So, I just barely watched Marley and Me last night, by myself. I wanted to see it in April but it was the day before we were taking Moss to Nick's family, for the whole summer. He wouldn't let me rent it because he knew how it ended. Well, I sobbed like a baby at the end. I have never cried so hard over a movie! I am glad that I didn't see it in the theater and that I watched it alone. Please, tell me that I'm not the only one who bawled like a baby!
I just wanted to make a short post from my Wii and see if it works! It takes way to long to type on this thing! I don't think I'll be doing this much.
Look at the beautiful custom blog background that my hubby made for me! He is so talented and I love him so much! This morning he also surprised me with Super Mario Bros 3 for our Wii! I have wanted all the old Super Nintendo Mario games since I was in high school. I forgot how bad I was at it and it takes me forever to pass a level, but it keeps me entertained for a long time and that was it's purpose. Between Super Mario and the 12 books I checked out from the library today, I should be entertained for a long time! :)
Last week was full of visitors! I love visitors! I took a lot of pictures! First our best friend, James came for a long weekend over the fourth. We went out to this mexican place for dinner one night and when we walked in the door there was this Elvis impersonator singing to the crowd. We had to walk thru his "stage" to take a seat. It was so embarrassing!
The next day we hit up the beach. We took a picnic lunch. This is Nick eating. :)
James laying out. Super white...
After telling him many times to put sunscreen on...super fried!
We needed to cool off so we headed to my favorite place. Yogurtland! It's awesome!
The next day was the fourth and we drove around Riverside, which was James' mission. We also hit up Transformers in IMAX at like midnight.
We sure look tired! It was a great movie though, and we didn't even miss the fireworks! We saw about 12 different shows from the freeway! :)
On Sunday, about 2 hours after James left, Nick's family pulled into town! We mostly hung out on Sunday and cooked dinner together. Monday morning Nick dropped me off at their hotel and I went with them to Disneyland. It was so much fun! I hadn't been there in such a long time so it was really neat to see all the things I loved as a little girl. On Tuesday Nick got to come with us for day 2 at Disneyland and California Adventure. 
Shy being Shy...:)
Waiting to get on Space Mountain for Nick's first time!
The Tower of Terror! If you look at my face you can see it really was terrifying! Apparantly I make some awesome faces on some of these rides. Most of us couldn't wait to look at my face after each ride.
Kissy face.
Doug's bum after going on a water ride. Everyone laughed so hard after seeing this while leaving the ride! He doesn't know I took this picture! Love you Doug!
On the train ride around the park.
We were so dead tired by the end of day 2! You can see for yourself :)
Some pictures of the Light Parade at the end of the night.
The next morning we all headed to the beach! The kids had a ton of fun playing in the freezing water. After that we headed home to shower and they brought part of the beach home! My tub is still clogged! They even found little weird sand crabs in their suits! After a quick trip to Yogurtland they headed home. Thanks Doug, Jodi, Jacks, Shy and Kessler for taking time to come play with us! We sure enjoyed it! We love you guys!
Well, since I've been here in the grand state of California, I've had a lot of time on my hands. I've made some way cute earrings and experimented with making headbands. I think they turned out cute. I still have a few to make. Some are for myself and some are to share. :) Oh, ignore how gross I look! I've been cleaning all day in the heat to get ready for some company.
I'll update you on the things that have happened lately. About a week ago, Nick comes home from work and looks like this...
This picture does not do the redness justice! I had just finished reading Twilight again because of my boredom and I couldn't even look at Nick with those red eyes without getting chills! I had never seen anyone with eyes so red. We scheduled him an eye appointment and he had an eye infection. He was told to use antibiotic drops with a steroid in them. A few days later we notice this...
This picture also does not do this rash justice! It was hard, gross, painful and spreading. We took him to urgent care on Sunday because he woke up with a swollen eye and it had spread even further. It looked like he had been puched in the eye! Turns out the anitibiotic/steroid drops gave Nick a secondary infection! My poor hubby! Every summer the stress weakens his immune system and he always gets sick with something! We are hoping that this heels quickly so he can start wearing his contacts again and so he can have fun on friday when we go to the beach!
Right after I planted the basil and put it in my window sill, I started hearing people comment on it as they walked by. I heard little kids call them chocolate cupcakes (before they sprouted) and I heard adults (yes! more than one) call it pot! I kinda got sick of people calling it pot, especially with the missionaries living right next door! So this is what I did...
After I put that out there I didn't hear anymore, "I think it's pot" comments! Anyways, here is what it looks like now (mostly for my mom). I think it's day18 or somewhere close to that.
Well, that's all I can think of to post right now. I'm sure I'll think of something that I forgot after I'm finished! I always do! I hope everyone has a good holiday weekend!
This is going to be a long random post. You can't say that I didn't warn you.
The past few weeks have been rather uneventful, which I guess could be a good thing. Nick's been working crazy hours, like most summers, but even more so this year. He leaves most mornings around 8am and then gets home between 10pm and midnight. He generally has enough energy when he gets home to eat, brush his teeth and fall into bed. As for me? I try to sleep as long as possible because then I have less time in the day to fill with the few things I do like working out, laying out, surfing the web, and cleaning (ha! right! only when absolutely necessary). I have made a few friends out here. They are other wives with nothing to do, just like me! We go shopping and swimming, well, mostly hot tubbing lately because of the "June Gloom", and I have taken up card making. Here is a pic of the first one I made. I gave it to Nick. The second one I made for my new niece Morgan. So Kel, you get a sneak peek of the package that I STILL need to send you. :)
Last week my parents sent us a package with a bunch of goodies in it. One of my favorite things inside was a window sill green house with Basil seeds! My Mommy is awesome! I grew my first Basil last summer in Charlotte and I loved it! This year, in our crummy apartments, (a story for next time) I have no balcony for plants and my Mom found the perfect solution. These are some pics for her, but everyone can enjoy.
After 4 days
After 7 days
Anyways, I was super excited!
I made this a few weeks ago for Nick. It's a countdown chain for when we get to go home, except I still need to add a month on the end. :(
After I made it I realized that it might not be such a great idea because when we look at it we think about how much longer we have to stay! Oh well, it took me a whole day. Which is a good thing. Some of the links have a "J" on them, and those days he gets to draw a goody from the Goody Jar! It gives him something positive to look forward to at the end of each day, besides coming home to me!
I have one last thing to blog about today and if you hate bugs, you can skip the pics. :) ONE of the AWFUL things about living in the apartments that we do (not by our choice) is the ant problem we are having. I threw away half of our food when I found them in our pantry! After I threw it away, and Nick cleaned up a little, I remembered to take pics, so I only have a couple.
Well, I think that's it for now. Oh! I can't figure out how to make all of the font on my blog the same size. I'm waiting for Nick to have a sec so he can look at it but, if you have any suggestions for me to try, leave a shout out.
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