New Moon

What Can I say I am pretty mature most of the time... accept for anything that has to do with twilight. I have to say nothing makes me feel more like a giddy school girl than the Twilight saga. My good friend Holly got us tickets to the midnight showing of New moon opening night. Of course we all re-read the book before the movie and I have to say it gets better every time. I love hanging out with the girls and just spending time for "ME". Most days I am serving my family and taking care of all my duties as a wife and mother. But a few times a month I get to go out with the girls and re_coup. I think it is important not to forget to take care of yourself and have a little time doing the stuff you enjoy. It is soothing to the soul.

One of the many things my girl friends and I have in common is our love and obsession for Twilight. There is no use on hiding it or denying it. I am just glad I am not the only "twi-mom" out there who loves these books. So off we went for a bite to eat at Olive Garden. One of our girls was missing this time. She got stuck in Vegas working and couldn't make it home
:( We missed you Diana.

We then went over to Holly's to watch twilight (the first movie) and I did my sister in laws make-up.

We got there a few minutes before the show started. We had an extra seat for our purses b/c Diana could not make it. This concerned a lot of people but I promise the seat was paid for. As we got settled we saw this sitting down in front of us. Almost a full Moon. Shocking I know. She really forgot her shirt! It's not about size people and I try not to make fun but if you are going to leave your house half naked than I have to say please check your mirror before you leave so people don't have to see more than they want. I know it's horrible to take a picture but It was part of the experience for us so We had to document.

The movie was awesome and I loved it! Sometimes films can dissapoint because they don't follow the books as well as you would like. In this case the movie followed very closely and I thought the director was true to Stephenie Meyers fans. Thanks girls for another fun girls night out!

Cabo Cabo Girls Cruise

I was so lucky to be able to take a cruise with my best friends. I went with my Sister in law Laura and her two sisters Holly, Diana and they're mom Karen. Originally it was an all girl cruise. Jan (Craig's mom) was not well enough to come, so the girls ended up bringing they're dad. We were not sure we would be able to go with Jan's situation. She was showing much improvement so we did decide to go. Of course, we plan to take her on another one when she is well enough to go. Craig's dad was going to help with the kids but with Jan getting so ill I actually ended up taking my kids to California to spend the week with my parents. This was an amazing opportunity for the kids to spend some time with them and for me to catch my breath from a very difficult summer. It was so nice of them to watch my kids.


So off I flew from Sacramento to San Diego all by myself where I then met the girls and we took a taxi to the port. It was much easier to travel by myself. i didn't know I could be so efficient with just one.


This Is me saying "Bon Voyage" from San Diego. This was my first Cruise (I say first because I plan to go on several more in my life). What a beautiful place to sail away. I called this post Cabo Cabo because we spent two days in Cabo. 3 days at sea.

Holly Diana

Holly- Diana- Laura- myself

Myself& Laura

We were sailing in this picture. Our hair was all blowing like crazy and we were standing right next to the horn that went off several times. I think we all lost some hearing that day.

Here we are doing our emergency drill. I thought we looked awesome in our flotation devices

Our first night i discovered just how wonderful eating on a cruise can be. You can order several entrees if you want or dessert etc. It's awesomeHolly & I

Laura & Diana

This area is designated for adults only. We took turns getting up early to go save our spots right on the back of the ship. it was awesome to just enjoy the view and read and have some valuable R&R. I do realize we were very spoiled to be able to do this. We spent most of our time here while we were out to sea.



We were extremely hot from laying in the sun so Diana & I decided to hang out in this pool. It was frigid water but still felt good.

Cabo day 1:
Off to the tender boat to take us to Cabo.

Our first day in Cabo we went to the market and bought Lot's of beautiful Jewelry. Then we took a cab over to the "Me" resort to spend the rest of the day there. It was so awesome because we got to hang out and use the facilities for free. They even gave us a section in a cabana.

The water was amazing. I normally do not get in a wade around but I could not resist the temptation

Look at all the cruise ships in the back round

Cabo Day 2:

We all actually got a chance to drive the tender boat. We decided to do a snorkeling tour. We did it through Eagle Divers and our tour guide Joel was so nice.

Snorkeling ended up not working out for me though. I got really sea sick (even with Bonin) from the boat ride out to our location. I also Just hate snorkeling. I thought I would give it one more try but It didn't work out so well. At our first location I swam to the beach to see if I could get my nausea to settle. Then I was too much in the sun so I swam back to the boat. A few min. later a strange lady(not on our tour) hopped on our boat. she said to those of us on the boat"what? You've never seen a boat hitchhiker before?" She sat down and had a bag of stuff she started looking through. I was too sick to laugh but I thought it was crazy. Joel (our tour guide) was Diving with Holly and Diana and our boat driver did not speak any english and could not question her himself. When Joel and the girls surfaced he noticed the lady and started to question her. He was trying to find out where she came from and if she was in some kind of trouble. He didn't want to deny someone in need. She was not giving strait answers and got irritated. She just wanted a free ride back to the docks in Cabo. He told her we were not oging right away. That we were all on a paid snorkeling tour and we were going to another location. She got annoyed and said, "well that was a long swim not to go anywhere." She then hopped in the water and swam away on her back while holding her bag of stuff in the air to avoid it getting wet. This was the funniest thing I have ever seen. It was quite an experience. Then at our next location joel had me dropped to the beach (still sick) and the others finished snorkeling. Poor Laura got stung by a Jellyfish and couldn't snorkel anymore. It was an interesting day. Then we went to the market to get moere jewelry

Sorry for the drowned rat look but we had all been swimming in the ocean. I had to show our picture with Joel though because he was so awesome. This was our Formal night

We had a lot of great dinners. Our Servers name was Gusti and he was so much fun. we got to sit by the window more than once.


This is a photo to show how our steward folded our towels into animals each night.

This picture was taken the night our Server Gusti asked us to dance with him. Laura and I braved it together and it was a lot of fun.

This is Gusti in the middle.

All in all it was a pretty amazing trip. I missed my family though. The kids also had a great time with they're cousins and grandparents. Thanks girls for a really fun trip!

Birthdays & Sparkle Toes

I had a birthday a few weeks ago...The big 30..I know it's crazy but true. This year my "Girls" as I call them, and I decided to do a little something special on our girls night to celebrate my Birthday and Diana's Birthday (Far Left). We all have had pedicures and they are awesome but this time we decided to try something different. We like to call it glitter toes. Something fun and different. it is done with Gel and it turned out soo cute. It was so nice of The girls cousin to do it for all of us. Then we had dinner at squatters (one of our favorite places to eat). Then to a movie.
I normally would never allow a picture of my ugly feet but I had to so I could show off my glitter.

It was a great Birthday. I just can't believe I am another decade old. Things are good for me at 30. I just hope this ride of a life keeps getting better every year. Thanks girls for always making GNO a super fun time.