Birthday/spring break trip

We rolled in late Thursday night from a great few days in California with the kids.  Before i go picture crazy don't forget to enter my Birthday week giveaway! Ends this Sunday!

We left Monday morning, cranky/excited kids + lots of stops made for a longer drive then we would have hoped for but that's just how traveling with children goes.  Thankfully no car sickness.

Tuesday morning the kids were up and ready to go. Chris and I on the other hand could have used way more sleep.  It was a long night of trying to get Camden to stay in bed, who ended up waking everyone at 3AM! Yikes is right! Got ready and headed across the street to Knott's Berry Farm. Chris has never been and that last night i was here was on my birthday when i think i was a teenager. I think 15 maybe.

When we told the kids we were going to Knott's for spring break they had no idea what we were talking about and thought it was a regular farm where you could pick berries. So when they realized it was not that but an amusement park they were super stoked.

It was the perfect day to go.  Hardly anyone was there and it stayed that way until we left the park around 4.  The girls had an absolute blast and got on every ride they were able to go on by themselves in Camp Snoopy.  We rode all the train rides together as a family.  We tried to get Camden to go on a few but he wasn't having it.  I did get him to go on one with me.  He hated/loved it, silly boy.

We were exhausted by the time we left and the kids slept great that night.

It was so great to spend my birthday at Knott's! I got a birthday pin and all the workers wished me a happy birthday. We had so much fun, even though i didn't go on many rides, it was all about my kids and seeing how much fun they were having. Making memories together is really why we went. It was perfect!! We love Knott's Berry Farm!

this is the ride i made Cam ride. He was crying, then saying wee then crying. 

about 5 seconds later he almost fell over because he drifted off to sleep. poor guy didn't nap so he was tired!

Chris went on the Ferris Wheel with the girls. That's me with Cam.  

Oh and Chris said that when he was getting on the ferris wheel with the girls the ride operator noticed their shirts and said how much he liked them. Chris told him that i drew them and the guy told Chris that they looked just like Schultz drawings and that they are always needing more people in the art department. Made me feel super awesome and seriously if only.

We're thinking we might buy season passes and go a few times this summer. It would be so fun for sure!!


Thanks for reading!!! Just a heads up my next post will be all about how i went to a spa and got a massage and facial for the very first time.

Have an awesome weekend folks!

ellen/jimmykimmel/makeadeal

so got back from a super jam packed weekend.

 

 

thursday

4am- leave for cali

11:30ish- get to hotel and get ready as quickly as possible

(btw they didn't have a room for us so we got dressed/ready in the lobby bathroom)

12:30ish- get to ellen parking lot and wait to go in

 

(last year i was #50 woot! go half! didn't think about later that i got my age. haha. nice)

 

my phone died after this point lame. it seems to be having battery issues, probably from me dropping it all the time. OOPS!

 

ellen show was totally awesome AGAIN!!

we sat in the exact same spot as last year.

yeah we be cool like that.

 

we got the phillip phillips cd and it's pretty good.

i didn't watch american idol so i wasn't really sure who he was.

 

 

4:30ish-get out of ellen, and try to escape from packed parking lot to make it to hollywood to go to the Jimmy Kimmel show

 

5:30ish- finally get to hollywood, park, walk across street, wait in long line at jimmy and were one of the last few people to get in!

we had some great seats too.

it's smaller in person, at least i thought so.

the guests were one of my favorite Jimmy Kimmel guests ever

Terry Bradshaw!

this guy is so flippin hilarious and just cracks me up!

then Dave Matthews was there and then did an outdoor concert.

we didn't stay for the concert we were ready to go and were so tired.

 

9ish- got back to hotel ate some dinner finally!! PIZZA YUM!!

the hit the sack! we were all super tired!

 

 

friday

i wish i knew how to sleep.

children have taught me how not too.

woke up at 6.

after everyone else woke up we started getting ready for the next show, lets make a deal.

 

i ended up coming up with my costume and making it the day before we left and i thought it turned out pretty good.

total: 2 bucks to whip it together. haha. score! love cheap!

 

i ended up deciding to be a unicorn.

 

 

my sister was able to get my hair to look like a horses mane. yeeehaw. hahaha.

 

i forgot to take a picture of my whole outfit. ooops. haha

but if you go to this LINK they put up pictures of the groups/peeps that went and took pics.

i guess if you want you could buy a picture too. haha.

 

any who it was fun and all around a great time.

we sat right behind the piano man cat grey

 (i think that's how you spell it. i can't be certain)

so fingers crossed we'll be in a shot, cause they show him every once in awhile on the show. on occasion, right?

 

the episode is airing sometime in december.

i'll let ya'll know when i know for sure.

 

after the show, changed, then walked the less that 100 feet from our hotel to BJ's! oh how freakin delicious that place is!

 

we were all starving cause he missed lunch from being at the show.

 

so we filled out bellies with yummy food then crashed again once we got back.

 

saturday

was a pretty chill day that i pretty much dedicated to taking pictures of the food i ate.

 

my sisters went on a Hollywood stars home tour

my mom and i walked downtown Burbank and then ate lunch at this amazing pizza place called ZPIZZA!!

 

have i mentioned that i LOVE pizza, and this was the best ever!

 

 

 

so good.
my mom and i ate this entire large pizza
with out even it phasing us. haha.
we didn't get much of breakfast so we were hungry.

