Im going to attempt this cake for the weekend.

If im lucky my cake will somewhat resemble this picture....if it does I may post the outcome.

Im sure it will taste amazing no matter what though (you cant go wrong with cream cheese and butter right?)

Looking forward to a weekend full of Yummy BBQ, Cakes, Cookies, Beach, Sun, friends,family & Fireworks!!!

BOGO Jamba!!!

I havent learned how to put the links into the words yet.... :)

Its a BUY ONE GET ONE FREE JAMBA JUICE COUPON.....

PERFECT! I think you can print as many as you want too??

http://www.summerblissisback.com/eb3/sbbg.html

(although somtimes I wonder if its really saving me money after I print the coupon when they are HUGE and colored and my printer ink dissapears.....oh well :)

Ew.

WRONG on SOOOOOO many levels......

I had to share.

..........and in case you were wondering..... NO this is NOT Craigs arm! :)

Last competition of 2009

Here is the girls last dance competition. They did such a good job!
Next week is the recital and then were done for the year.

True Happiness.

Today I realized something.

I realized that I love being with my family, in the sunshine, on a boat, in the ocean, on a BEAUTIFUL DAY.

I know this can't happen all the time (even though I wish it could)-

but It DID happen TODAY!!

It must be that the first 16 years of my life I practically grew up on a boat cruising the ocean. Its the MANY MANY memories I have of cruising Newport and Huntington harbors & our so cal coast lines that makes me just "at home" when I am there.

Not having done this in MANY years, I must have forgot how happy I am on the water.

How beautiful the coast is. The smells, sights, sounds all make me incredibly comfortable.

Today with our little family and my wonderful in-laws I realized that once again.

The Name of our boat growing up was THERAPUTIC II.

I now KNOW why it was named that :)

(besides the fact my dad was a Physical Therapist)

Craigs parents have a great boat that needs to be used :)

So we planned a day we could take it out for its maiden voyage into the ocean.
The kids LOVED every minute.
Mason screached when he saw the boat and wanted SO bad to jump onto it!
(here hes adjusting to his life jacket and trying to slide down the seat)



As we left home it was stormy, cloudy and cold.
Arriving at the beach it was BEAUTIFUL & SUNNY!



The sea lions were EVERY WHERE.
It felt like Sea world.

Out in front of Corona Del Mar. We went cruising through the ocean down the coast to Laguna Beach.

It was a blast-

Paige and I sat in the front holding hands across the isle (so she wouldnt fly out-but I found myself on BIG waves letting go to brace myself -nice mom huh :) screaming each time we went up and down a wave. and some were HUGE!

She was smiling and lauging the ENTIRE way. Seriously.

The rocky road made Mason Pass out!

You know your child has been to Disneyland ONE too many times when she asked me if the boat was on a track! :)

I said no, we can drive anywhere we want to....and she looked SO confused.

It was halarious.

Then she pretended like she was the jungle cruise captain -making shooting noises and saying GET DOWN GET DOWN! :)

Spotting the seagulls.

Sportin' the wetsuit.

We stopped for Balboa bars, frozen bananas and Shaved Ice.

YUMMMMMMMMMM.

Paigie loves her Grandma A/K.

Thank you Steve and Karen for such a wonderful day!

I feel as if I were at the Spa all day. Seriously. I enjoyed it THAT much :)

Cant wait to hit the "sea" again. (as Paige calls it)

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Its National Donut Day-

LETS CELEBRATE!!

I dont know about you but a donut shop is my slippery place for sure!

I have to have COMPLETE self control every time I go to ALbertsons grocery shopping-there is a shop 2 doors down and I can SMELL THEM COOKING!

Glazed, cinnoman roll, sugar twist, crumb, sprinkle are my favs.

Not only do I Love a good donut-

I am also a fan of donut shops because they have what I call "donut ice". This is the small cubed pellets that make my Coke taste SO much better! :) and then you eat it after wards like a small slushee.

Head to Krispy Kreme on Friday

and Grab you and your family a FREE Donut.

My dilema-like all of these free offers I get suckered into.....

Is it worth a 20 minute drive for a 60 cent donut??!!

(well see what kind of mood I am in tomorrow)

I did stand in line for 2 hours for a free breakfast....im known to go a little nuts. :)

Wanna come with us??!

You can enjoy a HOT donut & THIS AMAZINGLY CUTE AND CRAZY LITTLE MAN.

