...All Because Two People Fell In Love...

Chelsey Turns 11

2011-09-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

On August 9th Chelsey turned 11 years old. We had a party for her at our house the weekend after her birthday. She had a few of her friends come over for cake, ice cream, and etc..

Chelsey's new Hamper to go along with her pretty room!

Chelsey and Morgan goofing around!

My gorgeous little girl!

Chelsey and Karla her best friend!

Ha ha Chelsey's about to get plastered with Silly String.. Thanks Alki!

Her gorgeous cake made by our friend Amailia. If your in the southern California area, she is really good and makes gorgeous cakes, cupcakes, and now cake pops! Cakes by Amailia on Facebook :)

Back to School

2011-09-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone, I've been a little busy with the girls and getting them back into a school routine and such. I know I haven't blogged a whole lot lately. The girls are back in school and doing great so far. Chelsey started Middle school this year and is in 6th grade. She likes it. She has 4 teachers that she moves between for classes and seems to really like all of them. She has already had her first school dance. That was quite the drama week.. But overall doing really great!

Kylee is in 2nd grade with Mrs. Mantz as her teacher this year. She has actually had a rough start to her year. There has been a few changes to her routine that she has had the last couple years. Her older sister is no longer with her at school, and she lost 2 really good friends that moved away. So her little world got a little turned upside down. Also after the first couple weeks she started complaining of not liking school, and not wanting to go anymore. This was strange for Ky. So I kept asking her questions. She finally told me she was sitting between two boys that wanted to copy her work and she wouldn't let them. Then they teased her for not letting them. She had already tried to talk to the teacher herself, but the teacher ignored her request to move. So I went one morning and helped out in the classroom and also addressed the issue to the teacher. She immediately felt bad for not listening to Kylee and moved her to a better spot in the classroom. She kept apologizing for the problem. I think we have solved all the problems so far and she is enjoying school once again.

Isabella started KINDERGARTEN!!! Thats right I am kid free during the day now..ha ha. She has Mrs. Laurino and is in the extended kinder program. This is a class that they are trying for the second year now. It keeps certain kids that are older or have been to preschool for and another 1.5 hrs. She has really enjoyed it so far and is making lots of new friends.

As for me, that left with with a lot of changes myself. My oldest in Middle School, my youngest in Kinder. I am now looking for a part time job and have taken on watching a couple little girls a couple times a week. Here are a couple pics of my girls on the first day of school

Chelsey Starting 6th grade in Arizona Middle school

Kylee my 2nd grader!

Last but not least Isabella my Kindergartner!

Her Kindergarten classroom

Ky in her classroom and at her desk!

Relay for life

2011-08-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago Justin, the girls, and I attended the Relay for life walk. A friend of ours has cancer and we walked in support of Him. Justin and i were very proud of ourselves we walked 2 hours which we figured out to be 7 minutes a quarter of a mile each lap. We estimated it was about 20 laps around. So right around 5 miles altogether. The 2 older girls walked some laps with us as well, as Issy hung back at Camp Sanctified with the other Team members. Were glad we could do this for you Jeff!

Chelsey, Ky and Justin with the Team Flag during one of our laps around.

Team Sanctified camp!

Jeff, his wife Nicole, and Mother in law Tina! Tina and Bob are the founders of Sunset. Their daughter Nicole started the Team in support of her Husband who is fighting Brain Cancer.

Brittany and Donny's wedding

2011-08-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

At the end of July we attended two of our Sunset members wedding. Brittany and Donny aka.. Spears and Timberlake got married in Yucaipa, Ca. We had so much fun at the wedding and wish them the best in life together. We also had 3 of our members in their wedding party Mouse, Los, and Wayne.

This was my favorite picture of the two ;) So in love!

Justin and I ready to attend the wedding

2nd Week in Utah

2011-06-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

We left Julie's house on Saturday the 18th and headed up to Oakley to my brother Kyle's house. We did make a short stop for lunch date with David, Arlene and Lauryn in Herriman. It was so great to see them and we miss them like crazy! Next time will deffinantly have to make more time with them. Their new house is so nice and fits them very well. We had sub sandwiches and topped it off with ice cream :) Then we said our goodbyes and continued on our way. While in Summit county we spent the time with my family. My brother and his family, Kyle, My Mom and Brittany. We swam at the Summit County Rec Center alot and the kids had sleepovers with their cousins. I met Brittany in Orem for her 21st Birthday and ended it with a evening out at the park. Saturday the 25th we headed home, not without stopping in Moroni for a final goodbye to Brittany, and then again in St. George to see my Dad and Elaine. The trip was so much fun, and I really enjoyed the girls most of all getting to know their cousins more. I also helped Kyle fix his Kitchen Faucet that was leaking. Oh boy was that fun playing Tim the Toolman! We got it fixed though. I can say I officially helped install a brand new Kitchen faucet for my brother.

Happy 21st Birthday to the most Amazing Little sister on this planet! I love you Brittany and so glad we got to spend the day together..Just you n me!

The girls learning to make Granny Greats famous fudge with Grandma Beth!

Chelsey and her cousin Maddie working hard!

Logan is such a Ham! I just love this little boy!

My brothers view from his porch! Very pretty!

His Bachelor home :)

Issy doing something like meditating at the pool!

Chelsey about to do a headstand in the water

Chelsey and Issy coming down the slide together

My 3 girls enjoying the South Summit Rec Center

Melissa :) Always smiling

Ky eating some chips!

Issy and Logan playing in the fountain!

Uncle Kyle and Maddie

Mom and Melissa

The McArthur Cousins minus 2. Zak and Kaylee are both missing. But the younger cousins had such a blast together!

My darling Chelsey!

My two brothers and I. Missing Brittany! My mom said "Im always missing a girl, usually its Jennivee".

Uncle Kyle and Chelsey! He loved spending time with his nieces! Kylee sure gave him a run for his money tho!

Crazy time with the Cousins!

The girls last night campin at Uncle Kyle's house! It sure was fun! Thanks Kyle and Mom for taking us in and making our 2nd week great!

As we headed home we had some unfinished business to do..... We were all suppose to get together for Brittany's B-day down in St. George but for some reason God decided it was not such a good time for this, and made sure that not ONE but TWO cars weren't working. So I told my mom I would stop and see Brittany and give her, her cake! We bought a small little cute piece of cake and put candles in it. Then the 3 of us sang to Auntie Brittany for her 21st Birthday! I hope she enjoyed it, I know she wanted more! But alas Happy Birthday to Britt.

We stopped and saw Granny Great and Grandpa Royal as well. The girls miss thier Granny great so much! This was the only Great grandparent they knew from my side.

We ended it with stopping in St. George for a late lunch with my Dad and visit at Elaine's house. She had this wolf statue that the girls couldn't help resist getting a picture with. We had so much and enjoyed every minute of our trip minus the bad luck with the vehicals. Love you all...See ya next time!

Princess Festival

2011-06-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

So apart of our first week in Utah we attended the Princess Festival at Thanksgiving Point. My mother in law Corinne as you all know is an awesome seamstress. Well for the past couple years she has been doing costumes and such for Ron Hadfield and his Princess Festival. She has always wanted the girls to go, and we never got our schedule worked out to go. But this year it just sort of fell together. Ron Hadfield puts this event on as well as others for different charities and such including his own called "In our own quiet way". He helps with the people in Kenya and all sorts of other charities. The kids get to dress up and come to this event and meet all sorts of Princesses, and Princes etc. There are little skits put on telling the different stories of the Princesses. There is places to get their hair, nails, and make-up done...including face painting. As well as crafts to do for chairities. The girls had so much fun and like always their Grandma made their beautiful costumes for the event. If you have a little girl and live in the Utah/SLC county area I suggest you look into it next year.

My 3 little Princesses at the Princess Festival.

The kids watching the Cinderella play. You can see Issy, Ky, Taylor the knight, and Katie watching it.

The little plays were so cute!

Getting autographs by the Princesses and etc.. Here is Issy and her favorite princess Cinderella.

Prince Charming signing Issy's Book!

Tinkerbell signing Issy's book! Another one of her favorites. I'm telling you Issy made sure she got just about everyone to autograph her book!

Playing around as Rapunzel.. Ky

Chelsey

Issy

4 little fairies! Issy, Katie, Chelsey, and Ky

Playing Duck, duck, goose with the Princesses, and Hobbyduke

More Fun!

Issy making a hairbow for little girls for Utah Foster Care Program

Another craft to giving back to the community. The girls and Grandma Corinne making Bookmarks for Utah Foster Care Program

Issy listening to the story of the 12 Dancing Princesses.

She loves Sleeping Beauty!

The other two do as well.

The girls with Princess and the pea!

Little Mermaid and the girls.

The Princesses in their Carriage

Princess Rose

Princess of the Meadows

And of course Princess Cinderella! They had such ablast and loved every minute of it. Thanks so much Grandma Corinne for taking us to it! Also...Thanks for making their gorgeous dresses!

Trip to Utah

2011-06-29T16:14:00.000-07:00

On June 14th the girls and I embarked on our first trip out to Utah without Justin. I will break it down into 3 blogs. The first week, The princess Festival, and the second week! First we stopped in St. George and saw my Dad for lunch. It was the first time in 4 years that I and Issy had seen him. 6 years since the other two had seen him. It was so good to spend a little time with him again. He couldn't get over how different the girls all look and act. Then we continued our drive to Nephi, and met up with Brittany for dinner. As always spending time with my sister is one of the greatest things on earth. I love that girl! We finished it with our final Destination at my friend Julie's home in Saratoga Springs. Her and her lovely family took us in for the week. Thank you so much Jules for allowing us to come and stay with you! We had so much fun! Our kids all got to spend time together and get to know each other. It was awesome! During the week I also took the girls to see their Grandpa Jim, their Grandma Corinne, Aunt Robin/her kids, and Also Ken and Vickie came out to Julie's house for a Bbq. We had lots of fun with everyone.

Chelsey took this pic of Issy crashed out on the car ride out to Utah. I was surprised my girls did such a great job with the long travel, even without movies to watch. Issy stayed awake for most of it, but took a nap towards the end of the ride.

After 4 years of not seeing each other, it was sure great to see my Dad! We had a nice little lunch with him and then stopped and saw him again when we headed home.

The girls with their Grandpa Randy! Issy of course was a little shy, but the other two had no problem at all. They loved talking with their Grandpa and telling him about their life as if they have seen him everyday!

My first Hostess! Julie has been one of my best friends for about 10 years now. It was fun to stay at her house and get to know her 3 kids!

This is Veronica, or Roni for short. She sure is a cutie!

Swimming at Grandpa Jims is always a favorite past time with the girls!

Ok so Ken and Vickie came out to Julie's house for a Bbq. I took this pic to send to Justin because ever since Chelsey was born we have joked that Ken is her father. Just because they have the same red hair and complexion. Its really funny, and will always probably be an inside joke to us. It was good to see them, and also their son Michael who is 16 and huge!! He is about 6'3" or so! A giant next to me.

Spending time with Robin, Grandma Corinne and Robin's Kids. Little Katie and I at Texas Roadhouse about to eat some delicious dinner after a full day of Bowling, painting nails, and playing with cousins.

Issy was trying so hard to bowl and knock down the pins. But I think she is like me...Bowling doesn't agree with her... ha ha

Katie trying to hide or play peek a boo with me..

Kylee getting ready to bowl, after the first couple times she stopped using the ramp.

Chelsey throwing her ball down the lane.....

We celebrated Taylors 7th b-day at Texas Roadhouse. They put him on this saddle chair and we sang to him.

All us girls at Julie's house before we head out for our next destination. Aaron and Ammon was at a father & sons campout. Thanks so much Julie again for hosting us :)

Camping out in the Backyard Fun!

2011-06-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Justin and I put up our tent in the backyard for a trial run since we had bought a new tent. On Saturday night the girls and I decided to have a camp out. Justin went out with friends to a cruise night. We had so much fun, the neighbors next door were having a graduation party and they had a Dj going. So we had music, ate impromptu smores, danced around the tent and took silly pics. The girls and I bothed loved it and slept great in then tent.

Last Day of School

2011-06-03T08:03:00.000-07:00

Chelsey and Kylee's last day of school was last Friday May 27th. I was able to help out in Chelsey's classroom for their end of year party. I made 45 cupcakes for it. The kids had so much fun, and took pictures with some of their closest friends. Now i have them home for the summer...oh what will i do..ha ha!

Kylee and Gabriel, they have been a little item since Kindergarten and his mom just informed me that they were moving this summer :( We will deffinantly miss our little Gabriel stories!

Ms. Roach telling the class how lucky she was to have them as her 5th grade class this year and how their game of Mine field cordinates with their year of 5th grade.

