Mine!

So Keaton definantly knows the word "mine" now. He grabbed a soda off the table and said, "Mine, mine, mine, mine!" and ran off with it. How do they learn that so quickly, it took him like a day to figure that one out! Bless his heart, he is switching to a big boy bed and no binki. I do believe that it is just as hard on mom as it is on him, so Jason has taken this area over because he is stronger and doesn't give in. So maybe, I'll give him a break and look over the whole being a stinker thing for a bit until he settles in.

What The Heck?

Am I the only mormon mom not training for a marathon? A couple of friends and relatives are doing it. I just can't see running as fun. How do you fit the training in with the rest of "life?" I guess it is an "IN" thing to do right now, I am always 5 years behind the "IN" thing, but I don't see me running anytime soon, maybe that's why everyone is skinny and I am squishy in the middle. I just don't have the self-discipline for that!

My Thoughts for Today.

All in all it was a good trip to get away with my husband. Amazingly we enjoyed spending time with each other and didn't get tired of each other! It is nice to know we are still best friends. My advice would be to go to San Diego and drive to Disneyland for the day. We are defiantly taking the boys with us the next time, because I have alot more fun watching their fun. A few people have asked me if this was a baby making trip. Which to me is kind of funny because I don't need to go to L.A. to do that! So NO it wasn't. I have had a few women say "Hello." and in the same breath it seems like they ask, "So when are you going to have your next?" Or "You know Keaton is in Nursery now, isn't it time to start thinking about it?" Its weird the pressure the women in the church put on each other about having babies and how we have the guts to ask a question like that! I don't particularly enjoy being pregnant, being sick, not sleeping, can't breath, bed rest, uncomfortable, congested, and not to mention recovery form a c-section. There are a few things that are fun about it but it takes me alot to decide that kind of decision, plus I get impatient and want to see the baby right away, kinda like Christmas with alot of work and no sleep. I am a planner, I like space and order, and I am still paying off Keaton. So if you know anyone who wants to give me their little baby girl let me know. I would be more than happy to be a momma again and skip the whole preggers thing! There was these cute little hispanic girls with the pig tales and bangle bracelets in one of our lines for a ride, can I put in an order for one of those? 

Last Two Days.

This is Jason right after he rode the biggest wildest coaster at Knott's Berry Farm. He said his body is too old now to ride those kinds of rides. He thought he was going to die from being thrown from it. But he said it was a rush.

This is me after the log ride there. So Jason being the stinker that he is always puts me in front of him on these rides so I take the brunt of the splashing water. I was soaked, but it was warm that day so I think it actually worked for me, but not for my makeup. Everywhere I walked my shoes would squish-squish! Overall my impression of Knott's Berry Farm is that it had been taken over and ghetto-fide. Which is sad because as a kid I like it. Would not recommend it unless it was cleaned up and redone. Disneyland was more enjoyable.

This is the next morning about 5:30, my sleepy-eyed husband doesn't even remember me taking this photo. But we were very excited to get home, back to our kids.

More Madame Trousseau's Pics.

I was very happy to be about the same sizes as Britney, I was just a little squishier in the middle than she, she has easy access to plastic surgeons and personal trainers. We decided to share clothes. :)

The new judges for next season! Jason and Me!!

I think this is my favorite picture of the musuem, Jason looks good!

Jason and John Wayne are tight!

I don't even know who she is but, don't we look soooo similar?!

Day Three, Saturday, Hollywood and Santa Monica Beach

So Saturday we went to Hollywood and visited the Madame Trousseau's Wax Museum. It was pretty neat. Kinda trippy because they looked so real! So there would be other tourist in the museum as well and it would freak me out when someone moved because I often got the wax figures and people mixed up. I lost Jason a couple of times in there. Twice while we were there two separate guys grabbed different girl celebrities boobs for pictures. I guess it was a guy thing. This is me with Brad and Angelina, begging them to adopt me to one of their many children.

Californians are just plain wierd. This girl in a pirate costume stopped me and asked to take a picture with me. So I was like "okay." I'll be nice, and then she says she needs tips for pictures! They just pull people in for pictures and try to scam some money off of them. They buy random costumes from costume shops and the costumes aren't even good and try to take people's money. If I am going to pay for a picture I want a picture with the real thing! Lame! We also walked down to Ripley's Believe it Or Not Museum. Lots of weird stuff there! Fit right in with the rest of Hollywood.

