Daddy Daughter Date

My little sister and I love Little House on the

Prairie. My Daddy took us up to Riley's Farm where they had an exhibit of artifacts from Laura's life. We had so much fun. It was so nice to spend time with my Daddy and feel like a little girl again. Here is just a little of what we saw.

Daddy and KD Bug...

How can I count the ways?

There are a million reasons why I love my husband......

He is brave.....Has the nerve to call for me, no matter how big the spider is. (really though he does have the roaches covered! That's more important.)

He is smart...I can't even pronounce the titles of some of these books

He is patient.... Yes our closet is small but look how much pre-school stuff I can fit in there. It's okay that we have to crawl in to get our clothes and then slam the door shut before anything falls out.. (That stuff is organized by the way!!)

He is intuitive and understanding...Like when I tell him I want to be more healthy, start running, eat better etc... he goes to the store and buys exactly what my new lifestyle calls for...

He is accommodating... I can never remember which color toothbrush is mine...so here are our new toothbrushes...although that may have been more for him, who wants someone using your toothbrush...even if you are married.

I also lose my house key a lot...

But most of all he is caring, loving and creative and goes out of his way to show that he loves me...

I told him I wanted to cover a plastic storage bin with fabric to serve as both an ottoman and storage space...for all that stuff in the closet....after a few trips to lowes..in less than a week I had this.

This thing is huge 4' long 20"wide and 16.5" deep. all built from scratch.

Danger Do Not Go Beyond This Point!!

Darren, Don and Perrin. If you look closely you can see a child point and then disappear. He decided it was wise to find a rock and cling for dear life. We got quite a few laughs out of this one, thought I'd share the smile.

The video stops at a convenient spot. He says he's not cursing. (I can say I might have said too much had I been there).  I was watching from behind the "Danger do not go beyond this point" sign.

Hearst Castle

Hearst Castle was beautiful of course, but you can't really capture it in a picture.

The walkway around the pool was gold plated. Now we know how it feels to walk on gold.

Morro Bay

Thanksgiving weekend we drove up to Morro Bay with Darren's brother and his family. The drive alone was fantastic.

We even drove along the coast for a few hours. So that what real California beaches are supposed to look like.

After we got to the hotel, Darren and I took a late evening walk down the street to the bay. We saw seals, an otter, pelicans (it was fun to sit and watch them catch fish). We didn't have the camera that evening, but thats OK they waited for us 'till morning.

The night before this picture, Darren and Don had taken a walk and decided it would be fun to eat the prickly pear. Well, Don came home with cactus needles in his lip and tongue. Here is a picture of them standing next to the culprit cactus plant.

Check out all this salt water taffy!!!!

Happy Anniversary!!

3 Years ago on October 21, 2005, Darren invited me to join him on a triple date to celebrate his birthday. I knew him a little from institute, and he had helped me with some chemistry stuff I was struggling with for my anatomy class, needless to say, I accepted the invite. Tyler and Darren picked me up, along with Tyler's date and we headed off for an enchanted evening of dinner and a movie. On the way, Darren randomly turns to me and says, "you like meat right?" I smiled politely and said "I don't really eat meat." ........."seriously?" He played it off, but he was panicked. 

A few minutes later...

     Darren: "hey Tyler, MG"

         Tyler: "MG? But I thought"

Darren: "MG"               

They called Bryson, the third guy on this triple date. And the code talk continued.

Found out later Darren had a great meal of Carne Asada planned at 

Ancho's. We ended up eating at Macaroni Grill (MG) and had a wonderful night...

And so started one of many magical evenings...a year later we got married....2 years later.....

Macaroni Grill lets you write all over the table!!

mmmm...mmmm....Darren and I split a meal together. Usually I get the pasta milano...to die for!! But this was really good last time Darren got it and I ate a lot of it. 

I am so excited to eat!! That face is because I know I am gonna eat it all!!

Silly stories.....

Well, so far the Ocean Class is enjoying the new year. We've had many fun experiences and can't wait to enjoy what's ahead.... here are just a few silly moments.......

First off, let me point out that Ms. Tiffany is not an easy name to say. Especially with a Ms. Toni in the morning. Names get tough. While working with the children I've acquired a variety of names.....Ms. Neurf (not to sure how that one came about).......Ms. Teeny (Ironic, a am teeny).....M. Talalala (said with a slur).........and my absolute favorite...makes me giggle every time...Ms. Tickle me.....I just can't get enough of these little guys.

Our first two weeks of school were "all about me" we gave children many opportunities to explore themselves and how they are unique.  For one of our activities I cut out a face shape for each of my ocean friends. I sat all ten of them at the table and brought out the paint. "Today we are going to paint faces" I said. My friends cheered uncontrollably. "Wow, " I thought, "who knew they'd be so excited (little did I know.....). I turned my head (oops!) to grab the face cut outs. I turned back to unrecognizable children? They had painted their "faces". ......... Well, I couldn't be upset, after all, I said it. So we sat and painted faces, including Ms. Tiffany's face for the rest of activity.

No injuries so far, although sometimes I don't know how we manage that. Especially with our future QB. His current sport is baseball, which isn't so bad. But it was football, we have one soft football outside. When this little guy has it, everyone on the playground is playing football.... tackle football....... even little sally building castles in the sandbox is playing..... my friends are innocently standing in the wood-chips when BAM!!! They're tackled to the ground. I frequently explain to my friend the QB that some friends are not playing and its not a choice to tackle. (of course he feels bad, its all in fun to him)

to be continued......