Saturday, December 20, 2014

December 20th, 2014

Giving AE her presents early 

Bren went to Daiso to shop while Dash went to Dollar Tree ;p



December 19th, 2014


One of my students gave me this awesome mousepad!! 
Filled up at Costco...can't believe gas prices are this low
Dash showing me his little
Snowman ornament 


December 18th, 2014


Frosh soph football banquet
Coach Ty, Matt, and Coach Mark

Another season all wrapped up

December 17th, 2014

Showing me his
Pouty face
Loving his kitty :)

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

December 16th, 2014






December 15th, 2014

candy train, a la polar express

December 14th, 2014

 santa to the sea, in oxnard today
it was soooooo coooooold this morning (umm, around 47 or 48?)
should've dressed warmer =/


Friday, December 12, 2014

December 12th, 2014

 matthew at petsmart during his first 1.5hrs of training.
tomorrow he will return to help with the cap adoption from 1-4pm

 all wrapped up like a little burrrrrrito!



December 11th, 2014


December 10th, 2014

found them like this in the morning

December 9th, 2014


not totally sure what brenny was going for here...
i think he wanted to get on the computer to play and one of his brothers wasn't letting him

December 8th, 2014

so i went to brennan's parent-teacher conference with ms. lortz
she had only great things to say about brennan...
when i asked her about his behavior (a little concerned about him being mean to others, like how he can be mean at home to his brothers) she said that he was ABSOLUTELY not like that at all
very nice, always helpful, very sweet, etc...
we ended up deciding that it's possible he 'uses up all his good' when he's at school!  lol

in any case, he's doing GREAT

Sunday, December 07, 2014

December 7th, 2014


i love my little brenny-baby 

December 6th, 2014

neighbors across the street had a frozen-themed bday party for their 5yo daughter.  
they had a local ice company come and blow in some snow!
brennan didn't actually go because he didn't want everyone to cheer and yell at him as he sledded.  =/
 he has been really silly with this ball cap.
i'm not sure why his eyes were half closed.  when i asked him why, he just laughed maniacally at me.

Friday, December 05, 2014

December 5th, 2014

went in to wake up the boys and didn't see brenny in his bed.  
hmm.  nope, he wasn't downstairs yet. 
a-ha!  there he is with...dashiell?!

 dash explained that bren wanted to sleep with him last night...wow  crowded.
they didn't fight at least! =D
 brenny's christmas chain!
 look!  i've been selected as one of surf city's ambassadors for 2015!  cool!
now to see if i can get anyone to sign up?
$10 off registration SCAPCARLS

#RunSurfCity

 brennan acting silly.



December 4th,2014

playing some lucas oil motorcross before bedtime

December 3rd, 2014

took dash for some off-season baseball practice

December 2nd, 2014

we went to souplantation on sunday, and they had french onion soup.  it wasn't very tasty, and made me think of making it at home
decided to stop off at tj's to get the ingredients (everything -- all the way down to the baguette, swiss cheeese, and asiago topping)!
delish!

December 1st, 2014

 end product for dashiell's deciduous forest biome diorama
thank you to mommy and nana for pulling this off =p
he did work really hard on the lap book =/
sooo much work
 got a caramel apple from winnie today
yummy!
 i updated to yosemite yesterday and this is the thanks i get the next day.
thank goodness it went away after a few minutes.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

November 30th, 2014

went for a solo 10mi run by the beach again
it was gorgeous out there!  
(there was some rain on the way driving there, but the entire run was clear)
tested out my new newton pace shoes along with a new skirt (clearance!) that matches the shoes =p
 we went up to mitzi's new house today, and dashiell fell while rushing to catch up with everyone else
his mouth crashed into the bumper of my car!  =(
two teeth are loose and he has two cuts under his lip =(

we went to the ER (after i called the advice nurse, who suggested we do so)
and he got some antibiotics 
he'll go see the dentist tomorrow also
the tooth is much lower than it was before...same tooth that he bonked in baseball last spring



Saturday, November 29, 2014

November 29th, 2014

i feel bad...
earlier in the day brenny was being pesky and i told him to go away...
and i guess i made him feel bad =(
he wrote this note for dashiell...
because apparently he crawled up into the top bunk and cried 
poor baby.
so just before he went to sleep i had to go give him some reassurances and that i'll never say that to him again.  


Friday, November 28, 2014

November 28th, 2014


So a couple of weeks ago Immer asked me if I'd go shooting with her...it's been on her bucket list.  
Greg has told her he'd take her, but she wanted to take a lesson first, so she asked me to go with her.  There was a groupon, so she got one for the two of us. 
We had 25 rounds each with a 9mm...
Apparently I'm right eye dominant, so the guy suggested I shoot left handed.  
Not what I would've guessed, but it worked.  My first 9 rounds were on the red target (ok, 1 was on the tip of it) and my last one was off.  Oops. 
Weird feeling, but it got 'easier' as it went...gun didn't few heavy or anything and somehow I was instinctively taking my finger off the trigger after each shot.  
I guess Mer was pulling the trigger too quickly (? He kept telling her to squeeze slowly, but not to me)...hers were a little bit more spread out. 
Would I go back?!  Maybe...
I guess I can scratch that off my bucket list now too (but maybe I should make a list first?!  Hahaha) 

a good night hug and kiss for big brother!


Thursday, November 27, 2014

November 27th, 2014

happy thanksgiving!
matt's first attempt at a big group selfie was successful!  =p
and happy birthday to daddy today, too!!!