 

after deliciousness

my mom had to fly home so she left around 2 and i got to watch CABLE TELEVISION for a good 2 hours with out any interruptions!
 it was great i caught up mostly on the Kardashians.
 how i miss that show dearly. :)

 

later that night after the star tour yayhoos got back we went to Universal City walk and well, walked around, did some shopping oh and ate food.

 

 

 

yummy Johnny Rockets onion rings and fries hit the SPOT! YUM!

then some freakin delicious frozen yogurt to end the night.

 

sunday

drove home.

woot
came home to a clean home!
thank you sweet loving husband.
you are the best. :)

 

it was a super fun weekend

lots of laughing, dancing, and eating

 

this is sufficiently long enough so i think i'll stop now.

 

i hope you enjoyed my recap of events.

i was totally going to do another vlog, but eh, just far to much to cover and i clearly can get chatting and keep going on forever!

 

C.A.C.A.2

well we just got back from our family trip.  it was saweet.

this year we hunkered down in a little ol' California town called Oceanside.


It was heaven i tell ya, HEAVEN!!!!

we stayed at the porter beach house. heard of it?  it is one amazing house and is perfectly located extremely close to the beach.


it was so nice to be able to just relax and have a good time with family.

1. these girls were crazy on the car ride, but they did entertain each other pretty good.

2. us on the third story balcony looking at the beach.

3. freakishly adorable shot of the destroyer (her new nickname) 

4. getting ready to go to the beach. they were so excited.

5. this is what she looked like every day after the beach. so tired

6. on one of our walks through town.

perfect crandell vacation

more pics to come soon....



weeding weekend

this past weekend i was able to go with my husband to a wedding in Oceanside, CA.

thankfully my parents were able to watch the two rugrats so we could go. :)

i was hoping for a picture overload for you BUT my husband had the camera most of the time and didn't take many pictures. He did take a few too many of these big guys though.

i only uploaded these 2, there were a few more. He is pretty obsessed with these puppies.  You'd think three great danes in a house would be too much but they are so sweet and well behaved.

Any who, so like a said we were there for a wedding.  It was for my husbands friend Brian and his lovely wife Jessica.


It was a beautiful weekend and a beautiful wedding.  The weather was kind of on the cold side though. We were planning on going to the beach but for me it was just too cold, but i tried to embrace the cold knowing when i got home it would be super hot.

i did miss my girls a lot though. i started treating the puppies as my children: following them around, making sure they weren't getting into anything. it was fun.


thank you to Brian and Jessica for letting us stay at your house.  thank you to my parents for watching the girls they had so much fun they have been telling me all the things they did with you guys.


a couple of videos and pictures for you.

::the videos i was trying to upload were giving me grief, i'll see if they will post later::

we'll actually be back in oceanside the weekend after next for a week with my family. we can't wait to go back. i'll keep the camera next time and have more pictures to share. :)

on the road again

well folks the time has finally come!!

i'm in sweet awesome California right now. Soaking up some sun and getting ready for The Ellen show!!!!  HECK YES!!!

So freaking excited right now!!!! Could you tell??!!
Make sure you watch The Ellen Show on tuesday the 13th!! Maybe you'll see me!!! :)

Hope everyone had a rockin weekend! 

i'm sure i'll have a bunch of pictures for ya when i get back.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!

not like the others.

Okay so i'm not usually the type of person that cares to accessorise any sort of outfit or look of some kind.

I'm usually trying to just barley get myself out the door, i didn't feel the need to add anything extra.
well i must admit.

I WAS WRONG.

The ONLY time i will admit i was wrong.  Please enjoy this moment in history.
Its super easy to through on a necklace or a cute pair of earrings! Who would have thought right?! Crazy talk!

My thoughts on these things changed well when my kids stopped messing with my things a bit.  So i figured now it a good time to try things out.  Oh and i happened to find some really cute stuff at this amazing store in San Diego that i got a few things at. And the best part is, if they break I'm not going to care there were only 1 dollar. That's right, the great accessory dollar store in the history of the planet!

The name is called 'Everythings a Deal' so right there should have let me know of the awesomeness i was about to witness.

I will show you some of the cute things i got. remember all one dollar people!! YES!

i got these two adorable rings.  my personal favorite in the turtle of course! i love it!

i seem to be going through an owl stage. just got with it.

            super fun earrings!

down side: the backs on these things are like and inch long.

if i hug someone my head will start bleeding from a hole puncture wound.

Still so cute and fun though!!

Okay these lasts set of earrings i want to plat a little game with you!!

Its called: which one is not like the others?!

Are you up for it! I hope your excited because i sure am!

First off i want to say i bought this set of earrings for the owls. bees. ladybugs and fishies.

okay let the game begin.

spot it??? hahahaha!!!

where to begin

well if you didn't figure out where i was let me tell you.

a land of giant windmills & beautiful blue skys

where houses are amazing, bright and full of sand.

thats right i just got back from a california adventure OR known as C.A.C.A

Crandells. Awesome. California. Adventure

and yes we made shirts and they are awesome.

many posts to come on all the awesome things we did in San Diego coming up.

It was so nice
1. to get out of the heat 2. be with my whole family (minus one-in uruguay) 3.chill at the beach. 4. got to see one of my best buds. 5. Best of all i have a killler tan.