Thirty

In my mind, Brett has pretty much been thirty for a while. Ever since he turned 27 I knew he was on the downhill slope to full fledged adulthood. And now, he has arrived more handsome then ever! Now that I am mere weeks away from 27, Brett is already throwing thirty in my face... but thirty has been good to Brett so far, so bring it on!

I started planning the big weekend months ago. We started off with a DiSCo PAR-TAY! He was born in 1979, so I thought it would be fun to relive the year he was born. We got decked out, ate fondue and boogied to some bee-jees and the Jacksons.

Disco Gangsters?

Brett showing us that he still has "got it!"

Day Number Two was a family dinner. We has some delicious North Carolina BBQ and some brownie cheesecake.

Right after this, I handed Brett a book and in it were driving directions to Santa Barbra. We left right then. Man was it hard for me to keep that a secret!


We stayed two nights. The first night, we stayed at a place called The Bath Street Inn. The house was over 100 years old. It was so charming and fun to think about all the life that was lived there before it was an inn.

We got up Monday morning and went for a beautiful tandem bike ride, shopped and ate at this great little Mexican Place La Super Rica. I surely was "La Super".

We ordered our food and our total was $19.79... the year Brett was born. That must have been a good sign that we were in the right place!

Then we hit the beach for a few hours and it was heavenly! I was a little overwhelmed by the amount of time we had left in the day... I kinda forgot what I used to fill my time with before I had little Ry to chase after. But, I then realized that we had the whole afternoon to read and nap and walk on the beach to our hearts content. And we did.

After the beach, we headed off to our next stop: the Inn on Summerhill in Summerland. GREAT place! I am usually a little wary about staying in B+Bs and basically hotels in general, but this one was so nice and clean and beautiful! Four stars... or is it five? How about two thumbs way up!

Not only was Brett's big day full of fun and relaxation, it was also all about Desserts!! In the course of 24 hours we had:

Brownie Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake, Pinkberry, Baklava, cookie, gelato AND a cupcake. Wow- just reading that list would pack on the pounds. We did share all of those things and calories on birthdays do not count!

We had a wonderful time together and I am so grateful to Mom and Dad who watch Ry for us. I didn't worry at all - although I did shed a tear or two when we left. Brett asked if I was crying because of leaving Ryan or if it was because I was going to be alone with him! Funny guy... I do love and appreciate Brett so much and am so glad he was born!

4th of July

We had a very fun 4th of July! We hit a pancake breakfast, the La Verne parade and swimming and BBQ at my parents. Brett got to go to a Galaxy soccer game while I went with my family to see fireworks. Ryan wasn't to excited about the fireworks. Maybe next year. I love the 4th!

At the parade... this is a classic hometown parade. What you see below is the winner of the "best float award". It was one of three :).

To top off our festivities on Saturday, we decided gto go beach camping with my fun cousin Katie and he husband Brandon. Christie and a friend came along, too.

Christie looks more like Ryan's mother than I do. Maybe her kids will look like me!

Brett had a great time taking his little boy camping. Altough, I don't know if you can qualifiy what we did as camping. We got pizza for dinner and had a train and helicopters passing by all night.



We did have a campfire, though. Our stuff still smells like it. The joys.

The best part about camping- s'mores!

Helping Dad with the tent.

Funny Ryan

Ryan is quite a character. Every day he does something to make us laugh.

The other day he decided that he wanted to walk around the house like this:

One ball is not enough. He has to have "two"(he can't say three yet).


Picture face! He came up with this one on his own!

He was very proud when he put these on all by himself.

This one is just cute.
Little boys are so much fun!

Griffith Observatory

One of the fun things about being in CA is that there are so many wonderful things to do. Last weekend we went on a fun day trip to Griffith Observatory. It is a great little area. We went to a train museum, which Ryan loved. Everything that moves is a "choo-choo" so it was fun for him to see some real "choo-choos" There is a merry go round, parks and the beautiful observatory and museum. It is a fun, (almost) free day. One of the best parts was seeing our NYC friends, the Tanners. We always have a great time with them! We are glad they are back on the west! Here is to day-trippin'!

What I Would Have Done Different Today

1. Go to Trader Joe's instead of Best Buy
2. Talk to the lady in Best Buy about digital converter boxes just a few minutes longer
3. Taken Ryan to Petsmart nextdoor to Best Buy
4. Let Ryan sit on my lap in the car for a few minutes
5. Checked my rearview mirror


If I would have done only ONE of these things, I would have not backed into someone's car today. That would have been much better.

Father's Day

Brett is such a wonderful dad and we had a great morning celebrating him... last week! He got to sleep in and Ryan and I made him breakfast. We had double chocolate scones with cinnamon butter and berries and cream. The scones were heavenly! Ryan also decorate a tie for his daddy and we signed him up for a soccer team. one of my favorite things to do is watch Ryan with Brett. Brett can make him laugh like no one else. I feel so lucky to have such sweet, fun and good dad for my kiddos. Later that night we went over to my parents to clelebrate with my dad who is also an awesome example in our lives. i love dads!

Stage Debut

Brett and I got to be in our Stake Musical a few weeks ago. We did "The Savior of the World". It was so much fun to do this together. And I learned that Brett is a really good actor! We have known each other for almost 7 years and I never knew that about him! It was such a great experience to feel the feelings that come when you reenact the Saviors birth and Resurrection.

PS: Brett totally has eyeliner on! He looks cute, huh!

Lover Boy

what a kiss! He seriously held it for about5 seconds! I think we are going to have to keep our eyes on this one!

Go Lakers!

Ryan is a true LA fan... this is what he turned on when I was in the back room.

Strawberry Picking

First we picked them.

Then we took them home.
Then we made this concontion, a "chocolate covered strawberry pancake". It was really good!
* I just made chocolate chip pancakes, blended up the strawberries with some sugar and there you have it!