Just livin the dream

Hello Summer

2011-01-17T10:25:00.000-08:00

Sorry all you folks back East, or in Colorado,or anywhere else in the world where its SNOWING! Cuz here in good ol' So Cal we are having our ever so nice heat wave in the middle of January. And its been FAN-freakin-TASTIC. I was beginning to feel white and pastey. Yes ma'am its been 80-something degrees here for a whole week. Shorts and tank tops, even bathing suits. Loving every minute. Makes me crave summertime. Dont leave heatwave, not yet.

Chp Or Dale??

2011-01-13T10:54:00.000-08:00

So Im lookin at pics on the computer and Wyatt comes to join me. He sees this, I giggle. Our convo went like this...Wyatt: "Mom whos that?"

Me: " Its jackson on Halloween when he was little."

Wyatt: " Oh what was he?"

Me: " Ummmmmm he was a chippendale dancer..."

Wyatt: "Oh, (pause)... which one was he? Chip or Dale?"

Seriously rolling on my floor right now laughing hysterically. Hahahha Wy you kill me.

Dont Judge

2011-01-11T10:09:00.000-08:00

Call me crazy, insane, nuts... whatever u want. But this is for my sanity, and so my kids dont end up in Tijuana because there have been several times that the thought has crossed my mind. Yes I made these, with everything from scrapbook paper to cardstock, stickers to glue, velcro to magnetic strips- you name it. Yes, I know CRAZY. And much to my satisfaction it seems to be working, so far....

Exhibit A: Take Away Charts- full of their favorite things and ready to be taken away- muahahahahah!!!Exhibit B: Listening Jars- full of colored cotton balls for good behavior and chores competed, waiting to be filled up in order to get a treat.

Exhibit C, D and E: Chore Charts- obviously.
Wish them luck. Better yet, wish ME luck.

Sad Sad Day

2011-01-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

We thought our Eagles would fly all the way to the Superbowl.... That Sunday came along, and the boys were pumped...However, it was a sad sad day for the Eagles fans here in Orange County. And even more disapointing, look what I got in the mail the day after-

Until next year Michael Vick :(

Fruit Galore

2011-01-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

Erin came over with Bailey today and I took her on our fruit walk. Only half the fruit walk cuz I knew all these kids were not gonna make it. We were gone for a few hours and felt like we were doing something bad because we ended up filling the whole back end of my trailor up with fruit, oh and erins backpack. Grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, blood oranges, lemons, limes, it was Ah-MAZING. I stopped by Kristyns and dropped her off a big bag and Erin took home a huge backpack full, I filled up a grocery bag for Keiras mom and this is what I still had left. Hopefully you cant OD on Vitamin C! I will be back there next week for my next stock up!

Rebel Child

2011-01-06T15:14:00.000-08:00

What kid doesnt want to participate in pajama day?!?! Yes Wyatt. He fought me for two days, and told Riley the day before that his stomach was gonna hurt the next day so he wouldnt be going to pajama day. Terd. This kid is so worried about what other people think it kills me. Took everything in me to convince this child if there was ever a day it wasnt cool to wear clothes to school this was it. Finally I won. And he went, Pjs and all. And his Eagles bear won the award for the best climber ( huh?!?!) and it turns our he actually liked wearing his pajamas to school. Why would you NOT?!?! Thought that was a given.

How We Get Ice Cream-

2011-01-03T15:09:00.000-08:00

-FOR THE BOYS!!! This is how the boys are carted around ladera these days (or nights I guess). We have been back to our nightly walks but this week was too darn cold for these kids to ride their bikes, not to mention both their lips are about to fall off cuz theyre so damn chapped. So into the bike trailor they go, bundled up, playing their DS's, windshield down and snug as a bug in a rug. And hitting up Baskin Robbins on the way... while Luke and I push their fat butts around Ladera, no ice cream in hand :( Spoiled if you asked me ;) PS> Doesnt it look like Jack has a mustache hahahahahahahah

Happy Hikin

2011-01-01T14:52:00.000-08:00

New Years day after I drug Lukes butt outta bed, we went for a hike in Ladera. Nicest day, especially for a 4 hour walk. Ladera has little fruit trees all over the place so we filled up my backpack with oranges, blood oranges and grapefruit (which I stupidly brought my backpack that I cut the straps off of which in turn didnt fit Luke meaning I had to carry it the WHOLE time, stupid stupid stupid!) The boys did great, til about the last 45 minutes when those little legs could barely move anymore, so Wy ended up on Lukes shoulders while I raced Jack home to keep him entertained. Needless to say I hurt the next day. And I am never bringing that backpack anywhere, EVER again. But my fruit was delish ;)

Happy 2011!!

2011-01-01T11:14:00.000-08:00

Ok so here I am, starting the new year. I WILL get to the rest of 2010 (after I get my external hardrive cord from my parents house so i can upload my pics to this computer!) YES i got a new computer! Merry Xmas to me!!! Actually our old one ran outta memory, just in time for me to finish up Jacksons team Highlight video and team book- fabulous huh?! But I LOVE my new one and am really excited to have this HUGE sreen in front me as I type- so thank you Luke, I LOVE YOU! And thank you to the rest of you who totally understand where I have been for the last 2 months while I havent been blogging (as mentioned above!) :) On that note- its a new year. Full of new resolutions. Full of change Im sure. And FULL OF BLOGGING! I promise ;)

I have tons of resolutions this year- some I am sure will be lost within January but I might get an A for effort. And others that I am determined to succeed with because it will make my life, and in turn Luke and the boys lives, way easier!

1) Quit losing my mind daily. Its not that everyday is totally outta control crazy, I think it just carries on from the day before, or week before in some cases. This one has lots of A B and C's to go along with it though- let me explain.

a. Stick to my routine. Daily, weekly, whatever. Boring, maybe. But all and all, way easier to keep up with homework, chores, meals, sports, etc.

b. Stick to the kids chore charts, take away charts and behavior jars. In other words, nip their bad habits in the butt so we are all happier, mostly for my sake so I dont want to take them to Tijuana and make a buck.

c. Make more time to get out of the house and go for a walk or to the park so we dont all go stir crazy. Otherwise those bad habits I referred to above keep creeping up on them/me and we are back to the beginning and probably one step closer to that trip to Tijuana.

d. Quit taking on everything just because someone asks me. I have enough shit to do people- and enough kids to take care of. Im all for helping people out but I seriously have NO clue how to say NO!

2) Make more dinners at home, and lunches as well. Quit using baseball, softball, football and every other excuse in the book to not make dinner. Or we are all gonna weigh 350lbs soon, except Jackson, he will never weigh more than 44- im convinced. The kid has a tapeworm or something.

3) More "family game nights" as my kids like to refer to it as. I love when they ask for this and I love the few months a year that we actually have time to do it. We need to make more time during the crazy months to keep this going. Really because Im competitive and love to win, which I usually do, even with Wyatt on my team. Thats me being modest ;) We did kill them at Battleship the other night. It was bad.

4) Keep up our workouts. I dont need to hardcore work out (well I need to but lets be real, its not gonna happen) but as long as we do our weekend hikes, nightly walks/runs, or an occassional trip to the gym a few nights a week Im good with that.

5) REALLY start our saving jars. We keep saying this and never do. Two of them- one for the kids sports and extra curricular activities, cuz lets face it, the price to play anything these days is like a freakin paycheck. As i type this Im thinking about the fact that in another month or two we will have to sign up BOTH boys for football, one in tackle which is more than twice as much as flag, and its seriously making me want to vomit. And one jar for a vacation, a real vacation. On a beach, with a fruity drink in hand, and a week to just not think about the reality of life in general. Wow its been way too long. If anyone has earned it its Luke, and lucky him, he gets ME too accompany him, we wouldnt want him to travel alone, what fun is that?!?! So a few bucks, or a twenty, every now and then would help. (Still gagging thinking about football sign ups. Sick)

6) Put away my laundry. I suck at this. I put away everyone elses. But for some reason hanging up my shirts is the biggest chore of them all. I could seriously justify hiring someone to do this for me because no matter how bad I want to I physically cant, or wont, which ever way you want to look at it. Luke thinks its hilarious. However hes not so good at hanging up anything either. Ill give you proof if you want.

7) Be more patient with stupid people. I know this sounds so bad but seriously, I am not one to bite my tongue. I will give you a piece of my mind or an opinion even when its not wanted if I think you are totally lame. It may come out as a smart ass remark (thats the Erwin blood in me) or I could be totally serious. But Im sure most people dont appreciate it. But lets be honest, I probably dont really appreciate them or whatever they did to deserve my sarcasm/honesty. Practice what you preach people. ( I think Ive been watching Chelsea Handler way too much!)

8) Read more. I know this sounds lame, but its one thing that allows me to just relax for awhile and escape the madness. Usually it happens after the kids have gone to bed and Luke is watching some lame history channel show, or very rarely at naptime when I have nothign else to do. My sister in law gave me a bunch of books at xmas and Im so excited to get started (right after I finish Are you there Vodka, its Me Chelsea and the Kendra Wilkinson book- pathetic I know!).

9) Get more organized. This is weird for me because I feel like I can be freakishly organized sometimes. (You should see the kids playroom baskets or Jacksons school folder). But by organized I mean I want all my pics on the computer organized into REALLy organized folders, photo books/scrapbooks done, home video onto organized DVDs, the kids preschool work into scrapbooks, my blog updated daily, etc etc etc. These are all things that have been staring me in the face for years and I cant seem to get it done. Myabe a little time every week set aside to do it?? Otherwise I have a feeling that one day Im gonna go on a rampage and just throw everything way. That would totally suck.

10) Take a little more time every day to appreciate what Ive got and a little less time every day concentrating on what I dont. Not everything is perfect all the time, and I have a hard time accepting that sometimes and tend to dwell on it. Ive got it good, real good, alot better than alot of people I know. Even though there are always lowpoints and there will always be lowpoints, I do have alot more highpoints. And that makes me excited for 2011 and all the crazy things that we get to endure, like two kids playing football this year (yes Im still thinking about that registration check and Ive made two trips to the toilet already thinking I was going to hurl!) So to all my friends- Happy 2011- may it be more crazy, more busy, more happy and more RELAXING than 2010!!! And may you see lots more pictures of these smiley little faces!!

7-0 Cowboys!!

2010-10-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

So today was the day that our boys secured the #1 spot- they win this game and they were in the Superbowl for the 2nd year in a row!!! They played Bellflower and whooped on those Broncos 39-0. Safe to say these kids deserve a Superbowl and another undefeated season!! Next week is a bye week for us cuz Riversides team folded after 2 games- so we have Halloween off to get ready for playoffs and SUPERBOWL!!!!!!

It'ssss Spoookkyyyy!

