is okay. Weird! So for the next concert, I'll go back to the Canon PowerShot S1IS instead of the Nikon D5000! The Canon has a good zoom and takes video too, so it's really no different, just not as high megapixels and not QUITE the zoom as the Nikon. So now that'll be the "Concert Cam"!

Freedom isn't "Free"
Thank a Veteran!

Happy Veteran's Day to all our military brethren! We are proud to have served with you and proud how others have served for us. It is an amazing thing to CHOOSE to serve others in your country. We are so grateful that we have an ALL VOLUNTEER military! We'll be celebrating Veteran's Day @ the ♪♫ Paramore ♫♪ concert tonight with Meghann and 4 of her friends!

"The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid down so
costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom" -Abraham Lincoln

{Halloween Decoration Pictures!}

{We ended up putting a piece of black fabric over the light on the left of the garage so that there was light but it was darker. We had to have the lights on since all of Mad Mike's electronics were plugged into the one by the front door!}{Mike had all his "potions" and stuff on this shelf with black lights on them so they glowed @ night. I had mad scientist sounds on a loop on the computer plugged into Meghann's speakers right behind the bookcase. So it sounded like the potions were bubbling, etc.}{Mike made this sign to show the kids how he takes Trick-or-Treaters, adds some of his potions, takes out their brains, and they become evil pumpkins for his evil pumpkin patch like in the pictures below!}{Ahhh....Mad Mike! He did a great job! Not too scary, but made it fun! He actually had quite a few kids that "volunteered" to let him turn them into evil pumpkins! I loved the candy cauldron! It made me happy!}

Mike had such a wonderful time decorating the house for Halloween this year! It was a lot of fun to see him so excited about it! He made paper mache evil pumpkins, my cool spider and some skulls. We had a lot of fun this year...can't wait to see next year!

{Old Sci-Fi/Horror Films}

With all the special effects and technology available today, we quickly forget what a "real" sci-fi/horror film is really all about. It should strike fear in your mind! I just watched the 1962 movie, "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" today and was reminded that the scariest thing of all is a crazy person left unchecked! YIKES! Bette Davis did a wonderful job in her role as a former child star caring for her more famous sister (Joan Crawford) who is wheelchair bound. Bette Davis scared the CRAP outta me! When you think about someone who seems normal on the outside (or can at least semi-fool people!) that is caring for someone who is dependent on them...it makes you wonder if that person they are caring for is REALLY okay. Blanche (Joan Crawford) was so scared of her, but was kept upstairs (great for someone in a wheelchair!) and had no contact with the outside world without Jane (Bette Davis) knowing about it and controlling it. SCARY. That messed with my mind a bit...super yikes! Happy Day After Halloween...that was a GREAT horror film!

{Los Al High School Football}

The Hernandezs' and Walkers dropped the teen girls off @ the Los Al vs Edison game @ Huntington Beach High's new stadium last night and then went off to enjoy some LOVELY Mexican food @ El Ranchito (one of our favorite downtown HB restaurants!). Since Mike and I had gone to Buffalo Wild Wings with Curt for lunch, we ate a very light supper...so it was PERFECT! We then went back to catch the last half of the game. It was 13 (Edison) to 10 (Los Al) @ the half. Los Al proceeded to make some DUMB mistakes and poor plays and lost 27 to 10! YIKES! Edison is #8 in the COUNTRY though, so we didn't feel TOO badly. The new stadium is GORGEOUS! Nice place to spend a Friday night!

Tonight we look forward to having friends over for trick-or-treating and can't wait to see all the neighborhood kids in their costumes! We're hoping against hope that our neighbor, Rudy, feels better. He came down ill yesterday and Val is freaking out 'cause she has NO idea how he sets up all his stuff! So Mike is going to go over and help out! That's what neighbors do! But it would be better if Rudy felt better...he worked SOOOOO hard this year on lots of new stuff! Happy Halloween to all!

{Happy Pre-Halloween!}

Meghann is dressed up @ the "Queen of Hearts" from Alice in Wonderland this year for Halloween. Today they get to dress up @ school...so this is our costume debut! I forgot to take a picture of the back of her hair, it was VERY cute! Maybe it'll still look good when she comes home! (Fingers crossed!)
Mike has been working VERY hard on all his Halloween decorations! Here are some updated pictures, hopefully tonight I can get some good ones with my tri-pod @ night with the lights on, etc. He's been working on a lot of them by himself and working with our neighbor, Rudy, as well. They have been having a lot of fun with this holiday!
Well...that's all for now! There will be more pictures to come! Happy Pre-Halloweenie!

{♥ We Miss You, Grammy! ♥}

2 years ago we lost the matriarch of the Walker family. Lois Henkel Walker was loved by us all. She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother & Great-Grandmother! Mike's most cherished memories of childhood center around her and his Grandfather. She was a wonderful human being and had a loving, kind spirit. Meghann misses Grammy's yummy "Orange Jell-O" and all the sweet things she did for her. I am grateful that I was able to spend quality time with her learning more about her life and putting it all together for her with her photos into 2 scrapbooks that she looked @ often. I learned things that no one had ever asked her before, those scrapbooks are wonderful family heirlooms now...as the stories will live on through them.

We will always remember when we found out about her passing...we miss you, Grammy!

♥, MMM

{Neighbor Rudy's AWESOME Halloween Decorations!}

Well...here are a few pictures of our neighbor, Rudy's, Halloween decorations. He's not done yet...there is still a LOT of neat stuff in the works. But I wanted to get a few photos up before we head off for the weekend to go camping with the Hernandez crew. Mike can't wait 'til next year when he can really go all out...he can work on stuff all year 'round to "Keep up with the Romeros"!!