Cheesy smiles, but at least they smiled. They're standng inside a stick house that someone built in Capitola after a huge storm

Low tide is awesome!

Look at the grandkids. We make cute babies!

We cut down our own Christmas tree! This was the first tree we had. Sage and I have spent 11 Christmas' together and this is the first one with a tree of our own.
Sawyer learned to ride his scoot bike at the pump track. He fell in a mud puddle, but cried when we told him it was timt to go home.

Zeke can ride the whole track and he learned how to stand up and pedal which is a must if you want to make it through the whole course.

Obviously this hasn't recapped the year plus I didn't blog about, but it sums up most of it. More though on our living situation later.

Why I love my apartment

I have an obsession with looking for places to live that are bigger and better than my current abode. These "new" houses, apartments, whatever, have a garage, a backyard, a washer and dryer inside the house, a dishwasher and at least a wall unit AC. I don't live on the second floor and there are overhead lights in all the rooms. I have enough floor space for a Christmas tree or more simply, an end table. Yes, my place is bigger than 750 sq ft.

But, God has been working on my heart, gently reminding me to love what I have. My family is healthy, my children are beautiful, my husband loves his job. My husband has a job. I can walk to the park safely, and by myself. I can push my double stroller to the store and restaurants, theater, coffee. I could go days without driving my car, and honestly that's how I like it. I have a neighbor downstairs who shares a similar life and having her steps away has often broken the monotony that a stay-at-home mom's life can quickly become. And she understands that monotony. We started a Bible club with the neighbor kids. I guess my "new" place doesn't come with a Bible club.

My apartment is easy to clean, is cozy and I can see what everyone is doing in every room simultaneously (okay, that's an exaggeration, but you get the idea). I can vacuum the entire house, though, without changing outlets. My point is, God is opening my eyes to what has been loitering in front of me, to what he has graciously provided me with. Who am I to want more, just to make my life more comfortable? Life isn't even about being comfortable, but about humbly living and understanding that we serve a God who gives and a God who just as easily takes away. Besides, how awesome is it, that I can sit on my computer in my living room, and examine the entire contents of my bedroom closet without getting up from my computer chair?

Jesus was born in a manger, friends.

Pismo Beach, where the best of us start to feel the symptoms of swine flu

We spent 4 days in Pismo Beach at a condo with our friends, Matt, Joy and Hannah. We spent our days catching up, eating, playing on the beach and napping. I got sick on Thursday and was kind enough to give it to Joy on Saturday. But all in all, we had a great mini-vacation.

On the pier in Pismo. Cold, but a beautiful sunset.

The beach was amazing. I loved the huge shoreline and Zeke loved to chase the seagulls.

My husband is funny.


So precious. Love this!!!!

Sawyer and Hannah begging to go outside.


Next week we'll be sunning it up in Mexico to celebrate the wedding of my brother and his beautiful bride!! Can't wait to show off the pictures!!

Halloween lovin and other oddities of life.

So much has happened since my last post. And when I mean so much, I mean like 3 or 4 exciting days. Hey, I can take what I can get. So, we have Halloween and a bumblebee that is Sawyer and his sidekick, Zeke aka REd Dragon Ninja. Zeke preferred to eat Sawyer's costume over any candy. Then Zeke became extremely motherly to a two-headed half-off-at-the-halloween-store baby. Zeke honestly could see nothing wrong with this baby. He fed it, took it potty, set up a bed, read to it, andeven tried to clip his fingernails. Very weird, but actually totally cute at the same time. He played with this "doll" for like an hour too.

Then we went to Pismo where I handed the swine flu off to my pregnant friend, Joy. And one week of being sick and totally tired has finally ended and now we can focus on Puerto Vallarta which is coming in 7 short days. Sooooo excited. That should be a fun blog...so check back in December.

Sawyer is just too cute. He is attached to his paci, but it's good for me because less things go into his mouth. Plus he's a happy camper with it in.

Snack time on the kitchen floor. love this picture!!!!

Oh, Zeke. Words cannot even begin to explain this.

Yummy antenna


Yummy bucket. Oh, Zeke. Words cannot even begin to explain...

Here I Am!

It's been a long time since I wrote. I blame exhaustion and wanting to end my day watching movies with my hubby, rather than sit at the computer. But I promise you super cute Halloween pictures in the very near future. My camera is a little better after some cleaning. Here are a few pics to tide you over. Plus Sawyer's pure joy when riding in the push car is enough smiles to last you awhile.

It's been a long time since I wrote. I blame exhaustion and wanting to end m day watching movies with my hubby, rather than sit at the computer. But I promise you super cute Halloween pictures in the very near future. My camera is a little better after some cleaning. Here are a few pics to tide you over.

Blog, oh how I have missed you!

It's been way too long. For those that read this wonderful piece of online literature, I'm sorry that I have been so slow to update. Lots has happened in the past month (month? too long), but I have found myself quite busy in the evenings to keep up. Thus, I write this during naptime, while thinking about the laundry I have to fold and how stinkin hot it is in this oven I call home. Seriously...
Anyway, I took Zeke and Sawyer to Pinecrest Lake for a week in August with Anna, Mike, Jacobi and Braydon. Super fun and the boys loved the water. Unfortunately, my camera sucks and my pictures are less than ideal. But for your sake I'll post a few, darkness and all.

Then we had birthdays. Mine, 30th, do not want to talk about it. Zeke, 3, lovely, hot party in the park with all his friends. Sawyer, 1, in the park wearing cake and mud as his attire. No pics because again my camera is terrrible and the CD my mom made for me does not show up on my lame, refurbished Fry's HP computer that we got for "free" because our other lame refurbished Fry's HP computer died. So, pics will come soon.

Lastly, Sage James and I got to spend a fabulous 24 + hours away from the boys. We went to my friend Christine's wedding in Calistoga, and it was sooooooo fun to enjoy a wedding without worrying about bedtimes and mealtimes and bedtime and diaper changing times and all the other times that make the day difficult. Now, if only I could have tagged along with the bride and groom to St. Lucia. Again, because my camera is awful, you have to go to Facebook under my profile to see the pics Sage and I were tagged in.

Nice chatting.

Until next time my three friends who read this blog.

Just shy of a camera,

Kelly