Thursday, August 17, 2006

My little sis... :)

This is my little blurb about my sister Alison. As most of you know she is an interior designer...but Im sure that most of you don't know what an AMAZING job she is doing!!! When I went to visit for my Mom's Birthday I was able to drive out to Bakersfield with my sister to look at the first model homes she designed. This is her first project (though not entirely her own from start to finish, that project goes in later this summer). I have to admit I must have underestimated my sister, we looked at the 4 houses she designed and they were BEAUTIFUL!!! Really brilliant, I was so impressed...All those years of not being able to match her clothes properly and now she is a brilliant designer :) I am SOOO PROUD!!!

I wish I had some wonderful pictures to show you of the designs, but I don't :( The picture above is from her "Tap Dance" themed room...She had the bedding , pillows, and sign custom made to go with the room. And there were little dance steps on the floor as well. The pictures do NOT do any of it justice. Trust me...it was fabulous!!

Ok..again this picture is horrible and you can not see how she has designed the pillows, picked the fabrics for the couch, ottoman, window dressings as well as the paint and entire color scheme of the room (and house)!!

This is us at the Rose Bowl Swap Meet, we had to purchase 20 Cowboy hats that Alison is going to use in a "Cowgirl" themed room. I will post pitcures when that room get done in a couple months.

Here is (left to right) Amanda, Aunt Dorothy, Mom, Aunt Kathy, me and Alison. At the Swap Meet- we are wearing some of the cowboy hats we bought for the "Cowgirl" room! Anyway...all I wanted to say is that "Ali...I am SOOO PROUD OF YOU..I love you and I think you are fabulous darling...XOXOX

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

SURPRISE!!!!
Happy Birthday Mom!!

Last week was my Mom's Birthday (age withheld :) My sister and I have been scheming for two months for me to fly to L.A. and surprise my parents!! It worked...both of my parents were shocked to say the least! I flew in and surprised them on Wednesday night and stayed through Sunday night. It was a wonderful couple of days... Alison took Thursday and Friday off from work so we could spend it with my Mom. We went shopping, got pedicures, went to the Hollywood Bowl, saw the first model homes my sister designed (more to come on that), went to the Rose Bowl Swap meet! It was great!!! Here are some pictures of all of us at the Hollywood Bowl
(my favorite...cause that's where my hunny proposed to me:)

Here are my parents :)

My parents and I on the shuttle to the Bowl.