Before I forget...

Brooklyn several weeks ago before it really started getting warm, went outside to jump on the trampoline with out a jacket.

So I yelled out to her to get a jacket. "It's cold", I said.

Her reply, "But mom it's Sunny degrees outside, it's not cold."

CLASSIC BROOKIE

(I think she was trying to say 70 degrees, which in any case it was NOT)

Happy Mother's Day!

Blessed

God gave me many a wonderous thing...
Skies of blue, and birds that sing;
Fragrant roses... a rainbow's hue,
Bright spring mornings, touched with dew;
Love and laughter-- work and play,
Friends to cheer me everyday;
Starry nights for quiet rest---
Home with peace and comfort bles't;
Dear companion... one to share
My happiness and my despair!
The goodness of my family near,
Faith and hope to calm my fear...
All of these... and still another...
The deep, deep, joy of being MOTHER!

--Kathryn Tanner

Jim's grandma wrote this poem. Is she the coolest? I just wanted to record it down so I will always have it.

Happy Mother's Day!!

A Fun Family Outing!

My Favorite Picture!






This past Monday we took a $5 pizza up the canyon and had a picnic. It was so fun to get out of the house and be together as a family. Just enjoying nature and one anothers company.

What weve learned from this trip...

The canyon has a million stumps laying around for Jim and his scouts to get for ME. :) (post coming on this very subject) Now go check out my design Blog. SMILE

The canyon is FREE after 5pm.

Blake likes to throw Rocks. Lots of rocks, into any amount of water.

And always have jackets in the car. It gets super chilly quick up the canyon.

Fun times. I think we will make it a monday night tradition here on out. Monday's Pizza Picnic Party. SMILE

Spring Break with Family= FUN

I went to my sister Becky's Birthday Dinner at PF Changs with 6 of her closest friends. Then finally went to go see, The Last Song, with my friend Trisha. Which I really enjoyed. Love those teeny-bopper, sappy, romance movies. Like really Love them!! SMILE

(Trisha, Becky and I)

We made kid burrito's.



Ordered Pizza with our cousins.



Played for hours at Kangaroo Zoo. (A blowup bouncehouse/slide Playland)






Kallie got to play Golf with her Dad! Lucky Girl!

(Kallie and Sue)

(Jim)


Went to CPK to celebrate Jim's Mom Sue's Birthday. (Jeff, Kendyl, Katie, and Justin)

Went to a Claire's Baby blessing. Isn't she the sweetest?

(Deb, Craig, and Baby Claire)

Played baseball toss.

(The Daly Clan minus Kris who lives in VA)

It was a pretty awesome spring break. I also got to spend time with my A. Pam and her husband Bob who was in town on business but didn't seem to get a picture with them. Bummer.

March and Sept...

are big birthday months in our family. We just celebrated Jim's __th birthday. (20) :) Went to Tuccano's for Lunch and had an Ice Cream Cake at home.

the whole gang at Tuccano's

He still has some moves!! :)

Blake really hated the cake. :) Can't you tell?

Happy Birthday Jim!! Hope you had a great 20th... Love You!!

It's about time I write about Brooklyn's Birthday Post. You try running 2 blogs. SMILE

I admit, I have been a little obsessed lately. Obsessed with my design blog. I just can't help it. It makes me happy to look at design stuff day in and day out. :) So go check it. My design blog that is.

Now about...

BROOKLYN. She turned 5 March 7th. I registered her for kindergarten. I really don't know where the time has went. It seems like yesterday I was holding her in my arms as a newborn.

Here is Alli at her dinner party. Brooklyn loves Alli. She loves to baby her and hold her even when Alli doesn't like it. :)



We took Brooklyn and her cousins to Pirate Island for some pizza and games. It reminded me of the ride Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland.



Brooklyn is our most dramatic girl in the family. By dramatic I mean. Makes a million faces. Loves to dance and sing around the house. Just loves being silly. Here are a few pics just to show you what I mean. :)









Yes all these pictures are within like 4 minutes. I don't know how someone can make that many expressions at once. Only our little Poser Brooklyn. Here are a few more during present time.





She even has a cousin that can do it. So it must run in the family somewhere.



PS
One more thing about Brooklyn. She likes to respond with Y-E-S or N-O instead of just saying it. She has to spell it. She is such a funny kid and I really enjoy having her at home right now. I will be sad when she starts Kindergarten this fall but happy at the same time. She loves to learn and excel at everything she does. She will be starting soccer up in like 2 more weeks, so expect some more soccer pics.

Cali Trip (Part 3)

Universal Studios with Jim's brother Scott, his girlfriend Bre and Jim's Sister April. We just happened to score free tickets from some friends. So we shared the love with family. :)

We rode the Jurassic Park Ride, which was a blast but not so much for Kallie. :) The drop at the end was pretty intense... So Fun!

Brooklyn, Scott and Bre.

This was the set of Waterworld the show. It was by far the best show to see!!

Kallie and I.

Jim, April and Blake.

Aww. Finally a family picture.

Thats a wrap. It is always fun to visit California! Till next time...