Don't Worry About Us

The good thing about living in such an overdeveloped beach town, asphalt doesn't burn. We are not close to any of fires. I guess the Malibu fire would be the closest. Even though that is at least 20 miles away we are still have raining ash all day. Kids are not allowed outside for recess and the sunlight has a very orange tint to it and a brown smoke ring around it. Nasty. It makes me very glad none of us have asthma.

The Irvine fire was right over the 241 highway from my parents but they were never evacuated. It ended up going to my Aunt Suzi and Uncle Jim's house in Santa Margarita. The fire department actually parked outside their house to fight the fires. The fire was literally in their back yard. But I hear their house is safe!

Both Landon's Uncle Dennis and his cousin Cove are firefighters in San Diego. They have been fighting the fires and are so far safe. His Aunt Kathy and family were evacuated but I hear their house is okay so far.

Scary stuff. I wish it would just rain and knock those fires out! I read an article in our local paper today about how proud we should be at a time like this of our country. It is one of those times when we should be very thankful for our government programs and proud of those brave firefighters risking their lives for the people. Without them the damage could have been unthinkable. I am just glad so few have died in this mess.

On a lighter note, here are some pictures of our girls that Chrissy took this weekend. We took them to enter the girls in the Gap casting call contest. I just couldn't resist putting my gorgeous babes in it, they are the cutest in the bunch! But I am not biased or anything.

We Love Nana and Pops

We had a fun visit from Landon's parents and his brother Chase. Since I am still camera-less they were kind enough to share their pictures of the week with me. Enjoy.

We had donuts



A trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific



A real girls only slumber party complete with makeovers





And a fun beach trip



Thanks Nana and Pops. We miss you!

My Brother

and his roomates made this silly video for an Apple contest. Watch it, rate it. It is very funny.

P.S. The Russian is my cousin Brad.

Star Struck

So now that I have lived in LA for more than 3 years, half of that being in Beverly Hills, I have now seen my fair share of celebrities. Landon has seen even more since he works at Century City where the stars often eat and shop.

The best stars I have seen so far include Bruce Willis with his daughters, Diane Keaton, Teri Hatcher, and as of Saturday, Adam Sandler with his family. Those were all great. I generally just look and move on, I am definitely not the type to approach anyone and bug them. But it is fun to see the human side of these people. Diane Keaton was wearing an all black outfit complete with turtleneck in 95 degree weather. Teri Hatcher literally has the skinniest legs I have ever seen, if I were her I would avoid skirts like the plague. Adam Sandler's little baby girl, very adorable in a I look just like my dad kind of way. It is nice to see that these people are just regular people like us. Only with way nicer clothes.

Also on Saturday at this charity event we went to, we saw an actor who is one of my current faves. Landon and I both adore him. Me, because he is super cute. And Landon because he plays one of our favorite characters on one of our favorite shows: Heroes. He is none other than the fabulously adorable Greg Grunberg. And since I am lame and don't know how to post a picture of him here you will just have to look him up. He plays Matt Parkman, a new FBI agent who can read people's thoughts. If you haven't seen this show, you must. It is my favorite show this season other than the Office of course. Every episode is action packed. Seriously, there is no boring down time. I love it. Every week I am sad when it is over and I can't wait until next week. Kind of like 24 back when it used to be good.

For those interested the event we went to was a shoe drive put on by The Children's Place. It was at the Santa Monica pier. There was a band playing children's music, bubble machines and free t-shirt decorating. Very fun, the kids loved it. Just another reason I love LA. There are always fun things to do around here.