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!