Summer fun at the pool and lake

Last Thursday 6/25/9

sisters :)

Madi, Kami, Abram and Ethan enjoying an ice cream treat. Kippy, Miranda, Kami, Abby, Madi, Abram, Dani and Ethan
Abram at the lake with his "fishy" friend...6/28/9
He is ALL boy!

11 years ago...

6/27/1998

Steven and I were married.

In a beautiful little church in Whittier, California.
We had family and friends there to help us celebrate.
I am beyond blessed to have Steven as my husband.
He is *the* most amazing man I have ever met.
He completes me and I love him all the way to the moon and back!

3/2009

Do you see what I see?

Robin eggs in a nest in my window box.

Lots of growth in my garden.

tomatoes :)

zucchini :)

and one really cute 3 year old :)

Father's Day camping trip

Happy Father's Day to the most amazing father and husband I know.

Thanks for a fun camping trip over Father's Day weekend.

You truly are one in a million!

We are so blessed.

Abram's first day of preschool...

was Wednesday. For those that know Abram, I mean really know him, know who he is. He is not your typical 3 year old boy or for that matter your typical kid at all. He is...well we like to say just ABRAM. We have talked to him about going to preschool for over a year, prepping him in a sense. We have gone to numerous events held at the school, met with his teacher many times and most recently read a book about preschool titled, "Llama Llama Misses Mama." This little llama is exactly who Abram is...except Abram is a human and not a llama...So he wakes up Wednesday morning...ready to go,

eats breakfast...excited to go,

gets in the van...happy to be going,



we get there...he's NOT having it, one bit!

He's crying, pleading, begging for me to not leave him. We go in and he is clinging to me for dear life. We go to the activity table...still acting like a leach...circle time...he wont even sit on his square...by now I am feeling terrible and think him and I should just leave together and go out to breakfast but know that would result in "giving up." So as circle time ends and they are going to paint his teachers suggests I leave...LEAVE!?!?! What if he is disruptive I say...she says "I will call you if he is." Ok, ok I leave and race home, which is a block away and wait by the phone...and wait and wait. At 10:05 I tell Steven we should go get Abram...but he's not done till 10:30...so we go get a coffee and wait in front of the school. I see kids emerge from the school and I run to greet...the happiest little Abram I've ever seen.

He LOVED it and his teacher said he cried for about 3 minutes after I left...THREE minutes? That's it?!?!?! He told me about his friend Natalie who shared the paint with him and how he can't wait for next Wednesday...and his teacher said once he stopped crying he never stopped talking...now *that's* my Abram I love so much!

San Diego June 2-10

One night I was looking at air fare "just for fun" and came across a deal I couldn't pass up so I booked the boys and I a flight to San Diego for EIGHT days. We stayed mostly with Steven's sister Samantha, who just so happens to LIVE in San Diego and a few nights with Steven's mom Toni a few hours north of San Diego. We had the most wonderful vacation and I was pretty proud of myself for doing it ALL without Steven. The boys were oh so fabulous which made life for me even easier.

June 3-California Adventure at Disneyland Resort

Ethan on the coolest ride ever! My BFF Angela and her kids met us there :)

F is for Friends of course!

Abram and I
The boys with Mater

June 4-Coronado Beach

Abram

Ethan about to give me a heart attack...

Ethan with the sand castle we made.

Ella and Abram :)
Ethan, Abram, Ella and Noah


June 5-lunch with my brother and his family.

Julia, Me, Leah and Aaron

Uncle Aaron showing the kids cool stuff in the duck pond.

The boys and me :)

My baby brother and me :)

Uncle Aaron with the boys and Julia.

Friday night-Ethan went to a Padres Game with his Uncle Gabe.

June 6-Noah's first birthday party

Abram and Noah in his new ride.

Samantha and Noah with his new kicks from us.

My handsome boys.
Ethan swinging at the pinata
Abram too...

June 8-Disneyland, this was a VERY long day!

Auntie Samantha and Abram Ethan and Grammy
Grammy with her 5 most favorite people in the WORLD!
The boys with Eeyore
and Tigger...
Ethan and me
My boys in their new t-shirts from DL...I just love them to death!
Us with M I C K E Y MOUSE!!!
Ethan at the Jedi Training Academy!!!

He was SOOOO excited!

Abram and Ella
Ella with her favorite Auntie!
Abram and me

June 9-La Jolla Tide Pools and Coronado Beach
Ethan making it hard for me to breathe!!!
cuties playing near a 20' cliff...lol
Gabe holding onto my son for dear life!
crabs in the tide pools
Noah, Ella, Ethan and Abram
:)
Back at the beach Ethan fell over some rocks and got scraped up. Uncle Gabe to the rescue!

Stinker chasing me with seaweed.

June 9-Samantha and Gabe's anniversary date.


June 10-our last day~San Diego Zoo and a quick visit with Grandparents.

San Diego Zoo-bugs!

Ethan...this kid makes me laugh!
Abram couldnt wait to see the giraffas.
Ethan LOVED the Elephants.
Ethan, Abram, Ella and Noah
this is the PERFECT word to describe Abram.
Ella and Abram
Ethan

Samantha and me :)
Grammy and her boys!
Nana and Papa with the boys(these are their Great Grandparents)

Thanks Sam for having us...can't wait for YOU to come here in August!!!