Sorry So Long...

... Its been a long couple of weeks. But happy to say we are officially moved. As of Saturday our new address is
5 Bluewing
Ladera Ranch, Ca 92694
Thursday Grandma and Grandpa got here and we went to dinner. The boys, especially Jack, were so happy to see them. After dinner we went to Johns to set up for the party. We carved pumpkins and hung spider webs, all the fun stuff. Friday was kind of a crazy day. I ran around trying to last minute costume shop finally ending up with an Eskimo. It was simple but cute. the boys and I ate lunch, grocery shopped and ran home so i could shower and get ready for the wedding. Luke got home late so we thought for sure we would be late for the wedding. HIs parents stayed with the kids, which made jackson VERY happy. And they played forever! We finally got there at 415, it was supposed to start at 4pm. Luckily they were all running late. The ceremony started about 515 so we were way safe. Justin Blum, the groom, and I grew up together and I have known him forever. It was beautiful. Even the bridesmaids dresses were gorgeous. It was at sunset, overlooking a lake at Tustin Ranch Golf Club. Their little boy Gavin was a ring bearer and they pulled him up the aisle in a wagon, soooo cute! When we finally sat down inside I stole Gavin and hogged him for awhile. He is adorable. Unfortunately because we had to be at this party we had to leave early. I was soo bummed becuase I was really looking forward do spending the whole night there. But we were off to the next one, in a speedy rushed fashioned. By the time we got home 4 of our friends were there, totally ready, waiting for us. So we got ready in about 10 minutes and ran out the door.

Party was awesome as usual. Everyones costumes were great. My personal favorite was probably Sigfried and Roy (Jake Fitch and Jason Hibbard). They even used accents all night, painted themselves a bronze color and walked around with stuffed tigers. Sooo funny. Luke, Dustin and Jeff went as a roller derby team, named Beaver Fever. They put names on the back of their jerseys, BUSH, MUFF and FUR. Haha They all fell at least once that night, I warned them!! John said we raised $23k though so it was overall a VERY good night.

The next morning, after we got home at 3am, Lukes boss/friend John was knocking at our door at 9am. He was there to help move. So I answered the door, and he looked at me and said "What are you wearing?" I had fallen asleep in my costume!!! hahaha He went in and jumped on the bed to wake Luke up. After they both had a beer it was moving we went. O my gosh we had so much crap. John was a saint. He helped all day. Lukes parents showed up shortly after and also went full speed helping, along with my mom. My sister and her friend came and picked up the boys and took them to lunch at the spectrum so they were outta our hair for awhile. THANK YOU ASH!!! Finally about 7pm we stopped and went to eat dinner. We were all EXHAUSTED.

The next morning Luke met his dad and brother at the house to finish up and I decided the boys and I needed a break and we went to Taylor and Masons birthday party. It was a costume party so the boys got to dress up. You will die when you see Wyatt. They painted crafts and had pizza and of course played for 3 hours. Little Taylor was so cute, she just got glassesto correct a lazy eye and she looked soo cute in them. Not many kids can pull them off but she did! Finally after several attempts made by Wyatt to jump in the pool, itwas time to head out. We went home and I put the kids down for napsand I finally got some stuff done. Organized, put things away, cleaned. Ewww. I hate moving. Again around 7pm we all stopped and went to Claim Jumper for dinner. That hit the spot after the long day.

Yesterday Luke went back to work, a smoke free office finally. I picked up Lukes mom, Sue and Hunter and Ky & we all went to Target to get some much needed essentials. Lukes mom was awesome helping me with everything. I got so much donw yesterday with ehr being there. And Kylee actually. Even she was a HUGE help. Lukes dad Gene and Ethan painted the old house for us, I was so relieved. They all have been absolutely awesome helping and they will never know how much we appreciated it! THANK YOU ALL OF YOU!!! Finally last night we went to Lucilles for dinner (delicious) and then took the kids to the pumpkin patch with Grandma and Grandpa and Ethan and Lari. Grandpa took plenty of video and pictures of the kids running around like crazy men! It was fun. Unfortunately they left this morning so we had to say our goodbyes last night. I love when they come down. Its so fun now that the boys are old enough to enjoy their company and they just aboslutely ADORE them. And I really cant thank them enough for all they did/do for us. We love you guys!! Cant wait til they come back at Christmas time. (The time in between trips keeps getting shorter and shorter, which means its getting harder and harder to stay away, cross your fingers that it means they are moving back to Cali soon!)

