Great Skin Cream....

A while ago I picked up one of Bare Minerals starter foundation kits. It had a free trial size of this face cream.... I must say it's amazing. My face is really dry on the chin and nose area. I also had some redness on my chin and around my nose that was getting worse as time wore on. Nothing I tried seemed to make it any better. 

I decided to give this cream a try. What a difference!! The redness is almost totally gone and my face isn't nearly as dry. You just put the cream on first, then moisturizer, then make-up. It's working much better than moisturizer alone and it doesn't make me break out! Wooo! 

1855 miles.....

1855 miles.... that's how far Luke, Logan and I have driven in a little over a week. That's about 28 hours, people!!! Luke had to go to Pasadena then Mesa for work. He was supposed to be gone for 2 weeks so Logan and I went with him. I really don't think I could handle 2 weeks alone with a 2 year old... I'm just not cut out to be a single mother. 

Anyway, we were off to Pasadena first, stopping in Vegas for a night to break up the drive for Logan. While we were there we took Logan to the LA zoo, which was actually pretty nice! After the zoo we drove down Hollywood and Sunset boulevards. (Below is a church just above Hollywood Blvd. that I thought had some neat architecture.) Then we went to Beverly Hills where we drove past the Playboy Mansion (there were massive hedges all around the property so we could only see the very top of the house :-( oh well!) and I made Luke drive down Rodeo Drive so I could catch a glimpse of high society!

On our last night in Pasadena, Logan was up all night throwing up. The next morning we debated staying in Pasadena one more day to let Logan feel better or just getting on with the drive. He hadn't thrown up in a while so we decided to just get the drive over with. We arrive in Mesa with no car puke incidents, woohoo!

The next morning Luke meets with the people he is supposed to be working with all of the next week. They inform him that the site isn't ready and they won't need him for at least a couple more weeks. Seriously??? We drove all the way to Mesa for nothing. If we would have stayed in Pasadena one more night we could have skipped the Mesa trip all together! On the plus side we didn't have to live in a hotel for another week.

I have to say that I'm so proud of Logan!! He did amazing.. he just watched his shows in the backseat with almost no complaining. Really the only time he started to get a little whiney was at the end of our 3rd straight day in the car... even I was getting a little whiney at that point! 

So that's the story of our 1855 mile road trip! 

Below is the ingenious device that Luke built to strap our portable DVD player to the middle console. As you can see, it even has a place to store some DVD's so I didn't have to keep reaching into the backseat! I love it!!   

Christmas....

I love how Luke's in the background intent on prying open some toy. It captures a parents Christmas morning so perfectly! This begs the question... why oh why do they practically cement the toys to the boxes??

Christmas morning: Logan playing his "tigar" as he calls it. He likes to play with our Rock Band guitars and "rock out" with me so I figured this would love one his size. 

This is the table Santa brought him. He loves art so it will be nice for him to play on. The yellow thing spiraling down from the top is a race car track. It's pretty cool!

Since Alicia and Ben were headed off to Thailand on Christmas Day, my family opened our gifts on Christmas Eve. My mom cooked steak and shrimp and we had some sushi from Osaka (delish!!). After dinner the gift extravaganza began.... as you can see, Jesse got a nice guitar. He's learning how to play and is already pretty good. He must have a natural talent like my dad. On Christmas day my parents came over for our traditional breakfast. That afternoon we headed over to Luke's aunt Charisse's house for yummy enchilada soup and more gifts. Logan loved opening his presents and everyone else's. We had a great Christmas. Thanks to everyone for the gifts and company!

HELP!!!

My family has decided to rent a beach house in Oregon this summer. The only problem is... I'm not sure which coastal town to choose. I've read about a few beaches on the internet but how much can you really tell from a few pictures and a paragraph?? This is where you come in!! If anyone has any recommendations on which town to stay in, I would be forever grateful. :-)

Big Boy Bed....

Shooting his webs.

Luke and I have been thinking for a while about getting Logan a "big boy bed." It was becoming apparent that he was quickly outgrowing his crib. I was really worried that he wouldn't want to sleep in a bigger bed.... like me, he fears change. We decided to take the plunge a few days ago. We really talked up sleeping in a big boy bed and I got him a Spiderman sheet set that's reversible so he could choose "black" Spiderman or "red" Spiderman (as he calls them). 

I didn't have anything to worry about! He loves his bed. For the first few days it was hard to get him to sleep he was so excited. It does make me a little sad to see the crib go... he's just growing up too fast! 

Very excited about his Spiderman bed.

Alicia & Ben.....

Alicia wanted me to take some pictures of her and Ben on Sunday. I haven't really taken any pictures for a while, but I think they turned out OK. I really don't know how people do this for a living. My head is aching from spending so much time staring at the computer! 

Funny or Embarrassing... I can't decide....

The other night I was watching TV waiting for Luke to be finished on the computer so we could watch a TiVoed episode of The Office together. I was watching Access Hollywood or Extra or one of those dumb "news" shows. They showed a clip of an upcoming story about a woman with enormous breasts. I'm talking watermelon huge, people. I was so astounded, I couldn't help but exclaim, "Holy crap, that woman has the biggest boobs I've ever seen!" to Luke (of course he turned around to look, the pervert) :-), totally forgetting that an impressionable little 2-year-old was sitting next to me. Then Logan says "That lady had big boobies, mom!" Luke and I burst out laughing because, let's face it, a 2-year-old saying "big boobies" is pretty funny. 

Fast forward to today. Luke and I were shopping at a furniture store and we were standing talking to the sales lady when Logan decides to announce, out of nowhere, mind you, "You have big boobs, mom!" As if the world can't see this for themselves, my son feels the need broadcast it to everyone within a five feet radius. Nice.