It's the Happiest Season of All

CHRISTMAS EVE AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE

WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE

The Best Way to Eliminate Your Useless Stuff...
Wrap It Up Real Pretty For Someone Else to Take Home!

 Tanner and Chelsey

 I love my Daddy!

 My beautiful cousin Katie

My new cousin!  

I am going to miss him and his beautiful bride but I had so much fun hanging out with them while they were here

UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY

Our church is an amazing place to be.  

Full of loving people, an amazing pastor who preaches the word of God diligently 

and a group of individuals who like to have fun!

This shindig took place after Wednesday night Bible study.

If you ever find yourself in Newbury Park on a Wednesday night, come on by.

The door is always open (literally)

Chelsey, Ali, Susan, Michelle, Charlotte and baby Jake!

 Just awkward

COWBOY PALACE

2-steppin' and Line Dancin'
If you are ever looking for an authentic Cowboy experience,
head on over to the Cowboy Palace in Chatsworth...
Borderline ain't got nothin' on this place when it comes to being country

Ben Arnold took me for a spin around the dance floor
Neither of us had ANY idea what we were doing, it was great :)

The girls

My beautiful cousin Amy Kintzle
This entire evening was her idea

It's called a Lance...Hello!

Knights in shining armor, damsels in distress and eating with your hands!  

What could be more magical than that?!  

Welcome to Medieval Times folks!  

Where the food comes in quantity (not quality) and you are permitted to stand up and yell with your mouth full of food.  

Happy Birthday to Emily Capretta and her awesome parents and thanks for brining me along!

My best friend Tasha!  I know you love our hats.

The view from our seats was great!  We were rooting for the blue knight.  

You would root for him too if he smiled at you!

(See picture below)

He's a surfer from Huntington Beach.  

He had never been on a horse until he started working at Medieval Times!  

They threw him straight into Dressage training...so funny.

A Winter Wonderland in Calabasas

Our friendly neighborhood decorator goes all out for all holidays

Tasha and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful photo shoot scenery

We may have taken advantage of a few plastic reindeer as well...

Red Velvet cupcakes...totally worth sharing

"We were meant for each other"

The best Activities Staff EVER!

Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!

Santa's little helpers

Reindeer need love too

Doppelgangers

So, let's talk about doppelgangers.  Is it really that hard to believe that there are other people in this world that we look like (or that look like us)?  I mean, I don't understand the obsession with which celebrity we may or may not look like.  Perhaps I am bitter because my 2 most common celebrity look-alikes are less than upstanding people or television characters. 

Let's examine exhibit A...Lindsay Lohan.  Now, I think she is a pretty girl so I am flattered when I am mistaken for her at the gym and the mall.  However, she is an absolute train wreck!

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Okay, exhibit B: Deb Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter) from the hit show Dexter.  If you have seen the show, you know that Deb Morgan could make a sailor blush with the way she talks.  And yet, I have been told many times how much I look like her.  I guess I should take comfort in knowing that I resemble a very successful hollywood actress but not that I remind people of her actual character.  Anyways, have some fun and find out who your doppelganger is.  Despite my bitter tone, it's fun knowing that there are some tourists out there today who SWEAR they saw Lindsay Lohan at the TJ Maxx in Westlake or saw "Deb" from Dexter at the thousand Oaks mall :)

In case you were wondering, this is the real, genuine Chelsey Colleen Hutchinson.  I wonder if either of these ladies have ever been told that they look like this high school teacher from Agoura Hills...wouldn't that be funny :)

Bon Voyage Lindsey and Tonio

Our 6 weeks with Lindsey and Tonio flew by!  I will miss them both so much.  The moustaches are our nod to France and it's people.  Take your time looking at this perfectly planned photo and find the hidden, out-of-place, or interesting items.