Austin’s Nutty Birthday and New Bike

On Saturday, February 20th, the kids and I and Grandma Theresa and Grandpa Joe went to celebrate Austin’s 3rd birthday at the Vacaville Nut Tree. We rode on an old train, the carousel and had lunch at Amici’s. The kids had a great time. Austin especially enjoyed the train. He has lots of Thomas the trains and train tracks. He lines them up all day long.

Grandpa Joe and Grandma Theresa gave him a bunch of awesome presents. Maddie’s favorite part was riding dirty in the backseat of their car (without seatbelts) around the corner to our truck. LOL

Below are some pictures from that day. And the others are pics of Austin’s ‘new’ bike. We used an old bike frame of Cousin Seth’s, added brand new handlebars, brand new training wheels and a new inner tube for the back tire. He so far can only ride it a couple feet forward before he hits the breaks accidentally. He will probably be riding it around like a crazy kid in no time. ;o)

 

 

Eating pasta at Amici’s

Austin on his ‘new’ bike

We are excited to be on the train at the Nut Tree 

He was so excited and waited

patiently for the train to start.

Look, Mom. I am a lion. Rawwwwr.

 

Oooh, a monkey.

One Day at a Time

Lately, that has been my motto. It seems the more I stress or worry about how far away October is…it makes it seem to take even longer to get here. It is taking a long time for April to arrive. The Hubby has leave for 2 weeks starting April 1st and I could not be any happier. We haven’t been together since the end of September. I have pictures on my phone of the day he left. I just can’t find my data cable for my Blackberry, I guess I better look harder or go buy one…

I have over 1,000 photos on my Blackberry---all taken since Maddie’s 4th birthday back in September. Wow! The ones we took last summer are on our Trojan virus-infected computer that is packed away in storage in Georgia somewhere. I hope we are able to get all those pictures back.

So…I will take it one day at a time and I will try harder to collect better photos and to ramble less. Lol

I have been working out with Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred and alternating doing the elliptical at the base gym with workouts on the internet/Comcast ONDEMAND. I am hoping to be quite a bit more toned when April 1st finally does come knocking.

I promise to keep you all posted.

Later…

 

It’s a Wonderful Life?

Wow, it sure is hard to believe that we have been living in California for almost 5 months. We were living with my Sister from October 13th till January 1st. We decided it would be better for all of us if we moved in with my best friend, Christina. So far it has been amazing. Well, except for the kids all getting on each other’s nerves and fighting like cats and dogs. That part is so NOT amazing. The BFF’s son is named Brody. He is 3 weeks younger than Austin and he is ALL BOY. He is energetic and likes to pick on the kids because he knows they will scream and basically not fight back. He has quickly learned that he can torment them pretty easily. Sometimes I wish we had a hidden camera to capture all the crazy silliness that happens around here.

I feel bad for neglecting my blog and for not being able to post any pictures on here since before I moved to California. But, in all fairness, I didn’t have a computer I could use daily until I moved into the BFF’s house. And a couple days ago I got the go-ahead from the Hubby to purchase my very own shiny laptop for my birthday. As a gift from him. So, I ran out and got myself a shiny Passion Purple Dell Inspiron. I named her Lola and she is a beauty. She is ALL MINE. I turn 32 on Friday and I am even more excited now. I just wish the Hubby was here to share in my excitement. But we have to wait till April 1st to all be together again. He gets his 2 week leave then.

But this entry is just an update…there will be tons of pictures and info to come. So, if you are out there and paying attention. it is overdue.

Stay tuned…