PUT ANOTHER CANDLE ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE!

In Line For The Jungle Cruise

Alexa with The Fairy Godmother

L is for Lynnae

A is for Alexa

Yep, It's my BiRtHdAy ToDaY.... One year closer to the "thirty" Can you guess how old I am???

I was 25 last year.. there's a hint for ya.

I feel very blessed and thankful for 26 years of healthy life. I have so much to be thankful for and I have the most wonderful husband and children. CHEERS TO ANOTHER YEAR!

We started the celebration yesterday as a family by going to Disneyland for a few hours. We had an awesome time watching the Playhouse Disney Show, the girls went on The Jungle Cruise for the first time and my most favorite was we got to meet The Fairy Godmother from Cinderella!!!! BIPPITY BOPPITY BOO!!!!

Chris and I will continue the birthday celebration today. We are leaving here in about 1/2 hour to Murrieta to stay at LaQuinta Inn for Friday and Saturday night. We will have birthday dinner at Black Angus tonight then off to a Private Cocktail Party at Erica's house (for the wedding party) . Then Saturday morning I have a 50 minute Hot Rock Massage then at 7PM we have Joel and Erica's wedding Reception.... I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND. The kiddos will stay with MIMI at our house.

HURRAY!!!! FOR A FUN BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!

I HAVE 2 MORE NEPHEWS

Me and the Boys! It's fun to be around baby boys.. I'm so used to the girls! Do I look like a "natural" with the twins???? Michelle, I don't know how you do it, you are a tough girl!

Sweet and innocent!

What are you looking at? I'm secure in my manhood, I can play with a pink guitar!

Joey Young with Logan and Jackson and Chris with the girls!

Yep, I didn't have enough from my sisters so one of my good friends Michelle Young had twin boys!!! I'm Aunty Lynnae.

I met Michelle Mitchell in Kindergarten. She was in the morning class and I was afternoon class and we used to line up on the wall waiting to get in. Michelle would pass by me everyday in line and for some reason she always struck me... I wanted to be her friend. For the some reason as well, I struck her, we wanted to be friends. She referred to me always as the girl with long blonde hair... I referred to her as the pretty girl with dark hair. We've been through a lot together....Elementary, Junior High, High School..... at times we were close at times distant. But one thing remains the same, I still love her and care about her. We re-connected at one of our mutual friends wedding. We were both bridesmaids. Michelle and I had great conversation and started to keep in touch more often (she lived in Hawaii and had married her High School Sweetheart a few years out of High School).... a bit later I was pregnant with Brie and a little later after that I got a phone call from Michelle that she was expecting. I was so excited. Then it was exciting to find out she was having TWIN BOYS! Michelle and I have kept in close contact via phone as she moved to Virginia right before having the twins. We have emailed eachother pictures of our kids which has been awesome to see them grow.

Michelle and Joe Young had the opportunity to come out and stay with her parents in Cypress for two weeks. More importantly to us, they were able to make time to come over our house. WE HAD AN AMAZING TIME. The girls and boys played so cute together. They crawled all over. Each of the boys had the cutest most unique personalities and I'll never forget the bonding time. I MISS THE BOYS... WE HOPE THEY COME BACK SOON. WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

THANK YOU YOUNG'S FOR COMING TO VISIT, WE MISS YOU!

GOT EYELASHES?

Okay, so my Mom told me about this AMAZING mascara. She was so excited because she got 2 compliments from 2 different people on 2 different days. One lady thought she had fake lashes and told my mom her eyes "POP" We all love compliments and feeling pretty, lets face it.

I have to say, my Mom's eyes do look dramatically different with this new mascara she's using. She was all excited about it and told me the best part is that it doesn't make your lashes feel cakey or stiff. I was like, "NO WAY, NOT ONLY DOES IT SEPARATE HER LASHES AND MAKE THEM LOOK FULL BUT THEY AREN'T HARD, THEY FEEL SOFT LIKE SHE'S NOT WEARING MASCARA!" This is too good to be true.

Mom takes a long walk down the driveway to come over a few days later and hands me a tube! What a sweetie, she let me try it myself. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT. The best part is..... IT'S BY COVERGIRL YOU CAN GET IT AT ANY DRUGSTORE OR TARGET/WALMART, IT'S INEXPENSIVE AND IT WORKS. I see a dramatic difference in my eyelashes. No more clumping, no more stiff cakey feel and it separates my eyelashes like no other! Can you say......GLAMOROUS?