We still dont have our computer up and running (I am at Erins watching Bailey so I snuck onto hers!) so I think Im going to save this draft for a little bit til I can get some pics going for you! We have LOTS!!! Anyways, long week, crazy month so sorry we are so behind! It will be back to normal soon I promise!

Hapy Birthday Kylee!!

In the midst of all this craziness I cant forget our shout out to the birthday girl! My niece is 9 years old today! Cannot believe it! Wow how time flies. She isnt my adorable baby anymore, but she has turned into one beautiful, sweet, fun little girl! The boys absolutely adore her. No joke, she is one of, if not their most favorite person in the world. They will do anything she says and follow her everywhere and light up the second they see her. Its so cute. We are so lucky to be so close to them and have her be such a big part of our lives. And let me tell ya alot of the time I dont know what I would do without her. She is defientely my biggest helper with the boys, she is even changing diapers now, poopy ones too! She is awesome, we love her... so anyways HAPPY 9th BIRTHDAY KYLEE!

Schools Out for.... Fire!

Like this week couldnt get any crazier? These fires have been absoultely NUTS!! Of course we have the one closest to us in Foothill Ranch which is filling the sky and air with smoke and dust and haze, not to mention the HEAT! Sunday we went to dinner at my brothers house in RSM, but he is right on the border of RSM and Portola HIlls/Foothill Ranch so of course on our way there is right when the fire broke out and it was so smokey and gross. We watched it on TV all night and when we left there we were watching flames as we hopped on the toll road in the opposite direction. Monday morning Luke went to work, only to be evacuated at 930am. The fire backed right up to the office buildings he is in. Lucky for me he came home and helped me pack and clean while we watched all the crazy wildfires torching Southern California. Lukes brother Ethan and his girlfriend just moved a few weeks ago to Foothill Ranch and around 2pm yesterday they packed up their cars and called us to make sure they could come over when they had to leave. About 430pm they called again and the flames were creeping towards their house and they were watching them through the kitchen window. Luckily it turned and they werent evacuated, so we're hoping they turn out ok. My brother Ryan who lives in Temecula was up this way for my nephews dr appt and wasnt sure they were going to make it home. Luckily he is a cop and knows every back way around those parts and made it home taking super secret roads as he called them. He got called into work this morning at 5am because of how crazy things are in San Diego County. This morning Luke got into his office but most the office is empty considering about 6 of their employees live in SD County and were evacuating this morning. I called my brother Marc this morning to see if Kylee had school (her school backs up to the hills where the fire is currently burning) but they did go to school this morning. However I went to drop Jack off at school today and they have closed his school which also backs up to the crazy hills back there! He was heartbroken. It is now creeping its way through the canyons back there slowly towards my brothers house but were hoping it doesnt get that far and just goes to the hills instead of houses. Its just absolutely nuts. It seems like they are coming up EVERYWHERE and its sooo creepy. My heart goes out to all these people evacuated, the ones who have lost their homes, the ones who have lost their family members and the ones who are standing around wondering if its coming towards them next and especially to all the firefighters and police officers doing their best to protect Southern California... Its scary and I hope its over soon. Were staying inside and the boys are therefore driving me nuts, they have managed to absolutely trash Jacksons room in the last two hours.... but I guess its better than interrupting my packing (and news watching).... Keep SoCal in your thoughts!!

One More Week...

... til we are done with this madness. I have spent most of this week packing (eww) and I just took our first load over to the house, mostly the kids stuff but I had to get it outta the way. Im going to have another garage sale tomorrow and whatever I cant get rid of Im calling good will to come get. We had a birthday party to go to tonight but i ended up staying home. Im exhausted. Its been a super long week and this one should be worst. I sent Luke to the party. Hopefully he is home early enough to get up tomorrow at the butt crack with me. Wish me luck!!
O by the way Cheeseball says hi!

Gettin Behind....

Well well where do i start... Been a busy few days, Im getting behind. Between moving, and people being sick, school, family pictures, garage sales- IM starting to lose my mind. I stood in line behind three people at Bed Bath and Beyond the other day just to get to the front of the line and realize I wasnt even buying anything!

