Love love the beach, even if it is a "dog beach"?!

Saturday was gorgeous and it was STILL windy at our house, so we headed to Huntington to meet up with my sis, her husband and thier 2 jack russell dogs....when she said they were going to the "dog beach" I didnt realize what we were getting ourselves into!

We pull up and my mom and I are going.....WHAT IS THIS PLACE?!!!

Dogs are roaming, sniffing, pooping, running, jumping on other dogs, and the owners are just as crazy :)

My kids could have cared less. Paige was in HEAVEN!!!! She now thinks summers here.

Mason was having a panic attack because of his obsession with dogs-

and my mom and I are taking deep breaths trying to "enjoy" the beach while these crazy dogs run all around us.

yes, DOG prints-it was actually VERY entertaining.

Large dogs, small dogs, Greyhounds running sprints past you.

Dogs "misbehaving" and being put on TIME OUT!?!!??

Seriously??!!! To "dog people" It was like taking thier "kids to the park".

I even heard one lady say to her DOG "those 2 dogs were playing so nicely together until you went over there-do you need a time out?!"

WHAT?!

ps. my sis and her hubby are a little on the "crazy dog people" side of all this too :)

This one below needs to start walking before summer hits.... :)

I couldnt believe how fast he could barell through the sand though.

and the NUMBER 1 reason I LOVE THE BEACH.......

SUNSET!!!

No matter what is going on-crazy or not-if I can look at the coast like this-

Its ALL good!

My poor boy.

were so mean sometimes :)

All cleaned up after a fun day!

Free PINKBERRY!!!

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4 years old is lookin pretty good!

It feels like Paige has been talking about her 4th birthday since the day after her 3rd birthday party and I think the 5th - 10th birthdays have already been planned in her little mind.

We are kind of big on birthdays in our house-some small, some big, but its always YOUR day no matter what! This year since you get in "free" on your birthday at Disneyland or if you have an annual pass you get $60 to spend however you want-that is what we did!

She had been dying to "stay" at the Disneyland hotel since Last year-ask me how she came up with that- I have NO idea.

We went more budget friendly and instead at at GOOFYS KITCHEN at the hotel For breakfast!

It was a lot of fun and really good food suprisingly.

Jasmine came over to talk with her for a while.

They discussed a variety of topics :)

and then Paige let her know that her favorite part of Jasmines movie is

"when they fall in love" :)

Cute food!

Mason was mesmorized with Snow white-I think hes found his newest girlfriend! :)

ONLY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY DOES A PLATE OF FOOD FOR BREAKFAST LOOK LIKE THIS! :) YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

We then began to collect our FREE disney loot!

You didnt have to explain what to do to this girl-she knows how to spend the money and quick :)

Since it was HER birthday we waiting in line for the Princess walk which weve never done.....she met Belle, Cinderella, Ariel and Mulan. And finished off her Autograph book #1!

She then picked up a Baby cinderella , tshirt and a sucker to top it off!

After eating an entire pack of tortillas ...nothing better.....

We kept her entertained for a while like this! (trying to catch her sucker) :)

Paige is such a fun girl! She brings laughter to our home every day! I wish every one of my kids would turn out just like thier big sister.

We love you paige!!!

Heres to a WONDERFUL 4th year!

XXXOOO

MOMMY

love them.

23 "so-called adults", 5 tweens, 2 infants and a partridge in a pear tree!!!

Wrightwood was a BLAST!!

There is nothing better.

Im in L-O-V-E! Its my new favorite thing that Santa brought me this year.

Since Oprah didnt do her favorite things this year, I thought I would share this with all those who share the same love of HOT CHOCOLATE with me!!! I cant believe Ive lived this long without it :) Its the COCOMOTION!!!

I cant stop making hot chocolate....come on over....im sure there will be a batch warming up.

You put in the milk&chocolate, shut the lid, push start and it heats it to the perfect temperature & blends this to make the best frothy hot chocolate EVER and it only takes a couple minutes.

THANKS SANTA!!! :)

its OVER already?!!??

Well I am sitting here looking around at my house (which looks like a bomb went off) thinking....and now I have to take this all down?! :) It looks so pretty maybe ill just keep it up till next year?! Its been a busy month and going through the pics weve done A LOT! We have a lot to be grateful for.

Our Season in a nutshell.

Visiting Santa....Paige had put purple lipgloss COVERING the lower half of her face to get "pretty" so Im sure he was wondering what is going on with this girl!? :)

I made my 1st turkey...I didnt realize how freaky they were with thier wings so I asked Paige to take a pic of me and my new "friend". (it looks like my turkey is giving birth...its its own neck(so gross).. I didnt take out the bag of "stuff" because I didnt put my hand inside "there"-Craig was a little disturbed when he found it while cutting it all up. It really was YUMMY!!

We got our FIRST haircut!!

We went from Baby to BOY-CHILD.

So sad, but he really is much cuter without a Mullet.

Heading out to the snow for the FIRST time.

Some of Masons FIRST STEPS!!!

FINALLY!! Were excited . He is so proud of himself...and im Excited because maybe he will stop eating the bugs off the floor?? or is that a boy thing?!

Masons FIRST sled ride with Daddy....

Paige won her new best friend "carly" in the white elephant exchange.

She is now my 3rd child....mom carly wants a drink too...mom carly wants some food too....

You have got to be kidding me?! :)

We added our 4th child (this one is not as high maintenance)

Meet Ms.Barbie Head.
We also have added a 5th child : BABY ALIVE GOES POTTY

Not the best choice of gifts from Santa this year.....We have to carry 2 diaper bags with us now....but ive warned that this will not be a permanent occurance :)

Taken cute pics by the tree.

Dressed up for the really exciting Nativity scene....

Discovered the world of fun make up that coats your skin with fine pink vaseline filled with glitter. So prettyyyyyyy.

Discovered my son isnt up to the same "dressing up and taking cute picture" antics as my daughter.

Played in a Ball pit together.

we stripped down to undies in 40 degree weather and drizzle to play on the new climber without getting our jammies wet.

Got all BLINGED out.

Got fitted for his first grill.

Tea parties with Great Grandmas.

and boxed the heck out of each other on Christmas day playing Wii.

Until next year.......

Winter Dance Recital "Feliz Navidad" & family weekend pics.

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

Oh Christmas Tree!!!!!!

Oh Christmas tree, oh christmas tree.....

We picked you out of ALL the other trees in the lot to take home and make beautiful....

The tree lot employee then threw you on the roof of our car and broke the roof rack....

We thought we had the most BEAUTIFUL tree weve EVER picked out....made you twinkle, sparkle and placed all our cute ornaments on you one by one.....

And then this is how you "repay" us?! :)

Our "honeymoon Maui" ornament....funny how we even commented while putting it on you,

THIS IS OUR FAVORITE ORNAMENT WERE SO GLAD WE SPLURGED AND BOUGHT IT ON OUR HONEYMOON!!!

There were a few limbs lost off some other ornaments, we will send them to the Ornament ER.

Just please DO NOT FALL AGAIN ON OUR KIDS.....U will be visiting the dump LONG before Christmas ever comes :)