What a week!

We have had so much fun this week! Super Girl is doing great with her tubes...she is so happy most of the time! She still has her little attitude, but that's just part of her personality! Anyway, things are really going great. Tall Boy has been absolutely amazing and wonderful! He is very accommodating and is taking a very active role with the kids. He is an amazing man and I love him more and more everyday...

OK, enough of the gushy mushy stuff...

We went camping this weekend at the red rock formation place. We bought a tent trailer last week because we thought we'd like it better, so we tested it out. It has it's pros and cons. The biggest pros are that the beds are bigger, there are 4 beds and 2 tables, and it tows much easier than the other trailer. The cons are the time and effort it takes to set up and take down, the lesser amount of storage space and the fact that we were cold at night in the middle of summer.

More about the camping trip...

We went with Tall Boy's friend from work again, and we also invited another family along, a couple from our neighborhood. In all there were 6 adults and 7 kids. All the kids played together and enjoyed getting wet in the creek and building a dam. The adults enjoyed the kids playing off on their own and the chance to have some adult conversation time. We ate some good food and enjoyed some delicious smores (made with PB cups instead of the normal chocolate bar...
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!)
We stayed up late and got up early (thanks Super Girl) and went to a Lavender Festival! The kids played and rode rides. The adults learned about the farm and enjoyed seeing the kids play. After kids went to bed, we stayed up playing card games and laughing and joking. It was a great break from everyday life. We will definitely have to do it again soon. There were some pretty flowers there, I couldn't resist snapping some photos...

In other news, Super Boy and Super Girl are taking their 1st trip without mom and dad! Gma and Gpa are taking them to Cali to see friends and family! They will leave on the 4th and come back around the 19th. I am both nervous and very excited. Tall Boy and I were discussing the things that need to take place before this weekend, we have our work cut out for us. We will be tilling the front yard, digging trenches for sprinklers, laying sprinklers, and laying sod!!! We will also probably be tilling the whole yard, but we shall see! I am super excited for the changes our yard will be seeing soon. Mostly I am excited that the kids will be able to play and we won't have to worry so much once we get the fences up. That will probably happen next week, but wow...I'll definitely have to take some before and after photos and post them!

Anyway, that has been our fabulous week...hope you all had fun too!!!

Tubes and the rest of my week...

Sorry it took so long for me to post the results of Super Girl's surgery...everything went great. She was amazingly alert and happy after the surgery. She was a little whiny the day after, but other than that she is back to her normal self. She has even picked up a few new words in the past couple of days. She now says "Go" and "What". She also recently started saying "it's stuck". So I think the talking explosion is right around the corner. Here are a few pics of her the day of surgery...


































The rest of my week was pretty eventful as well. We had 2 families with kids come over (13 people including us) for dinner on Friday night. We chatted and ate and the kids all played. It was so much fun! They all went home around 9:30p and about an hour later, our swamp cooler died! So yesterday morning, we fixed the swamp cooler. I was not happy about being up at 7am after the week I've had, but I'm happy now! Yesterday was also supposed to be my "day off". So that's why I was so cranky about being up at 7am! Anyway, yesterday afternoon I had a 2 hour massage!!! It was PURE BLISS!!! I usually don't fall asleep during massages, but I dozed off quite a few times yesterday!

Anyway, so that has been my exhausting week...hope you all had an easier one!

Fun in the Sun...

We have had lots of fun in the sun lately...on Thursday last week we went with a friend (from now on I will call her Hot Mama, cause "my friend gets so old!!!) to a pool. Then we went again today to a different pool near Hot Mama's house. Super Girl sure is a water baby! She loves swimming around and hates it when I have to hold on to her! Super Boy is becoming more comfortable in the water and asks me everyday if it's time for his swimming lessons yet! We'll be signing up for those later this month. After we went swimming, we hung out at Hot Mama's house and her little girl was playing with Super Girl. We just can't get over how similar these two girls look alike even though they are almost a year apart!









Super Girl also enjoyed playing with their dog...


