Huntington Beach Get Away!

Soaking up every last bit of summer down in Huntington Beach! This was the kids and I weekly recap- Beach style for July wk 5- summer wk 10! Oh how we love the sand between our toes! The salty ocean air! and Beautiful sun rays! This was our last who-rah for the Summer celebrating Chance returning from his mission and kicking off my Birthday Boy Cashy! Since we were kicking of Cashy's birthday I let him invite one friend! He chose his bff which happens to be his cousin Noah! Yayyy! They have the best time together! We were off to a fabulous week! We hit the beach cities and went straight to Huntington Beach! 

The boys were automatically on Amber's boogie boards! There was a strong rip tide/current and the rental guy wouldn't rent boogie boards or surf boards because it was sp crazy out in the ocean! The waves were big and the rip tide powerful! Well you know that didn't stop my boy! lol They would just start tours away from us and get pulled down to us! lol We watched the sunset which is always incredible and ate at TK Burger right off the pier! Ended the night at our favorite fro-yo America's Cup! Day 1- Tuesday was a success! 

Day 2- Wed! Left our hotel which  was pretty much lipstick  on a pig! We have stayed at this hotel my entire life and man has it gotten run down! They even remodeled it but that's where the lipstick on the pig comes in! Our door getting into our room didn't even work! lol But hey it was a place to stay and we got through the wk! lol But we were off and out early to get down to the beach! We love Banzai Bowls and found one down by the pier in Huntington!! Yayyy! So we had to stop! and mad was it delicious! Yum

Living the beach life!

The news was even out there due to the strong rip tide/current! They caught Cash and Noah to interview them! The boys were hyped! Cash's interview made the clip on the news! So awesome! Cash was on air! lol It was the highlight of the day ! We were all on our phones trying to catch the live news to see Cash's clip! Love it!

Lights! Camera! Action! Here are the pics from his interview for the LA News! He was so stoked his interview clip got aired! This mama was so proud! His little voice was so cute! Love his little face too! It was aired on the 4pm live LA News! YouTube! CBSLA.com! TikTok! Seriously all  the socials! Cashy your famous!!! Love my sweet boy! Such a fun highlight for his early birthday wk!

Watched the sunset! Yes please! Dinner at Pick up Stix! Yum! and ended the amazing 2nd day at America's Cup for fro-yo!

Day 3-Thursday! Sun's up so we are out and off to the beach! The beach never gets old! New adventures and my fave people watch every day! It's the best!

Piper got in the ocean on this day! lol She's my little shadow and is always sitting by me or on me! I love my baby! Enjoyed the snaking and chatting! 

Cash and Noah did a timed sand challenge with each other! Dig a hole burry the other one and fill the sand back up in 12 min! They both accomplished it in time! lol Dinner at Stg Pepp's!  Delicious! and of course end the night at America's Cup! 

Day 4- Friday! Another amazing day up and early and sitting on the beach! Lot's of tanning and relaxing! But still haven't worn any of them out! lol

The pier was packed! It was the US Open for Surfing all wk! So many fun places to shop! Food trucks galore! Live music! Photo booth! Lot's of freebie stickers! And a gigantic sand castle! We had a blast! Today was our shopping day too! Walked the main drag to hit up all the best stores! Finally gave in and got Cash a high end boogie board for and early Birthday surprise! He was beyond excited! Cash and Noah even got posters signed by the pro surfers! They were hyped!

Enjoyed the rest of the afternoon on the sand and loved another sunset! Then off to Wahoo's for dinner! and America's Cup for dessert! Yayyyy

Day 5- Saturday! Well you know the drill! Up and off to the beach! The beach never gets old for up! Seashell hunting today! Piper's favorite!

Back to the main drag for more pro surfers signings and free hats! I was obsessed with that part! I love hats and good name brands  too! Played some more where all the activity was where the surf jam was happening! 

Getting our last summer tan on! lol Soaking it all up! 

Cashy played for hours on his new boogie board! Love that it is red with checkers! So easy to spot him out in the ocean! He was doing so good! Highly entertaining! lol Dinner we repeated with Pick up Stix and of course the America's Cup repeat for our last night!!

Day 6-  Sunday Fun-Day! Why does the fun always have to end!! We sadly packed up and headed out! This time it wasn't to the beach we were on our way home! But 1st Banzai Bowl for the road! Delicious! Funny pics of Cash- every night after getting back to hotel from our long beach days him and Noah would go run miles and work out at the gym! lol They are such a hoot! They loved the hotel gym so much! lol Such an incredible wk! We all had such a wonderful end of summer beach trip, welcome home Chance and kicking off Cashy's Birthday for the wk! Jammed packed with lots of sun and sand! Yayyy! We did however miss Honz! Beach life is not the same with out my mans! but he is the one that makes everything possible for me to get away with the kids to make the memorable memories! Lot's od pics for lots of fun! This trip was one for the books! We had the best time together! Love my people! Cali we will  see you soon!

