RAYNA JEAN ENGELMAYER..woohoo I'm a "Tante"

SHE'S HERE!!!!!!! Rayna was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 12th, 2006. She weighed in at 8pounds 10.4 ounces and absolutely beautiful. She's definitely an Engelmayer...a little Hairy, stubborn to come out and hungry! :) Congratulations to JENN AND RANDY!!!! We're so happy to have a new addition! Love you always!

A Baby and more to come!

Look like January 12th will be the day of my Niece's Birth...so let's all hope for a smooth delivery!!!! I'm so excited to be a Tante (Aunt) and to go and see her! :) She's already very very loved...

BACK IN LA!!! :)

I arrived back in LA, late on Wednesday night and began auditioning again on Thursday morning…a nice welcome back I think.. ☺ The day after that my friend Laura flew out to visit me and to run the Orange County Marathon!!!! She did an amazing job! It was held in Newport Beach was great and her family even flew out for the day to be at the Finish Line with her! We enjoyed a couple of days of touristy LA stuff…though also enjoyed the company of a couple of my friends. AHHHH yes and we had a blown out tire on our way home after the Marathon…yikes quite the experience! Luckily we were able to get off the Freeway and into a car dealership, but five men watched us trying to get this freakin tire off! The bolts were quite tough…eventually they did helps us but it was not easy. One of the guys randomly serenaded me in German after finding out that I speak German. Luckily, it wasn't a song from the Sound of Music! Seriously, I was standing there with a wrench in my hand being sung to after having been awake for 15 hours already at that point a blown tire. The Guys ended up being pretty nice and helping us after a while – even invited us out for Sushi…yeah no, that wasn’t about to happen.
I dropped Laura off at the Airport and am going to settle into being here for a couple of weeks before I leave again to see my “about to be born Niece” in Minnesota!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

We enjoyed a pre party dinner at Zvonko's...which I don't really have many pics of, but hopefully someone I know will send me some :)


The boys and I went to the China Club in Times Square this year. Our VIP Status got us…hmm what did it get us…ah yes a table and a bottle of Champagne…though we still had to “take care” of the bouncer in order to pass the mile long queue to get into the club. We had a great time though…drank a bottle of Vodka and a bottle of Champagne, danced and even had one of our own get kicked out…so I would say that it was a stylish entrance and exit into the New Year. ☺ I slept most of the next day…hmm a bit of recovery was necessary after eating a Hot Dog from Gray's Papaya on 72nd St...the best Hot Dog, but maybe not at 4am. :)

In Between...

Lucas and I played “tourist” in NY this time though. We went to the Guggenheim, the Christmas Market in Union Square, the Natural History Museum, and also enjoyed a lovely MTA Strike which meant a daily 10 mile walk for Lucas…lovely huh?

Christmas...

The Market...
Ah the Tree. :)




I spent my Christmas in NY this year which was lovely! I have to say that other than Vienna, there is no better place than NY at that time of year. Much like last year, we walked around the City to see all the Christmas Sights, but rather than decorating a “Christmas Tree” we decorated a “Palm Christmas Tree”. It was quite lovely…the chocolate that hung on it though was eaten very quickly. ☺ Each year there is a Christmas Market in Union Square which is cute...though it's definitely not the same as a "Christkindlmarkt" in Vienna...mainly that we wandered around for an hour and there was no alcohol! Is it really Christmas without a warm Alcoholic Beverage...maybe. :) I feel like I already wrote about that though...

HOLA! :)

Hello my lovely family and friends! Yup, you may have guessed, I still don't have internet at home...but hey better a late update than none at all...right? The Holidays are over...though I have to say it didn't really feel like "the Holiday's" this year...it kind of snuck up on me and then it was over...but there was quite a lot in between all that. :) Soooooo, here we go: