Thursday, August 4, 2011

Is he a fish?

I do not think that Drew got his mommy and Auntie Patty's swimming abilities, but at 5 years old I am not sure he really knows. Then again, he could be the next Olympiad!

Drew sooo did not want to go to swim lessons at the beginning of the summer, but after he realized that he could "throw balls to Connor underwater if he held his breath long enough" I think he was pretty good with the lessons. Oh, and the toys I got him on day two and Auntie Patty got him on the day of completing his lessons did not hurt either! What a stinker!





*lessons were in June...postings are way behind:)*

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Hannah B-a-n-a-n-a-s and Two More Things!

A few months ago Hannah turned THREE!! Yay!
Suzie and Dale threw Hannah a very fun fairy themed party to celebrate. It was too much fun to see Hannah have a blast and OF COURSE my girls dressed to match the theme! Man, that was a hectic day... looking back...attending two birthday parties and an Angel game in one day was, well, too much! Back to the party. Many of the Lee family were sick and most of the Bray family could not attend due to work or Royal Family Kids Camp.....but they still had a HUGE jumpy and all of the decorations were super cute. Suz even had a place setting for every child! If you were a boy you had pirate gifts and if a girl there were fairy wings and wands. It really was too cute!





Prior to Hannah's party we went to Nicolas G's 4th birthday party. Erin and Mike threw Nicolas a pirate party....it was so cute! We did not have enough time to make all of the crafts that Erin thought of, but since she does live right down the street I am sure we will see them later on (Erin is in my mom's club and I have known her and her hubby Mike since ...well forever!).





Then there was the Angel Game! I lost my phone and the photos and do not want to go through Casey's FB to get some pictures. So no picture to share. All I can say is that I really wish I had worn my Sox tshirt to the Yankee/Angel game! We were sitting next to all of the Yankee players wives, what fun I missed out on!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tackle Tuesday

For a trip, I have so much to do!!! I have to pack for this, well at least make a list to get my mind ready!



still have to book this!


and I have to load my phone and folder with some of these! Last time we went to NE was 10 years ago!


WOOHOO for a trip, but DANG I have a lot to do!

Monday Meeting

I finally got one! Yep, a desk calender! No, not the same as the one below, because I will not take a picture of mine since my blog is not private....people are crazy! Nonetheless, I have one of these huge ugly things on my desk that takes up way too much room and each time I look at it, I feel defeat! I do not want to have this thing! I should be able to keep track of everything in my head...oh wait, I can not! I will let everyone know if it helps me keep track of my crazy schd!

Sunday, July 31, 2011

:)

sara is wierd

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Man oh Man!

I really have not been the blogger that I once was! I use to sit at the desk all of the time and just upload pics and write about what was going on in our lives! Well, life with three kiddies has officially 'taken me over!'

**actually while I was typing this Em yelled at me to come quick, which I did, then told me that Lilly spit up all over the couch...see I can never sit down!

Life with three babies is not one that allows me to just sit and type, I have realized! Now that LP can walk, Drew is a know-it-all, and Em is a little princess I can never get what I want done. Am I complaining!! Hell ya!! So as much as I hate the posts on blogs that say they are back, I am writing this, "I AM BACK!"

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Please Pray!!!



Since Emma joined the dance academy we have made many friends. Us parents sit and watch our kiddies and have no choice after awhile to talk to each other..haha Three are Erica and Robert with there daughter Ava! Emma loves to dance with Ava and last month Emma got to perform with her at the mall and loved it! She calls her 'big Ava' since we have DeAnne's Avah who is 'little Avah.' So when we got the news that this.....

http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/3c681b23-ecba-46ae-b47c-90bd87e8ff3a/News/KTLA-Little-Girl-Hospitalized-After-Hit-and-Run-Crash-Glen-Walker-reports

happened to Ava we were so sad, prayed really hard, cried a bit, and realized just how much we love the academy! We see other parents and kids there at least 4 days a week...we see them more than our families and other friends. If you know anything please let the family know, or you can even email me. I just do not understand how a lady could drive, cut a small car off, watch it fall off the freeway, then leave! Please pray for Ava during her recovery and for Erica and Robert to have the strength to get through this! Below is slide show of Ava prior to the accident.

http://youtu.be/cOzLYkXhnfQ

Max-o!!!

Our nephew Max gets to do this fun stuff all of the time! He is number 50 and oh so cute!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP5ma_0NuhI

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Only In California!

ONLY IN CALI!!!



WOW! No more sun:) Pool one day and another rain!

Lillian's First Angel Game!

 



Lilly had a blast at her very first baseball game. Sure I went to a ton when I was pregnant with her, but now with the three kiddies it is hard to get us all to go. NOW I KNOW WHY! Here is the story of her first game.

Derek works, so I had to get the kids, myself, and Derek dressed and ready to go to dinner. Oh wait, we needed to go to the bank. Oh, we need to go to dinner with the three which takes way longer than it use to! What time is it? Okay we have plenty of time to get to the game. We get there right when it starts. I was very surprised that we did this because we NEVER do...does it have something to do with the tailgate party we usually have, humm. We have no time to grab Lilly a first game sticker because there was a huge line and we really wanted to get to our seats. We thought, "we will get it later." Once at our seats we grab the waitress to order some beers and popcorn. YES, we are here.

