Sister Vacation!

Ben is awesome and watched the two girls while I went on vacation with two of my sisters. (My other two sisters, Jenn and Sharon, were very missed!) Marjory, Mandy, and I drove to Placentia, CA to stay with my grandparents. It was the first time I left both of the girls for a week (I did cry a little bit when I left). We had so much fun and it was great to be able to spend time together. We got a little lost on all those California freeways; we relaxed at the beach; enjoyed Disneyland and California Adventure; visited the fancy stores at Rodeo Dr; went to Hollywood and the Chinese theater; went mini-golfing; and played Skip-Bo every night. Marjory even put up with me and Mandy's picture taking madness. It was really nice to visit with my grandparents and spend time with them.

It was a nice break away from everyday life, but I am glad to be back home with Ben, Addi, and Cam. The girls had a blast with Ben and Grandpa Singley while I was gone. They got to watch lots of movies, stay dirty, and go on long bike rides.

First rental car...and the flat tire we got on the start of our trip

That's right, only one who knows how to change the flat tire

The southern guy who pulled over and finished changing the tire for us

Second Rental Car

Marjory, Mandy, and I mini golfing

Mini Golfing fun

Opps! Don't walk

And the winner is...MARJORY!

Mandy and Marjory

Playing Skip-Bo

Grandpa and Grandma even played a round of Skip-Bo with us

At Malibu Beach

Third Rental Car..."It's a PT Cruiser"

I would like to introduce you to the PT Cruiser lady from The Soup.

Grandpa took us out to dinner and I loved hearing all of his stories about his life

California Adventure and Disneyland

Mandy eating honey

I am so strong...I broke the wall!

Mandy and I in a teacup

Standing where Johnny Depp was

DCMA Collective Store...this is Good Charlotte's clothing store (Good Charlotte is a band)

Rodeo Drive

Mandy on Rodeo Dr

Mandy, Marjory, Grandma, Grandpa, and me

The end of our trip

As you can see, between my sister and I, we took a ton of pictures. If you want to look at the rest of the pictures you can click on the link to see them.

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee207/katiesingley/California%20Trip/

My sewing machine is fixed!!

My sewing machine has been broken for months now and I keep finding all these cute things to try and sew. So I finally decided to try and fix it myself. Yeah...it worked!! So I made Addi a dress today. She is very excited since she loves dresses. I got the idea from the pillow case dresses that people keep making. But, I did not have any cute pillow cases so I just took the same idea with fabric that I had.


The link below is the tutorial that I used on how to sew it together.
http://www.graceviolet.com/2008/05/how-to-make-pillowcase-dress.html

Camping!!

We took Caemlyn and Roxie on their first camping trip. We went up to Mt Lemmon and camped at Rose Canyon Lake. It was really nice. We had a huge campsite and nobody was around us. Everyone had fun. We walked around the lake, went hiking, and relaxed. Caemlyn did not like walking on the uneven surface and kept tripping on every rock and branch. The weather was also really nice. Addison had so much fun and cried when we started to pack up and leave.

And we are off!

Ben and the girls setting up the tent

Hanging out by the fire

The girls sitting on their chairs

Caemlyn hanging out with Grandpa

Rose Canyon Lake

Ben showing the girls tadpoles

Caemlyn liked hanging out at the little beach (nothing to trip over)

Addison found a fuzzy caterpillar

Starting our hike up the big hill

And we made it to the top

Thats our campsite way down there

The girls got so dirty in the first five minutes of camping. This is Addison after a day of camping!

Roxie sleeping

Ben read "The Host" the whole time we were camping.

Addi loved her new chair

The girls swinging in Grandpa's chair

Addi fell asleep swinging in the chair

Ben reading his book while he put Addi to sleep