In other news, Super Girl's surgery is set, it's official...she's getting tubes in on Thursday! I'm nervous and excited. Hopefully this will be the end of ear infections, or at least will help diminish them. I'm nervous because this is the 1st time any of my kids will have surgery where anesthesia is required. I just wish I could go in there with her and be there by her side the whole time.

Well, you are all caught up! Until next time...TTFN!

Updates...

Well, it's been a little while since my last post so I thought I'd better pipe in and tell everyone what's been happening the past week.

Super Girl has yet another ear infection. We were referred to an ENT (ear, nose, throat doctor) but we couldn't get in to see him until July21! So my friend told us about the ENT she took her daughter to, and we got in yesterday! They want to put tubes in Super Girl's ears, and we have a tentative surgery date for next Thursday! Talk about fast service! So, we are waiting to find out what it will cost, and then hopefully ear infections will be a thing of the past! Super Girl is also entering the very curious and busy stage of getting into EVERYTHING!!! I'll have to keep my eyes open, and all the gates and doors closed! Wish me luck with this one!

In other news, Gma and Gpa are planning a trip to Cali and offered to take kids with them! So my hubby and I have decided to do some much needed upgrades on our home. We are planning to put in sod! 2 weeks of no kids should give it a fighting chance! We might do concrete as well, but we haven't decided for sure on that.

Super Boy is chomping at the bit to get back to school. He's so excited about the 1st grade! I decided to do a countdown calendar on my blog, and when it gets a little closer (like a month away) then we'll make a paper chain or something like that for the house. What am I going to do with 8 hours of peace a day??? PARTY!!!

Anyway, I am excited for this summer. I am feeling more and more like my old self everyday! So hopefully things will continue to get better and better, and we can have lots of fun and get a lot accomplished too!

Thanks for tuning in yet again! Until next blog...

I got my book!!!

IT IS SO COOL!!! I love my book created by my very own hand (or blog)!!! I gave one to Gma and Gpa downstairs and today I'm sending one to Gma and Gpa in Cali! And we have one to keep for us! I think this will be my format for our family scrapbook, but I will continue to do the traditional scrapbooks for my kiddos! Anyway, just thought I'd share the joy! If you wanna see it, you gotta come over!

My book, boating and funny messes...

My book is being shipped as I type!!! Hip hip hooray! It didn't take very long! I think I turned it in on the 28th and it said it was shipped on the 31st! TOTALLY AWESOME! I can't wait to see it and hold it...my very own family book!

In other news...

We had a very fun weekend. It was warm enough to go out on our boat. Tall Boy got his Father's Day present a little early...it's a tube to pull 2 riders behind the boat! The kids both loved it, and I loved driving crazy with Tall Boy in tow! We got some sun and had a great time together.











Then today, I was preparing for a friend to come over with her kids. I fed my kids lunch and this is what Super Girl decided to do with her jam sandwich...

Too cute to NOT POST!!!
Anyway, life is pretty good around here!

Also, I have a book recommendation...I just recently hear of the Twilight saga/series and bought them online (sale + free shipping = I BUY!!!) I absolutely LOVE it!!! I haven't been able to put it down. There are 3 books out now, but the 4th and final (I think) is due out soon. I got the books on Friday and I'm already 2/3 of the way through the 3rd book!!! It helped that I wasn't feeling very well yesterday, so I read the entire 2nd book yesterday! Anyway, it's a series about a girl in love with a vampire...I know it sound awful and horrific...but it is an amazing series. The author makes you feel like you are there in the moment with all the characters. If anyone out there likes the TV series Moonlight...I HIGHLY recommend these books! Anyway. The 1st book is called Twilight, the 2nd is New Moon and the 3rd is Eclipse. The Author is Stephenie Meyer. I can't wait until the 4th comes out...it's called Breaking Dawn(naturally I've pre-ordered it already!) Anyway, enough of my gushing, I better muster up some desire to get dinner ready!

Thanks for tuning in...until next time...