I'M HOOKED AND I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE SAME RESULTS, BUY A TUBE FOR YOURSELF IT'S CALLED COVER GIRL LASH BLAST IN A BRIGHT ORANGE TUBE, I HOPE YOU'LL LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO!!!!!

Thanks Mom for the free tube, you got me hooked MUUUUAHH!

BRIELYN AND JACK!

Oh Jack, you crack me up!

Wait, what does your tag say?

Ta Da, I'm standing up on the dog!

Aren't we precious, we are posing like we are at prom, all he needs is a bowtie!

Oh Jack!

I have already mentioned in a previous blog how much Brielyn loved our neighbors dog, Jack. He's a Black Standard Poodle. But, the best part about this beautiful dog is his loving personality and gentleness with children. He thinks he's one of them. He follows the girls wherever they go and prances around. We all miss having Jack next door but whenever I'm back at Camp Street, he comes over and lays his head on my leg to tell me how much he misses me! Brie loves Jack and Chris captured a few great moments earlier this summer, ENJOY!

THE OC FAIR

The Bride and Groom To Be: David and Alicia Leach

IF WE LOOK HIGH it's because we were the only ones not smoking, FIRST HAND! BUT I THINK SECOND HAND smoke is JUST AS BAD. ;)

Chris and I had the opportunity to go to the OC Fair with my best friend Alicia and her fiance David Leach. In fact, they are getting married May 16, 09 in New Ulm Texas. And, I happen to be on of her Maids of Honor and Alexa will be one of her Flower Girls! I am actually super excited about going to Texas for the first time. A while back, years ago I was offered a job in Texas with my old company. Needless to say, I didn't take it but I've always had something for Texas. I can't say I've been there but what I've heard, mostly I like. I like to joke with Chris and tell him I want to move there. I always tell my hairdresser to make me blonde and give me heighth " I want the Texas-do" So, in leiu of that... I am excited to actually go to Texas with my family and celebrate a super special and once in a lifetime event, My Best Friends Wedding! If you want to view her website and learn more about it, visit http://www.leachwedding.com/ It's a cute story. They'll be married on his parent's ranch, not your traditional wedding. I can't wait!!! TEXAS HOLD 'EM, HERE I COME!

Back to the reason I started this blog entry... ;)

Last year you may remember it was one of my very first posts, Chris and I went to see Ziggy Marley with his old room mate at the fair.... This year Chris and I got to see another reggae band at the OC Fair. David actually hooked us up with free tickets, thanks David! We had a good time!

And just for the record... this year I had Australian Potatoes, A Cheeseburger, A deep-fried veggie platter and an ice cream sundae in a waffle cone in two visits to the fair!

I LOVE THE OC FAIR!

ALEXA'S 1ST PROFESSIONAL PEDICURE

Alexa making sure she picks the perfect color! Guess what she picked?????

SHE CRACKS ME UP! As soon as she had picked a color, she sat down and started shaking the bottle and tapping it against her hand like I do at home. She knows what you have to do before you paint your nails!

Alexa waiting so patiently for her turn!

She even got a pillow behind her. She told Daddy all about it when we got home.

End result: Pink toes with white flower and sparkles. JuSt FiT fOr A pRiNcEsS

Picture of Alexa at SEA WORLD!

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

So much has gone on and it's been so long since I blogged, I feel overwhelmed. I remember feeling this way a while back so I'll do the same and just list some highlights. One thing I will say is "God is Good"

-We Finally Moved! It came and went so fast. It wasn't fun but it was less stressful due to many of our family and friends. Thank you so much! We were able to move in a day early so that helped us out soooo much. I didn't sit down for about a week after we moved in, there was just too much to do! I really am a freak about having stuff in its place. But, we are moved in and enjoying the new place.

-My Mom is one of our new neighbors. Yes, MIMI is actually living caddy corner behind us. Okay, how do I explain this..... Our next door neighbor has a granny unit behind it and my mom lives there! Is that good? Does that make sense? So, when my mom walks down the driveway to get to the sidewalk, she actually is walking down half of our driveway. Kinda crazy huh? IT'S FUN. We love our Mimi and it's been great having her close. Alexa can't get enough of her or her snacks that she keeps stored at her house! :) We'll just say that we've already had to go out and purchase gold bolts for the top of our doors because Alexa likes to venture to Mimi's. Yeah, Nice Huh?

