Making the Most of being Old...

So for my 23rd.. (cough cough) birthday i planned 3 day extravaganza filled with hot air balloon festivals, lake gregory with the family and dinner at disneyland.. but as luck would have it the weather did not approve... plans were changed and i was not a happy girl...

I hypernated most of the weekend staying warm and dry and sulking all the while...

Lucky for me I have a friend whose parents own a cake shop and were going to be making my cake... but since i had no plans they asked if i would wanna come do it myself...

I got to see the tricks I got to play around and make it myself.. the cake was tasty the cake was cute...

and at the end of the day i ate a big huge slice!

Happy Birthday Adriana!

I can't believe my girl is growing up so fast! Yes, today Adriana celebrates her twenty-something birthday....how old you ask? I've been sworn to secrecy. But here is a happy birthday to the best wife and mother we could ever ask for. WE LOVE YOU!

Baseball and the Beach

Angels vs Red Sox...

Aside from the fact that the Angels lost... it was a good game! Picture this... bottom of the ninth, bases are loaded and angels are down by one.. 2 outs and 6 foul balls later Angels lose the game 4-5...

but the weather was great the seats were good and we had a blast...


Victor and Sara sporting their gear....

Lucky for me after the game Jesse was feeling young and spry and took me to Crystal Cove...

We ate at the Beach Comber cafe and I walked on the beach then it was up the stairs to the Shake Shack....
I love this guy

San Diego Yoga Tour

I have been planning my Yoga Tour since last September and waiting for the perfect time to go and try out different studios in San Diego. Finally after months I got to go!
I woke up way to early and drove down for Yoga in the Park.

I had about an hour and a half (my longest break of the day) before my next class so i decided to go for a run around Balboa park

This place is amazing, they have museums galore, a theatre, the botanical gardens an organ pavilion a japanese friendship garden etc...

So i ran back to the car grabbed my camera and enjoyed snapping pictures

I hated to leave but I was there for yoga... I'm sure people think i'm crazy but I love trying new styles of Yoga and learning what I can. I just soak it up. I took a Kundalini Class a Bikram Class (which kicked my butt by the way) and still had another class to go.

So after a nice rest and a hot shower we were ready to paint the town and eat some good food!



We didn't even get lost... well not really and luckily had made reservations before hand!

We went to a restaurant called Portugalia for a Belly Dancing show were the Shimmy sisters were performing... they are pretty amazing and yes that is a real snake!

We "only" had to wait an hour and half for our food but luckily we barely noticed with the show our appetizer and there house bread... Our food was sooo good though it was worth the wait, well except for Beth's her's was weird!

After our meal we got a delicious chocolate cake with a cream filling and a really soft chocolate icing topped with raspberry's!

When we left the restaurant we decided to stop for hot chocolate at Denny's where we sat and talked till 1 when we headed for the yacht.

I had such a fun time with these girls! And finally went to bed around 2 after getting reprimanded my Beth's 14 yr old son! Unfortunately I had to leave by 6 am to get back home in time to teach my yoga class while the girls went to Extraordinary Desserts for breakfast... this place is amazing and i am still extremely jealous!!!

See....



Bet you're jealous now too!

Disneyland

On Caela's bday i got to take just her to Disneyland. We had such a fun time riding the teacups, getting to meet some princesses, eating ice cream, riding the teacups again...

It was by far her most favorite ride... she kept telling me to go faster and faster and i had to close my eyes in order not to puke.

She was a little disappointed the Ariel was nowhere to be found but was happy to meet Cinderella Jasmine and Belle...

She was the happiest little girl after getting her face painted and thought i was a pretty cool mom too!

Happy Late B-day Caela

It's been pretty crazy around here with birthdays and spring break... This was Micaela's Birthday cake... she loved it except she said, " Mom she's supposed to have red hair like ariel!" and i said "Yeah but this mermaid has blonde hair like you" she looked at me and said, "That's yellow-ah." and walked a way... gotta love her attitude..

She was so excited that her best friend Audrey could come over for her party

These were the lips off the mermaid

Best Friends

Seaworld and BBKing

(Brian, Beth, Dane Penguin, Lexi Alina, Micaela, Jesse and Me)

Xmas was hectic, we had a wedding in utah in which it took us 30 hours to get to due to the nasty storm.
Family dinner after family dinner cookie exchanges and shopping galore.
Everyone got what they wanted the kids got more than they needed and we enjoyed every single minute of it.

Before the year was over we had the chance of using our seaworld passes one more time. It was Saturday morning and we got everyone ready, except Christian didn't wanna go he said it was too cold and he would stay with Grandma and Grandpa. I tried everything to get him to come but he didn't want too. He's such silly little old man. Rylee wasn't feeling so good so Grandma said she could stay too.

We had a fun time just with the "twins" though it felt kind of weird with only two kids!

We watched the Dolphins, ate strawberries and creme funnel cake, popcorn and cotton candy, walked around some of the aquariums and finished our trip with the Shamu Holiday Show.


December 29th Jesse and I went to the House of Blues in Downtown Disney to see 83 year old BBKing.

His opening act was Chris Pierce a really good singer whom I had never heard of, but really enjoyed .

Then came BBKing he had so many stories to go along with his songs
It was pretty cool to see this living legend!

It took about an hour after the concert to get our car from Valet, we ran out of gas when we were about two miles from the gas station... didn't get home until close to 2 am. But had a great time all the while!

Happy Holidays

Every year we take our Christmas pictures in front of Jesse's parents fireplace, we either dress up the kids in Sunday Best's
or coordinating outfits... one year we even did matching Old Navy Fleece Sweaters.
This year I told the kids we were taking pictures and to pick out their favorite outfit...

That was a dream come true for these two

Christian had his heart set on Jesse's sweater and Rylee didn't care

Unfortunately for Jesse that rule didn't apply... yes i picked out his outfit cuz if left up to him...
well we just don't wanna go there.

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Southern Belles, Corpses Brides and Pirates Oh My!

Gansta-

Just postin some pics of our fun halloween costumes... Hope you Enjoy

Fairy Princess-

Jack Sparrow-

Corpse Bride-

Southern Belle-

And the invisible man Jesse-

Our Halloween was a week long celebration, including carriage rides, brain digging for swords (don't ask) and our wards Trunk Or Treat. The kids had a blast Jesse got lot's of candy... and I'm fearing dentist visits.

These are busy months for everyone and we look forward to hearing how everyone's holidays are spent. Happy Holiday's

I'm so proud of you mommy!

Christian asked me this year to make a pirate ship and a treasure chest... so i did! When i was finished Christian wrapped his arms around me and said he was so proud of me for making two cakes for him.

I couldnt find his pirate figure so he put a little bond guy instead.... it worked.

I can't believe he's Six..

Happy Birthday Baby I hope all your wishes come true!!!!