Holiday Lights at CALM

In Bakersfield we have the cutest little Zoo. It is called the California Living Museum (CALM)!

We have heard that they do an awesome light display, so we definitely took advantage of it this year! 

Aubrey loved the Carousel! 

We then went on a train ride! We got the best seats, right behind the conductor! It was so fun! 

Some of the lights along the train ride! 

The ride was a blast! Aubrey loved it but hates getting her picture taken! 

More lights throughout the zoo!

Aubrey your Papa has quite the story for you about a triceratops! 

You can't see it in this picture, but they had fake snow blowing! 

Closest thing we got to snow all year! 

At the end of our tour was SANTA!! For days I had been trying to talk up Santa so Aubrey would be excited! This was her reaction! 

She wasn't thrilled of the idea.... Oh well it was fun and have some pretty good pics to show her when she is older! 

Thanksgiving 2015!!

The Holidays were quiet at the Duffy's home but we definitely made the best of it! 

Aubrey LOVED the Macy's Day Parade! She had so much fun dancing with the dancers as they performed! 

Brad's one request for Thanksgiving was his Mom's rolls! Looking at the recipe, I knew it was going to make a lot of rolls with around 12 cups of flour!! They turned out pretty well for my first time and we still have some frozen in the freezer! 

I thought it was time for me to invest in a nice table cloth. So here it is! 

Aubrey helped prepare dinner too! 

She loves to help in the kitchen! Yummy mashed potatoes! 

They passed the taste test! 

We made deviled eggs in memory of my brother Jon! His last thanksgiving with us, after we had ate dinner and were so full, he opened the fridge and with a panic face he said, "We forgot the Deviled Eggs!!" We all thought we forgot to pull them out of the fridge, but no one ever made them! So we make them every year now! 

Brad was in charge of cooking the turkey! {Side note: I hate cooking meat!}

So he is in charge! He did such a good job researching everything and it turned out very moist and delicious! 

I made a new recipe of sweet potato casserole! 

DELICIOUS!! 

The whole spread.... for two adults and a baby! YES we had left overs for DAYS!! 

Can't forget the Martinelli's! 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have been so blessed! 

On Black Friday it is always tradition for my family to set up the Christmas Tree! 

We kept the tradition alive this year and got all the christmas decorations out thanks to Brad getting down all of my boxes!! 

Our Living Room! Can it be Christmas again? It makes me so happy! 

After all of the decorations were put out we turned on Elf to get us in the Christmas spirit! We had a wonderful weekend! It was so relaxing!

Katelyn Turns 25!!

On November 20, I turned the big 2 5! Brad had me get up before he left for work for me to open my present! I got a new Fitbit that I had been wanting! I love it!! 

My friend Kristine took me and Aubrey out to lunch! We went to Moo Creamery! She was so sweet to take me out and not to mention she was 41 weeks pregnant!

We had baked french toast with apples and peanut butter! It was so delicious!!

After breakfast we went to Home Goods to walk around! I love that store!

Brad took a half day off of work and we went to Sushi Ko! I LOVE sushi! 

We had quite the spread! It was so good! 

Aubrey enjoyed her rice! 

And I got a special treat for my birthday! We were so full when we left!

I love this cute family of mine! They made my Birthday so special! 

But the night didn't end there...

Brad and Aubrey had made me my favorite funfetti cake!

Aubrey enjoyed the cake so much that she needed a bath! 

We had a sitter come over and we left for a 1920's dance party! Our friend Tessa was have a Birthday Bash Party for her Golden Birthday and so we all dressed up and had a fun time! 

Aubrey liked the feathers too!

The party was awesome!

We had a yummy drink spread to choose from! I had a Dirty Dr. Pepper! (Coconut and Dr. Pepper)

The lawn was lit up!

And we danced the night away! 

Us with the Warners, Tessa and Jeremy! 

It was so fun to see everyone dressed up! Sarah looked awesome with her wig! She has dark hair! 

We all had a BLAST!!

The next day, a couple of my friends wanted to get together for a craft night! They were sneaky and surprised me with this delicious cake! It was a chocolate, nutella, and strawberry cake! It was so delicious! Thank you Whitney and Tina for the wonderful surprise! 

I have so many friends here in Bakersfield! I feel so loved!