Getaway

So Brent works A LOT in the summer months and since that time is fastly approaching we thought we should take a little vaca just the two of us. My mom was nice enough to watch the kids at a moments notice. There are many perks to having my mom live here and this is one of them. We decided to stay pretty close so we didn't have to waste time or gas driving somewhere since we live in one of the best vacation spots around. We ended up going to a place called the Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. It was truly amazing. Almost a little to ritzy for me, but just enough to where you feel spoiled. We were in the 'cottages.' It was like a little piece of heaven. Our room was almost as big as our apartment. The bed was so soft you didn't want to get up once you laid down and the bathroom was what i would want in my dream bathroom. Here are some pictures of our room below. It had an awesome fire place. They had it all ready to go with wood, and newspaper and kindling. Even a really stupid person could light this fire.
Here is the bed, so beautiful

Oh the tub!

The first morning we were there we decided to go on a walk. There is an amazing golf course right there so we walked about three miles around it. Since there was no one golfing right then we decided to explore. We walked to this very little waterfall, across some bridges, sat on some hills until we saw golfers coming and got off the field. Since the whole bird poop thing i am trying to not let anything land on me. It was a great peaceful morning.

Here is a friend we met along the way.


Next we snuck back to our apartments to discuss leasing options( it was our last day to do so.) They pretty much told us they they don't give a D***( don't worry that really isn't a swear word, what were you thinking of me..) about us and that if we wouldn't pay the outrageous amount they wanted to raise our rent that someone else would. I hate apartments. I miss owning our own home and cant wait to do so again in a couple years. This time we will be much smarter. Anyways after that we went to lunch at this really good Texas barbecue place. And then spent the night being without kids and all alone. The next morning after sleeping in and taking as long as i wanted to get ready we left our lovely second home and went for the afternoon to the beach( all alone with out kids, did i mention!!!)

First we stopped for lunch at El Indio ( if you come to San Diego stop by here you wont be disappointed.)

And go to Torrey Pines beach. It is amazingly beautiful. We had a blast finding rocks and shells for the kids cause the best gifts are the ones from the heart ( or the free ones..hehe). Then we laid out our towel and took a nap. AND i didn't get pooped on once. It was great. I think Brent and i are going to make this an annual get a way. I love just being alone with my husband in such a wonderful place.

Shamu Friends

So last Thursday my good friend Shaun invited me to go with her family to Sea World. I love going with good company, it makes it so much more fun. I haven't seen Shaun for about 5 months so it was so fun to hang out and actually talk in person instead of over the phone. The kids loved being with each other too. When we first got there we decided to see the sharks and on our walk over we see this (below). About 20 flamingos walking down the street. It was cool to see tham so close. One nearly ran over me and Lacy.Lacy, katie, and Ryan all going for a ride

Me and the kids at the sea lion show. It is one of my favorites.

Terry, Shaun, Abby and Katie at the Shamu show.

I must say that now that 'the people' cant go in the water the show just wasn't the same. I hope they change there minds soon.

Thanks once again Whipple family for inviting me. It was an amazing day. I loved hanging out with you.

Happy Green Day!

And it was green...lots of green eggs. I have to say they were actually kind of hard to eat like that. I had to close my eyes. But the kids loved it. I think i will have to color eggs more often. Later we painted shamrocks, cut them out, and then i hid them throughout the house for the kids to find. It was a great activity.

Ryan has been obsessed with drawing and coloring lately. He learned how to color in the lines and he does an amazing job, so he loved this. He took his time and his turned out really well.

That night i printed off free burrito coupons for Baja Fresh from facebook. All you had to do was buy a large drink for 2 bucks and you got a $7 burrito for free. And they were so so good.

Here we are chowing down..yum yum!

Lacy & Ryan

Sometimes i feel like life just gets away from me. Days seem like forever, months pass by quickly. I carry my camera a lot less than i used to. I feel like i don't capture as many of those special little memories that i want. Well here are a couple that i did capture that i want to remember. Lacy has been on a clothing binge. She is always putting on lots of clothing. Hers, Ryan's, mine and well anything laying around, hanging up or in Antone's drawers. She is also taking of her clothing these days. Especially at night. I HAVE to check on her at night before i go to bed. MOST nights she is either naked all the way or maybe she just took her diaper off or her pj's. Last night i went in and she had thrown out all her blankets and stuffed animals but she was at least dressed. As i bent down to pick up her blankets i picked up a diaper. I looked over at her and all her clothes were on , so i go over and feel her and yup there is no diaper on.
Here she is with swim diapers around her ankles. She gets really inventive.
I also wanted to note that she is highly afraid of feathers. For some people its foil, some its the dark but my child is afraid of feathers. Also when Lacy is concentrating on things she makes the s sound over and over again. It is the curtest thing. ssssssssssss

Ryan is doing lots of interesting poses for the camera lately. Thank goodness we don't have any clothing issues with him lately. Four is actually going quite well. Now i just have to be constantly teaching lessons, which he actually understands quite a bit. Pre school is going well. He is finally coloring in the lines, which i think is a great achievement. Now the big decision is whether to put him in kindergarten this year or not.

