My Mom ROCKS!

I love my Mom. She rocks on so many levels. I really had a lot fun when she came down to visit. It wasn't long enough. But we made the best of it. I appreciate her more, now that I'm a mother too. She really is the best. What else can I say, but that I miss her everyday, now that I'm far away. I miss going over to her home, and her spoiling my family with love and of course yummy food. Now I look forward to
her phone call everyday. She truly is one of my best friends. Love you MOM!

Freakin Scary!

"You FREAKIN scared me Daddy!" was what Sophie said to Spencer when he walked by her with this spider. It "FREAKIN" scared me too. Let me start from the beginning. My mother-in-law was coming to visit, so of course, everything had to be cleaned. That's just the way I am. I guess it really doesn't matter who comes, EVERYTHING needs to be cleaned. I'm anal, I know. But, she was coming and everything was cleaned including the garage. I was moving boxes, and bent down to grab a box, when i noticed something in the corner of my eye. When we first moved in we thought we had mice in the garage, so Spencer put out mouse traps. The sticky kind. So as I was picking up a box, I saw this spider stuck in the trap. I thought, "Wow that's an ugly looking spider. So glad it's there and not under this box." I turned my head and started to lift the box from the ground, when a spider twice as big as the one in the trap scurried away. Ok, maybe it was the same size but it looked huge. Anyway, it FREAKIN scared me so I screamed and ran the other way. Meanwhile, Sophie is sitting 10 feet away playing on a box, when I hear a blood curdling scream from her. She apparently saw the spider too(by the way Sophie is deathly scared of spiders) and started to scream and cry at the same time. I yell to Brianna to get Spencer, he runs out thinking something horrible had happened. I tell him a spider as big as my fist is over by the boxes, and if he could please kill it. He finds it,and kills it, and all is well. He then grabs the spider stuck in the trap, looks at it and walks towards Sophie. Not to scare her, just to look at it in better light. He comes back (empty handed) and that's when Sophie says "You FREAKIN scared me daddy." We both just laugh. Needless to say, I was scared to pick up any more boxes. And Sophie decided it was safer to play in the house.

Oceanside Beach

Are you jealous? One of the many luxuries of living in Southern California is the great weather! While everyone is still wearing jackets and sweaters, we are wearing swimsuits, flip flops, and going to the beach. We had a blast playing in the water, making sand castles, searching for sea shells, and burying each other in the sand. No doubt we'll be during this a lot in the summer, especially since it has been known to reach 115 degrees where we live. There is now better thing than going to the beach with family. At least that's what Kaden says. So come and visit! We would love to have any family and friends to hang out with!

Egg Drop

This year, Kaden got the chance to make a vessel for his egg drop project. He went with the space ship theme. He had fun making it,and I had fun throwing it against to the house to make sure the egg wouldn't break. Unfortunately his "space ship" wasn't so lucky when he had to test it at school. Considering he told me about this project 1 day before it was due, I think he did a great job. Now we just have to work on his Venus project.

Hide and Seek

Family Home Evening is so much fun now that we can spend it with Jr. and Trica. I'm not saying it wasn't fun before, it's just now more interesting. I love being able to get together, have dinner, a lesson, a game, and of course yummy dessert. This past FHE we had fun hiding the little kids in unusual places. Sophie got to hide in the trash can. She did so good being quiet and still. Kaden was having a hard time finding her. He actually found her on accident. He went to throw something in the trash and she said "hey". To funny.

Sleepover!

Since we live so close to Jr. & Trica, it's easy to let the kids sleep over. Sophie got an invitation, and was so excited, she packed her bags. All of her bags. She came into our room and said "I'm ready!" Of course I had to take a picture.