World Travels, kind of...

Unaware that we had the time to jet over to NYC? Well, we are pretty amazing... but the TajMahal? That's the magic of Lego Land my friends... It really was incredible, all exact replicas of the real deals... they even had the inauguration speech playing at the inauguration scene, it was amazing! Reese (and Sam for that matter) were in seventh heaven!

Reese has been saving for a trip to Lego Land for a while, as you can see by the worn off marker on his bag... he saved enough to buy his lego set when we got there which was his goal.. I'm proud of my little guy..

There Is Beauty All Around

I love taking pictures of trees wherever I go, there's always so many amazing varieties that don't grow here , this one though was my favorite, it was at Sea World, Tree of Life, anyone?

This one smelled so amazing, it was in Lego Land.

This was at Sea world, the color isn't great because it was getting dark, the flowers are bright red

The San Diego Temple is by far, my absolute favorite, at least for looks on the outside, I love how different it its from all the others, we got there as it was getting dark, so unfortunately, you can see the increasing lack of decent light picture by picture... but in the end, I was so excited to get our last parting shot of the temple after it was lit up, I got it from across the street as we were leaving!

The Beach

After our time at the beach in La Jolla (prounounced La Hoya) Sam and I decided that we need to live on a beach, it's just not fair to see it only a handful of times a year.... We asked our kids if we should move to a place close to the beach and the vote was a unanimous YES! Well, actually Reese had to be persuaded with the thought of living closer to Lego Land, but then he came around. I love seeing the kids being effortlessly entertained and learning to connect with their world. Being there really gives you a sense of wanting to keep our earth clean and the Oceans healthy so the kids can always enjoy the beaches, with their kids! It was absolutely beautiful.

Nevada...

Driving for hours across ground that looks like this, can make a car full of kids a little stir crazy, but luckily, ours were doing ok, thanks to the "in car cinemas"... Here's Elle, passing the time, trying out new (yet somehow very old) fashions, tying a blankie on her head.

Reese, proudly displaying his completed Lego Land purchase

Audrey hanging out with her new manatee Mal-Mal. No idea where the name came from....

Me wearing the well-loved fedora

not so sure I love the camera angle of taking pictures of myself...

My sweet honey trying to block out all the kid's movies with his ipod... he's so cute.

We made it with not too much trouble.. well worth the drive and excited for our next adventure!

Lazy Blogging

So, I've always been a visual person, and today I'm filling everyone in with as few words as possible! First: Happy Mother's Day to all those fabulous Moms out there! Hope it was great. This was my awesome M-Day present... I'm always begging Sam for my very own girly-board... now I can't wait to get anywhere with water and a boat!! Love it, **THANK YOU HONEY**
The kids trying it out, I was stressing because it's not the greatest to stand on if you're not in water, but I figured, oh well, they're a bunch of lightweights..


Not sure where they got their poses... this is not surfing people!! Cute none the less..

Family Band

Elle, Rocking out

She wanted me to take a picture of her face like this, no coaching, I swear... can't say she hasn't seen her daddy do something similar though.

Audrey and her cute little friends after their fourth grade talent show number. Why does my daughter have to be the one who looks way older than she is?

Audrey received an Honor at school, the Citizenship award for the term thanks to her great grades and good manners! Yay! go Audrey!

My Lovely Friend Andrea had her birthday, and we had a great time celebrating. Pictured here is my other lovely friend Marrya, snuggling her.

It's been busy lately and it's only going to get busier! Hope everyone's out enjoying the great weather!

Gone Fishing

Loved this one after the catch, Elle's thumbs up was classic, not sure where she learns all her mannerisms, but they sure as heck are cute!