Friday, June 26, 2009

sad, sad, sad...

So I'm sure most of you have heard all of the news but I just wanted to say how sad it is that 2 great entertainments icons have passed on. The beautiful Farah Fawcett and pop icon Michael Jackson have died...AND on the same day. Crazy! I have been listening to the radio for the past few days and it's interesting to say the least at the response of the public to both of these deaths. We first heard about Farrah dying, which we all knew was a matter of time really, such a sad story. Cancer must be such a slow and painful death, one I hope that I never have to endure. I watched her story on 20/20 and it was inspiring...her courage, faith, and hope, and the shrill will to continue living. It was absolutely amazing and really an inspiration. I think that sometimes, not always, but a lot of the time, we take for granted the simple pleasures of life...like our health and well-being and being able to do the simple things. Farrah has such a struggle these last 3 years and while its sad that she is gone, I almost feel a sense of relief for her and her family, that she is no longer trapped in her own body and now free of pain and suffering. If that makes sense...

Then in the same day, as a shock to all, pop icon Michael Jackson died from cardiac arrest!!! The news was crazy to say the least. Every media outlet from radio to web had update after update about his status, and unfortunately he ending up passing away. I think what's more sad than his actual death is that people are calling the radio stations saying that they are glad he is dead and one less child molester out there and so on. So sad. Whether or not he did the things he did or was crazy or whatever...which we all know he def had a screw loose up there...he was still a pop icon that changed the way we listened to pop music and changed the way we felt inside when we listened to his music. Now I will admit that I was not a fan when he started getting alittle cooky, starting I guess in the 90's or so, but I always loved his music. The 80's were the best by far with Thriller, Billy Jean, Man in the Mirror, and Beat it. It's funny cause we were just at the River Cats game last night with family and of course they were playing all of his old school songs and we were all rocking out :-) At that moment none of us were thinking about all the allegations or weird stunts he pulled, we were thinking of what an amazing artist he was and remembered how much we loved his music and how it made us feel when we listened to it. You all know what I am talking about...cause every time you hear Thriller you know you wanna bust a move too!! haha!

I guess my whole point to this post is that I feel bad that Farrah's death is being over shadowed by Michael Jackson's death and I feel sad that people are so quick to judge someone that they never even knew. That people are willing to remember someone for the negatives that happened in their life instead of the positives and the great things that they have given to us. Now, I am certainly not saying that Michael Jackson didn't do anything wrong...who knows really...but I do know that regardless of his personal actions, he was a POP ICON and he gave us GREAT music that I'm sure my children and even their children will continue to listen to in the years and decades to come. I hope that when I die people will remember me for the person I was inside and for the positive aspects of my life, instead of the things I did wrong and the negative things. I am hope that people do not speak ill of me after my death.

So, I guess I just wanted to say a few positive things in light of all the negative and remember these two icons for the positive things that they brought to our lifetime.

Thank you Farrah for making millions of young boys fantasies come to life and for giving us the feathered hair do...it will always live on!! ;-)

And MJ...thank you for all your amazing music. We will continue to listen to it for years to come!! You are a pop icon that will always be remembered for your amazing talents and of course for your famous "moonwalk".

And in memory of these two icons....
The BEAUTIFUL Farrah Fawcett

My favorite MJ song of all time....ENJOY!!


Photo of Farrah Fawcett can be found at Photobucket
Man in the Mirror music video can be found on You Tube

Monday, June 22, 2009

Santa Cruz Vacation

Hey everyone!! So like always it's been awhile since my last post. Life just kinda gets away from me sometimes and I forget to update my blog. I always say i'll do it later today, which turns into tomorrow, which then turns into days or weeks later. Lame I know :-) Anyways...

