Silence....

Why is it that I have four kids in my house and I hear nothing?? Sometimes having a lot of kids in the house is good. They all keep each other occupied!! Today I am watching my nephew Coleson and my friend America's daughter Jade. I was prepared for a hectic day but they are having a "party" in Alyssa's room. I snuck in and snapped a pic. And yes... my kids are still in their PJ's at 11 am.

Krissy's 17th Birthday

Time really does fly... When I started going out with Brian and he lived with his Dad, Krissy was 6 years old. As soon as I walked in their house she would make me go to her room and either color or play a game with her. When she found out I was pregnant with Alyssa she was upset because she thought I would never play with her again...
Ahhhh how times have changed. I am lucky if we even get a glimpse of her when we go to my in-laws house. Today Tammi (Krissy's mom and my mother in law) threw a BBQ for her and a friend of the family's dee jayed. It was fun!! Here are some pics. I am glad the weather was actually nice so the kids could swim!!!

Daddy and Gabby with their "stunna" shades on.

Just chillin':

Alyssa with a mischievous face about to lay the smack down on her cousin Coleson:

Here she is trying to drown her cousin Coleson. He lets her. They love each other.

Brian and his brother BBQing...
From the left: Two of Krissy's friends, My Mother in law Tammi and my Sister in law Abi. They so crazzzyyy... I would have been up there too but I was too busy eating rice krispy treats covered with chocolate. They were too yummy.

There she is again... My Mother in Law doing a baton twirling act and my Brother in Law Matt getting his dance on.
The birthday girl!! Doing the hula hoop:

Grandma Julie getting down on the hula hoop. I married into a crazy family, LOL!! I love it though.

Cute face!!

Here Mom... this is for you.. since I know I am not supposed to be eating from the chocolate fountain anymore:

Chocolate?? I didn't eat no stinking CHOCOLATE!!!

Brian throwing our nephew Coleson in the pool! I love this pic!!

Gabby getting down on the LIMBO!!

Me & My Lyss Boo. We look alike huh?

My God Son Jordon.

Isn't he cute?? He used to not come to me at all and screamed when I came near him. But a few weeks ago I told him I would take him to the convience store next to our church and that I would buy him candy. Oh-mah-goodness... he SCREAMED bloody murder while I took him away from his Mom and to the store. The walk only takes not even a minute and that boy had me sweating. He screamed and arched his back so he could get away from me. I took him into the store and the clerk probably thought I kidnapped him. So I ran to the M&M's and opened them before paying for them so he would stop screaming. As soon as a M&M hit his mouth he stopped crying and started TALKING to me!! Little stinker.

Friday I invited Jordan, his mom Veronica, his brothers Elijah & Malachi and my friend America over for dinner. I think I am in his good graces now. I had Brian buy him a ball on his way home since Brian was at Lucky's and gave him some ice cream. So we are buds... and when I ask for huggies he gives me one without screaming bloody murder.

My God Son... he is a smart one!!!

I am not ready for this!!!

Last night Alyssa's "boyfriend" Isaac was at church. They sat together during song service. I turn around and see Isaac putting his arm around Alyssa!!! I pointed it out to my friend Veronica who is also Isaac's Aunt. We started to laugh and Alyssa got embarrassed and tried to get away from him.
I taught class for the 4-8 year olds that night so Alyssa & Isaac were in the class. I caught Isaac about to kiss Alyssa!! I said HEEEEYYYYYYY!!! No kissing until you are married!! Isaac came up to me and asked seriously "When I am older then can I kiss Alyssa??" I said "After you are married you can kiss her." ACCKK what would have happened if I wasn't in the room??? Alyssa would have gotten her first kiss :O
In the car I told Brian and we asked Alyssa if Isaac was her boyfriend. She said no that they were friends. Brian told Alyssa if Isaac tried to kiss her again to slap him in the face, lol... typical dad. I told her boys have cooties.
I am scared, very scared....

