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she loves me.

trip to san fran...

P and I were lucky enough to get a short get away without the kids! We did miss them, but it was SO much fun to just be together and do the things we wanted to do! As you can see from the photos, i have issues with food. when we are eating, i am thinking of the next place we will eat.  we really enjoy our food so i guess it works out. the best part about being in a big city is that you walk so much, you are hungry when you arrive at the next place! yeah!



yes, i ate all 18 of my famous mini swedish pancakes.
p had some delicious eggs benedict.




we had a fantastic time jumping on the trolley and acting silly. after dinner on the wharf, we stopped into an irish bar called the buena vista. we had original irish coffee. yum. i happened to bump into my cousin who was sitting right across from us. small world! (not really that wierd. i come from a big irish family and we like irish bars)

lobster bisque, clam chowder in a bread bowl, fresh crab.............. delish!

it was really cold and my husband pulls out these hand warmers. i had to laugh. i don't know where he gets all these little gadgets or ideas. i shouldn't surprised, he wears plastic gloves when he pumps gas and washes his change every once in awhile. yikes!

my favorite place of all was this little crepe shop we went to. we liked it so much we went there twice! ( which is not something we do on vacations)

i am still dreaming of those things......

 i got chocolate, nutella, bananas, anything sweet and wonderful.

pscrubs.......... he ordered organic vegetable soup and some wierd homemade cleansing drink with ceyanne pepper. yowza. i bet that was fun later...

i had to stop by and say hi to my best friend betsy johnson!

 our hotel was super cute and we had a great time. i want to go back. now.

as you can see, we really NEEDED more crocs.

F.Y.I.

the croc store at the mills had most of their crocs for $5. why they insist on wearing them with socks is beyond me, but i like how they can get them on/off with no problems which makes my life SO much easier.
altso, the glitter box rack has all of their holiday dresses 75% off! i snagged up 4 of these trish scully dresses for next year for about $16 each!!!!

the finger store

D asked if we could go to the finger store today. She is convinced that she is missing a finger right between her thumb and mr. pointer.

we're so metro.

i couldn't wait to ride the lightrail! i was so excited!
we decided to ride it downtown to watch the fiesta bowl parade. well, we never made it to the parade, but we did ride almost the whole track!

the kids were excited to be sharing their first ride with noni.
D was a little nervous when we started moving.

S dressed for the occasion, wearing her engineers hat and vintage tee.. such a trend setter.

there happens to be a stop right in front of my FAV sandwich shop.
someone was getting VERY cranky.
here comes the light rail!
p dubs surprised us (even me) with a new purchase and addition to the family. poor cookie, already replaced.
look how excited they are.
thank goodness you know who finally drifted off.
D too. someone actually gave us their seat because she was rolling around on the floor trying to kick people. cute. i guess she was tired.
an end to a great day.

breakfast experiment..

what happens when you are REALLY tired on a sat. morning and you suggest to the kids that they can make their own breakfast this time? ( in a nice way, that sounded wrong for some reason, but really, in a yes you can do it special today, yeah for you kind of way) pdubs is OOT ( out of town) and i am RFT ( really flipping tired) ANYWHO.......... back to the story...

 so i was pleasantly surprised when they came running in announcing that breakfast was ready. PICNIC style!

they had set up a place for everyone and then some. they picked pretty healthy foods. hummus, organic milk, pretzles, tj's frosted mini wheats, and juice. ( i didn't ask where my coffee was)

i like to look at this picture and try to guess what the weather was like. we have some conflicting outfits going on there. a swimsuit model, a ski bunny, and a pretty pretty princess.

even jasmine had her own plate of food.

even though i had to do like 3 loads of laudry to wash all the blankets and towels, this was one of my favorite breakfasts ever.

time crunch

i better get everything done that i have ever wanted to do NOW! because after Jan 16th I will be glued to the computer waiting for every post nienie decides to write. WOW!!!!!!!!!!

baby bop

uh oh. another new favorite song...