I don't understand...

I saw a little girl that was probably 7, maybe 8 at Isabella's school today that had a shirt on that said I Study (BOYS). Why would parents encourage this at such a young age?!

10 reasons why I hate the heat

10. I hate sweating off my make-up as I am applying it
9. I hate it when my legs stick to the leather couch or our leather car seats
8. I hate driving with my windows up
7. I hate that I sweat in weird places
6. I hate laying in bed and even the sheet is too much
5. I hate the summertime electric bill (although this summer has been under $100 KNOCK KNOCK)
4. I hate not being able to enjoy the yard
3. I hate cooking when it's hot
2. I hate wearing less clothes
1. I hate waiting to demolish the planter, I've got my sledge hammer ready...let me to it!!

Please So Cal...cool down SOON!

great idea!

days of the week tags

I think I am going to put them on heavy stock paper and do them for both kids. Very clever!

finally doing more work on the house

We had a guy ask if we needed tree work, I talked him down from $800 to $400! We needed to get these palm trees out because they were way too big for the area, the planter has been cracked for years and years.


you can see that on the left side the planter is just about to lean on the fence, we just paid a few thousand to replace the fence so I didn't want to have to do that again!

The view from our porch, not attractive:




After, LOVE it!




We are going to knock out the planter (once it's not 116° outside). We are having new stamped concrete poured and I would love to get a fountain like this and put it along the back wall:


I also bought this set, on clearance from $799 for $239! I love a deal!

Kmart seating set

I would like to put in a small patio cover coming from the wood that the pillar it attached to, it's hard to see from this angle.

I can't wait to get this done, it's going to be so awesome!

kids conversations

I love listening to the kids talk when they think I can't hear them.

I: this is Deuce, he was our kitty before you were born
Z: ohhh
I: he's in heaven now
Z: and he's in our heart
I: yeah, he is
Z: Jesus and Deuce are in our hearts, Jesus is holding Deuce in my heart.

So sweet!!

Summer...in a minute!

I can't post photos from everything we did this summer, it would take years! But here is a photo (or 2) of everything we did this summer. It was FUN! And FAST she got out of school June 12th and went back August 12th!

So...this summer we...

rollerskated for the first time:


took Metrolink to the beach:


Spent lots of time at the library (FREEE!)


Donovan and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary, thanks mom for watching the kids!


We did a LOT of swimming:


Spent lots of time at the park with friends:


Went bowling with friends:


Went to San Diego as a family:


Where we visited Lego Land (the kids LOOOOVED it! Even more than Disneyland!)


More swimming with friends:


Their first circus visit:



The last week of summer we camped in Pismo Beach for 6 days:

More swimming:


Some shuffleboard:


One dog costume contest (Hutch was a Dalmation, his hat says Fire Station #1) where Hutch won most original:


Lots of quality time:


And fun:


The day after we got home from Pismo Isabella started 1st grade!







And I wonder why I am exhausted?! Love it!

update

I'm still fat! No big shocker there, huh?!

I had to put weight watchers on the back burner, with the kids having a short summer and us taking so many trips I haven't been to a meeting in a few weeks. I plan on starting up again a week from this Tuesday.

I started back at the gym after a hiatus there as well. Donovan and I also talked about walking around the lake by our house every night. The kids love it and it's such good exercise.

Anyway, I'll update again soon. Hopefully with better news!

my cheap and delicious meal

I went to Sprouts for the first time and in the meat case they had a pre-made meatloaf in a pan all ready to go. It was 4 servings for $3! Yep, $3!

To go with is they had red potatoes for $.49 a pound and broccoli for $.49 a pound! The total for all 4 of us was under $10, you can't beat that!

Oh and the meatloaf is SOOO good!!