Lounging Around the House

After a quick trip to the local library, we came home and spent the rest of the day lounging around the house. I love relaxing weekends!

Goodbyes

Today we said goodbye to our buddy Jim who will be leaving us and starting a new career. Well, he will still be working part time for a little while but it won’t be the same. We had a nice goodbye lunch at El Pollo Inka which turned out to be super yummy.
We also said goodbye to May. I was especially sad to see May go since it marked the end of my birthday celebrations. We had cookies and milk at work to celebrate the May babies who turned a year older this month. Happy Birthday to us!

WTF Gas

Enough said.

A to the N to the A

I love randomly finding stuff with my name on it!

The Natural History Museum

We have 3 days to relax, Yay! This may not seem like a big deal to those lucky folks in Europe who get weeks at a time off, but for U.S. standards, this is a HUGE deal. I was able to talk Marco into taking me to the L.A. Museum of Natural History since I haven’t been there since I was 10 and he’s never seen it. It was fun! I think next time I’ll have to convince him to take me to the L.A. Science Center…but that may be pushing my luck. LOL!

Memorial Day Gas Prices

Yikes! Can you say Happy Memorial Day weekend?! Looks like we won’t be going far this weekend. We’ve almost caught up to European gas prices! Booo!

Warning Signs

Yikes! I think we got the message.

Allan's 25th Birthday!

We celebrated Allan’s 25th Birthday at Yankee Doodles on 3rd Street Promenade today. Although we had to wait a while for our table to be ready, once we were seated, we had a great time hanging out with Allan’s buddies. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLAN!!

Another Fry's Electronics

Marco and I visited a new Fry’s (Marco's favorite electronic store) today. I didn’t know what to expect after checking out the Fry’s at Manhattan Beach….Yikes! This new Fry’s turned out to be awesome! It was clean, organized, and looked pretty new.

Mother's Day Announcement!

Happy Mother’s Day to all mommies out there!
Today I am taking the opportunity to make a huge announcement….….Here goes…
Marco and I are expecting! And to make things even more exciting, last week I found out that I am carrying Identical twins! Yup, two little Bakkers are on their way.
Although we are extremely excited about the news, we also have a few concerns. It turns out that having Identical twins is risky and will require close monitoring between weeks 16 and 27. Ideally, I didn’t want to spread the news of my pregnancy until after the 27th week but in a week or two it will become very clear that Ana isn’t just getting fat…she’s getting super pregnant. So as you can see, it is impossible to keep the pregnancy a secret for much longer. We are keeping our fingers crossed and hope that everything goes smoothly with the twins.
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Birthday Celebration Part II

Today turned out to be awesome!! 14 of my buddies and I got together and celebrated my 30th birthday at the Hard Rock Café in Hollywood and we had such a nice time! It was awesome seeing my buddies since it had been a while since I last saw most of them. After a lovely dinner and embarrassing birthday announcement to the entire restaurant a couple of us hung out at City Walk to watch the new Iron Man movie. Yeah, it turned out to be an awesome day!! Thank you everyone for joining me today!!

Revlon Walk/Run 2008

Rose, Manda, and I got up super early today and participated in the Revlon Run/Walk to support a cure for breast cancer. Rose and I did this walk last year and enjoyed it so much we decided to make it an annual thing. Perhaps next year we can recruit enough women to form our own team.
After a very long 4 miles, we crossed the finish line, got our medals and sat down for a few snacks. Man our feet were sore! LOL! We sat a little while and enjoyed listening to the GoGo’s play live and later got enough energy to walk to the nearest Chipotle for a yummy lunch.

Cool Cars

I love when we get to test drive cool cars for work! Sure, the BMW 650 was a bit impressive, but it was WAY overpriced. Yikes!

My 30th Birthday!!!

Today I turned 30!!!!!!!! This was a HUGE accomplishment for me considering I never thought I would make it this far. The day was just perfect! Marco got me some beautiful flowers the night before, and in the morning, I was showered with phone calls and messages from friends and family. For lunch, I cashed in on my La Capilla free lunch with free flan dessert and for dinner, I cashed in my Black Angus free dinner with free fudge brownie and ice cream. Score! I also got some pretty awesome gifts!! Yay!!! A special thanks to everyone who made this birthday even more special than I thought it could ever be!!!