We took the long way to Santa Monica and happened upon Beverly Hills and Rodeo Drive. Which this country bumpkin would love to fit in there but unfortunately didn't. I felt really underdressed just to drive down the street. Plus, I didn't have botox and fake boobs.

Santa Monica Beach was fun. Jason went swimming in the ocean while I watched because I was cold. We saw while we were there someone who fainted and had to be rescued by the babewatch (very entertaining!), a chica loose her bikini top in a wave, and an old french lady changing her clothes from her swimsuit (modesty wasn't an issue with her). A little word of advice is to try not to use the beach's public restrooms...very scary experience, made me sick to walk in there. 

On the way back to the sidewalk to rinse off, Jason stepped on a bee. He thought no biggy because it usually just itches and nothing else happens. Well the next day his foot swelled up so huge!

Day Two, Friday, Disneyland!

So I have been super-dee-duper excited about going to Disneyland with just Jason. The only other times I have been with my family when we were younger and the little kids slowed me down because they thought the restrooms and trash cans in the park where more interesting than the rides. So now it was just my best friend and me! We picked a great time to go when in school was in session on a weekday. The park was filled with parents with babies to young too go to school and too young to ride the rides, so that meant short lines or no lines at all. The only disappointments of the day were we didn't think we had enough money to California Adventure Land after we got sticker shock from admissions and we should have gone there and my ultimate favorite ride the "Haunted Mansion" was closed. We hit all the big main attractions and skipped the kiddie rides. We saw a show there called "Billy Hill and the Hillbillies" which was so funny and we recommend and an added plus you can order lunch and watch the show at the same time. The other added benefit was that the lunch was expensive but not as expensive as I thought it would be. I got to get a picture with Minnie, which I decided was great luck! We took pictures of the castle for Carter and bought some souvenirs for the boys and headed back to the hotel. We were pretty beat so we decided to just stay at the hotel and swim to cool off and go to bed. Good idea to go to Disneyland without the kids at least once!

Jason and Jen's Vacation!

First Day Venice Beach
We landed in L.A. on Thursday and checked into our hotel and headed off to Venice Beach. Well it is only suppose to be like a 30 minute drive to Venice but it ended up like 2 hours trying to find our way there! We printed maps off with the direct routes and followed the directions but we still got lost! The L.A. roads and freeways are so screwy its easy to be totally disoriented and lost, plus its filthy with trash and graffiti everywhere. Anyhoo! We finally arrived and it ended up being a really fun time. We saw some "weird ducks" there. One guy was sitting out in front of the medicinal marijuana center and was telling his hippie friends in his very relaxed "xuam" state that he was sent here by God to talk to the birds. Another guy was wearing homemade rollerblades with a turban playing his electric guitar. I plug my nose every time I walked by just in case of second hand marijuana smoke! Very fun place to people watch! But we got there a little late and had to leave because we didn't want to be there after dark. The crazies might get crazier. We went back to the hotel and crashed, it had been a long day.

Nerves

So Jason and I get to go on our first trip alone since our honeymoon. Our honeymoon was in Vegas on New Year's Eve. The same weekend that Britney Spears got married for like 52 hours. The had to shut down Vegas' streets due to terrorist threats. Well we didn't have a whole lot of money to go do things in Vegas and when we got back Walmart ruined ALL the pictures of from our honeymoon. So I voted for a redo, 5 1/2 years later I get my wish. This time we are going to L.A. to experience being young and in love again...ha ha ha! But this time I am way to nervous, because I am leaving my kids behind for a few days. A few days longer than I have ever left them! My friend told me that I would have a whole lot of fun and come back rested and a better mom. But I think I might be a nervous wreck worrying about my boys the whole time. Keaton is my baby and I think I worry about him the most, does he know that its just a trip and we are coming back in just a few days? I am hoping that he will be distracted enough he just won't notice. Then on the other hand Jason and I need this for us and when will we get this oppertunity again? SO I am going and I am way excited with big nerves along for the ride! Jason says he is not excited yet but I am sure when he sees the big jets at the airport that thats when his excitement will hit, right now he's just worrying how much it's going to cost him. Thus, I am going to take lots of pictures on my DIGITAL camera and live it up and order room service! This is my plan anyway.