Okay, five people in four seats...stinks! Thank goodness we had the very nice waitress or else we would have been out of out seats for most of the time we spent at the game. Getting on. We love these seats because no one is behind us (due to the wall) and usually there is no one infront of us because we go during the week. This time, there were two VERY different types of couples in the four seats infront of us. Nothing against same sex couples, but the questions that came out of the kids mouths were killing me! The have no filter and no sense of being quiet. for example, "Yes there are two girls holding hands infront of us." The other couple, well reminded me of my dad. Love him, but the man was probably about 30 years older than his "date." The chick wore tiny panties under her loose fishhooked pants! So those were the people around us, but lets get to the good stuff! Drew kept kicking the guy in the head with his feet, but did not do it hard enough for the man to turn around, he would just brush his hair. Emma's sippy decided to fling milk all over the ladies' chair...thank goodness she was not in it, but I could not find a napkin and when she got back I am apoligizing like crazy and she says in a snotty voice, "happy I was not sitting there!" Point taken. So hitting and spilling just kept happening and when I go to take Em to the bathroom there was someone throwing up and Em asked what that noise was. Back at the seats Drew had to go potty and I needed a dt doke...yes, not a beer. I ended up with both drinks and the kids with ice cream which they only took two bites of because it was "too cold." FINALLY, at the bottom of the 6th everyone settled down and Daddy & Mommy got on the "Kiss Cam" which was kindof fun. All of this followed by singing, "take me out to the ballgame," then home.

Lilly did not get her sticker and we were in bed by 10pm! What a difference from 5 years ago!
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Buggy Is Growing!

Not having a working camera, other than my phone, has been a challenge when it comes to blogging. I am trying though:)
Lillian is getting so big and I just wanted to show some of the more resent pictures I have taken. She is only 4 months away from having us experience her in the terrible TWO'S! Actually, I swear she is already there. Loving our little buggy!


 
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Kyle's Birthday

On May 16th we celebrated what would have been Kyle's 33rd birthday by sharing a dinner at Bari-Bari. It was hard for the entire table, but we got through it. At the moment Kent started speaking and I looked at the sadness in Derek's eye I thought of how proud I am of him and the way he has these past few months when it comes to dealing with the loss of his friend. He has helped other people with similar issues and has become more aware of the complexities in life.

The pictures are horrible, but I took them anyways. I wish I could have gotten one of Debbie receiving a huge beer with candles strapped to it as we song happy birthday to Kyle, but it was super dark in there! Debbie has been so strong, but during this part she cried. Followed by hugs, picture taking, and thanking the awesome staff of Bari-Bari (Kyle always went there for his birthday and they were also very sad) we left with a good feeling. On a side note Debbie gave Drew the hat that Lilly is wearing to Drew. It was Kyle's. Our prayers will always be with Debbie, Darrell and Courtney on what would be Kyle's birthdays.

 
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The Famous Tatiana



This past weekend many of our neighbors got to visit the "Famous Tatiana." Drew is always talking about her because she is her girlfriend and I can not help but do things like this for her. Well, in typical boy fashion he told me, "I already gave her flowers once mom, why do I have to do it again?" Telling him that "boys give girls flowers all of the time...not just once... he then picked some flowers from the backyard and gave them to her during one of her tee-ball games. It was actually very sweet because Tati started to cry during her game and Drew ran over to the dug out and gave them to her to make her feel better. Drew said, "it did not help mom!" I will be surprised to hear what comes out of his mouth the next time he gives her flowers.

**I should have seen how the little girl who wants to be Drew's girlfriend acted when Tati showed up**

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Monday Meetings, posted on Tuesday!




Meet baby Cash! He is one of the most adorable babies I have EVER seen! He has blonde hair, blue eyes, and is just a doll to have! He lives 4 houses down and ever since we met him and his parents in February I can not get enough of this kid!

Cash loves to bounce ALL of the time, he eat a ton of 'big person food' at his almost 10months here on earth, he had a blast this past weekend taking a bath with Drew and Emma, and most importantly he LOVES me! We play outside on blankets, with the kids toys and he just wants to have fun! The kids love him to death and every day they want to play with him! We can not wait to see how the love between Lilly and Cash grows, haha! I love having 16other kids on our street!

Tackle Tuesday....Date Night!



This tackle is to show that Derek and I do make time for ourselves...just months ago! I find it hilarious that we do not know where to go to what to do when we have some time to ourselves. A month ago we went to pizza and really could not decide which place to go to and when we got there I think we ordered way to much food because we usually order for 5 people. But one night when Kels was here in March for almost a week we (rather I) knew SUSHI was our destination. We headed to a restaurant we had not been before then to a bar we had only been to once.

It was a wonderful evening spent together! What could not have been better! We got to eat a HUGE boat (really it came in a boat) of sushi that we did not even come close to finishing. With full tummies that could not handle more than a few more beers we listened to a live band and people watched at the bar for a few hours. Derek even opened my car door!
***Derek was his usual self for picture taking! he would not smile, so this is what he gets by me posting the pic below***