The infamous monkey that he still loves!

I was busy the other day and i knew Lacy was getting in trouble some how because she was really quite. So i go into the kitchen and i see this...

She had pushed a chair over to the pantry, found the packet of hot cocoa, chewed it open and was eating it. I let her have some more as i continued to snap away. I probably should have taken it away and put her in time out or something but i thought it was cute.

Here is Ryan and Avery. They are still inseparable. We shall see what the future holds. I think its so funny that we sit around and talk like our kids are going to get married. I know the chances are slim but wouldn't that be a great story.

Here is Ryan and Lacy having fun, getting everything dirty. As you can see the pine needles all over the porch, i guess i should have swept first.

Tiffanie's Special Weekend

My sister Tiffanie recently came here to San Diego to get sealed to her family. It was such an amazing time. We started off the week just right by leaving the kids at home with Grandma and going to Sea World. Since Brent couldn't get off work it was just me Tiffanie and her husband Josh. I didn't care if i was the third wheel or not i wanted to go and get a break. It was so much. There was hardly anyone there. We rode Atlantis like three times in a row never waiting in line. The neatest thing of all was getting picked to help with the dolphin show. I cant believe he picked me. I was only up there for a few minutes. I had to hold the pose below like the whole time. It was hard work, but worth it.

The Shamu show really is amazing!

Me and Tiff

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Our next stop was the Mormon battalion in down town San Diego. We actually stumbled upon it on accident. We had an hour to kill before we had to pick up my sisters bff from the airport and I'm so glad cause this place is amazing and free. If you are ever making a trip to San Diego this is must see.

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Girls night out

After Tiffanie's endowment Friday night all the girls went to BJ. Probably my favorite restaurant. All their food is the best.



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Sealing Day- February 13Th 2010
It was the most amazing experience to go to the temple with Tiffanie. I had the greatest opportunity to be her Guide. It was truly amazing, an experience i wouldn't trade for anything. Thank you Tiffanie for giving me that chance. This day was absolutely perfect. It was neat to see my sisters family get sealed for time and all eternity. I'm so proud of my Sister for following through with her dream. Here is a picture of almost everyone that came.

THE JOSH WHITE FAMILY

My little family roaming the hills

Me and Tiff

All my siblings

left to right

Troy, Tiffanie, Hilarie, Candice, Zachary, and Hannah

After the temple we all went to Pat and Oscars to eat.

Here is all the girls



me and Candice

Lacy loved the cake

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The Beach
After Pat and Oscars we went to the beach and watched the sun set. It was a lot of fun. The kids still played in the water a bit despite the freezing cold.

Brent was showing lacy the water from the Pier.



Laying down star gazing

Cutest boy ever

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Sunday February 14 2010

Jaxon Baby Blessing

Tiffanie and Josh blessed Jaxon in my grandpa's ward so that the whole family could be there. It was another great day. This is in front of my Grandparents house after the blessing. We has some really yummy food and some extra hang out time with Tiffanie and josh before they moved away to Washington. Its kind of weird when you grow up and your family all moves away. I miss you already Tiff and i cant wait to go visit Seattle.

CUTEST COUSINS
Jaxon and Ryan
Ryan, Jaxon, and Lacy

It was really hard to get them all to look. It was too much for them all to smile.

Josh and Lacy lou- Lacy loves Josh. We were all glad to see him after he had been gone for a year in Korea.

Dresses and Aprons

I am not one for online contests or at least posting them on my blog but my really good friend here in San Diego makes the cutest girls dresses and women's aprons and she is giving away a prize of your choice of her blog. So please pop on over here http://polkadotcanar.blogspot.com/ to check it out. It only takes a second to enter and you might win something. Thanks Hilarie

3 HOURS?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD THREE HOURS TO YOURSELF?Well, I had this day all planned out. No kids, three hours. Great! I usually go grocery shopping or clean my house, but since i dont have any money i decided i wasnt going to go out. I could clean my house, but i really didnt feel like it. So i decided to blog and catch up on my private practice. So i drop the kids off and get back home and all i see is a mess. So off course i say to myself "i will just clean for a minute." Well it turned into about 30 which is not too bad considering the mess i had or i should say my two rascals had. So then i sit and watch my show meanwhile feeling guilty that i am watch TV in the middle of the day. But not guilty enough to stop. Then i come in my room to blog. I really want to blog. I have for the past couple weeks, but every time i try something comes up. Or i just start feeling overwhelmed. I hate when i am behind on blogging because then it takes so long to catch up and then you have to decide if you should even catch up or just start from today. I don't know. Well after downloading my pictures and editing them and writing all this i only have maybe 20 min to blog so here i go.

