Birthday!

Okay, I'm the kinda girl who has always, always loved a Birthday UNTIL this year and as you can see the card says it all! I officially declare that I will never have another birthday and I am only going to be 59 now and forever, thank you very much!

Coronado

Ella in her shades with Auntie!

Presents with Jake and Ella!

Duo!

Thank you dear sweet family for surprising me with lunch at Peoho's in Coronado

Mary's Wedding!

Jake loves weddings and he always wants to dance with the Bride!

Will, Am's, Mary, Sage & Patrick.

Love my kids!

Seriously, this kid is the cutest!

Dress Up

Ella's has a new baby and I love that she loves to play dress up now!

Can You Believe This!

Needless to say I am mortified of any kind of snakes and my precious grandson adores them!

My Girls Rock!

Sage Amber and Brie at the No Doubt concert!

Shoulda Been

Natalie!

BB

Is tonight the night Ronnie goes home? Let's hope so.

HOH

Oh good grief Jesse HOH! Is it possible that Jesse will keep lying Ronnie around or will Russell, Natalie and the rest of the housemates make sure that he goes this week. Ronnie you blew it by not nominating Russell, you had your chance now your chances of staying next to none. Love the drama of it all!

Oh Brother!

That Ronnie is a idiot-knuckle head! The perfect chance to get rid of Russell was last night and he blew it, what a dumb arse!

Big Brother!!

Okay, so I admit I'm a fan of Big Brother! Usually after the first show you kinda know if it's an interesting group or not....I wasn't so impressed last night with any of the Housemates but the clicks might make it interesting, we'll see next week! Otherwise it's back to reading and the Home and Gardening channel.

Happy 4th of July!

Ella loves to feed Toby and Toby loves her for every morsel he gets!

Chillin' the tootsies!

Happy 4th of July!

Dinner at Blue Water Cafe in Old Town, Fantastic seafood!

Jake and his crazy jumps into the pool!

Ella and Sage having fun!

Headin' out to the pool with new floaties!

Early morning breakfast!

Love Laguna Beach!

Donuts in bed on our last morning!
Ice Cream Cones on our walk through Laguna!

Jake and Jer exploring the beach!

Our very own Beach Bunny!

Sage with Jake and Ella at Heisler Beach.

We took a Mini Vacation to Laguna Beach and had a great time! The weather was perfect. We went to the beach, rode bicycles, went out to eat and just enjoyed being together.

Ella's Ride

This is my favorite photo of Ella. Oh the joy of being a child on a Merry Go Round, her smile says it all. We just love her!

Amber's Day!

We met at the Irvine Spectrum for shopping, eating and doing whatever Amber wanted for her Birthday! It was fun being together for the day!

Happy Birthday Amber!

Precious Baby Girl!

Adorable Sister!

Sassy Freshman!

Elementary School Cutie!

Always Sisters!

Beautiful Mom!

Awesome Mom!

I 'm posting Amber's Birthday early as I will be spending her special day with her! Happy Birthday to our Beautiful girl, you can't be 30! because I'm only 39! Love You, Love You!

Happy Anniversary!

Sage and Jer are celebrating their 5th anniversary today! Happy Anniversary!

Heroes Awards

Me on the Red Carpet

Dana on the Red Carpet

Dana and Me

Dana and Kathy Ireland

Dana with Ruta Lee

Sandi was the director of the Heroes Among Us Awards program, with her is Greg.

So last night we went to the Heroes Among Us Awards it was at Spartacus Square on the backlot at Universal Studios. The event was to honor heroes from everyday walks of life and some heroes that are heroes because of the humantarian work they do. It was an awesome event! There was entertainment by Gloria Gaynor, Lee Greenwood, and Brian McKnight to name a few. And some of the presenters were Tom Arnold, Judd Nelson, Erik Estrada and Kelly Hu. The Feed the Children charitable foundation presented awards to Kathy Ireland, Dr. Price, Nancy Davis and Dorotea Liguori. All of these people are so amazing in the charity work that they do. I was so humbled by their stories and realize that even the smallest donation is a huge help to so many. I am so inspired by the work of Feed the Children that I encourage all of you to visit their website http://www.feedthechildren.org/. Thank You to Sandi, the shows director, for inviting us to such an awe inspiring event. This event will be televised on July 7th on the mytv network.

Taylor's Wedding

With our pretty girls!

Jake dancing with his cousin Lauren--So Cute!

Ella loved dancing!

Amber Ben Jake and Ella

Jer and Sage

Our cousin Taylor got married on Saturday! They are just a really cute couple! Family weddings are so much fun, you get to catch up with all of the relatives, eat, dance and be merry at a joyous occassion! Love and Happiness to Taylor and Bret!

Robert Wagner

On friday Robert Wagner was at the Center of the Arts, he does a one man show and chats with the audience, answers questions and then does a book signing. Dana is a long time fan and went to the show. Robert Wagner is such a gentleman, he spends time chatting with people and sharing so many of his experiences in Hollywood, Dana really enjoyed talking to him.

What Have I Been Up To?

Boy that is the question. I recently spent 5 days at Amber's and had lots of fun. I went to 2 of Jake's ball games, those are always nail biters because you never know just where the ball will go! It is so cute though, some of the plays go perfectly smooth and others are shear confusion--gotta love little league. We went to Lucille's for dinner and a Quakes game which was very, very fun. I love when I can be with my little kiddos! Jake is losing teeth right and left--he recently lost two top teeth and he called to let me know that he lost another bottom tooth. Needless to say he won't be eating corn on the cob anytime soon. Ella is adorable and likes to keep up with her big brother, she loves to climb and has no fear!
Now that I am working less and less I have time for projects around the house. My big to DO right now is redecorating my living room. New sofa (yahoo) I think I'm entitled as the old one was about 25 years new! Say it isn't so -- but it is! I also got a new chair that I love and have ordered a new bookcase/wall unit not sure what to call it-(it will not accommodate a flat screen) I had the ceilings painted and crown moulding goes in on thursday (yipee) I still need to get rid of the barber chair (anybody want it?). I'll post a picture when I complete it, probably in 6-8 weeks as it takes forever when you order stuff!