Buzzzzzzzzzz

So Superstar's hair was getting out of control and I felt poor so I decided to cut it myself. Well, I used to be able to do a good job. Maybe I just thought it looked good until I started taking him to the barber shop and now I just can't go back to my home chop chops. So he ended up with the buzz to cover up my creative errors we'll call them. I never wanted to do this to my baby. He looks like some skinhead cancer patient. I am getting used to it, but I prefer him with some hair.

So Tuesday night was really awesome. Luke was a super missionary and invited his friend from work to our ward open house a few weeks ago. I got to go to Luke's house and sit in on the first missionary discussion. It was cool. I made enchiladas and rice for dinner and we all ate and then had the lesson with the sister missionaries. It was so great to be able to participate in that. I told Luke that I'll just keep feeding his friend, since apparently that's the only missionary work I'm doing right now. Tonight is another discussion and the sisters asked me to be prepared to talk about what faith means to me. Daddy's been out of town this week, so Diva has been nice and watched Superstar during the discussions. That's her missionary work. Go Diva!

Party all the time

Sunday was super busy!!! Daddy's nephew was blessed and we had to bring potato salad for 20 people to the luncheon afterwards. Here's Jeremy holding his new baby cousin. Then we had to hop down to San Diego to the launch party for my brother-in-law's new car. It's so amazing, he invented this diesel-electric car that gets over 200 miles to the gallon. It's been fun watching the process, from the beginning in his garage to the start of the company, to that day when it was revealed to the world. Anyway, it's really cool, you can check it out on the website: http://www.aptera.com/
Here's me with my cute niece in her new beautiful pink dress for the party. She took out her headband, but she still looks so pretty! She remembered me and wanted me to carry her all around, so of course I loved that!

Beach Birthday

Saturday was Diva's big beach birthday bash. The sky was so beautiful and clear from the rain. You could see Catalina and the lights of Long Beach really clearly, and the moon and the residual clouds and the sunset were gorgeous! It was so fun to hang out with Luke's family. They are so nice! Superstar and I love to be at the beach! OOOH and there was corn on the cob cooked in salt water with melted butter. It's absolutely my favorite beach food! I ate like 4 ears of corn. I was a corn piggy. :) Daddy couldn't come because he went to Wicked with his mom! She was going to take me, but I didn't want to miss Diva's party. Both great things, I was torn! But I really wanted Daddy to be able to go because I got to go to Phantom and he didn't, so he deserved it. Then his mom took him out to dinner at Lucille's. So jealous!!! But I had beach corn and great memories, so I'm happy. :)

Here's our awesome bonfire. Luke said it was a termite-infested balcony from his work, and his brother's fiancee swore she saw a big ugly worm crawl out of a hole in the wood in the fire. Creepy! His brother knocked the corn butter can into the fire, and so I used it for a marshmallow cooker and it worked awesome. It cooked the marshmallows so fast! Luke called it the marshmallow microwave. They had really cool kites too and Superstar had so much fun trying to fly them.

Slumber Party

So here's Diva with her birthday quilt I made for her. She loved it, which is good! I'm always afraid I'm going to make one for someone and they're not going to like it and I'll be really disappointed. So anyway, the slumber party was kind of boring for me. The highlights were the great pizza and the awesome rain! Here's the girls all wrapped up marveling at the rain. It's been a long time, okay? Rain here in Southern California is nothing short of the eighth wonder of the world. So the weather man came through for me. Better late than never, right? I love this picture of the rain, it looks like some fiery meteor crashing through space. It's my own ode to Star Wars with special rain effects. So anyway, the girls just watched TV all night so I got bored and organized their kitchen pantry while Luke and Daddy were playing racquetball. Luke got mad at me, but I told him he should be grateful and just say thank you. I cleaned out all expired food and organized the spices and breakfast foods and all their different oils. It was fun! The girls were wimps and in bed before 12:30. The next morning I woke up early and hung up a big birthday sign with glittery silver letters that Diva had been hinting about everytime we went to Joanns. Then I cleaned up the ants who had taken a liking to our leftover hot wings. Luke, Daddy & Superstar came back over from our house and we ate pancakes and bacon. YUM!

