The Ostapecks

Friday, August 22, 2008

Blog Neglector (if that's a word)

Okay, I have sucked at posting lately, and I have no problem admitting it. I think its been about 4-5 weeks, so I have a lot to post... here it goes...

Car Shopping:

David and I went car shopping with my parents. They are looking at some sports cars so it is fun to go test driving with them.

My parents test driving an M3 BMW

While we were at the car dealership David and I saw a Mini Cooper. I have never been inside one so we looked inside. David really liked it, especially the fact that the Cooper got awesome gas mileage. He said that when he gets a new car he will def. consider the Cooper.

David inside his new favorite car

The Ostapecks Visit:

David's Uncle Glenn and cousin Stephen came down from Sacramento. His cousin needed to be here for a baseball tournament. (his aunt and cousin Elizabeth were in Paris...lucky) We got to spend time with them which was nice. David's whole family went out to dinner with all of us. We don't always get to do things together. since people live so far away.

David's Uncle Glenn being Sandwiched in by his massive nephew and son...haha

David's Dad, Cousin Stephen, David's Mom, David and his Uncle Glen... Everyone thought David was tall. He is ONLY 6'4". Stephen is 6'6" and is ONLY 17...that means he is still growing...CRAZY!!!

Wedding fever:

David and I have been to a lot of weddings this year. I always joke around with him and tell him that we didn't get the memo that said "everyone should get married in 2008." Haha! My friend from high school, Sandon, married his long time girlfriend Laura. The wedding was beautiful, and a lot of fun too. They had a free photo booth, which I took full advantage of...

On our way to the Larson wedding...

The Bride and Groom

Our friends Chris and Linzie. (Chris was the best man)

"You may kiss your bride!"

Cocktail hour

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The OC Fair

This weekend my Grandpa Reid was down from Utah. On Saturday night, my parents, David and I decided to take my Grandpa to the Orange County Fair as an early birthday present.

We spent our time walking around the fair and looking at all of the little shops and eating some of the fair food. My parents always love getting fair food, so we decided to have Grandpa try it. He hadn't been to a fair for decades so everything was new to him.

The fair always has interesting food, including fried snickers. This wasn't something I was going to try. I DID however decide to dare everyone else to try it...no takers. They also have fried everything else, including fried avocados...ewww...

Here is a picture of the Ferris wheel. It was massive.

David, Dad and Grandpa eating turkey legs.

Mom and I, eating our corn...

Grandpa really like the food. In fact, I saw him eat more in 2 hours, than I have ever seen him eat altogether. Here he is eating a Polish dog.

My mom and dad.

I talked David into playing the lottery game at the fair. He always says "the lottery is for people who suck at math," but I convinced him to play anyways.

We ended up winning $50...so he was happy I talked him into it!

My grandpa and parents waiting for us to collect our money...

Since we won $50, we decided to treat everyone to ice cream. This is just a pic of David and I with ours, but I promise we bought everyone else one too... :)

Monday, August 4, 2008

Roxi's Wedding

Roxi's wedding was on Friday, August 1st. The day started with me waking up and going to get my hair and makeup done. Afterwards I headed over to the hotel to meet the rest of the bridal party. We all finished getting ready and getting dressed. After that we went to Padua Hills and helped Roxi get ready in the Bridal Suite.

About an hour later the wedding started. It was such a beautiful ceremony. It was outside in the trees with lights illuminating everywhere. It was so gorgeous that words cannot even describe it. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by so much love, and to be reminded of how wonderful love is...

The beautiful bride

Mingling before the wedding

This is how I looked.

I absolutely LOVED the way MAC did my makeup

Stephanie and me

The Bride and her father

Walking into Padua. I am carrying the massive dress :)

Roxi's little sister, Aly. She was the flower girl.

Steph and I

Roxi and Danny exchanging vows.

Roxi's Rehearsal Dinner

My friend Roxi's Rehearsal Dinner was on Thursday. We all met at Padua Hills, where they were getting married, and practiced how the wedding would go. Afterwards we all went down the street to a restaurant called Buca di Beppos. It was a really great meal, courtesy of Danny's parents.

Maid of honour, Pam ,and The Bride

This is us all practicing

The bride and groom...less than 24 hours to go.

Bride and her bridesmaids

This is EVERYONE in the wedding, including the parents.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

David Michael

1. What is his name? David Michael Ostapeck

2. Who eats more? He does...for sure.

3. Who said I love you first? I honestly cannot remember. I wanna say me, just because I think it sounds like something I would do.