-Let's just say part of the reason I haven't blogged is lack of internet for almost 3 weeks! Yes, I thought I was going to die. I'll leave it at saying AT&T dropped the ball big time and Chris and I have spent numerous hours on the phone with them. Enough said, I'm getting heated just thinking about it. Our internet is working now so I'll Shut Up! Having my Mom as a neighbor helped out A LOT!

-Alexa graduated to a Twin bed and it has a trundle which she's already let cousin Autumn try out during a sleepover. They are two peas in a pod! Alexa's loving our grape vine in our back yard. She'll tell you that they have seeds in them. She used to call it a rock.. HEE HEE

-You won't believe it..... The corn lady does come down our new street! She hasn't come much and not as often as Camp Street but atleast we get our fix.

-We've already had visits from our past neighbor Jessie and the girls got a play date with their friends Grace and Camille. Although we miss our old neighbors God has blessed us with the Garza family right across the street. Yes, it's almost unbelievable. Heather and Danny Garza have 3 kids, (2 boys and 1 girl.) They are Aaron 3 1/2, Isabella "Bella" 2, and JT 4 mos old. We are great friends and have already gone to Chuck E Cheese's together, The Pirate Park, and the wading pools- we see them just about everyday. I knew God had something up his sleeve!

-Alexa is officially potty trained! YEAH!!!

-Brielyn is turning 1 on September 14th and we are planning a Cinderella party! She is taking 2 and 3 steps by herself right now..... We are working on her walking by her 1st birthday.

-Alexa and Papa Dan (My Dad) had a VERY special weekend together. Papa picked her up early Friday morning and headed off to San Diego for a day at Sea World, then stayed over night and took her to the San Diego Zoo the next day! She got SPOILED. It was an amazing bonding time for the two of them. She asks to call him everyday now! She likes to chant SHAMU, SHAMU! It's pretty cute and she'll tell you all about feeding dolphins the fish. We love you Papa!

-Alexa got her first "real" pedicure with me today. When I asked her if she wanted to go again, she perked up and her eyes got real big and she didn't hesitate to say "YES!" We can't afford this to become a habit at such a young age ;) It was a fun bonding time for us. (Pictures to follow)

-I'm really excited, my grandpa and grandma Bradford will be coming out here this next week from Arkansas! And, we just got word that my Grandma Anita Cavender will be out here late September for 2 weeks. I'm so excited to be able to share my family with both sets of grandparents! FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME. I'm sure I'll be sharing some memories with you soon.

-In a nut shell we are all doing well. I thank Jesus for our beautiful new home every day, I feel so blessed. I am really loving a lot about it. We've already done quite a lot to make it feel like HOME! Come on by and see us! ......

HE'S BACK....

After being gone a total of 23 days since the last weekend in June, I finally got my husband back! A Bachelor Party trip to Havasu, a week in Vegas for Sue's 50th, a business trip to New York, A Wedding in Hawaii and another business trip in Malibu at Pepperdine University kept my husband BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!

We are so happy to have Daddy back but he came home to an UNUSUALLY cluttered house with our life in boxes. Yep, I started packing up our home for OUR BIG MOVE on Sunday.

Thank you so much to my in-laws who offered to drive down on Wednesday and help me get a move on the packing. I WOULD NOT have attempted to start anything til my husband came home with two little ones running around. WE GOT A LOT DONE! THANK YOU HAL AND SUE. That night they treated me to one of my favorite restaurants BLACK ANGUS. I joked with my in-laws and said " If you guys didn't come down, my house would still be in tact! " Because I wouldn't have moved a thing. :) They know that I'm super anal about a clean house and everything having a specific spot, so they get my humor. They helped alleviate the anxiety and overwhelming emotions of moving, I can't thank them enough.

God was up to something..... I just kept telling people " I'm moving and I haven't done anything yet" and I would tell God, " God, you know I'm moving I'm handing it all over to you, my husband is gone but I know it will all work out and somehow I will get moving on Sunday."

Ironically, I got a phone call last Friday from a friend of mine, Dawn Bambrick. She proposed that if we were okay with it our Bible Study would be willing to help us move on Sunday instead of meeting. I was overwhelmed with LOVE. I thought that was amazing and awesome that these individuals with their own families would take time out of their weekend to move us. GOD IS GOOD!

I KNOW IT WILL ALL WORK OUT!