Cousins, Cousins, Everywhere

My brother, Todd, and his son, Nick, flew into Vegas from Texas for their Spring Break. They came to pick up our 1999 Oldsmobile Alero that they purchased from us for Nick since he's now a driver! I'm glad I got to keep the car in the family, old cars have such sentimental value. It's funny because I drove Todd's old car all through high school and now his son is driving my old car all through high school. They could only stay one night because it's a LONG drive back to Dallas, but we had some fun while they were here.


These ones aren't of cousins, just some super cute girly friends at a park playgroup.



Tim's sister, Amy, and her kids came down and spent the week for their Spring Break. I kept forgetting to bring my camera, but it was so much fun to have them here. London even had a sleepover at Aunt Kate's with all the cousins. She was more than anxious to get Tim and I out of the house so she could play and sleep with Darby all night by herself. It's been crazy to go from a super clingy child to Little Miss Independent lately, but I must say it's nice too. Especially with another one on the way. We really weren't expecting her to stay the night, so we kind of just went home and looked at each other like, "What do we do without her?" It was funny.

Art Class and Lions

I started realizing that London was getting VERY bored just hanging with me all day, so I enrolled her in a few classes. These are pictures of her Messy Art class. It's been a lot of fun. This particular project was a water color butterfly, but they have done projects with pudding, shaving cream, paint on marbles rolled around, paint on spaghetti splashed around, and then today they made slime and play dough. The other pictures are of her and Tim at the MGM grand. She kept calling the lion Aslan. When Tim and his dad took her down to the strip, some people, foreigners obviously, asked if they could have a picture with her because they had never seen a white little girl with blond hair and blue eyes before. I thought that was pretty funny.

Cupcake Party!

Some friends and I have started a weekly playgroup. It's been lots of fun for the kids and for us. We've started doing little crafts and this last week we made Halloween cupcakes. I think they turned out really cute. London is one of the oldest there, but the only one without a baby brother. Maybe it's a sign?

Here's all the cute kiddos. Notice how London finds it necessary to squint while saying "cheese".

For those of you who have heard non-stop talk from London about her best friend Sydney...here's a picture to put a face to the stories. Isn't she adorable!!!!

Jessie and Madden are also new found favorite friends!




Madden took London on a little tractor ride.

London also thinks saying "cheese" means to squish your cheeks together.

That's better.

Sleepover Friend

I went to check on London before I went to sleep and this is how I found her and her kitty. I like how they are pretty much sleeping in the same position.

Barca!!!

Tim and I and a bunch of friends drove down to L.A. for the Galaxy vs. Barcelona game. It was a great game. 93,000 fans were there to support. Needless to say we didn't get out of the parking lot for about three hours after the game, but I guess that's part of the experience. Here's a few things I found interesting about the game.

1. Everyone booed when Beckam had the ball, until he made this amazing goal, then all of a sudden he was the hero of the game. It's amazing how 93,000 people can be so fickle.

2. The fans around us were so RUDE to each other. This one lady came running out of the stands to push these two girls, who were standing up at the very bottom of the bleachers (not in anyone's way) over. Really weird.

3. Some guy in a visor (which is fine if you wear one, but it might just mean you can't offer fashion advice) yelled at this super cool looking kid to sit down and take his ugly shirt off (his shirt was very in style). I turned around and said "Oh, this coming from the guy in the visor." He looked right at me, but I don't think he heard me, but why did he have to pick on a guy who was just minding his own business?

4. The girl sitting next to me came in like ten minutes late, took one look at my purse that I had sat in her spot, then glared at me and said in a very snobby way, "These are OUR seats!" She then proceeded to be pretty annoying throughout the whole game to other people.

5. Eva Longoria was there at half time promoting a group that supports Latinos with cancer, but I don't think many people realized who it was just because there was so much other commotion going on. But I thought it was neat of her to come and promote such a great cause. She was the eye candy for the men because there was plenty there for the ladies!


6. And for those of you who want to hear about the actual game, it was great. Barcelona looked a ton sharper than L.A. and had much fancier foot work, but that's to be expected.

6 Unimportant Things That Make Me Happy!

My fabulous sister-in-law, Jen, had this on her blog and I thought it was a great way to appreciate the small things in life. Try it out. I am only going to tag one person, Cassie. I think she is a way cool girl and would like to know the six simple things that she loves!


I can't go a morning without this. I measure out the milk and it makes for a great breakfast of 350 calories. Not too bad. There's just something I love about drinking your breakfast. And don't get me started on how much the cute mug from Starbucks that I drink it out of makes me happy!


I have VERY high arches. If I was a ballerina, it would look great, but I have no interest in dancing, just sports, running especially. Running and high arches are a great way to get plantar fasciitis..which I now have. These arch supports make me SO HAPPY. It was getting to a point where the pain was making me cry, but these little puppies have soothed my soul.


My theory is, if your house smells good, it looks good too. So I try to keep these on hand and burning at all times!



I can think of two television shows I wouldn't want to give up, but the rest I don't really care about. It's movies that I love and I'm always excited to see that Netflix envelope in my mailbox. Plus, let's admit it ladies, we all have our Holleywood crushes (mine is Edward Norton, hands off please :)) so you can look up everything they've done and just Netflix them all. Plus there are tons of kid's shows you can watch online so you don't have to hear the same show over and over and over and over.


Every stay-at-home mom needs her saving grace. Mine is weekly volleyball. The women who go have all played in high school or higher so it's a pretty strict bump, set, spike regime, which I like. It's a great group of ladies and if the competition is right, it's a great workout and stress reliever.

O.P.I. nail polish. I love going online and seeing all the new names of colors these guys come up with. They are so funny. I'd love to meet the people who have this job. Very creative. You can't help but want your toes to be painted in "Kinky in Helsinki" "Shootout at the O.K. Coral" "Up the Amazon Without a Paddle" or "Paint My Moji-toes"

London's Second Birthday