Yes, I am continuing my list:)

I decided to see what I could mark off of my 'List of 101 things to do' and I have to say I am doing pretty well. The big ones are still a work in progress, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that I am doing things that I wanted to conquer. So here are some more I can check off.....

#27- I call my parents (text my dad) at least once a week.
#3- potty train Emma....pain in the butt because she insists on taking all of her clothes off!!!
#28- thanks to family and sitters Derek and I go out about twice a month...sometimes more. This has really helped us stay connected.
#50- As a family we eat out once a week...usual place too.
#51- I tried for two weeks to have a set schd and stick to it. I still do it too:)
#59- The 4 (now 5) go to the beach.
#77- sign Em up for ballet
#85- get kids birth certificates
#86- have the doctor update the kids immunization records.
#99- go to a play (The Frog Prince with Em and my mom...I am counting that)

However, the following will NOT be able to be done.

#60- rent a beach cottege in SD. My hookup is moving:(
#87- spend an entire day with my mom and Emilee watching movies. Em is moving:(
#91- I will not be able to refinish the server because of the material that is over it....I am still not sure why it can not be done, oh well.

***on a side note, I have no idea when I started this thing and what site to even look on (frankly, I do not care either). So I gave myself until this date next year to finish my list.

Founders Day

Here is a picture of some ladies from the moms group I joined back in Novemeber.


On Saturday I divided the kids up to different family members (that is what having three kids does when it comes to sitters) and headed to the Hidden Valley in Irvine. There were over 700 women from southern CA..with no kids..for the International Moms Club! I wish I had taken pictures of some of these ladies all dresses up in matching outfits and their spots in the 'village' were so decked out that I felt I was at a craft fair. My group did not dress up, had the simplest basket, and did not decorate our spot. Yeah, we kind of suck:) However, next year we are going to rock..."simple" though because some of those gals were a little too into it and I just do not roll that way.

Tackle It Tuesday

Ya know when you put something off because 'you have time'? Yet, now the 'time' is running out and you still do not want to do it! Well, I think I will tackle Drew's pre-k paper work that is due on the 4th of June. Yes, so simple I know and I should be happy he is going to be going to school 3 days a week, but really I think I do not want him to go. Yes, my kids drive me nutty most of the time...don't yours? However, when they leave me to go with family or I leave them to go out a part of me is with them...that drives me nutty too.
So, I will of course do the paper work and make copies of documents for his school, but I am not going to be happy about it.
Having one less monster during the day is just going to be weird!

Our Son Kicks BUTT!!!

Drew-Drew had his last soccer practice this past week:( Another mom, Tami, and I were so sad to see it end!!! Drew just loved indoor soccer (then again, he has not had the outdoor kind) and I can not wait to sign him up for the next sport...baseball!!!!

I mean really with this crowd


Time to hang out with his buddy


His cousin Connor came too, who I think he loves more than us!


He likes his coaches, "oh so much,"


Kicked butt playing!


And, of course all of the LOVE!!!!!






WE LOVE DREW-DREW!!!!!!

Albertsons Tour Anyone????

You know you are jealous!




Since I joined the mom's club we have been to many places, but I always get a laugh when I say, "hey, I went and had a tour of PETCO, The Post Office, and now Albertsons!" I am sure Lily has set up many more places to go and I am looking forard to it! Like on Friday I ran to the store had the leftover snacks the kids did not eat and then ran home. 4 miles done! It is a blas tto see the kids really 'pay attention.'

Prom 2010

Look at these girls! Kels and Aniessa are both natural beauties, but add a beautiful dress and they are breathless! Hearing about their experiences sent me back to a life that was carefree with out real responsibility and ya know for a moment....I wanted to go back! However, I am sitting here in my house, with a car I can drive at anytime, I have no curfew, a can drink a glass of wine, we have three kids, I have a husband (snoring on the couch) that gives me everything I want, a college degree and I think, "HELL NO, NOT GOING BACK THERE!!!" Prom seemed like the highlight of all time back then , but these girls have no idea what wonderful things life has in store for them. I can not wait to see where life takes them:)

