8 is great!

Our baby turned 8 in June 3rd... But from the last bunch of events you would have thought his birthday was a week long- This year I asked him what he wanted to do to celebrate and he said anything that would blow his mind:)   So last week we surprised him with a day at Universal Studios- My pal from high school Casey Adams is in the action stunt show "Water World" which is one of the main attractions at the park- so he hooked us up with a full day of fun- We watched him in the show, which was awesome!  the kids shouted his name and were so excited when throughout the show Casey waved and pointed at them while fighting and shooting people-

  Casey does a back flip off this huge building thing into the water below, that was the topper for the kids! Then we got to stay and see  behind the scenes of the show- Thanks Casey it was super awesome!

The park also has the Simpsons area, which the boys almost had a heart attack when they saw it-

 they love the Simpsons!  

Treyton went on the ride a bunch of times -

 

along with some other crazy fun rides too- he had the best time-      

   

                              River was having fun too

Then  a few days later my brother's family came up for the weekend and took the boys to the Angels game- (Thanks to Grandpa Jim! we love you!!)

The women and babies stayed home but we had fun with out those noise makers! Thanks Uncle Nathan you are so much fun!

   

 Now finally we get to his actual Birthday- I made sure that Treyton woke up to lots of birthday fun, so I set up the kitchen table like restaurant and made menu's and put happy birthday signs everywhere- since we didn't have a birthday party for him I still had to get a little craftyness in there ! Vance spent the day before working so hard on his cards and wrapping presents- Thanks Vance!!!

  

Trey wanted to go bowling  

and out to dinner anywhere that they had Caesar Salad- (he gets that from his cuzin Joe;)

 

                                 no shirt in public... that's how Rivey rolls

I though 7 year olds were the most annoying... nope 8 years old are ! j/k

We love you Treyton Happy Birthday!!!!!!

stars and stripes

Hope everyone had a nice three day weekend! we had a lot fun on Memorial Day-  We played in our back yard from sun up to sun down- We spent the morning cutting out red white and blue stars to decorate the yard- 

 Treyton taught Vance the pledge of allegiance  and River slept for about four hours-  It was nice to do big people stuff for a change! We held our first Young family Memorial Day Olympics... which we call  YFMDO for short-  Trey and Vance tied for gold in the basketball toss but I blew everyone away with the distance of my slip-n-slidin-

River finally joined us and splashed around for a while everything was just so much fun... until River ..... cut his finger super bad I mean bad... I almost passed out with all the blood- any whoo after two hours in the ER with Daddy... my lil baby got 8 stitches in his lil finger:( He didnt even cry!)  I do have to say this is the first time we have ever gone to the ER for an injury and with three active boys that is a miracle-   Happy Memorial Day!

 

On Mommy's Day~

 I was thinking about all the roles I play so I thought I would write them down so you can see what goes into my job:)

I am a...

human napkin

jungle gym

nurse

party planner

referee

hair cutter

ouwie kisser

animal noise maker

tickle monster

chef

bath giver

book reader

hide and seeker

craft do'er

rule maker

rule breaker

photographer

hand holder

janitor 

finger wager 

head shaker

hug receiver  

problem solver 

homework helper

lego builder

slip n slide master

lucky woman

 

After all is said and done, I am so proud to be a mommy of three interesting and beautiful little boys.. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world~

Happy Mothers Day to my Mama!!!

I hope everyone had a beautiful Mothers Day 

3 cotton candies, $8... 4 carnival rides, $10.... seeing American Idol cast off Justin Guarini perform live, Priceless

Hello everyone!! so Upland Is shaping up to be quite the happinin town:)   a couple weekends ago we had the 12th annual Upland lemon festival -  They close down our cute little down town, there is a little carnival and booths from businesses from all over the Inland Empire-  We had every intention of going but as soon as I heard that American Idols Kimberly Caldwell and Justin Guarini

 were performing it became a duty  to attend!  I wanted to buy Justins cd (yes he has a cd I think I saw it at the $ store :) to have him sign it and make a shirt that said   I love Justin.... but I was afraid Jeremy wouldn't be seen with me- I am not a huge American idol fan but I did watch this first season where Justin went up against Kelly Clarkson.. well we all now what happened there- 

The kids loved the festival and when it came down to the concert they wanted to go home- I was on a mission to see Justin- so we stayed- Kimberly came out and sang, I felt like Simon Cowel was right, this sounds like  bad karaoke - but she wasn't who I was there to see-  Finally amongst the 40 cheering fans ( 1/2 were sleeping babies in strollers) Justin joined Kimberly on stage for a little duet- I took so many pics but for some reason they all came out blurry, lame-

