Red Power Ranger in the House

Ever since the Disney Halloween catalog showed up the other day Zachary has been carrying it around talking about being a Power Ranger. I'm not a huge fan....but whatever makes him happy, ya know? On Sunday while I was at work, my mother-in-law bought him some Power Ranger sword and mask and he's been on fire with it, so this catalog was the icing on the cake. Last night we went up to the mall to finally purchase this costume. I couldn't handle him talking about it any more. I know I could have gone the cheapie route.....but there is something about a Disney costume and the quality you get. I had a 15% off coupon so it saved some dough. The thing is pretty darn cute. The mask has blinking lights and all you can see is Zach's nose and eyes. He's already asked to wear it since he's been up. I'm trying to delay the inevitable.

Today we're going to my parents to wait for the cable guy. Lucky us. But I guess that's the trade off for them always babysitting. They bought the biggest TV, 52"! My parents have not had a new TV in their living room since I was 8...................I'm 35!!!! So this is a pretty big deal. My mom thinks it's too big.....no, she's just used to this old thing encased in wood. How they've put up with it all these years. It's just funny that they'll do other remodel things, but not buy a tv.

Tonight I'm working.......we don't really have any "fun" weekend plans other than trying to stay cool!

When is it going to cool down?

This heat is making me and my kids cranky. After being gone all day on Tuesday, yesterday I decided we should just lay low and stay home in the nice air conditioning all day. All they wanted to do is leave and do something. So at 3pm I took them swimming and what did they do? Complain that it's "too hot" and want to go in. No way....not after I got my suit on and I'm ready to lay out and tan. Zachary laid in the shade for an hour and Austin decided the pool was too dirty to go in. Ugh. You can't please everyone. So today to beat the heat we went to the movies at 10:15 a.m. and saw Underdog. It was cute....definitely a boy movie. Then off to WalMart for some school supplies. Oh wait....let me just say that when I left the theater I backed up into a pole.......my second time doing this in 3 weeks! It did nothing, thank god! Back to Wal Mart, why don't they have the lists for supplies like Target? So we only bought lunch bags because I don't want to make ten trips for school supplies, so I figure we should just wait.

The museums were awesome! We had such a great time and we literately spent the whole day in LA. My mistake...we did not go to the LA Children's Museum, we went to the Natural History Museum and the California Science Museum. We could have spent the whole day there! (sitting on those steps were burning our butts!) My mom really enjoyed walking through the rose garden, and I wish I would have taken more pics there, but the boys kept running off. The roses were so pretty!

As most of you know, my ex-husband is remarried and right before we left for the beach house he told me that he's divorcing her. I couldn't be happier, because she has just been one of those people that always stirs up trouble. It does leave a bitterness where I want to say to Mark, "see....I told you it wouldn't work!" He thought the grass was greener (actually just younger and skinnier) and now he's left with a huge mess and four kids to support. FOUR KIDS! Just needed to vent a little because we talked today about our weekends for the next month. It's sad that Austin isn't his first priority, but that's nothing new.

I'm going to set up and scrap...I know I owe some layout uploads....maybe later. :)

Field Trip

My mom called last night and asked us to go to the Natural History Museum & the L.A. Children's Museum today. I'm excited considering I haven't been to either one since I was? Gosh, I had to have been Austin's age? It's been a long time! So we're off onto our little field trip!

My celebrity look-a-likes

I found this on Nan's blog...http://www.scrappynan.blogspot.com/.I was really curious. I can see some similarities. Now when someone asks me which star do I look like, I have someone to claim to look similar to.

This & That

Nothing really exciting going on for us this week. Just on the countdown to when school starts. Austin is set & so is Zachary.

Recap: Go Diego Go was a great show! I was surprised at how good it was. The only thing that baffeled me is that Diego looked a little like Donny Osmond? and about 45? Weird. Great production, so glad we went. I accidentlly snapped this photo of the show <-----with the flash. You weren't supposed to use flash photography. I was messing with the settings, trying to see if I could get one in the dark and I forgot to turn it off. OOPS!

On a heavier note, without getting into too much, do you ever feel like everything is going wrong? Just everything? I feel overwhelmed personally. Physically too...with my ankle and then we've had four major things break in our house that need fixing. I just feel so overwhelmed and confused. Onto happy stuff.....I scrapped Saturday night with some friends and managed to get 5 layouts done! I'll post pics later. Have a great day!

