just little details...

so most know that i have an amazing sweet tooth that requires much attention!!!

i mentioned a few posts back about this wonderful little place that my dear friends spoke so fondly of... and i finally made it there... and was not let down!

this place is heaven for anyone that loves a patisserie...

check out their full menu here...

and then lay your eyes on the beauties below...

i have only tried the chocolate lava cake... and it was amazing!!!

(it is the beautiful little cake on the very top right in the pic below)

i love godiva chocolate cheese cake from cheesecake factory... ask brent how much i love it... i dont really share when i get a slice... and this is better than that...

the best news of all... its not that far away from my house... maybe about 15 minute drive... but... even better... they are opening another one closer... like 5 mins from my house... yippeeee...

wait... maybe thats not so good!

especially when i just told shauna that we should try to go on a no sugar diet for a month...

we are definitely waiting until after my bday... because this is what i will be eating...

yeah!

[pictures from petite madelines bakery and patisserie]

swim lessons...

8/19/2010

i know he doesnt look happy here... but i promise that its only because i wanted to take a picture of how awesome he is doing... he is hating the camera more and more everyday... bummer for blogging...

but he swam all the way from the steps to this point all by himself...

those that have been around him this summer know that he did not want anything to do with water... but now... because of our swim lessons he is doing amazing!

our swim teacher meagan is THE BEST...

big scoopers and lots of kickers... he loves swim lessons... and he loves the pool now! yeah!!!

this picture is actually not swim lessons... just swimming with friends... they dont let us use this awesome pink swim tube for lessons... we have to use "surf boards"... as jones would call them... and we throw toys to the other end of the pool and race to get them...

jones even jumped off the diving board for his first time last friday (the 20th)...

a closer look

its kind of crazy... brent (and the rest of his unit) should have replacements in afghanistan in about a month and then leave about two weeks after that... which means that he should actually be here around october 11th... yeah!!!!!

(so the whole 6-7 months thing... it really ends up being 7.5 months... someone needs to learn how to count better... i am just happy that we are close... so i can joke about it now...)

jones wanted to color brent some pictures to send to him before he does come home... and we made a sticker chart to count the days until he arrives... but of course we had to play with all the left over stickers and jones got a very close look... telling me all about each ball...

flexible???

8/17/2010

nap time...

i realize that this picture looks like anything but nap time...

but this is what happens when i fall asleep thinking that jones is also asleep...

i woke up to hearing him reading to himself and could only smile...

then when i saw his room... i didnt smile...

but that only last a few seconds... because as soon as he knew that i was standing there he says:

"hey mom, did you sleep good?"

i love my jones...

8/15/2010

our date...

our date night was switched to saturday night this week...

pizza...

horton hears a who...

and chocolate lava cake from petite madelines bakery...

august 7th 2010

love our neighborhood...

anyone that has talked to me about our neighborhood knows that i love it more and more as time passes... this just adds to it... every year there is a synchronized swimming event put on by the lifeguards of oceanside at the marshal street pool... it was so cute... all the different classes did a dance and synchronized swimming routine... they would start out of the water dance to music, then would end up in the water and do some synchro... the best was the finale... the city of oside lifeguards all dance and did synchro to michael jackson thriller... it was amazing!!! jones kept asking for more... we loved it!

words cannot describe how cute/funny/entertaining it was...

the lifeguards started the night off with some great interpretations of famous singers...

justin timberlake... lady gaga... dolly parton... beyonce... shakira...

those lifeguards can dance!!!!

and all the kids were adorable... if we are here long enough i think we just might see jones doing a little synchro swimming... dont laugh... there was the cutest boy that performed... he did a dance/synchro/diving performance to guns and roses...

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and our nice neighbor gave jones a dollar so he could pick out a treat at the bake sale...

of course he picked a cupcake... but not just any cupcake... a pig cupcake...

7/31/2010

randoms...

here are a couple random pictures...

brent sent jones a granite camel from afghanistan... he was pretty excited...

"camel"

7/20/2010

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we have been enjoying the beautiful magnolias on our tree...

and we tried another attempt at making some oatmeal pancakes like the ones from 'the wagon wheel' in monterey california... these were ok... nothing comparable to what i wanted...

7/21/2010

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enjoying our garden... i have been making many things that need tomatoes...

my favorite so far... pasta with these orange cherry tomatoes... they burst in your mouth with so much flavor... i love having our own garden that i can just walk outside and pick what i need... such a wonderful feeling!

day at the library... we had so much fun at the library with their fun activities...

reminder to myself... find a gymnastics gym for jones...

i already knew that i loved my home teachers... she is an amazing gardener; he is a sincere person and such a sweet couple... but now i know that she is an amazing cook too... they brought us the most delish cookies... good thing i had help eating them...

7/27/2010

the bohns...

brents dads sister and her family came for a visit...

they rented a house for two weeks and we had so much fun with them...

mckenna, tanner, jones...

although jones doesnt seem so happy here... he did like the 'cuddle lounge' while it was in the pool... we didnt make up that name... that was the name on the box... the middle used to be inflated too... after a week of jumping and playing on it... it gave away... but they still took it to the beach and rode the waves with it... dont worry... everyone on the beach was jealous and watched with awe that the 'cuddle lounge' was surfing the waves...

catching sand crabs with my cousins and brents cousins...

my cousins in the 'cuddle lounge'... this was their surprised faces after they got tossed by the waves...

non-picture takers...far left... leann, pink sweatshirt mckenna...

picture takers... larry... mark...

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jones loved having so much attention...

he played his own version of follow the leader whenever he would have someone to talk with...

with kristen...

kristen and tanner...

mckenna and kristen

being monkeys with tanner...

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another beach day...

gigi...

jones...

aileen...

mckenna and gigi...

jones, mckenna and gigi...

kristen and cole...

jones with his cookie at the beach...

jones still with his cookie... and me... at the beach...

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farmers market for dinner...

i had to tickle him to get this smile...

he wanted a picture with this dog... that is fake...

love this family!!!

love that they love to try all the different foods at the farmers market...

love that they fed me dinner for two weeks straight...

love that we loved having them here...

hopefully mark really does decide to open a new law office here and they have to move...

thanks for such a fun two weeks!!!!

miss you guys!!!

ps...

jones had to take a picture with his daddy when we were at the farmers market... i know the glare is horrible... but i thought it was so funny that he kept calling this mannequin daddy... and then when i asked him if he wanted to take a picture with daddy... he said ok... and ran up to the window... he knew what i was asking...