muddy mama's...

on saturday i ran the camp pendelton 10k mud run. it was so much fun. there were 15 of us altogether and we called ourselves the muddy mama's..

here we are pre-mud..

here we are post-mud..

(our shirts don't even look the same color)
the 4 of us ran together the whole race. it was so fun to play in the mud w/ friends.

gina, me, and vern..

M3 ...

it's that time of the week again. time to brag about MY man :).....

people person

last week i wrote about seth being FUN, well part of him being fun is him being a people person. nobody, and i mean nobody is a stranger in seth's world. he loves to talk to anyone, anywhere and everywhere. if you are in line behind him at the grocery store then you are his best friend. i love this about seth, because again we are complete opposites in this area. i'd rather just leave the person behind me in line a stranger. seth has the ability to strike up a conversation with anyone and genuinly get to know them. he is meaningful in all his interactions and really tries to relate to everyone he talks to. this is why i believe God has placed him in the field of sales. he has to talk to strangers on a daily basis. he is so amazing at his job , i know i could never do it. when my girlfriends call me seth will usually talk to them for a good five minutes before he hands the phone over. i love it and so do they. it's not that he is girly or anything but he is super easy to talk to so even my girlfriends love talking to him....i love this quality about my man and am thankful for it. love you seth!

lip sync....

every year at vpe there is a end of the year lip sync. today isaiah's group performed. they were so cute. they did "sharped dressed man" by zz-top, and there were 10 3rd grade boys. the lip sync is a VERY big deal at our school and everyone really goes all out. our boys did awesome and i am so proud of them.

M3 (Manly Man Mondays)

last week i recieved a very encouraging email from my friend marilee. she thought it would be a great idea for all of our blogging friends to post an encouraging blog about our husbands every monday. i LOVED this idea and am so excited to start. every monday the blog title will be M3 which stands for Manly Man Mondays. so here is my first entry :).....

fun

seth is so fun and so full of life. i love that God matched us together because we are polar opposites. i am a very structured person and have my days, weeks, and months planned. seth is not like that at all! he just lives by the moment and in the moment. and i love him for that. he loves to try new things and always has to be doing something. he has taught me so much about just letting my guard down and going for it. this has been very hard for me to do, but when i do i always have a good time. he loves to play and be with friends and family. every weekend we are busy doing stuff cause seth doesn't like to sit still. he loves going to the beach, hiking, riding bikes, going on walks, playing soccer, running ect.. this attribute makes him an outstanding father. he loves to play with his kids and have fun with them. the other day isaiah said " Mom, you take care of us and daddy plays with us". i love it! and i couldn't have said it better myself. i love that they have a father that is fun and loves to play with them. what a blessing that is to their lives and to mine. seth, thank you for being a fun dad and husband. thank you for showing me that it is okay to do something even if i don't have it written on my calendar..ha ha!! i love you :)

another funny one from the smoosh...

smoosh- mom, thanks for taking such good care of us.

me- you're welcome :)

smoosh- because if you didn't we could be eaten by killer whales.

wedding shower...

this past weekend we had a wedding shower for my good friend darcey. it was a very small intimate shower with 10 girls. we have all been friends since the early calvary days. it was fun to all get together and to honor darc. no matter how much time that has passed these girls will always hold a special place in my heart.

mother's day...

i had a really great mother's day this year. i woke up to breakfast in bed made by my men. complete with gifts and home made beautiful cards.after church we went to my parent's house for a bbq and shared the day with my mom, aunt, and sister.

katie's baby shower...

last weekend we celebrated katie and her soon to be little girl.

YAY!! i am going to have a niece :) they are going to name her ABBY GRACE, isnt' that so cute??

i can't wait to meet my new baby girl niece.

and doesn't katie look awesome? she's so cute and little. only a few more weeks :)

(sissy, katie, mom, me)

tanaka farms field trip...

last week i went on a field trip to tanaka farms with tj's class. it was fun spending the day with just tj and i . even though he doesn't look like it in this pic he had a lot of fun :)

surfing with dad....

tj and seth went surfing a few weeks ago. it was so cute and tj had so much fun. seth is praying that one of his boys will love it as much as he does.

smooshie...

a conversation between smoosh and his gf rox...

smoosh- i am going to be an astronaut when i grow up so i won't be able to get married, cause astronaut's don't get married

rox- well, i am going to be a cheerleader and cheerleader's can't get married either.

smoosh- YEAH THEY CAN! (in a very bossy voice) they can marry boy cheerleaders.

glad we got that covered :)

gno santa barbara 2009.....

i knew my weekend was going to be AMAZING when i walked into caitlin's house on friday and there was this......

even more specifically this...