A Bad Accident

We sort of witnessed a really bad accident yesterday. We were driving home from the store heading down Bastanchury. As I'm driving down the hill there are cars stopped, people running on the street and something laying in the street. My gut is telling me it's a bicycle accident. Cal State just went back into session on Monday and it's been very crazy in our area with students. The closer I get and slowing down because now I hear sirens, I realize there is a guy that was hit on his motorcycle. Now I'm stopped on the side of the road, right in front of the whole thing. It's bad....really bad. The guys' motorcycle is at least 50 feet or so away from him, the side of an Escalade is all messed up and this guy is laying right next to the wheel of the drivers side of the Escalade. All I can say is thank God he has a helmet on, a leather jacket and pants & boots. Seeing this really freaked me out. All night I was thinking about it.....hoping that guy is ok. Fastforward two hours and Ryan is getting home. Says that Bastanchury is all shut down. :( Oh no.....that doesn't sound good. So first thing this morning I found this.

Motorcyclist injured in Fullerton crash
Cal State Fullerton student goes head over handlebars after Escalade pulls out in front of motorcycle.
By KIMBERLY EDDS
The Orange County Register
FULLERTON – A 22-year-old motorcyclist is in stable condition Thursday evening after he was sent flying through the driver's window of an SUV that apparently pulled out in front of him on Bastanchury Road, authorities said.
The Whittier man was on his way to a class at California State University, Fullerton, about 6:40 p.m. about when an Escalade suddenly pulled out on to Bastanchury near Vista Grande, authorities said. The motorcyclist couldn't stop in time, and the motorcycle slammed into the side of the Escalade, sending the motorcyclist over the handlebars and through the window of the SUV.
The motorcyclist, whose name has not been released, was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange with internal injuries, Fullerton police Lt. Danny Hughes said.
The 16-year-old girl behind the wheel of the Escalade was taken to St. Jude with minor injuries, authorities said.
Bastanchury was closed for several hours while officers investigated the accident.

Wow. This definitely has left me praying for this young man to be o.k.

I have a real knack for.......

hurting myself. Last night at Austin's soccer practice I was walking back out to my car to get something and as I stepped down off the curb I rolled my left ankle almost falling to the ground. I instantly could feel the pain and see the swelling. There I am trying to catch my breath and Zachary is asking me if I'm O.K. putting his blankie on my back and kissing me. I'm trying not to cry as the pain gets more intense because I don't want to freak him out. He's already a little worried asking me if I need a wheelchair and to go see the doctor. Ryan is on the freeway....no where near us. My dad is at softball and my mom & brother are at a football function. I really felt stuck. So I suck it up and get in the car and drive home. I can just feel the throbbing pain and see the swelling. Why tonight? We're seeing a show tomorrow (today) and I have to go back to work on Friday....ugh. This is a bad time. I ice it off and on for a couple of hours. Most of the swelling has gone down, but it still hurts. Soon as the doctors office opens today I'm making an appt. I'm sure it's sprained, just hope it isn't anything more.

Today we're seeing this

our show is at 10:30 a.m. Zachary is so excited and has already plan his outfit to wear. Of course it's his Diego vest, shirt and pants!

Day two at the Beach house. My cousin (red hat) Charity and her daughter Hailey came and spent the day with us. Charity and I are only a year a part....it's hard to imagine I could have a child that is 14! And my goofy boys as usual.

Beach House Pics

Here is the view from our balcony

Our first day......
My sister & I. She decided to barely wear sunscreen and ended burning the back of her legs so bad that she could barely walk all week. I'm really glad she came out. When she left to go home, the plane was over booked and offered her a $400 voucher to leave in the morning.....she took it! Smart girl....that will pay for her plane ticket to come home at Christmas time.

This is Talia, my sister's friend from NY. She lives in Brooklyn and has her entire life. Let me just say she is the funniest person I have ever met! That Brooklyn accent is so thick that it just made what she said like a SNL skit. She has the kind of personaliy that you feel like you've known her all your life. Zachary & Austin just adored her and she is amazing with kids! If you can get over ALL the tattoos and piercings (which eventually my kids did) you'll see her genuine self and not the masking of body art. She wants to move to California for a year.....I told her I'd hire her to babysit in a heartbeat......I even offered her to stay at my parents house. My sister is dating her cousin Joe. If he's anything like Talia, my sister has definitely hit the jackpot.

