Part Fish

I've decided somewhere in our family history we must be part fish :) My kids thoroughly enjoyed just swimming this summer away. Tycee took swimming lessons from one of our good friends. She did so well the first session that we decided to put her in for a second. By the end of the second session she was jumping off the diving board and swimming to the wall. Every night when she went to bed she would ask me "I go swimming wiss Allie and Trabis tomowow?" and her face would light up when the answer was yes. Believe it or not she also enjoyed going to swim team with the boys and playing with her "friends". The boys had a great swim season and they have plenty of medals and ribbons to prove it. I enjoyed it too. Every Saturday, together as a family, we were off to a different meet, and they also had practice every day. I was hoping it would have worn them out a little more than it did, but it sure got them in shape for football, our latest adventure. They definately take after their dad.

Pics from top to bottom:

Tycee with Allie at swim lessons

Talan doing Breaststroke (his fave)

Kaleb doing Freestyle leg of his IM race.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY

Can you believe it's been 3 years already? I can't. Tycee has been such a blessing to our family. She is such a sweet little girl. She has such a big heart, and she LOVES her big brothers. She has everyone of us wrapped around a different finger (her dad is wrapped around a few) She is always singing, dancing or pretending she's a princess. Tycee we love you soooo much, Happy Birthday Baby!!! Here she is with her Princess cake. She had a great day.

Grandma Buttars flew in on Thursday and so we went to the LA Zoo on Friday for Tycee's birthday. We had a great time. We enjoyed seeing all the animals. We saw gorillas, komodo dragons (Talan's fav), lions, kangaroos, giraffes, hippos, lots of monkeys, and Tycee's favorite an elephant. Kaleb and his friend Dylan enjoyed the elephant too, for different reasons. Tycee is a lover of animals so she was in heaven.

So What Did YOU Think?

I finished it last night and I have to say, I really liked how it all turned out. I don't know why there were so many critics. I read a few threads of others opinions, and I'm not sure what they were expecting. I think she did a pretty good job of tying up all the loose ends and questions brought up in her other books. So my rating is *****. I look forward to the other points of view books that are still suppose to be coming out (not in the near future) and I definately am looking forward to the movie. Enough about me. What did YOU think? Be careful not to spoil it for those that haven't finished yet.

Any ideas for the next book I can read and neglect my house, family and everything else for?

Dodger Game

Sam's company has Box Seats at Dodger Stadium that they let the employees use. Sam got the tickets on June 26 and we took the boys down to the game. The Dodgers played the Chicago White Sox so Sam was even cheering for the Dodgers. These seats were on the 3rd row just down from the Dodgers dugout. We had all you can eat, drink, ice cream, peanuts you name it. Our first course was Salmon and garlic mashed potatoes-not your typical ballpark cuisine, (we did have Dodger dogs later). We were there almost 2 hours before the game started so the boys could watch warm-ups and get some autographs (only 1 player signed their ball) The Dodgers lost but we still had a fabulous time. When we left home it was in the 100's but at the stadium it wasn't quite that hot. We still got sunburned and they even handed out sunblock. Who thinks to put sunscreen on their knees? I guess we will next time. We gave each of the boys $20 to spend at the game and told them what ever they didn't spend they got to keep. Kaleb had only $2 left by the time we walked through the front gate. (who does he take after??? I'm working on that) And we had to talk Talan into buying himself a hat for $10. As always he came home with some money (wonder who he takes after ;)) We knew it would be a long day for Tycee, so she stayed at Travis' house and didn't miss us a bit. She loves it over there and she always has a great time. More about her in a minute. Anyway a great way to make memories with your kids I recommend taking the chance if you get it.

Tycee and the DS

Tycee loves the DS'. They boys both got Nintendo DS systems for Christmas and Tycee loves to play "Mawo" Mario. One day I couldn't find her, and it was quiet-trouble. I was trying to sneak up on her and find out what she was doing. She had found Talan's DS and had climbed up on the chair to play. She so funny when she plays because she talks to the game, and says "oh man" or "Mawo died". She has decided that she wants a "pink DS" for her birthday because she's tired of asking the boys to play theirs. She is always making me smile. Can you believe she's almost 3? Where has the time gone?

ETSY-Ready or not Here I am!

Well, I took the plunge. I am an offiicial ESTYan. My ETSY store is now up and going.
PLEASE check it out.
(And while you're at it BUY something) ;)



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We're Up and Running-sort of

Well Hello out there. Anyone that knows me even a little, know that I am not a runner. I actually preferred to walk the mile in PE during the "Presidential Fitness test". I am hoping to do a better job at keeping up with blogging. I will try to be more like my husband when he does his running, pushing until he's ready to "toss his cookies". I have very much enjoyed reading and keeping up with everyone on their respected blogs. I hope that you enjoy our lives in a very editted form, but for most it's better than nothing. I would love to add all of my friends on here so we all keep up with each other and our crazy lives.

I figured that I couldn't start posting until my blog was cute. Thanks to my sis in law Laci, I think she did a great job.

Be patient I'm still trying to figure it all out.

Thanks for listening (looking)
Post to you soon!