Keepin' Up With the Joneses

Mom's Birthday 2010

2010-03-05T23:44:00.000-08:00

March 5, 2010

For Mom's birthday we spent the day shopping at the Lake Elsinore Outlet Mall and then went to dinner at Red Robin in Chino Hills. It was fun, we window shopped and bought a bunch of stuff also! Mom got a game for the Wii, Miniature Golf. I bought her a shirt and some earrings. After dinner we went home and played the the new wii game with Grandma, who really enjoyed kicking my dads butt. It was a great day that ended with a delicious cake that I made for her!

Thanks for Keeping Up with Us~ The Joneses

Miniature Golf and a Small Party

2010-01-30T23:17:00.000-08:00

January 30th 2010,

We got the chance to hang out with Lacie & Jesse (kid free) on this lovely Saturday night, however we also had a birthday party to attend. We dragged them with us and although it was not the most comfortable place for my best friends to go- they did it anyway. They were troopers with the whole plan and we arrived at Molly's party on time and hung out for a little while before calling it quits around midnight. Ya- we are rock stars we hung out until ALMOST midnight. LOL. Although they may have been awake until 4 am praying for the people in the club. haha. I love them! Earlier in the night we decided to go miniature golfing and it was some of the most fun we've had together in a long time. I believe Garrett & Jesse won. But that is only because Lacie and I didnt want to hear them cry about it all night. Here are some classic pictures.

Lacie couldn't look more uncomfortable

Garrett is the small head above the building and its slightly scary.

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Grammy Foundations, Cue the Music

2010-01-28T22:59:00.000-08:00

January 28th, 2010,

Somehow, I got an invitation to buy tickets to see Jason Mraz in Los Angeles and the tickets were reasonably prices so we decided to go. What I didn't realize was that it was this big deal in LA. The Grammy Foundation puts this event on every year to bring awareness to what the foundation does for artists and the community. It was awesome! Colbie Calliat sang with Jason Mraz a few songs and then they had Patrick Monohan the lead singer from Train, Melanie Fiona, and The Fray sang "How to Save a Life" and "You Found Me." I was basically in shock as these artists one by one came out on stage, it was freakin' AWESOME!

Thanks for Keepin' Up with Us~ The Joneses

New Do

2010-01-06T22:49:00.000-08:00

January 6th, 2010

Garrett got a new haircut. I think it turned out pretty cute. Its a fauxhawk and yes I made him take a picture.

Rose Parade 2010

2010-01-02T22:31:00.000-08:00

January 2, 2010

I love the ROSE PARADE! Let me say it again I LOVE THE ROSE PARADE! I always have, I don't know what it is about it. As a little girl my dad would work on the floats every year and I always wanted to go and help, but I was "toooo" little. I remember being so bummed, but I would wait in anticipation for January 1st so I could see them on TV. I think they are truly works of art, brilliant in color and magnificent in size. It seems to me like no one really cares, but its something that I get pretty excited about each year.

Thanks for Keepin' Up with Us!~ The Joneses

CHRISTMAS 2009

2009-12-24T21:59:00.000-08:00

December 24-December 25,

Christmas Rocks! We get to celebrate it two days! My family has always celebrated it on Christmas eve and Garrett's family the "normal" way on Christmas day. Although, I am strongly for Christmas eve Christmas's, I do enjoy day two as well. Here are some pictures that capture a tiny glimpse of those magical days.

The Marvin'sThe Joneses

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Catch up time again! Christmas 2009

2009-12-22T21:31:00.000-08:00

wow. I really need to get better about this blogging business. You'd think I could clear a small amount of time to do this!

December 22, 2009

We have gone to the Balian Ice Cream house every year since sophomore year of high school....12 years ago. :) This year we decided to drive down Christmas Tree Lane also. I don't think I've been before and if I have been, I don't remember it ever. It was really fun and we enjoyed just driving around and looking at all the christmas lights in Hastings Ranch and Sierra Madre.

Thanksgiving & Then Some!

