A DAY FOR LOVE

For Valentine’s weekend me and Z headed over to my sister’s. We had lot’s of fun. We made red velvet cupcakes. And the kids worked on Valentine cards. FYI: The cupcakes were delicious - yummmmm. If you’re looking for a good recipe check this out: http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Desserts/Red-Velvet-Cupcakes.aspx

The kids also had lots of fun running around and me and my sisters had a nice time catching up on some shows (Vampire Diaries - of course) and drinking some wine (obviously). BevMo is having their 5 Cent wine sale - so we were well stocked.

On the actual holiday, me and Z headed to the hair salon. Zena’s hair is extremely long and she decided that it was time for a haircut. Thank goodness - my arm muscles have been aching from brushing out her long locks. So, she decided that she wanted to donate her hair to Locks of Love. They need at least 10 inches and she donated 12. Can you believe it? 12 inches & her hair is still long. Anyways, I am so proud of her - what a sweetie & I think her new do looks great. Ain’t she the cutest?

SNOW BUNNIES

I love snow. It is my favorite & my best. Whoa - too many Charlie & Lola books. Me & Z and my sisters, Jen & Sherry, along with their husbands and kids headed to Big Bear recently. Short trip, but we did stay overnight at this cute cabin. It was awesome. The little sledding hills for the kids were within walking distance from our cabin. Doesn’t get any better than that, right? Oh - I did have a bad mommy moment... On our way up we had to stop and get snow chains on my car (thanks Ray!) - Z asks for her snow jacket so she can get out and check things out and, uh, er well.. oops. I totally forgot her jacket. We went to the snow & I forgot her jacket. Terrible. It worked out okay though - there was always one extra jacket floating around for her to wear. Next time we go to snow I will not forget - I’m sure no one will let me forget, if you know what I mean.

THE CHRISTMAS SNUGGIE

(Go ahead sing it - to the tune of “Oh Christmas Tree”)

Oh Christmas Snuggie
Oh Christmas Snuggie
How warm and cozy you are
Oh Christmas Snuggie
Oh Christmas Snuggie
What a wonderful gift you make

Ha Ha


Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the Snuggie. Am I right or am I right? Wow the Snuggie is so popular this Christmas. So, I couldn’t resist...I bought one for my friend, Rebecca, her son and their dog. Now, am I a great friend or what? Who knows...maybe if you are really good all year you might have a special Snuggie under your Christmas tree.

THANKSGIVING

I am so excited to for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. You get to dress up, drink lots of champagne and wine, eat lots of yummy food and the desserts - pumpkin cheesecake here I come. Oh yeah, and spending time with my family. :) I have lots to be thankful for. I am so thankful for my daughter - Zena. She is the sweetest thing & I don’t know what I’d do without her. I am also thankful that my sister Sherry and her newborn, Connor are both healthy and back at home. The little guy decided it was time to make an appearance 6 weeks early, giving us all something to pray about.

Now that Thanksgiving is here - Christmas will be right around the corner. The parties, the sales, the parties, the parties - I can’t wait!

THE OC FAIR

Oh How I love the fair.

The couture...

The fabulous cuisine...



And let’s not forget the drama...


So, the fair was in town. I just love the fair - the rides, the food, the games, the animals. So, me, Z, my sister Sherry with her kids, Mason (aka Mister), Dahlia (aka DD) and my sister Jen with her son, Bodhi (aka Bo Bo) all went to the fair. Got to let you in on the nicknames although I have been warned about giving other people’s kids nicknames.

Anyways it was a lot of fun. The kids had lots of fun going on rides, playing in a huge sand box, petting the farm animals and eating fro yo. Zena enjoyed playing the games and won a huge monkey. Zena was tempted by and wanted to try a deep fried Twinkie but I have to draw the line somewhere, so I let her have a deep fried Ding Dong instead. Just kidding - that was a joke I swear. :)

We had a great time and wish we had a chance to go a second time before the fair blew out of town. Dang it - okay next year we gotta go at least twice and try some deep fried cheese on a stick.

THROUGH A CHILD'S EYE

Fashion Island is the best mall ever. I just love outdoor malls. Its so much fun to be outside on a nice warm day and get to window shop - oh and a little shopping also. I couldn't resist popping in to Anthropologie. While I was making a pile of clothes to try on Zena walked around with my sister and niece and took these picks. Love them.

ZENA IS 8 - GOING ON 18

So, my lil ZZ turned 8 on the 21st. Can you believe it? I have an 8-year-old. Man am I getting old or what? So, this was the 1st year since she was born that we did not throw her a humongous party. I felt bad about it - but we really are trying to save money. We also made an agreement - no big party & I would buy her an iPod Nano. So, I held up my part of the deal & she has had those darn things in her ears ever since. We did, however, go to Disneyland on her b-day. How could we pass up that great deal - free on your b-day. I worked that day but as soon as I got home we headed to the park. We were able to go on about 6 rides and then by 11:30 p.m. when we were almost falling asleep on Pirates of the Caribbean - we decided to call it a night. I had a great time with Z. We are always so busy going to parties & visiting friends that we hardly spend time alone together so that was real nice.