3rd annual Girls Weekend

So we had our family 3rd annual Girls Weekend this past weekend. It was sooo much fun!! It was nice to have so many people there. Especially my 2 cousins Fiance & Girlfriend. We got to kind of induct them into the family!! Let's hope they don't go running & screaming in the other direction now!! LOL!!! We went shopping because it is our favorite family pass time. We went to see New Moon!! Then we had a Skipbo tournament because games are another family pass time. I don't know about everyone else but I had a GREAT time!! I laughed almost non stop from 9pm Saturday until 3 am sunday morning then woke up & laughed about the same stuff some more!! I laughed so much my stomach muscles were sore the next day!!! GOOD times!!! I can't wait until next time!!!

All 10 of us took a picture with Santa @ the mall. You should have seen the look on his face when he saw us in line!!!

This is at about 1am when my Aunt Mary decided we should draw on my moms face with eyeliner because she fell asleep. Bonnie got caught & is yelling ABORT ABORT in this pic!!!

Aunt Mary Bonnie & Jordie trying to hide from my mom

My Grandmas cat was trying to play SKIPBO

SKIPBOOOOO the cool table busting up laughing!! This was just the beginning

The cool table Me , Jen, Jordie & Lisa

The quiet table Mom, Aunt Mary, Grandma, Bonnie & Aunt Debby

Getting ready for pizza

Those of us cool folks that bought New Moon shirts before we went into the movie

Lisa, Jen, Me, Aunt Dawn & Mom

That's it for now!!!

LOVE YA!!!

Nat

Halloween!! This one's for you mom!!!

So my mom calls the Monday after Halloween to ask me when I'm going to post the pics of the kids on my blog!! This was the 1st Halloween where she didn't get to see them in costume. We did our usual stuff for Halloween this year it was the 4th annual Halloween celebration @ the Warren's. We all got together & ate then we took all the kiddos out to trick or treat & after that we came back to the house & the kids played while the adults hung out & talked!! It was fun as always!!! So without further ado..... here are your pics!!!

All of the Trick or Treaters before we headed out!!!

Jailyn trying to get Chad to carry her about 1/2 way through the neighborhood

Marcus & his buddy Jack

Marcus & Auntie Bonnie

My Pretty Pirate & Optimus Prime

That's it for now everyone!! Hope you liked the pics!!!

LOVE YOU!!!

Nat

Jailyns first slumber party

Well my baby girl will be 8 yrs old on Wednesday and she wanted to have a slumber party for her 8th b-day. Since we don't really use our living room & we don't have carpet so we did it at my mom's house. Bonnie stayed & helped me with the girls. They all seemed to have a good time & Jailyn really loved it!! Here are some pics!!

The girls with their cold cream & cucumber facials. They hated the cucumbers tough so I had to take this pic real quick so they could take them off!

They were dancing around the living room & Bonnie just got lucky with this action shot!!

The girls with Bonnie & the bunny that they caught in the neighbors yard. We ended up trekking all around the neighborhood trying to find it's owners.

Toasting in their purple sugar rimmed champagne glasses. Don't worry it was lemonade :)

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to work I go...

So it is official!! My fingerprints have cleared & I am now ready to work!! I just got the call this morning from my supervisor that they want me to start on Monday!! Right now it's only Monday, Wednesday & Friday but I'm hoping to be placed on a Tuesday, Thursday case soon!! As most of you know I've been looking for a job since August & had been applying like crazy for anything that I qualified for. However a few of the things I applied for did not work with my schedule & would require me to put BOTH of the kids in after school care & at over $1000.00 for aftercare for both that was just out of the question. I finally went back to SELPA where I worked before Marcus was born. They were able to start me at what I was making when I left & give me the hours & days that I wanted. So I start on Monday ! I am just sooo glad that all the waiting & wondering is finally over. It was driving me CRAZY not knowing what I was going to be doing from 1 day to the next!! I'm not thrilled that I have to go back to work but at least it's only when the kids are at school so I won't be missing much!! Once we get into a routine things will be GREAT!!! I'm sooo relieved! As most of you know I don't stress out easily but these past few months have really been wearing on my nerves. Sooo glad it's over!!

OK so here are some pics of the kids because I know that's all you read this for anyway!!!

Marcus on his 1st day of Preschool

Jailyn on picture day! I like to take one myself because for some reason they ALWAYS take her picture & she's got a retarded fake smile on her face!!! I LOVE this color on her!!

That's all for now!!! LOVE YA!!

Nat

Soccer pics!!!

