SANTA!!

It has been so hard for us to get into the Christmas season! It's 60 degrees out at it's coldest! So, to try and get in the spirit we went to Fashion Island with the Roney's, grabbed some dinner and with 7 kids in tow went to go see Santa. Mak and Perry were so excited but Bentley clearly didn't like him and I don't think Santa was so sure of her either. This is definately my favorit picture ever!! I L-O-V-E LOVES IT!

Afterwards we went to see the 150ft. christmas tree and play on the giant packages.

Afterwards we rode on the carousel and finished the night off with some peppermint hot chocolate.

I suppose it's starting to feel like Christmas. We do have a Christmas tree although it's not decorated. I guess I'll go work on that now. Merry Christmas!!!

Holidays!!!

It has truely been busy and I have so much to catch up on! I hope everyones Thanksgiving was as good as ours was. We did a lot of playing and sleeping in late. So On Tuesday the kids had their Colonnial Days. Mak went to school dresssed as an indian and since I was helping at school I got dressed up too. Although Mike said I looked like a hippie and not an indian. What do you think?

On Thursday I ran the Turkey Trot. I finished in 56 mins! I know for sure I could've done it in 50 mins if it weren't for the 10,000 runners crammed into one car lane and pouring down rain!!! I was wearing a waterproof jacket that was clearly not water proof for that amount of rain and my shoes weighted 5lbs each! I actually like running in the rain but that was a major rain storm and I was freezing afterwards! I love my fam so much! They all came out and stood in the rain to support me and never complained once about it.

On Saturday we took my parents and the kids to Sea World. The kids had such a blast. Bentley loved the shows! When the croud would clap she would get so excited and start laughing and clapping herself. She thought everyone was clapping for her, it was so funny!This is my Dad and Makayla sitting in the soak zone at the Believe show with Shamu.

Saturday we were lucky enough to go on a date. We decided to go to Disneyland and ride some big kid rides. We got a picture with Mickey and Mike got a little jealous that a mouse was getting more action from his wife than he was.

TWILIGHT!!!

So on Thursday night like 20 of my BFF's totally stayed up late to go watch TWILIGHT!!! We like waited in line for like 3 hours and got like the best seats ever. I have waited a whole year for this movie and I LOVED IT!!!!! It was so AWESOME!!!!! Eddie was so vampiry. I couldn't stop screaming and crying when I first saw him! I L-O-V-E loved the sparkles in the sun! I totally wish my skin did that! It was so hot, literally, He looked so super duper sweaty and HOTT! That right 2 T's. I would die to be his spider monkey! I'd just kill to wrap my legs around him and go for a ride!(I know I'm sick!) But his orgasms when Bella walks into chem was totally the best ever! Can you believe how gorge Rosie was! She was totally the best looking white trash I've ever ever seen! I'm going for that look now! She was such high fashion trash she should be in 17 mag! OMG I love that mag now! The make up and acting was SO GOOD!!! OMG, they were so white they were almost super see through! I wish James would bite me casue that was totally the hottest thing ever when Eddie was sucking the venom out! Ugh, just makes me shutter!!! I can totally not wait to go see it again!!! GO SEE THIS MOVIE NOW!!!! SO...P Diddy Roney, Abi Badabi and Lizzzzisa, R U READY!?!?!?!

Now for the other news.

Perry. Well, he's something else. He was star of the week at preschool this past week and he gets to take home a bear named Barney, and fill out a poster all about him. On thie poster it says: My favorite color:"garbage green," favorite place to go is:"a hotel," when I grow up I want to be: "a tiger and Optimus Prime," my favorite thing to do,"help Mom with laundry," and the best one ever is, if I had one wish I would wish for:"Lily to marry me and rock n' roll toys." Lily is a blind girl in Perry's class and they are the best of buddies. He loves to help her. When we brought Perry's poster into class we were showing it to his teacher and Lily's mom, Chris. We were chuckling over it and Perry piped in," Well, I just want to marry Lily cause she's my bestfriend, just like Dad is Mom's bestfriend." Oh the tears were welling up in my eyes! We took Barney everywhere we went, he had a very busy week at our house.
Bentley started clapping today! I was so bummed, she finally had a "first" while Mike wasn't at work but of course he missed it because he was teking Perry to the bathroom! Ugh, go figure! She's pulling herself up on furniture now and into everything! It's crazy to think that 8.5 months ago she was just being born!Makayla is very excited about Colonial Days this week. She gets to dress up as an indian and eat a lot of popcorn and play fun games. As part of Colonial Days I decided to volunteer to provide the popcorn, I found out after I signed up that they needed 60 bags of popped popcorn. Our house still smells like butta. Happy Thanksgiving!

Public Restrooms

My friend, Brittney had this posted on her blog who got it from her sister, Courtney's blog and it had me dying with laughter cause it's so true! Hope you enjoy and get a giggle or two out of it.

