11-1
Blake is raring to go, dressed in one of Griff's old Disneyland shirts, "jeans", and his R&O hat. We made it to Mesquite and stayed at the Oaisis. We were walking back to our room after dinner and Blake was trying to prove that he could get us back all by himself. We were walking down the corridors and a guy came out of his room, and Blake screams, "Monster!" and takes off running. It was so funny. The guy was all, "I didn't think I was that scary.

11-2
At DelTaco (for breakfast), they had a NFL sticker machine that the kids get stickers out of. Blake went first and got a Cowboys one! Then Griff went and he got a Broncos one! It must be their lucky day.

Blake puked. So much for lucky day. He puked in the Cheeto Puffs. Bummer. He thinks it's the shrimp he ate last night. I think it's from the TV. When we got off the freeway and onto HWY 76, Blake machine guns every car that drives by. It's his own little tradition. Griff can't wait to get there so he can boogie board.

11-3 Disneyland!
It was perfect weather, and not at all crowded. Griff's favorite rides were Space Mountain and Splash Mountain. Blake's was Mr. Toads Wild ride. He said, "I liked the part when we were all in hell and it was all hot." Ben liked Space Mountain, and I love it all! We watched the Jedi Training camp while we had lunch. We watched the parade at the end of our day. FUN!

11-4 California Adventure!

Today Blake said he is never taking his kids to Disneyland because it's way too expensive. We went to the Bugs Life 3-d show and it scared Blake to death. I forgot about his little rear of bugs. Oopsie! Everyone loved Soarin Over California, The Hollywood Tower Hotel, and California Screamin. I also had my first conversation with a celebrity. It was Travis Barker. I said hi to him, and he said hi to me. It was so weird! Griff loved the rides from Toy Story that you shoot at. The boys liked getting pennies from the penny smashing machines. We rode everything at California Adventure, and hardly ever had to wait in line. After that we went back and rode our faves at Disneyland and did some shopping.

11-5 Pool and Beach Day
Griff and Blake had fun collecting shells at the beach. Griff only wants to keep the whole ones, but Blake insists, "A good man never leaves a shell behind."

11-6 Pool and Beach!
There weren't very good waves for boogie boarding unless you went way far out. Griff didn't go all the way out. I think it has something to do with Shark Week. Blake usually wont get in the water, but he did this year. It was fun. We went to the Farmer's Market that they have there every Thursday night. It was kind of like the fair, but with way better booths. Griff said we should "bring our canopy and all the stuff we don't want because we might as well make some money while we're here". Ben and I went to Harney Sushi for dinner, and the boys had their Mac & Cheese served to them poolside. They thought that was awesome. While they were in the pool they kept fighting, so Ben told them if they didn't stop, they would have to get out. A while later Blake goes, "Griff pinched me!" so Ben says, "K, then get out." And Blake goes, "But it's ok. It felt good."

11-7 Fishing/Beach
Ben and Griff went deep sea fishing and Blake and I had another relaxing day at the beach. Loved it! After Ben and Griff go back, we all went down to the beach. I wanted Griff to come look at something so he came over and jumped over a rock. He apparently didn't jump high enough, because he caught his little toe on it and broke it. It was so sick! Ben took him to the hospital, and while they were there they must have gave Griff some good meds, because he was pretty wasted when he got back. He talked and talked and talked. He tried to shut off a lamp 4 times before he gave up, and he was trying to wipe fingerprints off the TV with his sock. He was the only one who could see them.

11-8
The last day. We spent it at the beach. Later that night, we went down the pier and had dinner at Ruby's. A guy that was fishing there caught a starfish, and it was pretty cool.

We had the best time and we are so glad we were able to go. We heart that place!

These are just some random pics we took on our trip. For some reason it takes a few times before it shows all the pictures, but if you wanna wait, ENJOY! If it doesn't load, just click "view all images".