Playing Mind Field. Getting from one side to the other by a certain path, and figuring out what that path is by the help of your friends

Chelsey with some friends, Lucy, Victoria, and Carmen

Chelsey with Victoria

Chelsey with Lucy

Enjoying the class party with Issy

Goofing around....

Lucy with Class mascot Nitni

Victoria, Joley, Chelsey, Carmen, and Lucy

Chels and Victoria

Ky and Syriah!

Last Awards Assembly

2011-05-25T08:20:00.001-07:00

On Monday the girls had their last Awards assembly of the year. Kylee had been chosen as Student of the Month. I was so proud of her she started this school year with Student of the month and ended with it! She has really become a great student and her teacher will surely miss her next year. She also had Perfect Attendance all school year and was given a trophy for that as well. I was also surprised to find out that Chelsey was given an award too. Her teacher gave her an award for succeeding out of the Read 180 group program. Which now means she is reading at her grade level now and no longer having issues anymore. I have been so lucky to have Ms. Roach for Chelsey's 5th grade teacher. She has made such an improvement this year and is truely ready for 6th grade.

Kylee receiving her award for Student of the Month.

Kylee and her classmate Gilbert who was Citizen of the Month.

Kylee and Her friend Savannah. Savannah was awarded Citizen of the month for her class as well.

Chelsey receiving her award.

She was super happy, and as you can tell she is looking older. I've caught myself starring at my gorgeous little girl and realizing she is no longer little anymore but growing into a Young woman. I'm realizing that she is done with Elementary and moving on to bigger things. It just seems crazy to think I have a middle schooler now.

Ky with her Perfect Attendance trophy. Chelsey was sad... she missed two days from being sick. She so wanted to have a Perfect Attendance Trophy. Maybe they will do something in Middle School for it.

Im so proud of my girls! They really are great students and awesome Girls that make my life complete!

Mothers Day

2011-05-08T20:32:00.001-07:00

I had a great Mothers day this weekend. It started off by going to the Drive-In last night with the family. Our Drive-In gives you a Double feature. So we ended up seeing Fast 5 and also Rio for the girls. Both movies were awesome! The girls had a blast as well. We took popcorn, licorce and drinks. Fun fun!

Then today I woke up to breakfast being made for me. Ky also made me a card from school. Then I got a new coffee traveler mug as well. To top it off they blind folded me and took me on a ride. We ended up going to a frozen yogurt place. It was so good!! I took a nap when we got home, and to finish it we had Sanpete Style BBQ turkey, corn on the cob, and a nice dessert :) My girls make me so happy, and give me such blessings in life! My husband also loves me so much and takes such good care of me. I love my Girls and Hubby! I also got pretty Flowers!

Sitting in the back of the van at the Drive-In

Easy snacking on popcorn

The girls all ready for the movies to begin

Ky getting settled

My adorable little princess!

Chelsey was taking a pic of her and Ky sitting in their chairs

Being Blind Folded on our way to get surprise Frozen Yogurt!

Bday Party Weekend

2011-05-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

On Friday we ended up taking the girls to Tatiana's Birthday party. She is Daves daughter, that Justin used to work with. She was so happy to see the girls and spend time with them again. The girls had a blast at the park. Then on Saturday went to another friends birthday party...

Celeste is Ky's best friend from school, but its a hispanic family and they tend to invite the whole family over to party as well. They had a huge jumper, and some good food! The girls had so much fun!

Ha ha.. For the big Pinata the dad hung up a handle from the roof so that it would be easier to hang the Pinata from.

Here is Ky passing by, and if you look there is feet coming up from the slide, that is Issy..lol

Look how much fun she is having!

There she goes diving through the obstacle course at the end.

Here comes Chelsey...

The life size Minnie Mouse Pinata!

KinderCamp

2011-05-08T20:21:00.001-07:00

Issy went to KinderCamp on Tuesday. She learned what Kindergarten is going to be like. They sang songs, colored pictures, played on the playground. She had alot of fun. While I sat in the other room listening to what the parents needed to know. She is extremely excited to go to Kindergarten this fall.

HMMM....

2011-05-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

So on Monday I went to the hospital to get the final bill and also get paperwork on a charity program to help us out. Knowing I didn't have insurance when this happened I expected a rather larger bill. However when told it was 100,802.00, that blew me away. I about threw up on the lady. It made me sick to my stomach just thinking about it. So I told her I would be making a payment on Thursday and got the rest of the paperwork I needed. So skip to today.... I go in there and tell her I have a payment for her. Then she processes everything and says would you like to see your balance now? I was like yeah, and I need the receipt anyways. I knew that my payment wasn't going to make a dent into that large one..but whatever! So she gives me the bill and after my payment and also uninsured discounts, and such.. it was dropped down to 28,472. I was like...WoW! That is a huge differance and a big relief on my end. Plus the paperwork still has not gone through for the Charity program.

My question is this... Why give you that HUGE amount when they know that the hospital is going to take most of that cost away. Because obviously they know you aren't going to be able to pay it. Do they like to see you sick? Do they like to see you in more emotional pain? I have no idea, but its another reason why I hate the medical field!

Chelsey goes to Science Camp

2011-05-03T20:33:00.001-07:00

So this morning at 7:15 we took Chelsey down to the school so that she could get ready to head out to Science Camp at Thousand Pines in Crestline, Ca. They will be there until Friday morning. They willl learn all sorts of stuff about Science, the outdoors and more. She is super excited to get this chance to go. Thank you for the ones that contributed to her Camp fund so that she could go. I promise she will have so much fun and make it worth your donation. Until then.. I get to miss my little girl for a few days. She also has cameras to take pics with to share after. I'm sorry about the bad pics today. I took them with my phone and the lighting sucked!

This is what Chelsey looks like at 7 in the morning when she is stoked and ready for Camp!

Chelsey and her best friend Karla!! They are both awake and ready to roll!!

The sisters saying goodbye to Chelsey. They will miss her not being at the house.

Chelsey hugging her friend Naomi! Telling her they are going to have a blast! Naomi is from Vietnamn and is learning to live in America.

Chelsey, Naomi, Victoria, and Daniela. The four musketeers ready for a week of camping!

Chelsey with two of her close friends Daniela, and Victoria. They are checking out Chelsey's cool flashlight with awesome jelly handle. The things that amaze kids!

This was the truck they had take all the luggage on stuff up to the camp. I thought it was a little big for 50 students small suitcases. But we also joked saying they were going to stuff the students in there as well..ha ha. Of course they didn't. The bus pulled up right after.

Chelsey boarding the bus to go!

On the bus, sitting with Victoria and ready to head out to Science Camp. She was all excited and obviously you can see by her smile! Bye Chelsey, Have Fun!!

Amazed

2011-05-02T19:36:00.000-07:00

During this hard time, another thing captured my attention that I thought I would write about. When your going through something like this, you really see what friends and family are really there for you. Family is always a big support. I can't express the love, thoughtfullness, and prayers that were sent from our amazing family. Both sides really showed they cared, even if they could not be here. I will be forever thankful that I have the family I do.

But the thing that really triggered these thoughts were the friend support. People stepped up that I didn't expect, and really helped out. Also sent their love and thoughts throughout the process. Then there was some that I thought were good friends and would be there for my family, that I barely heard anything from. It hurt me to realize that they may not be as close or good of friends as I thought. You learn alot about yourself, and others when dealing with something so emotional and stressful as this.

Priceless Lesson!

2011-05-01T15:47:00.000-07:00

We have had a week from Hell here! On Easter sunday were enjoying our day with the girls and a couple friends. Justin started having pains in his back that was killing him. Then it proceeded to affect his stomach. We thought he was dealing with the stomach flu. It took him out for a couple days and by Wed we decided it was no longer the stomach flu, but something else. It was a pain on his upper right stomach penetrating to his back. We went to the ER, and after a long time in there spoke with a surgeon who suggested Justin stay and have surgery in the morning to remove his Gallbladder. Bad thing was our insurance didn't kick in until the 1st of May. I tried talking to the Dr about the possiblity of him waiting until then, but the Dr acted like he needed to do it now. So Thursday morning I sent my Husband off to what was suppose to be routine laperscopic surgery to remove his GallBladder. It was only suppose to last an hour and a half. He went in at 9:45am, and by 12:30 I began to panic. I had not heard one thing from anyone. Finally after 1pm I told he was out in recovery. Somehow I missed the Dr and did not find out the details of the surgery. This sent me into a panic. One I didn't know what he went through, two the financial department started contacting me telling me where we sat on the bills, and three my girls were worried and could not see their dad. I also had planned a trip to Utah to see my baby sister graduate college. I was suppose to leave friday morning for that. As I sat there having a million different things go through my mind, it became overwhelming and I broke down. I felt bad for a mom at the school who had to come across me at the wrong time, and listen to my sobs. I also freaked my mom out when I called her and wouldn't stop crying. She had invisioned the worst. After going back to the Hospital I saw Justin, made the desicion to not go to Utah. Found out he went through the Evasive surgery, where they had to cut him open. From there it was a process to take one thing at a time. By Saturday they released him to go home, everything is looking really good and now just recovering. But we did find out finally from the Dr how bad it was. They tried the laperscopic way, but found out they couldn't do it. So they cut him open and delt with a very bad, inflamed gallbladder. The Dr basically said, It had been bad for a long time and he doesn't know how Justin didn't feel it. He also said, he didn't know how long Justin would of held on either. The Gallbladder was close to bursting and causing SERIOUS problems. I look back at all the anxiety and stress, especially with the money and realize you can't put a pricetag on someone's life especially one you love so much. I've went through so many emotions this past week, but the one that is the strongest is how much I truly am blessed to still have my Husband by my side.

Mass Update!!!

2011-05-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

So everything has been super busy and crazy around here. I will do a small catch up and hopefully stay on top of my blog alot better!!! Ok So for the month of March- Justin started working at the new company last part of feburary. We made the desicion to buy our second vehical. Which I now am the proud owner of a 2006 Chrylser Town N Country Mini Van. I love it so much! It has everything I wanted, except its white..lol. Not much of a white vehical person..but oh well. We also want to add in a tv and dvd system for the girls. Justin also came out of the stone age and got a cell phone! Thought I would never see that day..lol! But he dropped head first into it and bought an Android as well..ha ha. Both of these new things came in handy when we had the unfortunate event of finding out that Justin's Grandma Barb was out here in California for a seminar and fell. She broke her femar and had to have it fixed. She was out in Santa Monica. Us being the only family close by came to the rescue and spent the next couple of weekends out there with her. Which under the bad circumstances was great cause we got to see her and spend time with her. As well as Grandpa Ron and Auntie K. From there we have done a couple car shows, busy with friends, and Justin celebrated his 31st birthday. His mom and sister came out for it and we partied it up with friends and family again. His sister would like to make this an annual thing. I loved spending time with them. As for April, we found out again we lost someone close to us. My father in laws, wives, dad passed away..which he has become like a grandparent to our girls. He was a sweet and loving man and always had a smile on his face. He will be missed! To top it off..we have Issy registered for Kindergarten the next year and transitioning Chelsey into Middle school. I have been taking workshops that prepare the parents for what they are about to take on... whew not sure I am ready for all this. But here we go.... Now onto Easter and more busy weekends! Oh and one last thing... I almost forgot.. Steel Tech a couple weeks ago came to Justin and offered his job back to him. After careful consideration of everything he has decided to go back to where he feels at home. He has been back there for almost 2 weeks now, and loves it! SO yep.....the last 2 months in a nutshell

DISNEYLAND- Need I say More?!

2011-02-23T20:24:00.000-08:00

Here it starts!!! The best day ever!

A drink to my dad! To celebrate his freedom and to also the many memories as a child at D-Land and his favorite drink here. The Mint Julipe

HA HA HA... Ok this was the first stop in the morning The two girls and me inside a gift shop waiting for CIndy to get Justin, Angie, and Issy in. I had to get a pic! My crazy Mad Hatters!

About to go on the Nemo Submarine!

Here is Issy and Me! Issy is trying to find Chelsey!

Ky enjoying being the driver in Autopia!

Chelsey got her OWN car! She loved it!

About to go in Its A Small World!

Ok so this pic was priceless... I caught Issy in perfect form of amazement in Its a Small World! She LOVED it!!!

Chelsey got to see her favorite! Ariel! Ariel said that Chelsey had great hair.. :)

Awe...Jasmine!!! One of my favorite movies!

The girls and Snow White

We had this thing a spinnninnnngggg!!!

Ang and Issy on the Tea Cups.

So I watched the others ride Dumbo while I took a breather after the Tea Cups. I could manage to get pics of Justin and Ky, and then Angie and Issy. But Chelsey was just too fast!

Angie and Issy on Dumbo

Even Justin got on a horsey...ha ha

So CUTE!

Issy's first priority was to see the Castle, but then she saw the Carousel, and that became the top priority!

Ky loved the carousel ride

The girls trying to be tough enough to pull the sword out of the stone.

