San Diego

Dave's company took everyone on a vacation to San Diego this past weekend. We took a bus with about 35 others, and got to stay at the Westin Emerald Plaza. It was such a nice hotel, with those glass elevators, where you can see the ocean from it. Our room was so pretty, and had a big comfy bed that I didnt want to get out of. Saturday they sent all the men who wanted to go fishing on a fishing boat, but Dave chose to stay with me and they took us to Sea World! So we ran around Sea World like kids, and got soaked on the white water rapid ride, and shopped for presents for the kids. After that, we got back to the hotel and got ready for dinner. The company made reservations at 4 different restaurants, so we got to choose which ever we wanted, and Dave and I chose Anthony's. I've been there before, so it was the safe choice! It was so pretty, it is right on the ocean, so we watched the sail boats go by, and ate crab legs and steak. The whole trip was so fun. It was like a honeymoon we never got. Sunday morning we all packed back on the bus and headed back home. My brave mom stayed at our house with all the kids so that we could go. We had so much fun, we need to do that more often! :) I took pictures at Sea World mostly, so here they are...

Me and Dave taking a scary picture of us both.

The penguins..even though they were stinky, they were the cutest.

A real polar bear, I've never seen one before!

He is going to kill me for putting this up, but I think it is adorable.

The Flamingos we fed.

Sorry, they wouldnt stop moving so I could take their picture! Haha..

Another shark

The Dolphins

Sedona Trip

Dave and I plus Colin and Natalie took a trip to Sedona for Labor Day weekend. It was nice, and really pretty there. We spent all day shopping in the little shops down town, and then took a drive to see the sights. It rained just for a little, just enough to make it smell good outside. I love staying in hotels, with the crispy sheets! It was a nice break, and even though the kids were a little cranky for the most part, we still had fun! I will post pictures of this once I figure out how to get them off of Dave's camera!

Okay, I got them finally!~

Nice view!

Me and the babies

My Lovey's holding hands coming out of our hotel! Colin loves his sis!

In the car! I love the look in her eyes!

This and That

I have been so busy with the kids' schedule, I havent updated in awhile! The boys had their first scrimmage against a Mesa team, and made one touch down after another. It was really exciting. They are really really good! We were all dying laughing because this kid that made one of the touchdowns lost his pants running, but ran the rest of the way with his pants around his ankles and made the touchdown. I hope someone got that on tape, because that was hilarious. The kid just jumped right up and yanked his drawers up and carried on like no big deal!
The babies are doing good. Natalie is expanding her vocabulary every day with something new. Recently she says, "You Hunny!" Meaning She's hungry. Then she says "McDonnos" when she thinks she needs to go play at McDonalds. Last night she kept calling Colin "DoeDoe" I think she is trying to say brother. Then she says "Stop!" all the time to her brothers. This morning she walked into her room that had Colins toys everywhere and said "OH NO!" I about died laughing. I love her little voice.
Colin is potty training, and let me tell ya, this is not fun. Somedays he does great, but others he wants nothing to do with it. You'd think with two older brothers he'd want to be big like them, but he doesnt. We'll just keep working on it I guess!
I am on a diet. Starting this last week, I decided to start walking outside again. It was a little toasty out, but it is okay. I started off walking 2 miles, and will continue that until it gets cooler and then I up it to 4. The babies like going in their stroller. And the really exciting part is that I have already lost 4 pounds. Yipee!
Other than that, nothing exciting to report. Hope everyone is doing well! :)

Jakob's First Injury

Jakob split open his chin last night at practice. He is okay, but he ended up getting 5 stitches. He was very brave. I guess what happened was that his chinstrap was too loose and when he got tackled his helmet went up a little, and the other kids face mask when into his chin. Needless to say, we are getting him a better chinstrap tonight. He will not be able to practice (at least the tackling part) for 5 days. :(

Better Pics

I got some pics of the boys tonight at practice. They work so hard, I am so happy that they are having a fun time with it. It hit me tonight just how grown up they are getting. They havent got their uniforms yet, but they have to wear some sort of jerseys over their shoulder pads, so that explains the different jerseys.

Jakob

Isaak

Isaak in action

After practice

Go Tornados!

Well, it is football season again, and my favorite time to sit out in the grass and watch my boys practice. It is so fun, and it is actually pretty nice outside. This year they are taking a step up from flag football and going on to tackle football. Needless to say that so far this has been fun to watch, and a lot more interesting. I took a few pictures, some didnt turn out so well, since I was taking them from far away, and they were moving a lot. So I got a lot of pictures of coach's backsides, (not by purpose!) trying to take pictures of the boys in action. I will try to take more of them on Friday when they are in full pads. I am also trying to add a video from my camera on here, but I have no idea how. Any ideas on that, let me know!


Jakob is the one in the dark shirt on the right.



Isaak is on the right with the monster on his shirt.




Jakob on the left

Present Shopping

This month is a busy month for us and birthdays. Just to give you a clue...it starts with Colin's birthday on July 23rd, then Isaak's is on July 28th, then my mom's is today, Aug.2nd then my sister Meili is Aug 4th, then my husbands is Aug 6th, and then my step-daughter Kaitlyn's is Aug 12th, Daves mom is on Aug 20th, then my other sister Cherish is Aug 28th, and then my dad is Aug 30th, and then Dave's dad is Sept 6th I believe. I know I am missing someone.

So tonight, since Dave had to go to bed early for work tomorrow, I took the kids and went shopping for his present and my mom's since she will be here on Saturday. Here is my dilemma of the night...Both my mom and I collect those Willowtree statues. I found one that I was going to get, but wasn't exactly sure of its meaning. It is called "Hero" Now, my confusion is..does this statue mean that she has a fallen soldier, or just that she has one, and he is alive? Or can it be both? When I first saw this, I thought, oh my gosh, my mom would love this, since Jon is in the Army, and Tony is going in 20 days...but then I thought..wait a minute...doesn't the folded flag mean that her son is passed away? I asked the girl at the cash register, and she was completely ditsy about it, and told me that it could be for both. I wasn't sure if I believed her, so I didn't get it. What do you guys think?

I found these adorable boxes at Michaels. They really can be used for anything, but I got a couple for putting my moms stuff in, and Dave's. They were on clearance for 99 cents for the big ones. They have all sorts of patterns, not just birthday. I should have grabbed more. Maybe I will go back tomorrow.

Anyways, the night of shopping went well, and it was actually pretty fun with the kids. We went to a lot of stores, and I thought for sure Natalie will be cranky and throwing herself about after the 2nd store, but she was really good, and didn't make a peep the whole time. Oh, and I am not telling what I got Dave, because I know he reads this. ;) So that was my adventurous night. :)