Small Things Are Big Things

The whole group would get together in the evenings for some campfire games and some good old campfire songs!We threw rocks by the side of a hiking trail for a good 2 hours. Oddly enough it didn’t get old to the kiddos…

(throw up is involved tomorrow)
Don’t forget about our Remember High School Carnival! Details here.

Marcy from the Glamours Life Association and the Anaheim (aka the city around Disneyland) Hilton’s MIX Restaurant & Lounge hosted an OC Blogger’s Ball!The food was tasty and the atmosphere was posh… I mean I was wearing my Lucille Ball Dress for goodness sake!!Clockwise from top left:
Up-scale cheese and cracker plate… I ate 3!
The appetizers… don’t eat the stick in the gazpacho thinking it’s celery… it’s a stick!
Jen Johnson from the Blah Blah Blahger (an awesome blogger who I’ve known since birth… really). That bite is ALL she ate as she is in a biggest loser contest and the prize is $400!!
Dessert was delish. I lost count of how many I ate… I’m NOT in a biggest loser contest 🙂
The gourmet burgers were awesome! Though I was talked out of sneaking the cute little skillet into my purse. And I had planned to make itty bitty omelets!

This is a horrible shot… but it’s all I got! Our host, Marcy, was the MC and she was just lovely.

Carlos is the Hilton’s food rep and besides being just a bit to excited about the new martini salad shakers, (which incidentally remind me a bit of the old McDonald’s salad shakers… which I LOVED) he was the most gracious host… really! Anyone who steps into his restaurant is in the most capable hands and will get the best service.

To cap off the night I won a Peace and Mom Kit from Peace Love and Momminess! (Who happened to host an Eli’s Lids giveaway not too long ago!!)

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Other OC Blogger’s talk about the night…

Monkey Moon (Remember Gina? I talk about her here.)

Alive in Wonderland

The Glamorous Life Association

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Don’t forget about our Remember High school Carnival!! Details here.

Just like my friend the Blah Blah Blahger , folding laundry has never been one of my strongest Homemaker skills…To help out just a little Suzie Says:

I’ve done this with my socks, Hot Hubby’s socks and Eli’s socks.

Can you find me?
Hint: If you read my Jr High memories you’ll remember I look exactly the same!That’s right folks, I was a Song Leader.
Remember High School?
The cliques, the dances, the Big Games… the drama!
Get ready for Tuesday, August 18th to post you fondest (or not so fondest) memories of those 4 years you’ll remember forever!
All the same rules…

• The post has to be about High School… don’t be shy if you were less that perfect during that great stage of life… you came out of it… just look at you!!
• Post pictures or reflect.
• When you add your link, do it for that specific post only. NOT your blog
• It doesn’t have to be a new post… so if you posted about High School 3 years ago and you don’t want to write a new one, just link to the one you already did! (or if you have multiple posts just add them all!)
• Link your post back to the my post on the 18th so your blog visitors can join the gawk fest too!
• Comment on the other blogs you visit… cuz we all LOVE comments!!
• The Carnical will be open for a week so take your time 🙂

Answer:

To see what we have already remembered…
Remember Jr High
Remember Your Wedding
(Because I switched Link hosts you can’t see all the links yet on the old posts, but I’m working on it!)

I saw this little ditty while clicking around Etsy.
I want it 🙂It’s from F1nneran Jewelry and ALL her stuff is just to die for!!

Coming Soon:
~Another tip from the one and only Suzie Says…
~OC Bloggers Ball
~Lids go Camping
~Remember when Carnival is back! I had to stop because the Linky site I was using was just NEVER working. I switched to MckLinky and have loads of fun in store!! Tomorrow I’ll reveal the topic… though it shouldn’t be a surprise if you have been involved before 🙂

We use a lot of hand-me-downs!

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Eli has two pairs of swim trunks from the cute kiddos above, but the elastic went brittle on both of them.

Which means while swimming they just fall off.

Here is Eli at the lagoon wearing the required rubber shorts sans swim trunks…

Hot Hubby was not happy his son looked like a total dork!

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Off to Jo-Ann Fabrics to pick up some wide elastic… only $1.29 a yard. (I used way less but I always get extra when I do a project so I don’t have to make another trip!)
I just added elastic to the back inside of the trunks.

Here are my figures:

After I finished the first pair I made some changes to the elastic length on the second pair.

The second pair was better.

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Fold the elastic in half and put a pin there to mark your spot.

Find the center on of the back of the trunks and line them up with the pin.

Hold both centers.

Pull the elastic taunt.

Sew.

Do the same with the second half.

When you are done the trunks will curl up a bit. You can prevent this by ripping out the old elastic… but for me, it just wasn’t worth the time!

DONE!!!

Instead of spending $10 (minimum) on 1 new pair of swim trunks I spent under $2 reviving 2 pairs!!

P.S.
Mending things is a GREAT way to save money. I’ve been known to mend jeans, tees and even underwear!!!

As faithful OC residents we made our annual trip to the OC Super Fair! (If you haven’t gone yet you have till August 9th!) There is loads of fun stuff for us city folks to do!
We visited the petting zoo (complete with new baby piglets!)! But most of all we ate… …and ate…

…and ate…

…and ate…

…and ate…

…and the Grand Finale was…

Chocolate covered bacon!!

We weren’t impressed.

But at least we tried it…There is a mini circus with showing every hour or so… all 5 kiddos were mesmerised!

(Dear Lord, Please don’t let the kiddos inherent my nose!!)
Family self portrait on the way out…

(Hot Hubby- I would like a back yard someday with a giant tree that we can to this to. Thank you.)

A green apple by itself is no good.
Too tart.But with melted chocolate chips…
Divine!!

Add strawberries and a good book…

…and you’ll get the perfect afternoon!

(during nap time, of course!)