Leo Carrillo Ranch

5/23

Between different schools, wards, friends, etc. we haven't been seeing enough of Brent & Errin's family.

It made me happy when Errin suggested we go to Leo Carrillo Ranch last week.

The weather was perfect and we were pretty much the only ones there.

After walking around, we camped out on the grass.

Some peacocks joined us while Jones and Sally played house.

We kind of all just want to move there.

Bumps

5/18

Sally is obsessed with pregnant ladies and their bellies.

- At church, she always turns to the picture of pregnant Mary and just stares at it.

- Couldn't keep her away from my own belly when August was in there.

- At the library she has to check out any book she sees with a pregnant lady on it. 

And then there's the party that happens when the babies come out.

 

5/17

Yankees

 5/13

 

 5/22

6/1 - Closing Day

Owen's baseball season came to an end tonight when they lost their 2nd playoff game.
It was such a close, tense game.
Major bummer when we lost.
Owen was so sad.

The top pictures were taken after a winning game.
Owen even got a homerun that game.
Nevermind that it was 100% off the other team's errors.

Win or lose, he always looks cute in his Yankee uniform.

Mother's Day

"Muffins for Mommies" with Drew's class at school.

He was so cute and excited to have August and me there.

 I loved having him read me his fill in the blank Mother's Day form.

Those things never get old.

It highlighted my strong points, like that I really like to play my iphone,

I always forget to feed the baby,

and that I'm as tall as Parker in his class.

 

 Mother's Day morning I woke up to the mother of all bouquets.

Justin and Sally chose everything and put it together.

It's so heavy, it has to be moved around on Justin's shop chair.

Protecting himself from those nasty onion fumes.

He made Pioneer Woman's Red Pepper Pasta and it was good.

 The end of the day and had to get a quick picture before I went to a song practice.

They and Justin made my day happy.

Favorites from Sally's and Owen's cards:

Sally loves me because I make her Ramen.

On the family card that everyone signed I saw the word, "TOOT" crossed out.

She had written that telling Justin she only knows how to spell toot, poo, and mom.

Owen wishes I could fly.

He gave me a service coupon for babysitting August.

Justin said he did awesome with August the whole time I was at song practice.

He is great with him all the time.

The Wiggliness of Worms

 Today I just let August go at it in the sand.

 I was hoping he'd taste it, realize it was gross, and then never eat it again.

But he went back for seconds.

Thirds.

 And fourthsfifthssixthsseventhseighthsandninths.

He'll lick his sandy lips, yet spits out his green beans.

While he was dining Sally made a village.

And Drew gave me some early Mother's Day wishes.

I love Mother's Day.

We ended with more sissy tests courtesy of Justin.

 He keeps forgetting we don't have insurance.

*Post title from this quote by Marjorie Pay Hinckley:

"Find joy in your children. Don't over-schedule them or yourself. You may not be able to take them on exotic vacations. It doesn't matter. When the day dawns bright and sunny, take an excursion to the canyon or the park. When it's cloudy and wet, read a book together or make something good to eat. Give them time to explore and learn about the feel of grass and the wiggliness of worms."

A Time and a Season

 I love my baby and I love the beach.

But taking my baby to the beach is not relaxing.

It's so much better when Justin gets there.

These 3, I'll take to the beach anytime.

 

April Photo Dump

4/20

 Drew at his best school friend Lazo's house.

He was THRILLED to celebrate Lazo's birthday with him.

And yes, he wears that dang Skylanders shirt to school twice a week.

And yes, he always picks the biggest kid in class to be friends with.

 

4/20

At Boston Market for Justin's birthday dinner, August was teething(?) on Justin's cup.

Is this as funny to you as it was to me?

Probably not.

 

4/23

Car seat no longer necessary for shopping.

PS I still love grape fruit. And I'm still ticked off I have to pay for it.

 

 

4/24

 Based on the state of the boys' room and Drew's nasty pillowcase-less pillow,

I'm embarrassed to be posting this picture.

But this is how Drew sleeps.

He would rather sleep on the hard floor than his own bed.

He's afraid a monster is going to come out of the wall.

So Sally sleeps on his bed.

Which means all 4 kids are sleeping in the same room.

 And whether or not, he's on his bed or the floor, Drew loves to be all covered up.

4/25

 Got this one off Justin's phone.

They entertained themselves at A Bugs Land land while we did Tower of Terror.

4/26

Make-up application with Sally.

 

4/30

A freshly bathed boy and Mickey's nose.

Bathroom Walls

 

When Karen and her friend redid my parents' bathroom for Christmas a few years ago,

they hung up pictures of all the grand-kids in the bath.

 

 

More grand-kids and pictures have been added since then.

I was happy to get a bathroom-wall-worthy picture of A to add to the collection.

Just hung that picture in our bathroom, too to go along with this one:

May 2011

My Turn

Justin got poop on a platter for his birthday and I got Disneyland.

Fair, right?

And yes, I was really excited to see the fairy godmother.

Only other picture from the day.

Sally's first time on Tower of Terror.

She's not so sure she wants to do it again.

It was a happy birthday for me at Disneyland.

Justin was nice to go even though he still wasn't 100% better from a little sickness.

My birthday surprise was from Sally.

A book she made with 23 original drawings by her
(okay Drew helped with one and one was actually my drawing).

 

 I especially love that she wrote, "from Sally" on every single page.

I'm obsessed with the cover picture and hope she writes a story about the,

"two bunnies flying on a pond and the bald flowers growing on it."

35 and Still Alive

I asked the kids what we should get Justin for his birthday.

They said he told them he wanted poop on a planter.

So that's what he got.

And yes I googled, "how to make poop."

Crunchy peanut butter, chocolate syrup, and sesame seeds.

Ellis loved it.

"Mashed potatoes, stuffed potatoes, deviled eggs, macaroni and cheese, rice-a-roni, saltines...

and peas to be healthy."

That was his (joking) dinner request.

So he got that, too.

And since his birthday was yesterday (on a Sunday), we went out for it Saturday night.

His gourmet dinner choice was Boston Market.

I'd never been there before, but it was actually pretty good.

And Justin got to see what he'll look like in 35 more years thanks to all the other diners.

Pretty sure he had the best birthday ever.