SO this one is mostly just pics. They kids are both playing soccer this season so that means double the games for me on Saturdays!! YAY!!! Especially in this heat lately it's been tough!! They are both really loving it & having fun so I guess that's all that matters. Jailyn scored 2 goals @ her last game & Marcus scored 3 goals in his 1st game & 1 in his last game. So here are some pics I took of them before Marcus' first game!!

the Classic soccer pic pose

My Baby girl is getting soooo BIG!!!

showing me their #'s

My little soccer boy!!!!

That's it for now!!! LOVE YA!!!

Nat

Back to school pics

Here are those 1st day of school pics I said I would post!!! They uploaded backwards so the first 2 pics are from the 2nd day of school. But just as cute!!!

Jailyn practicing her self photography

SOOO cute her JUSTICE outfit Daddy bought her

My little rocker chic

Such cute kids!!!!

Our annual Jailyn & her backpack picture!!

She Really likes 2nd grade so far!! She LOVES her teacher!! She's very cool & has an awesome approach to teaching. She is very into letting the kids figure things out for themselves & being independent thinkers. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much she will learn this year. Marcus starts on Monday so I will post those pics later.

LOVE YOU ALL!! THANKS FOR READING!!!

Nat

BYE BYE SUMMER.....

Well summer is officially OVER!! Well for Jailyn at least!! SHe started 2nd grade today!! It is a little bitter sweet actually!! I'm definitely enjoying not having to listen to the kids fight & tell me they are bored every 5 mins. but I'm not thrilled about having to get up & get ready early in the AM. Well we did some fun stuff in our last few days of summer. Here are the pics!!!

We went to the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. They have a new dinosaur exhibit that the kids were really excited about especially Marcus!!

The kids in front of the giant dino that you can walk inside of

Marcus & the Triceritops fossil

We also went to the La Habra Childrens Museum. It's an all hands on museum for kids!! We went with friends & the kids had ALOT of fun!!!

Marcus tried on REAL firemen clothes! They were sooo heavy that I had to prop him up against a bench to take this pic!!

Jailyn roaring like a lion

Marcus put his racing helmet on upside down!!!

Jailyn with the pretty butterfly out front

The kids with the sign

We also made one last beach trip!! It was one of the nights when it was SUPER HOT & my mom doesn't have A/C so we went after dinner down to the beach for like an hour to cool off & let the kids play!! It was right around sunset so the lighting was cool I got ALOT of really cute pics but I only have room for 2 SORRY!!!

My sweet little boy!!!

My BEAUTIFUL girl!!!!

We also spent a weekend in Temecula hanging out with the family!! we stayed at my Aunt Debby's house. We went swimming & hung out!! It was a nice little vacay. The kids swam like fishes especially Jailyn but Marcus was doing really well!!!

The kiddos in the pool

My sunbathing beauty

My little froggie!!! My Aunt Debby said he looks like a frog with his googles on his "forenoggin"!!

Well that's it!!! Stay tuned I will have back to school pics later!! I have to go get Jailyn right now!!! LOVE YOU!! Thanks for reading!!

NAT

Brunch, Play & Bikes!!!!!

ok so this is going to be a little bit of a long one!! Lot's of pics!!! So we went down to the Paradise Pier Hotel down by Disney land for their character brunch. It was a TON of fun!! Not something you can do all the time cuz it's pricey but fun for a special occasion!! Marcus loved all the characters especially Pluto & Stitch. Jailyn on the other hand was being all dumb & acting like she was scared of all the boy characters. She eventually got over it though!! Got some really good pics!!!

Jailyn, Marcus & pluto

Me, Lilo & Jailyn

Marcus & Stitch he took 3 pics with him!!!

Stitch & JR

Jailyn & Minnie

Up next is the pics from the latest play Jailyn was in. It was Honk the story of the ugly duckling. It was super cute!!! She of course had tons of fun!! She had a voiceover part so she wasn't speaking on stage but her ensemble/group parts were ALOT bigger this time! She had 5 coustume changes this time!! She was out there alot!!

Here she is a goose off on a wild goose chase cutest part of the play!!!

Here she's a frog

this is a school yard duck

my little duckling before the show

And last but most definitely not least is our new bikes!!!! I've been asking for a beach cruiser for MONTHS & I finally got one!!! Actually we all got new bikes!!! Marcus was the only one of us that had one but his was too small for him so we all got new ones. JR, Jailyn & I got beach cruisers from this guy brand new for a great deal!! We got all 3 bikes for the price of 1 from the stores!!! Marcus is too small for a cruiser so we got him a tony hawk bike from Toy's R Us. We all named our bikes. Keep in mind the kids picked their own names!!

Jailyn with her gangster face & Marcus with Daddy's bike THE BEAST

JR & the Beast

Jailyn & Precious Perfect! JR & I wanted to call her PP for short but Jailyn didn't like it!! :)

Marcus & Hawk!!!

My bike Rosie!!!

That's it for now!!! Love you & Thanks for reading!!

Nat