This Might Make Me a Bad Mum

So the other day I was at the dollar store and I found this scary mask for one dollar... I couldn't resist buying it to scare my kids... mainly Jet... And I will admit this was not the first time I have made a purchase like this at the dollar store.... Poor boy. This video makes us laugh every time because he was trying to laugh but kept crying at the same time. (Just so you know he loves to scare people with this mask now)

Disneyland Passes

So a few weeks ago we were sitting at home at 7:30 pm on a Saturday night, trying to decide what to do. I suggested going to Dland and of course the kids thought that was an excellent idea so we packed in the car and arrived at the happiest place on earth at about 8:30. It was the funnest night we had had in a while. We decided to buy season passes this year so we have gone once a week since we bought the passes. Here are a few pictures of that first night. Jaida's shirt was wet because we were making her go on the Madahorn... but it was by far her favorite ride. Jet's hair looks crazy and sticking up because Mike wanted to be sure he passed the height requirement for the Madahorn. Jet was a bit scared and kept saying he wanted to go home while on the ride but decided he liked it after. We love Disneyland! (as long as it isn't too busy)

The goings on...

O.k so it has been forever and I have no idea where to start. So I am just going to post a few pictures from our summer holidays and then start from scratch. Most of these were on my Facebook so you may have already seen them.

The crazy life we live

So we have had a crazy last few months which flewn by. I can't believe it is almost June, soon we will be basking in the sun in beautiful Montana, I can't wait. As for the past few months, we had a quick visit to Arizona to visit friends and check on our rental. We stayed at a hotel in Scottsdale for 2 days and then we stayed with some of our favorite people the Bridges for 2 more days. Oh man we had tons of fun swimming, laying out, eating and visiting with friends (some for not nearly long enough... ie the Fryers) We decided that a year is way to long to wait for our next visit. Feast your eyes on some excellent pictures from our trip.

We also moved into our rental.... Wish I could say we were able to buy but that didn't end up working out... stupid economy.... So we settled for the next best thing, a really cute house in a community called Harveston. It is super close to Mike's work and only a 10 minute drive to my mum's. We love it and may be able to buy it after our year is up... if we can get a loan at that point.

Another note worthy event was last Wednesday little Jetty had to go to the hospital. After his nap that day I changed a poopy diaper and he had some blood and a nubby of tissue in his diaper which i thought couldn't possibly be tissue, even though that is exactly what is looked like so Iguessed it to be a big worm..... or something. I took him to the Doctor and his words were "Oh God... that is tissue... he sluffed part of his colon" in the most "your son looks like he is not going to make it" voice you could imagine, he thought Jet's colon had intussuscepted. He called the GI specialist who said it was probably o.k but we should have him admitted to the hospital over night. To make a long story short, the poor boy had his blood drawn, poop examined and tested, a few xrays and an IV attemted 6 times. It sucked because he didn't act or seem sick at all he just wanted to run and play. That night Jet and I shared a chair that reclined to a bed, he would have nothing to do with the hospital crib since that is where they tried to place his IVs . The next day they told us he needed to be transferred to L.A by ambulance to be looked at by the GI specialist, I really just wanted to drive him but they wouldn't let me. Jet was so excited to ride in the ambulance but I was soooo car sick, I may or may not have thrown up... A few hours later Mike met us at the hospital and the specialist came in. We had taken a picture of the poopy diaper which he looked at and immediatly diagnosed as a polyp and told us we could go home (best news I heard all day, at this point I was soooooo tired) So 4 hours and $2000 dollars later we left. Awesome. I took some pictures of Jet assuming ( and hoping) this would be his only time he would be a patient in a hospital. One thing I did learn was I am soooooo thankful for my kids health, I never really thought about it before but being in the Pediatric unit of the hospital would break anyones' heart.

Now you are officially caught up, until this weekend when my brother Dannel is getting married, so get excited and enjoy my pictures.

