oscars 2013

whats weird is that we are not usually a costume kind of family. oscar night is one of the very few exceptions. my favorite part about the costumes is that they are all last minute. we run around my parents' house, trying to find the best stuff. we were: craig, leonardo dicaprio from django unchained. tagg, a special forces guy from zero dark thirty. me and sully, naomi watts & her son from the impossible. my mom and grace, anne hathaway & amanda seyfried from les miserables. taylor and rachelle, bradley cooper & jennifer lawrence from silver linings playbook.

my other favorite part about oscar night? how intense craig is about the whole thing. he stays in character for quite a long time. :) and this picture represented my mom's nasty fantine hair cut the best! (its just a wig that we chopped up)

megan and david were out of town this year but i wanted to keep the party up to our usual standards. so even though we were stuffed from dinner, i made our favorite party snack of all: bruschetta! 

guess who won the ballot again this year? me. i know, jocelyn and alex. if i put my brain towards something useful, other than celebrity/media, it might actually matter. cause guess what? i ALSO got 100% on the fashion police "guess me from behind" oscar edition quiz. 

tagg's valentines

i found these mini tins with clear lids and knew they would be perfect for tagg's valentines. we crushed up oreos and tagg placed three gummy worms on top to make it look like a little bait can. i randomly had the perfect size paper punch to make the round label we put on the bottom of each tin.

tagg was more than excited to bring his little tackle box to school for his valentines day party. 

GREAT WOLF LODGE

when our friends invited us to share a room with them at the great wolf lodge i knew we couldnt turn them down. i mean, an indoor waterpark for two straight days? my boys would have a blast. so last week, we drove down to who knows where,  walked inside the main doors and beheld the glory...

im not going to lie, its a wee bit stuffy when you first walk in the waterpark room. but once you start playing in the water its the perfect temperature (guess they know what theyre doing). we loved it.

we played in the water for a bit then cleaned up to go to pizza for dinner. the moultons are the perfect vacation partners!

after dinner, tagg insisted we go glow-in-the-dark golfing. despite sully's face, we all had a great time.

and right before we put the boys to bed i gave them their little valentines presents. valentines day wasnt until the next morning but a)the gift was pajamas for them to wear and b)i knew they would be too excited to go back in the water to care about presents in the morning.

and sure enough, we couldnt get down to the water fast enough the next morning!

both of my boys were fearless going down the water slides.

right before we checked out we let the boys walk around with the weird wand thingy to see the dungeons and dragons crap they had throughout the hotel.

on our way home we stopped by craigs office to have him work on tagg for the first time. tagg had a few little cavities and craig wanted to fix them before they got too big and needed novocaine in order to work on. tagg did SUCH a great job and sully holding his hand was the cutest thing i have ever witnessed.

turning 29.

last friday i turned 29. we started the celebrations on wednesday night with a family dinner. i LOVE sully in this picture. we had taken a picture without him when he yelled, "wait guys!" and ran his little body over to the other side of table so he could get in the shot.

on friday night my friends had put together an amazing night. first, we had dinner at palomino.

then it was off to a movie (warm bodies). i LOVE this group shot of the boys.

which group do you think had their picture taken a few times to get it just right? 

and to end the evening right, the thompsons treated us to our favorite dessert (in the hottest club in town), mcdonalds sundaes. such a wonderful week. 

san diego trip

we have been talking about our trip to disneyland for so long that once we got on the plane sully couldnt hold in his excitement. 

the second we landed in orange county (after a stop at chick-fil-a, of course) we headed over to diver's cove in laguna. 

the boys ran and played in the water like maniacs. 

afterwards, we all cleaned up a bit and walked around fashion island.

the boys loved the fountain.

we had a few minutes until our dinner reservations so we walked around this little outdoor mall right on the newport coast. and randomly i stumbled upon this bakery! i have been following 'sweet and saucy' (a cake decorator) blog for a few years and this is her actual shop! i was very excited to see her work in person and sample a few treats.

and then! dinner at javiers. it is honestly my favorite place to eat on this planet. great food and GREAT people watching. loved it.

the group.

after a pretty long day, we finally made it to our hotel in anaheim. the boys were so tired but also SO excited for disneyland the next day.

disneyland day was also tagg's fifth birthday. he was incredibly proud of his birthday pin.

we headed straight over to cars land. please dont ask me what sully's face is all about in this picture. apparently he had been offended.

after riding a few rides at california adventure and getting our fast pass for the cars ride, we went over to disneyland and got on buzz lightyear. sully loved it.

we were so lucky to celebrate such a special day with my parents. 

tagg was SO dang cute with the chipmunks. i could eat him.

waiting in line for pirates.

we also got to meet up with our great friends from back home. tagg and avery had a blast picking out junk in the gift shops.

then we went back over to california adventure to ride the monsters inc. ride. here's sully with sully!

then my dad and craig took tagg on the tower of terror! this is his scared little face before getting in line. he had NO idea what he was in for...

while tagg was getting the life scared out of him we rode a harmless little kiddie ride with sully.

it was a magical day that i will never forget.

and to top it off, tagg put together an orange and turquoise car at ride makers in downtown disney right before we left. now thats something HE will never forget! :)

after disneyland, my parents took the boys down to brooke's (in san diego) so craig and i could run by south coast plaza and grab dinner. it was a fun impromptu date night. after every vacation, i ask my family what their favorite part of the trip was. usually i get pretty generic answers.... and its kind of a boring game. but craig delivered this time. he said "when it was just you and me at in-n-out. that was really nice". awwww

the next day was gorgeous so we went down to balboa park and played in the sun.

that night, we met up with my cousins and walked around fashion valley. my boys looooove the richardson boys.

one of sully's favorite part of the trip was that he got to share a bed with tagg. i realize they both look a little special in this picture but theyre just too darn cute.

the next day was more fun in brooke's pool. it is seriously heaven.

sully didnt mind the sun if he was in the pool but wasnt too keen on it while we were driving...

this is how our family feels about chick-fil-a. finger licking good.

the last day, we spent as much time out in the sun as possible.

besides a quick trip to in-n-out.

and the night before we went home i met up with my best friend since grade school, liz. we had a wonderful time shopping, getting ice cream, and chatting at brooke's house until after midnight. i love her.

as always, we had a wonderful time in southern california. we love seeing the sun, our family and great friends. and celebrating tagg's fifth birthday at disneyland was the icing on the cake.