Technical Difficulties

I am back from our 2 week long vacation {if you can call it that} after all the puking but it was mixed with good family fun, cousins, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, beauty pageants, swimming, beach, new friends, old friends and shopping...Love Simi Valley...I have many things to post about so as soon as my laptop comes home we will share many memories with all! {My PC is getting a facelift after losing her letter 'K'} so just another week or two and we will be back on the blogging train...Otherwise see us on Facebook for updates on this crazy little thing called life...

Pic of the Week

Could I be in love with this kid anyMORE?...He is playing "daddy"...daddy's shoes and taking a call...he walks around with the phone up to his ear saying "dada dada dada"

Glitz Pageants: Here We Come

Sew, here's my finished project...Lexi's new Glitz Pageant Dress to compete in...Months ago I bought a simple party/flower girl dress off Ebay for $12.99 thinking it could become a beautiful Pageant Dress for Lexi...well here it is...I used the existing bodice and added ribbon, flowers, sleeves, eyelets for the tie up in the back, feathers, swarovski crystals, and trimmings but since I don't have a ruffler {which is needed to get the cute cupcake style ruffle seam on the skirt} I had the skirt made by a proffessional...Andrea, a close family friend who makes Pageant Dresses for a living {Royalty Designs}

What do you think?

The Front

The Back

Close-Up of the Corsage at top of sleeve

The Middle Bodice

Swarovski Crystals adorn the skirt...the skirt was made by Andrea from Royalty Designs

Close Up of the Cap Sleeve

And of course a matching Hair Pritty

And Boo Boo who wants to go to school...
{How's that for the random phot of the day?}

The Summer Cook{s}

with David singing at CA State Fair in Hot Sacramento

Hot

Hotter

Hottest

Are You Kidding!?!

{Sorry boyfriends and husbands...but we have to scream at this...}

Cook was such a Star...He loved every scream, sign and 'Hiiiii' given to him...He was very candid when he would talk to us between songs {to catch his breath}...It was a great show...and yes it was HOT even when the sun went down...he said he didn't mind the heat because the day before he was in Lancaster CA...here's a couple of clips for any fans...

I Did It For You

Talking in between shows

Lie

Come Back To Me

Back~2~School

My Second Grader...First in Line

Headin up the 80

Our Weekend in Tahoe was shared with our good friends and their cute little ones...

The weekend fun included some hiking to a cute rock for some while others headed on up to see Eagle Lake...

...Swimming in the community pool by our family's Tahoe house...in which the last 10 minutes of each hour was adult swim only where Tami & I stayed in and everyone else got out...hehehe

and the sweet scenery on private beaches of course...

Dancing Through Life

Yes I went and experienced the musical Wicked again but this time with two of my 'besties' making it our Girls Trip 09'

...and it was Even Better than before...It was so much more emotional the second time knowing how it all plays out...It is a MUST SEE...it will be here in San Fransisco for a while I believe since SF is it's home...

Here's us lovelies at the top of Macy's for some Cheesecake Factory Bliss and yes, ${way to much} later it was time to walk back to our BART station and travel home in true city style, with crazies and all...loads of fun...

Lot's of Chocolate for Fall

Peek a Sku