the land of happiness, yummy grub, and of course, mickey mouse :)

last weekend me and matix (and a few others) made our way to california to go to...

DISNEYLAND!

i love disneyland, and i just knew matix would love it too. 

unfortunately, unlike sea world, disneyland is verryyyy crowded.

so battling the lines with an antsy, cranky, almost two year old, was a complete joy.

matix is usually soooo chill, but he had a few breakdowns to say the least.

he just wanted all the exciting things NOW, and did not understand the concept of waiting in line. 

but we survived and had a lotttt of fun.

my wonderful, awesome, and super amazing, friend brittany got us free tickets for two days,  

(did i mention generous, oh, that too)

and her mom booked us the hilton for our "girls+baby boys" trip that turned into an everyone trip.

so i invited the tesoros to tag along, my old roomie from reno susan, and the rest of britts family joined in too.

we all had so much fun at the happiest place on earth!!!

friday night:we ate at la brea cafe at downtown disney.

matix is obsessed with the lion king..as in we watch it everyday. sometimes twice a day. he was quick to spot the lion king statue at the disney store and wanted to "touch it" really bad...so we tried...

disneyland day 1:

we hit up as many rides as we could squeeze in...

and ate as much food as our little bellies could handle.

oh and we bought a $12 ballon for matix...YES $12 DOLLARS...he asked ALLL day long for one...so i finally caved. and he was soooo excited. he even thanked me by hitting me on the head. oh you just think youre just so funny little boy!

then we ended the night by watchin the firework show, which happens to be my favorite part of Disneyland. matix was mesmerized. and then we rode two more rides before making our way back to the hotel by midnight...

Disneyland Day 2:

 ...was all about the characters and toon town.

i could not believe how excited matix was about meeting all the characters. mickey was his favorite, of course. but he just ran right up and hugged the crap out of them all. it was seriously the sweetest thing.

he also loved to go at his own pace playin with all the fun things in all the houses. day 2 was a much happier day. no crazy meltdowns. [but we were also there a third of the time.] we skipped out at about 2:30 for naptime and to start our drive home....

oh ya...and we ran into a lady with a baby kitty at the gas station...

matix was more than happy to give the kitty some love   :)

hooray for disneyland. fun times. and great friends. 

[this is actually matix's second trip to d-land. we took him back when he was one month old..yes ONE MONTH--spoiled boy. and he loved it haha but this time he was actually be able to participate and enjoy everything that d-land has to offer...okay maybe not everything..but you get the point. 
oh look...there we are...nearly two years ago! DANG time flies. look how tiny he was!]

mp3fiesta.com

this website is literally amazing.

a guy i frequently see at work told me about it,

i browsed. i purchased a few albums.

and then, although hesitant at first, 

i paid for the annual membership.

i wanted to make sure it was legit, and i figured i could gamble with $50 in case the website went out of business before my year expired.

{BEST THING I EVER DID}

 i must have downloaded hundreds of albums this past year. 

and darci did her share of purchasing on my account

and it felt like it was all free

and they have quite the variety of music

it's amazing

 (especially for us non-mac users who get viruses from stupid sites like limewire)

 

or at least i thought it was...

until now, when my annual has expired, and i feel like i cant live without this website

and a lifetime membership that was then priced at $100 is now $249.95

the annual that was then $50, is now $149.95

and a wimpy six month membership is $94.95 (that they didnt even offer a year ago)

umm? hello people i am not a baller.

why didn't you warn me that your prices would skyrocket?

so now instead of getting unlimited albums for $50

i have to resort to using my prepaid balance of $50 which turned into $100 because of a special they have going on.

but i guess i dont have much room to complain when whole albums are priced at $1.98!

screw you iTunes. MP3FIESTA, still has my heart....

at least for now.

oh, and all you people should use it too...because you get the real files, instead of the STUPID iTunes locked files. 

so annoying!

date night.

with none other than my lover, val.

i never ever ever see her or talk to her much anymore.

but when we do, it is glorious.

the other day she randomly texted me to go to a movie premier with her.

so i did!!!

we went and saw....

and i really liked it.

it was definitely a cute little love story.

but you all will have to wait until may 14th to see it. haha

the best part however, was us grubbing on some panda express and probably annoying everyone around us. 

we are good at that.

whenever we would take classes together we would do the same thing...with full on meals.