2010-10-22T10:35:00.000-07:00

Thats what Keira said about every craft we did today. I went to Michaels and bought a ton of stuff for the kiddos to do inside thanks to all the rain we had. Erin and bailey came over and we went crazy. They had so much fun. However I think Erin and I had more fun, well until it was time to scrub that paint off my table. Not cool. :)

I Can Breathe Again

2010-10-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

Today was a BIG day. A day I had been anticipating for weeks. WYATTS 1ST PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE!!! I know, sounds sooo ridiculous. But seriously, I never know what to expect from this child. I had no clue what I was going to get from his teacher. With Jackson, I always knew, from day one. I never had to worry about him. You hear me call him Mr Perfect (trust me, that child aint perfect) but he certainly tries to be. And pretty much thinks he is, and if he isnt being perfect, he knows right away and makes sure he admits it, apologizes for it, then fixes it. I know, talk about a complex right?!?! He just always TRYS to be the perfect child. Wyatt on the other hand- whether its at home, in public, with learning, ANYTHING, hes completely unpredictable. Wyatt missed his whole first year of preschool thanks to stupid Capo district waiting lists, and this kid wanted nothing to do with learning when it came from me. And he has a temper. He can be mean. He can be stubborn. He HATES to clean up. And sometimes the things that come out of this childs mouth gets him straight in his room. Ahhh a mothers nightmare when it comes to school. So I sit down and Miss Miriam pulls out his little paper and my hands are sweating and I just say "Ok, lay it on me...' She starts laughing and says "OMG I just love him! But he is nothing like his brother!" OH SHIT! HERE IT GOES!!!!! Worst possible thing she could have started with. And then goes on and on about how great Wyatt is. How all his class loves him and they think hes so funny. And he dances like a crazy person and it cracks her up. "Jackson was always so quiet and hated to sing and dance with us!" Ummm ok wait this is what you were talking about as far as how they are different?! This I can handle. Then gets into "school type stuff"... Basically hes doing great, there is nothing he is behind on, other than knowing how to use scissors lol (for good reason might I add, you think I ever gave this kid scissors?! YA RIGHT! ), he listens, tries hard, gets along with everyone, shares, raises his hand, hes polite, always first in line (thats outta pure competitiveness Im sure) and LOVES school. Ummm are we talking about the same kid?!?! I just kept asking "Ok so what do we need to work on? What about this? What about that? Do we hold him back a year cuz hes behind?" And all she kept saying was "If there is ever an area of concern Ill let you know, but he is doing great!!" HOLY CRAP! Is this really happening?! I can stop sweating?? Yes I can stop sweating. I was sooo proud of that little dude. He may be a terd for me most of the time, but apparentely Im doin something right despite my constant headache with this kid. THANK GOD! And thank you Wyatt for totally proving me wrong :)

Rebel Child

2010-10-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

What do you do when your four year old asks for blonde hair? Well, you give it to him!!!!
Haha yes Wyatt asked me to bleach his hair. Well asked for it to be blonde like brothers is what he actually wanted. And he loves it. Me, I just crack up every time I look at him. Luke calls him blonde bear and thinks its hilarious. Its hair, this too shall pass. However I do wish I would have thought about the fact that the next day was picture day at school. (Grandma and grandpa, nana and papa, gammy, etc- I apologize in advance for the blinding school pictures you recieve this year!) Stupid me. LOL Lets hope tattoos and piercings dont come next! ;)

Oh How I Love Thee...

2010-10-19T09:51:00.000-07:00

... my BFF Oxi Clean. I dont know what i would do without you, especially the months of August- November. You will always be near and dear to my heart. Dont ever leave me.
And yes I used all three of those on his jersey this week. :)

Homework Date

2010-10-18T09:41:00.000-07:00

Kenna and Jack got to the house today after school and McKenna wanted to come in and see the hamster. Well a few minutes later she sat down, opened her backpack and took out her binder, and we are just talking about school and before I knew it she had sat down and started her homeowrk. LOL So i text Kristyn to let her know McKenna would be here for awhile apparentely. So Jack got his out and they sat at the table and did homeowrk together. McKenna would even help Jack when he needed it- I almost died it was so cute. Ahhh the first homework date. ;)

Oh and of course Wy couldnt be left out so he got out his workbook too! LOL

Guess Who's 6-0?!

2010-10-16T12:32:00.000-07:00

You guessed it- COWBOYS BABY!!!! These kids are unstoppable. A 39-7 Victory over Downey this weekend. Jack had a sweet interception- well almost a FULL interception but he and the ball hit the ground. It was awesome though. He played so good. (More pics to come when I get the team pics from this weekend but here are a few for now!)

And Wyatts game- well it didnt happen. We rushed from jacks game to eat lunch, then home to change Wy and to the field (where we had to hike a mile to get there!) and apparentely his AWESOME coach didnt realize our game had ben swicthed to 9am, not 1pm. We were so happy- sike! Nana even hung around after Jacks game so she could catch Wy's :( Oh well there is always next week!!

RUN Just as Fast as YOU CAN!!

2010-10-14T08:56:00.000-07:00

Well its official... Wyatt is the kid that I always knew he would be. I picked him up yesterday and Miss Miriam says "I thought Jackson was shy, Wyatt is way more shy!!" Um, excuse me?! Are you joking?! Well she was talking about with the girls ;) Apparentely his entire class full of girls were chasing him all recess time I guess. Keep in mind there are 12 girls in his class- and ALL of them were chasing Wy. Miss Miriam told me this and I started cracking up. Jackson said "Wy were they trying to kiss you?!" Which totally pissed Wyatt off and he said "NO! they wanted to tackle me!!" And Miss Miriam replied with "I dont think that was it Wyatt!" And a little wink for mom! I left and in the car said to Wyatt "Wy thats so cute that they were all chasing you!" and he says "Mom thats cuz im the best boy in my class!" HAHAHAHA I raised such a modest young guy. He sure is cute though. ;) I dont blame these chicks!!

Hi Jacksons Mom

2010-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

Jacksons little friend gave him an envelope the other day with a few notes in... I seriously almost died. PS this is a little Asian kid in his class who lives down the street, that Jackson never even plays with. Cutest thing ever. LOL

Meet Hamski

2010-10-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Actually her name is Piper but Luke and I call her Hamski. I started "whining/listening jars with the kids" (thank you Rachel!) and they were supposed to be able to get a toy after it was filled up. Well they wanted a Hamster. I never thought it would only take 2 weeks to fill these suckers up. But I guess if you really want something you will clean mirrors and vaccuum for mom, not to mention be on your best behavior. So Hamski was the prize, AKA Piper (after Jacksons teachers dog haha). And yes she spins on this damn wheel ALL NIGHT LONG. Aye yae yae.....

5-0 Babbbbaayyyyy!!

2010-10-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

Jacks game this week was in Compton, Luke was here (wooohoooooo!), their coach was suspended but still managed to "coach"/yell from the stands, their DJ played music during the game dropping F-bombs every other word, the Compton kids looked us up and down and repeatedely used the words "tiny'" "kill" "butts" "crap" "suck/suckers" "OOO-ooo" and god only knows what else- YES sir we were in Compton. And yes sir we kicked their asses in a field full of mud. And when i say mud I dont mean a few mud puddles here and there, I mean all of Compton High Schools stadium was mud. Dont believe me- check out the pics from our 30-6 victory. These dont even do it justice!!! Haha Sucker Coach Robert took Jack in his car after the game!! Sucky for him!! BUTTTTT I did take Radyn home with us after pizza so had to wash both their uniforms and their shoes (in the bathtub!)!! Anyways, We are now 5-0 babbaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!

(Before the game!)

Jake after first quarter!! He did at one point had mud covering his WHOLE face!

Roberts brand new shoes in the 1st quarter lolOur water boy trying to stay upright on his way off the field lolRuben at halftimeHALFTIMECoach Blake after he slipped in the mud on the middle of the field hahahahah classic!More halftime

Mr Perfect

2010-10-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Jacks Back to School night was tonight. I still hadnt really met his teacher (I know, worst mom- but first grade is sooo different!). So I introduced myself and first thing she said (with her hand over her heart) was "OMG he is just the cutest stinkin boy EVER! Ah he is just so sweet I want to squueze him!" HA come see him at home lady! She went on and on about him, how he is so BOY and can rough and tumble at recess then turn that switch off and get to work in the classroom. About what an AWESOME reader he is, and Jackson always tells her "I love to read", how theres a difference between loving to read and being AWESOME at reading. I told her about being a perfectionist in Iversons class last yr and she said "Oh no its not a problem, he just take such pride in all his work! It is always so neat and he takes his time and does it right. He is always asking me how hes doing, I just love it!" Then she told me how she just thought Ms Iverson had the cutest boys in her class she had ever seen last year, so she made sure she got Jackson in her class this year! LOL Well glad his cute little smile can get him places ;) Needless to say, I was very proud of my little dude after talking to Ms Gray. I got home and said to jackson "I met your teacher tonight" "What did she say?" "I dont know what do u think she said?" "That my work was sloppy?" HA YA RIGHT!!!!! Relax Mr Perfect, youre still perfect :)

W-Y-A-T-T

2010-10-05T09:02:00.000-07:00

So Ive been trying to get Wyatt to write his name for months. We always work in his workbooks and he traces my letters, all the typical stuff that would get him to write his name. No success. We went to beachfire for dinner the other night and the boys were coloring. All of a sudden Wyatt says "Look!" He had fully written his name!!! No help or anything. Ummmm HI youve been in school for like 2 minutes- and they already got you to write your name! I was shocked. And mad (selfishly) since my stubborn punk of a child wouldnt do it for me but he did it in school after all of 3 weeks. But, hes writing his name so AMEN to that!!!

His Kinda Heaven

2010-10-04T11:31:00.000-07:00

The boys both had dentist appointments today. NO CAVITIES FOR EITHER OF THEM!!!! Woohoooooo!!! Makes mom happy. :) When we got there the assistant asked the boys if they wanted video games or movies. Hmmmm do you know this kid- Jack just about peed his pants when he heard that!!! He answered so fast. I dont think he will ever think of the dentist the same again. Such a gamer. Pure happiness for this kid.

Games Week 4

2010-10-02T10:44:00.000-07:00

Luke was working this weekend, and of course the kids had conflicting games. So I switched kids with Erin (I took Coach Chris and she took Wyatt) and she helped me out and took Wy to his game. I headed up to Long Beach with jack and Chris for their game where the weather weirded me out so bad i felt like I was in Texas. We got there and it started pouring on us. For a good 30-45 minutes. It stopped, then started to get clear, then all the sudden it was 90 degrees and I was dripping sweat. So bizarre. Anyways, the kiddos crushed the Jackrabbits. 32-0. Our undefeated boys have still not lost (honestly I dont think they would know how to lose if they ever did!). Theyre amazing. Jack was a captain this week so he was pretty pumped. AAnd on a side note, Jackson had to pee while we were on the freeway, so i gave him a doggy bag. Chris almost died. Literally had his window down dry heaving at the smell of pee, which had me in hysterics, which left me unable to tie the bag, drive the freeway and stop crying laughing all at the same time. I sat in my drivers seat holding an open bag of pee, driving down the 405 freeway with tears streaming down my face and I couldnt even talk cuz i was laughing so hard!!! Let alone see where I was going through the tears in my eyes. I seriously almost peed my pants. If there is one thing Chris is good for its pure entertainment. Hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. Freakin' hilarious. Wyatts game went well, Papa went to that too so Wy felt super special that not only were Erin and Bailey there but Papa too, just for him! Luke got home earlier than we thought so we went to dinner at Beachfire, and came home and crashed out early!! Well that was after Luke made me watch Bruno (dont ever watch it!), talking pee holes and all. Sick.

Girls Nights Tough Guys Big Macs

2010-10-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

Ahhh a girls night. Much needed. I headed up to Beachfire with about 12 other girls for some all night happy hour in the 113 degree heat on Monday(this is not a joke, it was 113 here- in September, record breaking heat, DISGUSTING!). It was fantastic. When I came home Luke told me to go look at Wyatt, he went straight to bed after running laps and apparentely "forgot" to take off his sweatbands!

Tuesday Jack had practice, and these cute little kids made me laugh hysterically when I saw this-

Boston and Wyatt seriously kill me. KILL ME.

Wednesday was a quiet night in, again, still SCORCHING hot out so Luke and I BBQd and he poured some cocktails. (I Dunno what it is about heat and cocktails but together they are FANTASTIC!) Well these cocktails were nothing short of amazing and needless to say, the next morning I was eating this at 1030-

I love me a Big Mac. No, it didnt cure my hangover.

Thursday, practice again. Coach Blake pulled a chair up to the "up/downs station" and had Wyatt, Boston and X telling the kids what to do. For twenty minutes all you could hear was these little dudes yelling "HIT!!" "HIT!!" "HIT!!" "Take a rest!!" "KNEES UP!" "HIT!!" Frickin hilarious. Coach Blake obviously loved his job that night. Oh and at one point I ran over this in my stroller-

My week in a nutshell- via my IPhone pics:) Happy weekend!!

MESSage to Me

2010-09-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

I walked out of a store today and walked up to my car- my not so clean car- and saw a message from some nice samaritan on the street....

... HAHA I know its filthy! I get it. The weather is too unpredictable to go get it washed right now (yes thats my excuse :) I'll do it I promise.

