Fun filled weekend...

We just celebrated Bonez' 14th birthday. I still can't believe he is 14, that's CRaZy!!! We didn't do much on his actual b day, we got him some cool Laker shirts, but that's it. He couldn't come up with anything that he wanted, so we told him to let us know when he decided & we would get it for him. Instead of going out to dinner for his big day, he wanted Domino's pizza. Ummm, okay...






Friday evening he had his friends party, he had 9 boys come over, they had SO much fun! We had 3 ps3's set up so they got some major gaming in. They also all went & played hoops outside. The boys stayed the night & some of them even got some sleep!!! It was such an easy party, we got pizzas, chips & dips, popcorn, etc for them to snack on & then let them make their own ice cream sundaes. Instead of cake, he wanted "personalized" cookies, so that's what we did. Those were a HUGE hit let me tell you!








After the excitement of the party, we switched gears & focused on Easter. I will tell you now, I HATE HATE HATE coloring Easter eggs. I decided to only do 1 dozen this year & if the boys didn't want to "help", I wasn't going to make them. I REFUSED to fight with them this year. We actually ended up having fun, only the younger 2 wanted to color any, then C Man decided he wanted to do a couple. Quick & easy & actually wasn't too painful! ;) Here are a few pics that were snapped during that "fun". lol (Oh, the "unibrow" & "mustache" on Bubby are compliments of some of B's friends... they "got him" while he was sleeping", he wore them with pride let me tell you!)









It was a pretty laid back Easter, one spent with just our "little" family, but I wouldn't change a thing! Prince Charming & I got to sleep in, then watched conference together. We spent the rest of the day just hanging out with the kiddos & eating candy. Dinner was NOT your traditional Easter dinner, but it worked perfectly for us & was super yummy!

Until next time...

Day 11: Sea World

We ended our vacation by spending the day at Sea World. Honestly, we couldn't have ended it with anything better! We absolutely LOVED it!!! We paid $5 extra & got the preferred parking & ended up with a FRONT ROW spot! Whoo Hoo, SO worth the extra $!

Anyway, the weather was incredible, the kids were great, as was the entertainment. It was seriously one of the best days of the whole vacation for us. We all had so much fun. We went to 2 different Shamu shows, we got wet the first show, but really weren't all that impressed with the "entertainment", it was ok, but we couldn't figure out what all the "fuss" was about. Anyway, we ended up watching the last show of the night, "Shamu Rocks"... OMGosh, what a FANTASTIC show! We had more fun, it was a blast! We chose to sit up top for that one since it was getting late & the temps had gone down. Boy did we make the right choice there! The people that sat down below in the "Soak Zone" ended up getting DRENCHED! The whales were incredible & definitely better than the first one! They close the park by doing a fireworks display, SO cool & I'm so glad we ended up staying to watch!

Here are some pics of our last day in Cali...

Day 10: San Diego Zoo

For some reason, I have had a hard time wanting to post about our zoo day. I have to say, this was the only "blah" day we had, none of us were thrilled by the "World's Largest & most exciting" zoo. Not sure what we "missed", but we ALL decided without a doubt that the Portland Zoo is 100 times better! This zoo was definitely bigger, but I'm not sure it really had more animals, they were just spread out more. Oh, & we learned the hard way, the maps they hand you do NOT go along with the posted signs. Oh well, we managed to laugh & enjoy ourselves anyway. Besides, the day ended great, we went swimming back at the hotel, went shopping & grabbed In N Out for dinner, watched a movie & hung out in our room.

Here are some pics to show we really were there lol...

Day 9: Carlsbad Beach

We left Anaheim to head to San Diego for the last leg of our vacation. Our BFF's were staying in Carlsbad for Spring Break so we decided to make a detour there & join them for a day at the beach. The kids had SO much fun hanging out, esp Bubby & The Princess since they got to spend the afternoon with their best friends from back home!

Here are a "few" of the MANY pics I snapped from the beach...

Days 6, 7 & 8: DISNEYLAND & CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

It's been a few CrAZy days around here! We just spent 3 fun filled days walking & walking, & walking some more. Oh we also spent hours waiting in line to... RIDE SOME SUPER FUN RIDES!!! We had so much fun at the "Happiest place on earth" & California Adventure, esp when the lines were short! Actually, the longest lines we waited in were to see Tinkerbell & the Princesses. Go figure! lol But, seeing the smile & excitement in My Princesses eyes was SO worth the long wait!!!

Ok, Instead of going on & on I'm just going to share some pics since that's what you want to see anyway! ;)