update

we don't yet have phone/internet at the house, so i am at school using internet here. but i'm blocked from xanga (and i'm too lazy to find the password to bypass it -- plus i have no idea where to look right now) so i'll post here and copy it over later. maybe.
some stuff that's been happening:
-dropped the kitties off to the vet at 8am. they are getting all 4 feet declawed. i know that derek and i considered it when they were little, but found it barbaric. but now, with the new house, new carpet, new furniture. it's necessary. i'm sad for them, but it's gotta be.
-derek was a handyman yesterday! oh, i forgot those pics...oh well. next time. we went to lowe's and bought mirrors for the upstairs bathrooms, and he put them in. yay! ok...so the one in the boys' bathroom is 3/4" too far to the left. but it's level! (we bought him a new level)
-derek also got me a desk and cubby bookcase JUST like matthew's to put in the 'storage room" for my scrapbooking/crafts. so we'll have to make storage space in the garage instead. not enough room in my little craft room. hmm, i think that's what we'll have to call it. he stayed up sooo late last night trying to finish all that off.
-yesterday he got the boys' bunk bed back together and was able to bring in their dresser, so i arranged all their clothes (sort of). have piles of clothes that they will be fititng into soon, and tried to oprganize those as well.
-yesterday i even cleared out some space upstairs in the playroom so that we could use the couches and watch tv up there. yup. cars, for the millionth time this week. looked at all the toys and games. oh my gosh. we have so many games. for so many different age levels. and i can't get rid of any of them, really. brennan may like them!
-oh! on saturday we had a garage sale and got rid of TONS of stuff and netted about $600. don't really know for sure because i raided matthew's scooby mystery van back for change and took a pile of ones from the car. but since satruday morning, we've cleaned out quite a bit more, and i know we could totally have ANOTHER garage sale. probably not get as much because we don't have as much big furniture items to get rid of, but still. even sold the super-duper old couch (that pre-dates ME) for $20. the love seat that went with that was even so bad we had thrown it out when putting things in storage.
-we're still locked out of the downstairs common bath
-i bought drawer handles and doorstops for derek -- not yet installed
-can't find the kitty carriers to save our life

anyhow. gotta go. derek is waiting for me at home, and he's got the little ones.
later.

Jun 29, 2008

Jun 28, 2008

Jun 27, 2008

field day at landell, on their last day of school. i volunteered to help with the 'obstacle course', which matthew participated in. jane and jackie came in the morning to help watch the kiddies.

Jun 26, 2008

matthew in the choir during the 3rd grade perfpormance of annie jr.

Jun 25, 2008

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Jun 22, 2008

Jun 21, 2008

Jun 20, 2008

Jun 19, 2008

the 'cow-duck' (as i called it) that we saw while at heritage park

Jun 18, 2008

at our end of the year faculty breakfast this morning, my friend joy 'kidnapped' brennan from me. every time i came near to check on him to make sure he was okay and that she didn't mind holding him, she said, "go away, mommy!" and even an occassional, "shhh, baby. it's okay. mommy's not there!"
=)
she needs some grandbabies, i think!

Jun 17, 2008

the small group of students that take the afterschool chinese class

Jun 16, 2008

Jun 15, 2008

happy father's day~
grandpa's last day here...

Jun14, 2008

dashiell this morning after waking up...
(i love his little toesies sticking out like that)
closing day ceremony was this morning. matthew's team won 3rd place in the city tournament (trophy on the right) and 1st place for the season (big trophy on the left)
the team gets together for one last picture:

Jun 13, 2008

Jun12, 2008

looking at the downstairs neighbor's parakeets

Jun11, 2008

June 10, 2008

our cabinets in various stages of staining

June 9, 2008

at matthew's baseball gamea blurry pic, because matthew stole 3rd and then the mets overthrew at 3rd base. so matthew stole home, too! [i wasn't totally ready for it, as you can tell]

alas, the dodgers lost to the mets 8-3. it was both good and bad. bad because they lost, and took 3rd in the tourney. good because they don't have to play 2 more games in 3 days. but the season is now over...we will never again have a game with this league...*sniff sniff* we'll have to play for artesia/cerritos next year...

June 8, 2008

an-pa's here!

June 7, 2008

the sheriff's cruiser in front of our house -- the deputy was writing down info regarding the robbery. we had to hurriedly get the boys some dinner on the way (we had just made dinner at home, but they weren't able to eat it) so here they are sitting on some shelving, eating their chicken fries and fries.
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matthew was 2 for 4 today. 2 big hits his first two at bats, struck out swinging, then walked.
the dodgers lost to the angels 16-14, unfortunately. they play the mets (again) monday, and if they win, they have to play the angels again for the championship on tuesday. because it's a double-elimination bracket, we'd have to play them twice to win. egads. that's a lot of games. dashiell's shorts were a wee bit loose.

June 6, 2008

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June 1, 2008