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox photobook

We took the kids to Frightmares today. We actually went down last night but it was so crowded we just went back home. It wasn't really that bad today. We went early so we could ride all the rides before Frightmares started. We even went on the Merry Go Round. Blake went on everything. His faves were the Colossus and the Wicked. I was more scared for him to go on those rides than he was. Griff likes those rides the best, too. We went through one of the haunted houses. (The line was still pretty long. We probably waited for an hour.) They had a little haunted junkyard that the boys walked through about 100 times while we waited. Blake led the way. He was scared but thought it was fun. They liked being chased by the chainsaw guys. As we were leaving we ran into Kevin, Windy and Keaton in the parking lot and they had Griff stay later with them. It was a fun day.

Soccer season is winding down. The boys have done really well this season. Blake is getting better. He scored a goal in one of his games. Griff is really good and is getting more competitive. He scored at least 2 goals each game. They are fun to watch.

We were going somewhere and I told Blake to come up and get

his hair combed. He said he didn't need to because he was going to wear a hat.

Looks good, Bud!

Blake's top tooth has been a little loose for a while and he decided it was time for it to go. This might be weird but I love pulling those little suckers out. So, I would wiggle it for a while, then he would, then I would, then he would. This went on for about 3 hours. It was getting pretty loose and he said he didn't want my help anymore. I asked him why and he said, "Because this will be the first one I pulled out all by myself." Fine. A little while later I said, "So, want me to help ya?" and he goes. "No! It's my tooth. Pull out your own!"

We had a pre-Halloween party at our house. It was pretty fun. I was Wonder Woman (duh), Blake was Iron Man, Griff was a Ninja Rapper (but didn't stay dressed up for the party), Karyn was a Pirate Wench, Cassidy was an 80's chick mommy (see baby O), Gunnar was Hugh Hefner (for some reason he's not in any pictures), Cooper was a Werewolf, Jensen a Star Wars guy, and Wyatt was Indiana Jones. We had Halloween themed food, played Guitar Hero, and watched Ichabod Crane.

As I was just waking up this morning, I hear Blake say, "Griff shut up! If mom wakes up we'll have to go to church."

We Are SOOOO Good Lookin'!

I told the boys that if they had good reports at their parent/teacher conferences I would take them to PF Changs for dinner. We didn't really want to drive that far today, so we said we could try Takara instead if that would be ok with them, and it was. So we were off to let the kids try Sushi.


When we got there and sat down, Blake looked up at the bar (they make the rolls back there) and he goes, "Hey! Are those guys Mexicans?" and Ben goes, "No, they're Japanese." So Blake says, "I know! I've seen him before! He is in 'Wendy Wu, Homecoming Warrior"! I'm going to go get his autograph!"

They liked the edemame and the egg rolls the best. They also got teryaki chicken and beef. They were pretty good with the chop sticks though. They had the little helper things, so did Ben. But since they weren't huge fans, I told them we could still go to PF Changs. So if anyone else wants to join us let me know. We might as well fill a car up if we're going to go down there!

I let the boys decorate their rooms for Halloween again. I usually buy some cheapie stuff from Wal-mart or the dollar store and let them have at it. Believe it or not, it is hard for me to let them do that and give up the control, but they love it. FYI, Blake also picked the color of his room.

Dinosaur Park

On Wednesday, me and the boys, along with Brittni, Caleb, my mom, and Grandma Babe went to the Dinosaur Park. I haven't been there in 8 years or so and it has changed a lot. The boys loved it. Caleb, not so much, until we got outside. There was a stuffed buffalo thing that Blake would NOT get by because he thought it was real. There is a place upstairs that has BIG pupped dinosaur things and Blake thought they were real too. It could have been because some old man told him they were, so thanks, old guy! He took me up there and as we got to the doorway to go in and see them he pushed me (freakin hard) and said, "YOU GO!" It was so funny.
Outside Griff and Blake dug for dino bones. Griffen wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up. But I can't convince him that he won't get to keep what he finds, so maybe when he comes to that realization, he will switch career paths. They had the outside decorated for Halloween. And they had headstones for me, my mom, Brittni, and Blake. Weird??