i love a childs perspective!

anyone that has boys must know who this is... fillmore... from the movie cars...

well, the other day jones and i went to the grocery store... and i wasnt even in a hurry, but being an adult/mom/grownup... i didnt even see what jones saw...

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as i am getting him out of the car he is just starring at something... literally would not take his eyes off of it... i turn to look at what is so interesting... and as i am doing this he just yells out...

FILLMORE!!!...

he was so so very excited to see fillmore...

i love a childs perspective... they always notice things that we miss...

it made my day...

http://disney-clipart.com/Cars/Fillmore.php

3/7/2010

love thursday... the best!

b...

what more can i say...

i love you so much! hope you have the best 27th birthday a person could possibly have!

my heart is yours now and forever!

i love you!

i love you!

i love you!

thank you for who you have been!

who you are!

who you will become!

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e

what would you do???

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when the only thing your kid wants is a donut and it is his birthday...

i love it... i tried to get him to want anything else... but on his birthday, jones only wanted donuts for breakfast... so we got out the jogging stroller and went to the donut shop again... (we had just gone there with the martindales while they were here)... he was in heaven... i love that he also loves to choose what he wants... so much fun to see him look at all the donuts and know that he wants "that one"... and just because it was officially his birthday i brought a candle and lighter so he would blow out a candle on his real birthday...

it is so hard to even understand that a year has passed... i remember his last birthday like it was yesterday... we have had such a crazy year... jones turned one and then shortly after that we moved from mexico to the states... then brent left for boot camp, then mct, then guard duty, then mos schooling back east... then we all moved to california... so many changes... such a crazy year! i am so lucky to have such an awesome little boy!

happy birthday my sweet two year old!!!

3/1/2010

family in town...

a martindale weekend...

day one:

we had so much fun with the martindales here for the weekend!

first stop the pier...

then we were on to find charlie...

at the bait shop, right where charlie hangs out, you can buy sardines and feed him... i wonder why he likes to hang out there???

seriously, that is one crazy bird and i was so happy to be taking pictures and not getting near it...

all of a sudden there was such a crowd around us... they all wanted pictures of the family feeding him...

then we found some fish and chips and harbor fish and chips... we all decided that the fish and chips werent that great, but we would go back for some more clam chowder... yummm!

then we went to the san diego temple to do some baptisms for the dead...

i have not done that in such a long time... it was... refreshing... i had not done it in so long... while i was in young womens i would always help the girls to know where to go, but never was able to do the work myself... so when i actually was able, it was so awesome to feel that sweet spirit so strongly...

i love that temple... so breathtaking!!!

thanks for watching jones grandma m...

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day two:

it was supposed to rain all day... but lucky for us, right when we went out to surf... it let up... i got brent a surf board for our anniversary thanks to a local that was having a garage sale... he was so happy to finally get a chance to use it...

doesnt jason look so great in my girly wetsuit...

(he is the only one with the short wetsuit)

while they were busy surfing... we played at the park...

on the swings with grandma...

the slides with mama...

i am surprised that he actually said cheese for me here... usually we would have to say something else, like donut to get him to smile... he doesnt like cheese... weird kid! i love cheese and so does brent...

puddles with grandpa...

jones thought it was the funniest thing ever to say umbrella... he had never heard the word or seen one until this moment and would not stop smiling...

family picture...

then we took some sexy pictures...

yeah rachel...

go der der... i am laughing so hard right now... again... derek had a little water trapped in his wetsuit... i loved the little dance he did to wiggle the water around...

is that anything like the stanky leg... jason you still gatta dance!

my cute inlaws...

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day three:

church...

thank you to all those who sent jones birthday cards... he loved them...

i loved this picture, because it shows how ferociously he opened the cards... he was so excited!

then... i dont think i have laughed this hard in a long long time... i practically fell over on rachel...

jones trying to blow out his birthday candles...

yes... he is cross eyed in the top picture...

still trying....

he finally got it after a lot of spit flew every which way... and i, and i believe everyone else, were crying from laughing so hard...

well worth the work...

he kept telling us birthday party, but the way he says it sounds something like, "bur-ty"...

and i especially loved that when we were singing him happy birthday, he folded his arms like it was a prayer...

such a great weekend... thanks for all the fun!!!!

february 25-28 2010

remember when...

i am finally posting about our yard... this has been a draft for about two weeks...

remember when i said that i had this dream backyard and i posted some pictures that i loved... well... brent is so sweet and loves us so much!!!

a couple saturdays ago he had sod delivered... and we transformed our backyard from this...

to this...

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although we were both very sore from working outside all day... i loved every second... i love working in the yard... the different earthy smells... the beauty that a yard can be if taken care of... now we are still hoping to add a few more things... but i have to say that in only one days work it looks amazing and we are so excited to play in our yard this summer!!!

2/20/2010

going private

we finally decided that we are going to take our blog private...

i will probably do it in a few weeks from now...

so if you want to be invited please leave your email in a comment...

thanks so much!!!

happy reading...

i couldnt help posting this picture again... it is one of my favorites...

love thursday... where else???

where else can you go that you get to...

cruise in a jeep

fly a flying bike

drive a train with barney

ride a police motorcycle

gallop a horse

chill with chucke

&

so much more...

chuck e cheese

and then you get tickets for all that...

he would have been happy just taking home all those tickets...

well... maybe not... he loved picking out the candy!

fhe... 2/15/2010

hawaii:day nine

more than 700 pictures later we start our goodbyes to hawaii...

this day doesnt even count because all we did is say goodbye... but i had to remember the day that jones first jumped with two feet...

tuesday night when we checked back into our hotel... he was jumping and all of a sudden figured out that he could jump with both feet at the same time... what a feat!

so while we were waiting for the plane he was practicing his jump skills...

loved you oahu... more than we ever thought we would... we will be back to visit again...