So many things...

...to blog about! Cole and I have been super busy this summer, along with the rest of the family, and I guess I'll start in June and try and catch y'all up in a few posts over the next week. So...June: Mom, Judy and I went on a bird walk down in the valley. We had a great time birding and saw a few new species. :) That always makes it fun!
Mom and I looking for some birds... :)A great egret fishin' for some lunch...Cole took his first swim lessons with his cousins and had a blast (most of the time) "learning" how to swim. Ashlyn, Addison, and Cole along with Abbey and Emily all took lessons at the same park. Cole, Addie and Emily were in the same group and they had SO much fun together...


Buds!They are SO cute together!Apparently Addie thought of something funny to say!
Abbey and Ashlyn were in the same level too...
Amelia was lookin' oh-so-cute...
And Andrew was such a handsome little man keepin' his mama busy! :)
For the 4th of July, Cole and I headed down to San Diego to visit the Obergs! It took over 5 1/2 hours to get there...
but once we were there, we had a blast!

We hung out at Amy & Russell's casa and had a great time in the pool...
and taking pictures of the cutest pup around...Roxy!
The 4th of July feast:
Take a whole bunch of seafood, potatoes, corn on the cob, onions and seasonings...
Throw it all in a big ol' pot and boil it...Add some melted butter and voila! Enjoy the amazing food!
All of us kids headed off to the Naval Base...
...to watch the amazing fireworks show over Mission Bay!

After the fireworks show...Seth decided to take us on a tour of his hangar...We got to sit in a helo...

And the girls and I had fun in the female officer's "head!"
In mid July, my best bud, Jamie and I headed to the Staples Center for a little concert...only the American Idol TOUR!!!
Inside, in our seats and ready for the show to begin!

Scotty McIntyre...Tied for my fav...Matt Giraud...oh man.

Scotty and Matt did some UNBELIEVABLE piano duets!

This girl sure can rock...Allison Iraheta!The other man tied for my fav...Danny Gokey...he was SO amazing!
The "Idols" sing together...

Out came the big guns...Adam Lambert singing "Mad World"
Then rocking out like nobody's business with Allison!The jacket came off!
The winner!!! Kris Allen was super cool!
And man who can play piano, guitar and sing is a fan of mine!
The Top 10 sing!!

That wraps up this post...I'm getting more together for this week! We'll see if I can get my act together and actually keep this thing updated more often! :)

Zack Morris on Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon

You have GOT to watch this video...it's absolutely HI-LAR-I-OUS! :)

Disneyland Date with my Cole!

A couple of weeks ago, Cole and I decided to have a totally fun date and go to Disneyland! It was a last minute thing, so we threw everything in the car and made our way down to the Happiest Place on Earth! We had so much fun, just the two of us, going on ride after ride after ride. Here are some pictures of what we did!

We started off with our favorite ride...Pirates of the Caribbean...Argh mateys...(We look a little greasy due to the sunscreen...no, it's not sweat.) :)
Cole and I took on the Matterhorn...looks pretty good so far...About 15 seconds in, he was a bit terrified, but still had a blast! "Whoa Mom...when's it gonna be overrrrrr?" :)
We took a boat ride on It's a Small World...
On this cruise line...We then strolled over to Toon Town and Cole showed off his strength while trying to lift the heavy weights... And was a tiny bit defeated.Cole became the Mayor of Crazy Town...I mean Toon Town...
We dared the Roger Rabbit ride and Cole got a little crazed when he saw the DIP container!We made our way through Frontier Land to the Pooh Bear ride and Cole made some funny faces while waiting in the 2 minute long line...
Then we jumped on the honey-mobile. (I love this picture!)It got a little crazy in there...
And we both came out a little crazed ourselves! Awesome.
Then we decided to hit the Tea Cups...a ride that Cole had not been on yet! Silly faces again...it's our thing.
Wahoooooo...round and round. :)
Cole carjacked Mr. Toad's Wild Ride...
And we also went on Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster's like 5 times...in a row...We braved the Haunted Mansion and the Jungle Cruise, but were too scared to actually take pictures. :)

I've always LOVED the way Disneyland goes ALL out with their flowers in the park. Such beauty!

After all that fun...we decided to have some more! We went to Rainforest Cafe for dinner and had a blast! :)
Just me and my boy + anything fun = priceless!!