Get that corn outta my face

So tonight we took the kids to a fair in Lake Elsinore. It was a blast and almost worth the $4.00 a ride... per kid... almost. My personal favorite was the sea-doo ride that went in a circle while the actual sea-doo part jerked up and down. I loved to watch the kids faces which was either all smiles while their neck was jerked forward and back, or crying.... while their necks were jerked forward and back. Jaida loved it and Jet didn't know what to think so he assumed his sea-doo position which was to lean back as far as he could... probably to minimize whiplash. He did this every time he rode the sea-doo. My second favorite part was the corn they had on a stick, just like Nacho Libre... this was probably Mike's favorite part, he wanted his to look just like Esqueleto's and I really wanted to slap it out of his hand onto the ground... but it cost $2.00. All in all a great night. Kay, just imagine the pictures are in the opposite order.

Yellow Lily

A week ago we had family pictures taken which has not been done since our wedding (not counting this summer when my sister Val took some which turned out excellent but we needed some fancy pants ones for Mike's office) So we hired a photographer in Temecula who I love, her name is Wendy Whitaker with Blue Lily photography (bluelilyphotography.com) I was so excited and stressed trying to find coordinating outfits with the right colours, finally after a week of shopping I was happy with every ones outfits. The day of I was stressing out getting everyone looking just right and timing Jet's nap so he would be refreshed and happy for the photos. We got to the location (10 minutes late) and as soon as we walked to our first spot, hurricane Mitch decided to roll in. It sucked so bad, every ones hair was blowing everywhere and the kids looked freezing. Jet refused to smile in any of the pictures he just looked stone cold at the camera every time. Literally 1 hour prior to we were laying out with no wind chill at all. So we decided to go to her studio aka garage and try and get some better shots.... as soon as we walked in Jet finds a Spiderman bat and ball and would have nothing to do with listening. It was AWESOME! So Wendy told us we could have another session on a better day. Since both kids had a hard time looking natural in front of the camera we decided to take the kids to Old Town (the location we had our pictures at) and try and get them used to it before our next session. Most of them turned out crappy because Jet is a beast and wouldn't do anything we told him to or would never look at the camera. Jaida was a doll and would do anything I asked because I bribed her with a Mcdonald's Happy Meal (which we never eat... but Jaida always wants) So this isn't any Blue Lily but possibly Yellow Lily which is what I would call my photography business if I had one... I would just copy all of Blue Lily's locations and poses since I have no creative ability. Here are a few of Mike and my pics, stay tuned for the real thing... and if you need an excellent photographer, Wendy is awesome... and she travels to different cities for shoots, check her out... after you check this out....

My little man is 2

I can't believe little Jetty is 2 today, it has gone by so fast. Here are a few things I love about him:

I love when we are driving in the car and I am singing to the music he sings along with me... even if he doesn't know the song (which is usually the case) he will sing the last word he heard or if I sing do, do, do to the beat he will do the same. Makes me smile/laugh every time.

I love his new hip hop moves that his daddy taught him, it's all in the elbows (video to come shortly) and that he will perform it on command.

I love that he will always say sorry if he thinks you are hurt or sad (even if he didn't do anything) And if i tell Jaida to say sorry he always repeats it right after me.

I love that he always wants me (or my mum) to put him to bed ( he calls us both Mummy so I just pretend it is me every time...) But lately when it is time for bed he will just yell for anyone other than the person putting him down like Papa, Daeee (daddy), Carer (Carter), or Chasey.

I love that he loves to be outside ALL of the time, it gets me going in the day (sometimes I don't love this)

I love that he loves Jaida so much and I can usually get him to do anything by having Jaida do it first... he is easily tricked.

I love that he is such a good sleeper at night and during his naps.

I love that he loves cars, shoes, books and balls and will keep himself entertained for hours with these items.

I love that he is a good eater, he will eat almost anything and feeds himself.

I love that he is scared of snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders or anything that remotely looks or resembles one, just like me so I can blame it on him when I tell Jaida or Mike to keep them away from us. Who knew that was hereditary? I really love teasing him with a little fuzzy that looks like a spider.... Not very nice I know but also makes me laugh every time.

O.k, the list could go on forever he is such a sweet boy, we sure do love our Jetty and feel blessed to have him in our family. Happy Birthday Jet! (and Tasha)