Kyle's Boy Scout Court of Honor.....

Kyle had his Troop's Court of Honor in Saratoga near Walden West (where he went to science camp in 5th grade) last Saturday. Here he is with the Be Prepared Sign.
Savannah wanted to explore as soon as we got there. Since it was going to be a little while til lunch, we took a walk to check out some nature! Here is a giant tree root that was on the path. Must have been a tree that was here for a long time since it was so big.
Walking on rocks near the pond. Savannah told me you need to put out your arms to make sure you don't fall in the water! Pretty smart for a 2 year old!
A little turtle friend getting some sun by the very green pond!
Sittting on the rocks and thinking about where we should go next.......she decided to just follow the path and see what we could find.

The summer camp group! Kyle was the only kid in all of camp to complete the 1 mile lake swim. Some of the other boys tried it but dropped out. GO KYLE!!! He also was able to collect the rest of the his patches from summer camp. Kyle was also awarded the rank of first class. He is on his way to getting his eagle scout in a couple of years. He has star, life, and eagle to go!
Kyle helping around camp. They had a lot of fun planning for the next year and getting together to celebrate all of the boys accomplishments.
My boy who is growing up so fast. Glad he will still pose and give me a smile when I ask for one!
Savannah and her Daddy taking a walk in the woods.
Brother and Sister....so proud of these kids and so happy they like to spend time together!!!!! Even though I am opposed to nature and would prefer to spend time in a nice indoor mall it was a nice way to see all the hard work that Kyle and the other scouts put in give them something back in return. At least they didn't make me sleep outside or use an outhouse!!!!

More Birthday pics...

7 layer pie of goodness!! This is one of my mom's favorite and we had this instead of cake for her actual birthday candles and singing!! It has a layer of chocolate, bananas, custard, strawberries, whipped cream, chocolate drizzles and more goodness!
Rebecca and Kyle give Grandma a big group hug. You can see Grandma's new cabinets in her kitchen.
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Check out her new granite and new lighting under the cabinets. Her kitchen is offically done if you want to come by she is more then happy to show it off.
Blowing out the candles. Yes, we made her blow out the candles on both of them. We didn't put the actual number since we didn't want to set off the fire alarm!
Michael is more of a kid then the grandkids. He wanted to lick the frosting off the clear paper on the pies. He had the first lick and then shared with the little kids. Purple is a great flavor I guess???!!!

Just overheard....

"I'm a Princess- Get out of my way!!!!"

"You are bothering me!!!!!"


Oh yes, Miss S talking to her Daddy! and yes, he let's her get away with this! I am here in the office laughing as silently as I can!

Off to eat dinner with the Princess and her wrapped around little finger Daddy!

Another night at Junior High...

Clark and I attended Back to School night at the junior high again. Nice to see some parents we know and get to meet Kyle's teachers. Clark was amazed at the back and forth across campus runs that we did but we did not get a morning break or lunch in the schedule! Kyle seems to be handling the change to junior high pretty well.....a few things we learned and will now be more into looking at his messy backpack and binder!!

A funny 12 year old boy story too.......

Last week we were getting ready in the morning and he was taking Coconut to Tina's (hi Tina! and thanks again!!!) so she could watch him for us. He took the cage and food and then came back to get the dog. I was waiting for him and running around doing some last minute stuff. I wanted to load the car so when he came back home, we could go off to school. I really should learn to stay out of his room. It is pretty messy most of the time and he does have a path so in I went to look for the backpack. Found it but also noticed dirty clothes on the floor. You can tell when the jean shorts are laying there and he just stepped out of them and that is where they stay! I loaded the car and went back in his room. I picked up some dirty shirts and threw them in the hamper, then onto the shorts. I picked a pair up and they weighed a TON! I knew something was in the pockets so I reached in and pulled out 4 handfuls of change. Pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters. Who knew where he got so much change???!!!! I put the shorts in the hamper too and went out to the car.

While we were driving to school and making plans for the afternoon pickup, I happened to ask about this pair of jean shorts. Kyle proceeded to tell me that after he did his homework he wanted to know how much the change that he had weighed. He said he filled up his pockets and then weighed himself. After he knew how much it was he took his pants off and reweighed himself! He asked me if I wanted to know how much it weighed. I said nope, just wanted to know what you were doing. Sometimes it is better to not know what they are doing!!! I guess I can be proud that he was creating a math problem for himself instead of watching t.v. or playing video games. I also think only a 12 year old boy would do this. A girl would have lined up all the money grouping it together or found out how much it added up to so she could go shopping!

At least he gave me the laugh of my day and I remember I was never a 12 year old boy so I can learn from him everyday!

HAPPY 60th Birthday.......

To the Best Mom and Grandma EVER!!!! Hope you had as much fun as the kids did celebrating at Disneyland! Riding a Tea Cup...
Waiting for the "turtle" coaster...
Getting spun around in Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin.....
And walking right down the middle of Main Street USA!!!
Hope you have a super Magical day today and wishing you many more uses on the annual pass to Disneyland!!!

