California

I thought about doing separate post for everything we did in Cali but that would take way too long. So I will try to keep it short and sweet, here we go.

We spend 2 weeks in California and did just about everything under the sun. We had a great time and miss everyone already. The day we got in we got to meet the newest member of our family. Jessica was waiting at Mom's for us with Madison. She is just about the cutest thing ever and of course just loves her Aunt Shell :) We actually got to spend alot of time with Jeff, Jess and Madison and it was super hard to say goodbye to them. Bring on December!! The boys just love their new cousin to pieces and were so gentle and sweet with her. Actually they still talk about her all the time.

We also made a Disneyland trip with Mom, Jeff, Jess and Madison. Chris Ciara and his wife Sarah also met up with us with their little girl. We had so much fun at Disneyland and did just about everything. It was so good to see Chris and Sarah again, we always have so much fun with them. And Sarah is just the sweetest thing ever! They left early but have no fear we stayed till about 9pm. The kids were all trooper and so was the new mommy! This was Bryce and Madison's 1st Disneyland trip so it was pretty special. Even though they will not remember. After we hit up Red Robin and got home around 11ish. WHEW!!!

Another fun filled day was spent at Sea world. My Dad joined us for this one and again we had a blast. Noah loves Shamu and all the other animals there. Bryce got so excited about everything too. It was great to have that time with my Dad and the boys. It was a really special time.

And of course you can't go to Cali without having a BBQ at my Dad's house. He did it up big time. Lots of great food and wonderful friends. Most my Dad's closest friends that I grew up with came to say "hello" and family too. Plus friends from High School showed up. It was awesome and I miss them so much!

We stayed a couple days at my Mom's house too. We got to see my Brother and his family. My niece is so big now and loved playing with Bryce. My camera was "missing" so I don't have any pictures of our time there. Hopefully I will get some soon. Again we had a really good time.

In between all this there was some shopping, swimming, parks, more family visits, trips to B.P and good old Kennedy High. Even though we ran around like mad chickens with our heads cut off, we really did have a great time. And can't wait to go back!!

Snake!!!

I totally forgot to tell everyone. So Ben is mowing the yards yesterday, the kids are running around trying to help him. And I'm sitting on the grass with Zeus brushing him. When Ben comes around the corner with a bloody dead SNAKE on a stick. Yep there was a gardener snake on the grass and Ben ran him over. I freaked out, ran to the porch yelled for the kids and dog too. Then I realized that the snake could have very well been where I was sitting! I didn't step foot on the grass again and will think twice before playing with the boys out there again. I think I'm staying on the patio from now on.

Sunday night

It's 9:16 at night. Boys are fast asleep, Ben's in the garage yapping on the phone and here I sit. I should just go to bed but I have to finish Ben's uniform before I can call it a night. Our weekend was great. We got so much done. Hung lots of stuff up, bundled boxes for trash day, bought a new TV, picked it up and hung it up, cleaned, yard work, found new places to shop and spent lots of quality time together. We are almost ready for our 1st house quests to arrive and the end of the month. (HI AMANDA)

Friday we took off after dinner to order a new TV from Sears. Drove around seeing new places then came home for quite time and bed. Saturday we got up and starting hanging things up. We got almost everything hung except some shelves. Hopefully we will get to them this week. Played out back and drove RC trucks out front. Took off to get some dinner and make our way to Target. I love that we have a Target so close. Today we woke up had waffles then took off to pick up our TV. Came home and started to hang it on the wall. Ben thinks that I should call Best Buy and apply for the Geek Squad. He is such a smart ass! Got it hung (It looks great) did some cleaning around the house, started yard work then it was dinner and bath time.

The boys were so freaking cute all weekend long. They played so good together (as always) Noah read stories to Bryce before bedtime, was so sweet and gentle, and Bryce just loves doing whatever Noah does. It was a really good time watching them. Tonight as they were watching their movie Noah was rubbing Bryce's head saying "Yep, this is my little brother, I love him" Then would pull Bryce in close and hug him. It was so freaking cute I wanted to cry.


We hope everyone else had a great weekend as well. And for those who's houses are filled with boxes like ours, I hope that they are starting to disappear.

One more thing....Did I mention we got Steelers tickets too?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Save the date......

Sunday November 30th
4:15pm
Gillette Stadium

Thats right WE GOT TICKETS!!!!! Ben, Me, Erik and Shae are all going to watch the Steelers/Pats game!!!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited we all are. My heart is still racing and I'm jumping up and down as I type this! This will be my first Steelers game and Eriks first Pats game. HOORAY FOR US!!!!!

Now I need to find a sitter. Any offers?