Sweet Treats

The other day after Brody and I went down to the beach for lunch, we stopped by a place called Red Mango for some frozen yogurt (on PHC). We loved it!! We liked Pink Berry, but there was something about it that was just a bit too strong, and Red Mango is JUST like Pink Berry but has much more of a mild taste to it. 

Tonight our friend Shaun came over to play some Wii and Xbox, and we had a Red Mango outing (there is one by us in Irvine)! It was still as good as we remembered--but are in the crowd of people who don't mind the frozen yogurt that tastes like plain yogurt--it seems like you ether love it or you hate it--If you love it, then you must try Red Mango! =) 

...But still, nothing tops A-Cup!! That will always be our favorite! =) 

  

Summer Days

Today we went to Crystal Cove for lunch to try a restaurant we have heard great things about, and have wanted to try for awhile now--The Beachcomber. We just feel in love with it all!!--The food was great and the beach was amazing! We are so excited to go back and try them out for breakfast and spend more time at the beach!

The bus that takes you down to the beach. It is really cute, with wood floors and leather woven seats and old time photos of Crystal Cove.



Enjoying the beach, while waiting for our table

Brody's sneak shot

After lunch we walked back to the car through the tunnel, and I thought this was cute! =)



*More new posts below!

Summer Nights

Last night we got to go to San Onofre, (a beach down toward San Diego, that we have been going to since I was little) with my family and the Swinney's, good family friends of ours that visit us almost every summer for as long as I can remember. I was exhausted (and I feel like I am getting a cold), but it was so nice and relaxing to be at the beach again!! =) I had allot of fun playing with the light of the sunset--here are a few photos from our beach night. =)

Brody eating some dinner =)





One of my favorites: Lauren, Dave Swinney and I think David.
Everyone around the nice warm grill...
Mmmm watermelon!

The life guard tower at Old Mans
The Swinney's youngest daughter, Chloe doing Sand Angels...

It was a fun night! And we can't wait to have more summer nights at San O! =)

Where's Mickey?

I have heard rumors about hidden Mickey's at Disneyland but never thought too much about it until last week. For some reason I couldn't get these little Mickey's that were hidden all around Disneyland out of my mind....so I went out and bought a book about the Mickey's and were to find them.

I found out that there are over 200 hidden Mickey's placed through out the main park and California Adventure by the imagineers (the people who build and design the rides and other elements of the park). In the book it says that an official list of these Mickey's does not seem to exist, and while Disney's stand on it is, "If a guest thinks they see a hidden Mickey, then it is a hidden Mickey''---but the book gives hints on how to tell if it is the real thing, or what they call "wishful thinking". It also gives you hints on where to find them.

I shared all this with Brody when he got back from Dallas....and we set off to find our selves some hidden Mickey's!

Here is our, "The search for Mickey" photo.....Ya I know, we're dorks! =)

The first Mickey we found was just out side of California Adventure in the pavement.

This Mickey was by Splash Mountain
On the Winnie The pooh ride...

Alice in Wonderland ride....it's a bit hard to see (I almost missed the photo all together) in the photo you can only see about half of it, but you can still see that it there! =)

On the way out...
We had so much fun looking and we found so many of them (but didn't want to post all the photos)...and still have allot to find, it will be fun to find them here and there over the years! There are always new ones, as new rides and such are added! =)

*If you haven't stopped by in awhile, there are lot's of new posts below! (Well, all of them are new really....after....what happened!) =)

Brody's new ride!!!

It's a long board skate board (is...how...you would put it, I guess). He has been wanting one for a loooooong time now, and last week when we were at Disneyland, we stopped in at the Quicksilver store (in Downtown Disney) and he found a very cool Sector 9 board that he LOVED! We were still in the middle of our Disneyland night, so he happily took the tram back (because I don't think they allow skate boards in the park) =) and had a fun ride on his new board in the parking garage while finding the car! So cute! I am so happy he found one he loves and will have so much fun with! =)

He got it shortly before leaving for Dallas so he hasn't had much time to ride--I am excited to take it out with him and have a go at it myself! =) Really, I am! =)...What a fun summer toy!!

Look how fast! ; ) ...He says he has not done much riding, but when he gets on it, he looks like a pro to me!
It's a bit hard to see here, but the painting on the bottom is so cool!!

PS- If you have not checked us out in awhile we have new posts below as well! =) ...As always, Thank you for looking!

We're back in action!

If you have checked our blog over the past couple of day's you might have noticed....that it was gone! (Thank you for coming back!)---and if you read the post below, you will know why. I was able to get back most of my post's that were lost, but I don't think I will post them again (because it is what you would call, old news), but it is GREAT to have them back for us, so I can print them off and save them! =) I have noticed that I am using this as more of a journal or 'digital scrap book'. Anything at all that was fun, meaningful, sad, anything that touched us or made us laugh, ends up on here, and those are things I want to remember forever--Especially the small things I may forget!

I am sad I lost some, but as I said in the post below, I can only look forward to the fun posts to come...and be better at saving them along the way! =)

In case you are wondering...

I was doing some minor changes to the blog, and some how in between my computer freaking out on me and doing these changes, I ended up deleting all my posts!!! Can you believe it? I can't, I was floored! From what I can tell, there is no way of getting them back. But on the bright side, at lest we have our main website where we basically have all the same photos and such (different people check different sites). So we still have the same photos (and more) and most of the same text on that site, so nothing is really lost forever--but it is still sad, and I have no idea how it could have happened!? I'm boggled! But all I can do is look forward to the fun posts ahead! =) ...So if you are wondering why I such a small number of posts now, thats why! *Sigh*

Brad Paisley Concert!

Last night we went to the Brad Paisley concert. It was such a blast! Jewel and Chuck Wicks opened. Jewel was AMAZING live!! She sang all of her past hits as well as some from her new CD, and told us a little about each song. She told us that she wrote and sang ,"Who Will Save Your Soul" when she was 16, singing on street corners trying to earn money to go to Mexico. She even yodeled for us, which was so funny! Before Jewel was Chuck Wicks, who sings "Stealing Cinderella", which if you listen to Country radio they play it allot. It's a really cute song!

Then Brad came out, and he was also so amazing live! For those who don't know Brad, he is a country singer and married to Kimberley Williams (Annie from the 'Father of the Bride' movies) and they have a little son. His songs have allot of humor to them, they are really funny! We have had CD's of his for years and years, and it was really fun to see him live and talking about the songs! We had such a fun night!

This way to the lawn!
Where you can spread out (as you see here) and have your own space, rather than being crammed into a seat...so much more comfortable! =)
MMmmm...Kettle corn!
...Waiting for things to start up!

Brad is a Guitar Hero pro!! ; ) ...He incorporated the Guitar Hero game into his performance to the song 'Celebrity', it was so fun! He did allot of creative things in his concert.
I made this CD from the songs on his new album, and a couple we love from past albums to remember the night by. We have a burner that prints right onto the CD, it's allot of fun!