7/1/08 | 4 Elves and a Pixie

July 21, 2008

Early Birthday Celebrations At The Exploratorium

For Jacob and Trevor's birthday, we decided to take the kids to the San Francisco Exploratorium. WOW is that a busy place!?! So many neat learning activities! It was awesome! The kids had so much fun exploring everything! Rocky really loved it too. In fact, I think he is now seeking employment as a craftsman at their workshop!! (More pictures in our family album)

July 16, 2008

Packin' Weight??

Upon checking in on Luke at nap time I discovered that while he slept his stomach had swelled to the size of a small blimp!

"Wha'cha got in that belly of yours, my little monkey??"

"I don't know, mommy"

"Mommy, can I take them out now?"

"THEM?!?"

So Very Grateful!

This week I am grateful for

My beautiful freckle faced girl (even though she can be quite the queen sometimes!)

Making it to the S.F. Renegade Craft Faire

The look on Luke's face when he saw the huge wide ocean for the first time

These two nuts being soooo good for me at the faire!!

Getting to see this (ha ha ha!!) Cause doing this is so much easier than moving the swing set. Ok, maybe not- but it's definitely more entertaining!)

I Love This Face!

I'm so glad that my mom brought a gob of pictures with her when she visited. And I'm especially glad that there were so many of my bitty niece- baby Mia! She is growing much too fast!

July 8, 2008

So Very Grateful!

This week I am grateful for:

Luke writing his name. Yay to our big boy!!

Brothers getting along

Seeing Luke full of excitement on the 4th

Talented Rocky, making this wooden vice for Luke's workbench

Getting a gob of goodies from the very crafty Anne of Annie Oakleaves (see my Isby Blue blog for more!)

Happy Happy 4th!

OUR 4th Of JULy

Watching Luke on the 4th was pure entertainment! And not just for us, but those in the surrounding areas as well!! He was in complete awe- staring and giggling at the fireworks. And lets not leave out the happy dance that he performed for everyones enjoyment! We only wish Brenden, Jacob and Emily were there to witness it first hand (they were at their dad's for the 4th). Here's a clip of Luke doing his happy 4th dance- recorded with Rocky's phone so its a bit dark. Sorry for that - but you can still see how goofy he was being!

On the way home from the fireworks, Rocky spotted this huge bullfrog making his way into the street. The bullfrog was a bit stubborn but we got him to turn around and head back into the bushes where it was safe.

Wee Sparrow Despereaux

This weekend Rocky found a wee sparrow who had fallen from his nest. Since there are tons of animals out on the prowl in our parts, we took him in. We didn't want the poor bitty guy to become a snack! The kids named him Despereaux after a character (who overcame great odds) in one of their favorite books. The next morning we took him into the Wildlife Care Association facility in Sacramento where they will get him strong and when he is ready- release him back into the wild.

Emily's hand- for comparison of how little Despereaux was.

The Wildlife Care Association facility with Emily on the steps. She was a bit sad to leave Despereaux but happy that he was going to be well cared for.

Yay For Family!

My dad came up from AZ with his father a couple of weeks ago and my mom flew in to join him a few days after. The kids were sooo excited to see them!! Since the kids are out of school, they got to spend a lot of time with them. And I got to spend some one on one time with my mom (which was nice!). Of course Rocky and the kids did a lot of golfing with Grampy! (Watch out Justin- Rocky's been practicing! It's game on!) Rocky sized down some clubs and re-finished the grips for the kids. Emily and Jacob are really good at it! Our time with them went by way too fast and we miss them sooo much already. We are counting the days until we get to see them again! Except next time we want to see ALL of the family!

Golfing with Grampy and Grammy-