Pantless, High heels on, seahorse toy & his baba (aka NighNight) in hand-

A true blackmail photo :)

It is a NATIONAL HOLIDAY-IT would be UNAMERICAN!!!!

Angels in the outfield.

We headed out to the California Angels of Los angeles in Anaheim aka: The Big A last Wednesday night and had a blast!

We started out with a foam noodle sword fight in the parking lot to get pumped for the game.

GO ANGELS!
Our tickets arent that bad right?! :)

Cant beat $15 seats with hot dog and soda included.

Plus, Its way more fun to be sitting where you can barely see the game anyways right!?

More entertaining people, the wave, beach ball tosses, & people who dont care when your baby throws up on themselves due to too much baseball junkfood.

(yes,this happened)

Mason had Peanut, hot dog, & cotton candy overload which resulted in a small "incident".

Stylin.

My favorite part of the night was watching Mason get SO excited each time the music would play, crowd would cheer, or fireworks would go off! It was one GIANT party to this boy. I think we have a baseball fan for life.

My other favorite is watching him learn how to crack open peanuts and throw them on the ground. TOO CUTE!!

His little fingers prying open the shell-he ate the peanuts for a while and then it was just fun to open and then throw the entire thing on the ground.

Whatever keeps him busy for an hour right.

Are you dying over those little fingers!!!!????

This little girl waited and waited for the cotton candy man to come to our section through the whole game and FINALLY she got to eat her fluffy happiness!

We had practiced the 7th inning stretch song all day and Paige had it DOWN.

Her face lit up once she realized the ENTIRE stadium was singing the same song.

9th inning ANGELS WERE WINNING, so we went down to find Craigs sister Kari and her husband. His family has amazing seats next to 1st base so we snuck down to thier level at the end of the game and got a pic closer to the field.

Here is Auntie Kari who is about to have a baby girl in a few weeks! We cant wait!

AND THEY CRASHED.....HARD! :)


Wish we could go more it was WAY TOO MUCH FUN!

Memorial weekend

THIS is why we live in Southern California!

Saturday we headed down to Corona Del Mar to play at the beach all day!

The sun came out right as we were getting there - and it stayed amazing all day!

Perfect beach day.

Masons job was in the sand from the moment we got there! So glad my kids love the beach as much as I do! He ate half the sand there I swear!


Craigs routine:
1. Get out Sunblock 90 out of bag.
2. Sit on ice chest for balance. (this is going to be a long application process).
3. Pour half bottle of sunblock in hand.
4. Apply to stomach and arms.
5. apply to face and ears repeatedly. Do not stop until you are reflecting images of the beach on your forehead from the shine.
6. Apply to legs and feet, and each piggy toe-painful when burnt. Use daughters chair to place feet up on so sand does not stick to the freshly applied sunblock.
7. call wife over to apply other half of the bottle to back.
Pray she doesnt spell something out in sunblock like "i love my wife". (or leave handprints-happend once upon a time)
8. Get out spray sunblock and spray bald- I mean -top of the head.
9. Enjoy a full day in the sun and feel extremely proud of self when there is no red skin to be seen once you arrive home that night.
(by the time he has finished I have blocked up myself, and 2 kids! Im not kidding about this "process")



Hes spotted the water and we have now have a battle of wills on our hands :)
He won most the day-

Making her famous drip castles

The hot tub the craig and his dad dug for the kids (and a few "visitors).

Craigs parents joined us but were not fond of me taking thier picture in bathing suits so they are not found on here :)

Sand Goatee

Mason and his girlfriend Madeline Paige.

(My friend michelles little girl. )

He really is looking at her like "How are you doing my hunny?"

am i right or what?? :)

all that flirting wears on this little man. Take a rest !

We played until around 5:00. Mason lasted a long time without a nap....he kept laying his head down wherever it fell saying "nigh night"......

Such a fun day!

Cant wait to head back soon.

My babys all growed up!

"Am I really 18 months old today?! Wow, I cant believe it....Im half way to 2, life just goes by too fast!"

Oh wait! Im 18 months today....I get to go to the Nursery instead of running around the halls and driving Daddy crazy at church!! I get to go in that fun room with the kids, toys, bubbles and people who will feed me for 2 hours!!!
Mama, dont be sad. I'll still be your baby boy and give you lots of loves when we get home.

Mason LOVED the nursery today! He was so excited to play with all the kids. He only started crying once all the other kids were leaving with thier parents.

He probably thought we had left him there forever.

love you little nugget!

xxoo

mommy.