Stuck

A few days ago D got stuck in the ocean's wet sand.

Using his body to try to pull his foot out.

That didn't work so he tried digging his foot out. (While trying to save his flip flops)

Showing off how far down his foot was in the sand. He was able to save his flip flops. 

D was stuck for a good 15 minutes. 

Instead of helping I took pictures. 

(snicker)

Panoramic

Me 

Benson Beach. 

Sunday

(Click on picture for a better look) 

Final Days in California

Got to see our itty bitty kitty, Dallas. She's not so itty bitty anymore.

Besties

Tree and acorn

Stopped by to see my Lilli-vanilli. She'll be 4 this year!

Putting chapstick on Bogey

She was NOT happy that we had to go.

Bugged my big bro at work.

Delightful grilled cheese and limeade from Sonic. Didn't even think to get a picture of any of the four times we went to In-n-Out.

I think it's after driving for 7 hours that you start to have a mini photo shoot in your car.

That's right- the lil pup uses an airplane pillow. He's classy like that.

Go To Disney With Us & Leave a Little Stranger

Today was our third and final day at Disneyland. We had lots of fun! On our first day at Disneyland I purchased a season pass. I need to go just one more time this year and the pass will have paid for itself. Woo hoo!

Something that's not "woo hoo"- an 80-something year old lady had a heart attack either on Indiana Jones or just after. They had to stabilize her and call for an ambulance. Pretty sad.

Anyways....

Caught SIL, Stephanie, in a parade. Don't worry- she's wearing a wig

I've seen her perform in this parade a ton of times yet I still take a bazillion pictures of her. 

It's a tradition that we call D's best friend, Adam, while we're on Big Thunder Mountain. Usually the call ends up being a voice mail. 

D always cracks us up with what he says while on the phone

Brother love

Peat and repeat

Not sure what's going on in this one, but we're waiting to go on Tower of Terror.

We found Cousin It. 

(How terrible are we for taking pics of other people at d-land? Sad thing is our people-watching comments are even worse.)

Us on the Tower of Terror (back row)

I married this guy?

Disney has an Erin Snack Bar: cereal, Oreos, Chips Ahoy, and GIANT bags of Crisps*. It's like they knew I was coming!

Family picture...Steph met up with us after her parade.

Brother and sister

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*Crisps are packages of freeze-dried fruit that you can get from Costco. They don't last long in our house. 

The Foundation of My Diet

I inherited my dad's sweet tooth. (My first word was "cookie.") Most of the time I'm planning on when and how I'm going to get something sweet to eat.

If I were to draw out a Food Pyramid of Wifey, instead of fruits/ veggies/ grains at the foundation it'd have my 5 C's: cookies, cake, candy, crackers, and cereal. Anytime is a good time these 5 C's. Period.

My in-law's eat really healthy so it's very rare to find my "foundation" at their house. (Except cereal) While running errands yesterday we decided that we needed something sweet to eat after dinner. (YES!!) After sampling red velvet cake from Costco I was excited that I wasn't the only one who thought it was necessary to have since I didn't have cake on my birthday. It was one of the best cakes that I've had in awhile. Most of us had it again for breakfast this morning.

Bigger than father-in-laws!

Oh happy birthday to me... almost two months after the real thing.

Extra thick

Beach & Disney

Yesterday we spent half of the day at the beach. My attempts to not get horrifically sunburned are working. The spray sunblock works the best but I cannot get it off my skin... even three days after the first time I put it on.

Lil pup is doing great. He loves the weather and having a cool backyard to hang out in.

Getting ready to head to dinner and Disney.

Attempting a semi-family picture always has this result.

Heading to see the re-released Captain EO. Ummm... interesting show if you haven't seen it. Mix Star Wars with Labyrinth with Michael Jackson. You'll leave with a lot of jokes.

Small World

The boys

We ended the night with a special treat. I attacked a funnel cake while everything else chose icecream. I admit that I snuck a few bites even though I'm the icecream hater.