sick...

we are all infected with something or other. today was better than yesterday. No vommiting, no puss dripping from ears, no fevers, lots of *thomas* and some smiles. so it's been good today.

i have a cough, a chunky green one. lovely.

here we are today. thanks grandma in LV for the *thomas* hat. he's lovin' it!

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happy st patty's!!!

any day that people celebrate by wearing *GREEN* is OK by me! i loved seeing everyone wearing green today! it made me happy. here is my contribution! {notice the hair, Jason}

first we went to our LSS for some early Easter stuff. they had BUNNIES! WOW! the boys loved it. then we had the opening season of swim at the Y. let the fun begin! Colby has turned into quite a swimmer! {what a change from last summer, do you remember???} James is rockin" it with the big kids, too! Jo wanted nothing to do with it. as usual. then we went to the church for the Easter choir rehearsal...James is singing at the family service this Sunday. cute. he's the only boy... so while James was singing his heart out, i took the little ones to the park for some wearing out. the met friends and played hard. Jo was asleep before we left the church. awesome! so the night is at it's end, and tomorrow i will be slaving away in the kitchen making *rice crispie eggs* for Colby's easter party at school. aaah, theses are the days of my life.

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hail storm!!! what?

yes! we had a hail storm right here in River City! just kidding, here in sunny San Diego! it was crazy! i think i've only seen hail once, maybe twice before in my life...it was cool! of course the boys had to go out and see it, first hand...it's kinda funny that it's cold enough for nature makes these *hard as rock* pieces of ice, but not cold enough for snow. i don't get it.

it was fun anyway.

Jo did'nt get outside, he was scared. but heres a cute pic of him...he is really getting big! today he said his first full sentence!!! "i want my book back, please" SERIOUSLY! he said it to Colby in the car. it was incredible. brought tears to my eyes...

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cleaning...

not to much to report...the boys are with grumps at the train museum! hours of fun! and i'm stuck home doing laundry and cleaning the house...you know how much i hate claening the house...BUNK! but it needs to get done. you also know that it has to get pretty dirty for me to call a *clean up day* so it's today. wish me luck. i'm such a bad cleaner because i become ADD about it. i start in one room, then go to another to put some thing away and then get stuck in that room, so basicly, nothing ever gets done! it's misery.

hope your having more fun than i.

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lovely day

today i worked out in the AM then took the boys for hair cuts...only got pics of Colbs, because i had to hold Squish down, literally. but they came out cute. then some art! while Jo slept. Then we were on the playset for hours! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL TO DAY!!! i love it here. just look at this pic of the light through our back door...stunning! it was like 78 degrees we had all the doors open and a wonderful breeze was flowing....ahhhh, lovely. Around 5:00 Grumps came over and took the boys to the park for a picnic, while i went for a girls night out to *dream dinners* it was so cool! you go there and prepare all your meals for a month and freeze them, then take them out to cook. so easy and time saving! love it! most people save hundreds on grocery shopping ! i think we'll try it!
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beach days

Hello! my mom is here for a weekend visit!!! YEAH! so far we've gone to Todai for yummy sushi and today we went to Coronado and walked on the Silver Strand Beach!! it was a beautiful So Cal day and remarkably warm down by the water! the water on the other hand, was freezing! But that did not stop good old Colby from jumping head first into the icy waves! Jonah had a blast running from the water and yelling at Colby in his own gibberish, to get out of the water!! it was cute....then it all took an abrupt turn for the worst when he was running from a wave and fell then the wave crashed over him....it was over. pure bedlam. Then Colby fell in the dry sand and got sandy cheeks! He started crying because "it hurts when i walk" he said. so i had to schlep the two *yahoo brothers* back to the car whilst they were screaming bloody murder in both my ears! then to the ice cold showers for them, again screaming bloody murder. oh, the joys of beach days. but it was fun. James and my mom took a nice LONG walk on the beach. they had a great time and collected shells.

more later...

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it's good to be ME! this week...

aaahhh, what a week this has been...First on Tuesday i got to have a bit of *retail therapy* with my mother in law!!! so great. we shopped and had lunch at Panera, mmmmm, good. Then i got some more *girly*time on Friday night with Christy and Jeanette at *yellowbird* for some *scrap therapy*. here a couple of my layouts {the fam one is not quite finished} and me with the girls, at 12:30 am. that's why we look so sleepy. wow, what a horrible pic... BUT, yesterday, was the *piece de resistance* with a FULL SPA DAY courtesy the Nimitz. I guess they do this every year for 30 *lucky* military moms who's husbands are deployed. how wonderful. they even provided chid care for all the kiddos! They had a blast too! bouncies and activities and a BBQ of hotdogs and hamburgers! awesome. So, wow i had a facial then a *mini make~up make over* i guess it looked ok, but i'm not used to all that make~up and blush, but it was F U N! then it was off to the mani/pedi station and paraffin treatment, then a light *spa* lunch then a fab 30 minute massage!!! although i left with a raging migraine, i had a wonderful time! i think it was from the massage. she really worked my neck, but ooohhh, it hurt so gooood. here is my make up artist from LA, she was sooo cool!
a little modeling the new look. what a dork! seriously.
the set up. yes, that's a chocolate fountain!!!

then at then at the end of the day they took a couple pics of the boys and i for a card. too cute! and so relaxing. i'm so greatful to all those ladies who volunteered their services yesterday, and to all our husbands, wives, sons, daughters and loved ones who are serving this country.

thank you.

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