 

July Wk 5- Summer Fun Wk 10!

Oh July you have been so good to us!! Another wk in and the whole month is gone! Here is the weekly recap for July wk 5- Summer fun wk 10! Penny is on the move! Zipping around in her new car and loving her freedom! We celebrated  with the best ice-cream for Ainsley making cheer captain! Wahoo! We are so proud of her and so desreved! She is dedicated and such a team leader!

One last nail stop  for Piper before cheer starts! She loves being pampered and getting long nails put on but can never do it because of her cheer! So she was so excited to finish out summer with fresh long nails! :) Then off to celebrate my bff Jackie's birthday at In and out! Her cute grandson is obsessed and since she had him over it was a must! Oh how we love baby Duke! Oh how we all love bff Jackie! Such a great night celebrating my girl!

Little Ruby got all fancy! lol She loves her new fresh cut! Just look how perfect she is! She was just a posing for her momma! Oh how she brings my heart so much joy! Love my little fancy pretty girl! 

My Hon's wk! While the fam is away (one last beach adventure for summer) my mans will play! He golfed and played great!! Went to the Temple for his nephew! and when the weekend hit he headed North to the ranch! He had a great busy wk! He absolutely loved getting away tot he cooler temps and beautiful views at the ranch! He loves any time to get up there! Next up our last beach trip of the summer!!! 

 

The Best Lake Day!!

If you can believe it we are still in July wk 4- Summer fun wk 9! All those last posts all happened in the same week! lol and we are still doing the most! Saturday arrived and we went to the Lake!!! Oh how we love Lake days with my sisters! Every summer they invite us out on their boat to enjoy all the fun! The kids look forward to going with their Aunties each summer too! They are getting bigger and stronger and can really do all the fun things out on the water! It was a perfect day! The wind stayed away so we could play! The water was perfect temperature too! All around fabulous day! Yayyyy!

Cashy was out on the water first! He loves to knee board! He was catching air and doing 360's! lol He was really putting on a show for us and we were loving it! He also surfed! Wow is he getting better with that too! Considering in the last few years we have only been out on the lake surfing 1 time a year! So I'd say he was crushing it! So proud of my boy! He had a blast! He seriously could have kept going for hours! He loves being out on the water so much! I love seeing his little tongue out while he's focusing! lol Daddy does the same thing!

Soaking up the sun! Dipping in the water to cook off! We all love being out on the boat on the water! It's the best!

Whatever Cash does Piper has to do too! lol She always keeping up with her big bro! She was out knee boarding! Then surfed! She is so strong and very determined! Last year surfing Eryn had to hold her on the board as she got pulled out of the water! This year Piper was out there getting up all by herself! So brave! The honey badger don't stop for nothing! Always keeping up with the big kids! Love her little smile out there! She was living it up! Loving her day at the lake! 

Penny!! She is good for just a few rounds! She pops up perfectly! She's got this surf stuff down! So fun! She is really good for only surfing 1 time a year! lol The rest of the day she laid out soaking up the sun! lol Love my little sun bunny! She so dark! I want her perfect skin! lol

My honz! He's still got it! He knee boarded to show Cash he can do it! lol He was out there doing 360 after 360! Cash was hyped! So proud of his dad! lol He surfed like a champ too! That's my mans! lol The kids were so excited to see daddy out there crushing it! It made my day to see him having so much fun! You still got it Honz!

As for me... I'm the best cheer leader! I take all the pics! Make the lunch! and Cheer everyone on! We had the best day making memories together!! I love taking all the pics to really capture our amazing time out on the water! A huge thank you to my sisters for taking us out! The kids had a blast playing! Summer is not complete until  we have a lake day with the Aunties!!! Best Lake day ever! 

 

Penny Passed Her Driving Test!!

