Disneys California Adventure

Here are a few pictures from our Disney Vacation a few weeks ago. We loved Disneyland and California Adventure. Our favorite ride was at California Adventures, California Screamin! My wild boy loved his first upside-down coaster. He was scared to get on the ride so we bribed him with a churro. He's no dummy and since they have the best hot churros, he went on the ride with us. He LOVED it of course. We ended up going on it 7 times.

The Dusty Huffy!

My dusty bike is finally clean.
Every possible thing to stop me from riding my dirty bike happened.
Cobwebs and spiders, removed.
2 flat tires, pumped.
One would think tackling these chores could get me back on my bike.
Oh, but I failed to mention that my bike had a combination lock on it. It had been so long since I rode it that I forgot the combination.
Rats! I could not unlock it. How could my brain forget the combo! I even offered $1 to Cody if he could figure out the combination. Jeff bumped it up to $5.
Yes, I would have paid him $5 to unlock my bike.
Finally, in my moments of despair, I went inside and got my wrench. There's two ways to skin a cat. I removed the tire and freed the bike. All that for a 30 minute bike ride in 108 degree heat. I must be insane and sweaty!

What would we post if Cody was in charge of the BLOG?

Cody today decided he needed to take pictures of his stuffed kitty's for the blog. Me, being lazy and unwilling to get up to take his cats pictures, i sent him upstairs to take care of the deed himself. He came back downstairs happy as a clam ready for me to upload them to the blog.
So, here we go. One is named BiG MollY and the other LittLe MOlLy.
I will let you guess who is who!

Well since I am downloading my sim card, here are a few pictures from the first day of school, last Wednesday. Ok, so a few hours after he got home from school and I got home from work. I had him put his backpack on and smile so I didn't completely miss out on his first day.

Special Delivery!

Guess what I got in the mail today? Sorry, mom, didn't open it yet to show you.
Thought I would tease a bit first.

Our past adventures

We haven't posted in awhile so here are a few pictures of our outings. Since I don't think anyone reads our blog, I don't feel to bad for not updating it.

Cody's got glasses, and now he can see! Yea for Cody. He picked them out. I think he did a good job.


We had a very relaxing memorial weekend in tucson.


We went hiking and enjoyed the scenery.


Cody had to endure his mother taking pictures of every sunset. The hiking trails were so cool and the scenery was beautiful.


We saw a huge lizard.


Dad and Cody.


Mom and Cody.


And we saw lots of CACTUS.

News of the Day! Don't get excited, it's not good news!

This came as a shock to me but Cody needs spectacles. Poor little one can hardly see out of his left eye and has been sneakily masking it for years. I feel bad for not catching it sooner but, as mom says, don't blame yourself. Cody picked out some cute blue glasses and hopefully they will help. They unfortunatly won't cure the problem but will help a little bit. We have also been told to have Cody wear an eye patch for 30 minutes to an hour a day to try and get him to strengthen his bad eye. We are playing up the whole pirate thing, "oh, you look so cool with that patch on!" "Arrrr, your a scary pirate!" Yes, he looks silly but what can you do? He also hates the eye mask though because he can't see with his good eye covered up. It has to be done. Hopefully we will see progress. I will keep you posted and maybe even post a picture of him when the blue glasses arrive.

Cody's own Camera

Cody got this totally cool looking kid camera for his birthday. He can loop it to his jeans and it even has a rubbery outside that is perfect for Codys, oh, I mean clumbsy children.
After downloading the pictures I am just not sure what settings it needs to be on. I can't seem to get any clear pictures. See below for our adventures with Cody's camera.

Hmm, not quite flattering, yes Cody, that button takes the picture, don't aim at moms booty next time!


It is a moms job to always read the directions. How does this thing work, ok, so it must be self explanatory, no directions needed. Leave it to a child to think this is picure worthy.


Oh yea! Dad is home from work, "look what grandma Beasley sent me for my birthday, say cheese dad!" Dad thinks the new camera is cool. A perfect gift for the little man.


Finally a picture where we weren't caught off guard. Cody must have been watching the cute little girl that took the picture and forgot to smile.


Aha, this is fun, mom has the camera now. This camera is cooool! Can't resist taking one of the little man, he got a hair cut a few hours before.