Park day

I'm finally catching up on everything...even blogging.

Last week we took advantage of the great weather we're having (i mean normal weather) around these parts and went to the park for a picnic/playtime with friends.

Isn't this place gorgeous?

I tried to get some quick shots of the kids....

And....it looks like this one will be the framer, cracks me up.

Real life captured people.

 Then we had a little picnic and waited for our friends to join us.

 threw around the football for a bit...

 We are finding that Graham may not have natural born ability in this category.

 Then we got to feed the ducks or the concrete in front of the ducks....either way.

  

 Ducks seemed happy, kids were happy.....good time had by all.

sweet life

I've been doing just fine on my weight loss until this week.

I think I ate more sweets over Valentines than the entire month of December.

Did you know that if you combine Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix with a heart reeses peanut butter cup, you get a disaster.  You get 24 amazing, ridiculous, take Weight Watchers hostage ...disasters.

It was worth it.

Before this week's festivities, we took a Sunday drive.  It was pretty cloudy, but still beautiful as always.

 I was excited to try to grab some pictures with my camera, but apparently legit photographers were having the same idea.  I walked down to the beach to find these people in full on camouflage gear, with backpacks, tripods and hunks of electronics that I think have to be the god of the camera world with lenses three feet long.  It was crazy.  I took my few shots and got out of there.

Then on Monday, my friend, Annie....otherwise known as amazing party planner, put together a little Valentine's party for our playgroup.  My kids didn't mess around when it came to cookie decorating....or they made a big mess but ate lots of sugar in the process.

 And I made the mistake of throwing out Addison's stash today....although I didn't admit it to her when she went looking for it today.  So baby girl, when you learn to read and you come across this post years later, yes, it was me and I take full blame. 

But I can make you a mean peanut butter cup cookie to make you forget about it real quick.

 and the random pic of the post....

Addison's recent etch a sketch art work.....she is really into drawing people lately.

This is Graham, in case you can't tell.

 And I do have to brag on my husband who totally came through on Valentine's Day.

I have stopped expecting or even really hoping for gifts on a day that Andy has always complained is way over marketed.  He surprised me this year though by booking me for the La Costa Spa on Sunday.

My massage is at 2pm, but when you get a massage there, you get access to the resort for the entire day.

They open at 8:30 and I will be there with magazines, a huge smile on my face, ready and waiting at 8:29.

cookie decorating

The Valentine's fun kicked off this week with a little cookie decorating with some friends from Addison's school.  The kids were super excited to have full reigns of the icing and sprinkles and ate more than their fair share of sugar!

  

Cast of Characters

We got to try out our costumes early this year.

In random order......

The Little Mermaid...

Lightning McQueen

& Justin
Justin Bieber.

"Baby, Baby, Baby...."

Justin was really proud of his outfit.

And I would be a Bieber Fever groupie.

You see those silly bandz?  

Graham was a little embarrassed.

I don't know if it was the site of his parents or the unitard they forced him to wear that did him in.

This cute chick, Amanda, put the entire party on with Tracy.

I thought I liked doing parties, but this girl is amazing.

She thought of every detail....including her Barbie Make Up doll outfit.

We were pretty proud of our outfits, but didn't take the cake by any means.

There were several winners.....

Eric, you did good!

 It was fun seeing the families that dressed in theme.

Star Wars...

The Flintstones

Addison comparing shoes with another mermaid, Eva

Batman & Robin

 Looks like a safari

My son was easy to spot.

He would be the one with the food.

I think he ate about 56 candy corn.

I'm quite sure the "guess the candy corn" game was null and void thanks to this guy.

Annie "Jessie" and I

My two little loves the day before at ANOTHER party thrown by Amanda for her daughter, Autumn.
I think Amanda's going to sleep for three days after this weekend.

 The Montgomery's pulled off Toy Story quite well.

And I really don't know what to say about this pic

Isn't Justin underage?

Just sayin 

 Thanks so much for hosting Amanda & Tracy!  We had a blast.

***I would also like to say that I'm not too sure about this new posting editor****

So confusing getting the pics, captions in order....I think it's back to old school for me.