Happy Halloween!

Yep my favorite holiday is here!

Another one

Yep we had an earthquake, 5.6 it lasted 10-12 seconds.
Growing up here you get use to it.
Jagger just looked at us, Olivia got scared and Brandi came running out of her room.
We are all ok, not one thing fell.

My new love

So Brandi and I took a Yoga class last nite. I thought we would be giggling, waiting to hear someone fart, or one of us would fall over. Actually is was a great stretch, it felt good. We would look at each other like I can't do that and you know what we could. We could pretty much do all the moves she asked except while lying on our backs we raised our legs in the air and at on point we were suppose to put our feet all the way over to the floor, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to come back over maybe I will try next time. I felt very rejuvenated. Thursday nites that's were we will be.

It's that time of year

My favorite holiday is just around the corner Halloween. You couldn't ask for a better holiday, you get to dress up, put all the spooky things out in the front. I love Halloween! This year Olivia is going to be a flower and Jagger is a fireman and Brandi hmm I can't remember the name of it but it's this character she found on the internet I'll have to ask her.

Well that only leaves 67 more days till Christmas, ugh.

The greatest feeling in the world

is seeing my sons face as we drive down the hill and he sits up in his car seat points out the window and says "Ba" meaning beach. He loves the beach so much, he knows the right exact time when to look outside the window in the car so he can see the beach.

100 and 10

Well this is my hundredth post, who new after reading Eva's blog that I would start one and how fun this would be. I can't believe I had 100 things to write about. Some of it may have been lame, some sad, some happy, some crazy, or even stupid, but it's my blog and I can write what ever I want, hence my blog .

Well ever since I got back from my moms in Oregon I have been trying to be better on what I eat, how much, and when I can a little exercise. So now I am 10 pounds lighter and only 7 more to go! I can't wait. Joey has also been do well too, I'm not sure how much he is down I just know the other night we where with friends outside by the beach and it was freezing, and we both looked at each other and laughed because we were cold and if we had the extra weight on us we wouldn't be as cold.

So here's to 100th post and 10 pounds lost!

healthy

Both Olivia and Jagger had their check ups today all is well!
Yea this week try me last week!
Both 75% for their height and average for their weight.
Healthy and bright, yeah us!





*robot costume by Brandi*

How did my trip go?

Well it went a little something like this

We left at 7am on Sunday last week, the kids were great.
We stopped for breakfast on 5 at Dennys Jagger stretched his legs around the place.



We got to kingman around 7:30 ate at In and Out and found a hotel.
Took the kids to the pool, got them all relaxed, gave MIL a break.
I think we finally got to bed around 10:00, Jagger and Olivia were all over the bed all night, not too much sleep for me.
So we left the next morning after breakfast.
25 miles before we hit our exit DEAD STOP TRAFFIC all to merge into one lane it added 45 minutes to our trip.



So we get to the house unload take a look around and we go out to the backyard and Olivia goes hysterical "someone stole my jungle gym!" took her forever to calm her down. (Turns out our neighbor (who let us use it)sent me an email to let me know she was bringing it back over the wall, but we didn't get it, you have to prepare Olivia for these things, it turned out ok we said we would get her and her brother a new one). Life goes on.
We ate Panda that night, it hit the spot!



ok this is starting to get long! Needless to say my MIL was a great help and we got everything we needed to get done. Painted Brandi's room, cleaned, put everything away but furniture, re cleaned the backyard. It was great to see Olivia and Jagger enjoy playing in their house. Jagger was ecstatic to run around the house with so much space. He ran in the kitchen in the family room to the dinning and living room, he ran in the loft and in Brandi's room, Olivia's room, My room, and his room.



Olivia and I had closure in her room and assured her we would bring all of her things with us and our new house my not be as big but she will have all of her stuff.



So it's Saturday and I get off the phone with Joey and Jagger has been fussy while I am on the phone. I open the gate to go upstairs and projectile vomit is flying out of Jaggers mouth and nose. I run into the kitchen and ask for my MIL's help. Poor little guy he has never thrown up yet in his little life. So it's been like 2 hours he's taken a nap, drank some water, and we decide to go for our nice dinner, he is playing with his sister. We drive 2 minutes away and he throws up again, not as much this time. Again we go back to the house clean up wait and decide to go again. We just got our drinks and I can see him getting ready I grab a napkin cover his mouth. I pick him up and we drop to the floor so it does not go all over the table. We run to the bathroom when he is done. Poor little guy is covered in what I call cottage cheese. I clean him up and get the food to go. By the next morning he was good, thank god!



MIL got in a little Sandia casino time and I got Chuckie Cheese with the kids. It wasn't too bad. Olivia loved it, because it was familiar to her. Jagger was a mad man running through the place like he owned it. We stayed an extra day to finish up and we are glad we did. I didn't feel like I finished the job, I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders because we stayed that extra day. Oh and I had a little bit of the flu that day just some stomach cramping and diarrhea, (yes I know you needed to know that)



So the ride home went something like this. The car is packed, and I mean packed, we brought the kids wagon, picnic table, all the videos that Jag is into now and some Olivia will now like. We are on our way to Starbucks and Olivia throws up, she was complaining about her stomach hurting earlier and didn't think much of it because she always says that when she won't eat breakfast.



So she is drinking water eating saltine crackers, drinking sprite. She still is getting sick at least 3 more times on the ride, but she is hanging in there. We are about on hour out of Flagstaff AZ and we are at a Dennys and she gets sick one more time this time with dry heaves and I say I gotta call the doctor. They say get her to the ER with in 24 hours. So off to Flagstaff we are in the ER for 3 hours and she gets to drink her own water and hold it down she is good to go. She has a great nurse, who came into the room and introduced herself and was so excited to me "Princess Olivia and that she must have been kissing some frogs to get so sick" (I am writing a note and send to the hospital, because she was great!)

She got to drink her own water $1.25
ER bill $100
Listening to the drunk guy next door Priceless!




So MIL get our free cocktail in the bar (taking turns) ahh Apple Martini, much needed. We get up for our long haul in the morning and MIL has stomach cramps, fever. She says she wants to move on and we do. We make great time with two small children in tow (Oh and Olivia is fine for the rest of the night and in the morning). We left at 9am and got to Pacifica at about 11pm.



We took turns driving, the kids watched videos (a much thanks to Jessica and Marcial for the copy of baby einstein videos it would be the only thing to calm him down sometimes and the extra DVD). We will now have to invest in two DVD players it was so worth it! Also thank you to the wiggles, Elmo, Laurie Berkner, and Fergie for keeping the kids calm! I would also like to thank my neighbors, The Faulkners and The Legers for being such great neighbors and the use of their garbage cans. It was great catching up with you guys. William for chopping down our funky tree in the front. Brook and Toni for coming over to see Olivia (she really missed them).

No more road trips planed for a very very very long time!

Life

Don't take it for granted.

My brother came down for a funeral of a childhood friend.
This was the 2nd death for us in 2 weeks. They both took their own lives.

It sometimes put things in prospective when someone passes. It can put you back on track in your life, you start to focus on things that are important to you and let the other things roll off your back.

Enjoy your life, your kids, your friends, your family, the flowers, the ocean, anything you want to enjoy but just enjoy it.


R.I.P. Lucas

Road Trip, Again

Well we are heading out the end of the week to clean, pack, and paint the house. I am taking the two little ones and I am going with Joeys mom. Should make for an interesting trip. I have a list of things I would love to bring back, but the kids stuff comes first. I hope to have my computer with me so I can update along the way.

Wish us luck!