Disneyland with Auntie Lo

Before I begin, I want to apologize about not being a stellar blogger and blogger reader this summer. I really have just had a lot to do and blogging has been put towards the bottom of my must do list. Starting your own company and then it growing so quickly along with starting a special ed department at my kids private school and then also trying to get things squared away at my normal work-- oh ya and raise 3 kids and be a wife-- its just a lot right now. So, something has had to give a bit and sadly, blogging is one of the easy things to let slide. I think that when school starts again and I am back to work -- official work not my business- that it may be easier to jump online and do some blogging, but we will see. So sorry dear blogger friends that I have been a horrible blogger friend recently. Sorry to all my lucky mommies that I have been a bad lucky mommy friend as well. This summer and next year is going to be such a transition year for our family with growing my business so there are things that have to give. Hugs to all!!!!

We have been to Disneyland a few times in the last couple weeks with Laila, kids, Laura and Cassie. It has been a lot of fun in our busy summer. Sorry the pictures are so limited but there are very few pictures of Laura and I or even Laila and I that I decided to post many of them here so we always have them. Laura just moved back from Manhattan (she is a doctor)so it is great getting the opportunity to spend all this time with Lo.

I also played with the Sepia on these pictures since many of them the lighting was off. I used my little camera so the pictures are not nearly as good as my big camera. I love this picture with the girls holding hands. Too cute!!!

The girls are 9 months apart in age and hopefully will be in the same grades at school as long as we put Mia in on time (she is a late October bday and the cut off in CA is December 2, so she is really young for her grade so we are not sure to put her in or keep her out-- probably put her in since she seems so academically inclined but we Will see)

They just crack me up. They are so different but get along so well. Mia is-- well like her mommy and Ava is-- well like her mommy. One loud and sometimes obnoxious and the other, not so much-- Ill let you guess who is who--hmmmm.....

Laila and I


Laura and I (one of those rare pictures). Again, strange lighting so I turned us sepia.

Playing on the railings while waiting in line.

Beautiful Ava. I just love this picture of her. She looks so beautiful with her long gorgeous hair!!

The Carousel-- a Disneyland must!!!

Another Lo and I picture

Laila and the kids

Sadly, one of the only pictures of Owen. They are always off on the big rides with Cassie so I just never get them in pictures. Sorry boys!!

Ensanada Mexico

Ensanada Mexico was an interesting experience. Kevin did not want to get off the boat because he had always envisioned Ensanada to be very similar to Tijuana which is the boarder city to San Diego, so it is just a mess. I really have no desire to go to Tijuana and because we had heard Ensanada was similar, we were just going to chill on the boat. Sitting at breakfast we got the wild idea to just walk into town and check it out and if it was lame, then we would go back to the boat and so we did. Surprisingly, when we got off the boat and got on a bus to downtown and then another bus to the Bufadora (blowhole) we were really surprised how much we enjoyed ourselves. The Bufadora was really beautiful and was on the ocean so it was cooler and really a good time. The vendors in the market were not pushy although I got "Common pretty lady--come see my stuff" from every vendor on the row. It gets really old but they were not too bad. The kids liked looking around and we had literally the best fish tacos I have ever had. Literally a woman pressing the tortillas right in front of us and frying the fresh fish right there. They were AMAZING and I wish I could have brought some home!

Entering the Bufadora vendor row

Walking down vendor row

The bufadora blowing-- totally cool and gets everyone wet!

Blowing again. There are only I think 5 Bufadoras in the world. 3 in Hawaii, 1 in Ensanada and one more somewhere else-- we have now seen 2-- one in Maui and one in Ensanada.

The family

Climbing the really steep rocks-- yikes!!

The blowhole blowing-- cool!!

The boys up the hill looking down on the blowhole

Surprisingly, we really had a great time in Ensanada!!

Mexico Cruise

We had a great time on our little 3 day Mexico cruise. We went out of San Diego, cruised out into the ocean, then to Ensanada Mexico and then back to Mexico. It was short and sweet and we had a great time.

Boys getting their drink cards at the bar-- soda cards

Checking out the ship

Checking out the pool and spa

Mom and the kids-- a rare picture-

Mamma Mia!!!

Chilling before we left port

Dancing on deck

Dancing girl

Dorky kids

My amazingly handsome boy-- I mean tween

Remember the view from the Midway to the Elation a month or so ago-- now here is the view from the Elation at the Midway.

The Mini Golf on the top deck with San Diego in the background

Owen hitting some balls

Ethan hitting some balls too

Pretty Girl!!

One of those funky side ways picture

Tomorrow I will post the Ensanada pictures