Congrats Penny! Watch out world here she comes!!!We got our first driver on the road! It's been such a busy wk with the sweet 16  surprises! Birthday celebrations! and now Penny's drivers test! Let's just say the DMV is all such a nerve racking experience starting with the permit process! Then booking the license and having all the documents! To taking the test!!! I had been taking Penny on practice driving tests all week driving around the DMV! lol We had some great bonding time! She was solid and ready to take the test! We arrived so early to get checked! Did not want her to feel rushed! The whole DMV process is such a bundle of nerves as it is no need for rushing around! They called her name to go out! They weren't even outside for 5 mins and the instructor and Penny were walking back in! Honz and I were freaking out! Penny finds us and immediately starts crying! The instructor wouldn't let her take her test because she said the windshield was tinted! Chad and I were like no way! We went up to the check in desk to ask to speak to the instructor! Well she wouldn't even come over and talk to us so Chad asked for the supervisor! We needed to know what was going on and be able to fix it so Penny could take her test in the future! We were just devastated for Penny! It wasn't her fault the car supposedly had windshield tint! We met with the supervisor and she was the nicest! She walked out to our car and checked the windshield! Come to find out the windshield didn't have tint! The first instructor didn't even check closely she automatically assumed! Ughhhh! The supervisor was so apologetic and told Penny she could still take her test today if she felt up to it! Penny still worked up and crying said she definitely wanted to go through with  taking the test! The supervisor was so nice and assigned a different instructor. After giving her some time to compose herself and get her mindset back on taking the test the new instructor came out to greet her! A much nicer instructor right off the bat! Thank goodness! She was out taking her test for about 20mns! I watched her from the live 360 app the whole test! lol 

The test was a success! She came back in and the instructor and he informed us she passed! Wahoo! So freaking happy for her! Paper work completed! Signature signed! Photo done! License complete! Yayyyyy! Can't believe the morning we had at the DMV! The high walking in to the low with the window tint then high again with taking the test and passing! Wow!! It ended up being the Best day ever! Congrats Penny! You are licensed!

Watch out world here she comes!! She fearless and ready to take it on! As soon as we got home she ran inside and asked Cash where do you want me to take you right now! lol He said Mcdonald's for an ice cream cone! lol  and just like that they were off together! Actually can't believe it! It really is wild to see you baby just drive off! lol No one prepares you for these moments in life that's for sure! but I'm extremely happy for her! So proud of her hard work and dedication! She is a mover and shaker! Nothing holding her back! Way to go Penny! You did it!!! 

ps. we are waiting for the title from the seller so we can register her new car that is why she is driving my car! She wants to be in her baby coop so bad! lol but in the mean time she will keep driving my car! lol

 

Penny's Sweet 16th Birthday Surprise!

The moment we have all been waiting for!!!! Penny's Sweet 16 Birthday! Happy Happy Sweet 16th Birthday my Penny!! Her birthday has finally come and we are so excited to celebrate our girl! Can't believed she is 16! My #1! My best friend! The one that made me a mom!! Wow where does the time go!! To  begin...the birthday girl woke up to our normal birthday festivities! Opening presents!! She is so easy to shop for and gets so excited opening each present! She is such a delight and always so grateful! She got lots of fun surprises! To highlight a few of her presents! A new digital camera! New airpods (she lost one airpod on the bus when she went to state for student council back in April)! New polka dot Minki blanket to match her room decor! New perfume! Rainbow sandals! New clothes of course! Oh how Sweet it is to be Sweet 16!

 

Next up lunch! For lunch it was to her favorite place...Zupas! Of course she drove us there! Daddy came home early from work to spend the day with her too! Turning 16 is a big deal  and we were all excited to be with her! :) Then her bestie Charlize kidnapped her for the afternoon! Penny was so excited to spend the rest of the day with her! Charlize had a fun day all planned out! Including a sweet 16 birthday photo shoot matching in their black  and polka dots! She just needed to be home by 6 so we could go to "dinner at Ohja" for her birthday dinner!

Alright so here's what really went down! As soon as Charlize picked up Penny and took her for the rest of the day we got to work! I had planned a SURPRISE Sweet 16 Birthday Party! Yayyyy! It has been in the works for several months! and the day has finally come! We got busy decorating the Decker's back yard for the birthday festivities! Omg! I love these besties of mine! The planning, the ordering, and the decorating of all the things to make this Sweet 16 epic! It came together beautifully! It was magical! Thank you my fairy godmother event planners! lol

Meanwhile Penny is off to her photoshoot with Charlize! I mean it was the easiest distraction! Go waste lots of time taking pics of the Beautiful Birthday Girl! lol Such a simple easy plan that turned out perfectly! 

My little Penny pie had no clue what was going on back at the house! lol

She's just smiling and posing! Just loving her life!

Charlize took  her to Mt Charleston to kill the most time with the long drive to the mountains! Genius! Right! lol

Such beautiful scenery for such a beautiful birthday girl!

All the fun places in the mountains! So many pics! I love them all! So of course I had to post all of them!

I love my birthday baby! She is just the best! 