We had family pictures on Sunday. My friend Jen Badraun took them for us... she wants to start a career as a photographer so we were kind of her guinea pigs. She did an awesome job though. Especially since there were 30 of us. My whole family and our good family freinds the Bakers. It was chaotic. But Jen did great. And of course the boys looked studly as usualu (sorry Im there mom, I can be biased!) Although both of their heads of hair are a little out of control right now, I still managed to get them looking decent! Wyatts didnt look like an old man comb over and Jacks wouldnt do anything out of the ordinary except for a mohawk again, his hair is so weird. We went to the usual place, Shaws Cove in Laguna. I want to get her to do some of my boys at this place in San Juan. Its actually like an alley or something but some friends of ours did it there and they looked so cool! Plus with so many people there we didnt get as much time per family so I would like to get some more of the boys done soon. You all know I am a picture maniac so I will make her come do ours again. And I already have a ton at the beach from the last 3 years so I want to switch it up a bit. But these will be good. Im excited to get them all done.

We got a new bed on Sunday-a king. FINALLY! Its so nice not having Luke hogging the bed and having to sleep on the very edge every night. However I still have been cuz Im not use to having so much room. Funny story though, Luke wakes up monday morning and by the time he gets to work he has hives everywhere, has to run to the store and get benadryl. He calls me and says go find new sheets, comforter, everything, Im allergic to something. So I did. Im in LOVE with them by the way. My new bed is the best! So we get it all monday night and put them on and tuesday when he gets to work he has broken out again. He realized its something at work, not the bed! I was dying laughing. O well, I love my new bed. And we got every single piece for $200 bucks. SOOOOO good! My headboard doesnt match anymore so I am kinda bummed but oh well! I never wanna get outta bed! The colors I wanted, everything. Its so nice! Luke loves it too. I think he just likes that Im so far away now! :)

Last night we took the boys to the pumpkin patch. They had so much fun. Jack loves the petting zoo and feeding the animals. Wyatt was his usual punk self, poking the animals in the face through the bars and teasing them with food. BUT, when we got into the petting zoo he freaked. So scared of the animals being right there. This one HUGE goat kept chasing me and Wyatt cuz we had food. I was scared of him so i could only imagine what was going through poor Wyatts head. I finally dumped my food at him and ran cuz I honestly thought he was going to eat me, or at least Wyatts leg. He was kinda an ass. Luke was dying laughing. But he reallly was scary. Finally I gave Wyatt to Luke and chased animals with jackson. He chased ducks around forever. You would of thought he learned after getting bit by a duck at the zoo, but noooo! Of course he cried when we left but I figured we would go back when Grandma and Grandpa got here, Jack will love going with them and Uncle Ethan and Aunt Lari. Ethan already said he wont go to the pumpkin patch unless he can take the kids with him! I think he just wants to ride the ponies and not have people laugh at him! :)

We have started the packing process... not fun. We are having another garage sale this weekend to try and get rid of the last of our stuff. Then its going to good will. But today and tomorrow and friday I am packing. I want to have most everything done before next thursday when Lukes parents get here so we can spend time with them. Hopefully we can just have beds and some clothes to move by then. And we can get it done within a few hours on saturday. So ill pack this week, all the stuff we dont need, have a garage sale saturday, start moving on monday, be pretty much done by thursday when they get here. Then friday nite we have a wedding at 4, the Halloween party at 8 and saturday we MOVE! We will spend the next few days cleaning up this place. Busy next 10 days. But were excited for Grandma and Grandpa to come! It will be fun... Jack is dying to see them. And Wy wil be happy to show off for them Im sure! And again.... dont hesitate to check out Johns party site. If anyone, you or someone you know wants to do a corporate sponsorship let me know... we are looking for big donors like that to help out! (Sorry sidenote!) Well time to do some more laundry............................ the days never end right now!!!

