10/28/11

InstaFriday!



My 92-year-old grandfather has a wonderful caretaker but she was off for a few days so we took turns taking care of him.
 It was awesome.


I fed him his first Chick-fil-A, what else?
He liked it.


Saturday morning we tagged along with Kyla and kids
 to The Threadery. It was full of crafty wonders!


We had our first Bruxie.
Oh. My. Gosh.
Addicted.


Kelsey decorated her own mini pumpkin at the grocery store.
It's pretty blinged out...just like her.


We celebrated Daddy's birthday with pie!


Kelsey got her first haircut from Aunt Carmen!!
I know, she's only 3.


Jeremy had a big ball blast at bowling with his cub scouts!


Kelsey was so excited for her preschool Halloween party!


Kyla introduced us to Treats in the Streets in Orange.
It was crowded and the boys were over it fast.


So we all went to take a ride in the Great Pumpkin Balloon!


The carousel there is pretty awesome too!
What a great end to the day!


life rearranged

10/26/11

Daddy's Disneyland Birthday!


Last week was Daddy's birthday!
He arranged with his brother to get us into Disneyland for free!


The kids were so excited!!


We had to wait a little bit for Uncle Jim to come out,
 so Jeremy and Kelsey had a little dance party!


I thought they were going to use up all their energy
 before we even got into the park!


Round and round they went, having fun!


TA-DA!!


Then we had to run races!
I am embarrassed to say I can't run faster than Jeremy!


We headed straight for the Little Mermaid ride.
It wasn't open yet last time we went, and we were excited to see it!


I was glad Kelsey would hold my hand.
Normally she's too independent, but that day she would!


Kelsey and I went on King Triton's Carousel.
Right after I took this picture, I tried to dismount my sea creature before the ride stopped to get a better picture of Kelsey.
 I totally fell off and rolled around on the carousel,
bumping and bruising myself!
But the camera was safe! HA!


Daddy and Jeremy had gone on California Screamin'!


It's Jeremy's favorite ride, can you tell??


Next they went on the swinging gondola ferris wheel!
That ride makes me so sick,
so Kelsey and I had another dance party instead!


She loves to perform!


Okay really, aren't they the cutest??


Daddy and Jeremy tackled the spooky Tower of Terror...


...while Kelsey, Ursula and I plotted our next adventure.


Giant Corn Dogs!!


Pumpkin Family Fun!


Jeremy was picked to fight Darth Maul in the Jedi show!


He was so excited!!


Me and my cuties on the carousel!


I love this time of year at Disneyland, and we love seeing the Haunted Mansion all decorated like The Nightmare Before Christmas!


We couldn't leave without a Dole Whip!
This time I splurged and got the float!


Kelsey loved the umbrella!


So she did a dance, what else?!?


We finished off our fun day at Red Robin
with burgers and a birthday sundae!
Happy Birthday Daddy!

10/24/11

Vegas Wedding!



Earlier this month we were invited to a family wedding in Vegas.
Although I loathe the drive, I love the family, so I was excited to go!
The drive there looked pretty much like this.


By the time we got there, we were ready to get the wiggles out!


So we jumped on the beds!


Just a little. :)


The wedding was beautiful!
It was at a country club against the mountains and the weather was absolutely perfect!


I couldn't resist a photo op.
No kids, you ask?
They were not invited, and amazingly I have a friend I had not seen in 20 years who lived close to the country club and watched them for us. It was awesome!! Turned out her husband and mine are born on the same day, just hours apart and both served their missions in Idaho!!
SMALL WORLD!!


Anyway, back to the wedding.
 I loved the wedding cake! The frosting was amazing.
It looked like the bottom of a ruffly dress!
And you know how I feel about ruffles!


They had a super fun photo booth and I couldn't resist
wrapping a hot pink feather boa around David.
 He in turn plopped a camo hat on my head.
The food was so so so good and I was glad they had
sparkling cider for us non-drinkers!


I really don't like Vegas as a whole, but I LOVE the breakfast buffet!!!


Who wouldn't love ice cream for breakfast?


One of the fun things we got to do while we were there was hang out with David's brother Phillip and his family. They had a little birthday party and we had so much fun being a part of it!


The kids got to make these fun foam finger puppets.


Super Spooky!!


That night my super-crafty SIL Vanessa taught me how to make this awesome subway art! I love it!!


The next day we headed home.
I was having a major In-n-Out craving.
Nothing like it!


Jeremy loved it, minus the tomato!


Kelsey only ate the tomato.
Next time we'll know not to order 2. :)


The sun set on our way home.
It was a fast trip, but so fun to see everyone!