Vacation Day 5

We kind of laid low yesterday and took it easy.  Dave of course watched more soccer, but Luke and I made boysenberry jam while Logan was napping.  I love to make homemade jam it taste so much better and really doesn't take that long.  Also it is great for food storage!  This recipe I used was typical freezer berry jam.  Usually to seal I water bath all my jars but I have noticed that with heat, especially strawberries it turns them brown, Yuck!  So I freezer jam.

1. Luke smashing the berries.  2. The boysenberries resting.  3. Sterilizing the bottles.  4. Luke pouring the 6 cups of sugar.  5. Lemon  zest.  6. Sure jell to make the jam set .  7. Bottling the jam.  8. The end result.

Later of course we went swimming and then after the boys went to bed David and I watched Leap Year with Amy Adams.  Really cute, even Dave laughed.  I would actually buy this one.   

So sad our vacation is half over, it is amazing how time flies when you are having so much fun.

Vacation Day 4

We did lots of errands on my Honey-Do list.    We headed over to the Salvation army, Goodwill and Keepers to look for some furniture to buy fix up and sell.  I have done it a couple of times and brings in a little extra income and really is quite fun.  I found the most beautiful nightstand that Dave had bought for me to turn around and resell but I think I might keep it instead and sell some other things it is to good of  find.  Dave told me this is going to be my down fall, he probably is right.  You gotta love your husbands.  There was a new hamburger joint opening that day called Th Habit Burger Grill in Lake Forest.  From 12-2pm they were giving out free burgers, fries and drink.  So we went, DAve got the BBQ Bacon, I got the Teriyaki and the boys got Charbroiled.  It was super yummy.  The OC Register was there writing an article for local section.  They interviewed me and took pictures of the boys.  TO read the article and see a picture of Logan click here.  

Of  course they spelled my last name wrong but they got Logan's right.  

We do have the same last name!  

After lunch we went to IKEA to get magazine files to organize my desk for the business.  I was totally stoked when I found the ones I wanted had been slashed to $2.99.  It totally made my day!  We came home and went swimming for an hour.  After we put the boys to bed David and I rented AVATAR.  Really long movie, glad that I didn't spend any money to see it (got 4 free rental for redbox).  Don't know what all the hype was about.  Went to bed really late again.  I love vacation at home.

Vacation Day 2 & 3

Tuesday Luke had his last day of swimming lessons with Anna and it was a totally victory!  He started to swim.  He finally got it!  I am so proud, I truly was getting worried because last week we spent more time coaxing him to stay in the water then anything  else.  But now he is so confident, he is just swimming like a little fish.  (Sorry no pictures to document.)  Later that day we spent more time watching the FIFA World cup.  Have I mentioned that I have watched more soccer in the last week or so then I have in my entire life.  Yeah it is fun, but half the time I just look at the players and want them to cut their hair.  Super Gross! After the game we went to the mall returned some things and got Dave an eye exam at Lens Crafters.  He is so blind it really is sad but for graduation my parents wanted to get him some prescription sunglasses so we had his eyes checked.  Later that night we took Luke to the pool to practice swimming.

On Wednesday a friend of mine, Lindsey Brewster invited us to go to the Beach Club in RSM.  We love the beach club so I took the boys for a few hours while Dave stayed at home to "study" for the state board exam awhile watching the world cup games.  I know, how does he do it?  I wonder myself.  After I put the boys down to bed I went to San Clemente to have a girls night.  I love my girls.  It is so great to be able to get together talk and laugh.  We had so much fun that I didn't get home till 12:45am.  Till next time.

Vacation Day 1

Dave has 2 weeks of vacation before he starts his LAST internship and we are trying to live it up and the best we can.  When I say that I mean do as many things as we can do for free and catch up on the "Honey-Do" list.  

So for the first day of vaca we decided to use our D-land passes for the last time before summer was all blocked out and we really wanted to see the World of Color show at Disney's California Adventure.  So we had heard that for you to actually see the show you had to get a fast pass that gives you a showtime and a place to view.  So we got there around 11:30-45 and went straight to the fast pass distribution for the show.  I ended up waiting in line for at least 30 min and saw Kaylee Earl (she waited for 40min) and got tickets to see the 11:15pm show.  11:15 holy cow David and I were like "This better be the best water show that we will ever see." We never stay that late at Disneyland, but I have to say it was kind of nice.  We just took our time did things that we don't normally do. And we didn't really feel rushed because we had to stick around anyway.  So we did see the Fantasmic show which was fun for Luke  and Logan to watch but then Luke just kept asking for the stroller.  He really just wanted to go to sleep.  Funny kid you would think that he would want to just keep going but no.  He just want to go to sleep.  At 10pm David and I were waiting with 2 sleeping boys for the show to start and decided to get a funnel cake and hot chocolate.  Yummy!  It really just hit the spot.  11:15 rolls around finally and we watch the show.  It was funny though because they have an announcement to all the viewer that if you have a seat directly on the water that you will get wet!  Dave and I were laughing because we couldn't believe that water would carry that far, but sure enough a heavy mist covered the crowd when it started and made it mighty chilly.   It was so cool though!  I would encourage all to see it if you get the chance!  In comparison to any water show I would say it is as grand as the Bellagio's water show in Vegas but with a great Disney twist love it, go and see it!

