The Ventura County Fair is one that always makes me sentimental. I remember going often as a kid because my Grandma Ina sold her honey there. She was about the cutest little bee-keeper you ever did see. I don’t really remember riding the carnival rides or anything, but I do remember the atmosphere. And I…
One day last week, I felt brave. I felt really brave. Brave enough to try taking Stevie to the beach. All by myself. I completely expected it to be a huge failure. In my head, it went a little something like this: We drive for 2 hours, haul all our stuff a mile to get…
Once a year, I guess Downtown Los Angeles closes its streets to normal traffic for several hours and opens it up to people who want to bike, walk, skate, whatever. This was a few months back, and we were able to get a good group of friends together and participate. We had such a great…
8:00am: Wake up and play with the tyke for a bit after Daddy feeds him breakfast. 9:30am: Decide that since it’s going to be such a lovely day, that we simply must make a trip to Disneyland. 10:00 am: Start getting ready. Pack some food in the stroller, get my fanny pack ready, and give…
The Armenian Relief Society (which my husband’s mother was active in for many, many years) held a fundraiser carnival today. We heard there was going to be snow, so I thought we should check it out. At least we could get a couple cute pictures. It was probably more trouble than it was worth, but we…
We discovered this place last year through the recommendation of a friend who works near the farm. It is so awesome! They have a huge pumpkin patch, a wagon ride, train ride, petting zoo, face painting, scarecrow alley, corn maze, snow cones, etc. Everything that you love about fall all wrapped into one. Except for…
Does anyone else remember how AWESOME Star Tours was when it first opened? I remember as a kid riding it over and over and over again. I came off the ride with big excited eyes and just couldn’t wait to do it again! As the years went on, that excitement diminished quickly. It got to…
OK, so let’s talk about what we did while the cutest nephew in the world was visiting. (I should mention that my sister was here too. I know she sometimes gets overshadowed by the cuteness of the kid, but she is fun to be around too! She’s such a good mom and likes to have…
My mom, brother, sister and nephew all came to visit this last weekend. My sister graduated with her Master’s Degree (!!) so this was her grad gift from Mom – to come out for an all-expenses paid trip to visit yours truly. They were here for about 3 days and, as always, it went by…