2009-11-24T16:45:00.000-08:00

November 24, 2009
We bought a new car! My scion had been paid off for almost a year when we decided it was time. It started out as being my new car since we planned on selling the Scion Xa to my parents. We test drove every SUV under the sun. It finally came down to the Nissan Rouge and the GMC Terrain. The Nissan was a nice car but it did not offer as many bell and whistles as the GMC. We bought the metallic black in the GMC Terrain. It is a really nice car. However, the car has become Garrett's full time car. Don't get me wrong, I love the car but it is huge! I was driving something more like a micro machine and have bumped up to some kind of monster truck! We are considering buying a new Scion that I can scoot around in and selling our Mercedes. Time will tell where that story ends. As for now, I love riding in the new car and Garrett loves driving it.
November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving and Grandmas birthday!
Let me start by saying that I love Thanksgiving! I like it way more than Christmas! I think it is awesome that in this country we celebrate and give thanks for what we have been given. I really enjoy the time that is celebrated with family and friends. Christmas is a great holiday and if there was more focus on its true meaning in our society than I would probably like it more, but I feel like Christmas shopping and peoples focus on presents takes away from what Christmas really is. Thanksgiving has no expectations and is therefore WONDERFUL! I really enjoy celebrating my thankfulness for what God has provided for me and my family. I love that people are Thankful and that they take this day to remember what they have. Thanksgiving was great at both my parents and Garrett's parents house this year. It was very relaxing and exactly the kind of day that reminds you of everything you have to be thankful for. It was also my Grandma's 89th birthday! It turned out to be a very nice, quaint party for her that day as well.November 27, 2009
We went bowling with Molly, Dan and Jenn @ the Block in Orange. It was super fun and Jenn worked us all in bowling that night. Who knew she could even bowl at all?

Until Next time...Good Luck Keeping Up with us~ The Joneses

Cont.

2009-07-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

October 16, 2009

Anaheim had its annual Car Show, that we always attend. If you know Garrett at all you know that he has a serious condition I mean love for cars. He knows about all the different engines, which ones are faster, which ones are...well you get the drift. Due to my stupidity in the subject, I can not begin to explain everything he knows. This years auto show was a little un-eventful. The lack of stability in the economy forced the auto show to have much less cars than previous years. Garrett was bummed that some fairly large makers were not there. We did get a chance to see Bumble Bee from the movie Transformers and a concept car from Chevrolet to bring back the awesome Corvette Stingray. We also ran into Molly at the event. She was there promoting her Dad's new SMS Challenger. It was nice to find her there and get a chance to hang out. Here are some pictures from the day.October 24, 2009
VEGAS! Although I was super sick in the days before leaving for vegas, I had so much fun! Garrett's little brother, who is not so little anymore, turned 21 on Oct 11. A trip to vegas was needed to celebrate! We were only there for a very quick weekend, but it was a great trip. I learned how to play Roulette and it was AWESOME! It didn't really take any learning, it's a game of luck! I seriously loved it! Garrett asked why I liked it so much and I told him it was because it took no brain power like all the other "table" games in Vegas. :) We also got a chance to hang out with Mom and Dad (Jones) and watch a pretty good Beatles cover band. Before coming home on Sunday we decided to go to the Las Vegas Natural History Museum. It was a fun museum with a wide variety or "natural history." Garrett forced me to go inside of some kind of hut made of real animal fur, most of which had the heads still attached. I was seriously freaked out, the heads were looking at me and I got claustrophobic. He was highly amused and to his luck, he had the camera in his hand in that brief moment of humiliation. The pictures tell the rest of the story.

Next are the pictures from the Natural History Museum in Las Vegas. October 31, 2009
Halloween! Garrett decorated for halloween at my parents house again. We had about 60 kids this year, which was not as much as previous years, but more than some people get. We dressed the dog up this year as a witch, since she is not the freindliest dog it seemed fitting . She hated every minute of it, but we got a good laugh.

November 7, 2009
Grandma moved to Brea! After a long few months of cleaning up Grandmas house, the big day finally arrived. Grandma was so excited to get into her new place and have everything in it be new. All of us were concerned that she was making to many major changes in her life, but she insisted that she have all new furniture and an all new life! She did and it has been really nice to have her so much closer to us. After a seriously long day, she still looked this happy to be in her new place on the first night.
November 10, 2009

Sadie Rae arrived on Saturday Nov 7, 2009 while I was moving grandma into her new place. She is the first born of one of my best friends Jessica Brown(Davis). I have know Jessie since I was five years old. We met in kindergarten at Maple Hill Elementary. Although her Mom held her back that year (since she couldn't fingerpaint) we have always stayed close. She had her beautiful daughter with her wonderful hubby TJ, who I adore as well. Here I am meeting Sadie for the first time and also a picture of G and I on Newport pier after leaving Hoag Hospital.