Tough Guy

2010-09-25T11:53:00.000-07:00

More to come on Jacksons game when I get some more pics this week- but this one speaks volumes!! Another W for our little Cowboys- our schedule is tough this year- but our boys are still kicking butt. 32-18 against Baldwin Hills Bruins and my tough little dude played AMAZING Saturday. He's an animal out there this year! Oh and due to the stitches in his chin Wyatt missed his game saturday :( Mom was sooooo bummed- ;)

Ok heres some more pics FINALLY!!!

Bigtime Follower

2010-09-24T11:28:00.000-07:00

Ok so dont hate- but I have had a lot of friends going private on these blogs and it drove me nuts. I really couldnt care less who reads this, and whether I know them or not (I do my fair share of blog stalking people I dont know), or if they are my friends sisters uncles cousins daughters brothers girlfriend! HOWEVER there are some crazy weirdos out there- and with as much as Luke is gone lately and the amount of time I spend on my blog complaining about flying solo with my crazy chicks, Id rather not have some crazy psycho show up at my back window cuz he knows Luke is outta town. Im one of those crazys who reads the sherriffs blotters every week (not cuz Im a chicken but I like stuff liek that) and looks out my peep hole before i go outside at night. Ya Im a careful cautious WUSS. So if you are a reader of this blog and want to continue reading (even if youre my cousins friends uncles daughters sisters girlfriend) leave me your email in the comments section and Ill send you an invite to continue reading- otherwise- sorry peeps- we are going private!!

Interesting Storage Idea

2010-09-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

Wyatt got his stitches out today!!!! The doc said it looked awesome and even though one of the stiches fell out and another was almost out, it healed good! Wyatt didnt even flinch when he cut them. Me on the other hand, i may have cringed just a bit. Dr Ball asked Wyatt if he wanted to keep them and bring them home. While I wanted to barf thinking about it, I told Wy he should bring them home so he can show brother after school. So Dr Ball put the little suckers in this---

yes folks- that is a pee cup! HAHA And so a pee cup now sits in their bathroom for the time being. Guess Id rather it be filled with little blue stitches than anything else tho.

My New BFF!!

2010-09-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

Today Kristyn and Jake welcomed baby girl #4!!!!!! Tatum Presley Fitch weighed in at 6lbs 9oz and 17.5 inches long. We were all wondering what this one was going to be like cuz the other three are all soooo different, but looks like Tatum is another Mckenna. Dark hair, complexion and total Fitch baby, and soooo perfect and cute and will be brainwashed by me in no time! (The twins I have under my thumb already- you say "whos your favorite??" and they both yell "AMY!!") Yup, my little BFF's.... and here is my new one!! Love LOVE them!!!

WELCOME LITTLE TATUM!!!!

Congrats Fitch fam- love you all!!! XOXOX

Obsessed Much??

2010-09-20T18:23:00.001-07:00

This is what my 1st grader does on his afternoon off of football.... he plays football on Wii. Weird.

Sunday Funday....

2010-09-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

....or not. Our three bday party weekend turned upside down pretty fast on sunday afternoon. Luke had left early to go to the Ranch Sports Bar with the guys to watch football. At 1230pm the boys and I headed to the pool for McKennas bday party. From there we were supposed to go to Blakes 7th bday up the street, HOWEVER Wyatt had another plan in mind. About 20 minutes in to the party I hear McKenna yelling my name and she says "wyatts bleeding!" I look over and see Jake pulling Wyatt out of the pool then I see my favorite sight- blood pouring out of his face and running down his belly! Ok well do we recall how I reacted when Jackson busted his lip at a party a few summers ago- ya my wimpy butt almost passed out!! Someone else had to drive my kid to the ER. PATHETIC. So we sit him down and Jenny throws a towel on his chin and everyone just says "Just take him to urgent care!" So I ask Robert to call Luke and tell him Im coming to get him to go with me. Then someone says "Well why dont you look at it before you take him!" Then about 7 of my friends yell "UMMMM DONT HAVE AMY LOOK AT IT!!" Ya they know me too well. I shut my eyes and Jen, Jake and Kristyn all look and say "Um ya just go to the ER." So I scoop up my bloody boy, tell my friends to watch Jackson and make sure he doesnt crack anything open and I follow Robert out, who says "Lets just take my truck," so we pick up Luke who is DRUNK to say the least! Robert and I just start laughing, like why the heck did we pick him up?! I would have been just fine taking Robert with me haha So we get to the ER and at that point it was done bleeding. And I actually saw a peek when the dr went to look at it. I turned away right after I saw the nasty crap hanging out. Yuck. Wyatt was so good. He only cried when they were numbing it, I would too though if I had four people who werent my parents holding me down! The dr worked his magic and both nurses kept saying "he is so calm, we never get little ones like this!!" Soooo... the doc was finally done and this is what we got-

5 STITCHES TO THE CHIN!!!!

He was so brave. I couldnt believe it. He laid so still and really never made a peep except during the numbing part (which is when I cringed and almost had to leave the room). So we are heading out and getting into the car and Robert says "oh ya I could totally see like the yellow fat part hanging out!" At that point all i could say was "Thank you for not saying that until now!" LOL We drive back to the pool and Wyatt passes out in Bostons car seat. Long couple hours for him I guess. When we get to the pool Wyatt insisted he take off his bandaid. He wouldnt let anyone see his chin with the bandaid on, and of course everyone was flocking to him to make sure he was ok and check out his battle wound. Finally after arguing with him for twenty minutes I took it off and he showed off his super cool stitches, which Boston called "spikes in his chin"!! Then my friends all continued to tell me when they went to look at it all they saw was the yellow fatty tissue on both sides and thats when they all said "Ummm, ER!" I had to repeatedly thank them for not saying anything til after the fact so i didnt have another pass out incident! LOL its seriously so sad. And of course, we went to the next bday shortly after... AYE YAE YAE.... So much for a relaxing sunday afternoon huh?! A day in the life......

OH and Happy Birthday McKenna!! Sorry for all the chaos!! XOXOXO

Games Week 2!!!

2010-09-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Cant tell you how nice it was to have Luke with me this weekend!!! It was a long saturday! We were outta the house at 640am to head to Jacksons game in Cerritos. We had the worst refs of all time, who called a penalty on every play- AGAINST US! The Cerritos coaches were ridiculously annoying throughout the entire game which I think was making our kids go a little insane. But we won, nonetheless, 20-12 and our undefeated title stayed in tact! We are now 2-0 this season and our boys are playing AWESOME!!! Jack did great- every drive Jack had on quarterback we scored and defensively he played like a maniac! But i swear 6 year old football is going to take years off my life! Its insane!! Right after Jacks game we ran and got some lunch then headed to Wyatts soccer game. I love that he is loving soccer but I really love when we dont have to do it anymore. lol They got scored on probably 15 times, and dint score once. Our team is full of kids who dont wanna play and cry over everything. I finally told Wyatt to just start pushing kids on the floor and taking the ball and he replies with "My coach told me I cant push!" Ahhhhhhh! Just make something happen! LOL But again, he loves it so its all that matters!!!

SUCKERRRRR!!

2010-09-17T13:14:00.000-07:00

So another sucker moment for me on friday- I get a call from the nurses office at school saying Jack is in the office with a stomach ache would you like to talk to him? UM YA I wanna talk to him! He tells me his stomach hurt and he wants to come home... I say "k but if you make me come get you that means you come home and go straight to bed, which means you dont go to football, which means you odnt get to play in your game tomorrow, which means we wont go to the game, which means you dont go to Rubens bday party after. So do you still want me to come get you?" "YES." Well i go get him. He BOUNCED the whole way to the car. Farted the whole way home, cracking up. Shoved a pop tart down his throat when he got home. Took a crap. Tried to play. Then cried when I told him to go to bed. THEN claims his stomach feels better. Oh weird imagine that. Myabe cuz you farted the whole way home and then took a poop?! Needless to say he still layed in bed til it was time to go to practice (HECK ya I let him go to practice! I dont put all this time and money in then still feel the need to teach him a lesson! CMON!!! I mean the kid played in the Superbowl last year with the stomach flu!!) and after the afternoon of crying and lectures I doubt he will pull that crap on me again anytime soon. Next time Im hoping he gets a pass to the bathrooms instead of the nurses office. Punk.

First Homework Assignment

2010-09-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

Love when preschoolers get homework- or should I say moms get homework! Wy was so happy about it- and so proud of his/my creation!

Airlines Suck :(

2010-09-15T21:32:00.000-07:00

Today was the day- Luke was finally supposed to be home. We were super excited to see him, even though it was gonna be like 11pm. It was a looonngggg week without him. BUT of course- flight from Minnesota was delayed. Which in turn made him miss his connecting flight out of Denver to Orange County. Which meant hes shacked up in a King sized jacuzzi hot tub room overnight (terrible huh ;) and cant fly out til 1pm the next day. Stupid airlines. :(

Wyatts REAL 1st Day!

2010-09-14T15:18:00.000-07:00

Holy crap this kid was SOOOOO excited to go to preschool he could hardly contain himself! When he cant go at 8am he gets mad- when he cant go at 9am he gets mad- when he cant go at 10am or 11am he gets mad. Then at noon when we finally get there he sits outside the classroom yelling at miss miriam to "OPEN THE DOOR ALREADY!!!" Dude- kid, can it! Never have I met a child so excited for school before. I guess this is a good thing though. However he is gonna be that kid who talks the whole time the teacher is reading a story. Ughh I always hated kids like that. Oh BTW- 12 girls in his class and 3 boys. Ya- sucky for Wyatt, he can never escape all these girls in his life. Oh and one other thing- I am a sucker. Bigtime sucker. Somehow I got suckered into being room mom. Yes, no joke. Shoot me now. Good thing this kid is so gosh darn cute!!!!

Big and Small, Short and Tall

2010-09-13T23:03:00.000-07:00

The boys had their 4 and 6 year old check ups today. I love comparing their stats year to year and seeing how they compare to each other at the same ages. When they were really little everyone used to tell me I had a Luke and Ethan on my hands. (Ethan is Lukes older but much skinnier and shorter brother!) Totally would have agreed. But over the last year or two I have thought completely differently. My mom still thinks Im crazy but I got the papers to prove it. Watch:

Im starting at 6 months cuz comparing weight the first 6 months is totally unfair lol

6mo:

J-25 1/2 in 16lb 2oz

W- 26 inches 16 lbs 13oz

9mo:

J-28 in 17lbs 10oz

W- 28 inches 19 lbs

12mo:

J-30inches 20lbs 5oz

W- 28 1/2 inches 20lbs 10oz

18 mo:

J- 31 1/2 in 20 lb 1oz

W- 30 in 21lb

2 yr:

J-34 in 23 lb 3oz

W- 32 1/2 in 23 lb 2oz

3 yr:

J- 38in 29lbs

W- 36 1/2 in 28lbs

4 yr:

J- 41 1/2 in 34 1/2lbs

W- 39 in 34 lbs

How funny is that?! Jackson is my skinny beanpole child who has always been somewhere between 50-75% in height and between 5-25% for weight. Wyatt is my little dumpy guy who has always been 10-25% in weight and height! The kid is not gonna be like his dad, thats for sure. And Jackson is almost as tall as Ethan! He will pass him by the time he's like 8!!! The Jack attack weighed in at a whoppin 43lbs and was 46 1/2 inches tall (tall enough for Indiana Jones!!). Poor Wy man is still an inch away from all the big rides at dland! :( But everyones healthy and immunized and still love going to the dr! Wyatt however wasnt too happy about the shots- he finally looked at me and said "mom I dont want to take anymore shots!" hahah "ok honey ill put away the tequilla now!" :)

Flying Solo- El Pollo Loco

2010-09-13T10:30:00.000-07:00

So Luke left early friday morning for Minnesota, which had me flying solo for the week. With the new promotion comes lots of traveling! Which I am good with, usually. Not gonna lie, I was a bit nervous for what the week had in store. Trust me, i can multi task like crazy and drive a hundred miles a day getting kids to and from wherever they need to be. BUUUTTTT, after a long first week of school/fball/soccer/and going non stop cleaning, organizing and getting ready for the new routines-all while Luke was out of town the week before, I could feel myself getting sick. SPEC-FREAKIN-TACULAR! Have I ever told you how much I DESPISE fridays now, especially fridays when Luke is out of town (two in a row now).... We have school of course, and straight from school is soccer, and straight from soccer is football, and straight from football is take out dinner and showers and in bed by 9pm at the earliest to wake up early for whatever god for saken city we need to be in the next morning- all with 3 children in tow. Most people love fridays. I HATE fridays! (Sorry, this is kinda a venting post for me huh lol)!

