Fell off the face of the earth

is what I feel like I have done. We have had so much going on between the wedding K was in and we had family in town, I started back to school this week, I started my new job this week and we still have our normal activities like dance. So I will try and play catch up as much as I can. I did take lots pf pictures at the wedding this last weekend. K was absolutely beautiful. Scott and I were SO proud of her! Not only was she beautiful but she was so polite and well behaved as well. I was one of those proud Mama moments.

K with the groom, Uncle Dave (her godfather)
We were all exhausted on Sunday and spent the morning doing the not so fun stuff around the house like laundry and cleaning. We went to my parent's house for a BBQ Sunday night so we could spend time with out of town family. That was lots of fun and then Monday was the start of school for me and work. I am loving my new job. I didn't think I would like teaching PE so much. It is really fun! I already have a nice tan working, imagine what I will look like in a few weeks. To bad my legs won't match!
After work and dance on Monday night we went to see m cousin play baseball. B was so excited! He is my baseball obsessed child. My dad caught a foul ball and gave to to him and you would have thought it was gold! He and K also got baseball whistles and K got a t-shirt thrown into the crowd. We had our arms full when we left the game.

These Beauties

came home to me last night, delivered by my fabulous husband. Actually, he came home with 12 of these beauties. I am not usually a receiving flowers kinda girl but, last night they were perfect! Thank you luv!

This weekend is a busy weekend. Kennedy is in her godfather's wedding and tonight is the rehearsal. I will definitely post pictures because her dress is gorgeous. It is a replica of a bridal gown with a train and all. She told Scott all she needs is a veil and she can get married. Not the thing to ell your Daddy! Hope everyone has a great weekend!

To My Love...

Happy Anniversary! You make me the happiest wife. I love that you make me laugh, listen to me babble, you know how to calm me and the love you have for our children makes my heart melt. Thank you for marrying me on this day! You still give me butterflies...

Happy 4th of July

We had such a fun day today! The heat was NOT fun but we still managed to partake in food, drinks and fun! We were invited by the company I taught scrapbook classes for to walk in the parade with them today in our town. We always watch it but this is the first year we have been in it. We had a great time handing goodies out to everyone along the route but I think the best part was seeing people we knew form school, dance and family friends. Here are the kids all dressed up for the parade...

We love this parade because you feel like you're in small town America. The parade starts with old bi-planes flying low over the parade route. There is such an eclectic mix that participate like church groups, girl scouts, business', vintage cars and my favorite, pets on parade and kids on parade (they get to decorate and ride their bikes, scooters, etc.). So much fun!! We had a sad ending to the parade. One of the women in the parade with us brought her dogs as mascots. They were all dressed up with a red, white and blue bandanna around their collars. The heat got very intense and they were given lots of water and had water poured on them as well (they rode in the back of the truck). When we got back to our cars on of the dogs (they were English bulldogs) died from heat exhaustion in front of the kids. It was very sad and Kennedy has been upset all day. They rushed him to the emergency vet but there was nothing that could be done. You were the best Rocky!!!

After the parade we had lunch and a quick rest at home before we headed over to my parent's for swimming and a BBQ (that we had to eat inside because it was too hot!). My mom also bought my dad a Margarita machine so we had to break that in too. Nothing like laying by the pool with strawberry margaritas!

Brendan making his funny face

The princess floating in the pool.Some of us pool loungers!

Capped of the day with a fabulous fireworks show, my favorite part!

Hope everyone's day was a great one! Would love to hear how you spent your 4th of July! Please share!

Love this picture

of B's little feet hanging off the seat not touching the ground yet.

We went to Temecula to a barn sale. Debbie went with us and we had a nice days digging for finds. I just wanted the barn! I planned out my craft room upstairs and the kids would have a play room downstairs. Perfect now we just need the land to put it on. In CA that's gonna be pricey! I did find an old locker room basket that I loved. I'm going to put my mini-albums in it cause I am the queen of making mini-albums and I need another place to put them. So here is my find for the day...

After treasure hunting we went to lunch and a hamburger stand and had some great (really bad for you) for. Here we are enjoying the misters at lunch on a hot afternoon...

We made the traffic filled trip home (2 accidents) and met friends to swim. Kennedy had met her best friend the VERY first day of preschool when she was three. Since then we have become good friends with her parents and are lucky enough to find a family that has the same child-rearing beliefs that we do and their children are the same age as ours. So that is who we went swimming with and to dinner after. We had a great time as we always do with them. The only person missing was my hubby who went to the Dodger game with his boss last night.

Just having a relaxing day today and tomorrow we are going to celebrate our anniversary early since this next week is going to be crazy busy!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous summer fun weekend!

Quite day

at home today. nice to have some of those sometimes. Kennedy finds them boring, she is my activity child. She is scrapping on the floor in my bedroom right now. Brendan sleeping....all is well!

I knew I would find it!

I knew it was in the house. Somewhere in one of the corners of chaos. It was found in the bag I took to my Mom's when we went swimming. Yea, back in business!