Kimberly stepped off stage so the "headliner" could start singing every slow 70's and 8o's R&B song imaginable-

  

As I stood there right near the stage I couldn't help but feel bad for him- here he is in a town most people didn't even know existed  while Kelly Clarkson is like #1 on the charts selling millions of records touring the world- but at least he can share his music with the people here in Upland- As his set continued on I saw my children getting restless so we started heading out and right there was Kimberly Caldwell sitting near the stage - Jeremy was like go get a picture with her- so I waited a min really cuz it would be hilarious to actually meet her-  she was talking to some little girls and saying no I cant sign any autographs right now I am busy.... busy?! doing what singing Melissa Ethridge songs badly?! She is lucky anybody even wants to talk to her at all- I turned around and we left the "celebrities" to finish the concert- 

The visit

Last week my mom came to visit with us~ 

The kids were so excited to see Nana!!!!  I got to show her around my new hood~ I actually got to play with Vance without a baby in my arms! She even got to see and hear River walking and talking!  he says a bunch of stuff like.... Shoes and Tee Tee (for Treyton) and the phrase.... this is cheese... we don't know why he says that but it sounds cute! 

 

We also got to have dinner with  my Grandpa Jim-

 

thanks G-pa!!!!

So after a week of her playing with the boys, cleaning and folding laundry (the last two she insisted on doing!)  she flew home Thanks Mom for all the fun!!!!!!!

Hoppy Easter...

Hope every one had a good Easter ~ We had a really great one- We were lucky enough to have my mom come in town and my brothers family stay for the weekend~ the kids had such a good time dyeing eggs on saturday night and we adults had fun after the kids went to bed:)

  

the easter Bunny came bright and early and we got the kids all ready for their hunt outside- it was a beautiful sunny So Cal day:) My Uncle James and cousin Molly even came by too- I do have to say even though we had a wonderful time, we missed my Dad (we love you!) , My sister and her fam so much... (Nicole get down here!!!! :)

Hangin out Desert style

A few weekends ago we went to visit my Brother Nathan in Palm desert- The kids were so excited !  The desert was only about an hour away - I rarely get to see my brother and niece Emily since they lived so far away before-

My brother is engaged to an awesome woman, Kay - She has a adorable  2 year old Daughter Evie - They all make the cutest family !!! Congrats guys!

I felt like I was on vacation with the palm trees and the warm air it was so nice to be there on a winters day- we took the troop to the Living Desert zoo- the boys loved it so much- The zoo has all plants and animals for deserts all over the world - Nathan's buddy worked there and took us "back stage" to see some cool stuff up close-  Thanks Nathan and and family for having us down !! we love you!

Going, Going, Gone....

So we did it!!! We moved !!  Thanks to all of our strong friends for coming over and helping us!!! We love you guys!!!!  and miss you already!

The drive was great the baby was perfect and slept most of the 8 and 1/2 hour drive!

It doesn't normally take that long to drive but Jeremy was in a huge semi moving truck with the big boys and I was pulling a trailer with our truck it was slow! :) but we were all so excited so it seemed to go by quick-

If you have never driven through california you are missing out.... we went from the ocean to the  farm lands into red woods into green rolling hills and then we drove by the most beautiful cherry trees just blossoming- they were super pink and pretty-  

We are now just getting settled here- since we are living in Jeremy's Grandma's house all our neighbors have already come over to meet us-  everyone wants to tell us how much they love Charlotte and miss her- And everyone is telling me I cant kill her rose bushes!  Trey started school ( it is just the next block over) and loves it-  and Vance will be going to preschool there soon too!   I am really enjoying being close to everything!  Ummm living near a Target rocks my rocks!!  

We miss all of our friends and family! and hope ya'll come visit us soon!

The Last Supper

One of our last nights in Santa Cruz we spent over at our friends Tim and Linda's house they made us a radical meal thanks guys!!!! It was great cuz I packed all of our silverware and dishes:) Andrew and Jacqui were there too... of course I don't have to tell anyone who reads this blog about the connection between River and Andrew... they are ... very close:) as I looked at the pictures I took that night it looked like they were the only two people there so I cut down the pics to just two:)  

The next day was Treyton's last day at school his whole class  sat around him and asked him questions about him moving and they also wrote a little book about how much they will miss him... he had such an awesome class and teacher this year we were so sad to leave!

(his best pal Jaden)

(the Sophias are the coolest girls around!!!)