Vacation Deets - Part one

Here are our vacations details. I think that I had more fun that Casey - but I think that he still enjoyed getting away.

Saturday. Arrived in Mesquite. Stayed at the Falcon Ridge hotel. KING SIZE BED!!! HOORAY! They don't have a casino in the hotel, so that was very nice & the continental breakfast was divine. Pancakes, sausage, eggs, a waffle maker with mix, cereal, juice, milk, muffins...it was awesome & all you can eat. I get to cross off one of my 30x30...we tried our hand at blackjack & sucked. How much did we suck? I'm not telling. Saturday night we got an hour long couples massage. I think that Casey thought he had died & went to heaven. He was nervous to get one, but he said that this was his favorite part of the vacation. My masseuse was a guy had the softest hands ever. He gave a great massage, but his feminine hands kind of creeped me out.

Sunday. Arrived in Oceanside!! We got lost on the way. It wouldn't be tradition if we didn't end up getting lost all of the time. We added about an hour drive to our trip, but eventually found our way. We went for a walk along the beach and ended up at the pier & ate dinner at Ruby's. It's a fun diner with delicious shakes & hamburgers. It was quite tasty.

Monday. DISNEYLAND! We had a blast riding rides. Almost everything made Casey motion sick, but he kept on truckin. Space mountain was probably our favorite ride. For those who haven't been or have forgotten, Space mountain is a big roller coaster ride indoors & it's pitch black with stars all over. You never know what's going to happen! It's fun. Nemo was a fun ride-you actually go underwater...buzz light year was fun-you got laser tag guns & shot targets for points, I lost so badly...Casey HATED it's a small world, but how can you not go on it? We bot goth sick on the teacups-but I loved them. It was pretty funny.The biggest downer was that Pirates of the Caribbean was closed for maintenance :( Splash mountain was one of our first rides & somehow the camera got wet through the camera bag & wouldn't work for the rest of the day. The lens got all fogged up on the inside & I figured it was fried. But for some reason it worked just fine the next day. We only got a few camera phone pics.

Tuesday. CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE!! More rides. California Screamin is a HUGE roller coaster that I DID NOT want to go on. I was seriously so scared!! Of what? Dying I think. I get so nervous. But, I have to say it was the best ride for me. I had a blast. The Hollywood Tower of Terror is also a ton of fun. It's like your in a broken crashing elevator. It was awesome. Soarin' over California was another fav there as well. There was a 3D Bug's Life show that was really cute & fun. We ate at a little Italian place in the park that was quite delicious. I had a spinach chicken alfredo lasagna & Casey had a meat lasagna. They were both really good. We splurged and got dessert...it looked a lot better than it tasted, but it didn't stop us from eating it.

So that I don't overload with your boredom pictures & because it is midnight, I will post the rest of our week later.

To be continued...

Hidden message??

These are the pictures I got while on vacation while my mom was babysitting. I wonder if she doesn't want me to ask her again.

"He's so quiet!"

"Oops!!"
"Bad 'A' Caleb" "Good worker!"

"Good digger!"

I'll post later this week about the fab vacay :)

Packing Blows

So - I have a blog stalker. Hello blog stalker lady! I can't decide how I feel about it.

I'm packing for CALIFORNIA! I'm super excited, but decided that I HATE packing. I think I've made 4 different lists. One for Caleb, one for food, one for me & one of random thoughts. I'm insane. I had SOOOOOOO much to do today & didn't get it all done. I have to work tomorrow & make a cute cake for my nephew & go to his party, drop off Caleb at my mom & dad's & then we're leaving at 6:30 AM on Saturday!!!! I did get my toenails painted though...& yes, it was on one of my lists. If you're wondering, the color is pink freeze with a top coat of glitta. FABULOUS!

I'm so excited to get away from the every day crap! I don't know if Casey is excited or not, but he better freaking pretend he is. Here is our itinerary so that you can think of me on a daily basis & be jealous :)

Sat: Mesquite, massages, swimming
Sun: Arrive at Oceanside
Mon: Disneyland
Tue: California Adventure
Wed: The Price is Right. I even had T-shirts made. They are the coolest!!! They are green & in white it has a picture of a train & it says "Choo Choo Choo choose me!" You know it's awesome. Don't deny it.
Thur: San Diego Temple & La Jolla beach.
Fri: Fishing or a boat ride...need to check prices
Sat: Whatever we can find! Or - we might start driving home. We haven't really discussed that yet.

My Grandpa had open heart surgery (4 freaking bypasses & fixed an artery) on Tuesday & is doing AWESOME (from what I hear). I want to go visit so bad but I have a stupid cough. I feel fab, but this cough will NOT go away. I hear that he is in good spirits & loves his nurses & has been entertaining all who come to see him. I hope he recovers quickly & gets to go home soon!