That's if for now. Be back soon. Almost caught up!

Good Luck Keeping Up With Us~ The Joneses

An attempt to catch up...

2009-07-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

July 5, 2009 to October 1, 2009

July 13, 2009

Our second anniversary already? Really? Garrett and I have been fortunate enough to have Disneyland passes for the last few years and we have made it a tradition that we go for our anniversary. We went to disneyland the day after we got married and then have gone each year since then. It is always so much fun to go with G to disneyland, but for some reason our anniversary "date" is always better.

After spending the whole day at Disneyland, we were exhausted and went home. For our anniversary we had to give each other linen. Personally, I think linen is a lame gift, HOWEVER I did get a really awesome blanket from G that I totally love. I bought him some large guy sized beach towels. How manly can linen really be? I did the best I could. Maybe underwear would have been better. :) or more practical at least. Anyway. I didn't just get a blanket I got tickets to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Orange County Performing Arts Center! We went three days later on July 16. It was seriously AWESOME. I have seen a number of great musicals but this one was so much fun... It even had a flying car! Three hours before the musical I had an appt to get a tooth pulled, which I did not want to reschedule. So, here I am in all my glory, gauze in month an all. I still loved every second of it.

Moving right along.
July 21, 2009

CHELSEA GAME! Garrett's parents bought tickets for all of us to go see an english premier soccer game at the Rose Bowl. Chelsea played Inter Milan and won 2-0! There was 84,000 people in the rose bowl that night and it was so awesome to be a part of.

The whole month of July was beautiful at the beach I took as many opportunities as possible to get to go and watch the waves and soak up the sun. I took my mom a few times and we sat and watched the waves at a place called the Wedge, where they were about 10-16 feet tall. Mom took this picture of us and I thought she did a good job holding up the camera in front of us.

August 1, 2009

Garrett's family had a bbq with Lyle's brothers. It was a really great night, we ate in the back yard and the weather and food was perfect. It was fun to get a chance to hang out and catch up.

August 15, 2009
We went to the beach for Lacie's birthday and got the chance to hang out the whole day kid-free! We love their kids as if they were our own, but it was really fun to have the freedom like old times. We rented a surrey, which is a four person bike and rode it the beach. Then we went out to lunch and the mall!

Garrett and I saw Fiddler on the Roof at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on August 18, 2009.Miniature Golfing on August 21, 2009. Final Score Garrett 62, Jessica 64. Super LAME. Stupid Hole # 17. I had him until dumb Hole # 17. A rematch is in order sometime soon!

Next in our adventures was my Dads birthday on August 31, 2009. We went to San Clemente that weekend and then also had a party for him at the house. It was really fun and San Clemente was BEAUTIFUL!This picture here was made small do to all of us wearing no make-up. haha.We saw Legally Blonde at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on September 9, 2009. It was of course a great performance. We were happy to see Becky Gulsvig in her role as Elle Woods and it was incredible to say the least!

September 20, 2009

Garrett and I went to Burbank, CA. Our good friends were getting married there so we went for the weekend. The wedding was a blast and we decided to see what Warner Bros. Studio looked like.

Next time I will catch up with the rest of last year!

Good Luck Keeping Up With Us~ The Joneses

Poor Poor Blog

2009-07-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

November 15, 2009

Dear Blog,

Sorry that I have left you alone for so long. I promise to be back in the next couple days to upload a ton of pictures and write some good stories of the life we have been living. It has been so busy, I am not sure where I will start. Hope you still love me.

Jess

Car Ride

2009-07-05T12:02:00.000-07:00

July 5, 2009

Yep that's it. Just a car ride that turned into a fun little day trip to Corona Del Mar Beach. After church got out, Garrett mentioned he didn't have any work he had to do, so he offered to take me out. Since I could not think of anything I had to do, we ended up at the beach. There was perfect weather, a great ride, A TON OF PEOPLE,(the day after the holiday), good lunch and my wonderful hubby who all made it happen. Oh how I love the simple things in life.

Corona Del Mar with a billion people.

Just 2 people out of a billion

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4th of July!