1. David and Luke with Kenai and Koda

2. David and Luke on the Silly Symphony Swings

3. & 4. King Tritons Carousel

5. Bug's Life Show

6. Winnie the Pooh Ride

7. Waiting for Casey JR Train

8. & 9. On the Train

10. Me closing my eyes for the Tea Cups so I don't get sick.  The things you do for your kids.

11. Tea cups!  I didn't throw up, Yeah!

12. Autopia

13. Fantasmic Show with Logan

14. & 15. Sleeping Babes

16. One last photo with the happy tired parents!

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Father's Day to all you great 

Out there!  

We love yo hope you have a fantastic day!

Love, Us

Dream Kitchen

I don't own a home but I love a good design as anyone.  I don't really know how to classify my style but I do love French Countryside and anything thing to do with farms.  (You know I do wish I lived on one sometimes. Yes a farm!)  Anyway I came across this blog with a before and after of this amazing kitchen and just had to share. 

Before

I love the open area and simplicity of the whole room.  I heart this kitchen and hope to have it one day.  But first I need a house!

Checkout the entire story at urbanfarmgirlandco.

Megan & Dan

This past weekend I did a wedding for Megan (Peterson) and Dan Chapman.  It was held at the Dove Canyon Courtyard in Trabuco Canyon and the theme was Pirate!  Pirate you say, Yes!  And it was F.A.B.U.L.O.U.S.

 I love every wedding that I do because each one is an adventure.  But this one truly was with gold beaded chains, jewels, parrots and crystal skulls!  OOH just thinking of the skulls I get excited all over again.

The bride gave me one picture to set the mood for what she wanted for her bouquet and then she said the skies the limit.  So I went with it.  They had all their own containers except for my mercury pedestals and candle sticks.  The pictures speak for themselves I really can't tell you anymore than that.  Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Thanks Megan and Dan for letting me be apart of your special day!

The toss bouquet was something special that I had never done before.  And a don't have a picture of how it went either but Megan wanted 6 different mini tied hand posies, but then secured with a ribbon to give it the appearance of one bouquet.  But when she threw it, it was supposed to separate and 6 different people were to each get one.  Very cute idea loved it!

We had 4 different centerpieces as you can see.  The first three were situated on the 60" round tables and the last one was a tiny centerpieces for the cocktail tables.  The bride gave me the idea for the crown centerpieces taken from Amorology weddings.  The others I was just given the containers and created something to go along with the theme.  I also want to give special mention to the mother of the bride Patti, she made all the table linens (tablecloths, runners and the brides dress!) for this reception!  They were a beautiful burlap with a natural colored fringe sewn along the bottom.  Patti you are amazing!

The bouquets consisted of black & maroon calla lilies, anemones, hydrangeas, black baccara roses and orchids.  It was tied with a raw silk 4" ribbon and secured with crystal topped pins.

Pirate Chest Cake, arbor complete with peacock & ostrich feather headdress for ring ceremony.

The beams were dressed with muslim to look like sails and accented with chandeliers.

Crystal skull in the fountain with drapes of gold beads hanging over the ledge of the waterfall.

Flowers: Allyson Didlake Heritage Flowers

Cake: Heidelberg Bakery in Mission Viejo

Location: Dove Canyon Courtyard in Trabuco Canyon

Ming-Ming

Right now the boys really like Wonder Pets!  

They can both tell you all the characters names and sing the song.  Luke needed some new underwear and he picked out Wonder Pets,  Logan decided that he liked them too!  So one day he wore them like this and wouldn't let me take them off.  He kept pointing to Ming-Ming the duck.  They are so cute!

Memorial Day

You can tell when I have a wedding or job because my blogging takes a total back seat.  Here I am in middle of June talking about Memorial day.  So for Memorial day we stayed at home and just hung around and relaxed.   

We did have one outing to the mall. Dave had gotten quite a bit of money for graduation and I had some stashed away for a rainy day.  Our old computer was about to die, we hadn't even turned it on for over a month because we were afraid that it would crash and we would lose everything.  SO we all hopped into the car and headed down to the MAC store and came back with this bad boy 27" IMAC. 

 We love it!  It has been amazing having a computer that works and is so fast.  I'm glad we got it, it was a huge expense but needed and Dave really deserved something for all his hard work he put in the last 10 years!

We came home later had ribs and all the BBQ fixin's.  I did want to do something fun for Luke so I set up the fire pit and we roasted marshmallows after we put Logan to bed.  It was nice to just have some one on one time with him!  It was a fun and relaxing day.

Anniversary Recap

For our anniversary we decided to treat ourselves with our annual sushi trip.  But this year we tried someplace new (thanks Rach!) Samurai Sushi off of La Paz.  It was Super Yummy!  We then walked around Target by ourselves, I know super glamourous.  But we had to get some thing for Sunday.  After that I surprised Dave to a Fondue restaurant  and had dessert.  We picked from a whole list of different chocolates and settled on a dark chocolate with whipped cream on top that sounded good.  WE had a whole plate of gooodies, marshmallows, fruit, peanut butter balls, angel food cake and so much more.  By then we felt sick and headed home.  Simple little date but fun because we tried some new things.  For us that is huge we are creatures of habit!

Happy Birthday Karli!

Karli we just want to wish you a happy birthday!
So glad that we were able to talk to you today and the rest of the fam.
We can't wait till you guys can come out for a visit.
Hope your day was extra special!

We love you Karli, Happy Birthday!

Love, Us

6 years and Counting

Today is our six year wedding anniversary.  Can't believe how fast it has gone.  More details to follow. . . 

More Pics of Jack

He is so cute! 

 The boys are so excited, we are all excited!  

I'm an Aunt, Dave's an Uncle, the boys have a cousin, what's not to love?