So now that I have vented about friday (leaving the part out where I wanted to leave my kids locked in a closet for at least a day to regain my sanity)... lets move on..... SATURDAY- Jack woke up about 430am and had peed the bed. Fantastic. He was then in my bed with me, which means from 430-630 when my alarm went off I was being kicked, pushed and breathed on. I got up, showered, got Jack dressed, tried to wake up Wyatt which ended in screaming (he is NOT a morning person), made waffles and theeennnnnnn, my little four year old finally gets up and says "Mom I peed my bed on accident!" WHAT?!?!?! BOTH OF THEM!!!!! PS I just changed their bedding, and both of them maybe pee their beds once every few months when they are SUPER tired or had waaayyy too much to drink before bed. Of course this would happen. Anyways, Im out the door by 710am, drop Jackson off with a teammate to head to Inglewood with the team for their first game. And I head to Wyatts first soccer game with his team- wanna know their name- BEST NAME EVERRRRR- DRUMROLLLLLL PLLEEEEEAASSEEEEE! Yes folks, that says the Jedi Ninja Pirates! Whats a jedi ninja pirate you might ask. No idea- Wyatt is still trying to figure it out. He wanted to be the sharks. Hes so simple aint he?!! His teammates on the other hand- apparentely they are freakin rocket scientists and came up with the Jedi Ninja Pirates. Lord this is gonna be a long year. I know this is terrible but I cant stand soccer, so watching 4 year olds play is pretty much like pulling teeth! Wyatt was hilarious out there, he had a smile on his face the whole time, and had more fun running all over the place than anything else! So thats all that matters :) Wish Luke coulda been there for his first game... he woulda been proud!

As soon as Wyatt was done it was 9am and we had an hour to drive to Inglewood to get to Jacksons first game. This was a HUGE game. We beat Inglewood in the superbowl last year, their parents and coaches got into physical fights when they game was over, so they were out for blood this year!!! What was supposed to be a HUGE, intense, physical game turned into a boring, lame joke. These kids didnt even know where to stand, their coaches were literally picking them up and moving them into position on EVERY play! The clock just ran and ran and ran and ran and they took their sweet time, positioning, tying shoes, tending to hurt kids! Holy crap, I would have rather been watching soccer! We had 10 offensive plays the ENTIRE game, thats how long they took! So needless to say Jack didnt get too many QB plays- but the few he got THEY SCORED! He spent most the game at corner since the other 85 plays we were on defense. LAME. The final score was 24-6. And the only reason they got the touchdown was because the refs felt bad for them and didnt want us to run up the score (he straight up told our coaches that!). It was awful. But our kids played great-as usual- and Im looking forward to our next game against a team that hopefully knows what theyre doing. So after the game, we of course went to pizza with the team. Then after a few hours there Jack asked if he could have a friend spend the night, which somehow turned into two friends (he asked for 3 and I laughed in his face!). Dont ask me what I was thinking. I was exhausted, didnt feel great and just wanted to lay on my couch. But I said yes. Grrr. And Radyn and Isaiah came home with us. I took them swimming so they wouldnt ransack my house, then got everyone dressed and went to Mission to watch our other flag team play at 7pm with a few of the people from our team. A 2 hour break from kids in my eyes! Ahhhhhh! Soccer pics in the am for Wy, then I got rid of extra children, laid on my couch and did nothing til i had to make dinner. Took some PM cold medicine, went to bed, and hoped I would feel better in the morning. Wishful thinking I guess. Luke come homeeeeeeeee!!!! :(

Wys Preschool Orientation!

2010-09-09T11:02:00.000-07:00

K I am not going to get dramatic with this one- it was JUST orientation!! But boy was he PISSED when that half hour of preschool was over and I made him go home!! This kid is more than ready for school to start next week! Watch out SCC- the Bradys are baaaccckkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heres a few of him and Riley, so ready for next week in Miss Miriams class!

Not Even A Goodbye :(

2010-09-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

So its official- my little baby is not a baby anymore. He is officially a 1st grader!!!! Holy crap!!! This is a weird year for me, BOTH my kids will be in school, so bare with me through my rollercoaster of emotions for the next few months!! (Most of these being extreme happiness and not knowing what the heck to do with myself!) So school starts at 8am, we planned on leaving at 745 to walk down there. It got to be 720am and Jack was still asleep. AHHHHHH! Luckily he woke up right then, shoved some waffles down his throat, combed his mop on his head (I wont get into details because chances are Ill get super angry!), and we were out the door. He was sooo excited for 1st grade. AS WAS MOM! A full day of school! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! His teacher this year is Mrs. Gray and he seemed to like her. She looks really nice but looks can be decieving so Ive learned! He was greeted by a ton of classmates! He knew every boy in his class except one... and they were all in his face trying to say hi at the same time. HAHA- apparentely I have little Mr Popular on my hands. So it came time to go and Jack never even said bye to me! Didnt even turn around to see where I was. Just left. WHAT??! Cmon youre SIX!!! You cant say bye to your old mom?!? So pathetic. Sooo we walked home with Jake and Kristyn and I went home and pouted all day- HA! SIKE! Jack was at school! I celebrated!!! ;) JK- kinda! We went to pick him up and he never even said Hi to me either, first thing he said was "Mom! I had TWO recesses!!!!" Haha glad to see first grade treated him well. Anyways, he loved it. Liked his teacher. Happy to have so many friends in his class. Stoked on two recesses OBVIOUSLY. SUPER excited to be able to walk with McKenna. OH and he did tell Luke "Dad I have my own desk!!" Soooo, needless to say, he likes 1st grade. Doesnt surprise me. He's pretty much awesome.

A Long Weekend

2010-09-06T15:24:00.000-07:00

Saturday-

We had Rileys real birthday party at Chuck e Cheese. Then we were off to Uncle Johns with the Widners for some swimming and waterslide. The kids went nuts for like 4 hours. Headed to dinner with them at Flamingos then crashed out EARLY!!

Sunday-

I went to Kristyns baby shower for Baby Tatum due the end of the month, while Luke met Jeff at the pool with the kiddos. After that we headed to Sam and Tracy Fitch's for the guys annual fantasy fball draft. Hot dogs and swimming for the kiddos again! Then we headed over to Lala and Bmoes cuz they were having a BBQ, the boys were sleeping so they slept in Lala's bed the whole time we were there, I LOVE that they live 50 yards away now!!

LABOR DAY!!!

We headed out at 930 for a day of fun in the sun at MV Lake with a bunch of friends! We were having so much fun I didnt take pictures :( Well just one, when camden and I first got there to save our spot! We stole the whole far end of the beach- GO US! Hope someone took more pics!!

Luke the Smartass

2010-09-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

Well kinda ME the smartass- but I like Lukes name in there better! So our team mom this year, Veronika, was a little nervous about being team mom. For one, its ALOT of work and HUGE responsibility!! And for two she is following in the footsteps of our SUPERMOM last year, Patty. At the beginning of the season we gave her the hardest time, always saying "Well, Patty did that!" or "Patty would have known!" "Pattys were better!" ETC ETC ETC! So one of the moms and I thought it would be funny to have a shirt made that said "What would Patty do?" Well Luke put the plan into motion and needless to say, Veronika (and Patty!) LOVED IT!!!! They were dying- and she wears it with pride! HAHA!!!

Love Her!

2010-09-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

Keira makes me smile!!!! LOL

Disneyland!!!

2010-09-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

A short trip last weekend with Toni and Easton, well and I took Hunter and Radyn... empty! We walked onto practically every ride! AND Jack was tall enough for Indiana Jones!!! Great day!

Happy Bday Riley!!

2010-08-30T02:01:00.000-07:00

Riley turned 4 on Monday so Candice invited us and Camden and baby Knox to take a party boat out on mission lake for a little bit for lunch and cake. The kiddos loved it... I probably would have too if Candice wasnt driving the boat (she almost ran over kayakers!)!!! ;) Happy 4th Birthday Riley!!! Love you!! XOXOX

Oh Good Lord!

2010-08-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

Just when i get caught up- I suck again. Way too much fun enjoying our summer, trust me, you should see my house. Sick. Rather than a day-to-day, here is a brief run down on how August has been!

*Football officially started. 5 nights a week 530pm-730pm. His team is looking as bad ass as they did last year. Jack is sporting number 7 this year and playing Quarterback. He hated it at first but now that he knows what hes doing he really likes it. Opening Day was two weeks ago. We had 2 scrimmages already. One against the Huntington beach Oilers. We smoked em- 10 td's- 2td's. They quit in the 3rd quarter and said their kids had had enough and our boys were too physical. Uhhhh duh this is football right?!! The next against the South OC Patriots- Smoked them also, 8 td's-1 td. So we are 2-0. Just the way these boys like it. Should be an awesome season!

*I celebrated my 28th bday. I know, im an old fart. I got spoiled by Luke and the boys. And my friends. And got the best bday present ever from Gene and Sue! My new bike!!!! Ahhhhh I LOVE it! We went to Beachfire with the gang for $1 beers and I had a good good night!! (this is the only pic I had from the night lol Thanks Camden!)

*I got a girls trip in!!!! Me, Lindsay, Ambra, Gianna, Kristyn and Andreal headed to Palm Desert for a relaxing weekend in the sun. Seriously, just what i needed. (Havent gotten these pics yet- GIANNA!!!!!)

*Wyatt started soccer. Only two practices so far but he likes it. Its no football but it will do for this year :) We took him to Dicks to pick out his stuff and this kid couldnt have been any happier!! He is all black and is wearing number 6. Lukes helping coach so its been a bit busy in that category also!!

*Lukes softball team won their championship again and they celebrated like little girls! LOL

*Wy finshed swim lessons with Aunt Lari. The kid amazes me. He did awesome and I dont have to worry about him in the water at all really.

*I had my 10 year reunion!!!!! Yes, again, I am old!!! It was alot of fun though, however I think Luke had more fun than I did!! I think I saw him 3 times all night :)

*Leah was in town from nebraska for the reunion so I had a great weekend with my girls. Friday night we went to Laguna for dinner and drinks. Sat the reunion of course and Sunday we had a family day at the beach. Monday we sent her home after a lunch at In n Out!! It was so good to see her and the girls, I hate that they are so far :(

*Jacks football team had a lake day at MV lake, complete with flag football and adult volleyball. So fun!!

*Lots of random playdates and sleepovers and birthdays and silliness and fun times with friends!*We had lots of beach/ lake/ pool/ waterpark days. Its been super hot and we have been soaking up the rays with all our buddies! Its been awesome!!!! The summer is almost over and school is about to start so lets call August a huge wash and get onto September!!! Im ready to stay up to date!!!

One More Time...

2010-07-23T14:10:00.000-07:00

... again, a short and sweet post. Last week before football starts- the weather wasnt as great as the week before but we still had a ton of fun before the madness begins next monday!!

MONDAY- Lake day we the girls and kiddos again. Great day, we all got fried though!!!!

TUESDAY- Stayed low key for the most part - enjoyed the park for a fe whours with Lindsay and Maddie though. Then dads game and off to Beachfire to celebrate- LUKE GOT A PROMOTION!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!! (More on that later!)

WEDNESDAY- Daddy left at 445am to head to Monterey for the week for work :( Dont ask me about my day cuz I will get so fired up I may smash the computer :)

THURSDAY- Just what i needed, a day with all the gang at Irvine zoo, lunch in the park and walk around the lake! Then the boys headed to Cheyennes to play, and at dinner time I picked up Maddie and Baby Weston so Jeff and Lins could enjoy their first night out since the baby was born. We all headed to Cheyennes to eat dinner and play with them and Kristyn and the girls since all the men were gone. (Did I mention that all three of us live on the same street now basically- scary much?!?) They played freeze dance and watched movies and wore themselves out before heading back to Lindsays to put her kiddos down for bed.

