Frenchie, food, and fun!

I've been trying to roll my bloated arse out of bed so I could show you these pictures for the last few days, but I'm still recovering from my food hang over. Seriously what is it about having family in town that just makes you stuff your face like you're never going to have a warm meal again?? Ughh. Moving on, last week was an absolute blast! Way too much fun, way too many laughs, and way too much food! I'm still popping IBS pills like they're going out of style. Anymudbutt, remember how I told you Frenchie was bringing a mystery guest?? Well here he is!!

Frenchie and my BROTHER!!

Yup! Frenchie and J met through yours truly (Cupid can suck it!!) and they came up for a little vacation. She flew in to LAX, picked up my big bro and road tripped it up north. We laughed, we cried, we farted (like I said, there was TONS of food) and we loved every second of it. Here's a little peek into our week...

Crazy Aunt Lucy hanging out with Little Miss Presley...

Move over Taylor Lautner, there's a new werewolf in town...grrrrr

My Tia Lupe and my Mama boozin' it up at lunch...

Queso and Frenchie...the Ethel to my Lucy...
(Thanks Bananas for the classy staches!!)

The Hubs FINALLY trying sushi!!

Frenchie sippin' on some sizzurp...

The Dude and his uncle...two peas in a cracked out pod.

As always, it was good times with Frenchie and the familia. It was hard to see her go, but we're already planning our next trip. That's right, Queso and Frenchie are hittin' up the east coast in 2011!

Hope you're all having a wonderful week! As for me, I'm just counting down the days until school starts...6 MORE DAYS!!! SWEET SANITY HERE I COME!!

Happy Wednesday Amigos!!



ps...$70 gift certificate going up for grabs tomorrow, come on by!

Graduation Hangover....

I need to lay off of the Martinelli's sparkling cider...The last week was a blur of food, family, and fun! It was absolutely AMAZING having all of my family together to celebrate our baby brother's graduation, BUT I'm friggin exhausted. We partied non-stop for almost a week and let me just tell you....I'm way too old for that crap. I'll be back tomorrow to tell you all about our crazy antics, but until then, enjoy the pics!

Congrats Junior! We love you!!

{The Baby Brother...all grown up!}

{The family Matriarch}

{The Big Brothers}

{Kissy kissy!}

{Big Bro#2 with my Auntie Jo}

{Walkin' the walk}

{Struttin' his stuff}

{Making his way to the final handshake}

{It's official. Diploma in hand!}

{It's rainin' caps and dawgs!}

{Don't worry...we didn't embarrass him at all. Riiiiight}

{I'm totally the favorite sister}

{Our Mama made some cute babies}

The graduation was incredible. Junior graduated with honors and awards galore! He's headed to the University of Arizona and into the Honors College program on an academic scholarship. Watch out AZ, you've got a heart breaker coming your way!!

Hope you're all having a great week! It's good to be back!

We're back!!!

Did I forget to tell you we were gone? Ooops.

Last week was a crazy blur. Right before we were set to leave my grandpa had a stroke. Thankfully he's MUCH better now, but it made our trip down to So-Cal even more important. I can't wait to tell you all about it, but right now I'm friggin' exhausted, so these pictures will have to do the talking!

{House of Cline invades the House of Mouse!}

{Boogie getting his Toy Story fix...}

{Little Miss Presley LOVED this ride....with all its freaky munchkins and they're creepy singing}

{Drollgirl, this one's for you!}

{Boogie was OBSESSED with Buzz...he couldn't even look at the camera}

{That's a good lookin' bunch!}

{I couldn't find Mason for 5 minutes....I finally found him here}

{Girl's gone wild!}

{My adorable Abuelita...isn't she a doll?!}

{This is his 'come hither' face..trying to tempt me with onion rings...meow}

{My little man with my big bro...kid loves his uncle!}

{Now this is what distinguished looks like...}

{Apparently a deep love for ski-ball runs in the family...}

{Rock climbing in a feeble attempt to wear the kid out!}

Hope you all had as great a weekend as we did!
Happy Monday folks...
Its good to be back...

I shanked a pumpkin...

Well after obsessing for the last week over what the crap we were going to carve our prized pumpkins out to be, desperation inspiration FINALLY hit! And let me tell you that after 2 days of searching for these suckers and a WEEK of debating what the freak to carve them as, we were ready to cut and gut these bad boys. I didn't know it was possible to harbor bad feelings towards fruit, but alas IT IS! And yes, it's a fruit...I'm just as shocked as you are.

Jordan and I even threw out some pre-carving butt kicking lines to the pumpkins...yeah, we're hardcore like that. Nothing screams maturity like yelling "I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick butt, and I'm all out of bubblegum" to a pumpkin. But we had a blast with the kids and ended up with some totally radical results...Take a peek for yourself...

{You guys are going DOWN! HA!}

{Don't let the smile fool you...she was a beast!}

{A little father-son bonding...over knives and destruction}

{Even the dogs wanted in on the action...}

{The only thing Boogie cared about was taking his glamour shots...}

{Yeah...soak it all in...awesomeness at its best}

peee eesss....thanks for all the sweet comments on my last post...you guys rock :)

BEST NEWS EVER!!

I have FABULOUS news! WHOOP WHOOP!!

