Alyssa's Bridal Shower

I just love this Bride to Be, Alyssa, not only because she is such a sweet, amazing woman but that I get spend 8 hours a day with her. She is my right hand woman at work and with out her I don't know how I would get through my day! I am so happy for her and Scott who have been together for 10 years and are getting married on Oct 1st. I hosted a shower for her and it was such a good time with all the girls from Tilly's. Did I mention I also work with the best woman too! We spent hours chatting and eating, it was so fun! I wish the soon to be Mrs. Roland a very happy and loving marriage. Cheers!

P.S. I will really miss her when she is gone for 2 weeks in Europe!

Trader Joes pizza

This is one of my new favorites from Trader Joe's, pizza dough! It has been a while since I picked up the pizza dough from Trader Joe's but now it seems to be on our menu quite often. I cut the dough into small pieces for the kids and they get to make their own and they love it. I also like it because I get to make pizza just the way I want, very little sauce, sometimes even no sauce, and just the right amount of cheese. It also reminds me of my first job at Northwood Pizza, the kids think it's funny when I throw it in the air. The great thing is that the dough is only $1.29 and the sauce is $2.29 and last for a few pizzas! So next time pizza is on your menu you should try out this one, especially if you have little ones!

English Rose Teas

My wonderful mother in law, Sandie has started a new venture, English Rose Teas. She is amazing and absolutely the best baker I have ever known. She caters Tea Parties for any occasion, showers, birthday parties, Holiday parties or a just because Tea party! If you don't want to have a tea, you can order some of her yummy desserts too! Check out her site here.

Pool safety....please watch your kids!!!

I am writing this post to warn parents out there to ALWAYS watch your children when you are in and around pools/water. While at a backyard pool, I was sitting in a lounge chair at the end of the deep end so that I could keep and eye on my kids while they were playing on the grass area a few feet away from me. A 2 1/2 ft wall is between the pool and the grass and I was sitting right next to the wall, about a foot was between me and the wall and the pool was to my side. After the kids got excited about getting Popsicles, Taelor ran up to my right, and Ethan, thinking he would go to the other side, squeezed his way between the chair and the wall, and water at his side, without me knowing. (Remember this all happened within seconds, Ethan is almost 2 1/2 and does not know how to swim yet!) Next thing I could hear was a little bit of splashing and there Ethan was, already in the water with his little hands splashing the surface, had I not looked down to see him, I would not have heard him, I did not hear a big splash, he just fell right in! I jumped in the pool and got him up, he was OK, THANK GOD! He was a bit shaken up but the main thing was that he was safe.


Yes ,I was watching them and yes I was in arms length of him, but seconds was all it took. I dwelled on this incident for the next few days, but I realized this can happen to any of us. I will take this as a learning lesson and I hope whoever is reading this that they will too. Swim lessons are a must and both kids will be getting them soon!

Stay-cation Vacation Pictures

I have to say even though we did not go out of town for the week, it was still a busy and VERY enjoyable week. Wished it could have lasted longer, but it was great having lots of family time and spending time with great friends! Here are a few things we did:

Railroad Town in Los Angeles...

Lunch and shopping in Santa Monica....

San Diego Wild Animal Park.....

Swimming like the old days at the Loza's house..

Funny that I grew up at this pool and jumping on this same trampoline with my best friend Tally, so great to see my kids doing the same with their friends!

Swimming at the Doyle's pool with great friends...

Of course we spent time at the beach...

We ended with my sweet nieces 21st birthday party
Happy Birthday Alycia.....

Taelor's Prince Charming.....Daddy

Taelor was asking about Snow White and what happened to her when she ate the red apple. I was explaining to her about true loves kiss from her prince ( I know why do I even need to explain??), then I said to her, one day you will marry a prince, and this was her response....

"I'm going to marry a prince when I get older, I'm going to marry Daddy! My daddy is so cool (holding up her thumb)!"

Oh that made Saul's day! It's the simple things. I can only hope that Taelor marries a man just like her daddy because he really is the best husband and he is my prince charming too!

Great ideas and inspirations

Love, LOVE, LOVE this blog Ali Edwards If you love scrapbooking or any kinds of art projects, you would be inspired by the things this woman does. I found her on Shutterfly, she created a few photo books that had links to her blog, and yes I spent hours looking at her blog. I feel so inspired to do LOTS of things with my pictures, but only if I had more time!!! It amazes me how many projects she does! But I made a promise to myself that I will do at least this project I know its about Christmas, but I will have to get started on this project soon after summer ends (because we all know that once October is here then Christmas is just around the corner),so that I know I have it ready for the first day of December. Another great scrapbook project that I think I might try is this one A week in the life, she did this back in April but of course I just found this blog but I am going to have to try this out so wish me luck on both of these projects. I mean, I still have yet to finish completely my kids 1st year scrapbooks but oh well, maybe these will be done at the same time!

A fun Stay-cation Vacation

Yeah I am off work this WHOLE week. It is very rare that I take an entire week off (except for the week after Christmas). I normally take days off here and there, but I decided this mommy needed a break from my work life! All my days this week are filled with fun family things and hanging out with friends. I will post all the fun pictures of our "stay-cation" later this week. So far I am enjoying my time at home with my babies.

4th of July

Ethan taking a nap after running around

Waiting for fireworks

Desire and Taelor

My baby girl

We spent 4th of July in San Diego with my family (parents and sisters). We had a picnic on the bay, went out on the boat, but most of all just relaxed. We got to see 4 different fireworks shows from where we were so it was great. The kids actually enjoyed them this year. Even though the weather was cold, it still was a good time!

New Bedding....The Baby Guy

I just LOVE this new "matching" bedding I got for the kids. I got it from "The Baby Guy" at the Orange County Swap meet (he is down aisle J). I first used him for Ethan's crib bedding (which by the way I love so much more than Taelor's Pottery Barn bedding she had). He makes the best quality, custom stuff that is affordable. I say stuff because he does everything from bedding, to blankets, car seat covers, diaper bags, burp cloths, and everything else that has to do with fabric and babies! He has so many different fabrics and colors to choose from. He has a website coming soon too! So if you or any one you know is looking for bedding you should check him out first! Taelor loves her new PINK bedding, she was even so excited that her jammies matched too! And Ethan, well he couldn't be any happier than to have not only new bedding but a big boy bed as well!!!