Disneyland and other happenings...

We had an amazing trip! We had so much fun seeing friends, family and going to Disneyland. We traveled to Anaheim on Wednesday night. We went to Disneyland on Thursday from 10am-3:30pm. We went out to dinner with my Aunt and cousin, and ate WAY TOO MUCH! I'll see tomorrow at the gym how much damage was done when I do my week 2 weigh in!!! We went to Disneyland California adventure on Friday morning at 8:30am for an hour or so, then it was back to Disneyland until 3:30pm again. Then we drove up to Pismo Beach and stayed with Tall Boy's cousin and their brand new baby! We went to a wedding celebration on Saturday from 10:30am until 4pm. Then we went back to the house and relaxed for the rest of the night. Then we went to church sunday morning at 9am for the baby's blessing. After the blessing, we took pictures outside. Then it was back to the open road. We started heading home at about 11am. Along the way we missed our turn off and didn't realize it until about an hour later! So we stopped at a hotel and stayed the night half way home. Then we finished our trip and got home Monday. Here is a slide show of our fun!

Along the way I read 4 books by Shannon Guymon..."A trusting Heart", "Justifiable means", "Forever friends", and "Soul searching". They were all really good and I recommend them all!

Then Superboy came home from school today with his 1st grade picture! Too handsome! Some wierd reflection happened when I scanned it, but it's still adorable!
Anyway, that's all for now, gotta go catch up on house work!

Ok...I finally miss my kids...and other updates!

Am I a horrible mother? I haven't missed my kids until last night, that's almost a whole week!!!
The house has stayed cleaner than ever before, but it's very empty. I took a picture of Super Girl's cute, but empty, perfectly made little bed...

Anyway, I'm blogging to give you all an update. Our yard looks the same as the last post, but I think tonight that will change. I believe I convinced Tall Boy to replace our main water line to the house so we can have better water pressure and install fewer sprinkler zones. Less digging, less, putting together pipes, less work...sort of. So, I think it's happening tonight. I mapped out our whole sprinkler system in the past 2-3 days, so we just have to figure out our new water pressure so we can divide them into zones. I know... blah blah blah...BORING!

Ok, so for some more fun progress. I got to read a whole book in one day! My friend J recommended it. It's called Makeover by Shannon Guymon. I'm a fast reader, but it was a very easy read, it's 245 pages long. Anyway, I highly recommend it! It's a cute romantic story with tons of action and twists...you won't be bored, but you might be inspired!

Tall Boy and I have been having a lot of great together time. We have laughed, smiled, joked and flirted more in the past week than probably in 2008...sad...I know. But it's been great to reconnect and have some fun. we went to a really good Mexican restaurant that had cliff divers performing while we ate...it was very cool! then we went next door to the movie theater and saw Hancock. It was good. After we got home, we decided to take a ride around the neighborhood on the motorcycle! We had a blast. Almost every night we cuddle up and watch a movie or fall asleep...so nice!

For even more fun, I did a little bit of personal shopping and bought some really cute tops and tank tops for layering, a couple of scarfs that I can use for my hair or neck or a belt, some cute capri pants and one dress. The best part is that they were all on clearance (except the scarfs)!

Here's a slide show of the goods! Enjoy!

I got my book!!!

IT IS SO COOL!!! I love my book created by my very own hand (or blog)!!! I gave one to Gma and Gpa downstairs and today I'm sending one to Gma and Gpa in Cali! And we have one to keep for us! I think this will be my format for our family scrapbook, but I will continue to do the traditional scrapbooks for my kiddos! Anyway, just thought I'd share the joy! If you wanna see it, you gotta come over!

My book, boating and funny messes...

My book is being shipped as I type!!! Hip hip hooray! It didn't take very long! I think I turned it in on the 28th and it said it was shipped on the 31st! TOTALLY AWESOME! I can't wait to see it and hold it...my very own family book!

In other news...

We had a very fun weekend. It was warm enough to go out on our boat. Tall Boy got his Father's Day present a little early...it's a tube to pull 2 riders behind the boat! The kids both loved it, and I loved driving crazy with Tall Boy in tow! We got some sun and had a great time together.











Then today, I was preparing for a friend to come over with her kids. I fed my kids lunch and this is what Super Girl decided to do with her jam sandwich...

Too cute to NOT POST!!!
Anyway, life is pretty good around here!

Also, I have a book recommendation...I just recently hear of the Twilight saga/series and bought them online (sale + free shipping = I BUY!!!) I absolutely LOVE it!!! I haven't been able to put it down. There are 3 books out now, but the 4th and final (I think) is due out soon. I got the books on Friday and I'm already 2/3 of the way through the 3rd book!!! It helped that I wasn't feeling very well yesterday, so I read the entire 2nd book yesterday! Anyway, it's a series about a girl in love with a vampire...I know it sound awful and horrific...but it is an amazing series. The author makes you feel like you are there in the moment with all the characters. If anyone out there likes the TV series Moonlight...I HIGHLY recommend these books! Anyway. The 1st book is called Twilight, the 2nd is New Moon and the 3rd is Eclipse. The Author is Stephenie Meyer. I can't wait until the 4th comes out...it's called Breaking Dawn(naturally I've pre-ordered it already!) Anyway, enough of my gushing, I better muster up some desire to get dinner ready!

Thanks for tuning in...until next time...