Breaking Dawn & the Birthday Party

Breaking Dawn
Well, first things first. On Friday Aug. 1st I went out to dinner with my church friends and fellow Twilight enthusiasts, and then to the Breaking Dawn party at Borders. We had a great time being silly and discussing the ins and outs of Bella, Edward, and Jacob. Of course we ended up buying it at Walmart cause we didn't want to stand in the gianormous line at Borders.

At dinner, which was at a fantastic Italian restaurant ,I tried fried calamari for the first time ever. Now this is huge for me. I don't eat anything that came from an ocean, lake, or stream as a general rule. However I was coerced, and I actually liked it. And I have the pictures to prove it!

Surprise Party!

On Aug. 2nd, I threw Jason a surprise party. It was so much fun for me to do this. I am usually a horrible secret keeper, but I managed keep this one to myself. Jason was totally surprised, and a little confused when he walked in. Thank you to Shawn for keeping him busy for 2 hours while I hurriedly got everything ready. and thank you to Janet and Paul (my brother) for helping me.

Jason was kind enough to humor me and read some of his poetry to us, and his parents were wonderful and brought the karaoke mic for our musical enjoyment. Thanks so much to everyone who came. We had such a great night, and Jason is so honored that everyone came to see him.

NEWPORT BEACH CALIFORNIA IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD EVER!!!

Of course that's just the humble opinion of me and my entire family. We went for our yearly week at the beach and we so did not want to leave. In fact Ivy keeps asking if we can go to back to the beach. She had the best time climbing on the rocks. We could hardly keep her out of the ocean this year. She is now an expert wave jumper, and seagull chaser to boot.

Adelaide was very impressed with the water, the waves, and more importantly the sand. I had a hard time keeping it out of her mouth. I think she ate more than I would like to admit to. She also had her first piece of licorice while we were there. She swiped it from Ivy without me noticing, and by the time I did it was too late.

Emilie built many a sand castle, and sand volcanoes. She brought back a huge bag of shells she found them all herself, and she made friends with a little girl from Florida who's family was staying in the house next door.

We had a wonderful visit with Grandma and Grandpa Sneddon. They spoiled the girls rotten (as usual). They bought us beach bars, and giant donuts, and we had the best time of our lives.

I would like to give a great big thank you to Kimberly and Mason for feeding us lunch, and allowing us to invade their home for a little while. We loved seeing you both and of course your adorable kids. We had a great visit with you guys.

After leaving the beach we drove to Las Vegas for a fast but fun filled visit at my parents house. It was great to see my brothers again, and I even got to bring one home with me. Paul, the baby of the family (27), moved back with us and we couldn't be happier to have him. It is so good to see apart of my family around. The girls just love having him too.

Unfortunately, my father and I did take a quick two-day trip up to Utah for the funeral of my cousin Karen. It was nice to see family that I haven't seen in years, but I'm sorry it had to be that way. Karen was well loved, and will be greatly missed.

And so ends the travel log on this vacation. It was all we hoped it would be and more!

Happy Birthday to my handsome husband Jason, You Rock big guy!

Lenny & Carl...

Introducing our newest additions to the family. Since Jason has so rudely developed allergies to animals with fur, hair, and feathers we are severely limited in pet choices. So in lieu of a dog we now have 2 baby turtles. Since we didn't get four and they are not mutant ninja turtles we went a different route with the naming. They are Lenny and Carl. For those Simpsons buffs out there you will understand the reference. For everyone else I will explain. Lenny and Carl are two of Homer's friends who work with him at the nuclear plant. Lenny is white, Carl is black, and Homer has said many times that he can't tell them apart. That is how we feel about the turtles, we can't tell them apart yet, though there must be definite differences. And so they are Lenny and Carl, and aren't they cute!

this pool "sucks"

I can't believe I have a thumbsucker. I blame it all on Jason. I'm pretty sure its his fault.

Anyway...

My little thumbsucker sure likes her pool. She keeps dipping her thumb in the water and then sticking her thumb back in her mouth. How cute is that. Splashing seems rather exciting too.