Love this kid...

Cashel fell asleep like this....really.

Whale Watching!!!

I went whale watching in Dana Point with my gentleman friend, Jim! We had sooo much fun! I have never seen a whale whilst whale watching, ive actually never really been whale watching, sad but true! Dolphin trip with Sams kindergarten class....but thats it! SO I was in heaven! We were on a great boat with an amazing captain who has done a lot of work and been on a bunch of documentary's...really knowledgeable...anyways, we wound up spotting 3 BLUE whales!! He said that was very rare to even just see one! So we got spoiled! It was truly amazing...they were humongous!! And so close! We saw a ton of dolphins too!! Can you believe it?! It fluked right in front of us! This tail was like 16' across!

Huge!!!

I LOVE dolphins!!! I wanted to jump in and swim with them!!

Jim is a great date planner....he spoils me!

It was a beautiful day and we had alot of fun....things like this make you really appreciate the world around you...I mean I live here at the Pacific Ocean with these amazing creatures right in my "backyard". I love it.

Summer and Micah's Birthday Party!! June 20th...

We had a super fun birthday party for brucey and micah at our house! it was a rockstar/musician theme and actually most people dressed up!!! Micah was Tupac, I was Slash and Summer was Gwen Stefani! I dont know why I can always pull off men so well....

I did all Micah's tattoos! Even back ones ! It was fun...we only needed him to be a little more on the dark side and I think he would have been a perfect Tupac!

sam showed up as 50 cent...

This is probably my favorite picture of me!

Micah still loves me after all these years....

It was a great party except for the cops showing up...but who hasn't been cited, really? But since the cops are at our neighborhood a few times a week for domestic violence or people committing suicide we have sort of become BFFs so I just smiled and used my hot man voice and they left....

Oh, another awesome thing was all the neighborhood kids asked if I was Slash from "Guitar Hero"!!! Oh my gosh I'm old!! I had to explain that he was actually in a band before guitar hero...funny.

Summer Concerts!

Jason really spoiled me this summer! We went to 2 great concerts! We went to Save New wave which was a cover band show! So cool...Oingo Boingo, New Order, The Cure, Morrissey, and Depeche Mode! It was awesome! All the bands were sooo good! He also totally surprised me and took me to see the real Cure!!!! This was one of my favorite concerts that i went to in High School and I wasn't disappointed this time!! Robert Smith is an amazing performer...I just love watching and listening to him!

"The Cured"

"Sweet and Tender Hooligans"

"Blasphemous Rumors"

Thanks Jason for keeping the love alive! :) I love going to shows with you!!

Avalon's 5th grade promotion!!

Avalon is done with elementary school and has accomplished so much! She has been such great student...so smart and creative and sweet....she has done very well, perfect grades every year, even being in GATE...and made many great friends! Im so proud of you Avalon!

She received her diploma, the Presidents award, Physical fitness award, and Student Body award! she had to keep walking up there....yes, im bragging. I can every once in awhile.

She picked out this cute little dress and of course wore her Jack Sparrow necklace!

Avalon and her teacher Ms. Burgos!

me and my "little" girl :(

Avalon and her pops

This gorgeous thing going to middle school...yikes!

Hmm...I'm noticing a trend in my girls....

I graduated too!

I finally graduated from school june 14th! It was a long 8 months but totally worth it! Here is my cute class on my last day! They were a fun bunch of girls! I had a party at my house that night and everyone helped me celebrate! So fun!

We busted out "American Idol" on the Wii...Bruce and I always give an amazing performance!

"Bohemian Rhapsody" has never been sung better...

For some reason I always make amazing faces when I karaoke....I guess it makes it a little funner for me! Lots of other stuff happened but those pictures have been destroyed....

Cashel graduated from Preschool!

Cashel had her preschool graduation in June.... She has been with Mrs. E since she was 1 1/2! All my kids went to Mrs. E for preschool and she has been a huge part of my life for the past 9 years, not just an amazing teacher but a great friend and support for me through all I've been through. She keeps trying to fix me up with guys cause she wants me to have more babies for her!! I was a little sad to see my baby finish preschool....I keep getting older every day!

The graduating class!

Mrs. E and My graduate!

Cashel loves the boys...these are her best buds, Brody and Sam

Grandma Hazel, Mrs. E and Mrs. Thomas the best preschool teachers ever! Thanks for preparing all my kids for school! We love you!

Happy Birthday Aunt Susan!!!

We were able to celebrate Aunt Susans 50th Birthday here!
It was a great party! My mom went all out and rented a clubhouse
and decorated really cute! She was made for party throwing!


Happy Birthday Susan! All the Brady girls!(Well some...)




Dessert table! Mima's always making us laugh!


striking a pose The real us


As Always when our family gets together we DANCE! We
danced most of the night and Devin taught everyone
"Souja Boy"....nothing beats watching your family from
your grandma to your daughter dancing hip hop!!

"Theseus and the Minotaur"

Avalon was in play for her class "Theseus and the Minotaur"

She was Athena warrior princess and was one of the few kids
that had a solo! She did a great job and looked
beautiful in her blue wig!

I had the pleasure of making costumes and props for the play....
they turned out pretty cute but it was alot of work! Avalon loved
it all so it was worth it! I hope avalon pursues her singing and
acting...she is very talented and such a cutie!