Fun Times

The Girls Get Together ROCKS!!!

Three to four times a year "the girls" get together for a day of laughs, great stories, good food, and a little crazy stuff thrown in and this December 19th didn't disappoint anyone! Here we are enjoying a beautiful day on the patio.

From left to right: Cynthia, Marcia, Julene, Kathy, Denise & Sheila

Cha-Cha and Parker joined us for the portrait

We had lots of 'beverages' to drink! Our party started at noon and we figured it was 5PM somewhere in the world, so we started drinking our 'beverages'.

Sheila & Denise were our hosts and the party was at their house in Santa Clara. They surprised all of us by having a white elephant gift giving event. There were some crazy "gifts" (and I use that term loosly) and we all had lots of laughs over them. Every gift had a story behind it which fit each person... LOL

No explanation needed for this book!!! hee-hee
Now this was the wierdest "gift" but once you know the story you'll understand. This collar and panel down the front is full of pretty beads. Denise cut it out of an old jacket. They know I make greeting cards and use glitterly stuff on the cards... hence the gift fits the person! I've already removed all the beads and they are ready to use on my cards.
Julene is the big gambler in the group and here she is opening a lier's dice cup. It's from Tijuana if that tells you anything!

OK ladies... why don't you just get a room for God's sake!!!
More good times...

Toasting to good friends

I miss my buddies, I used to see them every day at work.

Here's some of the good food we enjoyed.

The dogs had a good old time playing together.

Disney's A Christmas Carol is up for Oscar Consideration!!

CONGRATULATIONS JIMMY

If you haven't seen A Christmas Carol you should try and see it before it leaves the theaters. The visual effects are fantastic and Scrooge looks so real.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just published the visual effects long list and "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is on it. Congratulations Jimmy and everyone at ImageMovers Digital!

15 Features Vying for VFX Oscar® - Beverly Hills, CA (December 11, 2009)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“Angels & Demons”
“Avatar”
“Coraline”
“Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
“District 9”
“G-Force”
“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“Sherlock Holmes”
“Star Trek”
“Terminator Salvation”
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
“2012”
“Watchmen”
“Where the Wild Things Are”

In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who selected the semifinalists, will narrow the list to seven. All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 21. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration. The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

We are very proud of you Jimmy!!!!

What a Great Weekend with the Family

On November 21 & 22 the whole family was together to celebrate Michele's 40th birthday and Joey's baptism. Michele, Dema, Austin, Matthew and Lauren drove in from Arizona and boy did we have fun!

Michele's party was on the 21st and we had a house full of adults and kids, around 25 people. From left to right: Hank, Kathy, Pami, Michele, Rae, Jimmy, Jessica & Joey all toasting Michele. I hope you enjoy looking at a few of the many pictures we took.

Mike & Dema having some fun

The cousins had a ball playing together all day

Singing Happy Birthday to Michele

We spent the night at Jim & Jessica's and he had this outfit on the next morning, so I couldn't resist. He was at the baby gate and I grabbed the camera to capture this prison break!!! LOL, too funny.

The next day was Joey's baptism and he was all dressed up for the occasion. Isn't he just the cutest little boy ever in his little suit!!!

Father and son

Michele & Pami are the Godparents

Big cousins Charlie & Lauren watching over Joey

Matthew loves Joey and is a very good babysitter

Joey had enough after this big scary man in a white cape tried to drown him in a pool of water, then poured oil on his hair. He came back to the house and just wanted to take off his tie, roll up his sleeves and relax a little.
As you can see in this video that the children like the paper more than the gifts!!