Love, Kristina, Clark, Kyle and Savannah

9/11/2008

Remember....
Kyle was in kinder, had the news on while I was getting dressed and he told me a plane crashed into a building. Went to watch it for myself and could not believe it......do I Send him to school? called Barb to make sure she had not left for the airport, called Rich and told him. Went to my parents and sat glued to the t.v. Took Kyle to school and hoped it would all be okay.

My parents were to go to Disneyland to celebrate my mom's birthday. (Sounds the same as this year) We were to follow. Should we go or not.....we had flights. Drive? so many questions, we decided to go. At the time, I think it was best that we were together as a family. Weird while driving saw a military helicopter in the sky...nothing else. We were at Disneyland during the country's moment of silence. It was silent...no rides, shops open, etc. They shut it all down and the employees at work were able to join guests and remember. I will never forget.

Rebecca's 9th Birthday!

We went to the park to celebrate Rebecca's 9th Birthday. It was HOT!!! The little kids had a great time on Joseph's new scooter and playing in any puddle of water they could find!

We ate hamburgers and hotdogs BBQ'd by Clark and Michael. Rebecca swung in a tree and opened her gifts. She got karate lessons from us and Uncle Scott. She also got the traditional case of Top Ramen from me! I think I will have to give it to her for every birthday and celebration until she gets married! Hope her future husband will love it as much as she does.

This was just the start of our busy weekend. We had Clark's company picnic at Vasona on Saturday and it was even HOTTER! The kids went thru a ton of drinks and enjoyed the balloon lady, jump house and pinata! Kinda a low turnout for this year but I think it was the weather and time of year. Lots of work for Clark!!!!!

On Sunday, my mom and I went to the bridal shower for Catalina. I thought we were going to die about 10,000 times on the way to the shower. Nothing like crossing Highway 17 and then traveling 4 curvy miles on a one lane road! Learned some intersting facts about the wedding and my brother....wish I still knew the person that other people described to me. We survived!

No pictures of the rest of the weekend....not in the mood to take the camera out.

My mom and dad took off with the little kids this morning for Disneyland! We will join them with Rebecca and Kyle on Friday night. This is what my mom wanted to do for her birthday and since I know she will not read the blog until Monday....remember to wish her a Happy 60th on Monday!!!!

Labor Day Fun....

These are some pics I took when we went to Santana Row with Grandma and Papa. We had to go to Crate and Barrel to buy a shower gift and decided to go to lunch too! We had the slowest waiter ever (it was his first day) so lunch took over 2 hours. The kids had a great time and we all enjoyed the food.

After lunch, we came home and the kids played and Miss S tok a nap. Michael called and said he had built an outdoor movie screen in his backyard and to come watch a movie. We popped some popcorn and got some candy and away we went. I told Kyle it was just like going to the drive-in except we did not have to sit in the car!!! BONUS!

On Monday we hung out, went grocery shopping, laundry, and swimming! Not much fun on the extra day but it was nice to relax. We have a ton of fun coming up in the next few months and a ton of birthday celebrations!!! So be on the lookout for more fun!

90210 2.0 version

This is my girly girl....Oh yes, she is ready to go to the store with me and pick up her brother from boy scouts. I put the shirt and shorts on the complete look was styled by The Princess herself! The purse is full of gift cards and change she stole from her Papa!
Gotta wear the cool pink shades and the Mardi Gras beads everywhere....just to let people know that you are able to party like a Rock Star and keep the paparrazzi's camera flashes out of your baby blues!
This is the "fierce" diva look......like when they put pepperoni on your pizza and you only wanted cheese! Or your maid is just not moving fast enough to get you a sippy cup of strawberry milk! The left foot can pound up and down just to get people moving faster.
Checking the time and can not believe the sippy cup has not been delivered yet!!!!
Doing a little dancing while waiting. We did head out looking like this and yes, people encourage her and smile! I can only imagine the outfits I'm going to disapprove of in the future. I may just make Daddy be the bad guy every time on the outfits!

Okay, a new guilty pleasure was viewed tonight. 90210 2.0...wow much more can be shown then what we saw in the 80's! SO nice to see so many people back on the show and the new kids seem ready to make this show work. I watched it with Kyle and he was asking quite a bit about who people were and how I knew them from the old show. I hope the writers keep it up and keep letting the old characters show up!!!!!! Kinda weird watching it with my junior high kid but I know he has started to pay attention to shows and picks his own favorites. If he keeps up with the school work I will let him see the beginning of Heros (his favorite show) and let him watch as he earns it with school work being done! He will continue to tease me about watching my show but I know he will be right next to me on the couch watching and enjoying the lives of the West Beverly High Kids!

Guest Photographer......

Someone (under 3 feet tall and whose name rhymes with banana) "borrowed" my camera and proceeded to take 46 pictures of Coconut....can't see him in this first picture but how did she make it all red?!
See the mop by the other brown doggie....that he is chewing on....a no-no for Coconut! Also someone's very messy room!
The mystery photographer's feet!
Almost a clear shot.......just cut off his head....maybe this is an art photo?!!!!!
The door jam in her room...yes, it's white but no Coconut in this picture.

Look forward to more exciting adventures of our photographer and her dog Coconut in the future!