it was ridiculous.

but it would result in my favorite college classes ever, all because of her.

in fact, we even became bridesmaids to some random girl we barely knew in class

it was awesome and awkward all at the same time. 

yep, there we are. right up in the back. and havent spoken to neither the bride nor groom since. haha. i bet they love having a couple of randoms in their pictures. 

so wierd. 

okay, that is all. 

sushills

sushills is now what we refer to tuesday night activities...

sushi [at kan pai, duh] + the hills

me, brynn, brooke, bobby, josh, and nate

last nights premier of the hills might just have been the funniest episode of all time. 

seriously.

thank you heidi montag for your entertainment.

i just want to grace you with some quotes that kept us laughing for at least a good fifteen mintues after the show ended. 

first off..look at that face....

puke puke puke.

 she looks so scary. 

and her eyebrows seriously never went down, not even when she cried. which was a lot.

“I got a slight eyebrow lift, which is why I have these staples in my head … my nose redone. My own fat injected into my cheeks. I had my ears pinned back, I had injections in my lips, I had my chin shaved down, I had my breasts redone, and my back shaped, and I had a little bit of inner and outer lipo done.”

i guess this is how different you can look from...10 plastic surgeries in ONE day?

 umm really heidi? and you think there's nothing wrong with you??

Heidi's Dad: “Your face is more structured. It looks tighter, or like you’re frozen, or … ”

Heidi: "Plastic?" 

 *******************

Heidi:  "You live in the mountains and wouldn't understand."

********************

and my personal favorite...

Heidi's Mom: “How’s that burger?” 

Heidi: “I can’t really chew it.” 

Heidi's Mom: “Do you want me to put it in a blender for you?”

 

 

hooray for sushills!

let me tell you about my best friend.

megan is one of my bestest friends.

we were in joy school together at age 3

and re-met in high school.

but it wasnt until after high school that sparks really flew. haha

okay not really.

but she is basically my boyfriend.

we talk, seriously, like 14 times a day.

shes the one i call on my way to work.

during work.

and when i get off work. etc.

and she does the same.

and i dont think things will change one bit once she gets hitched.

at least they better not.

travis already knows that he's basically marrying me too.

i nicknamed myself wife #2, and he loves it.

anyways this weekend was her weekend.

she went through the temple on thursday for the first time with her main squeeze aka travvy baby.

then on friday we got a little crazy at her bachelorette party...

complete with lap dances, smooches, and little bit of lingerie 

at Dick's Last Resort in Excalibur

the group

ashley, megan, lisa, megan, celina, sara, layne, ashley

 

poor celina had knee surgery on both knees, so she was in a wheelchair. what a freaking champ.

 

oh how megan loved you, taco.

bar dancing at Coyote Ugly in NyNy

and clubbing at Moon and Playboy inside the Palms

then saturday was her bridal shower.

the food was amazing ( im getting real good at weenie making, fyi)...

the games were entertaining to say the least (umm apparently megan doesnt know trav as well as she thought...actually trav just kept getting all the questions wrong supposedly...)

but the company was the best!

oh how i love my megley girls.

we will always be the best of friends even though life is taking us in different directions. 

then it was off to the temple for the megleys minus me.

i was kinda sad about this part...but my time will come and they will all be there for me.  :)

dont they look so beautiful?? aweee.

congrats megs...less than 3 weeks to go!

and congrats tres...just about 5 more weeks til ill be missing your face daily. and our pen pal friendship begins. 

{and for all you that wanna hear about the happenings of mission tres..go to sistertresner.blogspot.com}

m is for marijuana

just because we don't smoke,

doesnt mean we cant celebrate! 

i always like a reason to celebrate. 

so today we celebrated the fact that we don't smoke.

so we're that much richer, and a lot less smelly.

we started off at macaroni grill. it starts with m like marijuana. 

yummmm.

pianted our nails green {its my favorite color :)

went shopping at target, because we can. 

and then went bowling. (i dont know how it fits, but it does)

i look high in the last picture...i assure you i am not.

happy 4:20 everyone!!

how freaking dope is my son?

he eats sushi like the rest of us.

oh and he loves edamame. he's basically pro at getting it out. 

ps. go to kan pai sushi on sahara and cimarron.

30% off all day everyday

its life changing, i tell ya

sometimes we go 4 times a week.