40 days to go.......

Lance and I ended up meeting thanks in part to the fact that we both worked at Disneyland. When I met him, he had already quit, but I was still there. I think he put in 12 years and I put in 8 years. And though there were some good times and some bad times, overall we both really liked it. We were just talking last night with Cat on the fact that we all miss it there, but yet, we still don't want to go back! hahaha We all agreed we miss seeing the people that we worked with everyday, but we don't really miss the politics, the hours, and the working every weekend and holiday!

Since I was still at Disney while Lance and I were dating we were able to enjoy the annual Holiday Party. This was definitely one of the perks for working there! I love Disneyland at Christmas time. It's my favorite time of year there!

The year this picture was taken it rained, so our pictures didn't turn out all that great; but I love this spot! New Orleans Square is the prettiest spot in the park and the coolest part of the park to work in.

I quit Disney in October 2006 and we haven't been back since. It's kind of sad now that I think of it, but I really needed the break! Looking at this picture reminds me of all the good times I had at Disneyland with Lance. I can't wait until we can start bringing our kids there. Oddly enough, Disneyland turned out to be a special place for the both of us!

Love,
Suzanne

41 days to go.....

I don't have any pictures for this post, but it stands out as a favorite moment in our relationship. When Lance and I first met, it was on a blind date with my sister and her then boyfriend. I could tell on that date that he was a nice guy and that if he asked me out again I would say yes. 

The story of him finally getting around to asking me out is another blog for another time, but we did end up finally going out on our first official date. After that date we went back to his apartment to hang out and talk some more. It was the first time I was able to meet Murphy and Bean who pretty much hid the entire time I was there. I think a few hours after hanging out and talking they made an appearance to start forming their opinions about me! =) 

When we first started dating I was working at Disney and my start time was 4am. Well, after talking with Lance for a few hours I was getting really tired and I kept asking him what time it was. Every time he would say, it's only 10pm. I caught onto his game after asking him for the second time and it was still amazingly only 10pm. He really made me laugh and we were having such a good time getting to know each other.

That night getting to know each other has stayed with us. And it's become an inside joke to always tell each other that it's only 10pm. That night, I pretty much went home, showered and went to work. I was tired, but he was worth it!

Love,

Suzanne

42 days to go....

I haven't done laundry in a year and a half.....................

I love this man. I appreciate his helpfulness. I am sooooooo lucky to have him. Have I mentioned I haven't done laundry in a year and a half??? Thanks Sherry and Ronnie for raising such a caring, awesome man! He knows if he does the laundry it's one less thing I have to worry about getting done and for that, I am truly grateful!

Love, 

Suzanne

43 days to go.......

Well we are back in New Zealand for this post; oh how I love New Zealand! Our travels first took us to Auckland where we were able to explore that city up and down, left and right. We did so much walking on that trip we came home skinnier than when we left! I love those kinds of vacations! =)

This picture is in front of Auckland Museum, and it always makes me laugh!

This picture was taken as proof that we made it.....and as proof that I didn't physically harm Lance on the way to the museum! Here's the back story....we had a New Zealand book that we dog eared and high lighted and made notes on before we left of all the places and things we wanted to see while we were there. One of those sites was the Auckland Museum. Before we left our hotel room that morning we planned out our day. We would hit a few places before the museum, then end up at the museum, then end up back at our hotel that evening. It was a perfect circle of activities for the day. Until we got lost.

I remember distinctively at one point begging to hop on a bus because according to my map, we had a very long distance to go. But no. According to Lance all we needed to do was "cut through here" and the museum would be just on the other side. Now ladies, if your boyfriend, fiance', husband, brother, father, homeless man on the street ever tells you that you just need to "cut through here", ignore them. They are lying, and they have no idea where they are going. And they surely do not want to ask for directions.

I considered just getting on a bus by myself but then the thoughts of my father flying to New Zealand to yell at me for "not staying with Lance" prevented me from doing that. I'm pretty sure before we left my dad said "take care of her". That must mean don't get on a bus by yourself. So cutting through Lance's short cut is what I did. 5 miles and a dead end later we turned around and headed back to the road we were originally on. Oh. my. goodness. our relationship was so tested that day! We ended up finding it, it was actually just around the corner from where we turned off to take our detour. We finally made it and nobody died! And we had a great time.

This blog post may sound like I'm contradicting my "we travel well together" blog, but I'm not. I swear! We do travel great together! I learned a lot on our little detour. I learned that I could still love him after wanting to hurt him because he wouldn't just listen to me. And hopefully, he learned to just listen to me. Hello.....hello.....(tap, tap, tap) is this thing on????

Love,
Suzanne

44 days to go......

For those of you who know me well, know that I love scrapbooking. Of course I never have enough time to do it, but I love it anyway! One day I'll be all caught up.... one day. ( A girl can dream can't she???!!!) Well, every once in awhile I will think of something to do because it will be a great scrapbooking page. This day was one of those days!

I decided one Saturday morning in October, that we needed to go to the pumpkin patch. Lance gave me that blank stare and said, "why?" Then I told him it would be a great scrapbooking layout. I just love this guy. He plays along with my craziness. Before he new it, we were in a pumpkin patch picking our pumpkins! Say that 10 times fast.