FRIDAY- Mellow pool day and then we are off to concert in the park with the Vallez's and Widners! Here are a few pics of some of the craziness I experience everyday!!!I think our children are the ones who need to be in the cages.

Freeze dance!!!
How cute are Jack and Emma watchin the movie! LOLJack watching tv with baby weston!Oh and PS... I am OFFICIALLY CAUGHT UP! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Lets hope it stays this way!! :)

Family Game Night!

2010-07-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

Jack was so cute this morning- he says "Mom I know what I want to do tonight! I want to eat chinese food and have family game night!" He even set the times! However mom had to reset them just a tad, but it was a great idea none the less! We spent two hours playing Animal scramble, Trouble and Pictureka! And it has now become our new favorite family activity since Wyatt is actually somewhat fun to play a game with now! Til he loses and goes nuts that is! But Jack- thanks for the great idea bud!!!

Tigers in the Making

2010-07-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

So the kids got their new golf clubs for their bdays and the only people who are happier about this then they are (other than Luke) are Nana and Papa!! My mom called me up last week and said can I pick the boys up one afternoon, have them spend the night and take them to the club the next morning? ABSO-freakin-LUTELY!They took them to breakfast there and introduced them to all their friends who work/play at the club (yes my parents know EVERYONE there since they are there multiple times a week). Then they took them to the driving range on the golf cart, strapped their bags in and everything. Then they putted for awhile, which is where we met up with them, we sat on the patio and ordered lunch and watched them putt FOREVER! Literally we got there at 1230 and we didnt leave til 330. They spent 6 hours there playing golf! They bought Jack a new glove- cutest thing EVER! And Wy wanted an alligator head cover! Jack is seriously so into this golf thing its freakin me out (he does know how expensive of a sport this is right?!?!)... needless to say they loved every minute! And so did the kids ;0) Thanks Nana and Papa for a great day!!

Sorry!!!

2010-07-16T21:22:00.000-07:00

But i wont be posting much about this week! We had a busy week full of fun stuff! Football starts soon and we are soaking up every ray of summer we can while we have no schedule to live by!!! This was our agenda this week:
MONDAY- Waterpark with Hibbards, Vallez's, and Dershems all day. The some happy hour riptide with the Hibbard fam!
TUESDAY- Beach day with Ambra and the kids all day, then went straight to Mcdonalds for dinner and to dads softball game!
WEDNESDAY- Swim lessons then pool for the morning, then a little break from the sun!
THURSDAY- Lake all day with some of the girls and kids, until a lighting storm hit! LOL
FRIDAY- Swim lessons, waterpark with Jenny and Kristyn and the kiddos until they kicked us out cuz some lame kid pooped in the pool, so we headed to the pool for the rest of the day! Then Nana picked up the boys for a sleepover and Luke and I headed to meet everyone at the concert at the park- KIDLESS! It was great!
So we are pooped, and sunned out! So until next week peeps- PEACE OUT!

Creepy Crawly Birthday!

2010-07-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Wy celebrated his bday creepy crawly style (so not moms cup of tea!) with just our close group of friends kids- small and mellow, another easy party this year. The lizard wizard came and put on a show full of lizards, snakes, frogs, tarnatulas, tortioses- bluck! But he loved it. Except the tarantula part, he wanted nothing to do with that, so we put it on dads head instead! But he did even hold the snakes!! I was proud :) He was showered with gifts and cups of dirt for dessert and a scavenger hunt for all kinds of creepy crawlies (I hid them, so yes, they were fake!) It was a fun day- and for once, Wyatt got his very own bday party! And he LOVED every minute!! Yes friends, that is a PYTHON around my childs waist (think I shit my pants when they put him there?!)

Concerts and Bunk Beds

2010-07-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

Every friday night during the summer there is a concert in the park here in ladera. Everyone sets up their blankets and beach chairs in the grass and pack coolers full of booze and hang out for the night. So thats just what we did. We rode bikes up there and packed the trailer on the back of the bike with all our stuff. The Widners met up with us and the kids wrestled and played while we sat there and drank. It was fabulous. After we got home the kids went to bed, but shortly after Luke heard a crying kid. So he went in and found Jackson on his floor (we just made their beds into bunk beds again). He had fallen off the top bunk. BUT that wasnt before peeing off his top bunk, all over his bed, Wyatts bed, WYATT, the floor and their rug! WHATTT!?!>!?!>!>! This cannot be real! Part of me felt really bad for him but the other part of me wanted to make him clean up the mess! Oh and by the way he slept through the whole thing and doesnt remember any of, therefore completely denies ever peeing or falling out of bed. However, he had the battle wound on his arm the next day to prove it!!! HA!!!

Ahhhh HELP!!!

2010-07-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

Ive taken on a crazy one year old two days a week this month and between him and crazy Wyatt I may just lose my mind if i dont wind up in the ER first!!! Watch out for flying children if you happen to be in my family room!!! Brayden likes to body slam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, Where Are You?

2010-07-07T14:53:00.000-07:00

Hello Sun,

I have a bone to pick with you. It is July, we are done with June. So say goodbye to your friend June gloom and shine some of those yellow rays down our way so my kids quit having to go to the spa after their swim lessons. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

I'm 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-07-05T23:16:00.000-07:00

Thats right people- the Wy-man is officially 4 years old. And mommy is sad :( This is the first year Wy was old enought to really get it was HIS birthday, and in past years he has always had to celebrate his bday at someone elses party. Soooo this year he got to choose what we did. Here is how the day went....

He got his bday present from mom and dad-

... yes that is a set of golf clubs. Jack got some for his bday too so dad is making these two into little pros soon! He was sooo excited! First we gave him a golf towel-

... he was so excited for that oddly enough.

The balls-

...again totally excited!

But not HALF as excited as when those clubs came out!!!

Next was breakfast. We headed to cinnamon productions for some food. He was one happy piggy.

Next we headed to the driving range to test out these new shiny sticks. Safe to say Wyatt should stick to baseball for now. But Jack was whacking em like he had been doing this for years! Uncle Ethan met us too for a bucket of balls.

Next was Chuck e Cheese!

Then Luke dropped Jack and I at target so Jackson could shop for his brother! He did a great job! Then we hit up some happy hour riptide for Wyatts favorite- sushi!

Then home to open his presents from his brother, which he couldnt have been more excited about! Hes pretty convinced he has the best brother EVER!

Then, a late evening pool sesh. Jack sat out most the time but Wyatt and Luke just swam like crazy!!

He was a happy birthday boy!! And it couldnt have made me smile anymore. It was so fun to see him really have his own bday and appreciate everything sooo much! Once again, he showed me under his tough, jerky, bulldog exterior is still a sweet, loving little boy at heart! This one is sure hard to figure out. People always told me that because Jack was so easy my second wouldnt be. I thought they were wrong when he turned out to be the easiest baby of all time, then he learned to walk, and talk, and yell, and pout hahah and they all proved me wrong! He has so many different sides to him. He is stubborn, yet really wants to please me too. He has a HUGE temper, like veins bulging, eyeball popping, tiger growling temper. But can be so polite and nice and giving. He hates losing, more than he loves winning I think. He gets sooo mad. He is a professional pouter, never whines, just crosses his arms and stares you down. Its scary actually. He is probably the funniet kid I know, he has been a huge goofball since the day he could make a funny face or even a noise. He will just make u laugh all day! He idolizes his brother. He thinks hes the best thing since ice cream. And yes, this kid LOVES his ice cream, or anything else with sugar! He is an athelete! This kid can slug a baseball, launch a football, and runs like a bulldog (no joke, a bulldog, its hilarious). He has the most contagious laugh in the whole world. I can listen to it all day long. And his voice... oh my gosh... his little voice will melt you, with his lisp, and his L's that somehow have W's in them, and his th's are f's. Ahhhh- its so stinkin cute. There is just something about this child that i just cannot get enough of. He is my mama's boy and I would cuddle this child til he was 18 if he let me. I just never wanna quit squeezing him. Luke and I always say, "hes just so cute i wanna put him in my pocket!" There is no better way to put it! Im so excited for him to start school in septemeber but it seriously makes me so sad that he is that old. I just want him to be my baby forever :( To our little bulldog- daddy and I love you and think you are the awesomest kid ever- you bring a smile to everyones face you meet and you never fail to make us laugh. We are so proud of you and are so excited to watch you head to school and start soccer and grow in the next year! Thank you for always keeping us on our toes and reminding us of the little things that make us so happy!! We love you Wy-man, HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY!!!!

4th of JULY!!!!

2010-07-04T15:53:00.000-07:00

This year we did a little something different. We have usually gone to Lauren and Brians but with them selling their house and being super busy I planned a fourth of July shindig at the pool by our house. The pool that just happens to be 100 yards away from where they set off fireworks. Ya, Im pretty much a genious. Around noon, we headed over to the pool, set up camp, (we wheeled our big ass BBQ all the way down the street haha), and there we all sat until about 730pm, drinking, eating, swimming, playing. We had Brayden also since Ash and Eric were both working all weekend. The kids were maniacs, played and swam all day and had a blast. It was the perfect day for them. At 730pm, we walked out the gate of the pool to the park right next to it, transferred our camp to those picnic tables, put the kids in dry clothes and we played there for another two hours til the firework show started. The most intense adults vs kids soccer game went on in the grass (where Luke, Josh and J got their asses handed to them by a bunch of kids!) and the tiny kids played in the sand. Dustin let off his fireworks at the park and all the kids got their annual sparklers and snappers. Then we watched an amazing firework show put on at the park 100 yds away from us! And then... wheeled our BBQ back home at almost 10pm and crashed- HARD! Probably the best 4th of July scenario EVER!! We have definetely found our new perfect 4th of july tradition- everyone seemed to be in agreeance. We had so much fun!!!

Maddie Moooooo!

KendallMason, Wy, Radyn and JackBaby BRadyn, Jack and Boston doing their tricksBaby WestonMy favorite little ham ReaganCrazy kidsWyatt launchingCal, Jonnie, and Amy #2The twinsMaseEmersynMase, Jack, Wy, Radyn and Boston trying to drown Luke :)Fattys ;)Jack and the little ham Reagan againMy cute boyUltimate soccer going onEmersyn and braydenReagan, Boston and WySnappers!!My annual pic of Dustin showing my kids how to do sparklers lolPayton

The wy man

Ambra and Kiki

Jack, mase, Wy, Boston and Reagan

Dustins firework show :)Quentin, Mase, Dyl, Jack, Wy, Boston, Radyn and my little ham again- Reagan

Time for the big dogs!!!Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Hoedown Kendall!

2010-07-03T15:40:00.000-07:00

Kendall turned two and Ambra and Dustin had a big birthday hoedown at their house... and the little cowgirl herself was decked out in my favorite gear! Love her! Happy 2nd Birthday Kiki!!!

My Little Fish is Back!!!

2010-07-02T15:37:00.000-07:00

Holy crap does this kid have a good memory! One lesson in and he was already going crazy... thursday and fri we were at the pool and he was swimming awesome! Thank goodness he remembers... its coming back to him!!!

Here We Go Again

2010-06-30T15:34:00.000-07:00

Back to the drawing board with little Wy man as far as swimming goes... as of January he was still swimming like a fish, then we went to the baby pool in March and wouldnt even put his face in. GRRRRRR!!!! He started to get a little better the two days leading up to his first lesson with Aunt Lari so Im crossing my fingers he remembers everything super fast. His first lesson went REALLY well! A few Wyatt type moments (but no crying, screaming, or freaking out) and he pretty much listened to everything Lari said! Wooohooooo!!! So far so good. Ill keep you posted!

Wish Me Luck...

2010-06-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

... cuz this is how my BIG six year old rolls while at the pool....
.... ya, hi, Ill be at the ER if anyone needs me!

Kindergarden Grad!!!