A Good Cause

Most of you may know, but every year our good friend John hosts our annual Halloween party. Every year it has gotten bigger and every year has been more successful. We have known John since high school and Luke and him have been great friends for a very long time. We are very lucky to have him in our lives and our kids lives. They love Uncle John! (and his swimming pool!) But he has the biggest heart and has beenvery very successful as long as I have known him. There arent very many people our age that have done the great things he has and opened his heart to the ones in need. He is a great friend and just an all around great person. And I love being a part of the things he does.... John throws this party at his house in MIssion Viejo, has an open bar (3 of them this year), a DJ, Securtiy at his front gate(at the bottom of his long hill driveway), a film crew (this year from HDNet so it will be on TV) and a photographer. This year he expecting about 500 people, a very strict guestlist. And this year it is mandatory to donate to a good cause. At the gate when you check in with security you will be expected to leave a check. All the money raised is going to two charities. The first is Childrens Hospital in Oakland, which is what we donated to last year. The second is Hill View Acres Childrens Home. This party is one we look forward to every year and the fact that John is making it better and better every year is even more exciting. Luke and I are there to help set up, carve pumpkins, hang decorations, string lights, all the good stuff. And at the end of the night its such a good feeling to have been a part of it. John has a website where he talks about all the details, price, charities, how you can help, etc etc. If there is anything you want to do to help it would be much appreciated! John throws events like this all year long so I will keep you updated on other charities were helping or events he is planning. So dont hesitate to help, there are alot of kids out there who arent as fortunate as mine or yours, and just to put one little smile on their face this holiday season makes all your effort so worth it!

Last year setting up....

The party... well just a few pictures from it!

Garage Sale=Success!!

Finally its over... longest week of my life! Luke stayed home from work wednesday thursday and friday, sick as a dog. Dr said it was still a sinus infection (way better than the flu in my opinion!) and gave him YET another antibiotic. Friday he was feeling alot better and thank god because there was absolutely positively NO WAY I was going to get anything done without him. Not only was I doing a garage sale on saturday but there were three people coming to see the house today in the midst of all this. So on top of emptying my house I had to fully clean it too! UGHHH! So yesterday i finally put Luke to work. Cleaned up the backyard, filled holes in the backyard, cleaned up toys and sandboxes to get ready to sell, clean the house, move furniture to the garage, etc etc etc. We worked alllll day long. But while we were in the garage yesterday afternoon cleaning Luke finally hocked up the foreign object that I am POSITIVE was giving him the sinus infection. I swear it was part of his brain, I almost threw up especially since he kept making me look at it, at one point he even told me to feel it cuz it felt like the cartilage on a chicken bone. SOOOOO GROSSS! But he was so happy! He could breathe again and his throat didnt hurt, he said he had felt that there for 3 days! Ok Im getting neaseous just thinking about it. Sorry, had to tell that story haha! So anyways, he feels much better now! Not 100%, but MUCH better.

So I have been sleeping on the couch the last three nights because the last thing I want to do is sleep in my sauna of a room with the humidifier going and snot nose snoring his mucasy lungs out in my ear. Well about 2am I woke up and looked outside, it had rained! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!! I almost cried myself back to sleep. When I woke up again at 615 it was soaked outside. I called my friend Jen who was coming over to sell stuff with me and she said we can sit in the garage and see if it drys up, or if it starts again. Of course as soon as I hang up with her it POURS! I made Luke get up, put the signs out and made my pot of coffee to sit outside with. Jen Luke and I sat in the garage for maybe 10 minutes ready to close the garage and try again next weekend. THEN all the sudden people started filing into my garage. WHATTTTT???!!!!! I was sooo happy. All my hard work wasnt for nothing. At about 830 we were able to start putting things outside and people just kept coming. I did sooo good. And I sold all the big stuff, number one priority. Yayyyy!

Jen brought over her boys to play with mine and they reaked havoc for 5 hours in the front yard. Jackson caught a lizard, YES caught it! Of course he named it Dega. Him and Wyatt would pick it up and pretty much squish the thing. Poor little guy. I think finally at one point it was frozen in fear. Wish I could have gotten a picture of them squishing Dega before my camera died!Boston is picking at Dega in the bucket in this picture. Jack was trying to be the "big brother" with his arms around both the babies. Why cant he always be this nice?!

So now its time to relax. FINALLY! We are all about to hit the hay, 830 on a Saturday night. We are getting old! However I think the kids are on sugar highs right now so who knows when we will actually get there. Cant wait for my couch to put me to sleep :( I want my bed back!

Never Ending Story....

