Spring Garden show

We went to the SPRING GARDEN SHOW at South Coast Plaza/Crystal Court. I had no Idea what a HUGE deal it was. There were SO many beautiful displays and plants. Honestly, the only reason I took Riley was to see the "Red Worms" in the kids area. But we ended up with some great idea's for our garden (wish me luck, I kill everything I try to plant) and watched an very interesting presentation about bee's. Here are a few things I learned...

* While a female solitary bee lays only a few eggs in her lifetime, a queen honeybee lays thousands.

*A male bee's only job is to mate with a female and the males die shortly after mating

* Most male bees do not even have the structures necessary to make wax or carry pollen, so males in social species cannot contribute to the daily work that goes on in the hive. In fact, female honeybees usually force surviving males out of the nest before winter or when food becomes scarce.

 I thought this information was VERY funny! 

You may have noticed that halfway through the photo's Riley is wearing a new Track Suit... That's because there is an Adidas store in Crystal Court and when we went in Riley took off his clothes and put on a new outfit. Seriously, stripped right down to his undies and said "this one Mom"! If you aren't aware of Riley's love for track suits check out this old post 

http://rileybeckettwhite.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-adidas.html

Newest Costco find

 I love hummus, I love all the flavors it comes in (especially the jalapeno flavor) and all the food you can eat with it!  Pretzels, veggies, apples, on a bagel and mixed with tuna in a sandwich (I swear its so good) and of course Pita chips. I was so excited when I saw these individual cups at Costco. To bad my kids aren't old enough to take lunches to school but if they were I would for sure be putting these in them! 

School Picture

We didn't realize it was school picture day when we sent Riley to school wearing this shirt. But we are SO happy we did! I am sure Sidney will appreciate it in the years to come but for now its giving Paul and I a good laugh. Riley actually adores his sister.... Holding her face and calling her "Sweet Pea". Thanks Aunt Jami for the awesome T-shirt!

Go Angels!

This is the 1st game Paul and Riley have been to this season and they made it a "boys night" with cousin Aven and Uncle Jared. Could these boys get any CUTER!!!

Riley Bug

This is the art project Riley brought home from school today... I absolutely love it and cant help but laugh every time I look at it! It's ironic that we call Riley "Riley Bug" and here he is as a "bug"! haha We just love this Boy!

Long Beach Grand Pre

It was loud, it was awesome! We didn't stay long but we stayed long enough for Riley to see the race cars and he loved it! Believe it or not Sidney slept through the entire thing (We had ear plugs for her). Any Red car that drove by Riley said "MC QUEEN"! aka Lightning Mc Queen. 

This guy was classic! He has been coming to the race for over 30 years! He knew every in and out of every car and driver... Where to watch during what times of the races etc.

Want to Write a Children's Book?

And have it Published? Here's a contest for you!

Cheerios is sponsoring this contest, you have until July 15th to enter and the winner gets $5,000, your book featured inside Cheerios cereal boxes and the opportunity to have Simon and Schuster publish your manuscript! How awesome would it be if someone I knew won!!! 

C.O. BIGELOW LIP SHINE

Have you tried this lip Gloss Yet? 

It's absolutely the best! Its not sticky, stays on your lips and it freshens your breath at the same time! My favorite is the "Mentha Cinnamint"  but there are so many flavors to choose from. 

And right now its buy 2 get one free! Check it out HERE

ARSHAVIN

Riley has been playing soccer since he could walk. It started when Paul built a hockey net into his playpen and gave him a ball. Riley loves wearing his jersey's, ANY sports jersey actually and I often hide them so he doesn't wear them everyday! He calls his red soccer kit/uniform (that he is wearing in the video below) "Arshavin's". It's funny because he is referring to Andrei Arshavin who plays for the Arsenal FC but his red kit is actually the uniform for Liverpool FC. Anyways, here he is below showing his skills and a few pictures of his playpen...

Park City Randoms....

This is the last post about our trip. I didn't know where else to include these photos but I loved them so much I had to post them. 

This was the HUGE bear in the lobby

Riley grabbing her face for a kiss and saying "Hi Sweet Pea". Its so sweet how much he loves his little sis!

When we go out to Dinner  Paul usually does all the ordering (because he always orders the best stuff)! I never would have eaten this had I known what it was but it was soooo goood! So I guess I like carpaccio, aka raw beef! 

Cousins...

My Cousin Chelsea and I grew up together on the same street in Laguna Beach. We had lemonade stands, played "store"(I think we called it the BIG "M"?) in the playhouse in her back yard, had pretend cooking shows and spent days and hours at Wild Rivers in the summer. We always had some new creative game to play and most of my fondest childhood memories include her. She lives in Utah now, so it was a great excuse to get together with our boys in Park City. Blake and Mason are her two sweet boys and Riley and them played together like they had known each other for years! They spent time in our hotel room playing monster trucks, cars and coloring and then we made our way to the indoor/outdoor pool for some swimming.

And here's a few old school photo's....

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Laguna Beach Winter formal. I'm in front in the red dress and Chelsea is at the top in the baby blue dress

1993, Mission Viejo mall photo booth

Chelsea is the 2nd on the left and I am behind her to the right with the braid.

Love you "Chester"!!!!

Dashing through the snow

We spent the Evening with my little Brother Jordan and his girlfriend Tamara. We headed 30 min north from Park City for a Sleigh Ride. It was sooooo much fun! When we arrived there were 2 tents. They had the most amazing bread with sweet cream cheese, hot coca and cider. After we had a few snacks we headed to the sleighs that were pulled by Belgian horses. They were HUGE!!!! Weighing over 2400lbs each! After the sleigh ride we headed into a cozy cabin.  it was totally "homestyle" cooking and we all loved it! They had an acoustic guitar player who was singing Lady Gaga and Sublime songs "county style". (So weird, but actually pretty good). It was a great night!!!!

Riley running to our shuttle. Our driver was really great, and he is Tiger Woods driver when he comes into town! We had a good laugh about that :)