Sunday, April 20, 2008

we are alive.......

man i really didn't know if i was gonna make it this past week! me and the kids had been in cali for a little over 2 weeks (bren on 2 of the weekends) and we got back late last sunday night. we had a great trip and i was gonna come back to az and transition back to life here really well w/o being bummed to not be in cali and then tues morn i woke up w/ a sore throat and the rest of the week was history! bren is sooooo ready to have his "normal" wife back. i literally looked like i swallowed a golf ball and couldn't swallow w/o cringing till today! hello. i've lost 5 lbs though, so i should be happy for that (we'll see if i can keep it off). it's been sooooo long since my last entry and we've been so busy, so i'll mainly recap thru my gazillion of pics! hey, it's for the blog book right! it's not a secret that i heart california and boy did we live it up. i don't think we really did "nothing" the whole time (which could be why i was stricken w/ strep). but we had a blast although we missed bren wayyyy too much :)! i think we went to the beach 7 times, disneyland, the spectrum 3 times, the gym, pasadena, tons of old navys and targets, some of our fav restaurants, prehistoric pets, i did a bunch of hair (thanks to my helpers for helping watch my kids too :), park day a few times, late night movies, and several "free" trips to golden spoon (thanks pops), needless to say we kept really busy! i can't wait to go back in may! ohhhh something very exciting happened in our house this week! carter went pee in the potty! wooohoo! hopefully he'll be potty trained before we know it! k enjoy the pics!
the start of the trip we went to brianna barnes baptism! i can't believe she's 8, i remember when she was just a baby (sadly i didn't get a pic w/ her)! this is my good buddy david alexander!

me, david alexander, and nikki (brianna's cute mom)

one of our many trips to hb, me and sherri took the kids walking and then played on the beach, savanna couldn't eat enough sand! and that's cute anna sitting w/ her!

carter fetching a pail of water

the water was literally icy cold!

bath time

dana invited us up to pasadena for a free trip to the kids space museum. the kids had a great time and everyone seemed to be entertained! then we went to the biggest soup plantation and ate! yumm! this pic is of jeremy and lucy on the cute little bikes.

carter wanted to get in on in too!

they had this black light area w/ scorpions and other creepy stuff, so me and laura, and savanna took a quick pic!


another day at the beach

cute ava was so ready to go divin in!

conf sunday the girls hangin out in the suman garage! lucy, ava, and savanna

some of the peeps

the kids loved to climb up the stairs and look out!

our trip to dland, carter watching the parade

this says how easy dland is w/ 2 kids! i love the pb & j on carter's face!

jungle cruise ride

carter couldn't get enough of carousel rides! he went a couple times at dland and also every time we went to the spectrum!

cute savanna!

one of the park days, maile, julie, and savanna



this was the BEST shopping day ever! it started off as a crazy day and i couldn't of asked for a better gift than for 2 kids to sleep for about an hour, so i could enjoy some shopping :)!

when bren flew back to the oc, we went out w/ some of our friends ian & rowena and there little girl ella! they held hands from the restaurant all the way to the carousel! so cute!

trip to sea world! actually the more fun part of the day (for me) was the carlsbad outlets there was so much good stuff! but we made it to s world and the kids enjoyed it for a bit! this hat carter loves and it's a bit too small minus the fact it's 2t/3t, but it was cheap and if it covers his face we'll work w/ it :)!

love savanna's eyes in this pic!

watching "believe" the shamu show. carter couldn't make it thru the whole thing, so we left during it and went and saw the star fish (his fav part of the whole day)!


last beach trip! a bunch of friends from the hb 7th ward! it was one of the BEST beach days ever! the weather was awesome and it had this little sand bar that the kids played in forever!

this is reagan and savanna digging for lady bugs they were EVERYWHERE! and the creepy thing is savanna was trying to eat um! silly girl!

carter was having this much fun!

savanna was so busy doing her own thing! love this girl!

12 comments:

Suzanne said...

Your pictures make me homesick! What more could you want... Beautiful weather, fun places to go, and amazing friends! Plus it was fun to see my old bathroom in that picture. You are so lucky to live close enough to visit often. Enjoy:)

teresa and the boys said...

Yay -- glad you're feeling better! Strep is no fun at all! Also happy to have you posting again!

dana said...

you guys did pack a lot in! Good job! And fun recap with the pics. It was fun to see you guys!

dana said...

and sorry you got sick too. UGH.
I lost a few pounds also and can now fit in my pre-pregnancy pants. Woohoo! Like you said, let's see if I can keep it off!

Suman Family said...

hi! so fun to see you posting again and it's great to see you're pics and recap. it looks like a lot a fun. i am glad you get to come again soon!

i'm also glad you're feeling better. sounds like it's been miserable. so sorry!

Becca said...

what a great trip!!For sure you partied like a rock star if you came down with strep!!!! Loved all the pics! You sure know how to make a girl miss home!

Suman Family said...

ps: yippee for carter! i hope potty training goes smoothly!

Camille said...

Cute pictures. It was fun having you here. See you soon! : )

Glad you're feeling a little better!

mangrumminute said...

I'm glad you guys are all alive and well:) We are actually back in the OC (for now?) and loving the nice weather.

Mandy Eames said...

Party on!! I am so jealous of your warm trip to Cali, although, not for long because we are hittin' Disney Land next week! My boys can't even sleep, we should have for sure waited longer to tell them!
Get better soon, we all miss your blogging!
Love ya! Mandy :)

Mama Bear said...

Glad you are alive and healthy again! Such cute, cute, pictures...especially all the beach shots! Fun times! Can't wait for you to visit again in May!

Kari said...

Wow, what a fun time! Love all the pics of the beach. I wish i were there right now!

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