Our family in the Happiest Place on Earth!

Just about to go into the Toy STory Mania ride. Issy likes to show her peace sign lately!

Aren't we so Fly?

Awe Justin with his Ladybug!

So this is Toy STory Mania inside CA Adventure. Justin did the structural drafting on the job, so there for had to make sure we enjoyed this ride. The building he detailed wraps inbetween the structural beams of the Big White rollercoaster. He said it was a little tricky! But definantly a great ride, and you get to play games while on it. This is Chelsey and me shooting our target guns.

Justin and I about to enjoy the show World of Color!

We put Issy up on our shoulders so she could also enjoy the World of Color show. Justin had her first, then after awhile she got a bit heavy...ha ha. So I took her for the last 10 mins. It is a neat show of colorful fountains, and picture images displayed in the water. Loved it!

Ok so after Issy broke her arm and everything at the end of Nov, a couple that we met on our cruise last May got ahold of us and gave us a little gift. Ok...A big gift! They both work at D-Land and Cindy said to me I have followed your fb page and notice just how good of a mom you are to your girls. Also how Justin is an amazing dad too. She said I can see that Your kids are your life. So I want to give you a little something. She then told me in 2011 I could select a day and take my family to D-land for Free! I had up to 6 tickets to use. So we waited till Christmas and then told the girls. We also decided to take the oppurtunity of the 6th ticket and say THANK YOU to a very much deserved friend... Angie! Angie is always there to watch the girls when we need her. For weekends and etc. She is so awesome and so great! I love her. She truly has become an Aunt to the girls, and sister to me. She was so excited to go as well. So a couple days before Ky's 7th b-day we took the girls and Angie to D-Land. We had a BLAST! We spent most of the day in D-land and then a little time in California Adventure. The girls were old enough to go on basically every ride, with the exception of a couple for Issy. It was just fun, relaxing, and great! The only thing is we made sure not to spend alot of time in big lines. Which was mainly for the Characters. The girls were too excited to ride. So Not alot of characters..but still alot of great memories. Thank you so much to Brian and Cindy for making it possible!

GOOD NEWS

2011-02-23T09:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Justin went to his first interview to a place in Fontana called R N D and they gave him a job!! 4 weeks later and he is back in the game. I am so excited and happy for him. He won't be making quite as much, but it will be alot better than unemployment thats for sure. I wanted to thank you all for the support, prayers, well wishes, and just for being there. For helping us through what was such a hard and stressful time. He is already off and doing his thing at his new job this morning. Back to the daily grind for me and Issy :)

A feeling of Uncertainty

2011-01-26T16:05:00.000-08:00

Last Friday justin was laid off from his job of 5.5 years. He had been feeling like something wasn't quite right. He was worried, and I kept trying to pull his spirits up and not let things get the best of him. Well he left for work, and just like what he had thought, his boss called him in to his office. There stood the V.P. and his supervisor. They both said the day would be hard and Justin agreed with them. They proceeded to tell him that they have tried everything to keep him. But the company is not doing so well. They finally had to let him go. So now here we are, in a world of unemployment. We both have been looking very hard for a job. But nothing yet. I am trying to do everything I can to help keep Justin's spirits up. I feel so bad and we both feel so useless at this point. His number one thing is being able to provide for his family, so right now he is fighting to not be depressed about it. I sit and wonder, where is this going to take us? Are we going to be able to stay here? Will we have to move, and if so where? Will this ultimately take us back to Utah? I've had nightmares of having to say goodbye to the family we have formed here. We have so many great friends, that it would deffinantly be very hard to do. But at the same time if it did take us back to Utah my kids might actually be able to grow up with their relatives around them. My other concerns are what happens if we don't find something soon? What will we do?

The uncertainty is what is killing Justin and I.

New Year, New Start

2011-01-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

Well I'm absolutely geared this year to live my life alot more healthier. I know everyone says it. But I've been working really hard since August of last year. Although due to all the rain and cold weather my walking in the mornings stopped. But I pulled out my Biggest Loser dvd's and I'm continuing on until it gets warmer. I am also looking for something fun that I can pull up maybe online for Chelsey and I to do together. Something that isn't too hard for her, but still excersize. If anyone has any suggestions, please leave a comment for me. Thank you :)

New Years 2011

2011-01-06T20:40:00.000-08:00

This New Years Eve we had small group of friends come over. Its what we call "Our Group". Of course we were missing the Potts Family who is normally included in that group. We had a great time, we all contributed to some yummy food. Mostly we just enjoyed each others company and brang in the New Year together. It was so much fun. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have this group of friends out here in California. They have become our little California family. Here is to a Happy and Exciting 2011!

Here is to another year with the man of my life. 11 years and even more in love than the first year.

My girls..ha ha even Tink decided to join in the picture. This was not planned. Look at thier cute new years outfits.

Gorgeous!

Chelsey all excited for a brand new year

Issy loving her noise maker...Thanks Ang!

Best Friends- If it wasn't for meeting Ang we wouldn't have met Kris and Aj and then Alki. Kris and Alki have known each other since high school. Its crazy how we have all met each other and added certain people to the group and we all click so well! Many fun times with these 3!

Our Group!

Justin and Alki laughin about something. Probably something Kris said..ha ha

Kris and Aj

Alki!

Mike is the newsest member to the group. Angie found herself an awesome guy.

Ha ha.. Kris! Always knows how to make you smile!

The girls!

Toasting in 2011! Chelsey is literally taking this picture when the ball dropped and it turned midnight. We were wondering if she would make it in time..lol

To a Happy New Year!

Christmas Morning

2011-01-06T20:01:00.000-08:00

This Christmas I actually had to wake up my girls..ha ha. The plan was to go out by 7am. So I set my alarm thinking I won't need it but oh well. Yeah I was more awake and stir crazy than my girls. I woke up Justin... which did not make him happy. His reply " Are you seriously waking me up before the girls have even woken up?!"
Yep of course I did...ha ha. We got everything ready and proceeded out to the Living room. The girls enjoyed their Christmas. They got alot of great gifts, and thank you so much to those who sent something out to them. They loved all their gifts!!! Then while the girls played I cooked a family breakfast favorite called Ableskiver (doesn't sound like it is spelled) Its a danish dish that my grandma passed on to us. Basically they are like small pancake balls. Tastes just a little different though. You can also make them as a dessert. After that we got ready and went to our friends home for a Christmas Dinner. It was such a great day and I love Christmas so much! I'm so thankful that we are able to celebrate it with our family and friends.

Chelsey's big gift from Santa was a flat iron, and Blow dryer. She is growing up and now starting her own bathroom collection. She also got headphones, jewelry, shoes, clothes, toys and etc.. She loved her christmas

Issy had a Barbie Christmas. Santa brought her a Barbie car and also Ky and her got an assortment of Barbie furniture for their Barbie House. She also got lots of great things. The biggest thing is 2 days after she got her cast removed and finally able to wear all these cute clothes that everyone has given her... That makes for a Happy Mom!

Sneaking into her sock

Not sure why Ky is giving loves... but I thought it was cute! Ky received the Barbie furniture as well as an Art Eisel from Santa. She also got lots of gifts from Barbies, toys, clothes, and much more.

So I found this shirt and thought of Ky! As many of you know she can win a guys heart over very fast. Between her cute little face and awesome personality... She does have a little boy at school that she likes. So I thought..it fits. It says recess Flirt : Meet me by the swings when the bell rings.

Ky opening up her earrings from Mom and Dad.

A tangled shirt that Issy got from Aunt Britty

So the girls love Tinkerbell, and they each have their fairy that they think is them. Well last year Ky and Issy bought their Fairies with some christmas money. Issy is Tink, Ky is Silver mist and Chelsey is Rosetta. But we couldn't find a Rosetta for her.. Well Aunt Julie found her one this year :) She loved it and now they all have their fairies!

Aunt Julie also sent the girls a princess Barbie! They loved them.

I want to say that without so many of my family and friends Christmas wouldn't have been as great this year. Justin took a pay cut at Thanksgiving and made it very difficult for us in the month of December. But through out many people were very generous and reached their hands out to help. I know Christmas is not about how many presents is under the tree, but what really spoke is how people really cared to make this a good christmas for the girls. With that being said we had 2 bigger items that were given. After Issy broke her arm, a friend that we gained while on our cruise text me out of the blue and asked about how we were doing and how issy was. I replied and she said she had been seeing all the posts on facebook and wondered. Then she said I have noticed how much you love your girls, and what you are willing to do for them. You guys are great parents and Brian(her boyfriend) and I would like to give something back to you. They work at Disneyland and said that sometime in 2011 they will get us in for free. I about cried, actually I did..ha ha. That was so thoughtful and made my day. We told the girls on Christmas about it and they loved it! Thank you Brian and Cindy!

#2 Grandpa Jim and Teresa let us know that they were sending out a gift card to Toys r us for the girls. It was a good size amount. So Justin got to thinking, that he had some christmas money and with the card, and the girls christmas money from their great grandpa they could pull altogether and get a Wii. The girls were estatic! We love the Wii! I just to finish off again by saying how Thankful I am to have the people in my life that I do. My family is extremely blessed to have each and every one of you! Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

2011-01-06T19:30:00.000-08:00

On Christmas Eve, our friend Brandon from the car club started out the festivities by stopping by and having the girls open presents from him. They loved their gifts :) Then we continued the night with a great dinner. Limpy's mom gave us a Turkey. So we had a scrumpticous meal. Finally of course the girls opened their christmas eve gift. Which was their traditional christmas p.j.'s and got the cookies and milk ready for Santa. It was a nice relaxing day at home and prepared us for Santathe next day. The girls tracked Santa online up until they went to bed.

Ky and Issy with their =SunSet= jackets. Ky wouldn't take hers off... notice she has it on with her p.j.'s a few pics down...ha ha

=SunSet= Chelsey wanted her own jacket for so long. Now she has one, thanks to Brandon aka Green-Go

YUMMY!!!

What does Ky have??

Issy opening hers...

Chelsey opening her Christmas Eve gift

The girls in their P.j.'s in front of the tree

Cookies and Egg Nogg for Santa...

Christmas Choir Concert

2011-01-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

At home before her preformance!

At the concert.

On December 15th, Chelsey preformed with her school choir for their christmas concert. She looked so gorgeous that night and has deffinantly gotten better than last year. She really tried this year. It was cute and fun to watch. This year instead of doing the Elfinator they did the Grinch. SO CUTE! The librian dressed up as the grinch and Mrs. Herrera and her went through a skit of it.

A Good Cause

2010-12-17T19:56:00.000-08:00

On Dec 4th we went to a charity show called winter wishes. Its for a place called Hillview Acres in Chino, Ca. Its a home for abused children that have been taken from their families. Our founder Bob has been working with this Home for at least 20 years. They are a small organization and don't get alot of attention. Infact if you were to drive down the street where they are, you would not know thats what it is. So really only people who know about it donate to the place. Our chapter alone donated $250 in everyday household needs. I was so happy to be able to help these kids out. The girls enjoyed it to. All 3 picked out several things from their closest that they don't wear or is too small and donated to the house. I'm very thankful for what I have and that I can help out those less fortunate. But also to show my kids what its like to help as well. I'm very proud of what we could do for them. Here is some pics of us that were able to come.

This is just some of our members. A good amount is from our Chapter but we have a few from other chapters with us as well.

Santa and the SunSet kids! "Tomorrows Minitruckers" HA ha

Everything that was donated to Hill View Acres!

Isabella is 5!

2010-12-17T19:42:00.001-08:00

On December 13th, 2005 I went into the hospital to give birth to my 3rd and final little girl! Isabella MaDonna was born that morning. I love my little girl so much! She will always and forever be my baby! She has the prettiest hair, and biggest blue eyes! She has made our family complete! Now 5 years later... I can't believe by next August I will be enrolling her into school and starting on that final journey.

We celebrated her birthday by getting her ears pierced..which she finally requested. Then had a meal of her choice and to top it off enjoyed Cake! I Love my baby girl and so glad she is apart of my life. I don't know what we would do if we didn't have her. She brings so much personality and love to our family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY GIRL!

Issy enjoying cake Birthday cake!

Putting the marks on her ears for her holes

A look of worry!!!

Yeah She was MAD!! She told me that for her next birthday she does not want her ears pierced again...ha ha. I said you don't have to

Issy with her new ears! She has Hello Kitty earrings!

2010-12-17T19:22:00.000-08:00

Saturday we celebrated Issy's 5th b-day! We had a small party here at the house. Issy requested home made pizza from her daddy. She went with a tinkerbell theme. We didn't have alot of people. Some were out of town and others sick. But we made due with what we had there. She got alot of great gifts from friends and family! We weren't able to do a pinata or a jumper due to her arm. But we had fun signing her cast! Thank you guys so much for celebrating with us. Issy had a great bday party!!!

