PHOENIX

Chad had a class for work in Phoenix for 3 days and asked if we wanted to tag along. Of course I thought sure lets get out of town for a few days...even though it meant me driving down by myself and only seeing him for dinner.

THE GOOD:

The heat (95-100), Costco, Target, splash pads, swimming pool, free hotel, spending a day with a friend from high school that I haven't seen since Justin was an infant (and she just moved down there! YEA!)and meeting her 3 cute kids, seeing a good friend of mine from Lakeside who moved back to the valley (sure miss her!), Caleb, kids completely crashing every night, my GPS, frozen yogurt!

THE BAD:

The heat for my baby, whining, not wanting to play with friends kids, broken dvd player, hot car seat buckles, babies blow outs (gross I know), the Zoo closing at 5

THE UGLY:

Justin puking his guts out in Costco but some how turning a corner just in time to see a garbage. Did get some in his hat..we promised to buy him a new one if he let us throw it away...WHEW!

Hearing my first " I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I REALLY REALLY HATE YOU!" fits. For those of you with kids this age and older you know what I am talking about. For those of you with out kids or with kids who haven't done this yet be real...its going to happen. And for the rest of you (grandparents in particular) who are thinking my kids never did that. Pick your jaw up off the ground you are not remembering right...it happens. I was not sad or hurt just couldn't believe he was doing it right there in a parking lot in front of my friend and her kids. But its ok. I locked him in the scorching hot car until he could calm down and apologize. Just like all of you would have done right! HA!

At least the Good out weighs the rest. Here are a few pictures.

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Happy Happy Birthday Baby!

Being a big 3 year old I thought Jessa could have some say in what goes on during her special day.

1. Who do you want at your party?

Only family, No friends (makes it easy for me...no complaints)

2. What do you want for your special Birthday dinner?

Cheese Pizza

3. What kind of Birthday Cake do you want?

Watermelon! (this was 3rd to princess and butterfly I was willing to (try) make any)

But this girl does LOVE watermelon and has since she was about 1. If watermelon is a choice she will choose it. Watermelon toothpaste, shampoo, chapstick, slushy.....So I was so happy she thought of a watermelon cake.

The Cake!

'A' for effort I suppose. At least they are little and dont realize the things I make really aren't that cool.

This was pretty cute. Justin is very thoughtful and he REALLY wanted to get Jessa something. So he went and found 2 toys of his that he wanted to give to her wrapped them up and was so happy when she opened them.
She definitely played the Princess card. She got a little chair from her Grandparents (A princess chair). Sat down in it and was more then willing to let Justin BRING her gifts to her one at a time.
How old are you!!!
The special birthday kid ALWAYS seems to have a birthday melt down at some point. Jessa had done pretty good UNTIL......
her very 'thoughtful' brother shoved her face into her birthday cake!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy JeSsA!!!!!

I'm hoping next year I can talk her into that butterfly birthday because I have a really cute idea.

First Hair Cut

See this crazy long hair. It was time to go. He all ready has a comb over....Still cute though!

of course help from big sister Jessa

Not much but at least its all even.

Choir Program

The kids have been practicing these songs since January and Thanks to an AMAZING teacher Miss Angie. They did GREAT! It was so stinking cute and fun! The theme was Disney so they sang "Cruella De Ville" "Winnie the Poo" and with all the other choirs "God help the outcast" They sang all the songs so good and did all the actions.

Choir Program

"Winnie the Poo"

T-Ball

Wrestling was good but T-ball is SO FUN!!! I LOVE watching him and all the other cute little 5 year olds chasing the ball around.

T-BALL Videos

Construction Zone

Remember that old song The foolish man built his house upon the sand. Well thats kind of what I feel like although ours is clay not sand. We started having problems about 6 months after moving in and it has only gone down hill from there. Basically (long story short) our house is on these helical piers and those piers were not dug all the way to the bed rock which means our house is not on anything solid. And when your house is not on anything solid thats a problem.

Here is a picture of our house lifted off of the garage floor. Yes you are seeing right! That wall is suppose to be on that floor and that space leads right to our crawl space under the house.

So right now I don't have a garage....

or a front porch (or a drive way)

See that metal container just passed our nice green grass. Well thats where ALL of our garage contents are including our 2 freezers and everything else I didn't realize how much I got in and out of.

Right now we have 3 big holes in our garage and 2 on the side of the house...26 more to go. So the can access the piers and hopefully fingers crossed....fix the problem.

OPEN WIDE

Jessa had her 1st dentist apt and did really good. She was a little hesitant and we didn't get x-rays but it was all worth it for the princess toothbrush at the end! Out of 4 only 1 of us had a cavity. I won't name names but it wasn't me...or the kids!

6 months!