No, not the movie.... Lukes sickness! Yes he is sick again. And its making me sick just thinking about it. He told me Tues night his whole body was achey like he was getting the flu. I told him he was just trying to get outta helping me clean the garage and it wasnt going to work. So he helped me. Then Wednesday morning woke up feeling awful again! He went to work and sent him home not more than an hour later. So the boys and I left, trying to avoid him the best we could. Which really sucks becuase my plan all week was to clean out the house and get ready for a garage sale on saturday. So you could imagine how much, or should i say how little, i got done yesterday. Las night I met J at lampost for dinner then brought the kids home put them to bed and went to my game by myself at 830. So not fun. I came home, slept on the couch and walked into my sauna of a bedroom this morning to get ready and he pops up saying he feels like crap and is going BACK to the dr. Will it ever end? Thank god he is gone right now and I can begin cleaning, who knows how far I will get. After I pick Jackson up from school I think I will get the kids outta here again. I promised Jack we would go to the pumpkin patch. He needs to get better ASAP because I cant do this garage sale by myself on Saturday. AHHHHHHHH! Please make it stop!!!!!

Night of the Bulldog

Ok so I had to come back one last time today because Wyatt has been quite the man tonite....

First, we are in the tub and he kept saying "ball" so me being the proud mommy call to Luke to come hear him say it. Luke comes in and I tell Wy to tell daddy what he is holding. Well as Wyatt is saying his new word, his brother is picking up some mysterious item from the bottom of the bathtub and asking "Is this a nugget?" then you hear Luke yelling "UMMM, is that poo, Wyatt pooed in the tub! Jack drop it! Get outta the tub!!!" I was sitting there the whole time and didnt even realize Wyatt had layed terds in the tub!! Worst of all his brother was playing with them! UGHHHH! So Luke turns the shower on and we migrate both kids to our shower to disinfect them. Sooo gross! So anyways, Luke was in the bathroom bleaching the bathtub (haha) and I took Wyatt out to get him ready for bed. Well I put on his dirtbike jammies and he is pointing to them saying "trucks"... yet another new word tonight!! Of course his brother tried to correct him saying "They arent trucks Wy Wy!". That was two new words in ten minutes! I was so proud. Thennnnn, he walks over to the fish tank and demands that I pick him up to watch the fish. Of course me being the sucker I am for the little guy, I do and he says his usual "Wuzdat?" (Whats that? in Wyatt in language) and i said its the fishys, he then repeats me in the cutest little voice just the same way I said it. Of course if you just heard him say the word you would never think it was fishy but it was!And he just kept saying it. So cute! Three new words in the same 20 minutes. I was shocked. He loves to talk, but its usually his whats that, whats this, uh oh, daddy, cheese and an occasional juice. So three words in one night, sooo impressed! O and in case I havent showed you, this child has the funniest underbite of all time (hence the Bulldog comment). His dental work later is gonna cost us big bucks. Im hoping he grows out of it or shall I say into it. One way or another I hope it goes away! For now its there for pure entertainment!! Not to mention his lisp... that his dad says better go away or he will knock it right outta that mouth hahah! Such a cute little bulldog... had to throw these pics in for your entertainment. This is kind of an exaggerrated shot cuz he is being a cheeseball but you get the point. HILARIOUS!!

Happy Birthday Parker!!

So crazy, but our little miracle man just turned 1! His birthday was actually last week but I couldnt post it without the infamous 1st bday pics! My brother and Jenny had a party for him last night at my parents. He was so funny. Like Wyatt he hated cake, just liked to play in it. But wouldnt eat it! Jackson helped open presents, Wyatt helped play with them. I swear my kids thought it was Christmas. Ryan ended up opening everything last night becuase Wyatt and jack had to play with everything. Poor Parker didnt care at all that all his new toys were first used by his cousins! However my sister bought both the boys presents too cuz she didnt want them to feel left out (good thinkin Ash!)... such a good auntie. And my aunt Jeanne did as well, snakes even. She hit it right on with those things! So they even got gifts on Parkers birthday haha. Spoiled kids! Poor Sophia, my smallest neice, wasnt feeling so hot. I think she had her first ear infection but she was still soooo cute and smiling for us. She is so happy and easy usually so it was so sad to see her not feeling good and not her normal self. Regardless she is still ADORABLE!! She is 5 months now and weighs as much as Wyatt. She is my little chunk! Love her! Anyways, it was a fun night and I have to say i have the cutest nieces and nephews EVER!!! Yes Hunter even you!! We went to Lauren and Brians on friday night, just to watch the Angels LOSE!! It was a bad weekend in the way of baseball for us. But the night was fun. Wyatt made his home on the dog bed. It was so funny. He layed and played on the thing all night! Saturday we went to an engagement party for our friends Alberto and Amy. They are getting married November 1st of next year. Sooo excited for them. It was nice to meet her family who was in town from the east coast. His family did a great job on the party and it was alot of fun.