4. Who is taller? Haha. If you know us, it's obvious. I am 5'2" and he is 6'4".

5. Who is smarter? Depends. I say him. He is very studious and book smart. He also knows a lot about a lot. However, we would both agree I am more street smart and just everyday smart. So we are pretty much perfect when you put us together :)

6. Who is more sensitive? Oooh...this is a good one. I would say David.

7. Who does the laundry? Neither of us. Haha. No, but really... I do, but I will admit I kinda slack in that department. It is my least favorite chore. When I was single I would buy clothes so that I didn't have to wash them :) Haha...TRUE STORY!

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do. I recently have been sleeping on the left though because the new comforter makes me really hot. (so I sleep on the left to be closer the the AC) However, I tap tapped the right side for life, so when I wanna go back he will have to give it up!

9. Who pays the bills? I do. Dave did in the beg. but he would stress too much about $. It wasn't a good situation, so I took over. Like I said before, I am good with everyday things. When David sees the bills he is reminded of how poor we are, when I see the bills I just pay and move on.

10. Who cooks more? Cook? Haha. Well. Umm. Me. David doesn't know how to cook. I am getting better too. I mean, I know how to cook, but I tend to slack on this too. I prefer going to my parents or something...makes clean up a lot easier :)

11. What meals do you cook together? Cook and together don't belong in the same sentence with David and I. He can't cook, so if any cooking gets done it's by me!

12. Who is more stubborn? We both are. My downfall is that I have a hard time saying sorry when I'm not. I'm not gonna lie...

13. Who is first to admit they're wrong? We both are. Although I have a hard time saying sorry, I do admit when I think I am wrong. The hard part is convincing me I am wrong. Both David and I don't have to worry about admitting we are wrong very much because it rarely happens :)

14. Who has more siblings? Me. I have one brother. Dave is the only child. We'll make up for it in kids :)

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I win the battles, but David wins the wars. Meaning that I wear the pants most of the time, but when David puts his foot down, there is usually no changing his mind...(but it's rare, and has to be something he is passionate about)

16. What do you like to do together? EVERYTHING! We just like being around each other. In particular we enjoy going out to eat, movies, playing with our dogs, and we like to travel, although we don't do a whole lot right now.

17. Who eats more sweets? It used to be me. I like sweets a lot, but David is an ice cream fanatic. There are days I see him with the ice cream carton in his hands 3+ times a day, and I am not counting the times I see him with fudgesicles.

18. Guilty pleasures? ??? Me-Shopping, David- Ice Cream

19. How did you meet? He was my high school math tutor...(and I have heard all the jokes :)

20. Who asked who out first? Technically he did, however I helped him out.

21. Who kissed who first? I kissed him first. He was taking too long. Afterwards I asked him how long he would have waited and he said 2-3 months. I am sure glad I took initiative.

22. Who proposed? David...and it's complicated...so I'll move on :)

23. His best features? His humor, forgiveness, understanding, loyalty...He's pretty much perfect...(we're a lot alike ;)

24. What is his greatest quality? He is just good to me. I can't explain it in one quality. He loves me for me, and all my imperfections and mistakes :) and I love him too!!!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Our 5.4 Quake

So, today there was an earthquake centered in the city I live, Chino Hills. It was pretty crazy. I was home alone, so the first thing I did was run to the door way and take cover. The quake lasted a long time. I was thinking that it was the longest one I have ever been in.

After the shaking, I decided to walk around the apartment and see the damage (thinking that a few pictures may have fallen). I was in for a big surprise. This is what I saw...

The following pictures are NOT staged, and were taken soon after the incident :)

The pictures in my hallway looked like this...

This is my guest room. The picture on the ground used to be over the book shelf.

This is my mantle. Only two pictures fell, so that wasn't too bad.

This is our wedding picture...it used to be on the wall straight, in case you were wondering :)

This was the biggest shocker... Our television jumped out of the wall unit and fell to the floor face first, along with the DVR and pictures and candles. Surprisingly it didn't break. This TV is from the 90's so it weighs like 70-80lbs (no exaggeration). CRAZY (P.S. I made sure to dust since obviously I don't dust under the TV often)

We also had other damages such as broken pictures, broken glasses, etc, but these pictures were the best. :)

Empire State Building, Ground Zero and Wall Street

On Sunday, July 21st, our last day, David and I started by going to the Empire State Building. It was really neat to be at the top, but it was pretty creepy. We were so high up that it made me feel unstable, and I was afraid to trip, so I was walking SUPER carefully. After that experience we went down top Lower Manhattan where we saw Ground Zero and the memorial. It was really sad to be there and see pictures of all of the people that lost their lives, but at the same time, it was nice to pay tribute to them as well. Our last stop was Wall Street. David enjoyed this particularly since his dad has been a stock broker his entire life. Later that night we returned home... :(