Disneyland

I picked up Callie after school and Taylor on the way and headed to Disneyland. The whole park was decorated for Halloween. I loved this huge Mickey Mouse Pumpkin. So cute. Even the flowers were orange and brown. The weather was perfect. Paige screamed the entire time on It's a small world. I felt bad for the other riders.
Ariel and Sleeping Beauty telling stories. All the children were memorized.

Preston loves Mickey Mouse. He watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse every day or more. He wanted to go visit Mickey's house.

Labor Day Activities

Yesterday Taylor had off work. We called some friends and went bowling and then went to eat lunch. It was fun visiting with friends and the kids had a lot of fun.Taylor was the best bowler in our group. Go Taylor!
Callie and her good friends, Skylee and Kelsey.
Preston ready to bowl.
Bowling shoes are so ugly. I think I had the oldest ones in the place.
Just a random picture of all 3.

Double chocolate cookie bars

My friend made these. Check out her blog at swankypear.com. They were to die for. I will definitely be making these again. They were so easy too. Thanks Summer.

Double Chocolate Cookie Bars

24 OREO cookies
1/4 c. butter, melted
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Set aside 6 cookies and grind the rest in a food processor or blender. IN a small bowl, stir together the cookie crumbs and butter until well blended. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

Over a double broiler or in the microwave (for 1 minute), melt 1 cup of chocolate chips together with the condensed milk. Stir and add the vanilla. Stir frequently until smooth. Spread evenly over the crumb crust. Sprinkle the remaining cup of chocolate chips over the top. Break remaining cookies into pieces by hand and sprinkle over the top.

Bake for 20-25 minutes in the oven. Cool completely before cutting into the bars.

Sand car

Garcia lake

This past weekend we went up to our friends lake house near Barstow. It was so fun. We road their boat and jet skis and just relaxed. Our friend Paul has a car that he built that rides on the sand. I can't remember what its called. It was awesome. Your strapped in like a child's car seat and we were flying over hills and going up things that I didn't think were possible without getting hurt.In Paul's car already to go. We had to wear head phones and a microphone piece so we could talk to each other. At first I was really nervous and then scared but it was awesome. He made this car from scratch. Unbelievable!

Trying to get buckled.
Taylor's turn.

Preston got to ride this little car which Paul built as well. He loved it. It was really loud though. He loves anything with an engine. He is such a boy.

Girls night out!

Lindsey, Lindsey's mom, me, Rachel and Kristen. It was Lindsey's Birthday so we decided to do a girls night. They went shopping before dinner. I met them at BJ's and then we hit Target afterwards. It was fun just wandering around with no screaming children. Thanks Taylor for watching the kids.

Ward Campout!

After we went to breakfast in Oceanside we went to our ward campout in San Clemente. It was just 20 minutes away. We obviously didn't camp but it was fun to see everyone. The kids had fun playing with everybody from church.

One of the counselors from our Bishopric buried Preston. He played with that shovel the whole time.

My friend Liana had a little snooze. Lucky.
Callie, Addison, and Mia had fun playing together.

Oceanside

Our friends Jeff and Lindsey invited us to stay at their grandparents condo in Oceanside. We got their on Friday afternoon and visited for a little bit. We then hit the beach and the pool/hot tub. We went out to eat that night for pizza and then had ice cream. While walking on the harbor we saw a large seal making funny noises. Then another seal came up on the dock and they started fighting. It was so funny. Jeff took a picture with his i-phone but it got deleted. I was bumbed.

At the pier in Oceanside. We went to eat at the end of the pier at Ruby's diner. It was so yummy. We had cinnamon swirled french toast.Jeff, Lindsey,and Macy.
I painted Paige's toes; I don't know if you can see it in the picture.
Me and Paige. She really likes the beach and being outside.

Callie's First Day of Kindergarten

Callie standing outside with her other classmates waiting to go in.
Callie giving Preston a good bye hug. How cute! I was kind of sad. I didn't think I would be.
Callie walking into her classroom ready for school to start.
Callie and Preston outside our house.
Her classroom door. I think Callie will love school. She is very social. There are also 4 other kids in her class from church. So that's nice to know someone.

Little Mermaid Ballet

Not a great picture, but that was the stage. It was a really nice night. Not to hot.

Preston ate 5 of them.


Friday night we went with some friends to the Redlands Bowl Music Festival. It had some cool probs but a little boring with no words spoken. I had never been to a ballet before. But it was fun hanging out under the stars eating chocolate covered strawberries and kettle corn. Callie liked sitting with her friends and watching the show.

My Paige!

She is always sticking out her tongue. It is pretty funny.


My friend made this for her little girl. It is a headband with pig tails. I saw her at church and it was really cute. So she made one for me. Callie and Preston love it on her. There is the tongue again.

More Beach

My friend Katy and Kristen, and her friend, Laura.

Day at the beach

On Monday we decided to go to the beach with some friends. Especially since school starts next week. It was a perfect day. The water was chilly but it was tolerable after a while. Callie was so brave body surfing the waves. While in Texas she learned to swim so I guess she felt more confident. Here are some pictures of our fun day.So cute, their little heads poking out. Callie had so much fun with Addison.

Preston just dances around the water. He never goes in to far.
Paige bathing on her beach towel. She liked when I put her toes in the water.
Corona Del Mar beach. It is so beautiful with all the houses.

So small

Paige went to the doctor this week and I knew she was small. They weighed her and she was 12 pounds. She is in the 5th percentile. But she also lost a pound while in Texas. She got an ear infection and didn't eat as well and extremely fussy.
She loves to play with crinkly paper. She is also now sitting up.

I finally learned how to french braid!

A couple of my friends have showed me several times how to french braid. Callie has fine hair and it tends to slip real easily. I decided to try it wet and into pig tails. Maybe after I master that I can do her full head. I was very proud of myself.
This was towards the end of the day. It is messy now.