Then even stopped and bought a "16" in balloons for props for the pics! They got 1 good pic before the "1" blew away! lol Penny was so sad! lol But that didn't stop her from still posing and smiling for more pics! lol So many pics!

She Absolutely loved the photoshoot! There was no better way to kill this time and keep her away! 

Great job Char!!! You literally saved the day!! The plan goes as follows! After the photoshoot Char put a blind fold on Penny when they hit the street Torrey Pines! There is no way Penny could see all the cars parked around our neighborhood!! So blind fold it is! Penny was like what! lol Char threw her off by saying she had another present at the house for her and to make it more fun and exciting she needed to blind fold her! Love it!! It worked! 

Back in the streets! The friends were arriving! It was so exciting!! Loved that her friends were just as excited as we all were to see her reaction!! Char arrived with the Birthday girl! It was time! Omg!!! Char gets her out of the car and tells Penny to take her blind fold off! We are all dead silent! She had no clue! We all shouted.... SURPRISE!!! She was in shock! She looked around then screamed out and started jumping up and down in total shock and excitement! She came running straight to me to give me the biggest hug ever!! I can't believe we pulled this off! WOW!!! Absolutely Epic!

Then she ran over to daddy! Gave him a hug hug too! Then daddy gave a cute little speech about her turning 16! Then told the friends to split the sea.... SURPRISE!!! You got a CAR!! A MINI COOPER!! She was freaking out! Total shock again! Started jumping up  and down! Pure joy and excitement! Best SURPRISES Ever! I was crying! lol Made my heart so happy  to see her so happy! It was an incredible moment!! 

In complete shock! She was 100% surprised with both the Party and the New Car! Her friends were so excited for her! They loved being apart of all the surprises! It was epic!! A moment she will never forget and either will any of us! Best Birthday ever!

Let the Party begin! Once the surprise died down we headed into the Decker's backyard to start the party festivities! We had a Taco Truck!!! That's all she has ever wanted at her birthday parties in the past! lol So I was so excited to book that for the Surprise Sweet 16! She was so hyped! The Tacos were so good too! A full service Soda Bar! and A multi variety Candy table too! The kids loved it!

Let the photos begin! lol Well they had already begun but man was it time for more!

Lot's of pics! Lot's of friends!

So dang cute with the polka dot theme!!! The backdrops turned out perfect for pics!

More pics with amazing friends!

Oh and more pics with the Birthday girl! 

The kids literally didn't stop taking pics all night! From eating tacos! Making drinks! Eating candy! Playing pickle ball! To swimming! and in between all that photoshoot time! lol

Had to snap pics of Penny around all the rest of tables ! Candy table! Cake table! Even a 16 giant marquee that lit up! So freakn cute!! She loved it all! We all loved singing to her too! She's the best! One of kind! The red car bow pic! Mav and Penny have taken a pic and posed like this since Chance got his sweet 16 birthday car 4 years ago! Then took the same pic when Mav turned 16 and got his car! So it was time for Penny's sweet 16 new car! Yayyy! This pic is priceless! Wow have these 2 grown over the past 4 years! Love these bestie cousins together so much! They have such a special bond!

It was a Sweet 16 success! Just look at the crew of friends! Thank you all for showing up for my girl! It would not have been as epic with out each of you here! Thank you for playing such a role in Penny's life! She is truly blessed to have such amazing friends! Oh what a night!! It was an incredible Surprise sweet 16 all around! She was smiling all night! Living her best life with all the people she loves! Oh how we love our pretty Penny!!! Happy Happy Sweet 16 Birthday Penny! Truly an unforgettable 16th Birthday! We did it! Can't believe we pulled this one off! :)

Had to post the invite! It was absolutely adorable! The polka dot theme was spot on! I love how most the friends came to the party wearing polka dots! So fun! Secretly getting numbers from Penny's phone to send out to key friends to spread the word! Thank you friends! You pulled it off! You spread  the invite and gathered the friends to come!! Wahooo! It was an amazing turn out of awesome friends! 

The behind the scenes getting the new Car excitement! Honz had been on the hunt for months for a mini cooper for Penny and it was coming down wire to pull the  trigger and get it! and that's exactly what he did! He found a seller  out of Lake Havasu and had his dad go with him down there to check it out! It was in mint condition! It was the one! He purchased it and headed back home! Thanks to gramps for going down! We were all so hyped daddy found the car! We hid it in our neighbors garage until the big surprise reveal! Such a fun, exciting and stressful few days leading up to the big Surprise! Honz made it happen for our baby girl! The best daddy every! Making everything possible always! What a memorable Sweet 16 celebration! We love our Penny so much!