Updates

Well it has been awhile since I have posted anything and for that I deeply apologize. I think the last post I made was a few months ago now, but believe it or not life as a stay at home mom can get kind of busy. Since April we have had lots of stuff happen and lots of people that have come to visit so I am going to start with the furthest one back and bring you to the present! There are 9 new posts that need to be read. So are you ready here we go!!!!

Summer Begins

Well it is official, summer has begun down here! We got two new pools this year, one for Brandon and one for Isa. Isa absolutely loves the water, she couldn't get enough and got a little upset when I took her out. She was loving it so much she made her way over to Brandon's pool and dove in head first. Yep I said it head first, completely submerged in the water. Both Brandon and I of course jumped and pulled her out, the crazy thing was she didn't even cry, she thought it was one of the coolest things ever! I can't even give her a bath without being completely soaked by the time I am done washing her! Brandon on the other hand doesn't want any splashing because he doesn't want it in his face. Go figure!

Kindergarten Graduation

Ok, so do you every sit down and wonder where the time has gone or feel like something just happened last week when it actually happened 5 years ago. Well this is one of those moments for me, Brandon is done with Kindergarten. He is no longer a baby, he is officially school age. Everyday I look at him and he keeps getting older and taller and is losing all his cute baby stuff. He is such a big boy and very quickly turning into a man. There really isn't much we can get by him anymore. He even reads so well that we can't even spell words out around him because he figures that out too! My gosh where does the time go? Just a quick piece of advice to those of you that still have little ones--Hang on to those cute baby moments because they really don't last long and before you know it they will be gone forever!!

Go America!

On the beach in Santa Monica there was this great memorial for all of the lives lost in Iraq, thus far. They had a cross representing every life and they also had each name listed. While Dave was in Iraq in 2006 he lost 6 guys, so we found their names and paid our respects. It was nice to see the memorial but also very daunting!

Brother Visits

Ok, now onto the last of the visitors, yep 4th week in a row! Jason and his girlie friend, Shannon, came to get a break from the masses amounts of snow they had been having in Spokane. Shannon kept saying she wanted to see the ocean because she felt so landlocked in Spokane, so of course, I delivered! HAHA! We did some sightseeing with them also, Hollywood, Santa Barbara, & Santa Monica. We drove to Hollywood, did the tourist stuff there then got in the car and drove down Sunset Blvd. I guess we saw a bunch of famous places but I couldn't tell you. Shannon knows all of the names of everything & she was our celebrity watch person all weekend, she would let us know when there was something famous. Although I do believe we drove by one of Madonna's homes, it was huge! We also went to the Santa Monica Peir and rode the famous Ferris Wheel, I took Brandon on it, he loved it! Oh yeah we also went to the wax museum on Hollywood Blvd, some of the people look really good and others were really bad. Although the ones that were good were kind of creepy to look at for awhile because you felt like they were looking back at you. Another great vacation for me.

Once they left I was a little sad because that meant all my visitors had come and I had to get back to my normal routine of hanging out at the house. It may sound like a lot but I enjoyed everyone's company and it worked out perfect, no ones vacation overlapped with any one else!

Thomas the Train

After my sisters left, the next weekend Nana came into town and yes this is the 3rd week in a row that we had company. I found out a few weeks earlier that Thomas the Train was going to be in town, so Nana was nice enough to buy tickets for all of us to ride. The really fun part about the day was we didn't tell Brandon anything it was a complete surprise, we told him we were just going for a car ride, once he saw Thomas the look on his face was priceless! The day was really fun but unbelievable hot, I think it got up into the 90s, which is really hot for mid April. I even had to give Isa little sips of water to keep her hydrated.

All in all another great day!

Cast Off!!!

Brandon finally got to get his cast off but I think he was a little disappointed to get it off. He was definitely afraid to move his arm after the cast was removed, it still hurt because it had been so long since he last straightened it. Also the stench under that thing was one of the worst things I have ever smelled and his skin was all dead and flaky. Needless to say we came straight home to get in the bath. YUCK!