(for anyone wondering , yes, that is exactly what you think that is. it was a "no boys allowed" weekend after all )

we spent friday night chilling, eating, watching old junior high movies, and staying up WAY to late for a mom of three boys in her thirty's. but for my girls i had to sacrifice my sleep :)

saturday morn we woke up and a few of us went on a run through downtown sb. after our run we all went to breakfast with THE best french toast in the world..

keri, vern, me, shan, and anita..

gina and i on our way to breakfast..

breakfast....



after breakfast we did a little shopping on state street and then headed back to caitlin's for a corn hole tournament. anita and i were the champion's last year and we were excited to continue the reign. gina was talking a bunch of smack about how she was going to beat us. well, sad to say she did. anita and i were out in the first round. i blame it on the drinks gina made us. i think she put something in mine :)...


after some cornhole, drinks, afternoon sun, naps, and snacks we all got ready for our big night out of dinner and dancin.

gina and vern made us these shirts . they were awesome. they even had the "no boys allowed" sign on the back. luckily i have long hair. ha ha!

our pre-dance dinner was at this awesome restaurant/ hookah bar complete with belly dancer and all. it was amazing. i loved it.

this was us outside the club, it was SO cold so we all cuddled together..

we danced at the club until 1am (who am i ) and then ate snacks and stayed up talking until 2. it was so fun.

sunday we packed up, said our goodbyes ,and headed home to the oc to anxiously see all our families.

*what a great weekend*

thanks girls for an awesome weekend and for literally a life time of friendship. i am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life. you all each hold a special place in my heart. can't wait until gno 2010. love you!!

some funny stuff....

last night the boys stayed the night at my parent's house so seth and i could go on a date. every time they stay there my mom gets them donuts. this morning after they got home i had this conversation with smoosh...

me- smoosh did you have fun at nana and papa's?
smoosh- yeah nana got us donuts!!
me- what kind is your favorite?
smoosh- i have four favorites. number one, orange sprinkles..number two, red sprinkles..number 3, blue sprinkles..number 4, plain twist.

ha ha! glad he likes variety..
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tanner has been having a hard time hitting the ball at his baseball games lately. seth has really been working with him and so have his coaches. i even went so far as to buy him new hitting gloves to see if that would work and he used a new bat today.
well, today he did awesome he was 3 for 3 at bat. (is that how you say it?) anyway, after the game i was telling him how proud i was of his hitting. i asked him if he thinks the new gloves and bat helped. he said *yes* but what helped the most was that he pictured that the ball was isaiah's weiner. "that's what really made me hit it hard mom".......

easter.......

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...

we had a really fun busy easter this year. on saturday we celebrated with grandma cindy and craig. we dyed our star wars easter eggs and enjoyed a ham dinner.

on sunday we headed to temecula and went to church with katie, shane, and micah.

after church we went to katie and shane's where we enjoyed lunch with my parents and shane's parents.

after lunch we went over to seth's sisters to hang out with the cousins. we had a great dinner and had fun hunting for eggs.

it was a very blessed easter spent with loved one's.

HE IS RISEN!!

spring break....

for spring break my sister and i took a road trip with the 4 boys to visit my aunt in tucson. we had so much fun and a super busy week.

our first day we went to old tucson...

the boys love it here. it is a old western tv studio out in the middle of the dessert. lot's of john wayne movies were filmed here.

we took a stage coach tour of the whole area
these guys put on a gun show for us. the boys thought that was pretty cool.

it was about 90 degrees out so the boys tried to cool off with an icecream.

the next day we woke up to another beautiful day so the boys went swimming. well, actually only tj and zah

zah showing off his diving skills

later that day we went out to the pima county air museum. the boys were in boy heaven.

this is the bomber that seth's grandpa flew in ww2.

tj wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. :)

the real air force one from when kennedy was president. pretty cool to go inside of it.

on our last day we went with our cousin's casey and elizabeth to the tucson zoo. isaiah took all the pics of the animals. the giraffe came so close to us.

thanks sissy for a great week. we had so much fun :) we love you!

this is for you dad.....

so my dad has been getting on my case for not posting a new blog post. he says he is tired of looking at me dressed up with my green wig on.*thanks dad* i haven't really had any new things to post about or any new pictures to put up. we have been busy but just with our normal life..baseball, school, church, family, friends, ect... i thought maybe i would write about some funny things that the boys have done or said lately...

* so the other day a mom on tan's baseball team was talking to smooshie and asked him how he got his name "smooshie". this was his answer......"when i was a baby i was really cute and cuddley. my dad cuddled me and would say you are small and smooshie. i loved my dad and hated my mom, and that is the REAL story"

*the other night at dinner we played "impersonations" . we go around the table and impersonate someone and everyone else has to guess who you are. well, for those that are close to tan you know he makes super random noises. so when my turn came up i just snorted really loud. all five of us started busted up laughing. we ALL KNEW i was impersonating tan from one loud snort. i think we all laughed for like 5 minutes, tears and all.

* monday i pick zah up from school and he is super frustrated. "mom! mrs. H picked four kids to read a classical book and write a report on it and i didn't get picked" i was a little confused since i thought he would be overjoyed that he didn't have to do extra work especially a report. "so after school i went to the library and checked out a classical book, and I AM GOING TO READ IT!!!" whoa zah, you will show them! :)

* after every baseball game one person gets the game ball. tan hasn't gotten yet but can't wait for the day that he gets it. last saturday after the game, he didn't get it but his best friend came up to him and said "tan i know you didn't get the game ball, but i think you deserved it"..ahhh! how cute is that?? and his best friend is on the team and he hasn't recieved the game ball yet either.

*i was watching my friends daughther who is three years old and she says "smoosh i want to marry you".......with huge eyes and a look of astonishment he says " do you want me to break up with roxanne??"

there you go dad. hope your happy! :)