2010-06-23T22:39:00.000-07:00

School is out for summer!!! WOOOHOOOOOO! (Remind me of how excited I am today when I start complaining in the begining of August!).... Jackson is officially a Kindergarden grad and is off to the 1st grade! Um hi, weird! He had an awesome first year of elementary school, made some good buddies, had a great teacher (who is sooo excited to have another Brady in 2011 she said, however I warned her, Wyatt is NOTHING like Jackson! She may wanna think twice about that one!) and on top of it all he is a brainiac. Hes not like genious smart or anything, but the kid is definetely one to be proud of! He was always above where he shoulda been which is awesome! And he is now full on reading! Freaks me out!! Next year is gonna get interesting! :) After school his class met over at the waterpark and the room moms handed out diplomas and homemade caps and gowns! It was cute. And the kids played for hours together before giving each other a big PEACE OUT til next year :) So until then..... backpacks and books are on the backburners, and sunscreen and boardshorts are our number one priority! Happy Summer!

Erwin Camping 2010

2010-06-21T15:03:00.000-07:00

Fathers day weekend we headed out to Lake Skinner with my fam like we did last year. Our new annual fathers day trip! Marc and Eric and their families werent there but the rest of us partied all weekend. While I wont get in to detail, let me just say, watching my mom brush her teeth after a few too many drinks was so worth all the heat, dirt, filth, bugs, luke snoring, sleeping with my kids, etc, etc. Just kidding, I love camping, but that just made it that much better. The rest is explained in pictures :) ENJOY!
Water balloon fights all weekend! My hands hurt so bad from tying all those things! Jenny and Ryan brought their dog Winston... our mascot for the weekend!

Bounce house craziness... I think Luke actually had more fun running into the sides of it to launch the kids across the whole bounce house!

Bocce ball domination... Yes Ryan and I are the defending bocce ball champions! We even got out the tape measurer this year! Sad I know....

Parker and his crazy antics... this kid cracks me up!

Smores and campfires.... and really gross conversations! Thanks Luke and your vagina mouth!
Best buddies...Just plain old relaxin, drinkin and crazinesss.... Slip and slide- didnt matter if you were 3 or 33 or 63- yes my dad slip and slided too, it was amazing!!! Here goes dad!!!Chubby bunny- soooo gross!Oh and who could forget the fact that Luke thought it was ok to walk back from the showers in his boxers...

Normal Erwin Competitiveness... LOLFlew kites in the pm when it got super windy!Chateau Brady... pretty sweet huh... too bad the "walls' werent sound proof. No matter where I went in there it was either Luke snoring or the kids talking in their sleep. Oh we had a fire going on the mountain behind us so we hiked down to the lake and got to watch the helicopters come down to pick up water... BROTHERSSSS!!!Fathers Day!!!

My Baby is 6!!!!!

2010-06-14T13:56:00.000-07:00

WOW! 6!!! Another year older and another year wiser... so he thinks! Jack had a great 6th birthday... it was a monday so he went to school and had his spring music concert that day, where we were met by Uncle Ethan and Aunt Lari who caught the last half of the performance, then both boys were off to Disneyland with them for the day. Luke, hunter and I met them later around dinner time, and we hit a few more rides before a 5.2 earthquake hit and they kicked us off star tours and shut all the rides down!!! WORST LUCK EVERRRRR!!!! before any of the rides could open back up, both boys were out cold in the stroller, so we headed home at 930 instead of midnight like we had planned :( Anyways, now my sweet little 4lb baby is a 40lb 6 year old first grader and it makes me sad :( Lucky for me he is still as sweet as he was when he was first born, and even though I can barely carry him anymore he still loves it! Hes seriously past my boobs in height but a lean, mean, 6 pack ab, eating machine! Not to mention the older he gets the more and more I realize that he is going to have girls FLOCKING to him. The kid is ridiculously handsome and his smile- (sigh)- that smile can have any girl saying yes (told you Im in trouble!). I cant tell you the amount of moms I had throughout the year tell me how in love with Jackson their daughters are. He just melts me.... I couldnt have asked for a sweeter, more perfect little guy and even though he is getting older, all the things I have always LOVED about him are remaining the same (except that sweet baby smell, you should smell the kid when he gets in the car after football- HURL)! Jackson- your dad and I couldnt be more proud of the little man you are growing up to be. You are sweet, polite, loving, well mannered (minus the burping your abcs habit you have started), determined, smart, driven, athletic, handsome and an all around AWESOME brother and son! We hope this year you get everything you wish for and more because you deserve the world! We love you Bubba- HAPPY 6TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

Jacks Laser Tag Party!

2010-06-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

Jack had his first official big boy party this year! He just had way too many friends with school, football, baseball, etc that I wasnt about to attempt a huge party again this year! So he invites about 30 friends to come play laser tag at the park. It was by far the easiest party i have ever thrown- despite the fact that I had almost 30 6 and 7 year old boys (and McKenna and Taylor)dropped off for three hours (well except for a few football parents that stayed and had cocktails with us!). For two hours the crazy laser tag man ran the party for me and the boys had a blast!!! After that it was popsicles and time to send them on their way! BEST PARTY EVER!!!!!

WELCOME BABY WESTON!!!

2010-06-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

Jeff and Lindsay welcomed my newest love into this world on June 13th! Weston James Vallez weighed in at 6lbs 6oz and 19inches full of cuteness!! Unfortunately, it was the same day I was throwing Jacksons bday party so i couldnt sit in the hospital room all day kicking Jeffs butt at cribbage like i did when Maddie Moo was born :( But as soon as his party was over I rushed over to see him before she went to sleep for the night. I got there and it was just me and Lins, so i got to hog that precious little man for awhile! Love love LOVE him!!! XOXOXO

WELCOME TO THE WORLD MR WESTON!!!

Fun With Apps!

2010-06-05T08:43:00.000-07:00

So a friend of ours, John, creates apps for iphones, mostly for pro atheletes. He is the one who has made the ochocinco app, which Wyatt is obsessed with and has ultimately turned Wyatt into a bengals fan! Well he made one for Jared Allen recently, and as you may know jared Allen is the epitomy of white trash mullet man (Lukes favorite). So One of the features on the app allows you to download a pic and create a face, complete with goatees, beards, mullets, cowboy hats, guns, etc. The boys and Luke have way too much fun with it... as you can see....

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE JACK-

COWBOY WY-MULLET MAN BRAYDEN- (my sister was a little disturbed when I sent this to her, she thought her child was in good hands, muahahahahahah!)

Beach Day!

2010-06-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

We headed down to the beach one Sunday around 2pm, it was overcast but still pretty warm, however come 4pm or so it got alot cooler and the beach started to clear out and in no time we were the only people there. It wasnt til then that Luke and I both sat in our beach chairs, cracked open a beer and enjoyed the peace and quiet. I dont think we left til 630pm. The boys didnt seem to mind that it was cold, they still played and played and played and at one point Wyatt looked over at us and said "Its so quiet!" Ahhhhh just the way I like it. Definetely looking forward to more sunday afternoons like that! (Minus the killing myself over smashball, I couldnt move the next day!)

Lukes Paintball Party!!!

2010-06-02T08:16:00.000-07:00

So Luke turned 30 this year... old fart! I had a few things in mind I really wanted to do for him and he decides he wants to go paintballing! So paintballing it is!!! Him and 20-some friends took off to Chino for the day for 6 hours full of pain, blood, dirt, sweat and large bruises in the making! (So not my idea of a good time- but hey, wasnt my 30th bday!).... I seriously was embarrassed to be seen with Luke after, he looked like he had been beaten. I counted 17 large marks in all, not to mention the huge bumps on his head from getting nailed there, and the "sleeve" on his left arm that looked like a freakin tattoo! Again, please tell me how that is fun?!?!? He had an AWESOME time though, as did everyone else, and now, a month later, he is still nursing those wounds!

AND MAY!!!

2010-05-30T13:50:00.000-07:00

Gees- where to begin with May...... wish me luck!

Taste of Ladera!

The annual party at the park down the street from our house. Games, food, drinks, concerts, drinks, and some wild and crazy kids running around all day/night. Lala and Bmoes Rehearsal Dinner!

This is the night I started to get nervous the my children were not going to behave during this ceremony! Luke was a groomsmen and the boys were both ring bearers (hence their RING SECURITY shirts they are wearing that Lala got them!) so we had the rehearsal Thursday night and dinner at Kings fishhouse!

The wedding!!!

It was awesome! The boys did AMAZING (minus Wyatt flopping to the ground mid ceremony and putting his legs straight up in the air!) Lala was gorgeous! The place was great, and we had alot of fun! The boys stuck around to dance like maniacs for awhile before my parents picked them up and took them home with them. Then it was adult time :) Meaning Luke ripped up the dance floor allllll nighhttttt looonnnggggg! Sorry these are all the pics I have for now- :( Randomally gathered from everyones albums online! Then randomally placed on this page in no paticular order! :)

Mothers DAY!!

We had a great day! Bruch at El Torito Grill then we went tadpole and frog hunting at the creek all day! The boys brought home twelve tadpoles that eventually grew to frogs and we released them back to the wild! Then off to my parents for dinner and Lukes present to me and my mom- a massage and spa day at Burke Williams! He spoiled us- we are sooo excited to go use them!!!

Knox Danger!

Tyler and Camden brought a beautiful baby boy into this world on Mothers day as well. Knox Danger Norman (yes Danger is his middle name!) was born May 9th weighing in at 6lbs 6oz and 19 inches long and is perfect!!! Baseball!!

The season is over!! Woot woot!!!! He had so much fun though and did great! His fave position-catcher like his dad!!! We had a team party at the park by our house to celebrate and hand out trophys!

Other honorable mentions- Lindsay had her baby shower for mr Weston due in June. We celebrated Giannas bday in Laguna Beach for dinner and drinks. Im sure Im missing so much more but this is what was on my calender hahaha

So Here Goes....

2010-04-30T12:06:00.000-07:00

... my attempt of getting back on track! Im not even really gonna try to catch up on the last 2 and a half months. If i did I would never get to today and still keep up! So Im gonna give you a run down of what we have been up to. And thrown in the pics I do have! Let me start by saying- remember that cute little pink camera I bought on ebay for $20? Ya shes a joke. The thing royally sucks. And I cant carry my big camera around everywhere. So until I buy a new point and shoot thats decent my pictures will be lacking im sure- bare with me! NOW- back to business- the rest of APRIL!!!

Lets see- my mom turned the big 6-0!! OLD FART! We had a small surprise party for her down at the bluff. She was ridiculously surprised to say the least! And drank ALOT, which made for some good entertainment!

My little Maddie moo turned 2! We went to her 2nd birthday bash....

...and her cousin Lily turned one so we had that party and Im sure a few others Im missing!

And some other honorable mentions- Lauren and brians wedding was right around the corner so I went to her bridal shower and Luke went to Scottsdale, AZ for the bachelor party (I missed the bachelorette in San Francisco since it was the same weeknd). Jack started football camp- a coach from one of the older Cowboy teams put on a camp for the whole league. Mon and wed nights for 2 hours for three months. Its all conditioning really but Jacks been loving it and has gotten his butt back in shape for when season starts! There are 4 or 5 kids from his team out there with him, and coach Blake. He still had baseball going on too so he was a busy kid in the month of April! Jacks school district went on strike- the teachers were out of their classrooms for about a week I think. We could send the kids to school but I opted not to. It was like daycare basically, there was no learning going on, and Im home. So really there was no point. And to be honest, I was totally supporting our teachers who get way too little credit for the jobs they do! All in all, alot going on as usual and a really hard month for us as well, which is why you didnt hear too much from the Brady Bunch in blog world! HOWEVER I am making a comeback- so STAY TUNED! :)

April Candles!!

2010-04-18T21:21:00.000-07:00

We had our fair share of bday parties and showers this month.... I didnt really take pics, and since Im so behind this month on blogging, here is my quick shout out!!

Happy 4th Birthday Boston!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Lily!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Maddie Moo!!!

And happy bridal shower Lala!!