When you have to visit a public bathroom, you usually find a line of women, so you smile politely and take your place. Once it's your turn, you check for feet under the stall doors. Every stall is occupied. Finally, a door opens and you dash in, nearly knocking down the woman leaving the stall. You get in to find the door won't latch. It doesn't matter, the wait has been so long you are about to wet your pants! The dispenser for the modern 'seat covers' (invented by someone's Mom, no doubt) is handy, but empty. You would hang your purse on the door hook, if there was one, but there isn't - so you carefully, but quickly drape it around your neck, (Mom would turn over in her grave if you put it on the FLOOR!), yank down your pants, and assume ' The Stance.' In this position your aging, toneless thigh muscles begin to shake. You'd love to sit down, but you certainly hadn't taken time to wipe the seat or lay toilet paper on it, so you hold 'The Stance.' To take your mind off your trembling thighs, you reach for what you discover to be the empty toilet paper dispenser. In your mind, you can hear your mother's voice saying, 'Honey, if you had tried to clean the seat, you would have KNOWN there was no toilet paper!' Your thighs shake more. You remember the tiny tissue that you blew your nose on yesterday -the one that's still in your purse. (Oh yeah, the purse around your neck, that now, you have to hold up trying not to strangle yourself at the same time). That would have to do. You crumple it in the puffiest way possible. It's still smaller than your thumbnail. Someone pushes your door open because the latch doesn't work. The door hits your purse, which is hanging around your neck in front of your chest, and you and your purse topple backward against the tank of the toilet. 'Occupied!' you scream, as you reach for the door, dropping your precious, tiny, crumpled tissue in a puddle on the floor, lose your footing altogether, and slide down directly onto the TOILET SEAT. It is wet, of course. You bolt up, knowing all too well that it's too late. Your bare bottom has made contact with every imaginable germ and life-form on the uncovered seat because YOU never laid down toiletpaper - not that there was any, even if you had taken time to try. You know that your mother would be utterly appalled if she knew, because, you're certain her bare bottom never touched a public toilet seat because, frankly, dear, 'You just don't KNOW what kind of diseases you could get.' By this time, the automatic sensor on the back of the toilet is so confused that it flushes, propelling a stream of water like a firehose against the inside of the bowl that sprays a fine mist of waterthat covers your butt and runs down your legs and into your shoes. The flush somehow sucks everything down with such force that you grab onto the empty toilet paper dispenser for fear of being dragged in too. At this point, you give up. You're soaked by the spewing water and the wet toilet seat. You're exhausted. You try to wipe with a gum wrapper you found in your pocket and then slink out inconspicuously to the sinks.You can't figure out how to operate the faucets with the automatic sensors, so you wipe your hands with spit and a dry paper towel andwalk past the line of women still waiting. You are no longer able to smile politely to them. A kind soul at thevery end of the line points out a piece of toilet paper trailing from your shoe. (Where was that when you NEEDED it??) You yank the paper from your shoe, plunk it in the woman's hand and tell her warmly, 'Here, you just might need this.' As you exit, you spot your hubby, who has long since entered, used, and left the men's restroom. Annoyed, he asks, 'What took you so long, and why is your purse hanging around your neck?'This is dedicated to women everywhere who deal with a public restrooms (rest??? you've GOT to be kidding!!). It finally explains to the men what really does take us so long. It also answers their other commonly asked questions about why women go to the restroom in pairs. It's so the other gal can hold the door, hang onto your purse and hand you Kleenex under the door!

Such A Fun Weekend

Last Friday Mike took me on a helicopter ride for my birthday which was so much fun! We went from John Wayne down to San Clemente and we saw dolphins, and a sea lion. After that we went to Disneyland and had dinner and then rode some big kid rides. It was strange not having the kids with us but alot of fun. I had a wonderful birthday!

We had a way fun weekend. Makayla concluded her first season of soccer this Saturday. She has had a lot of fun playing and making new friends. The team experience has been so good for her! It has been very entertaining watching 5 & 6 year old play soccer. Makayla likes to practice her ballet leaps as she heads in the same direction as the girls who are chasing the ball, she likes to twirl her hair and one saturday she found a butterfly to chase, she does all this while "playing" soccer. It has been so much fun to watch! She did score one goal this season, and she got the "Fastest Runner" award and a trophy that she is so proud of.

Our friends Greg and Brittany were in town this weekend and so we ditched the kids and went out for sushi and went to see the new James Bond movie. It was so much fun although two party poopers fell asleep during the movie! We can't stay awake past 10! Only Greg and I made it through the movie.

Today we just played it cool, took a long nap, watched football and went for a long walk on the beach. I love Sundays!

Okay so there Brittany, I updated our blog, I'm setting the trend so now update yours!

All Hallow's Eve Pics

Long time no blog.  I'm blaming the election for us not doing a blog recently.  There were a lot of issues to examine, many pros and cons to weigh, and visions of pundits, partisans, propositions, and candidates swirling through my head.  Now it is over and we can enjoy life again.  We had a great Halloween, the kids scored hoards of candy that Moka and I ate.  Makayla dressed up like Hannah Montana. Perry was the BumbleBee Transformer. Bentley was a poodle.  Moka and I dressed up like Kevin and Britney Federline.

Bentley's 6 month pictures

Here are a few pictures from Bentley's recent photo shoot. Enjoy!

Back to School

A lot has happened since Labor Day! Mak started !st grade at El Morro and likes her teacher. Her school is beautifully. Her playground overlooks the ocean and is surrounded by Crystal Cove State Park. She's taking the bus this year which makes her feel very independent. She also started dance after taking the summer off. This year she's also taking jazz. Jazz has been a bit harder for her but she's also taken ballet now for 4 years. She starts soccer on Monday and is excited to use her pink soccer shoes.

Perry has also started his first year in preschool at Laguna Presbyterian Preschool. He loves it! He wasn't afraid at all on his first day. I walked him into class and Perry kept pushing my leg and saying "goodbye mom." He could act a little more attached even if he's just pretending. He likes going to play with his friends. He's become such a big boy over the summer.

Bentley is getting so close to crawling. She can get on her hands and knees on our bed but our hardwood floors sure are slowing her down. She's also learned how to scream thinks it's so funny. She just had her 6mo. checkup and all is well, she's a perfect baby. Below are some links to some YouTube videos of Bentley. She is hilarious.

Bentley's Irish Jig: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08MAd0Hly4w

Bentley's First Lemon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS60GLNSIxs

Super Floor Baby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGCNiiGaOcg