More fun at the "Beach"

My Sister and her Boyfriend came for a little visit and I had to take them to the swim beach because they have never been and they thought they had done everything there was to do in Big Bear. We brought food and drinks, we had so much fun feeding the ducks and watching Kenzie become obsessed with saying, "Doug." (My sister's boyfriends name) Of course he loved it. Then they swam out to the Big Kid Slide and had so much fun. Here are a few pics from our day!

Shabby Chic Quilt

If you are looking for a Shabby Chic Quilt, look no further! Goto MaryMcNultyDesign.etsy.com she has some of the most Beautiful, Handmade quilts I've seen. I had to share because I love this quilt so much. I just ordered one for my daughters bed and I can't wait for it to come!

Mexican Food Night

We Love Mexican food and decided to Fiesta it up and start the night with a few Margaritas. My husband of course made them in our favorite blender the Bullet, and made a strawberry smoothie for Kenzie. Her 1st, and she loved it! Then we had Tostada's for dinner and were too full for dessert.

We never do wrong with Mexican food!

Making New Friends

Loves chasing the Ducks

So our new local hang out is the Swim Beach at Big Bear Lake and we have started to recognize a few of the same friendly faces. What a small town, I love it! It's amazing how once you have kids you just start talking to everyone because your kid is stealing some other little kids sand pail or someone else's kid is over in your purse looking for keys, whatever, it just cracks me up. I've begun to acquire a little mom's group that just like to hang at the "Beach." It's been really fun for us.

Hit-and-Run in Big Bear

Kenzie and her new buddie

The Fabulous Face Painter!

Kenzie's first Heart Tattoo with Glitter!

Recently a 5 year old boy in Big Bear was killed by a hit-and-run driver. He was crossing the street with his mom and 11 year old brother, they were air lifted to a hospital, the 5 year old did not make it. Since this is my 1st time living in a small town I really got see how a small town comes together in a time of sorrow and grief. I personally did not know the family but they own the Thai Food Restaurant, right next to Paisley Boutique. Everyone is very emotional, as they should be, and I too have been. Having a child of my own makes me think, "what if that was my son or daughter?" I just don't know how people survive it.

Last night Big Bear held a fund raiser at the Hacienda Grill for the Bhandari Family from 4:00- 9:00 p.m. and thousands of dollars were raised for the family. Everything that was there was donated from the local community. My daughter and I went and I was shocked at how many people were there, let alone how many people I recognized from around town. The whole event was filled with love. They had food, drinks, raffles, live music, face painting, jump houses, and my favorite....... Candy Apples! Yummmmmmy! Here are some photos of the Amazing fund raiser, mostly with my daughter in them and her new friends! I'm so glad I was apart of this!

Lake Shasta Houseboat Trip 2009- The Pictures tell the story!

Celebrating great Grandpa's Birthday

Extreme Tubing

Got a Little Banged up

Only 1 1/2 year later after Colon Cancer- never thought to do anything again. Poster Child! Go Mary!!!

I made these for everyone on the Houseboat, and they loved them!

Perfect weather the whole week!

Having breakfast

My sister and her boyfriend having a blast!

My beautiful sister and me!

My brother made a huge bon fire on the hillside and we made Chubbies!

My little brother is amazing on the wakeboard

That one hurt, ouch!

Believe it or not, I wake board too! It's been 3 years and I just popped up, it was like riding a bike. It was so fun for me to show off in front of my brothers and husband who thought I wouldn't be able to get up, let alone get air! Loved it!

Heading back to the marina after a week long trip on the Houseboat!

Miss you Lake Shasta, till next year!

This is our Beach

Testing the water

She decided this place was pretty cool!
With her Auntie Ann

Enjoying playing in the sand

So one thing I miss from living in Orange County is the Beach! It's funny how you miss things when they are not around. But when I lived their, I took it for granted, and just went occasionally. So up here in the mountains it's a little different! So I've been living here for just about 3 months and am finally finding more and more things to do that I just didn't know about. There is a Swim Beach at the lake and it's considered the "Beach." So we went the other day to check it out and it was SO cool. I wish I started going at the beginning of the summer. There are so many things for kids to do. First of all they have Lifeguards on duty at all times, so it makes you feel safe. (I was a lifeguard too for about 9 years, so I feel a connection :) They make everyone swim a test to make sure they are safe and everyone has to wear a life jacket in the "Deepend." They have a huge water slide in the middle of the lake and a bouncer. The kids were having a blast!. There is grass, food, drinks, volleyball courts, toys for the kids to play with in the sand. It was kept up very nice, meaning the bathrooms!

As you can tell I really enjoyed it and can't wait for more fun days at the swim beach. Here are a few photos of our 1st day at the "Beach."