Alyssa's Preschool Graduation (Gradulation)

Today my baby graduated from preschool. I almost lost it but kept it together so I did not embaress my child. Thank goodness her stomach bug only lasted until 5 pm last night. She got out of bed and told me "Mom I wish I was a bear because bears don't wash their hands!" and then proceeded to yell at Gabby for making a mess in the living room. That is when I knew she felt better and gave her some toast and water and we were in the puke-free zone.
The graduation was really cute her teacher had all of us parents bring in their Dad's white collared shirt for their gown and they made caps out of construction paper. Grandma Tammi, Aunt Krissy, Auntie Abi, Uncle Aaron and Nani all came to Alyssa's graduation. The kids performed a song "Peanut Peanut Butter... JELLY!" and they did a freeze dance. After the graduation we went to Applebee's with Uncle Aaron and Auntie Abi. Alyssa kept telling us "Thank you Mom and Dad for my gradulations!!"
I am going to miss her teachers a lot. They were really helpful and eased a lot of my worries about holding Alyssa back. Alyssa was born two weeks before the cut off date for kindergarten so she could have gone to kindergarten this year but she was definitely not ready for a full day of school. Now she is ready to read and keeps asking when she can go to school all day. Next up is the first day of Kindergarten... I can not promise that I will not loose it that day. Here are some pictures of her graduation today:

Alyssa and her friends. The girl in the pink is going to go to the same school as her in the fall:

Alyssa posing in her dress:

Lining up... Alyssa is last.
Receiving her "diploma".

My preschool graduate!

Brian, Gabby, Me and Alyssa:

Alyssa and her teacher Ms. Sue:

Alyssa and her other teacher (teachers assistant) Ms. Silvia:

Gabby checking out the class... she will be going here in two years!

The last circle time *sniff, sniff*:

My pukey child...

Poor Alyssa... this morning she said that she had a stomach ache and I totally ignored it and told her to get ready to go to Nani's house(my step mom). So at around 9 I get a call from my step mom saying Alyssa puked and to come get her. My step mom does daycare and has an 8 month old baby she also watches. So I tied up some loose ends at work and hit traffic of course since driving home I was driving with traffic.
I get to my step mom's house and Alyssa just got done puking for the second time. She ran out of the bathroom and ran out of the house to where I was and said "I want to go home and put on pajama's!!!" So I grab Gabby and our stuff and get out of there as fast as I could.
On the way home Alyssa said "Mom I guess I can never go back to Nani's again! I threw up all over the place!" I felt so bad for her and she was so sad. Right now she is watching Enchanted on her bed with towels everywhere. I am just hoping she will be okay because she graduates preschool tomorrow!! Or as she says her "gradulations" is tomorrow!!

Wedding Weekend

This weekend we went to my friend Lorinda's wedding. I have known Lorinda since I was 12 years old. We went to church and school together. Her Dad is also the Pastor of our church AND Brian's boss!
The wedding was near Monterey and was so beautiful. It was a little chilly out and being near the ocean did not make that situation any better! Luckily the reception was inside and I ate my weight in Bree with Carmalized Pears and Walnuts, crab cakes, and chicken!!! I am still full! They also had hired a mariachi band along with a DJ. Our table had the Mariachi play La Bamba, LOL! Brian and I had fun having a kid free day but of course all we talked about was the girls.
Grandma Tammi and Papa watched the girls and took them to Auntie Abi & Uncle Aaron's for a BBQ. We picked them up there and stayed for awhile hanging out with the fam. It was a long day and we slept in this morning but we made it on time to church. I really want to go to bed early tonight... doubt it though. Gabby has been napping for 2 1/2 hours so I know she is tired. We didn't get home until 10:30 last night

Here are some pictures from Saturday:

Me and Brian kid free...

The view from the ceremony.

This part always makes me cry:

Veronica, Me, Lorinda, Lety, Corinna and Melissa. It was so windy!

This part makes me cry too!!!

I love weddings...