So Kennedy's last day of preschool occurred and we all made it through. I got a little teary-eyed when her ice cream party was over and it was time to leave. My baby will never be in preschool ever again. That phase of her life is over. I know I keep talking about it but as you can see I am not over it yet. Here is my girly at her ice cream party ( I had to bring her soy ice cream so she could participate)...

Brendan felt quite at home in the classroom himself. He liked playing in the kitchen at kept trying to eat the fake food. Of course my son would try and do that because that's all he wants to do, eat! When it was time to go he ran away because he wanted to stay...

She cried the whole way home on the last day. When I asked her why she said she was going to miss her teacher. My sweet girl.

Scott left for the weekend for a bachelor party so I told Kennedy we would go out to dinner to celebrate her new kindergarten status. My Mom and Grandma met us since my Dad was out of town too. Brendan thought he was funny and when he was eating his roll decided to put butter in his nose and face...

(Sorry for the blurryness) He thought he was SO funny! We also spent lots of time in the pool this last weekend and wore the kids out.

Oh I also wanted to share the shoes I got for Brendan today. They are so full of cuteness and when he wears them he looks like the all-American boy...

How cute are they with their baseball stitching! I am in shoe love!

I have been doing some scrapping lately, mostly some cute kits I have had that I wanted to catch up on. I am on a Rusty Pickle (for you non-scrappers it's a company that make fabulous papers and albums) kick right now so maybe I will post some pickle pictures tomorrow.

Well, maybe not tomorrow cause I am going to school to start planning with my partner for the new school year (crazy!).

Oh yeah, I am also going to be at Glen Ivy again with my scrapbook stuff. They are having a fall festival in October and they asked me to come back and have a booth. I think I am going to be doing some make-and-takes so it's off to the planning board. It sounds like it is going to be fun!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Sorry...I know it's been a few days. I can't find where I put my camera (gasp! It's always attached to my hip) and I don't want to post without the pictures of what we have been doing. So, the hunt continues and I promise I will post soon.

Does anyone else...

love the 4th of July as much as I do. I don't know why but I love the activities, the fireworks, parades, BBQ's and decoration. Here is some of what my house looks like for the holidays...

Anyone watch So You Think You Can Dance last night? Awesome dancing. I wish I could dance like they are able to. Pasha was awesome last night! Tomorrow is my girly's last day of preschool forever. Sad. Not much else going on today. I am teaching a scrapbook class tonight. Just a small one. My Mom's book club asked me to come teach my mini album class from Mother's Day. Should be fun!

Carnivals, Father's Day,Thrifting and a Job

ahh...catch up time. As per usual the running around in circles till you fall to the ground in exhaustion has been filling our days. The past few days I have been so tired it's all I can do to put the kids in bed, kiss my husband and fall into bed (sometimes with my clothes still on) and fall asleep. Let me fill you in on why this happens.

Friday we had a carnival at Kennedy's preschool for the end of the year. It was put on by the teacher's and was so much fun. They surprised the kids and had two inflatable water slides which they thought were the coolest thing EVER! Face painting, carnival games, snow cones and a BBQ followed. It was all free for the students and they parents/siblings. So fun! even little man (Brendan) won some prizes. He thought the plastic back scratcher he won was a golf club but, hey whatever he wants it to be! Here are the kids covered in their sticky, wet fun...

Father's Day was a long fun day. I cooked breakfast for my guy Saturday morning because Sunday morning the favorite men in my life went golfing bright and early. Kennedy made Scott a hat at school. It was so cute, she had decorated it with fabric markers and was so proud when she gave it to him. Scott made me fall in love with him even more when he wore it golfing Sunday morning. Kennedy was so excited when he wore it. Here's some pictures of the boys...

My handsome husband wearing his hat made by his girl.

My daddy

My very fun brother-in-law Mike

Scott and his Dad

While the boys were playing golf my mother-in-law and I went to do our favorite activity...thrifting! We packed the kids up in the car with the red wagon and snacks and headed to Long Beach for the monthly antique market. We had four hours of glorious bargaining for fabulous items that we did not know we had to have till we saw them! I bought a wire basket...

and vintage Victorian postcards (3 Easter and 1 St. Patrick's Day), a vintage apron with red butterflies on it (pictures later) and a vintage floral table cloth (pictures later). I also went shopping in my parent's garage and came home with this..

I am in love with it! It is perfect for holding my quarter panels. I already lovingly arranged them by color (because I am anal) and am deciding the perfect spot to display it.

On another note (I am very talkative tonight!) I got a job today! Nothing full time because I am a selfish Mommy and don't want someone else taking care of my children. Get this... I am going to be teaching PE! Yes you read correctly, don't read it again and stop laughing. I will be teaching PE 4 days a week for 2 1/2 hours a day. It works out perfect time wise and my sweet mother-in-law said she would watch the kids for that short time ( I am okay with the grandma's watching the kids). So that's that. I think I have spilled everything that's been going on. even if I haven't I'm sore you are all thinking this is the longest post ever does she talk like this at home. And yes I do!