Penny's Birthday Week!

Oh how we  love birthday's around here! and We sure know how to have so much fun and celebrate all month and all week leading up to the big Birthday!! Well it's Penny's time!!! Here's all the fun we did leading up to her Big 12th Birthday!!!! Hold on tight! We have been busy playing over here!! 1st stop Build a Bear for the Birthday bear!!! If you go to Build a Bear during your Birthday Month you get to pay for age of your Birthday for 1 bear! SO here's was $12 instead of $25-$35! So much fun!!! I love that my sweet Penny still loves stuffed animals! She made Ariel from the Little Mermaid since she just performed in the show! Love it! Cash made a Golden Knights Bear and Piper made Mariel from Enchanto! We love going here and have so much fun! 

There are few food places Penny loves to eat at so we made sure to go to all her favorites during her Birthday Week! Zupas with Jackie! So much fun! We then went to $5 below her other fave! Got a new Slide for the pool for her friend Birthday party that's coming up! Post will be very soon! lol And a new sublimation printer her daddy surprised her with! She started a new business making custom Phone Cases and Airpod cases! So the printer was a key  item she needed to kick off her biz! She was so excited!! She is pumping out the orders now too! So if you want a custom Phone case hit us up! She would love and appreciate all the support! She is such a little entrepreneur just like her daddy! 

Birthday Dinner! When it's their Birthday they get to pick out where they want to eat for their birthday! She picked Bj's! Yum! So these are the pics from her Birthday dinner! She is just the best! So much fun! 

More fun Lunch surprises! She loves Fire House so one of the days leading up to her Birthday I brought home her fave!! She was so excited!!! We also enjoyed Frijoles for dinner too! Piper surprised her with and early Birthday present from the dollar store! Piper was so excited to buy her her birthday present with her own money! love it so much! Mermaid lip gloss and gum for the win! Penny is so fun to celebrate for! Easy to please and always ready for a fun time!! More Birthday week to follow this post! The fun did not stop leading up to her Big 12th Birthday! 

 

Epic Doheny Beach Fun!

Super fun spontaneous trip to Doheny Beach in Dana Point with my Bestie neighbor Sue and her daughters- Sondi, Kaili, Cambria, and Ali plus all their kids! Girls trip plus the kids! We had a blast! So epic! A must do every year!!! We even got to bring my nephew Mav along!! The girls loves him! He's such a delight to be with! We kicked off Penny's Birthday week with a bang!!! 3 days at the beach then added on an additional day because we didn't want the fun to end! Wahoo!!!

Day 1- Living the beach life! The kids have an absolutely blast with Bestie Sue's grandkids! They are my kids besties! They jump for any chance to get to hang and play with them! So this trip was absolutely epic for them!!! Non stop play with non stop smiles! 

Great food and fun together! and ice-cream! Both our favorites when we go to Cali! Srgt Pepp's and Creamistry! Spent all day and evening with the all the kids! All smiles!! Mav fit right in too! Had the best time with his new friends!

We stayed at a beautiful hotel! Beach front inn and suits in Dana Point! We totally had a beach view too! It was perfect! Yummy breakfast each morning too! 

Day 2- Living and loving the beach life! 

We even added in shopping this day close down byt the beach! Got to love Jack's! 

My kids wanted to have matching Jr Life Guard gear! So we had to get them suited up! Hats and  board shorts for the win! All the kids that are in Jr Life Guards loved it! Also surprised the kids with all matching pura vida bracelets! The kids were all hyped! Fun memories of their trip with Mav and all their besties down in Doheny Beach! Dinner together again and swimming at the condo that Kaili and Cambria stayed at! Kids played from morning to night!!!

Day 3- Last day at Doheny Beach! We were supposed to go but decided to stay one more night and day! Wahoo! My kids plus Mav were so excited to keep the adventures and party going!!! This day we did boardwalk ice-cream and shopping! The kids all got Doheny Hoodies for Mav and Penny, tees for Cash and Piper, and a neon orange hat for Cash to remember their epic trip! Piper also picked out a couple little toys too! I love spoiling them! :) Looking good in your new gear!

Tons of fun in the sun!!! These kids all get along so good together! Every single one of them and we had a big group of kids all playing each day together! I love it! Making amazing memories that's for sure!

Dinner all together again at a taco shop! It was yummy! Then traveled over to PV where Bestie Sue is from! She gave me a beautiful tour around PV of all the lights at night and her home!! Thrifty ice-cream for our tour treat! lol Then checked into our 2nd hotel in Torrance! I learned on my tour Torrance is just down the hill from PV! lol 

Last day in Cali- More tour guide Barbie from Bestie! We went the Hawaiian Roll company bakery! Delicious! Then to Bestie's favorite donut shop Jay's! Talk about amazing donuts! Holy moly! More touring PV in the daylight! Got to see all sides of PV! PV is a peninsula! Such beautiful ocean all around! Felt like I was in Maui! Beaches and Ocean every where! Beautiful houses too! Just gorgeous!  All the kids plus a few adults went on a  hike down the cliffs in PV to the ocean! They were looking for tide pools and ended up seeing an old sunken ship wreck that came to surface! Totally cool! I just loved hearing Bestie tell me all her stories of PV as we drove around her home town! 

