My Blog is My Journal

Does anyone remember the episode of Saved By the Bell when Jessie gets addicted to caffeine pills to help her stay awake? She has a serious breakdown yelling "there's no time, there's never any time!!" Most days I feel like that, minus the pill addiction (in fact I've had NO caffeine in months because of breastfeeding which is quite an accomplishment for me). I go to bed at the end of my day completely and utterly exhausted and worst of all, usually with work left undone to do the next day. I seriously considered quitting my blog, since blogger changed everything and made it take even longer to post. And thanks to Instagram I don't feel the need to post my pictures so my family can keep up with my ever growing children. Then I realized that my blog is my journal. My memory stinks so I need to write down special moments that happen in my life while I still can, if not for my readers (if I have any left), then for myself. So, although our vacation to California was nearly a month ago now, here is the documentation of that wonderful trip, my favorite holiday week of the entire year!!

{The two kids and I hopped on a plane, all by ourselves. They did great}

{We were so excited to finally get to go to the new Talega pools and splash pad}

{This is in the running for my favorite picture of the trip: cousin love, Sydney & Blair}

{Dallen and his CA girlfriend Siena on the giant wheel at Irvine Spectrum}

{A trip to Sea World, AZ represent}

{Totally tubular}

{Just look at that face in her sparkly whale shirt, she was such a trooper for the long day at Sea World}

{He was so proud to touch a starfish}

{So glad I was able to take my boy to Sea World, he loved every minute of it. Couldn't have done it without Mimi and so glad Blairski and Aubs could join in on the fun}

{A lone boy and a beach, endless possibilities}

{Some more of my favorites...}

{Such a little model}

{A foreground as pretty as the background}

{Great Uncle Pickle, everybody loves Dave}

{Gigi missed the fireworks, but she didn't mind at all}

{Yup, Big D got to ride Uncle Matt's motorcycle}

{Tiki at the Bagel Shack, probably our new favorite San Clemente stop}

{Five kids, in a pool, on the beach, without water}

{Bracken family Independence Day vacation 2012}

{A little reading on a cloudy day at the beach}

{Sisters}

{Never wanna say goodbye}