Sunday afternoon excitment

Sunday afternoon I was making dinner and heard a bunch of sirens. They sounded really close so I went out and there were 6 firetrucks and 2 ambulances. All the neighbors were walking down the alley to see what was going on, so I joined them. We got close and saw a bike laying on the side of the road and the emt's surrounding somebody on the ground. We were all wondering if it was another neighbor, so one of the guys went over to take a peek and came back laughing. I was thinking somebody was dead or something, so I was so confused on why he was laughing. He got back to us and said "a drunk guy fell off his bike and scratched his elbow" Apparently that was the most excitement our little Balboa Peninsula has seen in awhile, because the whole fire department showed up. Then they hung out in the street for like half hour. No joke- I have never seen that many neighbors out either. It was a party on our street! When the firemen left they drove down our street with their lights on, waving out the window like they were in a parade. The guy who crashed got on his bike and rode away. It gets crazy down here :-)





I'm bummed I didn't think to get a picture sooner and walk down the street and get it of all the firetrucks lines up

  

cookies!

want some?

Crystal Cove

Today we went down and took some family pictures at Crystal Cove. It is just a little south of our house. It was so pretty, and such a beautiful sunset.

easy life

Today I just played with these two. Nothing to do, nowhere to be - it was wonderful. We packed a lunch and walked down to the fun zone, found a picnic table, ate our lunch and Scarlett chased birds. Very good day.

celebrate december!

Soon we'll all be home and together again! Yay!!

Red Door

While we were gone for Thanksgiving break our house got painted and it is SO nice. My favorite part is the red door. It's also Scarletts favorite. She comments everytime we come in the door about how pretty it is.

Oh and HELLO SISTERS??????

Laundry

Today I did laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. Bedsheets, towels, rugs ahhh it's all clean and my neighborhood smells like Lavender Vanilla Bounty sheets because the pipe from the dryer shoots right out into the alley. Your welcome everyone.

L.O.V.E

I am back home and settled. Scarlett was busy with the camera today. She kept telling me to pose certain ways. This was a random shot - she was trying to take a picture of me and Levi and he just wanted to makeout with me. I love it!

happy thanksgiving!

We went to the beach Thanksgiving morning. It was awesome.

Thanks Casey

Thanks for the adorable bow Casey! We miss you and can't wait to see you! Oh and I know I have been MIA from this blog, but I promise I am turning over a new leaf :-)

life is good

surgery went well, and i'm feeling good thanks to my good friend percocet. love you!

Sunset Beach at Sunset

middle part?

I dunno...... maybe if my roots weren't 3 inches long?

girls day out

Tenille, Suzanne, Me, Amanda, Megan, Loni holding Jacey and Jonah riding Pumba

A few of us girls went to the outlet malls down in St. Augustine on Saturday. Such a fun group of ladies! It's nice to have an instant group of friends here with all of our husbands in school together. We have dinner every Wednesday, crafts most Friday mornings, and outings to the zoo, outlet mall, or whatever fun things we can think of regularly.

Dad would be so proud

I'm like a proud momma, except my babies are plants

I finally finished my planter! I feel like the Little Red Hen: I bought the wood, I built the box, I stained the box, I found a liner, I made it fit, I filled it with dirt, I bought the plants, and I planted my garden! I planted (from left to right) strawberries, cilantro, basil, oregano, chives, tomatoes and spinach. I can go out to my garden now in the evening and get some ingredients for dinner, and I couldn't be prouder.

1 way 2 say those 3 words 4 you

the ways that i love you

Garrit's birthday is today, and I've been preparing for weeks. He is a difficult man to buy for, because he says he doesn't want anything. I found him a few things he needed/wanted, but my favorite part of his gift was the cards. I hung cards numbered one to 25 with mini clothespins to a line strung around our dining area. Written inside were 25 different reasons I love him. The hardest part was stopping at 25! There were so many more things I wanted to write, but we have forever to keep adding cards. Happy Birthday Garrit! I love you!

home alone

this is what happens while garrit's gone all day

 I had plenty to do today, and I didn't really do much of it. Cupcakes seemed like so much more fun. I made these and more, and gave them away to friends. I figure if I fatten up everyone around me, I look skinnier!

gator bait

don't mind garrit. he's just swimming in a swamp.

driving

Look at this view! That's the ocean behind the pine trees. I love this part of the drive home from town!

ROAR!

Jacksonville Museum of Sience and History

Today was Smithsonian free museum day (or something like that) so we printed our free tickt and headed downtown! Pretty cool dinosaurs!

car!

We are now the owners of this '95 Toyota Avalon! Yeah! It has air conditioning, leather seats, and even a cd player! We scored! haha I am so excited to be able to go to town whenever I want! And no more begging for rides!!! SO HAPPY :)

how i roll........

As soon as we got back to Newport we hooked up the bike trailer and went for a ride down the boardwalk. SO much fun! The babies loved it too!

Popcorn!

Hanging out at the parents...yuuummmmmyyy!

wish you were here

Atlantic Beach, FL

Home

I didn't take this picture, but this is where I am :-)

What I See

Feeding the farm

This is how I found Scarletts horses today. She wasted all the wheat thins, but at least her horses aren't hungry. (these freakin "howseys" come EVERYWHERE with us!)

ughhhh

This is how is school is making me feel....

did I mention it's only day 2????

our pets

the toads needed a time out

so did spider

These are just a few of the creatures that fill our home and yard. yay.

the neighbors

NOT a coconut

Yesterday when I got home, something big and round was blocking my driveway. From far away it looked like a big rock or a coconut, but as I got closer, it was

A TURTLE!

He was just chillin' but he was in the way, so I picked his huge shell up and slid him into the pond across the parking lot. I wish you could see how big he was. From tip to tail of just the shell he was about 18 inches. 

Pirate Day

Well in case you didn't know, it was talk like a pirate day today so we celebrated by going to the library where they had a pirate singing songs and telling stories. Scarlett liked it for about 20 minutes, then was bored. Levi on the other hand was entertained the whole time. arrrrrrrrrrrr

beach park

This morning I had to fax something so we walked down into town, then went to the park thats right on the beach by the Balboa Pier. Scarlett loved it, and made friends with another little girl named Scarlett!

Lunch break!

On the deck behind Garrit's school

Yesterday there wasn't anything in the fridge ready for Garrit to take to school for lunch, so I made some ravioli, packed up my straw bag, and headed over to eat with him. As you can tell by the computer being open and ready to work, Garrit doesn't take too long of a break, it's always back to studying hard!

toes

Hukilau Beach, Laie, HI

Gate

Today we ate all of our meals outside. It was such a beautiful day...like always. This is the gate in our front yard and this is what anybody that walks by gets to look at. We live one house away fom the sand, so there are people walking by al the time. Her and Colt play out here for hours.