Quotes From Nixon

"Mom do you know why I hate sleeping, because it takes too long to wake up"

Another from Nixon...

Nixon: Mom do you know how I got a runny nose?

Me: Umm, because you have a cold?

Nixon: no, say something else

Me: You don't know how to blow your nose?

Nixon: No, (as he points to his scratched elbow). It's because I got this.

Carsyn"s Field Trip

On Wednesday Carsyn's class had a fieldtrip to Prime Cut. A girl in her class' parents own it, so they put a tour together, it was pretty cool because they let the kids make their own burgers and sugar cookies.

The class with the owner

Boys bellying up to the bar, not a good sign for the future.:)

Carsyn making sugar cookies

Coloring before lunch is ready

This is me with blue hair and pink eye brows compliments of Carsyn. You got to love the iphone, hours of fun for the kids while in church, keeps them quiet!

Strep Throat and George The Giant??

I had to take Caden to the Urgent Care today, because he has this dang cough and fever that he has had forever, every time I think he is done with it, his fever comes back! So I took him in and the doctor said she wanted to do a test to see if he had strep throat. She got a long q tip and swabbed his throat. He gagged pretty good and then started to laugh. He said "I guess I can't be like George the Giant when I get older." I died laughing, he is so much like his dad, quick thinking.

Another funny thing that one of my kids said today:

Me: Maybe I'll go back to school to be a doctor.

Carsyn: Then maybe you'll have to wear Bunnies and Winnie The Pooh on your shirt, they all wear that.

Maybe these weren't that funny to others, but I get a kick out of kids when they notice things that usually adults only notice.

Happy 12th Anniversary Brad!!!

I can't believe how fast time goes by. I guess when you look at Eternity, 12 years isn't very long. Well, I've had so much fun being married to Brad and living life everyday with our little family. I look forward to Eternity with all of them. Thanks Brad for being so fun, an awesome husband and the perfect Dad. I love you, Happy Anniversary!!!!!

Favorite Foto Friday

Since our anniversary is coming up in a week I thought this picture is perfect for my favorite foto friday. This was taken at my cousin Scott's wedding reception I think in 1996. I saw Brad at the temple that morning and thought, wow, that's Brad Race he sure is HOT! So in the group temple pictures, my cousin Amy and I went and stood near Brad without him knowing what we were doing. Later that night at the reception I think my brother was taking some pictures and he says that I said "get a picture of Brad without him knowing", so he acted like he was taking a picture of our family in the back of Brad, I think Becky knew what Josh was up to that explains her smile. Funny because I think Brad was engaged at the time. It was meant to be!!

My Buddy, My Buddy....

This picture just says it all. Today after the kids rode their bikes they parked them so I could put them in the right spots in the garage, and this is how they were parked. Notice Nixon's bike is laying just like Caden's. He idolizes Caden, although Caden can be mean to him sometimes, he still wants to be just like him!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom, I hope you have a wonderful birthday! We love you!

Pismo

We woke up this morning without anything to do, and I hate to just sit around, so we decided to head over to Pismo for the day. We drove about an hour and then the road was closed because there was a huge accident last night. We had to back track and it took us about 3 and 1/2 hours to get there. We shopped a little and played and of course ate. We had Brad's brother and his family come with us, it was a fun little adventure. It sure beat sitting at home!

Carsyn had a little melt down. She wanted to look for sand dollars and just get her feet wet. Well she did this and then was frustrated with how dirty her feet got. There always has to be one that is miserable after playing at the beach.

It was to cold to get in the water so they all looked for sand dollars. That wasn't good enough for Caden he wanted to look for sand crabs, but no luck. Just dirty hands!

Carsyn and Avery were loving the beach and didn't want to leave the sand.

My little turkey, Nixon, always poses for pictures.

We ate at Mo's BBQ, it was pretty good, I'd give it a 7.

The kids all wanted ice cream so instead of eating it on the beach, the guys suggested Rite Aid since it is so cheap and the kids never eat all of it.

Time for the Dentist!

This morning all the kids had dentist appointments. They all had their teeth cleaned. Every time the dentist checks their teeth he says, "you know mom, they all are going to need braces." I know, don't remind me! Brad even accompanied us to the dentist today. It was nice because he went in with Nixon and Nixon started crying because he didn't want to be there. If I took him in he would have gone nuts, since he thinks he can get away with anything with me.

Here is Caden playing the DS and happy that he had no cavities!

Carsyn did great too, no cavities!!

Next up Nixon, not great news, he has 6 cavities!!!! He will have to be heavily sedated!

Nixon has been funny lately. I'll take him to the park and he will not play on the toys he just wants to hang out by me. The other day we were going to the park with his pre school group and this is where I found him before we left, Under Caden's bed. He didn't want to go to the park, what kid doesn't want to play at the park? Strange.

The Season Is Finally Over

We spent this whole weekend at the soccer park because Caden played in the AYSO sectionals. There were teams from all over central California.  Saturday he had three games and they did pretty good, they tied two and won one, so they moved on to Sunday and had to play 2 games today. They lost their first game so they had to play one more game to see who would get 3rd or 4th place. They played so hard, they were all so tired! Towards the end of the game the other team made a point and right at the end Caden scored one for our team. It went into over time and then the other team scored. :(  They lost 2 to 1. The boys were all sad! The lady in charge came over and congratulated the boys for going so far, she said that it was the furthest any Bakersfield boys u10 team had gotten! 4th out of all Central California. The boys were still upset, but they should be proud of themselves, they did great!! It was a great ending to a 7 month soccer season!

 Here is another group picture, they all look the same, but oh well.

Here are the boys before the last game. The coach had a good friend of his die today, in between the two games he went to the hospital to be with him. Then he came back to coach the team, what a guy! 

Here we are waiting in between games. It wasn't that hot today but sitting out there for so many hours we all got some good sunburns!

The kids were exhausted, both days on the way home they all fell asleep. Yesterday after the games Brad asked all of them if they wanted to take a nap by him (thinking they all would say no) Caden said I will, once his head hit the pillow he was out! That is not normal for him, he must be drained!