Issy topping her cake with Tinkerbell! I made a Big Cupcake and then decorated it to look somewhat like a mushroom. Then added Tinkerbell and the faires to top it off!

Since we couldn't do anything else because of her broken arm, we made sure everyone signed her cast! Here is Brandon signing it

Ha ha..Look at the smile face Alki put on her cast. Right at the elbow too!

Melissa siging her cast as well.

Miss Amy signing away!

Check out Issy's cake! Its fairyland!

Issy blowing out her candles!

Opening presents!

One of my favorite people of all time! Miss Amy!

Melissa and me. Melissa is apart of the car scene, but we have become pretty good friends.

Chelsey leaning on one of her favorite =SunSet= boys! Brandon has become like an Uncle to the girls and loves them so much.

Awe..Its Alki! One of the many adopted uncles to the girls.

Brandon saying goodbye to Issy.

Miss Amy and Justin

Always hiding from the camera....

CAST TIME

2010-12-16T14:34:00.001-08:00

On December 7th Issy went in and saw her Dr for her arm. They decided that they would remove the splint and cast it for the next 3 weeks. Then everything can be removed on Dec. 27th! So here is our little process of Issy picking out her pink cast!

Issy's Pins that are in her arm!

Putting the arm sleeve on before the cast.

Rolling the cast on around her arm. It was cool to watch him do it. He thought I was hilarious for taking pics though

Voila!

Of course already signing the heck out of it!

Decorating for Christmas

2010-12-05T20:34:00.001-08:00

Grandma Corinne helped us decorate for Christmas. It was so much fun as usual.

The girls and Her helped put up the angel for this christmas

Funny Issy!

Putting the presents under the tree!

Isabella's Tragedy

2010-12-05T19:58:00.000-08:00

So the Saturday after Thanksgiving just turned out to be the worst day! First of all we start off by sending Corinne home, only to get her back within 5 minutes. Her car broke down and Justin and Limpy had to go save her. They found out that she had a timing belt and motor mount that had to be fixed. Soo... She came back to the house. The girls were excited because they got an extra day with Grandma. UNtil... They girls had ate lunch, enjoyed a tea party with Grandma, and went on about playing. I sat down to eat when Issy started screaming. She ran into the kitchen and said her arm was hurting. I noticed her elbow was not right. It looked like it had been dislocated. So I have Justin take us to Urgent care. Where we find out after a couple hours and xrays later that Issy broke her elbow and a small fracture in her collar bone. They proceeded to tell us that we would have to take her in for surgery. But since she had just ate they made her wait 8 hours. So we got admitted and a room in the hospital. I stayed with Issy while justin ran home for a little bit. The girls, Corinne and Limpy came to visit Issy before her surgery. At 8 they took her down and started prepping her for surgery. Finally they got her in and we were sent to the waiting room. The Dr told us that it could take up to 5 hrs and didn't know. So we sat and waited. But after only 40 minutes he came out and said the surgery was great and she was back in the pre-op area. Needless to say I slept with Issy that night at the hospital and then the next day Justin came and got us. She is such a trooper. It took her about 4 days to get off the pain meds but she is doing great and going back in for an appointment Tuesday. Love you Issy...you need to be more careful! Oh what ended up happening was she had climbed on Justin's office chair and was standing on it. When it turned and she fell off and broke her elbow. She won't get back on that chair again..ha ha!

After finding out she had a broken elbow and slight fracture in Collar bone. She was smiling tho every time I took picture. In fact Justin took her in to the xray room. She was nervous so he explained to her that all they were going to do was take pictures of her bones. She what does she do when the nurse said..ok ready? Yeah she smiles and poses! The nurse was like..umm did she just do that, and Justin was like..ha ha Yep thats my girl!

Issy got her hospital p.j.'s and weighed in. I thought she looked so cute!

Just got put her her bed for the next 24 hrs.

She was being so silly! Making faces and all. Pain meds of course!

Ha ha ha... On pain meds and feeling GREAT!

Where is Issy under all that stuff?! They had 2 pillows for her arm to be propped and then a warm blanket, plus the wash cloth on top. I thought we lost her for a minute under all that.

She had run a slight fever so they were trying to reduce it down

About to go in for surgery. She looks so worried and kept telling us to stay with her. My poor girl!

After she was out of surgery, still sleepy from the anesthesia. It was hard to see her this way! My poor baby

Issy is back home after being in the hospital for 24 hrs. She is a trooper and doing great! She had two pins placed in her arm that will be removed after 4 weeks.

Family Time

2010-12-05T19:49:00.000-08:00

Out at Citrus City Grill in Dos Lagos area!

My precious Girls!

This is a bridge that goes over a man made lake. Its very different but cool! Justin's work actually bided for this project but didn't get it. LOTS OF STEEL

The Huge Tree!

Our family for Thanksgiving 2010

&heart; ALL BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE FELL IN LOVE ♥

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-12-05T19:34:00.000-08:00

This Year for Thanksgiving we had some of Justin's family come and visit us. His Mom arrived Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and his Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Steve arrived Wednesday before T-day. It was so great to have them out here for it. The girls loved every minute of it as well. Wednesday after Auntie and Uncle arrived we went out to dinner and enjoyed this place called The Citrus City Grill. YUM!! It was fantastic food. Thanks Auntie and Uncle for treating us. Then of course on T-day they all were at the house. The food turned out amazing. We had usual Turkey, gravy, potatoes, Yams, Green Beans, and rolls. Then for dessert we ha a selection of 4 pies..ha ha. Pumpkin Pie of course, Choc pie, choc peanut butter pie, and Angie stopped by and dropped off a Pecan pie. They were all Yummy! After dinner we went on a family walk. I showed them most of my route that I take. I did shorten it up a bit for Issy of course. Then in the evening we enjoyed watching the girls sing and dance for us. It was so much fun to spend time with them all. All the laughs and smiles that were shared that weekend were great!

I want to take this time to say what I am Thankful for. 6 years ago Justin and I moved our family out here not knowing what was going to happen and not having anyone to turn to. Within that six years we have met some of the most awesome friends in my life! We found a second family with SunSet Minitruck Club, and last but not least we have made California our home. I can't imagine living anywhere else right now. I am so thankful that we have had this experiance, and met these great people. From my SunSet family, to the different people I have met in the minitruck scene, and to our friends Angie & Mike, Amy & Kevin/kids, Kris & AJ/kids, Alki, Miki &Victor/kids, and my neighbor Leah. Love every one of you and the difference you have made in our life! Then of course to My family and friends back in Utah! I love my family and wish I could see them more. I miss all of you so much! And Yes Julie you are included in my family in Utah..ha ha. Love you guys more than you know and thankful for every one of you! Happy Thanksgiving!

Grandma comes to visit

2010-12-05T19:03:00.001-08:00

Grandma Corinne came out to visit us for Thanksgiving. We were so excite to see her again. The girls had a blast while she was out. They played Croquet, had tea parties, went on walks, played board games, made clothes for Chelsey's doll and so much more. This is just some of the activites the girls enjoyed with their Grandma.

Here is Chelsey and Kylee playing Croquet. Kylee ended up winning the game. She was pretty good at it. Issy came in 2nd, Chelsey 3rd and Grandma in last. Grandma needs to get some practice in..ha ha

Here is Grandma Corinne playing crouet with the girls. Look at her... so serious.

Come on Chelsey...knock it in there!

Gorgeous little Issy was a rock star with her croquet moves

After a long day of playing I think Ky got a little tired!

Since its so close to Issy's 5th bday we allowed her to open her birthday gift from Grandma Corinne while she was out here.

What is inside??

CLOTHES!!! Then we had CHelsey help her and model all her stuff!

GORGEOUS!!!! Issy loves her clothes

Taking pics with Grandma

They each took a turn having Grandma sleep in their room for a slumber party with her. First night with CHelsey, then 2 nights with Issy and Ky, then one more night with Chelsey.

*Of course She was meaning to leave on Saturday morning, but while only getting 5 minutes from the house her car broke down. Thank Goodness she didn't get far. So Justin and Limpy went and saved her. Brought her back and we continued the fun. When all of the sudden Issy decided to take her tumble and sent us to the hospital (another post for that) So Grandma stayed one more night and slept in Issy's Bed. We loved having her out here! We all miss her so much. Thanks for coming out and spending the Holiday with us. I deffinantly have to say I have the best Mother in law! Love you Corinne aka MOM!

Turkey Tango Video

2010-11-26T21:52:00.001-08:00

Ok so I had to go through youtube because I wasn't able to load it the normal way. Hope you all enjoy Ky's cute Turkey Tango!

A girls room for sure

2010-11-25T22:45:00.001-08:00

A year ago Santa brought Chelsey her bedding. It is zebra print and pink leopard! Well Chelsey's bed is a canopy bed as well. However her canopy didn't match her new bedding. So I was frustrated on what to do. My Mom said to me...why don't you just have Corinne make you a canopy. I was like...Oh yeah huh! So I give her the old canopy to use as a pattern. After much anticapation for the new one..Here i am thinking an idea of what it would be like. Yeah she blew me away with it. It is absolutely gorgeous! Then she added in Pillows, pillow cases, curtains, and found a wall pin board and pencil holders to match and thought..what the heck..I will get those for her to. So here take alook at the fabulous creation my dear mother in law created for Chelsey! I am so thankful to have such a great Mother in law and Grandma to my girls!

The gorgeous curtain!

The pretty decorative pillows and the pillow case (lighter pink leopard one) Its fuzzy too!

All her pretty pillows, Angie did make her the one in back with zebra and flowers.

Her side panels and Ties

Her ruffle on her canopy

The whole Look!

Turkey Tango

2010-11-25T22:15:00.001-08:00

At the end of every month the school does an awards assembly and if it falls around a major holiday they will have a grade preform a couple songs for it. This time it was the 1st grades turn for the Thanksgiving preformance. Ky was going to be singing the Turkey Tango and Alberque Turkey. The turkey tango was her favorite and she was hoping that she was going to be selected as the girl from her class to dance the tango with a boy. Each class selected one boy and girl to do the tango. Ky's wishes came true. Not only that...but she was selected to dance with Gabriel! Her little elementary love. The dance and number is just priceless! Kylee enjoyed it so much! WHile watching her preform, Gabriels mom sat next to me. Now I have only met her once before. When she sat down she said "Your Kylee's Mom aren't you?" I said "Yes". She said"Oh we just love Ky. We hear about her all the time. She seems like such a doll!" Then Justin noticed that Her and me were dressed similiar. He laughed and said did you guys call each other. During it I did tease him and say look were sitting with the inlaws. He was not happy!! Ha ha. Oh well! But she had the time of her life, and Gabriel enjoyed it too!!

Doing the Turkey Tango...such a preformer!

Ky and her "Friend" Gabriel!

Update

2010-11-16T14:41:00.000-08:00

So here is an update on my adventure with trying to be healthy and lose weight. Its been a little difficult lately because I have not seen much results on the scale. I've stayed about the same weight. But this weekend when I went and had a girls night with Angie we went shopping to get some pants for me. I found out I am a size down in my jeans. I was a little amazed! I'm continueing to walk at least 3 times a week, plus eating healthy as well! So....I will keep it going and hopefully see more!

Oak Glen

2010-11-16T14:23:00.001-08:00

On Sunday we went up to Oak Glen. Oak Glen is this small piece of country in the middle of Big city southern california. It rests up towards the Yucaipa Mountains. It had all these little ranches and villages to visit. We went to Oak Tree Village, it has boutique shops, a museum, petting zoo's, entertainment, and nice Apple Pie! We had so much fun up there! Deffinantly going to back again especially when Justin's family is out here next week. It was like being back home in Utah!

Justin and Mike not too happy about listening to the country music singer but did anyways because Ang and I enjoyed it.

Our family out in front of Oak tree village in Oak Glen.

Ang and Mike out front of Oak Glen.

The girls and their dad

The girls had to have their each row on the wagon.

I got them to sit together and take a pic on the hay

We went through a small museum and saw some different type of animals, reptiles, and snacks and such! There was a raccoon and I thought he was so cute!

Justin bought food to feed the deer.

CHelsey was a little worried that they wouldn't let her on becuase she was too old. But the guy was very nice and let her join! She loved it.

Ky had so much fun!

Issy is so happy to finally be on the pony. She begged us the whole time we were there to have a pony ride

Morgan's Birthday Party

2010-11-16T09:18:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we went out to our friend Kris and Aj's for Morgan's 9th birthday party. Morgans party was a "Minute to Win it game" theme. They played several games that they had to do it in one minute. Aj had all sorts of different prizes and the kids all had a blast. I video'ed some of the games they played as well as took a couple pics. It was so much fun to watch. Then we ended it of course with Cake and Ice cream. I'm so greatful that we have Kris, Aj and the girls in our lives. They are awesome and never a dull moment around Kris..ha ha! Happy Birthday Mo!