Tackle it Tuesday

So today was tackle Tuesday and I did not do anything I was suppose to do! haha
Goal was to put away laundry (Monday is wash day) and go through papers. Well, I drove around with Saigey for a bit after picking her up from school, added more clean clothes to my pile, talked on the phone, went to the store, played outback with the kids, signed the kids up for a few swim lessons, made some yummy dinner, gave the kids a bath and WAS in bed by 9. All to avoid what I wanted to do today, laundry and going through papers. I just did not want to do it AND NOW I am going to have to do that plus all of my daily stuff, plus ballet and soccer. Oh such is my life!

ps- love how I said I went to bed at 9, but 2hours of tossing is enough for me! I hate my sleeping habits!

Weekend of Trains

So Derek and I realized this past weekend, that we are train DORKS! Yes, we have been saying that we are train dorks since Drew first got into Thomas at about a year old, but I do not think we TRULY believed that we were the dorks we said we were. However, now I think I have to say with full belief that we are TRAIN DORKS! When you go to a train show and you have seen almost all of the booths numerous times at other train shows...you might be a train dork! On Saturday we went to Fullerton Train Station and saw this



Then I got freaked out when this came by on our side!

Derek just laughed at me as I was running with the kids, do not worry though I never show the kids my fears. Damn that thing was FRIGHTENING to stand by and it was going so fast!

Then we went to Downtown Brea and saw some more trains on Sunday. That is where we shook our heads and laughed at how, yes, we are dorks and we LOVE TRAINS!! Just as long as Drew is not one of those men who run around with a train shirt, camera, conductor hat with all the pins (sorry those guys are weird) then I do not mind being a dork for a few years right now:)

Monsters!

We love them these little monsters who...
Get into the fridge
Won't leave the baby alone...EVER!
Gang up on their Daddy and Momma
Seem to have become an united front
Drink milk like it is going out of style
Love to jump on the couch and our bed.
Get the floor of the bathroom wet EVERY TIME they take a bath.
"Why" is Drew's favorite word.
Fruit snacks are Emma's crack.
Lilly refuses to roll over.
Lillian thinks her name is 'Bills.' Derek and his nicknames!
ALWAYS dump the bubble solution on the ground!!!

Love our little monsters!

Through Drew's Eyes

Melissa was over yesterday for lunch and I let Drew take the camera for a bit. Here is what his life is like:)

Isabella Rose

Meet Isabella Rose!


This is my glowing bestie, Sara 2


This is her proud daddy, Dave


And this is me, Auntie Sara


Isabella (I am going to call her Izzy) came in at 8.4 pds, 20inches long and born on April 21st via a schld c-section. She looks just like her big sis Madi did when she was born..look at those CHEEKS! I have bags of clothes waiting to give her and even more kisses when I see her again tomorrow! I am so excited for Sara and Dave, however a little more for Sara because she always wanted a sister when she was little (she has a big bro) and now she has given her daughter the biggest gift, a sissy:)

Tackle this week is....

So this week for tackling is this spot next to out fridge. I hate this stuff there, but it is really the only place in the house that looks like this. It is driving me crazy and every time I look at it I sigh. Wish me luck, because I really do not know if I will get to it today. I am just saying, "i must do it, i must do it, i must do it!"

The sexy man I married!

Oh the man I married, such a hunk!!!

First game of the season!

We went to our first baseball game of the season...with out the kiddos! They lost, but we had a great few hours just to ourselves (it was more business for Derek). Of course love our seats...heck look where we sit:)


How did we get a night without our three monsters? My dad just happen to swing by on his way up north and he 'agreed' to watch them for 3 hours. I say 'agreed' because I really do not think he wanted to, but I think he knew that since he has only seen Lillian twice since she was born that maybe it would be 'the best thing to do.' Get what I mean???? I may be a brat for doing it, but hey he made memories with the kids:) Thanks Daddy, we love you for watching the monsters!

Tackle it Tuesday

Today I thought, "I am going to go through all of my favorites on the computer and organize them and then hit the laundry pile I created yesterday." So I started to crack up when I found this blog in my favorite's http://www.5minutesformom.com/
So my tackles for this Tuesday is to do laundry and organize my fav's on the computer. I will update when I do it:)