What the kids are saying...

We asked Lauren what her favorite word was one night last week...her response was "A.J." awwww.
A.J. is a boy of few words and lots of action, his words consist of "Ball, hot, pool, hi, mama" (but in a high pitch like the muppet Beaker), and yesterday he said "Gaige"!

Todd's business trip

Here are a few pics of his first business trip to Arizona, I finally got them from his phone.

                                                         

                                                   His hotel room, king size bed all to himself.

                                                       The view from his room, pretty cool.

                                                                     The home show.

My nephew's birthday party

Yesterday I took the kids to San Diego to celebrate Gaige's birthday. He turns 3 next wednesday. We had so much fun, the party was at a splash park a few miles from their house in Escondido and man, it was hot.

The kids zonked out afterwards most of the ride home. Happy birthday Gaige, we love you so much little man!

Mustache Monday

Here's a pic of Todd at work behind his huge desk and huge computer, that's his baby ;) It was mustache monday for some reason and here's Todd. Everyone at work told him he looked like a cop, pretty funny.

Todd's birthday

June 30th was Todd's birthday and it was so much fun! That afternoon we went over to the mall and had fun with the kids. In the evening we went out with friends. We all met at the restaurant Buca Di Beppo, so good! Then we went to a comedy club and the best comedian was the host but it was a fun night.

He's 32 now, an old man, haha. I still can't believe how time has flown, I met Todd when he just turned 26. He kept saying how the night was planned perfectly and everything ran smoothly, no problems and everyone was having a good time, I learned that from him being efficient and time management. But those things are at the bottom of the list of the things I've learned from him, at the top of the list is long suffering and personal control, I can't even start with the examples of those things to show you how great of a man he his, not just a husband but a father. I love you babe and I'm so glad you enjoyed your birthday!

June 18-29

I signed us all up for swimming lessons, all four of us. For two weeks, ten days at 6:30 we went to the Intermediate school and took Parent/Child lessons. Honestly if I knew now what I knew then I would have never done it, all we did was swim, which duh but the instructor wasn't really instructing. We blew bubbles the second day, by day 5/6 the kids were sitting on the side sliding into the pool, day 9 was safety day and they wore vests. The good thing was we spent time as a family and the kids got used to the water super fast. We could have done it in our pool at home but it helped that it was a commitment that we paid for, ha, so it forced us to be in the pool everyday. Now Lauren can swim by herself with her PuddleJumper, and A.J. can jump in all by himself. On day ten they got certificates and we were happy to be done!

                                          Day 2 

                                          


                                           Last day of class

                                       
                                           Their certificates

                                        

Going stir crazy

Our pool isn't heated until Memorial Day and the wading pools at the park don't start till the end of June, so with my stir crazy kids I put out a little wading pool in the back. They loved it for a couple of weeks then they were over it but by then our pool was ready to swim in. The "pool" is actually meant for their ball pit but I taped the hole up in the bottom because the manufacturers were trying to out do me but with my tape I saved the beginning of summer.