So as you all know we went to fabulous Santa Cruz for about 5 days with the Smith's, Morena's, and Grahams. And we had a BLAST!!! It was the best time. The house that Gma & Gpa Morena picked out for us was amazing....it was 3 stories, had a balcony on the top floor, the top floor was all windows looking out to the ocean, and was literally across the street from the beach. The beach was the front yard!! Plus we had the bottom floor to ourselves, our own private little suite!! It was just perfect! And speaking of perfect...the weather was so perfect we couldn't believe how perfect it was...sunny the whole week, well except the night we did our family pictures (haha!) but overall it was so nice. We also had some amazing dinners!! Oh man...I am a HUGE fish fan so eating at these fabulous resturants next to the ocean was heaven for me! It was so nice to just relax and have fun with family. Addi was able to roam around and just play to her little hearts content, we had Dad's famous margaritas...which if you read one of my previous posts you know that I am now a big fan of margaritas :-), put together puzzles, and walked along the beach. It was a blast! Enough said. So, here are some pics from our vacation...Enjoy!

There's lots of pics so keep scrolling!!

The beach house...(It's the one in the middle)

Getting ready for a morning walk in her new stroller

Addi and Mommy

Playing on the beach...


Feeling the cold ocean water...not too sure about it....

Def did not like the freezing cold ocean on her feet :-)

Daddy and his baby girl

OUR FAMILIY! Santa Cruz 2009

Having fun!!

Feeling sand for the first time...

Favorite pic!! Looking out at the ocean...

Reading by the ocean :-)

Getting all cleaned up for dinner at Roy's!!

Mommy and Daddy

My little family...with a gorgeous view!!

My handsome hubby and his mini-me ;-)

My little love bug

GG's and Addi girl on their 50th Anniversary!!

Playing with rice at dinner at Roy's

ooohhhh...weird...rice....

HAHA!! She got 2 pieces of rice stuck to her lip and it
looked like she had buck teeth...soooo funny!!

Some more random photos...







Pics from Addi's first trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
with Mommy, Daddy, and Gpa Smith
Monterey Bay is behind us

STARFISH!!

Daddy and Addi at the Kelp forest

Touch pool

Mommy and Addi girl checkin stuff out...

Seahorses...such amazing creatures!

She LOVED them!!

A fake sea otter...but she loved it anyways :-)

Daddy and Addi by the Orca...such a fun time!!


Info on the aquarium can be found here

Info on the fabulous food we had at Roy's

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend

Hello Hello!! So I know it's been a couple of weeks since my last post...sorry about that. I've been slacking lately I know. We just have been sooo busy these last couple of weeks. No excuses I know. Anyways...so for Memorial Day weekend we had a Bailey Family Reunion in Fresno at our Aunt Midge and Uncle Fred's house. Almost all of the Bailey's were there...we were missing a few members but it was still a great time. My sister-in-law Jodi planned some fun games for all of us...grass volleyabll, pass the bean, and some others. And it was beautiful outside too! 90 degrees!!

Since we were busy with games and eating all the YUMMY food that everyone brought...I got very few pics, but I did get a few of miss Addi girl and her cousin and great Grammy so here they are...

Great Grammy, Emmory, and Addi

The girls!

Everything in sight goes in the mouth :-)

My beautiful baby girl!!

About 1/2 way through the picnic Dan and I had to leave. We had planned a trip to Dillon's Beach with our good friends Dave, Katie, Dustin, and Katie. They had gone down Friday night and since we didn't want to miss the family festivities we decided to just meet them down there Saturday afternoon. And let me tell you it was not easy leaving the picnic and my baby girl!!! We had tried a trial run with Gma and Gpa Bailey the weekend prior to get me used to not having my baby for a night, and that was not easy, but the thought of leaving her for more than one night was almost too much for me. Silly I know but I cannot stand to be away from my baby, especially at night. It feels like you're missing an important accessory, like your wedding ring or something, and you feel naked without it. That's how I felt, naked and weird. Anywho...so for Addi it was off to Auntie Beth and Uncle Todd's for the rest of the weekend and off to Dillon's Beach for Dan and I. I would show you pics of Addi from the weekend that Beth took...but she STILL hasn't posted them yet so...;-) JK I'll post them later when I get them...