We actually had a great time. Though it was awkward at times being that we were the only people there without kids! Apparently people without kids don't randomly go to the pumpkin patch. Who knew! This place was so cool though! There were so many pumpkins to pick from and they even had donkey rides. Which we didn't do! We'll wait for the kids to do that one! hahaha

We went home that night and carved our pumpkins, and Murphy helped too. We got some great pictures. I would love to show you how great the layout turned out for these pictures. But, unfortunately, I'm about 3 years behind. Yikes! hahahahaha

Love,
Suzanne

45 days to go.....

Oh, boy, our bitter football rivalry. See, I've been a Buffalo Bills fan since Georgia Frontiere took my Rams and upped and moved them out of Anaheim. I was bitter, and angry, and absolutely, positively would not become and St. Louis Rams fan. And I surely wasn't going to become a Raiders fan. Negative. Nope. No way Jose! So, I picked Buffalo and they have been my team ever since.

In June of 2003, I started dating Lance. It was baseball season which was great because we were both Angel fans. Football was not even spoken about until right before the football season was about to start. Lance pulls out this Troy Aikman plaque that his brother Ryan got him when they were younger. I said to him, you're just a Troy Aikman fan right. Please tell me you're not a Dallas fan. Please please please! No such luck. He's a huge Dallas fan. And I think he became an even bigger Dallas fan once he found out I was a Buffalo fan.

Pretty much every football season since, he has tormented me. He bought me a Buffalo Bills Drew Bledsoe jersey which I love. Then the very next season Buffalo traded him. To what team you may ask??? Dallas. Then Dallas sighed Terrell Owens. The lone cancer cell to every other team he has played on. I knew I would get redemption when T.O. infected Dallas like he did his other teams. He didn't really do the damage I expected him to do. Then before T.O. could go into his full blown attack on his team, Dallas released him. And who signed him for next season you may ask... my stinking Buffalo Bills. You know when Nancy Kerrigan got hit on the knee by the guy with the pipe during the Olympic trials? And she laid there moaning and crying WHY WHY WHY........ya, that's what I'm doing right now. WHY WHY WHY Buffalo must you bring this cancerous cell to our team??? And, you know what Lance is doing? Smiling from ear to ear. He is so excited to watch this guy ruin my struggling team.


I love the fact Lance and I don't have the same favorite football team, (even though I wished he liked anybody else other than Dallas!) it gives us some friendly competition around the house. Of course some smack talking too. None more than this last week, thanks to T.O. Maybe, T.O. will be good for us..... maybe, just maybe.

My jersey is way cooler than the lame star on his jersey! =)

Love,
Suzanne

46 days to go.......

Aahh, our DC trip. I loved this trip for so many different reasons. Work sent me to DC in February of 2008. See those big coats we are wearing? Ya, we had to buy them before we left for our trip. We are Southern California people, we don't own heavy coats! =) I was so excited to take this trip because Lance was going to be able to come with me. I had never been to DC and he had only been there when he was in middle school (when he threw up, but that's a different story for a different time!). It was awesome being there in 2008 because it was the beginning of the election year. And oh boy, is hind sight 20/20! On every corner, in every store you could buy McCain and Clinton stuff. Not much Obama stuff at the time. Funny how in February he didn't stand a chance, and by November Clinton had lost her steam and Obama was chugging along to become our next President!

I was sent to DC for a 4 day conference and we planned on staying the whole week so we could do some sight seeing. I'm so glad we did! Even though I was the coldest I had ever been in my life, I was still glad to be there exploring a new city with Lance. At one point in our trip we were walking from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capital. Which probably can be done a lot easier when it's not 30 degrees outside! We were continuing on with our trek and I looked at Lance and said, "thank you for asking me to marry you in Hawaii and not here." He busted up laughing and asked why it mattered if it was in DC or Hawaii. Here's the thing, I really really really thought he was going to ask me when we went to DC. It never in a million years crossed my mind that he was going to ask me in Hawaii. I was completely and totally shocked. If he would have asked me in DC where I was suspecting he might the whole time, I would have been walking around without my gloves on (so I could easily slip my new ring on of course!!! ;-) ) I probably would have had frost bite on my fingers. I would have been trying to make sure I was photo ready and I wouldn't have been able to enjoy our trip; waiting and waiting for him to pop the question. And Lord help the poor man if I would have gone home from DC without an engagement! hahahahaha I mean really, how long does a girl have to wait. Just kidding Lance!!! I would have waited forever...........maybe! hehehehe

Lance was also able to introduce me to Scott and Stephanie and their two kids, Nate and Hannah. I just have so many great memories of DC. I'm glad we got to go in February. I learned that I can handle the cold much better than I can handle 100 degree heat with 100% humidity aka Miami in August. That blog will be coming up at a later date!

I love love LOVE traveling with Lance. We make such great travel buddies and we love exploring new things. I also loved when he pointed out the planter that he threw up in, and the bench he had to lay at. He is one funny guy!

Love,
Suzanne