Piano Recital

ZMan had his first piano recital this past Tuesday. He played "Theme" by Mozart and played it perfectly. ZMan started taking lessons this past September and has really improved. It seems like he likes taking piano lessons. Every morning he practices from 7:00am to 7:30am before school. We are so proud of him.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We're Back

We got home from sunny southern California Sunday night. Our vacation was so much fun so it was difficult to come back to "normal" life.

I will have to come back and post more detail about our trip but basically we went to Sea World, Disneyland, California Adventure Park, Ripley's Believe It Or Not and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. A ton of pictures were taken so I have a lot to post. We've been having some computer problems so I'm not sure when I will be able to share everything.

I thought I was smart before we left on our trip and gathered up the kid's school work so we wouldn't come home to massive amounts of homework. We were so busy having fun that we hardly worked on any school work. Sunday night was spent doing about 4 hours worth of homework with the two kids. I'm glad this week is a short week of school so they don' t have any homework for the week.

It's hard to believe this week is Thanksgiving. I have lots of unpacking, house cleaning, shopping and food preparation to do but unfortunately I don't have very much energy. I am 34 weeks pregnant and ready to be done.

ZMan's Brithday Celebration

ZMan had a good birthday yesterday. He really wanted Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. I order it for him last month when it first came out but every time we walked by the book he would beg for it not knowing that I had already bought it. it's one of the few series he loves to read so I am happy he wanted the book so badly. His DS broke this past spring so he has been patiently waiting the a new one so we surprised him with a new DSi and he was so happy that he hugged it. His sisters gave him a new game for his DSi.

Happy 10th Birthday ZMan!

Birthday Celebration

The Doodle turned 3 on Friday. Friday was also the day we planned for ZMan to have his friend birthday party so an hour before his party we celebrated the Doodle's birthday. She had just woke up from a nap so at first she wasn't super happy but once she started seeing her gifts she perked up. She has loved her princess shoes, princess dress and pony toys.

Our Crazy Life

I can't believe that today my baby is 3. Some days it seems like time goes by so quickly and other days it just drags. The Doodle doesn't get the whole birthday thing yet but I know she'll be excited to receive some gifts today. She has been quite a challenge with her strong personality and such a blessing to our family. I'm a little anxious and nervous to see what type of big sister helper she will be with the baby.

Tonight we are celebrating ZMan's 10th birthday. His birthday is next week but we are having a sleep over birthday party tonight with his friends. He's pretty excited, I'm not as excited about this sleep over.

A week from today we are taking the family to Southern California for a family vacation and we are all so excited. We will do Disneyland, Sea World and I'm not sure what other sights we will see. I'm excited to see the Doodle get excited at Disneyland. Last time we went she had just turned 1 so she didn't get into any of the fun stuff but this time she will love it. Randy's sister and her two boys along with Randy's mom will join us so we will have a full group. I'm sure the kids will have a fun time with their cousins. There is so much to do to get ready for a family trip so I'm feeling a little overwhelmed, and I can't wait until we are ready and on our way.

Randy finished the front side yard with grass two nights ago. It looks good. It's exciting to have a yard again. He's working so hard on our yard in all his free time. I think tomorrow he will tackeling the rock area in the front yard.

The baby's due date is quickly approaching and I'm ready to not be pregnant anymore but our home is not quite ready for the baby. There's still so much to do and things to buy. I will concentrate on this stuff after or trip.

Happy 3rd Birthday Doodle!

More Grass In Our Yard!!

This past weekend Randy and ZMan worked in the backyard laying sod around our trampoline. Doesn't it look great? It's so nice to have grass in our backyard. This week they will be lay sod in the front yard on the south side of our house. I can't wait to see it finished. Good job guys!