San Diego Part II

The next day we headed to Sea World. We met up with our friends the Schewbachs and had a blast. Sea World has added a Sesame Street "fun land" and it was the highlight for the kids. It had rides, water fun and a big climbing structure.

The bummer part was that they are re-doing the dolphin show, so there was no dolphin show to watch (which is one of our favorites). But we did catch them training the dolphins, so it was almost as good. The trainers aren't allowed to go in the water anymore with shamu, so that was a little sad, but I think they added more jumps and splashes to make up for it, so we think the shamu show was a little bit better than last time. And probably the best show was the pre-show to the seal lion show. That guy was hilarious!

Ella loved seeing the whales, dolphins and sea lions. She talked about them constantly and was captivated when she saw them. It was hard to pull her away. Later that night, we headed back to the hotel with our friends and the kids had a sleepover. All of them conked out in the main room (while the parents stayed up and talked). Fun for everyone!

San Diego Weekend

This last weekend we bypassed the "Mouse" and headed to San Diego. It had been awhile since we had been to San Diego and thought we would go to Legoland and Sea World.

We have been to Legoland in its Mother Land of Denmark and so we wanted to go to the one here to see how it compared. It isn't as good as the one in Denmark, but it was fun nonetheless. It was the perfect place for our 6 year old and 3 year old. The rides are geared just for the age group. Hannah loved going on the rides all on her own. And Ella loved going on rides with her mom and dad.

And for adults, it really is quite amazing to see all their mini-monuments and cities all built out of legos. The hours put into building the structures and characters in that park is unbelievable. If you have kids between the ages of 3 and 7 years old, it is a great place to visit while in southern california.

NOTE: The city of San Fran and the dragon are completely made out of legos. Look at the pictures, it is amazing! Part Two of our trip coming next: Sea World.

Photography Logos

I have been working on several client's logos and business cards. Here are just a few logo projects I have just completed.

Movie NIght Birthday Invites

Hannah is turning six years old next week and it has been party planning central in our house again. This year her theme is Movie NIght. The main focus being on movies and popcorn.

We are having an outdoor movie party and here are the invitations we are sending out for her party.

I found these great popcorn bag invitations at OTC. And then added a bit of my own touch to it. The ticket is going to be a main element for the party guests and the party. Again, I used Martha Stewart glitter to make it a bit more fancy.

More to come next week after the big night!

To Quench and Love

I haven't been posting lately and I feel bad, so I wanted to share this yummy drink recipe with you.

Okay, I am a sucker for anything with Sweetened Condensed Milk in it. You honestly can't go wrong with that ingredient. As soon as it stops raining and the spring-like temperatures come back... I am making this drink!

Brazilian Lemonade (but really limeade)

2 bottles Simply Limeaid
1 can sweetened condensed milk
4 sliced limes for serving
1 bag crushed ice

In a very large pitcher, pour about a cup of the Limeaid in then pour in the sweetened condensed milk. Pour in the rest of the Limeaid, mix well.

Fill desired glasses to the brim with ice, pour Brazilian lemonade over top with lime and serve immediately.

The photo and recipe are courtesy of Meikel Reece.

Activity Day - Delivering Truffles to Widows

Our girls had a stake activity day mini camp last Saturday, it was so cute and the stake did a fantastic job. They had four classes:

1) Choosing the Right
2) Little Miss Popular (talking about having important characteristics that truly make you popular. i.e. honesty, kindness, respect, etc)
3) Truffle making and service
4) Journal writing and they made journals

As mentioned, one of the classes was to teach the girls how to make these Oreo Truffles. During the class, the girls made extra, big truffles to be delivered to all the widows in our stake. So, last night for our Activity Day activity, we delivered the truffles to the widows/single women in our ward. The girls had a blast and it was nice to visit and get to know these wonderful woman.

The truffle images and recipe can be found here.

Easter Morning Pics

I am not doing well with the blogging these days. It isn't that I don't want to blog, i just have nothing to blog about. Weird. I am in the middle of planning my daughter's 6th birthday party, so there will be posts in the next few weeks and then the whole party recap, but until then I am catching up on Easter pictures.

Here are the kiddos easter morning. Hannah was so excited when she saw the easter baskets full of goodies through the baby gate. She said "the easter bunny came. He really did. He really did." Ella ate most of the candy for breakfast but not after she lined up all her chocolate eggs in a row. (She does that with things). Jake just loved putting things in his mouth.

The the girls went on an easter egg hunt. They loved it so much that we repeated the easter egg hunt six times. Again for the girls, then for mommy to hide them, then daddy to him them, then for mommy to find them and then for daddy to find them. Hours of entertainment for the whole family!

Waiting Patiently

I can tell I am getting older. I never really liked Eddie Bauer clothes. Every once in a while I liked something like a nice down jacket or something wintery, but not usually where I went to for clothes. But now that I am older-ish, I am excited when the Eddie Bauer catalog comes in the mail. Love their clothes and especially their shoes. And here is one reason why. I love these sandals. I am looking for some new summer sandals and these fit the bill (well not the literal bill.... they are a bit more than I like to spend on shoes). So I am patiently waiting for EB to have a sale and then I am going to buy these cute little things.

Love them! Check out their other shoes... so many to love.

Spring Cleaning

I figured I couldn't have those fall dark colors on my blog anymore, so I did some cleaning up on my blog and changed my fall decor to spring! My apple bushels to strawberry bushels. My fall tree to a spring blossoming tree. browns to pinks. Nothing like a little spring cleaning to feel all new again. Now if I could only keep up on posting. I must be doing less and less because i have less and less to share. so sorry.

Happy Meal Forever! Literally!

I came across this study/article and had to share. This lady (Joann Bruso author of Baby Bites - Transforming A Picky Eater Into A Healthy Eater Book did a little "scientific study" on the famous McDonald's Happy Meal.

She has been blogging about the shelf-life of a McDonald's Happy Meal that she bought a year ago. After a year, the happy meal (no not the box, but the actually meal) showed no decay.

"NOPE, no worries at all. My Happy Meal is one year old today and it looks pretty good. It NEVER smelled bad. The food did NOT decompose. It did NOT get moldy, at all."

I have to admit, this little study causes me to pause and think a bit about buying one of these meals again.Click Here to read more.

More logos to Show off :-)

I wanted to show some of the recent logos I have completed in the last month or so. Most of them are photography logos, but I do have one for an assisted living center. I have to say I love this job. I say it over and over again, but it is so much for to be creative and work with clients to create a logo they love. Thanks again clients!