Dizzyland

2010-04-15T21:04:00.000-07:00

I took Jack, Wy and Keira to Disneyland today. Poor Jack, all he wanted to do was go on big kid rides. All Wyatt wanted to do was go on Pirates. Keira screamed "POOH!!" all day. They had fun :)

Yo Yo Yo!!

2010-04-12T21:20:00.000-07:00

My kids new favorite pose... punks.

How cute...

2010-04-10T20:49:00.000-07:00

...are little boys butts?!?!

Pea Sized Obsession

2010-04-08T20:44:00.000-07:00

My dad HATES peas, so much so that he has convinced me and all four of my siblings to also HATE peas. I gave em to my kids when they were little, frozen ones, great for teething and getting greens down them too :) Well the day finally came when they hated peas too (probably my dads doing). BUTTTTT, Wyatt has changed his mind. I bought him a big bag of frozen peas the other day, he eats them by the bowlful now as a snack. Haha Sorry Papa!!!

Me Likey...

2010-04-07T17:51:00.000-07:00

.... when Luke thinks he's in the dog house! Love you honey, and my roses...XOXO

Poor Wy!

2010-04-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

The Wy man finally saw the allergist!! He did great- and nothing that we didnt already know came up so thats good! He was hilarious, he of course had no underwear on (my kids hate wearing underwear, straight up commando all the time) so when he had to sit there with no pants on he was humiliated. Well he had it covered with his shirt but not for the nurse sitting straight in front of him who got a full frontal view the whole time! Her and I were cracking up! lol Nuts are still no bueno! Grass and pollen are a small one. Along with dogs and cats. Thats about all! He is way excited though that he can now have sunflower seeds! Wooohooooo! lol Nice work Wy man!

Easter 2010

2010-04-04T11:51:00.000-07:00

WOW where to begin?!?! Lets start by saying the weekend was great- friday I picked up Brayden cuz my sister has been really sick and Eric was at work. He stayed with us until Easter morning when Eric got off and came and picked him up. Saturday, us girls went to the swap meet, Luke, my dad, Gene and Bmoe went to play golf at Oak creek, I took the three boys to Bostons bday party, then Sue sat with all the kids so I could finally get some easter shopping done. Then....... let the festivities begin!!!

Egg Decorating- saturday night Gene and Sue and Ethan and Lari came to our house for some dinner and easter egg decorating. We had pizza and went crazy on eggs!

Easter am- The three boys got up and went and checked out their loot. Easter Bunny spoiled them BIGTIME this year!!He even left Brayden a little something to wake up to ;)Easter #1- The usual, we went to Laris moms house for lunch and an egg hunt, where Lari spoils all the boys, mine and her nephews Beckham and Owen, with candy and toys and baskets. Easter #2- Off to my parents for another egg hunt, more candy and MORE food! Gotta love all the food! We were joined by their neighbors Rob and Stacy and their little guy Carter, who the boys LOVE! And the whole day we were accompanied by Grandma and Grandpa, which made it that much more special! We never get to do holidays with them so it was really cool they were here for one!!! A great weekend. Happy easter to you all!!!

Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2010-04-02T11:48:00.000-07:00

Jackson had his first Jog-a-Thon today!!! OMG it was so cute watching all those kindergardners run! Laddie the Lion (or whatever the heck its name is) ran with them and the army dudes too. Jackson was so cute. He was so into it, and everytime he would run past me and Grandma and Grandpa he would make all kinds of faces. He cracked me up! He was so proud!!! And as well he should be! Nice work Jack attack!

My Great Student!!

2010-04-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

We had Jacks conference/open house today. He is doing AMAZING!!! He totally surpasses most of the kindergarden expectations in every subject and got nothing but praise from Mrs Iverson. He is still incredibly "perfect" when he does his work, but after a few talks from mom he is using that time more wisely. At the beginning of the year she had told me he takes FOREVER to do everything, not because he doesnt know how or is slow but takes so much pride in making it perfect that he truly "takes his time". Finally as the workload increased, she was concerned he wouldnt keep up so she sent a paper home one day for him to do cuz he didnt have time to finsih it in class. So we had a serious talk about him not "rushing through things" but about how not everything has to be PERFECT. I mean for goodness sake, you should see some of these kindergardners writing/papers. They are a mess- Wyatt could do better! Ever since then she said he spends alot less time erasing and perfecting and more time just getting it done! My mom says I was like that when I was little, little miss perfectionist, I certainly dont remember but maybe its hereditary lol. He showed Luke and I all the stuff they do in class and we got to see alot of his work there at school. One thing we saw was their Martin Luther King "I have a dream" projects. Well Jacks "dream" was to be a policeman" and he drew a picture of him, his police car, his gun and his K9, just like his Uncle Ryan, I almost died, it was soooo cute. I immediately took a picture and sent it to Ryan! I cant believe how old he is getting. We are so proud of him and all his Kindergarden accomplishments, he never ceases to amaze us!

Yayyy Gma and Gpa!

2010-03-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa are here!!! Woooohooooo! Means a week full of fun- pics to come shortly (when Grandpa emails them to me ;)

Easter on Bluewing

2010-03-28T11:33:00.000-07:00

Totally missing my old neighbors after having an easter bbq with them. Sunday we went over to the culdesac and did an easter egg hunt with all the kiddos, BBQed, played pool basketball (AKA Why dont we all try to kill each other in the 6x6 area we are drowning each other in!), let the kids go crazy, and just hung out. Luke was having way too much fun, I finally left him there! I couldnt get him to leave!! He eventually walked home at like 9pm. Wyatt on the other hand crashed before he even ate dinner or showered. I was cooking dinner, called them both to the table and realized one of my little chickens werent responding- cuz he was passed out-

And oddly enough we had some "new neighbors" join us! An old friend of mine from high school, whose pictures I just took in November, just happened to buy the house we used to live in! They moved in a few weeks ago and joined us for a BBQ, their first time meeting alot of the nieghbors and hanging out. All I can say is... Debbie and Russ- I HOPE we didnt scare you off! Especially you Russ- the guys can get a bit crazy between their pool action and ping pongs fights ahaah! Needless to say- Welcome to BLUEWING!!! LOL

Busy Saturday

2010-03-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning Jack had an 815 game (ewwwww), we headed up to get some breakfast, went home and changed and we were off to Mission Tux to get the boys fitted for their suits for the wedding. I almost died when they put the jackets on them- a small sneak peak for you!!Then we headed to Founders Park for the easter carnival there. We met up with Lindsay and Jeff and Jake and Kristyn and the kids got painted, went on rides, had some shaved ice, and crawled through what looked like a giant colon. HAHA Barf..

We went home and cleaned up a bit then the boys had their friends arrive for a sleepover. Boston and Mason got there and I took them all straight to the pool to go crazy for awhile.

Best idea ever too cuz it kept them quiet later that night. They were all sooooo good! Jeff and Lindsay came over for dinner and cribbage, so poor Maddie was a little out numbered, but she didnt mind! She hung with the boys just fine!

Ya- Im Cute

2010-03-24T11:17:00.000-07:00

Ash and Eric dropped Brayden off to us one night this week. He is getting so freakin big, I love getting to have nights like these with him to really enjoy the little guy. We had some dinner (where I fed the kid peas and thats the first thing finsihed from his plate-sorry dad!) and then Luke and I took the kiddos for a scooter ride, we stopped at the park and played for awhile and chased Brayden everywhere. Luke and I were at either end of the jungle gym chasing him making sure he wasnt falling from the 4 foot drops, he reminds me of Wyatt, BALLSY. We got home and had baths and I got to snuggle my boy before putting him to bed. He's so freakin cute, and he knows it! Love love LOVE him!

Baseball Star

2010-03-23T11:15:00.000-07:00

Jack is loving baseball.... Im excited for him to get a bit older so I can REALLY enjoy it. LOL But it sure is cute! My favorite part, other than him playing catcher and trying to waddle in that equipment, is him sliding into home every time he scores... Priceless.

BIG Monday Mishaps!

2010-03-22T11:06:00.000-07:00

Ya I need way more descriptive words to describe this weekend. Although I wasnt outta control, many of the rest of them WERE. LOL. We had some weekend visitors... My uncle Dick and Aunt Rhonda came out, along with my cousin Krystal and her husband Jason with their little guy Noah. Luke had never met my Uncle Dick and he was soooo excited! For good reason might I add. My uncle dick is a total replica of my dad, if not worst. Way more vulgar and loud and sarcastic though, just up Lukes alley. We had an awesome weekend. Lots of booze involved (pretty sure it took poor Jason and Krystal a week to recover). Sunday the whole family came over to my parents and BBQed, and also celebrated Ryan and Marcs bdays. Im just gonna call this trip Booze fest 2010. I hope there is another in 2011, if not sooner :) Enjoy the pics! And try not to judge. HAHAHAMy dad, Marc, Uncle Dick and LukeCute mr NoahParker manMy kids went and hid and pouted for five minutes when I told them only the adults were playing bocce ball. Wyatt only did it cuz jack did. That pouty crying thing he is doing... totally fakeWatchin the dolphins feed. Watching the hungry bears feed. GeesRhonda, mom, Ash and KrystalPapa and his boysOld ladys ;)Parker cracking up cuz Luke was chasing himParker cracking up cuz he just picked up dog poo hahahahahhahaha that was the bestJack and Jason had way too much funCute Brayden manYa you all may wonder why I keep Luke around. I think my dad would disown me if I didnt :)
Oh and remember when I said "DONT JUDGE"......

WELCOME TO THE FABULOUS WORLD OF THE ERWINS...... SCARY I KNOW!

Crazy Kids and CPK

2010-03-17T10:55:00.000-07:00

Lindsay is getting closer to her due date with Mr Weston so finally put her two weeks in at CPK. For her last night there Jeff invited us to go to dinner and surprise her. So us and Gary and Gianna had dinner there with all the kiddos. The guys all drove her crazy ordering drinks and sending them back, being indecisive, just being their typical selves. After dinner we were driving home and Luke and Jeff wanted to go to the ranch. Well I offered to take the boys and Maddie back to Jeffs while they went for a bit. I was supposed to be putting Maddie down to sleep but I couldnt resist letting her stay up and play with the boys. They were having waaaay too much fun pushing each other back and forth on this motorcycle! And the sound of little giggles and the three of these kids dying laughing was putting a huge smile on my face! Couldnt resist... sorry Jeff I suck at babysitting ;)

Monday Mishaps!

2010-03-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

So Im back! time to get caught up before life starts passing us by even more and I never get around to it!!! These will be brief! This weekend was packed with madness... Spring is here, which means, showers, bdays and events GALORE! Ahhhhhhhh- it begins, again!!! Friday night we celebrated Albertos bday at the Ranch, Saturday night we had a surprise bday for Jill, Sunday the boys went to Landons 6th bday at Wildfire Gymnastics while I was at a baby shower for Camden to welcome baby Knox. Between that stuff we had a playdate at Donovans, Jacks baseball game and dinner with Ethan and Lari at Downtown Disney. before we went to eat dinner that night though we made a stop at Ridemakerz to make some monster trucks. Lari and Ethan had got that boys gift cards there for xmas so we finally went to use them! That place is awesome. The kids got a huge kick outta making their own trucks. Whoever thought of that is a genious. Busy weekend... full of events, but so little time to go into detail! Welcome Spring and all the craziness that goes with it!!! :)

Lukes Sales Pitch

2010-03-12T14:03:00.000-08:00

So I had called Luke at work and told him to see if any of his coworkers would want to sponsor Jack in his upcoming Jog-a-thon at school. This is the email he sends out at work today.....

I don't usually send these but it's for a good cause....my kid!

Jackson's school is doing a jog-a-thon and I need to raise some funds for his education. I know what you're saying; "How does this help me in this time of economic struggle?"

Well, the more money that goes to Jackson's education the less likely he is to rob you in the later stages in your life. So to protect your future and your finances later on down the road I think a dollar or two today is a wise investment. Please look at the photo below and add 20 years and tattoo's. Envision that but with the words "give me your money" as well.

All kidding aside if anybody has an extra dollar or two to donate to Jackson's jog-a-thon it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!!!