Sunny Days

Okay, so here's my cute boy playing outside in the water in the SUNSHINE! Where's this great record-breaking storm? Why do I watch the weather? I was so excited for the rain; storms are my favorite! I am so disappointed. I had great plans for this day. I was going to stay inside and finish Diva's quilt for her birthday tomorrow, and drink hot chocolate and open the window and smell the rain and be all cozy. Now, it's just another day. Except tonight is Diva's slumber party and Luke and I are trading places tonight so I get to chaperone! I'm so excited!!!! I think it will be so much fun! I was kind of surprised that he didn't want to be there, since he and his daughter are so close, but I guess it is a girl thing. So yay for me! Luke is going to come have a guys slumber party with Daddy and Superstar, whatever that means. :) So the poll results are...you like your neck/shoulders rubbed the best! Hands and back tied for 2nd place. I was the only one who voted for head. That's my favorite part of getting my hair cut. The shampoo and head massage. At the Paul Mitchell School where I go in Costa Mesa, they give a really good head massage, it's so awesome! And the winner of the gumball contest is CORY! Final gumball count: 669. Can you believe it? Congratulations and I'll bring your cookies on Sunday!

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

So I thought my little pirate boy who never minds dressing up in his pirate costume would love to pose for a picture today, but the closest I could get was him saying AAAAARRGH in his pirate bath. I found this really cute pirate set at a toy store when I was visiting my sister in San Diego. He loves it. Now it's not a choice between a bath and a shower, it's a pirate bath!

Last night was really fun. We were supposed to go to the dog beach after dinner, but Luke's friend came to dinner too and so the missionaries stopped by and set up an appointment to teach him on Friday. He came to our ward's missionary open house a couple of weeks ago and felt the Spirit, so we were excited to see him again. He's really nice. So I guess missionary work is more important than the dog beach, but you know it's my favorite day of the week, so I couldn't help being a little disappointed. Hey, I'm not that holy yet! So I compromised and took Diva out for a spin and blasted Mika in the big bad truck.

Gumball Contest!

So Daddy's friend from work gave him all these gumballs, like what are we supposed to do with them? It's like a lifetime supply for me since I like my gum in a slightly smaller form. So I'm super excited! I want to have a gumball contest and everyone guess how many gumballs are in this container and whoever is closest gets a batch of their favorite cookies baked by me, dessert lover extraordinaire! Just post a comment with your best guess, and I'll let you know who won next week! Have fun! And BTW, this contest is open to family and friends only. I'm not shipping cookies all over to random people who might stumble upon my beautiful blog. :-)

Morning Walk

This morning we went to walk Baldo the Wonderdog and before I knew it Superstar had taken the leash and put it around his wrist just like he sees me do and was ready to go. He did a great job, and Baldo really respected him and responded to his commands. I was impressed with both of them, and it was so darn cute I took tons of pictures! Doesn't Superstar look so happy!?

I had my camera with me because I
wanted to take a picture of this tree that I'm trying to figure out what it is.

I think it might be a braided ficus, anybody know? I was reading on the internet and it was giving instructions on how to braid the trunk when the branches are young and supple. I think it looks so cool. This one's branches have kind of welded together, I like it when the branches kind of interweave but stay more separate. I want to try it!

Happy Meals

Yesterday we had so many friends come over. So fun! First Superstar's friend came over with Happy Meals which made everyone, well, happy. It's so fun to watch him interact with other kids and the things he says to them. Then Daddy's friend came for dinner. We haven't seen her in a few years. She's quite the world traveler. Anytime she's got a few days off she takes off across the world somewhere. She just got home from Honduras and is thinking about going back next week to dive some more. So spontaneous! If I went to Honduras or anywhere, I'd probably plan it for months! I told her to live it up while she's still single. You go girl! Luke came for dinner too and then he and Daddy went to play racquetball. I got to drive Luke's bad boy truck back to his house. It was so fun! I didn't want to forget how to drive a stick, and since it's been almost 5 years since I became a lazy mama automatic driver, I thought I should brush up on my stick skills. I forgot how much I like it! We were waiting to turn though and Superstar tried to shift which freaked me out, but luckily we were stopped and nothing happened. Plus I'd never driven a 4 wheel drive before so I tried to shift the wrong stick and ended up in neutral for a while. I figured it out, but Daddy and Luke were laughing at me.

Tile that!

So Luke came over today to help us finish up our bathroom tile project. So nice! It's almost done and it's looking so much better. Of course Luke and Diva's bathroom is way nicer but he gutted his totally first, so maybe later on we can do that and start from scratch. I had to take Superstar over to their house for a bath since ours was under construction. I fell in love with the tool belt, I thought it was so cute, and Luke thought I needed my picture taken so here I am. Daddy barbecued and then we had a fire and ate smores. It was a really nice day for me with my family and friends. Thanks for all your help Luke! You're a real buddy!