Our last stop on our Epic trip was Ruby's! We took over one whole section! There was so many of us! Our waiter was on fire! So amazing to be able to handle our huge large group! lol We had the best time and alwasy love when we get to eat at Ruby's! Said our goodbyes and away we went headed back home! We had the best time ever! Made my heart happy to see the smiles on my kids face and my nephew's of pure joy! They had an epic time! We hope to be able to do this trip again next year! Our new tradition! Best memories made here with all their very best friends! Here's to kicking off Penny's Birthday week! 

 

Happy Birthday Honz!!

Oh how we love to celebrate birthday's over here! and Oh how we love to celebrate this Birthday Boy!!! My honz turned 39!!!! Last year in his 30's still a baby if you ask me! I'm well into my 40's! lol! We sure do love our Birthday Boy! We start the birthday fun early! So we kicked off his Birthday Sunday! Church then dinner with our bestie neighbors! Then cheesecake his fave for desert with our bff neighbors and bestie neighbors! Block celebration! lol

Monday the celebrating continued with Geisha house for dinner! We loved having Chad's dad and Vicki with us out to celebrate our Chad! We love Geisha house and especially love when they cook in front of us! Cash's favorite place ever to eat! We came back to our house for Nothing Bundt Cake and swimming! Such a great night!

Happy Birthday Honz!!!! Tuesday was his actual birthday! He woke up to all his present out and Cinaholic for breakfast! His bff Kip took him golfing early in the morning to start his Birthday fun! The kids sure loved making him tons of cards and opening presents! We sure love our Birthday boy!

For lunch his amazing staff put together a Birthday lunch celebration! Had food catered and an amazing cake! They even got him the best present ever an Americana Corn Hole! So awesome! His first ever corn hole and it's Americana decked out!! Even the bean bags are stars and stripes! Win! Win! for the best present ever!! We are so excited to get it set up in our new backyard once it's complete! Wahoo! Thanks amazing staff for making him feel so special! You guys really know how to have fun and party!!

Birthday night celebrations! Take me out to the ball game!!  We went to our 1st Aviators game! It was a blast! Such a great food and treats!!! Aviators stopped the team 10-3! Wahoo! We missed having Penny with us but we replaced her with my nephew Mav to use her ticket! lol She got invited to see the Little mermaid Broadway show put on by the older kids and did not want to miss it!! She said they performed amazing and just loved being with her friends that just performed their show Little Mermaid Jr,!

Such a great night! We even saw so many friends that were out at the game too!  Great weather! Great food! Great friends! Great Birthday fun! You can see we sure love our Birthday boy! 39 never looked so good! He is our rock! Our world! Our everything! We would be lost without you! You are the one that makes everything possible! The hardest worker I know! Completely dedicated to his family and selfless! Gives his all to us everyday! We are so lucky and grateful you were born!! Love you forever and ever! Happiest Birthday Honz!

 

Penny's 2nd Broadway Performance!

Performance #2! The Little Mermaid Jr! Makeup on! Lashes on! Hair all fancy! It was showtime #2! 

Alana was back at it again!! Performing her little heart out!

She again did absolutely amazing! The show and stage comes alive when Miss Penny walks out to perform! So proud of my shining star!!!

So much personality on stage! Seriously just love watching her!! She truly knows just how to do it! A born natural! I know... I know.... I'm one  proud mama! 

She just brings so much joy to my heart! She said she had so much fun on stage! She loves to perform! This was her first time in a real show with acting, dancing and singing! and just loved it!

More fun pics from her 2nd show!

Love her so much! I know  I keep saying it...she just lights up that stage!

These are the pics with her directors! They were so proud of her being her 1st show ever! They said she worked so hard to learn her  parts perfectly each  week! They love how she became her character! They said that is a true performer becoming the character they are in the play! They couldn't have asked for any more from her! She did fabulous! Wahoo! They also asker her to come back for the next show to audition and be in! Way to go Penny! You killed it up there! I think we are on to something good here! Our little performing star! A Born natural to be on stage entertaining! Love it and you so much!
 

Penny's 1st Ever Broadway Show!

It's Show time!! Penny joined Broadway kids academy in March and has been working on the production The Little Mermaid Junior! She had her first ever audition for a Broadway play! She got the part as one of  Ariel's sister -Alana! She was so excited!!! It was finally showtime! It was so fun to get her all dolled up! Blue shadow to match her costumes! Curls in the hair! Shimmer on her face and even big Lashes!!! She was stage ready! Performance ready!! And boy oh boy did she "bring it" on stage!! She truly is a born star!!! 

The big stage! The lights! The music! The red curtain!! The loud huge audience! She was ready to perform! No nerves ever from her! She is natural! She lights up the stage! Spoke and sang so clear from her headset mic! It so fun to watch her in her element! She's truly the best!!

With several speaking parts and lots of solos and singing! She even  dance her butt off up there too!! We absolutely love watching little Miss Penny come alive!! So proud!

