goodbye San Diego......

these pics are form our night beach walk in OB. The boys were so excited to be there at night!
look at this piece of seaweed Colby found!! HOLY! {and yes, he's in his undies}! he wanted to be naked....

today we are officially vagabonds! we had our last packout on Friday and have been living with Nana and Grumps. We head to Vegas today! it's going to be good. final closure on this chapter of our lives. i don't really know how i feel. I guess it just has'nt hit me yet.

We have been super busy getting in all of our last minute San Diego things. Seeing friends and spending time with Family. it's been exhausting. but great! My BFC and I went to the Scrapbook Expo last week!!! it was awesome! i will miss her soooo. she has been such an amazing friend to me these lase 4 years....our kids are the same age and have been such good friends. We will all miss them.

our last night in our house we had a little visitor.....are'nt they soooo cute? i just want to squeeze him! to bad they are sooo mean!

look who got hair cuts!!!

before: crash bandicootAfter: respectable young manand Mr. Colbs....

looks all growed up....

we're off!!

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the count down to Rota..

school is back in session. we are getting in the last few things of San Diego that we want to see, like the museums at Balboa Park, the Birch Aquarium, the Zoo. Last minute adventures with the boys. it's bitter sweet. friday the last of our stuff goes.

no pics today. I'm blogging from the laptop.
more later.

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2 weeks...

it's amazing that our entire life was packed into these boxes.school has started and we are just hangin' out until the 5th. That's when the the movers come for our final packout. then we are off to Vegas to see my mom and Todd and Craig. it's going to be great! i can't wait! we are taking the kids and the grandparents! our last hoooorah, before we head out...

over the weekend we hit the Santee Spray grounds and the beach. here are a few pics!

the boys are loving boogie boarding! i am amazed that Colby has absolutely no fear of the ocean and the waves. He lets the undertoe take him out and he actually swims in the waves! underwater! geez, he just turned 4!!! he's going to be our extreme sports guy! i love it! he's really not afraid of anything.Jonah tried. it was cute. he was scared at first, but soon got the hang of it. Iron Man joined us at the beach...

and soon met his fate....

look at my studly hubby!!! yeah, he's hot!

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sooo cute!!!

look at these!!! aaaahhhh!!! i want them! you can get them here. do you think i could get them before we leave? oh they are soooo adorable!

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ins and outs

things around here are moving right along. some days are frustrating. like when you go into the kitchen to cook a meal for your family, then realize that you have nothing to cook the pasta in, or that you can't make enchiladas because you don't have a baking dish, or measuring cups to measure rice....ugh. But there is definitely something to be said about this minimalist lifestyle...let go of the clutter and you are free....

less than a month to go....how scary. and exciting.

today we are off to the beach! yeah!

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bare bones

we are down to the wire. only 34 days and a wake up until we are off to Spain. The movers came on Wednesday and Thursday for the *pack out* now we are living on bare bones. We stocked the rooms with lovely air mattresses and our clothes are in our suitcases. We took one of our outdoor furniture sets and moved it into the dining room for our table and got this cutie little futon from Target! as you can see, Jonah found it very comfortable. The kids are having a rough time with this transition. They are bonkers! they do'nt know what to do. but we are adjusting. We are heading to Vegas on the 7th of September for a week, then to the Navy Lodge for 2 nights before we embark on our 15 hour flight! woo hooo! it's going to be quite and adventure.

On Saturday my dear friends little boy turned 2 so we drove down to the OC to celebrate! it was a good time. lots of kids to play with!

more soon.
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yeah!

here are a few pics from Jonah's special day! It was just the family. Aunt Shelby is here visiting from North Carolina. It's been nice.

First thing we did was go swimming! {per usual}. Then we went for a hike at Mission Trails!it was good. the little guys tired out quickly, but James and Dad went on a short hike alone while i stayed back at the dam with the little guys. I got some good pics. check out this dragonfly!wow! then it was back home for the BIRTHDAY BBQ~

good times!

you do'nt suppose this little boy likes trains...do you?