So like I said, Dan and I were off to Dillon's Beach!! It was...and I cringe just saying it...a 4 hour drive! Mind you it took a good 3 hours to get to Fresno to begin with, then the drive from Fresno to Dillon's Beach...ughhh 7 hours!! That part was not fun. Although, the weather was beautiful and driving through San Fran was quite lovely. Now, when I say the weather was beautiful, I am ONLY referring to the drive, not Dillon's Beach. As we pulled into Dillon's Beach, soooo excited to FINALLY get there and stretch our legs out and smell the salty ocean breeze...we were hit with the freezing cold 30 mph winds. And no i'm not exaggerating! It was so freakin' cold and windy I could not believe it. We went from dry 90 degree heat, to REALLY cold wind in a matter of 2 hours. It was crazy. Not to mention the fact that the always reliable weather man, wink wink, told us it was going to be 80's at Dillon's Beach and all we packed were shorts, tank tops, and a "light" sweater...in case my woosy self got a little chilly by the fire at night. HA!! Thank God i'm always cold and decided last minute to bring a blanket and pair of jeans...just in case. Let me just tell you that it was miserable!! To make a long story short it was really miserable, the weather that is. Plus there were no showers and only portapotties...which if you know me, you know that I have only had 1 portapotty experience in my entire life and only because it was absolutely neccessary. Other than that...I will do what I need to outside or just hold it. Plain and simple. I can tell you that with drinking alcohol and not having a "normal, clean" bathroom...I have now used a portapotty more times than I ever thought I would in my entire life. I think I saw and smelt things I didn't even knew existed! Ewww gross!

Anyways....moving on. So while that part of the trip was def not enjoyable and I learned that I am more of a RV type person or resort/hotel type vacationer...we def had an amazing time. We have the best friends and when we all get together, we always manage to have a great time, no matter the circumstances. We acted like we were 21 again with high school drinking games, wore pots on our heads and thought it was the funniest thing ever, all sat in the back of our SUV and played trivia games in the freezing cold, AND of course made some of the best memories ever. Even with the freezing cold and crazy wind...I don't think we will ever forget our trip to Dillon's Beach :-) Let's just hope our next memories are in Hawaii or somewhere nice and warm and tropical...So here are some pics from our fun filled trip to Dillon's Beach :-)

Are we there yet!?!?!? Uggghhh get me out of this car!!

Sorry babe...we're almost there...

Lawsons Landing...WE'RE HERE!!

Ahhh finally the ocean...beautiful!

Our campsite...we tried to block the wind :-)

Ahhh sand between my toes!! LOVE LOVE LOVE that feeling!

My honey and I

Dan trying to catch sand crabs!! Def not fast enough hehe

The girls! Love these ladies!!

My baby and I walking along the beach

My bestie!! LOVE her to death!!!

US

View from the dunes

See, it was WINDY!

So that's kinda of a wrap up of what's being going on with us. Next on the agenda is our family trip to Santa Cruz with Gma and Gpa Smith, GG Morena's, and the Graham's. It's our grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary and we are all celebrating at a beach house in Santa Cruz. Ahhh we CANNOT wait!! I have been looking forward to this for months! Dan and I used to go to Santa Cruz all the time...and haven't been in awhile and are craving it badly!! They have many activities planned for all of us and we are very grateful that they decided on this trip for all of us. It is much needed to say the least! The ocean is one of my absolulte favorite things...I love the smell of the salty ocean, the feel of the wet sand in between your toes, the cool breeze that blows across your face, walking up and down the boardwalk and having the feeling like it's the first time every time, and watching the sunset with your loved ones. NOTHING BETTER!!! So that's where we will be this weekend and part of next week....and i'm literally counting down the days!!


Beautiful photo of Santa Cruz, CA found here