Drummers and Kings

I just had to share this precious little face with everyone. How does a person resist giving in to a face like this? I just happened to have the camera in my hand when Logan was pleading with me to have his markers back. They were taken away because he was using them as drumsticks (like he does with most things) and splattered the ink all over the kitchen! Guess who got a second chance??


This picture is what I woke up to the other morning. "Pillow Mountain" is Luke's most recent design. It's now become a regular in the living room. He uses it as his purch to watch his morning cartoons. Do you think we have a king in the making??

Summer Time!

With the last day of school behind us, we now feel as if we're officially into summer! We took the boat out on the river last night with some KFC to start off the season properly. Nate had his first wakeboard pull, first flip, and we enjoyed our first sunset while on the water. Here are a few pictures...

Big Boy Bed!

One more eventfull thing that has transpired in our house is that Logan had decided he'd like to take the rail off of his crib so that he has a "big boy bed" like his brother. 2 nights down and let's say that it's a work in progress. But he's so proud!

Also, here's more May pictures for you!

May in a "Nutshell"

Well, we've had quite the month these past 30 days or so. So instead of making several posts here, I thought I'd just group a bunch a pictures and a brief explanation and call it good. Maybe I can be better at posting in June...we'll see! May started off with Logan contracting a nasty virus that ended with him in Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema. We moved up his cardiologist appt and he had an echo. Good news is that everything looks good now and we don’t have to see Dr. Fallah again until November!

Nate won Area Manager of the Year throughout his company nationwide and got to go to San Diego for the annual meeting from the 20th-23rd. He was able to play golf, attend a Padres Game and receive a plaque which he had to give an un-prepared speech for. We’re so proud of him!

This last weekend Nick and Angie visited and we all had so much fun! We played Guitar Hero until the wee hours of the night, card-making into the same wee hours, BBQ’d at Southside Park and then BBQ’d again on the boat while hanging out on the river. FUN!!!

Finally we ended the month with Luke’s Preschool Graduation Ceremony. Even though he’s going back next year, it was still fun for him to participate with all of his friends.

June, here we come!!

Graduation...sort of & New Shoes too!

Luke brought home his graduation robe from preschool this week. Although he is only 4 years old, the teachers wanted the whole class to participate in the graduation ceremony together. He's so excited! I only hope he doesn't get too sad when he realizes that he's not going on to Kindergarten just yet. He's been wearing the robe around the house and the other day he asked my to take his picture in it. He's so funny!

This week Logan also received THE CUTEST pair of shoes! He thinks he is such a big boy in them! They are Keen 100% Hybrid and they are the coolest. Totally waterproof and designed to be breathable at the same time...which is a good thing for big chubby feet like Logan's! When he saw me taking pictures of Luke, he had to get in on the action too. So here is Logan and his new shoes!

Cards, cards and more cards...

If you made it to the bottom of my ridiculously long post previously, then you know that I'm starting my new venture as a Stampin' Up rep. I've been a scrapbooker and card maker for years now and I absolutely love it! Lately I've been caught up on the card making end of things it seems. I've found it to be less involved (as far as getting supplies out) and it takes a shorter amount of time to produce something worthy enough to take care of my "fix". So I thought I'd share some things on here from time to time. These pictures aren't great but the fact that I got 3 cards accomplished in 1 day is great!

p.s. I opted to stamp this afternoon instead of downloading our pictures from our trip to Monterey this weekend to visit my brother and sis-in-law. So there's more updating to come...

I'm obviously bad at this!

Okay, so it seems as though I can't seem to get the hang of updating this thing. Don't get me wrong, I think about it everyday and I'm an avid follower of several other blogs (daily) however, I can't seem to come up with anything substantial to blog about. That, and I seem to have slipped in the picture taking category. And a blog without pictures isn't quite as exciting, ya know?


So here's a quick recap of the last couple of weeks...(without photos):

• Lukas managed to lock Logan in the car and he was stuck in there for a little over an hour during the lunchtime hour. Good news: I had just pulled into the garage and it was only a 62 degree day. Nate had to drive home from a meeting in Stockton with the extra key and all was well. Logan didn't even have a meltdown! Me on the other hand...well...


• My cousin's 8 month old baby was just now diagnosed with the same heart defect that Logan has and was admitted and then transferred to Kansas City Children's where they were able to temporarily balloon her aortic valve via catheterization and was later discharged home.


• I found out my that my close friend and her family are moving to DC by the middle of May after her husband was accepted as an agent into the FBI. Her son and Luke are only 2 months apart and have been buddies since before they turned 1. So I've been busy helping her get her house ready to sell (did I mention she's also 7 1/2 months pregnant with their 3rd child!), watching her kids and anything else I can think of to do with the hopes of keeping my mind off the reality that they're leaving. :(


• Which brings me to my last 'major' news to report: my friend was also our local Stampin' Up! rep and we're right in the middle of an 8 month stamp camp. She's been 'grooming' me for the takeover if and when they were moving and consequently, you're now reading the blog of one of the newest Stampin' Up! reps. I'm so excited as this is definitely a hobby and passion of mine, but nervous non the less. Commitment phobia I think. :)

Anyway, that's the latest and greatest with us. Sorry for the novel...I'll continue to try and do this on a more regular basis. Hope all is well with you guys!

Okay...maybe one picture. Here is Luke and his best buddy Nathan. He's already sad that he's leaving. Are 4 year olds suppose to catch on to stuff like this already? It's sad. :(