last days at disney...

so happy...

standing in line to see mickey...

mickey

i was so shocked that when jones saw mickey when we walked into disneyland that he immediately said: - i want to go see him!-

march 4th 2011

phone pics...

sometimes i dont like to carry a camera... and sometimes i think that my phone takes better pictures anyway... here is a catch up of phone pics... from all the way back to january...

disneyland with my family... always fun!  jones loves some disney clubhouse... and couldnt resist taking a few souvenirs... 

grandma spoiled him and bought him the cupcake with the ring on top... the ring (plastic) made it a $1 more... crazy!!!  but a yummy cupcake...

'thank you grandma'

my dad just couldnt resist the wonderful smell of the huge turkey legs... so while waiting we tried our first... actually pretty good... i just dont like eating things off bones... maybe by my next pregnancy i will get there since it seems that i have come a long way with both my pregnancy with jones and this one...

i ate bacon this morning... and really wanted bacon on my burger the other day at rubys...

i know... crazy!  for me at least...

january 14th 2011

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we went to 'the counter'... it took us SO long to figure out what we wanted... the choices are endless...

this is the burger menu above... you choose your meat... how much... what kind of bun... what sauces... what toppings... what cheeses... lets just say its crazy!  but so fun!

here is brandons...

how did he even fit that in his mouth... yum!

january 15th 2011

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we took the family to the quail botanical gardens in encinitas for mlk day...

always a fun place to let jones run around... and love all the plants for many parts of the world...

above... 

jones found a 'sea shell' or pistachio shell...

he was so proud!

built block towers with grandpa...

hiked around in the bamboo forrest... it was fun... but then they had to leave to go home... 

january 17th 2011

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too bad that leucadia donut shop was closed when my family was in town... what kind of a donut shop is closed in the morning and on a holiday???

anyhow... we went back a few days later to try it out...

they know how to make some good donuts!

but... we still think vgs is the best...

i think my favorite thing about us going there was that they had a baggie of cherrios on the wall with a label that read : 'donut seeds'

my grandpa clark LOVES donuts!!!!!!!

he is now a recipient of a package of his very own 'donut seeds'

'donut hands'

my love loves to have clean hands...

january 22nd 2011

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we went for a walk around the block... and found jones name on many things... this was my favorite one.. the yellow fire-hydrants are all jones...

january 28th 2011

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one day jones was playing with mr & mrs potatoe head... i asked him what they were doing/where they were going... he said "to get married in the temple"

what could make a mom happier???

february 11th 2011

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strummin on his guitar...

february 12th 2011

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saying hello to mater and mcqueen with his cousins while at disneyland...

poppies... i couldnt not take a picture when they were so perfect!

the best ride ever!!!

februrary 17th 2011

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playing the game...

counting the catch...

march 7th 2011

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can anyone say 'elecTRONica' or dance party!!

celebrating brents bday at disneyland... jones loves to shake his bootie!

march 11th 2011

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to all those special ladies...

to all the special women in my life... happy mothers day... i hope your day is filled with happiness...

xoxo

the party...

so like i said... i love a good creative outlet...

after much searching and many trips to many different stores we found lots of blue and green things for our dino party!!!

we have to have jones soda at a jones birthday...

the table...

(somewhat copied after the google image i found)

thanks to my mom... 

we had the best tasting, made from scratch, oreo cookie cupcakes... 

and she found the dinosaur craft punch that all the stores i searched from were out of...

it was essential to have it ... the cupcakes would have lacked the dinosaur effect without the toppers i made...

and thanks to her for bringing all of her dishes for me to use!!!

his white cake with white frosting and a dinosaur on top...

(exactly how he asked for it)

more cupcakes...

the treats...

and thanks again to my mom and dad... they brought their cotton candy and snow cone machines...

only blue and green flavors and colors of course!!!

singing happy birthday...

eating the cakes...

dig in...

the dino dig...

all the diggers...

the presents...

"whats in there"...

chillin after the party...

cleaning up...

happy birthday jones party...

march 5th 2011

three questions...

1.   who doesnt love an excuse for a party??

2.  who doesnt love dr seuss??

i love both... so we had a little green eggs and ham party for mr dr seuss...

jones loved it... however... owen was a little leery of eating the green bread and green gravy i made...

3.  whats a birthday party without a birthday song or birthday cake??

of course we sang happy birthday and everyone got to blow out a candle...

i promise this picture is not posed... everyone just had a good laugh...

thanks for celebrating with us...

march 2nd 2011

brinca brinca...

i love when i find a good creative outlet... and so for jones birthday i did just that... i found a bunch of pictures online (thanks to google images) that i thought would be fun and this one below is the one jones chose and loved!  

he wanted a dinosaur birthday with white cake and a dinosaur... 

so this was my inspiration...

below is what really came out of it... 

i had fun!!!

and jones loved it... making it all worth while...

[smile]

but first... his real birthday day...

we went with shauna, drew and sally to check out the 

agua hedionda lagoon discovery nature center... 

long name huh?!?!...

it wasnt quite what i had expected... very simple... but the kids loved it...

there were a ton of books and puzzles all about nature and we had the place all to ourselves... then we headed outside with the binoculars that the kids found and took a little nature hike...

jones loved it!!!

for his cake... of course he requested a cupcake... so thanks to grandma clark we made this huge giant cupcake... the thing was bigger than his head and falling over it was so huge!!!

"three"

he was so patient to wait until daddy came home so we could celebrate together... we opened a few small presents then for the big surprise...

brent held him and made him close his eyes...

then when he opened them i took this picture...

"trampoline"

he was the happiest kid i have ever seen!

...it was so hard to keep him out of the backyard all day so that brent could be there for the big surprise... brent is the sweetest dad... spent over an hour in the freezing cold night setting it up so that as soon as he came home from work we could "open" his present together...

and here is his first jump!

he was in heaven!

then we met the "cuzzies" at "chucker cheese" for some playing and pizza...

i dont get it... but this was their favorite ride for like 20 minutes straight...

and then shauna and family spoiled him with more presents... a dinosaur that he had been wanting and  his very own pair of BINOCULARS!!!

it was a great day!

march 1st 2011