But first, let's catch up... my long lost friends, how I've missed you!! So this weekend has been fan-friggin-tastic so far!! The kids are mostly better, minus a few snot rockets and hacking coughs here and there...we were finally able to make it out of the house. AMEN, because I was ready to lose my flippin' mind if I had to watch one more episode of Max & Ruby! {Sidenote: Don't those creepy rabbits have parents??? And why doesn't Max talk?! Wtf?}

Friday night we decided it would be fun to take the kids to the halloween store so we could pick out a costume for Little Miss Presley. Well, you would have thought that I had learned my lesson about trying to do fun things with the kids...obviously I hadn't, because I'm smart like that. Unless your idea of fun is scarring your child for life, then yes, I succeeded. They are officially scared of halloween...it may or may not have something to do with the fact that the store was decorated like this:

{creepiest baby crib EVER...they make chuckie look lovable}

Don't worry, we totally redeemed ourselves and made it up to the kids by taking them to a REAL pumpkin patch on Saturday and we even came home with PUMPKINS! 2nd times a charm! I'll fill you all in on that on Monday...good times were had! And if Saturday wasn't great enough, we were able to sneak in a date night! MEOW....Jordan, you're naughty...ha!

But now for my good news! This is life changing you guys...Hallmark channel is showing Murder, She Wrote again! BOOYA!! I'm so glad it's not canceled anymore because Jessica Fletcher is my homie! Seriously, she's hardcore, and that show is my all time favorite.. What's not to love?! It's the perfect combination of danger, mystery, and romance. That JB Fletcher was a little p.i.m.p...her milkshake brought the boys to the yard....she spit some fierce game! And she laughs in the face of danger! Bwahahahaa! Plus I'm convinced Cabot Cove is the most dangerous place to live...and she owns that town! We'd so be BFF's...I just know it.

{I've got my eye on you...}

I'm seriously so excited I could piddle!! See, isn't that the best news ever?! The only thing that would have made it better was if The Hoff sang me this wonderful news by way of a singing telegram...now that would have been awesome! Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend, can't wait to catch up with you all! Pardon my randomness tonight, I'm exhausted!! So I leave you with The Hoff...ain't he a dreamboat?

{you look tight, in your tight pants...grrr}

Why do I even bother?

Sometimes I don't know why I even bother trying. Last night I had one of my brilliant mom moments where I had this grand idea that we should take the kids to go do something fun....apparently I had hit the crack pipe a little hard last night. I may or may not have been feeling slightly guilty from ignoring them all day Sunday so I could watch football, but that's neither here nor there....back to the point, I decided we should take the kids to go get pumpkins. That's wholesome family fun, right? WRONG!

I should have known it was gonna be one of THOSE trips when I had to throw out the disclaimer in the car..."Alright guys, we are going out together. You WILL listen, you WILL behave, and we WILL have fun. Do you understand? Now SIT DOWN and knock it off! Got it?!" That's always a pleasant way to start the outing!

So we drive out to this little pumpkin patch we had found online, and find out its not so much a patch as it is a dirt friggin lot with a couple of scattered pathetic looking pumpkins and a lonely, rusted red wagon in the corner. We couldn't take the kids here!!! Because that's every child's idea of fun, right? Being pulled around a field of dirt (did I mention it was in the middle of a market center?) in a broken down piece of crap wagon. Where's the petting zoo? The caramel apples?? The apple cider??? False advertisement at its finest. Stupid internet. My temples began to throb....

So we break their little hearts and turn the car around. And the screaming begins. All 3 of them bawling at once in perfect harmony. Mother of the year, right here.By this time it's getting late so we decide we'll take them out to eat! That's a treat right? And if we're lucky we can catch the score of the football game! So we get to the restaurant, unload them and walk in...its PACKED! The only thing available is a table...now I'm not sure if you've ever sat at a table (not a booth) in the middle of a restaurant with 3 kids 5 and under...its not pleasant. We couldn't eat here. So what do we do? Pack up the kids again! The screaming intensifies. Fits are being thrown. Chairs are being kicked. My head is pounding. What happened to our fun night??? We were SUPPOSED to be having FUN dangit!!

An hour and a half after leaving the house, we had had it. With our heads hung in defeat and our McDonald's in hand (yeah, we gave up), we headed towards home...where did we go wrong?

All I wanted was a friggin pumpkin, all I got was a raging migraine...so much for my bright idea.

I'm Baaaaccckk....

On the road...a must have car photo a la oofa.

Our kids learned all sorts of neat words like 'traffic' and 'road rage' and some other slightly vulgar words I shall not post!! But they may ryhme with Moosh-bag. Thanks Jordan for that! Here is our least favorite person from the trip. Who has an IM N DMND (i'm in demand) license plate?! Honestly. Btw- IM N DMND....you and I. Not friends. In fact, my husband slightly hates you. Yeah, what now?!


My favorite land mark: The giant angry golfer on the 405, he looks like he's gonna beat the crap outta somebody....it's good to be home!


Our favorite outing was taking the chillins to the LBC Aquarium with Nana & Papa. They had a blast seeing this....


and this...

and touching these...


and riding this...wait a minute, how did this picture get in here?! Look at those little girls in the back like 'Tell the old hag to stop hogging the shark!!' HAA sucks for you!

Ohhh and here's our favorite person of the trip. DO YOU SEE THE WOLF SHIRT?! This guy is FIERCE!!! Seriously...the ladies were swooning all around him. I bet he even wears Axe deoderant....Grrrrr


Awww...my favorite Boogie picture. How awesome is that Avengers shirt?! So jealous it's not in my size...


Little Miss Presley couldn't decide what to order. She's only 8 months and she's already indecisive!

My favorite place...sigh....Abuelita's house. Good times with the fam!

And finally, the drive home. What's a family vacation with out a flat tire...in the middle of nowhere...yeah. Of course. But on the bright side, my man looks down right SEXY all sweaty and manly....Nom nom nom


Finally, we come home and go straight to this....

MASON'S FIRST SOCCER PRACTICE! HOLLA!! Aaannnnd.... Guess who's team mom?

Ahem.
Moi.

I KNOW!!! THEY'VE LOST THEIR MINDS!!! HAHAAA!! Those kids aren't gonna know what hit them!

Go Lillehammers!

It's great to be back....missed you all dearly!