THANKSGIVING IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!
So I was lucky enough to spend Thanksgiving with family. I flew out tuesday and stayed until sunday.

Thanksgiving was spent with my cousins, aunts, uncles,and parents in Yorba Linda.

Daddy:)

Two of my favorite men

2 of my favorite cousins:)

Happy Gasperino family(and a mighty good looking family i must add)

Veronika, we need you to make this picture complete!!!

The line-up of cousins- it was so great to see all of you again!!!

The day after Thanksgiving our good family friend Grit from Germany came and had dinner with us

This is my little baby boy I had to abandon for nursing school....he has my energy, not my ears!

and he is a little psycho and jumps over the fence like he is a circus dog all day

Aunt Ellen came over Friday and spent the night.....

and Belen and I went to the movies....

all in all, a fabulous break- I can't wait to fly back to L.A in 2 weeks. Now, I must motivate....Ciao!

TURKEY DAY CAME EARLY!!!!!!!thank you Anne and Lisa for hosting a wonderful evening.......

Anne carving into her 20 lb turkey.....it was delicious!!!

Fellow nursing students:)

and this is how we all felt after the meal.....in such a positive way though! I'd do it all over again-thanks Anne!!!!
Happy people:)!

And now I am off to pack for LA-leave tomorrow morning!!!!!!

Saturday was THANK GOD MEAGAN WAS BORN day!!!!!!
Kristin made her work for her wish with magic candles:)

Downtown Baltimore has its own little Santa House and of course we had to pose in front of it

Saturday morning another friend Meghan had a brunch at her town home in Towson...it was a nice little breather...

So the weekend was full of time spent with good friends....no complaints on my end:) Flying home for Thanksgiving on Tuesday too!!!

So we just finished up our last round of exams before Thanksgiving and I invited over the girls for some dinner and Greys Anatomy....yes, it was a fabulous girly night:)


Last weekend we also got together for some pizza and wine at Iggies.......

We still manage to smile a lot during this intense program!

Ashley and I got dressed up for a "clash"party in my building that a couple of friends were throwing...it felt like high school again...

I got to go out for halloween happy hour in Fells point with my favorite girls.........

I stayed true to my cultural background and was a german beer girl(if I were to wear this in Germany they would dump beer on me) and Emily had a brilliant costume: an 8-ball!

Ashley the hard core Ninja.....and her partner in crime...spider woman....give it up to Suzanne....she wore full body spandex in public all day!!

we grabbed some well needed beers......

and ate some dinner......anne, julianne, jo, and Jenny joined us..... Anne was a teenage mutant ninja turtle and look adorable

We left the bar early as it was going to get crazy and we had early morning alarm clocks going off the next day.....

Last Friday was a mini high school reunion for me.....Ashley Taylor came to Bmore for a bachelorette party and I met up with her and was able to spend some well needed time with her:)

Meg(left) also went to my high school but we didn't know eachother then. She is now at school with me at Hopkins(coincidence!)

and this is meg's boy Eddriene....we graduated high school together....even stranger.....so the world really is small....

and Erica and I went to Meg's house for a wonderful dinner earlier that evening.....