Disneyland

For Haley's 4Th Birthday we went to Disneyland for 2 days. It was so fun! And I have to say Haley was perfect. No whining, went on every ride, and was happy to be there. I watched all the other kids crying and throwing fits and I was very grateful. Ben and Haley are clones, NO FEAR! They went on every ride, I sat at the exits when they were too scary or would make me vomit. The only one Haley didn't like was the snow monster on the Matterhorn. Every ride after that she would ask "Are there any white gorillas on this?" Overall a great time!!

Here's Haley and Ben after our first trip down splash mountain, not too wet. The next time Haley was soaked. Her favorite rides were Pirates of the Caribbean(3x) Jungle Cruise(3x) Space Mountain(2x) and Splash Mountain(2x)

The little Mermaid was checking out Haley's Birthday manicure. Haley was in awe of her, she could hardly speak. The mermaid was super cute! I told Ben to wait around the corner!

This is a funny picture of me playing at the pool trying to get some sun!!

Carl's Bad!

We took a little trip down to Carlsbad to visit Dianna, her sister Val and their families. It was really fun. I wish it could have lasted longer. Here's a random, non planned pic of my family gazing out to see holding hands!!

This is how you watch your kids at the beach. 1. Dig hole 2. Place child in hole 3. Dig them up when its time to go. We almost forgot to do # 3!

What a good lookin group of Mama's! Notice Haley heard the word camera and couldn't help sticking her little cranium in the pic. What a HAM!

Reunited!

This Picture brought a tear to my eye(sniff). All these wonderful women have been my bestest friends. Im soooo lucky(sob) to have them and... Holly to steal them from!! Seriously , though I love you guys.

I put this pic up because Haley looks so funny. She likes to roll her ballet tights until they look like biker shorts. Its all the rage now!!

No nose bleeds this time!

Someone Ben's doing a job for gave us these tickets. What a difference good seats make. I actually got into the game because I could see the players. It was fun. I also liked looking for all the famous people in the fancy seat section in front of us. To sit there you had to have had Botox done.

We were so close (this is not zoomed). See that lady down there. That's doctor Quinn medicine women. She stood up like 20 times during the game. Need some attention?( I didn't take this pic because of her, she was just always there)

Camping in Carp!

Haley loves the tide pools! She likes to poke the squishy anenamies(?) and have them spit at her. I told her I'm squishy and I'll spit on her but she said it's not the same.

Ben likes to show off his cooking skills. He'd grilled up some tasty shrimp. I wish he'd show off at home. Nice face too!!

Claires new favorite thing is to dip...her food that is. So she loved the beach, it was one big bowl of dip to her. Everytime she took a bite of chip she had to dip it in the sand first. Yum, fiber!!

Laguna Beach

For our 5th Anniversary we went to Laguna Beach. We've done this almost every year. We had a good time. We played on the beach, shopped, ate at some good resturaunts and swam alot. Our hotel was right on the beach but, we didn't like it very much...dirty! Ben got me a massage where I fell asleep and woke myself up snoring...not too pretty. The kids got to eat junk food so they loved it. All and all a good little vacation. This is our only family pic, it was late and we were learning how to use the timer.

Poor Claire couldn't get a nap, so she slept where ever she could! Including Dad's shoulders. Ben loved it, all the women would say"oh, that is sooo cute". I just held down my lunch.

Haley found a sea slug at the beach. It was pretty gross, it gooed all over her. Haley felt cool because all the kids came to look at what she found. Then these older kids came and took it from her and stole her thunder. So I did what a good Mom should, I threw sand at them!!

We went to the Marine Rescue place and Haley bonded with a baby seal named "Nick", isn't he sweet. I asked if I could leave Haley and take Nick...they said No!

I've Been Tagged!

Tag! You're it!This is just like one of those "get to know your friends better" Tagging means that I do my "top four" in the following categories, and then tag four more people.

Favorite 4 jobs I've held:
1. Special ed Aide
2. Subway Sandwhich Artist
3. GAP girl
4. Banana Republic girl (its all about the discounts)

4 Movies I can watch over and over:
1. Pride and Predjudice(A&E version)
2. The Holiday
3. Pride and Predjudice (new version)
4. Sense and Sensibility

4 Places I have lived:
1. The hills of Granada
2. Fresno, Ca (for like a week)
3. Spanish Fork and Provo, Ut (yuck)
4. Woodland Hills, Ca

4 T.V. shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. Heroes
3. Top Chef
4. Real world/ Road rules Challange (Im sorry)

4 Places Ive been on vacation:
1. Kauai
2. Laguna Beach
3. Carpinteria
4. Utah (what a sad list)

4 Favorite Foods:
1. El pollo Loco salad
2. Fried Zuchini
3. Biscuits & white gravy
4. Fish Tacos

4 Websites I visit:
1. Blogs
2. Wells Fargo
3. Stephanie Meyer ( she writes the books I love)
4. Go city Kids

4 People Im tagging now:
1. Valerie
2. Laura
3. Holly
4. Lisa