Morgan and Chelsey. Morgan just turned 9 and has become quite close with the girls.

Kris lighting Morgans candles

Morgan blowing out her candles!

Having so much fun at Kris and Aj's

Issy had alot of fun..This challenge was to unroll the streamers by spinning your body around it and not using your hands to unroll the streamer.

Chelsey did it..she completed the task

Ky was one of the winners of this challenge.

The girls doing the "Face the Cookie" challenge. Object of the game is to move the cookie from your forhead to your mouth using only facial muscles. This was hilarious to watch.

HALLOWEEN

2010-11-02T14:31:00.000-07:00

The girls and Us had a great Halloween. We started it off by making The most awesome Pumpkin Cookies ever on Saturday and then heading to my friend Leahs home for Scary Movies. The kids watched Hocus Pocus and Haunted Mansion inside. While the adults went outside to the backyard and watched Paranormal Activity and The Orphan on the big screen. P.A. was ok...We didn't stay for the Orphan I am not into scary movies and one is enough for me..ha ha. But the cookies were a hit!

Then Sunday we got the girls ready and took them to a Trunk or Treat at a Christian School/Church. The girls scored there. They went around and trunk or treated to all sorts of vehicals, cars, boats, Rv's, and etc... We could of stopped and had enough candy. They got tons. But because its not the same we still took them out for the regular trick or treating with Leah and her family. It was tons of FUN! Now here comes the bad part having candy around...ha ha

ARGH! Don't mess with this Pirate!

I thought I would take a pic by the car since Justin's theme for the car shows is a Pirate theme.

Thats why the girls are here...CANDYLAND

The ultimate Trunk or Treat! Cute Huh

trunk or treated at an RV

Issy found her gang at the trunk or treat. Batman, batwoman and the batmobile

My Two Evils..and Super Girl with all their halloween costumes, and makeup on.

Glittered out and ready to save innocent people!

Ooh..scary!

Those teeth are going to do some damage...

My Spider sorceress is so scary and ready to crawl into your house and steal your candy

Chelsey is all ready as well to head out and suck some blood

My Super Girl ready to go hit the road and start trick or treating!

Drug Free Week

2010-11-02T14:15:00.000-07:00

The girls had drug free week last week at school. This was their list of activities

Monday-get bracelets and decorate the school

Tuesday- Wear hats for "Put a cap on drugs" and Jello eating contest. Chelsey won for her class!

Wednesday- Jersey day..work as team to beat drugs!

Thursday- wear all red. Ky and Chelsey's class won for their grades with the most red.

Friday was CHaracter day-dress up as a character *but you could NOT wear costumes until Harvest Festival. So my question is how do you dress up as a character without wearing a costume...Hmm. I tried to do what I could.

Here is Ky:

So Who is she???

Ky went as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. I put on her outfit that looked like a school uniform, added a wand, a black jacket for her cloak, I printed off the Hogwarts Emblem and taped to her outfit, then frizzed out her hair...what do you think?

Chelsey was abit of a struggle. I thought she would make a good Jesse from Toy Story. But I guess that wasn't cool enough for her. After debating with her I just lost patience and said do whatever... She dressed up like Sharpay from Highschool musical. I still think she would of made an awesome Jesse..ha ha!

Harvest Festival

2010-11-02T12:40:00.000-07:00

On Friday the school had their annual Harvest Festival after school. I went down there and got the girls and then helped set up for it. I spent 2 hrs helping getting everything ready then I got the girls in their costumes and Justin joined me at the school to enjoy it. Chelsey since she is in 5th grade and helping with the fundraisers for their science camp, I didn't see her alot. She was busy with her friends and also helping the 5th grade booth. But here is some pics of our fun time there and also what the girls looked like for it.

My two evils...and my supergirl

Vampire Queen all the way

Spider Sorceress....

SuperGirl!!!!!

Look at her puff out her chest...lol

Issy trying as hard as she can to toss the ring over the 2 liter drink. She lost...so sad and she threw a little fit about loosing. Ky however won it. She got the prize of a 2 liter Hawiian punch...that she shared with Issy :)

Enjoying the petting zoo. She was a little scared to feed the horse.

But relaxed after she realized the horse wasn't going to eat her hand

Fuzzy Bunnies!

Ky was attached to the white one. She wanted to keep it

CHickens too...

Playing the duck pond.

They also played pumpkin roll and a few more games. We enjoyed some yummy food, cotton candy, and soda. The girls had a blast and can't wait for next year!

Thoughts

2010-11-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

This last week I learned that where I thought I stood with a friendship maybe wasn't so. Don't you ever wonder if what you put into a friendship and how you feel about that person is the same with them... A close friend last December purposed to his girlfriend and she said yes. He did tell me then that he had gotten engaged. But from there on I tried to stay in contact and find out the details on the wedding. They hadn't really planned much, alot to do with financial costs. Well last week while on facebook I learned that they were getting married on Halloween. I was surprised that he had not contacted me to let me know. One because I had made it clear that If I could I would want to be there, and two because Oct. 31st is also a day that both of us lost someone who was close to us. So we tend to think of each other on that particular day. I have to say yes I was hurt by the fact that I guess I wasn't thought of. I do wish them the best of luck and a great marriage. Just wish I could of helped celebrate the occaision with them. I always hope that the friendships I make, that those people know how much I appreciate them for being in my life and how much I love them. I would never want them wondering if they really mean something to me or how important they are to me. I will continue to make sure that the people that are in my life know how much I love them and are happy they are in it.

Proud Mom

2010-10-27T09:32:00.000-07:00

Last night we went down to the school for a meeting with Ms. Roach about the reading program Chelsey is in. She wanted to explain to the parents how this program works and how it helps our children. I am very impressed with how involved this teacher is and how she encourages the kids to do better. She does it in a way that doesn't put the child down but is more positive that they can strive for better success. They also gave out awards, every month the teacher prints out awards for the books that the kids have mastered in their program. Chelsey already received two and got one last night. Plus she had finished one that day so she will have another waiting. They read books that are on their Lexile score. A lexile score is what a word is given for how easy to hard it is. Then based on that the books are given an overall score based on that. Chelsey started this year with a low score. The teacher explained that she talks very well and can carry a conversation with big words. High vocabulary! But when it comes to books and reading she doesn't quite understand. She doesn't want to take the time when talking comes so easily to her. So with all that said her reading level is a 3rd grade level. But with this program it will work with her so that she is reading only what her score is equal too and eventually move up as it goes. Ms. Roach said at some point this year everything will click between her vocabulary and reading and it will be awesome to see everything come together. Well the best news of last night was..... Her Lexile score has improved by 184 points in one month. The teacher is very impressed with this and said that Chelsey is really understanding everything. Chelsey also has one of the highest improvements in the program so far. So we went from somewhere in the 300's to the 500's. I'm very proud of her and the work she has accomplished so far. This has been a struggle for Justin and I because reading came so easily to us. Even though one reads more than the other..ha ha. But we are working through it and I know that Chelsey will end her 5th grade year and Elementary time with success and more confidence in herself.

Pumpkin Carving Time

2010-10-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

Last night we carved pumpkins. The girls had a blast. Justin and I carved the tops and then the girls cleaned out the pumpkins. We sorted the seeds from the guts so we could bake them again. The girls always say how slimmy cleaning the pumpkins is. Each girl told us exactly how they wanted their pumpkins carved out.

Issy pulling out the guts of her pumpkin and seperating the seeds.

Yuckers! Its Pumpkin Guts!

Kylee cleaning out her pumpkin

Nice and Clean...ready to carve the face

Ky's hands all messy as she sorts out pumpkin seeds so we can bake them

Justin carving out my hearts

Sorting seeds from guts so we can bake them.

Just my pile from Justin and my pumpkin

Chelsey and her Vampire Pumpkin. Chelsey drew this face on a paper and gave it to her dad to carve out.

Ky told me exactly what she wanted. She wanted triangle eys, a round nose and a mouth with teeth.

Is-a-boo wanted a scary vampire...She wanted to make sure it had vampire teeth

Justin always carves a pumpkin for Him and me. I told him I wanted hearts again....So he gave me hearts!

Our family pumpkins

One Month Down

2010-10-07T09:32:00.001-07:00

I'm so excited to announce this, but since figuring out how to work with my Thyroid problem and what foods to eat I have lost 7lbs. Its been one month so far since I started to eat a high fiber diet and increase more fish into my diet as well. I've stayed with walking at least 3 times a week, and this week added in jogging every other street. I got to the point with my walking that it wasn't really pushing me anymore. So I figured if I jog every other street that would help. It certainly has, my legs are sure feeling it this morning. I love my time in the morning with the streets being quiet and its just me listening to music. I'm wondering how much more i can keep it up with winter approaching and it staying darker longer in the morning. We will see. I also want to say Thanks to everyone for being so supportive during those hard couple of days before figuring this all out. My mom, and my husband were there for me every step and listening to me when I could do nothing but cry because I was so discouraged with not losing anything before. My friends for telling me that they would always be there for me no matter what and how strong and beautiful of a person I am anyways. Thank you so much for being there!

Fairmount Park

2010-10-06T09:10:00.000-07:00

So we discovered a park on the other side of Riverside. Its called Fairmount park and its pretty big. They have a small pond that you can fish and paddle boat in. There is a couple playgrounds, but the major one is all circus related. It is such a cute idea. I will deffinantly have to take more pics the next we take the girls to it. They had a Big top area that was a covered area to play. Then the outside uncovered area. Here is a few pics to get the idea..

CHeck out these swings..they had the normal swing and then 2 of these. The girls loved it. Everyone did, you deffinantly had to wait your turn to use them.

Look how cute my two girls are. Issy just loved this swing.

Cute, cute cute!

There is a Ferris Wheel that you can climb around on and sit. It doesn't move but kind of like a jungle gym in ferris wheel style.

A look at the outside park area. Ky on top of the Ferris Wheel as well.

Turning 30

2010-09-30T09:34:00.001-07:00

On September 25th I turned the BIG 30!!! I was out at WCN but still got tons of texts and a few calls wishing me happy birthday. Angie was with the girls and also did a small video of them singing to me. That was so sweet of her to think of. Its so cute and a video I will treasure always. Here is my bday cake that I got at WCN. I chose to name him Bobo and some of you that have known me since Chelsey was born will know why. Of course since it was given to me by my SunSet family they added our logo on it :)

I want to say how thankful I am for all my Family and friends. They truly made my day special. I would not be the person I am w/o all of you in my life. Thanks so Much everyone and Happy Birthday to Me!

My darling girls singing to me :)

West Coast Nationals

2010-09-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday we drove out to Parker, Az for our annual West Coast Nationals Truck Run. Our club SunSet puts it on. Our founder Bob has been doing these truck runs for over 30 yrs. West Coast was retired for 10 yrs and then brought back last year. We worked the event last year as well as this year. Its such a fun experiance to work the events and see it from a different point of view. All the ins and outs that we have to go through. The women usually work in the office taking care of Registration and such. I spent most of my time in there helping Tina (Bob's wife). The other part of my job is taking pics since I am the historian for our chapter. Included in the truck run is just the fun of camping and hanging out with other people and clubs. But Saturday we do a truck/car show. Then that night is party night, with contests of all sorts, and Live DJ from Ro. Sunday is clean up time and Trophies.

I also got to spend my birthday out here. Since I couldn't be with my family back in Utah, what better way than to spend it with my SunSet family. The whole weekend I was given treates, happy birthday wishes, flowers, and Our Antelope Valley chapter (Kasey and Kiel) bought me an ice cream cake. It was so nice to have people show how much I mean to them and how much I am loved. I know not everyone understands this lifestyle, But Justin and I couldn't be happier in it. Being apart of SunSet has been so great, and these guys are truly a family. So here is WCN!

My Birthday Party

2010-09-28T08:20:00.000-07:00

On the 18th Justin threw a party here at the house to celebrate my 30th birthday. We were going to be out at West Coast for my actual bday and I wanted to celebrate with my friends that weren't going. It was so much fun. The evening started with my closest friends coming over for pizza. Then as the night continued the rest of my friends, like the car club came and celebrated. I got a few gifts from my friends that I absolutely enjoyed. Alki gave me some 80's bracelets, and a gift card to Sally's. He knows where I like to shop...ha ha. Kris and Aj gave me a great bookmark of the Twilight wolfpack, and a gift card to Barnes n' Noble. Angie got me a book from the Twilight set :) I was so happy to add it to my collection. Spazz brought me a bottle of Vodka knowing thats my favorite thing when I do drink. It was awesome. He shocked me when he came by saying "Here is your Effen Vodka" I told him gez if you didn't want to get me anything you didn't have to. "He replied with, No thats what its called..ha ha". I just laughed and thought it was funny! I loved all my gifts thanks guys!

