Vacation Plans!!!

Tomorrow I am leaving on a cruise with my mom and two oldest daughters. This is where we will be going. EXCITING!!!

Food, Inc.

I watched the movie Food, Inc. last night. WOW! My family has been trying to eat more healthy lately and for me the statement "ignorance is bliss" (on the subject of eating) was the position I took for a long time. In the last year I have learned more and the statement "knowledge is power" is taking over. It's time for a change...for me personally and for the food industry.

That's my two cents for today.

WARNING!

Warning! Always make sure that you wash all the dishes before you leave for vacation/trip to help your kids get settled in at college...

My gag reflex was on full throttle when I washed this pan this morning. uuuugh!

Baby Conway is moving!!!!!!

Our baby daughter Devan and her family are moving to Utah tomorrow for school. We will miss them!!! and we will miss the "Con-Man" and his darling happy smile.

I put these pages together on SmileBox. I love the simplicity of being able to drag the photos onto the pre-designed pages.

More Next Foodnetwork Star Auditions

Brooke got a call the other day from the NFS show and they wanted more photos of her and her family! (that's good news isn't it?!) and then last night we taped her for some additional footage that the NFS wanted. You can't see the 25 plus family members watching behind the camera. Brooke was cool and funny.

So we are keeping our fingers crossed. (and our dinner was FABULOUS!) thanks Brooke!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my Mom's birthday. We celebrated with lunch and then saw two movies! Departed and Whatever Works. What a fun day! I just want to let my Mom know how much I love and appreciate her. She's Fabulous!!!

Beach Vacation

Last week we camped at Point Mugu in Malibu, CA. It was so nice. The weather was fabulous. This day on the beach it got really windy toward the end of the day. The kids could almost fly with their beach towel wings!

Cruz got out of the sun and shared some shade with me.

We took a nature hike one morning up the mountains surrounding our camp ground. You can see the wooded camping area and the ocean in the background. The nights were really cold. It was wonderful, especially compared to our hot AZ summer evenings.

We rented bicycles and rode to Venice Beach. The Glamkids got a education about street entertainers and the homeless. LOTS of questions needless to say had to be answered...
We met up with the Giffins in LA and ate at the famous PINKS hot dog establishment. I had the "Martha Stewart" dog. It was delicious! (and worth the one hour wait.)

We then went to the La Brea Tar Pits. The museum was fascinating and we got to see an actual archaeological dig in the tar pits.

We are now home again, but tonight we got our first monsoon rain. Yeah for that!