On Wednesday I went to a trainer at the gym (it was free...had to do it) and I got my A handed to me. I am so sore. The stairs are almost impossible to get up & down. I have to get out of my car like an old person...I put one hand on either side of the door opening & push myself out. I don't know if I'll be able to get out of the car tomorrow because I worked my shoulders & chest today. Should be interesting. I hope that I'm not being filmed for What Not to Wear this week because I'm walking around like I have a board up my butt.

Shopping Trip

Caleb & I went to run some errands this morning & I thought "I should go to the DI. Just to see what they have." Well - the DI has senior citezens, mexicans (not being racist...just stating a fact) & a checker in an orange bicycle helmet.

My shopping day wasn't a total miss though. I did get 5 GrillMates Grill seasonings for FREE . I guess I better buy some steaks now. Smith's was out of all of the good ones & WalMart was pretty bare as well - but I manged to get my checker at WalMart to price match Smith's for $1 and then use my $1 off coupon. Suckers!

Earlier this week at Albertson's I got 5 Lyson toilet bowl cleaners for only 74 cents each! I thought that was a GREAT deal.

Easter Weekend

Friday: Casey, Caleb & I packed up our lunch and headed out to Dove Creek. Did you just say to yourself "where??" It is just west of Park Valley. Casey's parents have some property out there & we went for a picnic. We had a good lunch & a relaxing afternoon visiting. The weather was pretty much perfect - it's about time for that!

Saturday: The annual Anderson family Promontory picnic. Holy crappy weather! It was pretty windy & cold & sprinkles of rain. Needless to say - we made it a quick trip. We had some hot dogs from Premium meat (delicious!) & tried to brave the weather, but Caleb was NOT having it. So we headed home.

Dad & Dylan trying to stay warm by the fire.

Blake, Angela, Mom & Rugee getting out of the wind in one of the caves.

Casey & Caleb coming down off of the hill.

Jordon staying warm in the truck.

Later that night we all went to Angela's house for some cake for my brother's bday & some Metallica Guitar Hero. It was a freaking blast!! Some of you will notice in this cake picture that I am freaking retarded. That is NOT how you spell my brother's name. I made the cake on Friday & I didn't even realize it was wrong until Saturday. I'm blaming it on my nasty cold that won't go away. It puts cobwebs in my head. The cake did get fixed before he saw it though.

Sunday: So - starting on Friday, I was getting sick & by Sunday I'm a stuffy, congested mess. I have to breathe with my mouth open - so you can picture how attractive that is. Grrrr baby. Caleb had a very cranky day & the Easter Bunny couldn't even save his crankiness. He got a fun new swing & didn't want anything to do with it. He acted like we were putting him in a torture chamber & looked like he was going to vomit when he was being pushed. Hopefully he'll cheer up & like it in a few days. Casey's family came over for dinner & it was yummy.

I got a haircut....not really a cut, but I got more bangs. It's funny how all I did for years was grow them out...grow them out...grow them out & now it seems like I get more & more each time I go get my hair trimmed. Us women are never satisfied. This isn't the greatest picture, but it's all I have.

Nada

Not a whole heck of a lot has been going on with me lately. Hence (yes I said Hence) the lack of blog posting. Casey has been working the Nucor shutdown in Plymouth & that has screwed up both of our schedules, but the moolah will be wonderful. Especially since we're on a countdown to VACAY!! Woot woot! Only 23 days!

I bought some Freshetta (spelling?) frozen pizzas when the were on sale at Smith's a few weeks ago & we finally ate one. HOLY DELICIOUS! I don't know what it was...the sauce maybe...but it was the best frozen pizza ever. If you are wondering, I would highly recommend them.

Caleb has a new buddy. It's a cute little blue & white puppy that my friend Megan gave him at his baby shower. He loves it. It's pretty stinkin cute. He totally slept in the other day & when I checked on him he had the puppy in his arm...his hand on the care bear...& his thumb in his mouth. Cute, cute cute. (mom...don't freak about all the blankets in the crib please. It isn't usually that way.)

Casey & I have been doing Weight Watchers & exercising more. I'm down 13 pounds & he is down 15 pounds AND he started like 3 weeks after me. Stupid boys. I'm not complaining about dropping some ellbees, but why does he get to pass me up!?

Here is Caleb after dinner the other night. He had been munching on some goldfish crackers while I ate my dinner & when he was done decided to just chill.

So - I was so super excited (HECK YES) about my Def Leppard/Poison tickets that I won and I went to Salt Lake to pick them up & they are on the freaking lawn! I don't even get a seat! I'm was pretty bummed. Free is free...but seriously...lawn tickets??? ARRRRRGGHH!