Yes this was Lukes sales pitch to his office staff today. LOL He got back some great responses, one saying "No wonder you are such a great sales guy, you use emails like this to get your dealers to buy!" HAHA But hey, it worked didnt it, he raised $160 for Jacks jog-a-thon. And if any of you are reading this... THANK YOU! It was more than we would have ever thought he would/could raise and greatly appreciated!! And Luke, NICE WORK! HA!

Its Happened

2010-03-11T14:33:00.000-08:00

Its official.... my three year old is now also obsessed with video games. Today was the first time EVER he asked to play video games while Jack was at school. He has NEVER done that before. Fantastic..... Wonderful.... Great.... splendid! Time for some video game rules. Worst thing ever.

Day at the Dentist!

2010-03-10T14:20:00.000-08:00

Check up time again for these little stinkers.... we got good news and bad news. Bad news first.... Last time we were in there Jackson got a cavity filled and there was one more they were watching, well that little sucker needs to be filled now. Darnit. So back in two weeks to take some more hilarious pictures with mr numb mouth (i am evil muahahahah). And the good news. Which I actually think is fantastic news. More than fantastic. Like save me thousands of dollars fantastic!!!! The dentist said Wyatts underbite isnt his jaw, its just his teeth, so by the time his baby teeth fall out, his big ones come in and his mouth grows it should be fine. We are crossing our fingers!!! Either way, braces are way better (and cheaper) then multiple jaw breaking surgeries to correct a bulldog underbite! PHEWWWWWWWW! All i gotta say!

Oh and he was cavity free again too! However thanks to his brother and his two cavities the fruit rollups and fruit snacks have been put on the top shelp and flossing is now an EVERY night thing! Poor Wyatt suffers from his brothers lame old teeth! But we got sparkly smiles............. CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE!

Monday Mishaps!!

2010-03-08T10:40:00.000-08:00

Friday night after dinner we took the kids for a nighttime scooter ride. Wyatt is gettting ridiculously good on that thing. We let them race down the hill by school, Luke stands at the bottom to catch anyone who either hits the ground or street. Well they take off, Wyatt is hauling, my hands are sweating, Lukes ready to catch em and not only does Wyatt BEAT Jack but he speends right past Luke, hangs a quick left and keeps going!! WHAT?!?!?! How did speed racer not eat crap at the bottom of the hill! Ok, proves me right, I AM IN TROUBLE!! He is a maniac. It was supposed to rain all day saturday. Which I was kinda happy about cuz Luke had to work a show in Long Beach and I assumed Jacks game would be cancelled, so I let him take my car. Well it didnt rain, at all. Which meant I finally had to get off my couch (did I mention how great it was to nothing all day), get myself ready, I got the kids all packed up and we walked/scootered up to Jacks game. My dad came, and so did Marc and Brandi and the kids. Jack wanted to play catcher so bad so his coach finally stuck the catchers gear on him and sent me into hysterics. The kid was hilarious. Everytime someone would run home he would charge at them, ball or no ball haha and sometimes he would take one of the balls the coach had pitched before and go tag that guy. The rules still need to be explained a bit I guess. But he got the idea.

LOL Luke got there right before it ended, good thing to cuz last inning it started POURING!!! Figures right!!? We went home and got dry warm clothes then headed to Marc and B's for dinner and Joker where us girls got beat, TWICE. BLAH!!! Sunday we spent the entire day cleaning. Not cleaning cleaning but bleaning out closets, and drawers and the garage. Wow we had alot of crap. The boys kept themselves busy with the massive amounts of baby stuff Kylee sent home with me for the girls. Yes they played babies most the day. LOL We ended the day with a yummy dinner from my new recipes, some showers and my personal favorite, BED.

Freaky Friday!!

2010-03-05T10:14:00.000-08:00

May 2001

I think it was 2001?! A little get together at my house with all the girlies and somehow my sister managed a beer?! Weird. Its funny to see some of them back then, ummm like Kellys outfit hahahah I love you Kel, But WTF were u wearing ahahahahah !! It was after some of us had went to an angels game so it was a fun night. Ahhh I miss those days.

April 2007

My cute little Wy man before he was totally mobile enough to reak havoc like he does now. I love him.

A Good Find

2010-03-04T10:17:00.000-08:00

So my friend Ambra is a coupon extraordinaire. I suck at coupon clipping and when I do have them I rarely remember to use them. My grandma has been sending me coupons for years and I always use the restraunt ones but most the time dont remember to use the others, and if I do I rarely know how it all works. LOL Im completely impatient with them let me tell u. Anways, Ambra started a coupon blog... Sounds exciting right?!?! SIKE!!! But, you HAVE to check it out. Im cheap and love great deals and free things. This blog not only will train you on how to do all those things that any normal person would freak out about (like where to use them, when to use them, HOW to use them, what the little fine print means) but give you tons of links to great deals and freebies too here in good old socal (she lives in MV and has three kids). She gives you all kinds of advice and tips. Im totally gonna get into it. The chick shops for basically free these days, and sometimes even makes money (thats not a joke) . Its obsurd. Check it out. And pass it on! Everyone likes saving money and LOVES free stuff! http://socalfdas.blogspot.com/

Obsessions

2010-03-04T10:06:00.000-08:00

Couple weeks ago Jack asked if he could play playstation (our playstation has not been played in probably 4 years and only by Luke, iits strictly used as a DVD player now). Random. But we let him, big mistake. Hes been obsessed with Lukes two dirtbike games since. Obsessed. So much so that thats all hes been drawing the last few days.
Yes some of those guys are flying over their handle bars, some are doing tricks, some are crashing, some are of the track with little dots representing the racers. But the last ones my favorite... he drew each bike (in the right color might i add) and spelt out on his own exactly how they sounded. I think Suzuki is my favorite. ZUZOOKE. Or Kawasaki- KALUSOKKE. Lol so cute. My little artist.

Grrrrrrrr.........

2010-03-03T14:38:00.001-08:00

Do any of you have that feeling with one of your kids like you wanna beat them and hug them and smack them and squeeze them and yell at them and kiss them all at the same time?!?!? Or am I the only one?? Cuz that is how I feel about this little piece of work on a daily basis. Why does he have to be so darn freakin cute when hes bratty?! Grrrrrrr....... I just love him.
Its a good thing his Mimi fits him perfect... "Little punk". Grrrrrr

PLAY BALL!!!

2010-03-02T11:33:00.000-08:00

Monday night was Jacks first Little League game! He is on the Padres and Lukes one of the coaches. A few of the things we (as in all of us) are excited about....

-He got bumped up to coach pitch. Coach pitch vs Tball? Ya you do the math.

-Hour long once a week practice vs 3-5 days a week 2 hour long practice. Again, do the math.

-Games are 50 yds outside my front door vs LA, Carson, Inglewood, etc. No brainer.

Walk in the park for us all!!! Is it weird that I totally miss football though and part of me cant wait for July so we can start again?! I know, Im on crack! My dad came too and helped Luke coach, so he was the first base coach everytime Jack got on base so he was pumped that Papa was there to greet him with a high five. My parents came over for dinner and a drink afterwards so it was nice to just hang with them for a bit. Here is to a new (**cough cough LONG cough cough** ) season in five year old sporting events :)

Monday Mishaps

2010-03-01T08:44:00.000-08:00

WOW! Is it seriously March already?! So scary. I feel like it was just xmas. I just had to register Jack for football next season! I feel like it just ENDED! UGHH. This weekend flew by. I hate weekends like that. When you go to bed sunday night debating in your head whether or not to set your alarm cuz it seriously cant be monday already. BARF. Ya that was me. Friday night Jackson had baseball practice and afterwards his friend Donovan came home with him. Jacks been begging to have a friend over lately and with the girls all week it makes it hard to add another kid after school. Luke and I took the kids to BJs for dinner, we met up with Jeff and Lindsay, Jake and Kristyn and Gianna and Gary and all the kiddos. It was a large noisy table needless to say. The boys went back to the house after and played, and sooo well might I add. I almost died listening to their conversations. At one point they were talking about video games, and what video games their moms are and are not good at it. Apparentely I suck at everything except Wii bowling. Thanks Jackson. Kids are so brutally honest arent they?!? Saturday it rained, all day, so Jacks game was cancelled. Luke had invited some of the guys over to watch the WW2 in HD MARATHON, yes MARATHON. Um hi, can I poke my eyes out now or save it for when someone gets their heads blasted off?! Gross. On that note, Lindsay, Gianna and myself left and went to the mall for the day, leaving the gory, gross, blood splaterring, war watching boys with the kids. So nice to have a girls day and shop with no kids. By the time we got home it was safe to say the boys werent leaving each others sides but I wasnt about to let them sit at my house all night. I kicked them out and they all went to Johns, thank god. I got some sushi, put the boys to bed, sat on my couch and read my book, all by myself. It was AMAZING! Luke got home about 2am, and around 415am I woke up to banging noises in the family room. I walk out and Luke is in the playroom, ORGANIZING TOYS! AT 415AM!!! WTF?!?! Were your rum and cokes laced with speed?! ITS 415 in the MORNING!!!! He wasnt tired apparentely so cleaned the house for me, emptied the dishwasher, did the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, picked up, took out the trash, reorganized the playroom, you name it. He finally went to bed at 5am. I knew the next morning when I woke up I wasnt getting him outta bed anytime soon. However by the time I got outta the shower he was up and ready to rock. Bizarre is all I can say. We went down to the harbor and had lunch then let the boys ride their scooters down there. For the next two and a half hours we scootered, played at baby beach, went down to the tidepools at the Ocean Institute and enjoyed the 75 degree weather in good old SoCal. When we put the boys to bed that night Jack gave me a hug and kiss, I tucked him in and he said "Mom, today was a good day." He makes my heart melt :) A good day indeed little buddy.

HEAR/SAY FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES!!!

I asked Wyatt if he wanted to go to Jacksons game later, and he responds with a very enthusiastic response....

WYATT: ''Ohhhh ohhh ohhh YOU BETCHA!!!"

Jack had been mean to Wyatt and he came out to tell on him, after little sympathy from his dad and I (since chances are Wyatt actually started it) he marches back to the playroom...

WYATT: "Jackson is soo going down!!!"

After being at the tidepools where the man from the ocean institute told them they arent allowed to collect anything from there cuz its against the law, Wyatt magincally pulled a shell outta his pocket when we got home....

JACK: "Oh my god WYATT! Dude, you are in so much trouble, like getting arrested trouble!"

Freaky Friday!!!

2010-02-26T22:46:00.000-08:00

The other day I was looking through an old photo album so I could send a fun picture to a friend who needed a good a laugh! I came across quite a few that i wanted to post lol but I wont do that to you all...

August 2003

So this I guess isnt as old school as some of the other ones Ive posted from hs and stuff but its for sure one of my faves. Annnd it was in the photo album I was looking through. Mexico... waaaay deep into Mexico. There was a group of us that went down for the weekend of my bday and camped on the beach for four days. We were trouble is all I have to say. For those who know most of us- think not just me and Luke, but Erin, Pam, Nicole, Chris, Johnny Reid, Garrett Severen, Jenny Mescher and a few other randoms, on this beach, four days, lots of beer, a guitar, NOBODY on this beach. Except a dead seal that stunk really bad and the boys buried it after johnny got seal guts splattered on his face hahahah Oh goodness it was such a fun trip full of some of the best memories. Seriously one of my most favorite trips ever. So here you have it, Chris, me, Erin, Johnny and Troy during a nighttime Jam sesh with the funniest songs ever ahah and me and Luke... Gosh I forgot how ripped Luke was before we had kids :) Oh and I was skinny back then. LOL

August 2004

I know weird, only a year later, here is my child... again, scary. Poor Jack. McKenna has been playing with the boys ALOT lately, she used to have no interest what so ever, and since they have moved in down the street she has been all about them. Today Jake and Kristyn dropped her off and she spent a few hours here watching movies with the boys... maybe theres a little crush going on?!? ;) JK KENNA!!! But this is Jack and McKenna when jack was just a few months old. McKenna was 2!! Ahhhh they were so cute. Cant wait to have this be the first picture in their wedding slideshow hahah JK again KENNA!!!