For some reason after eating pizza with my friends, my camera got set aside so these are all the pictures I took. I will have to see what I get out of my friends. But I enjoyed every minute of my party! Thank you to all who came and helped celebrate it with me. Its will be one I never forget!!

My closest set of friends out here in California. This is my California family.

Got to love Amy ♥ Look how short she is to me, and I'm not that tall either.

Alki came to the party entering into the living room, then came around the corner of the kitchen and I got attacked by Silly string.

I took it like a champ!

One of my dearest and closest friends. Angie licking her fingers from having some of Justin's yummy pizza.

Justin and Alki chatting probably about car stuff.

Kevin hiding behind Amy. Two of my closest friends. Love these two so much

So in the middle of this pic I guess I was saying something. But I love Kris in it. Again another guy that doesn't like to have pictures taken of him.

Mike put your tongue back in your mouth..ha ha. I can't seem to get a serious picture out of him.

The faces of my Girls

2010-09-17T08:46:00.000-07:00

So the other day I went to use my camera and these pictures was on there..Looks like my kids got ahold of the camera. I had fun going through and figuring out which pic belonged to who. Can you?

♥ Friends ♥

2010-09-15T12:33:00.001-07:00

Saturday after getting my heart breaking news I decided to still attend Los's 40th birthday party. I was so glad I did. My friends and Sunset family made it so that I was able to enjoy the night and not think about my dad too much. I love my friends. They are always there for me, and we always have such a great time. I know some people may not understand the whole car club thing..but to us its our family out here in California. The guys are like Uncles to the girls. I know that they will be well looked after as they grow up. They are also like Big, and little brothers to me. Los's party was a success. He had so much fun, and so did everyone else. Here is some pics of me with some of my favorite people that was there. I didn't want to bother everybody by making them take a pic with me..ha ha

Happy 40th Birthday Los! You've been an awesome Pres. and even a better friend. Looking forward to many more great memories with you!

Los the Birthday boy and also our Sunset I.E. President! Ha ha he was taking a pic with his camera too.

Some of the Sunset men. Buddah, Kevin, Spazz, and Green-Go

Christen and I. She is becoming a great friend. We were both going around and making people take pics with us. We were pretty camera Happy!

Los's Pinata that Tiffany got him.

So I'm the shortest here, Tiffany is trying to squench down to be my height..ha ha. Then you had Julio who is over 6ft. It was pretty funny!

One of my top favorite sunset boys is Spazz! He is such a good friend and awesome guy. He loves the girls and gave each of them a Mp3 that he had but wasn't using.

Reesa and I, spazz sneaked in..how funny!

My luv and Green-Go chillin'

The Birthday Boy, Me and Limpy. My Sunset Boys!

Julio is our council President this year and I'm just starting to get to know him.

A good group of friends, makes for good times! Me, Los, Christen, Julio, Marie, and Reesa

Ha ha...Jesse..one of my fav sunset boys

Kool-Aid is in another club, but a good friend.

Donny aka Timberlake is another one of my boys. It took awhile to get to know him. But I would have to say he's one of my favs now.

Los after we sang Happy Birthday to him and smeared his cupcake in his face! Cute Huh!

My Love of my life :)

Christen, Limpy and I giggling and enjoying the party.

Brandon aka Green-Go is one of our newest sunset members. I've only known him a couple months but feel like I've known him forever. He's like a little brother, he's awesome and also helps me out alot with the girls. All 3 love to give him a hard time especially Isabella. But he takes it knowing they do it out of love. I'm glad he joined our sunset family

My Dad

2010-09-12T14:31:00.000-07:00

Saturday was going along just fine, I was curling my hair and getting ready to go to a friends bday party. When my mom called me and delivered some very hard news. My father on Thursday had a massive heart attack. If a friend hadn't made him go get help then I would not have a father with me today. God and an Guardian Angel was watching over him. As most of you know my father is serving time in a federal prison camp. Well we have 5 more months until he gets out and is able to be with us again. When this happened..wow how close to have him back and yet how close we almost lost him. His friend in there urged him to go see medics because of a Chest pain/pressure he was feeling. As he was walking with his friend up there, he doubled over and almost didn't make it when the guards came rushing out. They got him in, got an ambulance and he was sent to the Hospital. They found 2 arteries almost all the way shot, fixed them and he is doing much better. The Dr did tell him that he has no idea how he made it. It was really bad, especially since getting him to the Dr took 1.5 hrs. They also explained that before he was even put in he suffered a heart attack. That was over 5 yrs ago, and yet had no idea he had. I love my dad so much and can't think of what I would of done if it had been the worst case scenario. I know he has done some bad things in his life but that is why he is trying to make things better and take the consequences for his actions. The only thing that made me mad is that there seems to be no inmate rights to at least notify the family of such things happening to the inmate. When he was released Saturday and got back to the camp he then called the family to let us know he had went through that. Otherwise we would of never known. I wonder if worse case scenario when would they have notified us? Really makes me wonder??

Another thought that came to mind was the fact with everything that my father has done..this just goes to show it will bite you in the butt more than one way. The guilt, and stress that he put on himself has created such terrible health. It makes me see that making sure I try to do whats right in my life is very important. I'm very glad though that he is alright and can't wait tell Feburary when we will get to see him again. For him to be a dad, a brother, and a grandpa to his family again. I love you dad so much and glad that you were blessed enough to have someone watching over you.

Reality

2010-09-03T23:21:00.000-07:00

Ok so a couple posts ago I posted on my frustration on my weight loss. As I began to research more and more about my thyroid disease I discovered so much that I didn't know. For those who don't know, I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism at the age of 5. But they had actually started seeing my symptoms at the age of 3. From there on I saw a Dr every 6 months up at Primary Childrens until I was 18. Now I see a specialist where I live. But since I got this at such a young age I did not know everything about it and what it all entails. As I have discovered more and more its seems like everything I don't like about me..my own flaws are because of this... Go figure. I have dry skin, my feet can be so DRY! I hate it! I get cold easily, and even if I don't seem cold, my skin to touch is freezing. The weight issue of course, and the lack of energy. Sometimes I seem lethargic. All these come from my thyroid problem.. Crazy! But its been very interesting to discover so much and find what I can take or eat to help. Alot of the research still shows that by eating and excersizing a certain way will just maintain my weight..which is frustrating. But what can you do. I'm going to continue to walk and do whatever else I can. Take the tips that I have been given as far as food and work with that. But I think mostly I need to work on my attitude and feelings toward myself and come to accept that I may never lose this weight. To look for all the positive things about me. I know I have always delt with insecurity issues but I'm going to try and improve on that.

Student of Month

2010-08-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

Kylee was awarded August student of the month for her class. We are very proud of our girl. She has obviously set a great example in class for her other classmates. The teacher has also used her as line leader because of her being a great example. I am hoping to see lots more of these in the future.

1st-3rd student of the month group shot for their classes

Thoughts

2010-08-25T13:45:00.000-07:00

I know that I usually just post about the girls and also our family activities on here. But today I think I need to just use it as away to express how I have been feeling lately. I've come to the point in my life that I am seriously tired of my weight. I have been getting up 3 to 4 times a week and walking at least 40 minutes. Normally adding that in with a normal diet I have seen results. But for some reason that doesn't seem to be the case this time. Its really depressed me and I just have to keep thinking to myself "DON'T GIVE UP". My thyroid problem plays a mojor role in my weight loss. It always seems to complicate everything in my body. I really would not wish hypothyroidism on anyone. Especially my case, since its such a severe case. I'm looking and researching into what foods would work better for me and what foods are bad for me as well. There has got to be something out there that will work better for me and help me with my weight loss and also help with my thyroid problem. I have been researching and looks like a high fiber diet, more seafood and fish are going to be added in.I'm really hoping this will help me. I wish I could be like other people where they just work out and change to a healthy diet and they see results. But with my hypothyroidism its always a struggle, its never easy. Its hard to be around people who in your eyes are fit, healthy and achieved their weight loss yet they claim they need to lose more or that they feel fat. I sit there and think..gee if you think you are fat, then what do I look like? Its hard to be around family when you are the bigger one and everyone else is not. I'm just done being this way and I am ready to move on. So here is to hoping that things will change and get better.

Chelsey's Birthday Party

2010-08-22T12:28:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my first baby girl! Chelsey had a great party. We rented a bounce house and the kids loved it! Chelsey also made it a little rock star/80's theme for her friends. That will explain the outfits and make-up..ha ha. They had so much fun. We started it with a sleep-over with Jocelyn and then had the party. Justin made his yummy pizza adding some fruit and veggie trays and topping it off with Red Velvet cake. Chelsey loves Red Velvet cake. Except she prefers vanilla frosting with it. She received some great gifts like nail stuff, school stuff, jewelry, a cute pillow for her bed, money, gift cards, and more. Thanks so much to everyone who helped make it a great day for her!

Stop Blinking Angie..lol

Amy and Mike cheesing it up for the camera

My Iss-a-boo and her juice mustache

Nick..awesome mohawk!

I think everyone needs an energy refill with Cake!

Cake time!!

Getting ready for cake

Randy and Christen our neighbors

Ya ya and Jamiere are school friends. Jamiere is Jocelyns little brother. Ya ya and him share a little crush..can you tell?! Ha ha

School friends! Peyton, Chelsey Jocelyn, and Karla.

Chelsey's closest friend, Karla and her posing. Karla is like my 4th girl. She spends alot of time at our house and is such a great friend

Chelsey's close friends. She was still missing a few who were unable to make it to the party but she enjoyed having her school friends along with her outside of school friends. Thanks girls for making Chelsey's day special. Left to right is Peyton, Chelsey, Jocelyn, Sarah and Karla

The younger kids enjoying the bouncer. The two groups of kids took turns using the bouncer. Unfortunately I didn't seem to get the older girls in there, even though it was for Chelsey's bday. But they did enjoy it.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Blowing the candles out on her birthday cake

Fun Nail Polish and Nail stuff from next door neighbors Randy, Teresa and Christen

Ooh..Angie made a cute pillow to match with Chelsey's bedding set. Chelsey loves Zebra print and Pink! Thanks Ang :)

Thanks Amy, Kevin and the kids for the back pack and school stuff

First Day of School!

2010-08-12T22:03:00.000-07:00

Yesterday the girls went back to school. Chelsey is now in 5th grade and top dog of her school. Next year she will move on to Middle school...yikes! Ky is in 1st grade. She is now a full day student and her biggest excitement is that she gets to play on the big kids playground :)

Chelsey's teacher this year is Ms. Roach. I believe she takes on an Asst. Principal role, therefor she is very orderly and quite the lady. When I found out Chelsey had her I simply said.. this could go two ways. 1- This will be a VERY bad year, or 2- this could be the best thing to happen to Chelsey. I'm starting to think option 2 is going to win! Ms. Roach is very organized and runs a tight ship. She is very energectic, and is always on the move. The one thing I am hoping to squash this year is Chelsey's chatting problem. Which I found out is her teachers biggest pet peeve. So hopefully it won't be tolerated. Since next year Chelsey will be in 6th and there on the teachers will simply send them to the principals office. Chelsey's first day though, she came home and loved it. I was very impressed as well. Ms. Roach keeps a site that I can check and see about homework, upcoming events, announcements, and etc. Also for every homework I have to sign in order for Chelsey to turn it back in. I'm already seeing a great year and my daughters future getting much better. :)

Ky has Ms. Robinson. She is an older lady and sort of the grandma type teacher, very nuturing and sweet. Ky loves her and said that she is extremely excited for school.

My baby is growing up. 5th grade..I can't believe it.

My Ky-kers! She is such a ham and very excited for 1st grade.

Ky in her class sitting at her desk and ready to learn

Ok so last year this little boy was in her Kindergarten class, his name is Gabriel. He won my little girls heart. Once again they have class together and the teacher happened to sit them together...we will see how this goes..ha ha. They're so cute. Gabriels mom said "Oh they had Kinder together huh." I said, "yep they sure did". She said "Yep we've heard Ky's name at home..ha ha" They both just looked down and smiled. We both had to take a picture of them together.

Chelsey at her class and ready to step in and learn! This year she has her best friend Karla in class with her. I think this will be great as well. Karla is a very good girl, and very obediant. She is going to be my eyes and ears while Chelsey is at school..ha ha ha.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHELSEY

2010-08-09T13:53:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday to my baby girl... 10 years ago today I was sitting at the Orem Community Hospital patiently waiting for my little girl to arrive. We started early in the morning by inducing me and finally by the afternoon the Dr had realized Chelsey was just floating in a pool. I had double the amount of water inside and that caused Chelsey to simply float. So they decided I needed a c-section. But they had to give me a full 12 hrs so that I couldn't come back on the Dr for mal-practice. So I waited until 10pm. Finally they took me in and Chelsey was delivered at 10:06pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 9 ozs. and 19 inches long. From her very first hour in life she came out stubborn and sassy. While in the nursery her grandmothers, and aunts watched this little newborn baby stick her little fingers up and work diligently to remove her beanie on her head. Finally after rooting her on.."Go Chelsey, Go Chelsey"! She removed her beanie. To this day she doesn't really wear hats and is still very much stubborn. My little sassy red head is now heading off to 5th grade and almost done with Elementary school. She is certainly not so little anymore, but still my precious baby girl. I love you Chelsey and thanks for best "first moments" as a mom. I hope your birthday is awesome and you have alot of fun. Happy Birthday!