2009-07-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

July 4, 2009

Wooo wooo. My favorite holiday of them all! For starters it happened to fall on a Saturday this year, which just gave it that extra PARTY feeling! We got up early and headed out to the Parade. Parking was not bad this year, we must have gotten there early enough to not have to suffer the long waiting to get a spot. Since I am alittle 4th of July crazy I decided to get 4th of July shirts for my parents and Garrett this year. My sister joined in on the fun and we had matching hats. Yep, we are totally that lame and we love every sweet moment of it. My mother in law would be telling me how corny I am, thats ok, I know I am and I stand proud!

The parade started with 150 flaged motorcyles which I have to say was pretty awesome. Some of them carried flags representing our military also, which was really nice to see. There was something powerful about the loudness of 150 harleys coming down the boulvard waving there flags high with pride and excitement. The parade was fun and most of floats threw alot of candy that day.

The rest of the day was filled with family, friends, food, fun and most of all relaxation. It was a really great 4th of July and it definetely proved yet again why the 4 of July is my favorite holiday.

Here is Mom & Dad eating breakfast at the parade.

Garrett & I, anxoiusly waiting for the parade to start!

My sister Jennifer & I enjoying the perfect weather.

My mom had beads thrown at her, hopefully she didn't do anything to get those beads!

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OPERATION FLAG!

2009-07-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

July 2, 2009
Mission: Line the street in flags.
Objective: Don't get caught.
Status: Completed

I get a lot of crazy ideas, most of which my husband tells me are insane and I decide to not to do anything about. However, I finally had an idea that Garrett was totally behind. Mostly, I think he liked it because it had a Mission and Objective to it. I felt like we were living in a neighborhood that was boring. No one ever puts up any decorations or flags or lights or anything. We can usually get a few houses to put up Christmas lights and that is about it. I decided a while ago that my favorite Holiday was the 4th of July! I love it. I love Red, White and Blue. I love the Parades and Family and picnics. I love BBQ's, Potato Salad, Chips and Dip and ice cold Drinks! Since the street that we lived on has absolutely no pizazz for Independence Day, I wanted to line the entire street in flags! I wasn't exactly sure how my lame neighborhood would like it, but I was determined to spread the JOY of INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Somehow in the master minding of this plan I pulled together some troops, my wonderful operation specialist and husband G-Man and my mission organizer and sister Jenn.

It was 10:30 pm on July 2, 2009 and we geared up to complete OPERATION FLAG! My sister got us 120 FLAGS! We had to unwrap them and put them in my backpack so we had easy access to them. We had flash lights, screwdrivers to make holes in the ground and of course hats to hide our identity. It took us until about 11:30pm to have completely lined the street in flags. Most homes had about 3 flags in their yard. It looked awesome and the street finally had some UNITY and PRIDE and quite some PIZAZZ as well. It was an awesome night, something that I am considering doing every year! Each year, more flags, more people and more PRIDE!

Garrett is ready to take action in this picture!

Me, geared up with the backpack full of 120 flags!

110 Flags later, here we are!

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AT ATTENTION! - A day at the Military Museum

2009-06-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

June 27, 2009

Ok.. at ease. This was fun stuff! Garrett and I were on our way to The San Gabriel Mission when we saw a museum filled with military tanks, trucks, cars, and helicopters. Being that I am museum junky (something most people do not actually know about me), I told Garrett to turn the car around! It looked like fun to check out all the military tanks. My husband, of course, did not argue with me and turned the car around in no time.

We saw some really old tanks from world war I and world war II. Also, a Huey helicopter, mortars, 20 mm guns, and anti-aircraft weapons.

The day was really awesome and we had a great time wandering around looking at all the interesting military machinery. I had the honor of being Garrett's tour guide, because they gave us a book filled with information on each item (everything was numbered). I learned alot about tanks, trucks, and being tough! I even wore a Kevlar world war II helmet and bullet belt!

In all seriousness, the helmet alone was really heavy and I felt like a total wimp. The machinery that the military uses is complicated and pretty intimidating by itself. I have a whole new respect for the men and women who fight for my freedom everyday.

Good Luck Keeping Up With Us- The Joneses

Artwork to Live By

2009-06-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

I Bought a new piece of art this last week and I absolutely love it. Every time I read it, it's a reminder that everyone should Live Your Life in The Moment!

