Summer Vacation

Yesterday David was telling me how he applied for two weeks vacation in July. The girls at work said, "Oh, that's so nice, you're taking two weeks off for your anniversary." Nope. He's taking one week to stay home with the kids while I'm at girls' camp, and the next week he's taking off for High Adventure Camp.

A couple weeks ago I was looking at a travel magazine that came and dreaming of all the nice places to visit. I said that it would be wonderful to go somewhere on vacation. David's reply was that he didn't know WHAT I was talking about. Next week we are vacationing at La Posta Ranch doing the pioneer trek, and in July I'll have 2 weeks vacation. One week camping in the desert in the summer and the next with everybody gone to their various camps, so I get to be home all alone. What more of a vacation could I want? Well, I got an e-mail from my friend in the Bahamas today. That's one vacation I wouldn't mind taking. Since I have no pictures to post of my vacation, I'll post Scott & Ronda's pictures from this week. Hey, I could photoshop mine & David's pictures into it. Then I could just pretend. Don't be jealous of my big vacation plans...

Thanks Cesar Chavez!

Yesterday was Cesar Chavez day & because of that I was fortunate enough to have the day off from work. Normally that is a pretty fantastic thing by itself but on this day of the year it is even better. Why you might ask? What could be better than a paid day off from work? Well what makes this better than most holidays is that my kids DON'T get this day off from school! Don't get me wrong, I love to spend time with my whole family but I treasure my time alone with my man!! And I was going to take FULL advantage of this day off...

So Jamey & I decided to do something that we haven't done for years & we headed for Old Town. Now Old Town has changed over the years but it still has it's old world charm & plenty of Mexican Restaurants (in fact it seemed like every other place was one). It was fun too to remember all the different field trips we had taken there (some when we were kids & many with our own kids). It was a beautiful day with blue sky although the breeze was still a little chilly. Thank goodness it was warm in the sun. We even found a gallery of a local artist (who actually ran the store). His paintings almost looked like photographs they were so detailed. I especially loved the vibrant colors he used & every landscape was from some place local so everything was familiar - of course we had to get one! We stopped in front of a souvenir shop that had colorful tiles on the front & an old hand cart to do some "self" portraits with Jamey's cell phone - needless to say those didn't turn out so great, but as soon as I figure out how to get them off his phone & in the computer I will add them to this post. After checking out several shops & the different gardens we stopped for lunch... how can you resist the Mexican food when the smell is luring you in with every footstep? It was a fantastic way to spend some quality alone time with my favorite person in the world!!

For many of you, you may wonder who is Cesar Chavez? I think California may be the only state in the US that celebrates this day - but I could be wrong. I know when we first started getting it off I had no idea who he was... then my Hispanic co-worker was more than happy to fill me in. You see Cesar Chavez was a Mexican American migrant worker who fought for better working conditions for farm workers. His tireless leadership focused national attention on these laborers' terrible working conditions, which eventually led to improvements. All I know is that I have seen these people at work & I think they are some of the hardest working people there are. I hope they got the day off too!!!

Talent Show

Last night Eric was in a talent show at his school. He played the guitar and sang Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols. He was soooo in his element up on that stage. He's played the guitar for a few years, but never sang before. I was surprised that he even tried it. That kid has some spunk! I took the video on my cell phone and it's really distorted, but you'll get the idea.

Spring has sprung!

The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming & people in my house are sneezing because of allergies!! Ahhh, it's that wonderful time of year again! The weather here this week has been so nice... not as warm as I would like but definately springy. So in honor of spring, I have changed the background to our blog to reflect that feeling. I hope where ever you are on God's green earth you are enjoying a nice sunshining day today!

Home Goods

Yesterday I went to Poway to my friend's house to get my hair cut. I know, it's a long way to drive. There is a store up there called Home Goods. It has really cute stuff for all over the house and is really inexpensive. I got there and found this sign out front. Of course I had to take a picture of it and send it to David's e-mail with the caption "uh oh". He called me and asked, "Where are you?" I asked if I spent less than $5 if it counts. He said "no". Yay. Although we've been painting and finding all kinds of things for the house, I need to stop for awhile and save up for pool plaster...before summer gets here. Uh oh. I'm running out of time.

I bought this metal thingy that says "Believe". My family thinks it's stupid. It's funny how guys can walk in a house and instantly notice new things and ask, "Why did you buy that?" The answer is, because it was cheap and I need stuff to fill this boring house. I figure if I get bored with stuff, I can get rid of it without feeling guilty if I didn't spend very much on it in the first place. Now I have to keep some walls empty for awhile so we can fix that pool. I'm soooo impatient!

I do think everyone should go to this store, though. And it has lots of beachy items for Andrea, and Parisian items for Kim. Although, I think Kim probably doesn't need anymore "stuff".

Winter Formal

A week ago Troy had his winter formal. He met a group of 7 girls and 1 guy at BJ's for dinner, then they carpooled to the Sheraton at Harbor Island for the formal.

Here he is with a friend and his "date". (Who is just a friend)Janeen and Troy. I'm so glad the girls took cell phone pictures so I could at least see how they looked together since he didn't pick her up.
A few hours after the party started, the group that Troy went with decided to leave and go to a party. He decided to stay and dance with a girl that he liked. Yes, that's past-tense because he doesn't like anyone for more than a few days. I'm really glad that he makes SOME good choices when we're not around. I DIDN'T mind at all to get the phone call to pick him up. I'm still hoping for LDS girls, but at least he's not serious about anyone yet. We still have two more years till his mission. I hope I can make it until then!!

Rock Stars!

So this summer the boys band (The Jakked Rabbits) are going on tour with some other bigger bands (bands you probably have never heard of unless you like punk rock music), but bigger none the less... Because of this a CD is being made, it will be a compulation of 3 songs by each band. So earlier this week we loaded up the car full of amps, drums, guitars & all that paraphanelia along with the band members (Zak, Nate, Simon, Noah & Alex) and headed to the OC for a recording session. Now the boys have already recorded two CD's but this is the first that they got to do in a real recording studio.... it was pretty exciting to see them in the "sound proof" room & even more fun to hear them as they recorded. Due to "technical difficulties" (meaning the guy in charge didn't like the engineer & decided to reschedule half way through) they weren't able to finish their session. But with promises of getting to come back to finish it up & a skate session in their indoor skate facility everything was okay. I have never wished my kids to be professional anything, mainly because of the problems that come with being professional anything (athlete, musician, etc) except maybe a doctor.... does that count? Anyway they are enjoying experiences that most kids dream of & having the time of their lives. Enjoy it boys because once Zak leaves on his mission in August/September you're lives are going to change drastically (Zak is the drummer & main reason they have a band). The pictures of that day are above.....