She just shines! In my eyes she stole the show!! lol 

We are so grateful for all the support! Penny sure loves when she has people come out to see her perform! Bre and Jake family came and my sister Eryn and Joanna came too!! Eryn and Joanna brought her a surprise! The Disney itty bitty collection in the Little mermaid! Ariel and Ursula! lol So freakn cute! It's so Penny can remember her first ever Broadway show! We love you Penny!!! You are a born star! Absolutely amazing!!!

 

River Fun!!!

Another exciting fun week in the books for our summer fun!! We did a very spontaneous trip to the River!! Our bestie neighbors Dude and Sue have a river house and their daughter Kaili (one of my most favorite friends ever) was traveling down from their home town Washington to Vegas then to the River! So I got to talking with Kaili and decided last min to follow along with them down to the River!! It was such a quick fast trip since Penny needed to be back in town for her 1st Broadway show!! But it's summer and that's just what you do cram in all the fun! Creating the best memories and experience possible for your kids!! Mine and Kaili's kids get along so good!! It's just the best!! We left Thursday morning and got home Friday afternoon just in time to get Penny performance ready!! Wahoo! These are the pic collages of all our river fun!! Tons of fun in 24hrs! lol Honz had to stay home to work! A huge Thanks to my honz for making it all possible so we can do these last min fun trips for the kids!

So fun all the kids but 2 had leopard suits!! If I would have packed Piper's leopard then there would have been just one that didn't have leopard! lol So we had to take a pic of the leopard swim suit family! The kids loved it!! All matching and didn't even plan it! lol

Lots of floating down the river! Kayaking! Golf cart rides! Skipping rocks! Sludge mud fights! and just good Fun in the Sun!

Fishing! Catching worms! and Catching Frogs! River Fun is the best fun!

Rope Swinging into the river! More fishing! Food! Treats! and Cards games!!! Doesn't get any better than this!

Boating! and Boarding! The last morning Dude took us out on the boat! The kids have never wake boarded so Dude taught them how! He's the best!! They didn't really get up but had so much fun! We ran out of time because I needed to load up and get on our road back home! Such an amazing 24hrs of tons of fun! They played so hard they all 3 slept the whole 3hr ride home! lol 

Thanks Dude and Sue for the wonderful accommodations and for letting us come make the best memories! We can't wait to get back to the River!

 

Happy 4th of July Ranch Style!

Proud to be an American!!! Made in the USA! Happy 4th of July Everyone!!

We enjoyed the beautiful long 4th of July weekend up at Chad's family Ranch! Beautiful weather! Beautiful views! With Beautiful people! Cousin time is on! This collage is from traveling up to the ranch! Even little Ruby loves the ranch life!! 

These are the pics from our 1st evening there! So much fun! The kids were already off riding and building forts and having a blast!

Pics from Saturday! Working on the fort! Pulling weeds! Riding hard!! Piper even learned how to drive a 4 wheeler with Emma on back and then again with Reese! She did really good! More practice for her before mama lets her ride alone! lol

Braid session!! I learned how to dutch braid and braided everyone's hair! lol I was on a roll and wanted all the practice! Step on up and get your braids done! lol So proud of myself! I love braids so much and so happy I learned the dutch style! Wahoo! 

More Saturday fun! Lots of  food, laughter and playing cards for us adults! lol The kids never stopped riding! Cash holding a snake! Piper played with caterpillars! lol I'm not into any of that stuff! lol They however love that ranch life for sure! 

The rest of the Saturday pics! So much fun and much needed trip! We love the ranch!

Sunday the fun didn't stop! Cleaned and packed up then played the rest of the day! 

The big boys worked all weekend on the Chamberlin Cabin! Walls, flooring, doors, stairs, and porch! It is looking so good and getting so close to being able to stay in it! So more places to sleep and play very soon!!

Monday we spent the day down in Cedar to celebrate the 4th! 1st stop was the Parade!!! We love small town parades! The kids had blast! Catching the balls, Frisbees and candy!

Made in the USA! We were all decked out in our Americana! We enjoy red white and blue all year long but for the 4th you go all out from top to bottom! 

The kids were so excited to see Reese and Mckayla in the parade! Reese's boyfriend was even driving their float too! The kids loved it! Yelling and screaming their names! That was so exciting and kept the parade that much more fun! I had to get the Walmart special Americana fedora hat!! I kept seeing them all over at the parade and I had to have it! lol I love it!! It is so freakn amazing! 

After the awesome parade we went out shopping! 1st shopping stop was sportsman warehouse to see Hunter at work! Honz bought a gun from Hunter for the kids! A 22 rifle! Cash was over the moon excited for his new gun! Honz even bought a scope for it! Cash was so hyped about that too! Us girls went over to TJ Max and we had our fun over there! lol Nothing says Happy 4th better then buying a new gun to celebrate our freedoms!!! Wahoo! The kids can't wait to get back up to the ranch to shoot the new gun now! More things to play at the ranch! Love it! After shopping we had lunch and then went over to visit Grandpa Bulloch! He is just the sweetest! He was so excited to see us! The kids sure love their great grandpa! So blessed and so grateful! Thank you Grandpa Bulloch for such a wonderful ranch to make all these amazing memories and traditions!