THE GREAT BUZZ-OFF 2010

Last day of school at Creekside, meant the neighborhood boys of Morningside were ready for their annual summer buzz cuts. Instead of paying some salon major dinero to buzz the boys, I opened Shawna's salon on my driveway with my clippers, scissors, big trash can and cape. I wish I had the before picture of these boys. There were some pretty impressive mops on those heads before. Alas...here are some of the in-betweens and the final mug shot. Shane, of course, was opposed to the great buzz off. I guess it sounded creepy to him. So instead, he just wanted a hair cut (he got a buzz too).

Homefield Advantage...

oops...look what happened to our bobble head!
7th inning stretch

Joel's first trip to Petco Park!

cousins are the best

While Denise and Chad and family came into town for Memorial Day (and my first half marathon) we had two major victories....first we FINALLY made it to a Padres game with them (they are always sold out when we try to go). AND we finally provided a mostly sunny, nice weekend so Chad can stop challenging the fact that San Diego is the best city in the nation!!

Pulled it out in the last month...

Boy...are we gonna miss these two. please don't sell...please don't sell!!
waiting...quite happily...outside space mountain.

SIDE NOTE: Look, this is Joel's first solo ride. YEP...you heard me right. The safety genius' at Disney think its a better idea for my 6 month old baby to sit (which he couldnt even do at the time) on his own than have him in my lap. So...here he is next to me...slipping out as we swing...quite rapidly...over water many feet below us. WOW! Disney needs to re-think that idea!

look at those cuties!

The last couple weeks of our Disney passes...we made sure we got our money's worth. And we finally made it there with our buddies the Wimmers. We still haven't convinced the Birds they should come with us (maybe when we get passes again ;)) It was such a fun day...and exhausting...and complete...with Cafe Rio being our final stop on the ride home. WOO HOO.

Scouting fun...

Let's be honest, generally our pack meetings are a bit over the top. of course, the boys love it that way. this one was no different...just a lot of games...which were a lot of fun for the boys. It was "a minute to win it"...in various forms. Very clever!

Chase Headley #7...

Christian has a new twin....Chase Headley on the MLB Padres....also #7...also fourth batter in the line-up...also short-stop! We had such a fun Little League season...being the home town PADRES and being on the same team as our best buddies, the Wimmers. What started out looking like the bad news bears...came back to end up clinching 3rd place in the play-offs. Our team finally hit their stride and a lot of the boys really grabbed on to what the coaches have been trying to teach them. Great Job Chase..err, I mean...Christian=)!!

LOVE love my Activity Day Girls

My new (ish) calling here in the Sabre Springs Ward is to work with the 8-11 year old Activity Day Girls. They are so adorable and fun to work with. It really is a sweet calling...1 hour, 2 Mondays a month...not a bad deal. I do, however, have to ammend my initial thought that girls are so much more mellow than boys. These girls have so much energy...and are at least as loud as the many neighborhood boys that are regularly at my house. Having all boys isn't all that bad=)

Disney Connections...

A little while back we hit Dland with my friend, Tatum. We had so much fun. Thank goodness she had her Disney connections, aka her hubby Sammo, because I didn't even look at my passes to see it was a blackout date...DOH! It was a gorgeous day and it was so fun to hit the parks with Tatum...who knows them backwards and forwards. We really seemed to utilize our time. Thanks Tates!! Let's do it again soon!!

Just for kicks...

i should do a little post just to get my blogging juices flowing and hopefully get back in the groove....and catch up with the MANY end of the school-year activities.

MOTHER's DAY 2010

Mom's and Muffins with Shane's Preschool Class

Shane's present for me...a Shaney Flower pot

I can't believe I am posting this...Mother's day morning, breakfast in bed...bedhead and all!! (its the only pics I have of mother's day)

Ahoy Matey

Our school here in Poway has been great. I really have no complaints (other than they are full...everyone wants a part of the goodness). They have been known to have some great field trips. Christian's class recently went on a Floating Science Lab in the San Diego Harbor. Gav was able to ask for 1/2 the day off to accompany Christian's class...since it was down the street from his work. They had a great time. They saw a whale and all kinds of sea-life. Christian got to help throw the net in to see what was below their boat. I didn't go...but it sounded like one of the best field trips ever...and even pretty educational. And it always makes my heart smile to see Gav and his boys getting special time to bond together.

My status

You know when you're filling out a survey and the age options generally include 25-29 or 30-35...I just entered the latter. Perhaps subconsciously I was not posting this hoping I could stay 29 forever. As I am now owning it...the big 3-0, that is...I am thinking forward to the magic that the 30s is going to have in store for me. So many great things happened in my 20s...but I also see endless possibilities with my 30s...not better...just different. Perhaps a new phase of life...my kids will be growing older...I will hopefully finish up my child-bearing years... Gavin will be finished training for a career that will hopefully become a new life for us ( in so many ways...mostly we can settle more permanently)...believe it or not, I might even have a son going or already on a mission in my late 30s. WOW. That puts life in perspective.

For my 30th celebration (seen above) my sweet husband surprised me with a fabulous, glamorous night on the town. A white stretch limo greeted me at my door and took us to our various destinations for the evening. I told my friends that that evening was in the top 3 of all my times with Gavin since we've known each other....it was magical and perfect. Nothing but perfection. And a shout out to Gammy who watched our 3 little munchkins so we could party on the town...just the 2 of us. (thankfully Joel finally took a bottle and could do without me for more than 2 hours at a time=))