I'm going to post more later, I have tons of pics! Seems like today has finally cooled off....have a "cool" Wednesday!

A quick post....

Hi everyone!
We're back finally! Actually we've been home since Saturday but I feel like I've been non-stop on the go. TONS of laundry to do, grocery shopping and school clothes shopping. Today I've parked myself at home to finally finish up the last of everything. I'm almost done.....I just need to upload all my pictures to share!

The weather was perfect all week. Usually we end up with overcast mornings and sunny afternoons......not this time. Sunny from sunrise to sunset! We beat some of the inland heat; we had a nice 98 degree welcome home Saturday. Yuck! Miss the cool breezes, but not the sand. Well, hopefully sometime today I'll get the pictures uploaded, we're headed over to my mom's house to swim.

I'm sick!

Yes, this is true and couldn't be at a worse time. Ryan is too. We both have sinus colds. I feel like total crap and I need to pack. The most I've done so far is make a list. My sinuses are killing me and my throat hurts. My kids are being sooooo good by letting me just hang around and mope. I know a nap is in store shortly!

So scrapped last night after work.....I could not make it late as I started to feel lousy. Some of the girls did. I don't know how though? I did set out all the new Making Memories Halloween stuff and the new Craftersworkshop templates. If you haven't seen these, they are way cool for those of you that are unsure of your doodling abilities. Super cute! I'm outta here....need to rest now. :)

Wednesday and counting!

It is officailly hump day and we're just two days away from going on vacation! I cannot wait. We rented a beach house with my parents down in Newport and I'm so excited to just go and relax! Though the stress of packing is overwhelming because I feel like we have to take SO much. So, to relax a little I'm scrapbooking tonight at the Bee. I have a little secret to share about scrapbooking there on Wednesdays. I've been working the last few Wednesday nights and there is a pretty big group showing up.....and staying really late. Like so late I can't promise it'll be every Wednesday, but for now he lets the scrapbookers stay until he goes home. **cough, cough, 3am*** So I've been dying to crop as you can tell, so tonight I'm working for a few hours and then staying until I can't stay any more.

My sister arrived last night....can't wait to see her today. She'll be here for the next week. Colin leaves for some training to Fort Campbell tomorrow. He'll be gone for 5 days and then hopefully we'll find out more details of his deployment. **sigh**

Annie, you lobster obessesed girl, I went Gymboree today and bought so many lobster things for Zachary. I'll have to take some pics later and show you :)

San Diego

We're fresh back from San Diego and I already miss it! I wish we could spend a week there.....especially at our hotel. We always stay at the Marriot Marina in downtown. It's in the perfect spot to walk where ever you need to go. But first, let me say THANK YOU STEPHANIE! We finally made it to the Rainbow Outlet. After about a year and half of going and either getting there after they close or showing up on a day they aren't open, we finally got to go and I was in heaven! We didn't buy one, not two, but THREE pairs of rainbows! (Austin wasn't interested) I would have spent all my vacation money on different colors and styles.......but decided to go with these for the family. My straps are tight, but I can't wait for them to loosen up and be my new favorite sandal! Now back to our trip:

Friday; Sea World. Was it HOT! Had a blast. It's so nice to go to a park that isn't jammed packed with people. We got the pass where you can go back a second day, because we definitely didn't get to see all the shows. Shamu rocks was really cool. I'm always impressed with these animals. Have you seen these before? They are a type of dolphin that looks like a killer whale! So cool! Saturday Zachary woke up with a fever which kind of fouled up our plans. We were supposed to go to Legoland today(Sunday), but he still was feverish so we came home. Any ways.....we made the most of Saturday. Went and checked out the big ships, tried taking him swimming. Once Austin hit the pool he was pretty much MIA.....doing his own thing. Ryan and Zachary ended up napping while Austin & I stayed at the pool. We did get some dinner and a hot fudge sundae from Ghiradelli's. Yummy! I'll post more pics later.