So much to catch up on!

Where do I even begin. I hate that life is so busy right now. I can't post my blog, I can't catch up on laundry or cleaning my house. I have been swamped adjusting to being back at work and school. Kennedy had her dance recital Saturday the 21st so we had dance practice 4 days this week which really threw us off! I did make time for one very important thing this weekend...HARRY POTTER!!!! I went and got the book Saturday morning at Sam's club and somehow I made free moments to read the whole book. I finished it this afternoon and I was so excited! I laughed, I cried and I love that book can do that to me. I love that they take me to another place, make me think and open my mind to other ideas that my brain might not have ever come up with (even if it is a children's book). That is actually the second book in the last two weeks that has made me cry. I also just finished The Tanglewood Bible and it was amazing. It is definitely one of those books that brings out emotion in the reader. so back to Harry Potter. The last 1/4 of the book was so exciting with all of the fight scenes and turmoil that I was literally sitting in the edge of my seat while I was reading it.

So I have decided that it is hard to realize how great your life is until something changes. not that anything bad has happened to us but going back to work has definitely been a change for me. I haven't worked in over a year and before that I worked at night so I could be with our babies during the day. Now that I a working during the day (even though it is only part time) I am having a hard time adjusting. I am so used to waking up in the morning and the kids and I decide what we are going to do that day. If we want to play outside then we do, if we want to color or go shopping we do. Now that luxury of time is not there like it used to be. I knew it was going to come to this sometime because the kids were going to start school at some point but I guess I just wasn't quite ready for it. I know this all sounds spoiled because not everyone gets the luxury of staying home with their children but that's where the whole realize how lucky your are comes into play. I started this post meaning to catch up on all of the craziness in our life and here I am going off on a tangent (which is pretty normal for me).


So I will try to stray back onto the path.

I posted a couple of pictures from our weekend trip to San Diego. We had a great time!!! We went to Sea World the first day which was really fun because Megan and my BIL Mike met us for the day. The kids love their Auntie and uncle Ikie so it was very fun for them! We went to Old Town for dinner that night and had great Mexican food. The next day we slept in and went to the Zoo around 11. The kids saw many animals and just had a great time running around. we ended up at Sea Port Village for dinner and spent the next day at the beach before we drive home. I don't think we could have crammed much more in during that long weekend!

My little leopard

Our boy was worn out and cuddled with his new Giraffe he named Big Daddy Vladdy (an Angels player).

One of my favorite pictures of the whole trip.



The week following consisted of homework, dance, homework and more dance and then some more homework! Then Saturday night Ms. Dancing Queen had her recital. she was so excited! She told Scott "You know there's this store called Albertson's and they have this section where there are flowers. No one works in that section I think but you can go in and pick out flowers. they have these flowers that are red and white and they come in a skinny vase. You could pick them out and buy them for me but you have to go up to the cash register and buy them." What a girl! Only she could get away with that! Anyway, she was a fabulous dancing star and loved being in the stage. I think this may be just the beginning for our little dancer. She loved shaking her buns to their sing which was "Shake Your Groove Thang". She looked so cute in her little Go-Go outfit. Here she is...

Before the recital...


After the big dance!






Brendan felt like he was in the recital too so he had to pose with Kennedy. We could not stop laughing because every time we tried to take a picture of Kennedy he would come over and pose next to her! Of course Ms. K had her entourage that came to watch. Gigi, Papa, Auntie Meggie, Uncle Mikie, Grammy, Aunt Carolyn, Mommy, Daddy and Brendan were all there to watch her.

Sorry for the long post tonight! I guess I had more to say than I thought!

Have a great week everyone! Would love to hear what everyone else is doing this summer! Feel free to post a comment (hint...hint).

Quick post

I've been gone for so long because we went to San Diego for a long weekend. We had a great time and I will tell more later but I have to run it's time for Kennedy's Dance rehearsal for the recital...

Songs by Brendan

He is now quite the singer and has his own versions of songs such as...

It's the Dickey Dock (Mickey Mouse) clubhouse
come inside, fun inside

and

Ring round rosie
Pocket posie rosie
ashes
all fall down

Have to love being two!

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!