And some exciting news from the homefront... we are finally moving!!! Thats right, FINALLY! We are supposed to be outta here on the 1st of November but were gonna do the move on Oct 27th, giving ourselves a few days to clean up this place before we go. Im so excited. Our friends J and Caley have a place in Ladera. Plenty of room, 4 bedrooms, end of a cul de sac (not a crazy street turn where I cant let go of the kids hands when we walk out the front gate)and its FULL of kids. So nice. So the next few weeks should be crazy getting things packed and thrown away and all the good stuff. So im sure you will hear some venting stories in the next few weeks!! Be prepared!!!

Before I Forget....

PLAYOFFS ARE HERE!!! GOOOOOOOOOOO ANGELS!!!!!!!!! Kind of a rocky start on wednesday but I have faith. I would have way rather them play the Yankees but oh well. Luke just kicked me off the tv (in the middle of Greys Anatomy from last night that I am was just able to sit down and watch) to watch the Yankees. BOOO!! I hope they lose! Then were going to go over to Brian and Laurens to watch the Angel game and order some pizza. So go cheer on the Angels for us!! (Oh and for all of you to the east we are cheering on the Phillies too!!!)

Jenna's Last Day

Jenna's last day here with us is today. They are moving to Irvine tomorrow (which is where both her parents work) so they are moving her to a Tutor Time. So today is the last day! She has definetely held her own with these two boys (is actually quite the bully now in fact) and they all treat each other like siblings. They fight like siblings, they love like siblings, the get each other sick like siblings!! Im excited today is her last day because I feel like I will have my own life back (its so hard with the two babies to go do all the things I want/need to do) but we will miss her. She is a very good baby, so easy to feed, to put to sleep, pretty independent and she has been here for the last 8 months of her life so she has learned the ways of this place and taken to them pretty well! She is totally happy, (most of the time) and is really a crack up. Her personality is hilarious. Im sure the boys will be a little confused when she isnt here next week. They havent been without her in 8 months!! Its been fun but this chapter is over, bitter sweet I guess! Im sure we will keep in touch since they really arent that far...So anyways, here is my smalll tribute to Jenna....

Dumbo the Flying Elephant

Jackson has become quite the character lately. It seems like the more he talks the funnier he gets. And he has a great memory, especially when it comes to the things that everyone laughs at. Like a few weeks ago we were swimming in the backyard and he had found a pincher bug that he followed around catching for probably a good hour. Well he named it Dega (dont ask, no idea where that came from). We brought up the pincher bug the other day but Luke and I couldnt remember what he had named him, and Jackson all of a sudden chimes in and says "It was Dega!" Like duh guys! I was shocked he remembered when Luke and I couldnt. So he has been naming things as you can see. Well this morning he walks up to me and is playing with his you know what and says "My pee pee is like an elephant!" I am trying my hardest not laugh and saying "Jack, dont do that!" But then he starts making elephant noises and flailing it up and down! I burst out laughing and he is cracking up. How do I not laugh at that, I was dying. So to make a funny story even funnier, he decided to name it Dumbo the Pee Pee!

"It Was All Just Exhausting!"

Couldnt help but to post one of these pictures. Jack and I couldnt find Wyatt last night and finally Jackson looked in the dog house and saw Wyatt hiding in there. It was so cute. Then of course Jack got in so they played in the gross dog house for awhile! Ewww

Its Tuesday and Jackson went to school today. I put both kids to bed at 815 last night and I ended up waking both of them up this morning at 745 finally. They were so tired. When I dropped Jack off you would never guess what I picked up from his folder. FUNDRAISER CATALOG!!!!!! Yes it begins! I didnt know even pre schoolers did this stuff. I was shocked. He (meaning I becuase a three year old cant do this!) gets to sell all kinds of stuff out of this catalog. Candles, magazines, wrapping paper, chocolates, the whole deal. Should be great fun for MOM! They even get prizes. Aye yay yay! So for all those of you who wont see Jack in the next two weeks and wants to order from him go to

http://www.sigfund.com/ and put all your fun stuff in your shopping cart, when you go to checkout it will ask for the students info. Type in students name- Jackson Brady. School is Saddleback Childrens Center and City is Rancho Santa Margarita, CA. He will then get credit for even the online orders! He is thanking you all in advance ;0) wink wink!

