Lots of fun!

Last week was my 26th birthday and it was Mother's Day. I must say, Ron was amazing and made each day special. For Mother's Day I woke up to a delicious Toblerone chocolate bar next to me along with a flowers, candy, and cards from the boys. He had also picked out and ironed the boys' clothing for church (he had to work), and the boys were even good for me during church! Once he was home, I didn't have to lift a finger. I even took a nap. The perfect day! Colin had a Mother's Day Tea at school. I wore a hat he had made, enjoyed all sorts of gifts from him, and got to listen to a few songs by his class. I loved it!

As you can see, my kid is almost freakishly tall compred to his classmates.

For my birthday I woke up next to a hoodie I had been wanting. I had to work, but work bought me a dozen roses and an ice cream cake. Then Ron took me to lunch at the Olive Garden and I got my second gift-ballroom dancing lessons with him! How fun is that?! I also got the Gilmore Girls 7th season on DVD. YES! Work let me leave a couple of hours early, and then I had a Primary meeting so the Primary Presidency took me out to dinner as well.

The boys and I went to Disneyland on Monday. Then my in-laws took Ron and I to the Angel's game against Boston on Tuesday, and then I was given a membership to D23 (a Disney fan club type thing) for the year, and my MIL is taking me to the HUGE Disney convention in September. Whew! A great week!

This weekend we went to The Aquarium of the Pacific with some friends. We really had a great time and walked around outside after we were finished.

This poor Spider Crab was missing a couple of legs and had a broken one. He must be a war vet.

The Nemo and Dory tank. The kids' favorite.

Colin and Cody high-fiving the scuba diver.

My amazingly strong husband.

Ketchup

Here are a few catch up photos.


All the kids in Phoenix

The three BFF's

Colin, Addison and Blake

Addy and Blake enjoying each other's company during the long ride to Reno

Janae and Colin share a birthday!

GRIPE

Here's a riddle:

What is black and white and red all over?

My car registration.

The black and white is the paper I opened telling me the amount is WELL over what I paid last year, and the red is my face because I was so angry!

I was pretty sure the whole idea was that as your car gets older, you pay less for your registration. I guess I was wrong. Now that I'm close to being jobless, money is a big concern. I just don't get how the economy is being helped by charging us MORE for silly things when we have LESS. I do, but I don't.

Lemme put it this way: 2005 Honda Pilot registration=OVER $300 for registration. YIKES. Glad I don't drive one of those "luxury" vehicles.

Did you know? In Washington state your car registration is a flat $30 no matter what year, make, or model your car is? My CA registration is ten years worth of WA registrations.

Minnie's Moonlit Madness!

I forgot that I had an exciting story to post as well!

Every year Disney does a fun fundraiser with it's "cast members". You gather a team of four people (one has to be an employee), go to the park after it's closed just for this event, answer 50 trivia questions, and then to a scavenger hunt throughout the park with ten questions while tied together through your belt loops. Last year Ron and I were on a team with Kyle Hartman and Amy Riley. We had chosen to do 5 hard clues and 5 easy. We BARELY finished. We had felt pretty good that our answers were right. The next day Ron checked our placement. 254 out of 400. Not so good.

This year we couldn't take Amy Riley since the day of the event just happened to be her due date. Taryn graciously took Amy's spot. Our strategy was to try 8 hard clues and 2 easy ones. There's a different theme to the competition each year. Last year didn't seem very focused on the theme, so I didn't bother to study for this year's theme which was "Funkadelic". Unfortunately, EVERY question revolved around the 1970's, and unfortunately, that was before I was born. I'm not going to lie...I wasn't much help. None of us knew too much about the 70's.

We did well (with the exception of me being stupid and wearing flip flops-I learned my lesson after my 12 flat tires from Taryn and Ron Ü). We finished 30 minutes early but it once again felt like we were correct on all of our answers.

While at work the following day, I called Ron. He suddenly said, "54". Then he clairfied that we placed 54th out of 400 teams! Even then we were only 300 points behind the first place team. GREAT JOB TEAM! Next year is our year...I just know it!

