love thursday... love this...

i found this idea on design mom... and she found it on chocolateonmycranium... so cute...

i love fun summer ideas...

 

so... long story short... the ac went out and melted our chocolate... i did not want to throw away all our chocolate so... we melted it and...

we made more chocolates...

...and enjoyed...

when we toured lulas chocolate factory, they told us about how when chocolate gets to a certain temperature (too hot), it blooms... not a good thing, the cocoa butter and the cocoa solids separate and that is what makes the white streaks in the chocolate, and makes it taste different too... to get rid of it, all you have to do is bring the chocolate back to a certain temperature and it will chemically become how chocolate should be...  

a little chemistry lesson... 

who wants to throw away see's chocolate or cadbury chocolate... 

...to mix it up i bought some trader joes super dark chocolate to add to all the super sweet milk chocolate... it turned out so yummy...

we made fun puzzle piece shapes and these thank you chocolates... but they did not last long... 

love thursday... goodbye dinner... lucilles bbq

 

peek...

a...

boo...

can you tell that jones loved this paper to go bag...

...and the watermelon...

we went to dinner one last time with brent before he had to go...  lucilles bbq was pretty good... we especially loved the biscuits... with apple cinnamon butter... so yummy!

july 27th 2009

bbq...

brent wanted to catch up with some friends while in town, so we had a bbq... 

the kids loved the bounce house...

...and eating cookies...

...and riding the jeep...

july 25th 2009

chilrens museum of phx...

riding with aunt karen...

playing in the noodle garden...

picking flowers... 

we loved going to the childrens museum of phoenix...

july 29th 2009

back to the happiest place on earth...

so... when brent realized that he, as an active duty member of military, gets in free to disneyland... he said, well, when jones wakes up from his nap lets go... so yes, we went again...

jones of course loved being there, especially with brent...

pooh...

with brent...

getting ready to watch the fireworks...

it was so fun to be there as a family... and we were so lucky, we got there about 3pm and just got on almost every ride... no waiting!!! yes!!! we loved it!

july21st2009

newport...

we had so much fun in newport... we ate rice crispy treat cupcakes... from this cute little bakery in balboa...

then... one day after running around balboa island we found this park where jones loved playing with his daddy...

we ate at a yummy little place called wilma's cafe... yum!!! the balboa belly bommers were so good... jalisco style... i would for sure recommend this place to anyone!!!

jones and brent... eating more frozen yogurt... (a pinkberry wantabe)

a ferry ride from newport to balboa...

the beach...

the ferris wheel... jones would not stop starring at the ferris wheel until brent finally took him on it... he loved every second...

i forgot to post these san diego pictures... we were lucky enough to get to the temple while in san diego... our first time in this temple... it was beautiful!

then we all went to china camp for dinner...

san diego

my favorite!!!! pinkberry... that is all i have to say... so so so yummy!  with cherries and mangos... yum...  i want some right now!

jones favorite!!!! the rock floor... he just kept trying so hard to pick up any of those little rocks...

seaworld...

playing with dad... while waiting in line...

sunglasses... i mean 3d glasses.... every time i say or read the word "sunglasses" i hear the song: i wear my sunglasses at night

laughing with daddy...

searching for stingrays and touching them with daddy...

snowcaves...

wait for it....

here he comes...

the huge walrus... jones loved this guy... he was in such awe... it was crazy how many times he could just watch the big guy do this...

so... when i packed up a suitcase for brent i didnt even think, but i packed up his old mission shoes for church... he doesnt wear them anymore, he got new ones, they are so old and hurt his feet... so we left them in the hotel room... no need for them anymore... but before i did... i had to get a picture, jones needed a little help to actually get them on... but he wanted to wear his daddies shoes... 

he is so lucky to have such a great dad!  he has a lot to accomplish to fill those shoes... but has a wonderful example to help him do it... i love my loves (brent and jones) and am so lucky to have them!!!

happy august:merry christmas

happy august....

we have been so busy having so much fun that i am still working on "our best ten days"... but i just had to post about today since it is the beginning of august... 

we loved having my cousins over for swimming and snow cones... jones has loved that they come over to play with him and swim swim swim... 

then... merry christmas in august... yeah!

just when you think you are going to pass out because it is way too hot here in az... we had some fun using a christmas gift...

my mom gave me a gift certificate to trader joes for christmas, and i just kept not remembering that i had it... so finally today... jones and i went and bought some fun stuff... i love trader joes...

jones was so excited... he loved carrying around the bag... we got a bunch of new stuff to try... can you tell he is anxious too?... i am way excited to try some new thai dishes that i bought... the apple mango mangosteen juice we bought is already gone... and trader joes yummy greek yogurt!  mmmmm.... nothing is the same as when you are there... but at least we can try to match it!

one of the best things about trader joes... the workers there... they are always so happy and helpful... today the woman helping us gave jones these stickers... he was pretty excited... 

(that is why we have stickers on our heads in the second picture)

merry christmas in august!  

august 1st 2009