First of all i am going to catch up, and i will start with February 3rd my little sisters bday. Candice just turned 22. Wow i know we all grow up but for some reason its weird when younger ones grow. Since she just moved here to Cali and doesn't really know anyone yet we had her over for a party. I decorated the house and blew up balloons and even made her a cake. I'm sure when she walked in she probably thought i went crazy and forgot that she turned 22 and not 5 but i just couldn't help it. We then went on to make her special birthday dinner from scratch. Alfredo... something i have never done. It turned out good, not great. Then we watch Lost! LOVE LOST! Here is what Lacy looked like after she helped!
Here is the beautiful cake, i think i might need to take a cake decorating class in the future:)

Happy Birthday Candice

Wild Animal Park-

We haven't been for a while so i took the kids the other day. After not being able to get a hold of my friend we decided to go by ourselves. It was kind of hard for me because well i think i am a little co dependent on people. I like to be with other people. So we get there and the first thing we saw was this little show on wild dogs and this lady about my age with two kids about my kids' age stands next to me to watch. Well we ended up walking around the rest of the time together. See told you i was co dependent... It was so fun. The kids played together and we chatted. It ended up being a really fun day. Here are some pix.

Oh i LOVE her

Ryan got one and she wanted one and she wouldn't let go until i gave in. She is a very determined little girl.



where's Ryan?

There he is!

They love this log.





Valentines Day

I didn't go all out. Everyone just got some candy and a hug from me.

Brent surprised me with an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. Oh it was so so good. chocolate chips and strawberry's. Thank you Husband, you did a great job this year:)

Christmas Letter

Every year we like to do a Christmas letter, well this year we decided to go green. So here is our online, blogger Family Christmas letter.As a family this year we moved to San Diego, went to the beach a lot, traveled 6 times back to Az, did summer sales AGAIN, went on a cruise, had wonderful holidays and enjoyed being together as a family.Brent- finally had his hard work payoff and NEVER will be doing summer sales again.Hilarie- got into cooking and baking, continues to do hair and scrapbooking, and spends pretty much all her time taking care of two (moslty)wonderful kids.Ryan- started preschool this year, turned four, loves girls more than boys (im not so sure this is a good thing), loves sunbeams, loves torturing his little sister, and his favorite thing to do now is ride his new scooter he got for Christmas.Lacy- turned one this year (now 18 months), Finally in nursery and loves it, walks, runs, says an amazing amount of words for a 1 1/2 old, likes to torture her brother equally as much as he likes to torture her, loves food, loves dogs or any animal that resembles a dog( hairy with four legs).We have had a wonderful year. Lots of crazy ups and downs but what would life be like if it was perfect all the time. I think hard times brings family's closer together. Family is the greatest blessing. I hope everyone has a wonderful new year. I have a feeling next year will be a good one. :)

Bad Luck

So i used to not believe in bad luck. I am a pretty positive person. I mean i have my days i guess but overall i would think that if something bad happened it happened for a reason. Well my thoughts on that issue are changing.
About a month ago i was at the beach with my family. We are all sitting around and having a great time and then all of a sudden a bird poops on my foot. I was so grossed out. But at least it was just my foot. Well then about thirty minutes later a poop bird poops not only in my hair but also on my face and shirt. I thought i would die. Come on twice in one day, something was wrong with that. THEN, yesterday i went to sea world with Tiffanie and Josh (pix to come) and we are all sitting down eating when yet again a bird poops on me. Okay three times in one month. Isn't that impossible. So now i am thinking that maybe there is such a thing as bad luck and i have it. Does any one know of some sort of spell or something to get rid of it, because i don't want it.

When 4 became 6!

No I'm not having twins. It's even better, my mom and my little sister came to live with us. It has been a crazy adventure fitting all of us in here, but i am happy to have them here. My mom got here last Wednesday with a huge moving truck. We unloaded the stuff that was staying here and then we went on Thursday to our storage to unload the rest. Man, moving is a lot of work. Friday we kind of rested with sore bodies and unpacked the house. Saturday my mom flew back to AZ to finishing packing and get her car. ( Congrats mom on flying since you haven't flown in 20 years.) She comes back tomorrow. My sister Candice is coming back with her to live with my uncle Jimmy and work in his Cafe. My other sister Tiffanie is moving in about three weeks to Washington. So out of all my family my little brother Zack is the only one left in AZ. Its kinda sad. We have all made AZ our home the last ten years. I guess California was calling us back. I'm excited for the adventures that lie ahead. I think life should be the way it used to be when everyone lived close to their families. I don't have any pictures to post because i haven't taken any. I need to do better. Ta ta for now...

So Cute..

So while putting Ryan to bed lately he wants us to rub his back so he can get to sleep. I am usually not all about these kind of habits because they take along time and i think kids should fall asleep on their own. Anyways, i gave in and now we do it every night. He usually gets almost to sleep in less than 5 minutes and then we leave the room. So tonight it was Brent's turn to put him in bed and read stories and rub the back. I have been online doing different things when i realized it had been like 45 minutes. So i just barely went to check on them and they are both sound asleep in Ryan's little twin bed. I want to take a picture so bad but then it would wake them up..darn!