Chelsey getting all ready to head home from the hospital.

My baby and me ♥

Dad and his baby girl fast asleep after a long day.

Now at 10 yrs old...wow time has flown by

Love you Baby Girl!!

Oxnard

2010-07-20T19:19:00.000-07:00

So this last weekend we went up to Oxnard to visit some friends who live up there. We left Friday morning. Got up there just after noon and got to see their new house that they moved into. Then we ordered pizzas for lunch and took the kids and all to the beach. The area is gorgeous and the weather is perfect. It didn't get to hot or to cold at night. The kids played in between the small park on the beach, a small zipline and then of course the water. Miki and I both just got to sit back and relax...finally some mommy relaxing time. Afterwards we headed back to their house. We all just hung out and Miki made some killer chicken enchiladas. Saturday they got ready for a house warming party. We all pitched in to get everything set up. The guys bbq'ed hot dogs, chicken, and carne asada. Miki prepared a Macaroni salad, and potatoe salad. People brought chips, fruit trays and veggie trays. It was really fun. We got to meet their family and some of their other friends. Overall I think everyone had blast. We ended the night by the adults sitting out on the back patio area playing Dominoes, listening to music and having a couple drinks. Sunday morning Justin made breakfast for everyone. Then I got to work and cut and colored some hair. Finally Victor took me to their local swap meet. He couldn't believe i had lived in So. California for 6 yrs and never been to one before. It was deffinantly fun and I will be going back to another one sometime soon. I got a couple pairs of flip flops and my fav. mexican candy peanut marzapan. YUMMY! When we got back to the house it was time to clean up, pack up and head home. It was an enjoyable time for all of us. The girls each had someone they could hang with. Chelsey got along perfect with their son AJ, and daughter Erlinda. Ky hung out with Diego and gained a crush..ha ha. Issy and Lola were partners in crime. Maybe next time we can meet their other son Ruben who was not there.

The girls all waiting for their turn on the zipline
first up Issy...

Victor helping Ky fly down the zipline

Chelsey flying down the zipline

Issy took 2 tries to decide to ride the zipline. On the second time she finally did it with the help of Victor

Victor helping Issy get over her fear of the zipline

Ha ha I couldn't resist taking this pic of Victor and his girly looking PINK drink. If you notice he also has his pinky finger sticking out.. very cute Victor

So their yard is a work in progress. When they moved in the grass was like as tall as the kids and hidden in it was a go cart, a bunch of chairs, and this swing set. Even though there wasn't much of the swing set left. The kids found ways to use it. Here is AJ playing on it and doing some tricks

Victor hard at work

Bbq'ing up some food, as well as we still had left over pizza from fridays lunch. So we decided we would try to see what it would taste like heated up on the bbq..It was GOOD

The girls in the morning with Tink. Lola and Issy are about 5 months apart and we're always together the whole weekend

Issy got a little hungry waiting for lunch so she ate her own pizza..ha ha. Nope just used the box as a plate for a slice she had

Miki and her daughter Lola

Erlindas turn to do some tricks

Chelsey hanging off the bars showing off her tricks.

I was trying to keep in the shade, and so was Justin. Even though it wasn't that hot. We still got a little burnt. Lola, Miki's 5 yr old took this pic for me..thank you Lola

Justin chillin watching Victor bbq the food

Trains, trains and more trains

2010-07-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we went to Orange Empire Train Museum in Perris for Bryan and Jen's little boys birthday. We got to mostly walk around and see all the different barns with trains and what they were used for. We also rode on a street car, and on a passenger train. We learned interesting history of trains. The girls loved it, and we all had fun. We also got to see our friends Harry and Mary and her little boy Joel. Been awhile, and we need to see each other more often.

Chelsey on the train with Joel, Harry and Mary

Issy and I, she was a little nervous. She can be so cautious

Justin and Ky!

We rode on this train for a small 2 mile distance and back. It was also seen in the movie Changeling. The museum borrowed 2 of these, a water gallon train cart, and an engine to the movie. It was very cool to say that we rode on one that has been apart of a movie.

This is a train that is in one of their barns. It was owned before from a man who worked for Disney and on movies like Pinnochio and Lady and the Tramp. It also was told to us that Walt Disney got the idea to add a train to Disneyland from visiting this mans property and his trains on it.

This was a funeral car that was on display in the one barn

A peek inside the funeral car

Different street car trains on display and being refurbished

Issy and Ky on the Street car train

Chelsey on the street car train

The guide also said that they had 3 street cars that were used in the L.A. area and also inspected and inducted by Shirley Temple. This was an ad in the Street car train

Kylee on one of the kids play train.

The kids on the play train. Joel is also with my girls.

Jen made 150 cupcakes instead of doing a cake. She also had this on display in the Party caboose. She made a cupcake train. They were very good. I didn't get any pics of the birthday boy himself. He was too busy running around the area and looking at trains. He LOVES trains! But overall we had a fun time!

Concrete deep July cruise night

2010-07-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

After we finished up at SCMTC's day at the park we went over to support Concrete Deeps monthly cruise night. It was just a relaxed chill cruise night to hang out and talk after everything that day. We all grabbed something to eat and then hung out the rest of the time. We had 4 people take trophies and again Club Par.

Hatter brought his dog out..of should I say Wolf. Its 90% Wolf and 10% husky. Gorgeous dog though and very well behaved!

Alex and Sarah.. Sarah is so ready to be done with her pregnancy

Umpa chillin with us after working a long day driving the ambulance

Justin accepting Club Par

Nate got his first trophy and was pretty happy

Nick at Nite took Best overall!

Spazz even took a trophy for his rental he has while his scion is being fixed from an accident

Justin accepting his trophy for Under Consrtuction Car

Our Club Par trophy was as tall as Kylee. The girls got a kick out of it!

SCMTC Day at the Park

2010-07-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

Saturday we went up to Rancho for Southern California Mini Truck Council's (SCMTC) Day at the park. They had a car show, kid games, and adult games. Everyone had so much fun. We took sandwiches, chips, and drinks. I also made some killer brownies for all my boys. They loved it. Brandon told me I'm going to make him fat...ha ha. Jesse also asked me if there was anything I can't do. I told him..I can't sew..my mother in law does that for me. They all laughed. The girls played some games like water balloon toss, 3 legged race, and wheel barrel. Chelsey paired up with Ky and Issy paired up with her friend Carter. Issy and Carter was so stinkin' cute in the races. They did a great job. We lost in the adult tug a war. But it was funny to watch. Then Alan and Mani took 2nd in the spin and run race. Most of our guys ended up placing. Justin took 1st place under construction car. Chelsey accepted an award on behalf of Bryan's little boy Nicholas who took 1st for kids bike. Of course we also took Club Par! It was an awesome day full of fun and laughs.

A song with alot of meaning!

2010-07-09T15:01:00.000-07:00

I have always enjoyed this song but I've realized after being married to Justin for 10 yrs now...That this is one I truly feel is how I feel about him and our love. I can't imagine my life without him. I think back to the people who were in my life before and realize there is reasons why they didn't work out. There is a reason why my friend introduced Justin to me even though she didn't think we would last long as a couple. I love him so much and thank god every day for placing him in my life. We are perfect for each other, and we understand each other. Some people may not always understand and agree on how Justin and I live our life..but we do and we love it. I love you hun..more than you will ever know!

4th of July 2010

2010-07-05T12:17:00.000-07:00

This year for the 4th we stayed at home. We went to Corona City's Parade the day before. Then Mike and Angie came over and bbq'ed with us. The girls chased each other around with squirt guns. Us 4 adults enjoyed a nice conversation. Then we had some delicious food and also went to Riverside City's firework display. All in all it was a pleasant day.

The other thing I wanted to mention is this was our 6th year in California. We moved out to Bakersfield 4th of July weekend 2004. Then the following year Justin took his job at Steel Tech in Corona and moved us down a month later. We have officially spent over half our marriage out here in California. It has grown on us and we have truly made our home out here. The friendships that we have made has become our family out here. Although I don't think I will ever find a 4th of July Celebration quite like my lil' home town of Mt. Pleasant. I guess with our friends we can make it at least a little more fun. Plus I can always go back every so often and get my fullfillment. Happy 4th everyone and remember why we still get to celebrate our freedom every year...I give great THANKS to the men and women who put their lives on the line of duty so that we can be free!

Justin and I celebrating our 6th year in California!

Chelsey holding Tink!

Issy singing away..reminded me of the blues brothers a little

Angie and her boyfriend Mike...he is a character!!

Mike surrounded by my girls. But he is used to it. He has 3 of his own.

Riverside City Fireworks Show. It's nice because the park isn't too far from our house. They do a pretty good show.

Kylee and Chelsey laying out and watching the beautiful show above

Ha ha I think Mike looks like a little kid all happy with his sucker in his mouth. I think everyone was enjoying the show.

Our family at Riverside fireworks.

My love and I enjoying the fireworks!

Issy is a little scared of the fireworks. So I held her close and then she was ok.

Gorgeous Finale!

Angie was about to head home so I figured I would grab one last pic with her.

4th of July Corona Parade

2010-07-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the 3rd Corona City had their town parade for the 4th. Since I have been wanting to see a parade again Justin thought it would be fun to take the girls. So we woke up early, I made them blue pancakes to celebrate the 4th. Then we packed up w/o telling the girls where we were going. We drove over to Corona and found a nice little spot and then told the girls. They were excited! The Parade turned out great. It was pretty long for such a short route. The girls got candy and the only thing I missed was the pretty floats. Justin said though when did the parade's become all about the politicians and who's runnning for office. Other than that the girls really enjoyed it and had so much fun. Thanks Honey for taking me to the Parade!

Issy and Chelsey waiting for the Parade. Look how cute Issy's hair is :)

My girls..They are all excited about that parade.

My baby and me

Chelsey is taking a pic of us.

The Planes flying over head...Planes and California Palm Trees..what a beautiful site.

It's starting!!

Old fashioned fire truck.

The color guard and a guy playing the bag pipes

A small replica of the Statue of Liberty

The National Guard Marching Band

Bag Pipe Band

MONSTER!!!! Justin wanted them to throw out free Monsters..ha ha

West Coast Customs Shop is down the street from where Justin works in Corona. So of course they had some rides in the parade.

Justin would love to own this!

2010-07-01T10:13:00.000-07:00

This is why I love So You Think You Can Dance.... They take these dancers to the next step. Who would of thought that Alex who's profession is in Ballet could do Hip Hop and with someone like Twitch..who is one of the best hip hoppers ever!! They ruled the show last night and I just had to add this to my blog :)

A LONG 24 HOURS

2010-06-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was a very BAD day! I woke up to Justin calling me at 7:15 and telling me he was in alot of pain in his lower left stomach. So I called and talked the nurse line and we decided to go to urgent care. After sitting in Urgent care for 3 hrs and doing all sorts of lab tests and xrays they decided he had the stomach flu. So we went home to have him rest. Well he had noticed his joints in his legs had started to hurt. But he figured it was from regular arthritis. After a couple hours they really kicked in and he was in real pain. He lasted through the day but was very uncomfortable. We also noticed a small patch on the back of his left thigh that had heat coming from it and a small rash appearing. I put some benadryl on it thinking that would help. Justin tried to go to bed and came out 45 mins later so there is no way and just in shear pain. So we called yet again to the nurse line and they told him to go to the ER. After talking to my mom who has been in the health care field for a long time and getting more advice from her. Justin finally went down at midnight. An hour later he was home...they found out that he had the early stage of an infection that most likely came from some sort of bite from a spider or something that he reacted to. Finally after 1:30am we both got to bed. I am so tired and I am sure Justin is even more than me. I'm hoping we are on the down slope of all this and we can enjoy our 4th of July weekend.

Rolling to a Cruise Night

2010-06-30T00:42:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we rolled out to another clubs cruise night. It was alot of fun to just go and hang out with the guys. We goofed around at the cruise night and then after chattting it up. I love my =SunSet= boys!

At our meeting spot getting ready to roll out. Justin and Brandon getting ready to get in their rides

Spazz is ready to go...

And here we go... Los in front and Tyson in back

Almost all of us left that night with a trophy and we took club par :) It was a happy night for the boys. L -R... Brandon, Timberlake, Tyson, Spazz, Los and Justin

Chelsey loves her =SunSet= Boys too. These guys have become like Uncles to the girls. Watch out boys..you not only have to deal with a dad but lots of Uncles....