He was so cute when I picked him up today. I always ask him over and over what he did and he always says "I dunno" well after a few I dunnos he finally said back to me "It was all just exhausting!" I died laughing!!! It was so funny.

Happy Birthday Gammy!

So the weekend has come to an end, we just got home and are totally exhausted, but I have lots of pictures to share! For all of you that held a good thought for all of us, THANK YOU!! Even though Wyatt and I didnt get better for the weekend, we still made it just fine. Lemme just tell you that these boys are TROOPERS! They were so good for being sick like they were. Not to mention sunday morning we realized Wyatt had cut ALL four molars and a regular tooth within those few days. And he still was so awesome. Everyone was telling me how good they had been all weekend (as Wyatt is screaming in the family room right now haha back to reality huh!). But they were so right. I was so proud of both of them.

The resort, La Quinta, was gorgeous and our rooms were awesome. Ours was the only one (except my uncles of course) who had a big closed in patio so it was perfect with the kids and all their stuff. They spent the days swimming in my uncles private pool behind his little condo. They had so much fun with my cousin Riley who is Kylees age. And at night they chased crickets pretty much the whole time. But they were very very good boys and they loved spending time with everyone. Jack was swimming on a noodle, something he wouldnt ever do before so I was so excited to see him doing that. He rode around with Papa and on Uncle Ricks back. And Wy, well he kept jumping in whenever his little heart desired. Including this morning when he had his clothes on. Punk. They had so much fun. Jack kept saying "I had so much fun on our trip!" They slept almost the entire way home!

Us old people had a great time too... We hung out at the pool alot at Ricks room and it was so nice to have it all to ourselves so we could be loud and obnoxious. Luke played golf with my parents and brother on sunday and I went to the spa for a massage and all the fixings with all my cousins and aunt and uncle. It was awesome, and so fun to hang out with everyone. The dinners were great. They were catered to my uncles room (huge condo basically) and the food was sooo good. Last night we did a Luau to celebrate Gammys birthday so the night was filled with cake, cocktails, speaches, limbo and hula hooping (hilarious- Aunt Barbara!)! It was alot of fun.

Today is Gammys actual 80th birthday (happy birthday!!). But I think this weekend was way more fun then she will have today! She was ecstatic to have all the kids, grandkids, great grandkids and even her sister there together for a whole weekend. It was pretty much priceless for her. She loved walking up to Jackson all weekend because every time he greeted her with a HUGE hug and smile. It was so cute and she loved it. He loves his Gammy! We even had a photographer come out to do a big family portrait! Should be cute... My uncle Rick and both my aunts did a phenomenal job of planning this whole ordeal and everyone had such a great time. For their own protection, i wont post ALL the pictures but here are just a few cute ones for ya!

Wyatt and Parker high fiving.....

Little fish...
Papa and naked Wyatt.... (Wyatt basically jumped in!) My unlce Rick and aunt Jeanne having a chimmy contest haha
Bad Aunt Ashley... that kid had so much cake.... Have you met my Aunt Barbara? Cuz if you haven't if you need to, then you need to hand her a hula hoop becuase its the funniest thing you will ever see! She yells "Move my ass! Move my ass!" PRICELESS!!!! Wyatts cricket chase, no luck! How funny is limbo.... hahahaha Lychelle you need to be more flexible, or have less boobs!
For some reason this picture of my cousin Drew cracks me up.... hahaha

Nana has this effect on the boys... they go to sleep.
Gammy and poor red nose Wy WyJackson and my cousin Jen catching crickets (meaning pulling off their legs so they dont hop outta his hands after!)

Mommy and her lovebug... This kid loved crickets...
Daddy and his boys...

His cricket died.... "Sure jump on the bed, were at a hotel!"
Jackson marking his territory before we leave....
Perfect ending to a great weekend!!!