Dr. Jackie

I'm sure every single one of my friends has heard me mention Jackie. She and I went to Dental Assisting school together and now she's entering her third year in dental school at USC. Dr. Valdez coined the name "Dr. Jackie" when he met her at a dental convention at the time she had just been accepted to every dental school she had applied to. She's amazing. I feel like a proud mom every time I mention her. She was married last May-I had blogged about her wedding in Tahoe. It was beautiful! Now she's expecting her first baby WHILE going to dental school-WOW!

Dr. Jackie had a terrible day the other day. While she was telling me her story I felt overwhelmed for her! I just have to share it because I'm surprised she's still pregnant (she's due the end of this month). It went something like this:

Dr. J goes to school, has a Spanish speaking patient who is claiming her upper right canine is in so much pain that her eyeballs hurt. Jackie already knows she's likely going to be REALLY dramatic and is starting to worry it's going to be a difficult procedure.

She reviews the patient's health history. The patient denies having any dental axiety, heart problems, or asthma. She takes her vitals-everything is low and where it should be. The procedure starts and out comes the needle.

Patient looses control and starts pretending to have a seizure. She's grabbing at her throat like she can't breathe and and going crazy. Then grabs an inhailer from her purse (HEY! I thought she denied having asthma)! Dr. J forgets her Spanish at that moment and grabs someone that speaks it to talk to this woman. They have to call for the emergency team on the campus. Some of the top dentists and surgeons respond. Luckily Dr. J did everything she was supposed to and can answer their questions. They conclude the woman had a panic attack and clear Dr. J to finish/start the procedure. The receptionist tells Jackie, "Wow. I've only seen something like this five times in my twenty years here! That's probably why that lady was turned away from three other offices before coming here." Thanks...

Now she has missed her train. She needs to wait another hour for the next and really has to pee. She reluctantly goes into the station's restroom and while waiting in line to wash her hands, there is a woman at the sink with a cat on her shoulder. The cat is continously meowing and the woman is talking to herself. Next the woman is taking handfulls of water and throwing them onto Dr. J and the other woman in the restroom. They run out and Jackie lets the station manager know about the 5150 she had just encountered.

Jackie decides to try another route home rather than waiting for an hour. She gets off on the wrong bus stop and is now lost. It's night time and she's somewhere near Azusa (she lives in Glendora). She calls her husband and asks him to come and find her while she tries walking towards home. Her husband tells her to stay put and he will call her when he's getting closer. She forgets her phone is still on vibrate and he calls her eight times and is probably now panicing that his eight-month-pregnant wife isn't answering. She picks up her phone and sees he's been trying to call. She calls him back and he freaks out. She cries. He finds her and she goes to bed...still pregnant SOMEHOW.

My bad day was nothing compared to this. I regret ever feeling sorry for myself! Hang in there Jackie! You can do it!

Catch up!

Wow! Where did April go? We were so busy all month, and it doesn't show any sign of slowing down for May. Some highlights:

Going to visit two of my bestest friends in Phoenix. It was great to see Janae, Karley and their families!

Colin's 6th birthday. Wow. Not my little boy anymore. :(

Driving to Reno with a car full of family to see my youngest SIL play at her senior softball games and getting to see the WHOLE Silagyi family. (and the news that our next family vacation is in Cape Cod, June 2010!)

Colin getting creative with food. He'll tell you that a Cheeto between two BBQ baked Lays is delicious!

Finding out my last day of work is May 28th (YES!), and that the new hire that's replacing me is pregnant. (My boss illegally asked her if she's planning on having more children during her interview a month ago....you can imagine her reaction when the girl started the job and announced her pregnancy one week later.)

Ron having 16 days off. A record length vacation for him during his seven years at Disney.

Amy Riley had her baby!

Coming up in May:

Mother's Day.

My birthday! (not too thrilled about 26 for some reason)

Minnie's Moonlit Madness with the Hartmans. We WILL dominate.

My last day of work.

Disneyland with my kids at some point. Can you believe we haven't been since mid-February? That's a record for us!

Other things I can't remember at this moment...guess I should look at my calendar.

Pictures to come eventually.