The Wish to have Straight Hair

No one understands better than myself the desire to have straight hair. Now that Zach is getting older he is wanting his hair to have the shag look that a lot of his friends have. I have told him that first of all no matter what he does his hair will never look that way (believe me I have tried!)..and second of all girls like the curls. But Zach was not convinced. So I tried to straighten his hair with my straighting iron. The results are shown below. His hair was not long enough to get it to lay down but Zach liked it anyway and had no problem showing up to soccer practice with his hair like this.

Hopefully he will come to the conclusion that curls are cool and everyone can have a shag haircut but not many can have a Fro!!!

Mother's Day

I had a very low key mother's day this year. I just wanted to take some pictures of me with my mom and with my children. My mom has been a great example to me on how to be a mother.


I am so lucky to have 4 wonderful children....(most of the time)

My Favorite Place on Earth

My favorite place to go on vacation is Disneyland. I am sure this is because of all of my good memories of going there with my family when I was a kid. That was before the 3 day hopper pass. You went for one day and you felt pretty good if you got more than 10 to 12 rides in a day. The lines were always really long and I remember waiting over 2 hours for the more popular rides. But we always had a really good time. It wasn't so much about the rides but going there with cousins and having a great time being silly. I remember that we would be at the gate when it opened and then would run with my dad to Space Mountain to get on it before the line got to long. So to keep up with tradition Space Mountain was the first ride we went on everyday we were there. This was our first time without worrying about stollers or a baby....and everyone could go on all the rides except for 2.

The kids at the Hotel waiting for the shuttle bus on the first day. Can't you just see the excitement.

Splash mountain was one of the kids favorite rides and I am not even sure how many times we went on it. The ride made more sense to them once I explained the story behind the ride.....it is sad that they haven't ever seen "Song of the South" and probably won't ever get to see it. As a kid this was one of my favorite Disney movies.

This is an all too frightening picture...and one that I will face daily in about 3 years.
Zach was so excited that they let him drive his own car. He was only tall enough because of his hair.

Cruella was one of the the kids favorite characters. She was very funny....and very tall.

Nobody does a parade like Disney!

This is Amanda on the Canoe ride.

The "Fam" with Donald Duck.

The longest line we stood in was Pixie Hollow.....all to meet Tinkerbell and another Fairy Friend...which I can't remember the name. But the girls were excited to get Tinkerbell's autograph.


This was during the fireworks on the last day at Disneyland. I guess after 3 days of 8am to midnight the kids were kind of tired. We had a great time and I can't wait to go back.

The Beach

We managed to spend an afternoon at the Beach. It was cold so the kids didn't really get in the water but just waded. We did walk down to Huntington Beach Pier and eat at Rubys. We did manage to bring home a ton of shells and sand.

The Surprise

Craig and I decided in January that we wanted to take the kids to Disneyland....kind of a family trip in celebration of Craig's graduation. We thought it would be fun to surprised the kids. They thought we were going to St. George for the week. I have to admit that it was the hardest for me to keep this secret....mainly because I was not getting any leverage out of this. But on the positive side I also wasn't getting asked everyday how many more days until we go to disneyland. We told them when we got to St. George. The video was the reaction. The funniest part is Kayla's reaction....she is my pessimist.