Fathers Day

2010-06-29T16:32:00.001-07:00

I know I am a little behind in my blogging. For Fathers day We kept it low key. We stayed at home and spent the day together as a family. The girls and I made Justin breakfast in the morning. We made his favorite..sausage, biscuits and gravy. It was yummy. Then the remainder of the day we watched movies, had popcorn and just relaxed together. For dinner we bbq'ed some steak, had potatoes and baked beans. The girls had made a Big Cookie for their dad at the grocery store. So that was our dessert.

Issy is adding the outline to the cookie

Chelsey decorating the cookie putting the "I love you" on.

Kylee is adding some hearts to it

The end result...

Daddy and his girls. Justin does so much for his family and I hope he knows how much we love him. He is an amazing dad to his gorgeous little girls and should have Fathers Day every single day. We love you Hun!

Relaxed Atmosphere 2010

2010-06-28T21:50:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago we attended The Relaxed Atmosphere show. We had alot of fun. I decided to make a slide because there were too many pics. We took home 3 top 50 awards..One to Los and two of them went to our SD Chapter. We also took Club Par. Hopefully by next years show our ride will look even better.

Ky's dance video

2010-06-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

This is Ky's dance that won 1st place at her June Competition.

Kylee Takes 1st Place!!!

2010-06-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

My tough little Angel

All ready to go...Isn't she cute!

Justin, Chelsey and Issy waiting to go in

Most of Ky's team getting ready to practice before comp

Almost time..they are waiting outside the gym to go in and start their comp

Ky getting ready to preform

Ky's team Blue Lightening

Ky after receiving her 1st place medal

Ky and Coach Lizzy!

So this last weekend Kylee had her hip hop competition in Long Beach. We wasn't really sure how well the kids were going to do. Because this was a short session anyway..only 9 weeks long and during the middle of it Coach Sandy had to move. So they gave the kids a new coach. Only problem is they also got a new routine. They had to learn a new dance in 4weeks. Plus 2 of those 4 weeks were evaluations and awards. So they weren't even normal classes. Lizzy came in and she was fun, spunky, energectic, but that also meant their dance was very fast paced for 6 yr olds. But the kids got it..some how.

They got down to competiton and ended up taking 1st place. I was amzed because this time all the other classes really did suck. Also if they seemed like they had it together they were doing very basic very slow routines. So who do the judges give it to... The kids who did difficult routines and were a little off or the kids who did easy routines and were together?? Looks like they went with the first option. Ky did a fantastic job. I've really enjoyed watching my girls grow in dance and also being able to help them as Parent Helper to the coach. Chelsey will join back with hip hop for this summer session and come August we will have another competition.

Feedback

2010-06-08T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone..I'm so glad you all enjoy keeping up with our family. I love blogging and being able to show my family and friends how our girls are doing and what we have been up to. I also would love to hear more comments and feedback from you! You can post no matter if you have a blog or not. It doesn't matter. It would be great to hear from you! Hopefully there will alot more posts since it is summer time. I know we have Ky's dance competition this weekend.
Enjoy..Love ya
Jennivee

A splash of Color

2010-06-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I decided to try my hand at photo shop again and take pics from color to black and white. Then adding a splash of color.

10 Years of Pure Happiness!!

2010-05-27T15:00:00.001-07:00

Today Justin and I are celebrating 10 years of Pure Marital Bliss! I can't believe time has gone by so fast. Seems like just yesterday we were dating. Now here we are 10 yrs later and with 3 gorgeous little girls. I guess its true..the saying "Time Flies When Your Having Fun". Ten years ago today I made the decision to marry my Best Friend, Lover, and Soul Mate. I am so glad I did. He has made my life worth living, has given me such happiness, and I can't imagine my life without him. Our life hasn't been perfect, we have had our ups and downs. But we have came through it all. I can't imagine going through what I have without him. I hope he knows how much I love him. I know we have made it this far by being honest, and open with each other. Communication is the #1 tool in a marriage and without that you have nothing. Justin and I make sure that we make this our priority!
A look into the past..and can't wait to see what the future has in store for the next ten years! I love you Honey!

Our Engagement Picture!

Our Wedding Day!

Still Happy after all these years!!

What happens when Two people fall in love! Our 3 blessings!

Last Day of School

2010-05-27T14:19:00.000-07:00

My girl all grown up and finishing 4th grade. Next year she will be the top of her school! A Big 5th grader!

Issy had to take a pic like her sisters. She still has one more year at home with her mommy!

Kylee is done with Kindergarten and is now a 1st grader. She gets to go all day at school, and even play on the big kids playground. Such an accomplishment for her.. :)

My 3 Blessings!

Kylee with one last picture of her and Mrs. Herrera. We will miss her as our teacher. She was awesome. She really was a great person for Kylee to have as her first teacher in school. She made learning fun and Kylee missed her so much when she took her medical leave.

Chelsey and her 4th grade teacher Mrs. Dhouti. She was good, and I think with a little less students in her class..she would of been Great. But when you have 42 kids..well orderly becomes a struggle in the classroom..

Jocelyn is one of Chelsey's best friends. They do everything together at school! They really are fun to watch.

Kylee and 3 of her favorite friends from her class. Breann is the top. Then Kylee, Celeste, and Jasmine! They were the 4 muskateers at school. Since Justin picked up Ky from school on her last day. They came and got Ky from the house and they all went up to Celeste's for last day of school party! The girls had a blast and they even took Issy with them. So I had the afternoon with just Chelsey and it was so quiet and nice at home. I got some cleaning done and spent some fun time with Chelsey. I think she needed it. Its hard to give alone time to each one of them.

Here they are including Issy!

Chelsey with her friend Sammantha

Chelsey and Payton. These two have had their ups and downs as friends. But they ended their 4th grade year on a good note.

Chelsey and her friend Annette. This girl was so cute. I got to ride with her when I volunteered for one of the field trips. I am glad Chelsey has her. Hope they stay friends for awhile!

Gold Rush in the 4th Grade

2010-05-27T13:53:00.000-07:00

On Friday the 21st the 4th graders took part in a Gold Rush Day. They have been studying it for awhile. So after the awards assembly I got to stay and help out with it. They had a list of activities to show how the Minors lived and worked each day. They searched for Gold, Sorted it out from Fools gold to Real Gold, then they panned for it. They had a small claim space that two people would use and they panned. After that they had to figure out how much gold they found and then use it to buy materials. They went to the General Store. Afterwards they ate grub, and had a hoedown. The kids learned how to dance like the Minors did back then. I got to stay all up to the General Store. Then I had to pick up Ky and get Issy.

When they searched on the ground for Gold, Chelsey was doing an amazing job. But her friends weren't so lucky. So she decided that they would all hunt together and split their earnings. There was 3 of them. Chelsey, Jocelyn and Annete. After searching they went back and had to seperate the real from fake. Then they turned in their real good for the balance of a treate..like rolo's or reeses's in the Gold wrapper.

Chelsey all dressed the part of a Minor..even with a little "dirt" on her face to show how tough and dirty it was.

LOOK..WE FOUND A BUNCH!!!

Chelsey still searching for gold

Awe...Fools Gold

Sorting their gold..real gold from the fools gold

Her and Jocelyn in their small Claim space. Mrs. Dhouti had taught them that the minors had to rent out a claim space to do their panning. It wasn't very big either.

Chelsey is getting frustrated with the fact that she has found hardly any gold in the panning activity. I told her that the minors sometimes went days without finding any at all. That this was their life day in and day out... She said..Wow I don't know if I could do that.

The red lines marked their tiny claim. Here she is still panning and only finding a couple pieces.

Mrs. Dhouti took these pictures of each child and had them developed for them. I thought it was great!

Last Awards Assembly

2010-05-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Last Friday the school had their last awards assembly of the year. Ky's Kindergarten got to sing for it. They sang two songs and then returned back to class to finish up their work centers and testing. They did an excellant job. I have included one video from it. I can't get her 2nd video to post. Also some pics that I took of her preforming. She is deffinantly not shy.

Chelsey and Ky both received perfect attendance awards for the 3rd trimester. They had already recieved this for the 1st, and if it hadn't been for 1 day of school missed during the 2nd..they would of had 100% Perfect Attendance for all 3 trimesters. Maybe next year.

It was also Wild West day at school, and the 4th grade particapated in Gold Rush Day. So they all looked a little western. I will post more on the Gold Rush. That was an awesome event for Chelsey.

Chelsey just received her award..she was surprised

Chelsey and her friend Victoria both got one.

Kylee singing her song. She sang one that was called Say Hello! It was super cute!

Also a song called..We all live together. Here is a small clip of that one.

Last of the Cruise

2010-05-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

So to finish up the last of our cruise, saturday we just relaxed and hung out with our friends. we hit the farewell party before dinner. We decided to play one last gag on our waiter and went to dinner in our robes. After that we went to the Legends show. Where they actually had passengers audition for some legend singer parts and they all sang a famous song along with the singers, and dancers from carnival. Some of the Legend preformers were Brittany Spears, MaDonna, Aritha Franklin, Dianna Ross, Elvis, Garth Brooks, Elton John, and then our directors played the part of Dolly Parton, and Sonny & Cher. Also the Board of chairmans played Frank Sinatra. Wow for a lady she played the part WELL!

We enjoyed our cruise so much and it was one of the best vacations I have had. We gained new friends, and learned a little bit from the trip as well. We also learned to not take for granted what we have because there is people out there with a lot less than us. I hope everyone gets a chance to go on a cruise. They are great! We are already planning on another one with friends this time.

Our cruise director Goose as Dolly Parton

Elvis at the Legends Show

With the other two directors...Greg and Melanie. They were dressed as Sonny and Cher for the Legends Show

Barbara with our favorite show dancer!

What am I? We are trying to figure this one out

Our Towell friends. Every night we would come back to our room with our night turn down service and a little friend. I know I am missing one :( But they were so cute! Also tip if you go on carnival cruises..if you don't want them to be taken apart the next night..leave a note saying..Don't kill me! Also you can leave notes requesting animals. I wish I would of asked for a frog.

Last Port - Cabo San Lucas

2010-05-14T11:24:00.000-07:00

So for our last port we stopped in Cabo San Lucas on May 7th. It was our shortest port, we got off 9am and was to be back on the boat by 2pm. That way we could make it back to long Beach by Sunday morning. We also had to be tendered out into the Ocean there. Cabo has a small harbor and it is filled with Coral Reefs. So they tender us out, and then we have to aboard a small tender boat in groups and take it to the Harbor. We didn't have much planned for Cabo so we decided to just hang with the friends we had made on the ship. We got there and walked around. Problem was most places didn't open until 10-11am. So that kind of sucked. We found a little place to get something to drink and also some chips and salsa. Then took a water taxi to the beach area. We found a restaurant on the beach where we could sit in lounge chairs and just relax. They had lots of stuff to do there..like entertainment from the staff, karokee, guess the song, and Loteria (bingo in spanish). It was fun. Then walked back and stopped by Cabo Wabo to see it. Bought some souvenirs at a little flea market and got back on the boat. That night was the last elegant dinner. Then they had a show in the theatre called Vroom. Its an award winning show. Most the shows there were just a dance/sing sort of show. But they were great.

I had told Justin the night before that I wanted a picture with Goose the cruise director. He said that most likely won't happen. Well when we went to get on our tender boat there he was. I snagged up a pic real quick. He was awesome and so sweeeeettt.

Our Tender boat we took from ship to shore...We had to be put in groups. So group 15 was ours. We ended up sticking our #'s on Brian. They stayed there most the day :)

While walking down the Harbor we saw a crib with a baby leopard inside..It was sooo Cute!

Brian, Cindy, Marcus, and Barbara at the little restaurant eating chips and salsa.

Cabo San Lucas...Its Gorgeous!!! By far my favorite to look at!!!

Cindy and I playing Loteria at the little beach resort we sat at.

The staff of the beach resort dancing and singing..awesome!

Sammy Haagar's....Cabo Wabo

I saw this sign in front of Cabo Wabo..look I can park here!!

Me and the girls in front of Cabo Wabo and then Justin and I.

Ok so Friday was the last Elegant dinner night. We all got dressed up and went. So our waiter Charles had been playing jokes on us the whole cruise. So right after appetizers and moving on to Main course we decided to play a joke. We all up and switched spots. Funny thing is we somehow switched couples as well. Marcus and I ended up together, Justin and Barbara ended by each other. Brian and Cindy just stayed next to each other. Well the ship photographer came by at that time and took our pics. We ended up getting ones with our actual partners but we still thought it was fun. Marcus ended up calling me Wifey the rest of the time and now Barbara started as well.

The ladies with our waiters, and the Boys!

Our awesome gang...and Our pretty picture of Justin and me!