Birthday Continued

Last night, my girlfriends and I went to the Melting Pot to celebrate my "birthday."

I have to admit, I was not at all impressed with the food but the dessert was fantastic.  We tried a couple of the chocolate fondues and they were both super yummy.  I would definitely go back for the dessert.

Laura lost the car keys, so here we are stranded and waiting.  The keys weren't far, it was back at the restaurant.

Thanks for the night out, girls!

October...so far

I took the kids ice skating yesterday at the Kroc Center

Seriously, this kid is a rock star when it comes to any type of sport.  I can't believe how good he was on his ice skates.  We definitely need to start him on snowboarding this winter.

Laura took me to the Aztec v. BYU game for my birthday.

I love college football, especially when it's a little cold outside.  Unfortunately, it was in the 80's that day.  I did get to wear a scarf by the end of the game but still too hot for hot chocolate.

I took Atti to Oma's Pumpkin Patch last week with my friends pre-school class.  By-the-way, did I mention Atticus and I are mommy and me pre-school drop-outs? It turns out it's too hectic for our schedule.  

Michelle got to come out and visit us for a week during her fall break from school.

Atti is pretty good at milking a cow

I have pictures of Emerson doing almost the same things at Oma's.  It's fun having these experiences with Atticus too.

The one thing the kids wanted to do while Michelle was here was to go to Sea World.

I am sure Michelle had a blast going on all the kiddie rides.  Emerson chickened out on Michelle at the Atlantis ride.

Miss you already, Michelle!

We finally made it to the Padres game earlier this month.

We sat on the grass and watched the game.  The kids got to play in the sandbox and at the park.

Atti and Eme had a blast.  We also went with our friends and their kids so it was even more fun. Also, the Padres won.

Thank goodness I didn't feed the kids before the game.  They were serving free dinner when we got there.  It wasn't even gross food either.  It was BBQ and it was delicious.

12 Reasons

Graham and I just celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary today!  So, here is my 12 reasons why Graham's still rockin.

1. The other night, I was laying around and just starving but didn't want to fix myself anything to eat.  Without being asked, Graham went to the kitchen and whipped me up the most fantastic, top chef quality pasta for me.

2. There is no one who can make the kids laugh and giggle harder and louder.

3. Still brings me flowers without an occasion.

4. Makes me laugh every time he dances.

5. He still cares about what I think (from politics to what he's wearing).

6. Will do anything for me and the kids.

7. Works hard so I can be a good mother at home.

8. I appreciate that he's passionate about whatever he's obsessed with, at that moment.

9. Still thinks I'm hot! (at least he says so)

10. I know he wants to make me happy.

11. He's still goofy and not afraid to laugh at himself.

12. He still makes me laugh until my sides hurt and I want to pee my pants!

First Day of Preschool!

Ready for school!!!

Atti has been soooo excited for preschool.  He has been patiently waiting for the last month to start.  Here he is showing off his cool Spider Man lunch box.

Painting his astronaut.

He shoots, he scores!

Poor Atticus, we have not bought him a bike yet so every time he tried to pedal this bike, he kept peddling backwards.

Looking for "bad guys"

This is Teacher Laurie.  She was Emerson's preschool teacher too.  We love her so much.  I am so happy Atticus is in her class.

Snack Time.  When Emerson found out that Atti was going in to preschool and he was in Teacher Laurie's class, she has been telling Atticus all about preschool.  The one thing she told him was, "Atti, when you're in preschool, you get to eat donuts!"  She was in Teacher Laurie's class for 2 years and they had Krispie Kreme donuts once!  So, for about a month now every time he told people he was going to school, he would say, "I go to school and eat donuts!"  He didn't get donuts today.

First Day of School!

Welcome back to school!

Emerson has been very excited to start 2nd grade.  She is in Maestra Brandy's class and her English teacher is Ms. Ruben.  A couple of her really good friends are in her class so that makes it even more fun for her.

Eme and Maestra Brandy

Emerson has a new school this year.  Because she goes to a Charter school, the school didn't have a permanent place so the school shared a campus with another elementary school.  This year she has her own building.  They closed down an elementary school really close to where she was going before so Eme's school took over the building.  They went from 14 portable classrooms to an entire school site.  It's huge Eme loves it!

Last Days of Summer!

We had to go to the beach one more time before Emerson started school.

Atticus loves the seals at La Jolla Coves.

The waves were so huge.  We had to be careful with Atticus.  He could have easily been crushed by them.

We had a lovely picnic lunch at La Jolla Cove.

It really was a perfect day.  We didn't really do anything other than just hangout.  The weather was perfect and the kids had fun looking at sea life at the coves.  I am sure we will go to the beach a couple more times before the summer weather officially leaves us.

Confessions of a 7 year old girl!

Yesterday, Emerson was asking Graham why a person would kill oneself.  She had heard from someone that a girl had killed herself so, she was curious to know why someone would do something like this.  Graham responded by saying that sometimes not everyone recognizes that they are a child of God and they are of worth.  He continued with a few other pertinent comments.  Emerson sat there and took it in and then replied:  "Daddy, I feel bad for a lot of people."  Graham asked why?  Now, you would think this is when she is going to say something profound, something that only a child with their pure heart and full of love would recognize in others.  NOPE...she responded by saying, "Because most people aren't as good looking as me!"  Yup, ladies and gentlemen, that is what my darling little girl said after having a discussion about suicide.  This should not come as a surprise to all of you who know Emerson well but still I wasn't quite expecting that.  I can only blame her high opinion of herself as my doing.  Maybe it was when I would hold her up to the mirror everyday and say like I was talking to a puppy, "Who is the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world? It's you, Emerson!"