Daddy's Home!!! (PS-Did you feel that earthquake??!)

Who is that dark figure looming next to Kendall??! Could it be?


Yes, it is! It's Daddy! He finally decided to come home from Sydney, Australia!

"Whoa! Dad, don't sneak up on me like that. Yeesh!" Kendall looks surprised- she's just getting used to seeing him again.

It was a beautiful day at Seaport Village...Kendall practiced her walking skills at the park by the San Diego harbor. While we were there we had a rather large earthquake (7.2 off Baja!!) that rocked the ground underneath our feet! It seriously felt like we were riding a wave. Scary! These pictures were all taken before that happened.



Here are a couple more pictures of her in her Easter dress which I am in love with!



And I have to say another big thank you to my mom who came over practically every day while Chris was gone to make sure I hadn't completely lost it. I don't know what I would do without her! Love you, Mom!

One time she brought her newspaper over and let K go to town with it. What a nice grandma!

Kendall out on the town!

My mom and I took the kids to the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center to play. They have a great little area for the little kids called Kidsville. It has a play market with fake food, shopping carts, giant legos, books, and other fun things. Brandon had more fun there than in the rest of the whole place!

It was funny to see Kendall go from being scared to leave my side to exploring everything in the place!

Here she is doing math the ancient way.

What toddler doesn't love an abacus? What person, for that matter!


Just doing a little shopping. Hmmm...this market looks a little bare...






MMmmmmm, germs!
All in all it was a great family day. We can't wait to bring Daddy back with us next time!

Too funny. Thanks Aunt Kat!

Sometimes when someone you love goes away...

...it makes you remember just how much you love them.

Here are some great things I found on etsy.com today. Image credit found underneath photo.

el dave on etsy.com

Whale and bee on etsy.com.

Rarrar press on etsy.com.

Design Dude on etsy.com.

Amatas art on etsy.com.

Honey: I love you. Can't wait to see you and have you back with me here.
Xoxoa

Mini skirt weather...

Geez, is that skirt short enough? ;0)Well, if you got it, flaunt it!

So, went to an antique flea market yesterday and got a few cool things (if I do say so...). This table for $15. A nice place to put drinks on in the living room.

I couldn't resist this cute picture of a baby cowboy. Or cowboy baby. Whichever. Uber-cute.

Gah! This is the perfect Valentine's card for Chris...will save for next year.

Creepy monkey. As in, "I love you, my creepy monkey!"

Speaking of creepy monkeys, boy do I miss Chris (sorry honey, I couldn't resist! Love you!) I never realized how much I wait for him to get home each day. I just talked to him and it is currently raining in Sydney. Oh, cry me a river.

Bitter girl, signing off! ;0)

Daddy's in Sydney, Australia...

And we are here. Blah.

Here are some pictures he took with his iphone.








Ha! That girl in the picture kinda looks like me from the back! I can pretend I was there!

"Children Are Miraculous."

Stop yelling (giant period.) Yes, something I need to work on. As a child the neighborhood kids used to say that they could hear mom yelling at us from up the street (sorry, Mom.) Let me just say that she was/is a spectacular Mom. The woman yells, deal with it. And now I do. Deal with it. The yelling is not mean-spirited, just a way of communicating when your kids are ignoring your request to do something.clean something/ etc.

Although I am working on that aspect of my personality- the yelling. I think it goes along with having generally low patience and then also having kids. Yeah. Not a good mix, huh? ;0)

But, "Go find elephants and kiss them (?)" What. The. Heck. Do we really want to encourage children to embrace (giant) animals?

But the rest of this mantra I say is spot on.

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