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Brace FACE!

2009-06-22T20:10:00.000-07:00

June 22, 2009

Good Grief.

I did it. I actually got braces put on. I have been holding off on this blog for too long. I think I was hoping that I could somehow get them taken off and pretend it never happened before I would write this. I was wrong. I am stuck with them and I am just going to have to love every painful, embarrassing, and stressful moment with them for the next 23 months. I have already had them for 1 month and the time has actually gone by pretty fast.

I need a total of 2 years or 24 months. Seems like it is going to be forever that I have these darn things. I will have them for two Christmas's, two Birthdays.... ewww two of everything. On top of that, I was told I had to have 3 teeth pulled. One is out and I have an appointment for the other 2 in a couple weeks. I'm not even going to get into how much fun it was to have a tooth pulled. I'm sure everyone knows what a true joy it is to experience that.

So. I'm stuck with the braces. I constantly feel them in my mouth. I think I should have bought some stock in the company that makes the wax I use a boat load of. I really look forward to the end of this, even if it is 23 months away.

P.S. People thought I looked young before the braces. Just when I thought I wouldn't get carded for a drink... HA... carded again! Looks like it might be an interesting, slightly entertaining, tremendously slow and definitely comical two years.

Me, right after I got the braces put on. Wearing no make-up~ oops!

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We Have the Best Dads in the World!

2009-06-21T13:22:00.000-07:00

Dads,

You guys are amazing! You are always the guys to go to for support, questions, concerns, fears, and tears. You guys have been great for both of us and have always offered a shoulder to cry on and a haven to care for us. You have fed us, burped us, changed our diapers, read to us, played with us, and even spanked us when we needed it. Thanks for all those times! There are not enough words to describe how much we love you both.

Garrett and I know that it is such a cliche to say that we have the best Dads in the world, but it is the truth, believe it or not. Everyone seems to think they have the best Dad in the world. Which is interesting because not EVERYONE can have the best dad in the world? Right? But how to prove that we do?

It's not the material things they buy you, or the countless times they save your butt from ruining your life. Or the cuts they fix, tears they wipe or cash they hand you. It's not the "I told you so," or the "Ask your mother" or even the "Because I said so!" It's the love they give you. Its the look you get when you have made them proud. Really the only way to prove it is simple. You just know it in your heart and believe it.

When you think of it like this, its hard to not mention our God in this blog. Naturally, he is the Father to all of us. So I think its worthy of noting and giving a shout out to our God on Fathers Day. The way we love our Dads and just simply know in our hearts that they are the best dads in the world is the same way that we know in my heart that a loving God exists. There is nothing that can prove it or show it.

Recap on our Father's Day 2009

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us~ The Joneses

The Huntington Library & Museum

2009-06-20T08:59:00.000-07:00

June 20, 2009

It was Saturday at 10:00am when we left for the museum. It was beautiful in Diamond Bar that morning. The sun was shining and it seemed like the perfect day to go out. Pasadena had a different plan, it was cold and sprinkling when we got there. We didn't mind, except that I would have liked my hair to stay dry. I know, your thinking "Typical Girl." You take 30 minutes to dry your hair and then we'll talk. Anywho, we started in The Library Exhibition Hall which housed many old documents and books. We moved on to American Art, European Art, and the History of Science. We also walked through Henry Huntington's home and saw the famous Pinkie and The Blue Boy paintings. They were pretty amazing and much larger than I anticipated.

This is a Gutenberg Bible from 1455. It was one of the fist printed Bibles. This is one of only 48 Gutenberg bibles that exist.This is "The Proficience and Advancement of Learning in 1605" by Francis Bacon.Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, 1410. It was beautiful, with its illuminated illustrations.

Hands down, this was my favorite painting from the day. Thomas Benton 1923. Benton believed that American Artists should represent the life, stories and people they know. The painting represented dignity and looking firmly ahead in life.

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17 Again

2009-06-19T19:18:00.000-07:00

June 19, 2009

No this blog is not about some crazy extravaganza where Garrett & I felt 17 again, although that would be pretty awesome. It was about 6:00pm and we decided that we should go check out a movie theatre that was having it's grand opening in Chino Hills. When we got there the next movie playing was at 7:10 and it was for "17 Again," starring Zac Effron and Matthew Perry. Garrett was not too keen on the idea, but I really wanted to see it. Being the great guy that G is, he agreed to see it. We had some time to kill so we went to subway for dinner. It was cheap and healthier than other local choices available.

We got back to the movie theatre with some time to spare, so we grabbed a soda before entering the movie. The theatre is a Cinema Saver, so the movies are only 3.00 dollars, which is super cheap for a movie! The choices are a few weeks old, but if you missed them the first time around, you have the option to still get to see them on the big screen. The movie turned out to be really good, Garrett even said it was good and better than he thought it was going to be.

Afterwards we stopped off at the Chino Shoppes, a new downtown district in Chino Hills. I got to go to Victoria Secret and Barnes and Noble! What a combination! It was such a fun night!

Thanks Honey!

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us - The Joneses

BBQ @ Danny's!

2009-06-16T23:12:00.000-07:00

June 16, 2009

It's been awhile since we've had dinner with our high school friends. So Danny invited everyone over to his place to have a BBQ. He lives in an apartment that has a great pool & Spa area with a nice big BBQ. It was great to catch up with everyone. We had tacos and they were really good! I offered to bring my Spanish rice and surprised Sheena with cupcakes. Her birthday was the day after the BBQ and I thought it would be nice to sing to her. I spent 3 hours making rice and baking those cupcakes. Next time I won't be making mini cupcakes, one box make 72 cupcakes and yes I iced every darn one of them. Here are a couple pictures to remember the night.

Garrett & I with Sheena & Jer making faces in the background

Sheena & Jeremy (Above)
Danny & Heidi (Below)

This is Sheena blowing out the candle on her mini cupcake.

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us~ The Joneses

A Loooong Beach Day

2009-06-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

Friday June 12, 2009.

Garrett finished work really early that day and we had time to spend together. We decided to revisit a hat store in Shoreline Village, Long Beach. We were there back in 2000, when we were Juniors in high school. Somewhere I should be able to fish up some pictures from that day. I will look into it. For now, these are the pictures we took.

Recently our pastor told us that the root of all evil was boredom. However, boredom is what gave us this great idea to go. In this case, boredom was the root of all good, not evil. We had one of the funnest days we've shared since... well, maybe last week when we went to Disneyland.

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us. ~We can't keep up with ourselves. ~ The Joneses

"I'm Not a Crook!"

2009-06-12T09:18:00.000-07:00

June 12, 2009

After a long time waiting, I finally got to go to the Richard Nixon Library and Museum. I learned a lot that day. Mostly about the years that he ran for Vice President and President. I'm embarrassed to say, but I never knew he was Vice President during the Eisenhower administration. (Keep in mind this was 1953-1960 and I was not even born until 1983). Also, keep in mind that when they taught this in school, they taught you who the presidents were and not usually who the vice presidents were.

Although Nixon did not have a good reputation with his finances for money laundering, tax audits, and secret campaign funds, he was one of the first vice presidents to lead a lot of international goodwill/foreign trips to support American policies.

The Watergate scandal was AWESOME, ok maybe not awesome, but definitely something to know about. For those who don't know, it is the indictment and conviction of several of Nixon's closest advisers and resignation as President. That's right, the only resignation of a Unites States President ever. BUSTED! The scandal was the arrest of five men for breaking into the Democratic National headquarters at the Watergate Office building in D.C. Nixon and his staff tried to cover up the break-in, and especially its connection with the White House right after it occurred. After a couple of years of evidence against the president built up, it was found that their had been tape recordings of the conversations. The tapes revealed that he had obstructed justice and attempted to cover up the break-in. AWESOME! I almost couldn't believe that all this happened. It is crazy! It really makes you wonder what is going on right now in our administration. If this is how crazy it was in the early 1970's before blackberry's and iPhone's, it really makes you wonder what on earth is happening right now.

Don't get me wrong, Nixon was actually a great president who did make good change in the U.S. But what fun would it be to write about the good stuff, the juicy stuff is way better. Here are some pictures from our day at the museum.

This was impressive, we were able to walk through his Marine One helicopter. This was the actual helicopter he used when he resigned from the White House in 1974. No photos could be taken inside the helicopter because it "could" pose a threat to our national security.

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us~ The Joneses

A Dog That Wears Make-up?

2009-06-10T08:42:00.000-07:00

June 10, 2009

I recently replaced my make-up for some new colors. I decided that I hated the make-up I had and that I needed everything new. Funny how one day your make-up feels fine, you like how it looks and then out of no where you are ready for something new. Since, I was not lovin' my old make-up, I didn't wear any to the store when I went to get the new stuff. When I got home, I laid them on my bed and walked out of my bedroom to go get my clean laundry. ( I heard the beep on the dryer and I hate letting my clothes get cold in the dryer.) When I came back with my fresh laundry, my cute little dog apparently thought that she needed some make-up.
This was cute because she has never tried to chew on anything or pick up anything that wasn't hers. She loves all of her squeak toys and chew sticks, but she never wants anything in a cardboard package that doesn't smell like chicken or beef. I figure, she is either a very girly dog or she was trying to tell me that I needed to put my make-up on. Dogs really are man's best friend, they even tell you when you look bad.

She was very proud of herself for picking the mascara up and walking around with it. She had the extra little kick in her step that told you she knew she was not supposed to have been chewing on my new make-up. Maybe she just wanted to look good for the boys. We'll never know.

Minnie

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Blondes Vs. Brunettes

2009-06-09T11:25:00.000-07:00

The age old question of who has more fun?

I recently decided that my hair was getting too blonde. I have always gotten highlights just to lighten it up a little, but over time my hair was starting to look seriously white. I decided I wanted a more natural look, something to match my eyebrows. I took the plunge got lowlights and went back to my natural color. It was shocking at first, but I did love it right away.

As for the age old question.... I can easily say that I had a lot of fun as a blonde. However, I have had just as much fun as a brunette. Garrett said it looked hot and that it was like being married to someone else. Which I was not sure how to take. HAHA. I told him "Thanks a lot, so I wasn't fun to be married too before?" He laughed and said "No, you know what I mean!" I'm not sure that I did really know what he meant, maybe the blonde is still stuck with me, even though a little more brunette is showing.

Here are some before and after pics
June 9, 2009

I have the feeling that even though I like the new look, I will be going back to blonde sooner rather than later. It seems to fit alittle better with my personality. Go figure.

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us~ The Joneses

What do You do With a New Camera?

2009-06-08T10:05:00.000-07:00

That's right. When you buy a new camera and have annual passes to Disneyland, you clearly bring your new camera to Disneyland to try it out! We walked around aimlessly for quite awhile, just taking pictures. We walked over to the "It's a small world" ride, but the line was really long. Garrett bought me a new pin for my lanyard, it had Mickey Mouse as an American flag. We ate at my favorite food place called Buzz Lightyear's kitchen and sadly it was not that great this time. Bummer. We decided that Disneyland was too crowded so we went over to Disney's California Adventure to buy some bread! They have the best San Fransisco Boudin bread. It is baked fresh everyday and is shaped like Mickey Mouse! I absolutely love it! We found out they have a tour of the bakery, so we jumped right in and it was breathtaking. The scent of the fresh baking bread was by far the pinnacle of the day! Here are the pictures taken with our new Camera!

June 8, 2009

There is a God and he makes this bread everyday!

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us!- The Joneses

Life's a Circus and We're all Clowns!

2009-05-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

What an awesome night! My sister decided to come out to Summerfest 2009 with us. It is a Christian Festival held every year in Brea. This was the second time Garrett and I have been. The yummy aroma of funnel cake, lemonade, french fries and corn dogs filled the air as we slowly pushed our way through the crowds of people. We played the Dime Game (where you throw dimes into glass cups and win the cup it lands in). We played Beach Ball Toss and won a pink, blow up guitar and a large hammer. Jenn and Garrett tried their shooting skills at the BB gun game and then we played in a circus tent. We tried countless times to win a cake at the cake walk! We were bummed that we could not win a dang cake! After listening to some music, we had had enough of the crowds, airbrush shirts, and carney's calling you to ride their rides!

May 29, 2009

Good Luck Keepin' Up With Us~ The Joneses

Lets try this again.

2009-05-28T20:58:00.000-07:00

So, one year ago we tried to start a blog on another website and we failed miserably. It never really seemed to click. We would read friends' blogs, but then would never know what to write in our own. Together we are going to conquer this blog world. Watch out BLOGSPOT here come The Joneses and there is no keepin' up with us!