THE WEDDING!!!

Here is the entire reason for our trip. Well, I have been talking about going back to CA for about a year and Kris really didn't seem too interested in it. Once I found out that my cousin Jackie was getting married it made up my mind.
Izzy had quite the fun experience being the flower-girl. She loved it!!! The rehearsal and dinner was on Thursday night and she started to say that she wasn't feeling good. We were supposed to go to the beach with all the extended family that was there on Friday, but I just didn't want to take her if she wasn't feeling good. She ended up sleeping most of the day on Friday, ran a fever of 103.6 and then when she woke up on Saturday (the day of the wedding) she said that she felt better and then threw up on my parents living room carpet. Still with a fever....at that point we didn't think that she would be able to go.....she kept asking if she could be the flower next Sunday.....I think that she really expected Jackie to postpone the wedding just for her. I called around and figured out that if she didn't throw up again and we could keep her fever down with meds we might be able to at least get her through the wedding. It worked.....There I said that she was drugged, my Aunt Colleen nicely corrected me and said that the correct term was "well medicated" it does sound a lot better, huh? Well here are the pics of the wedding in no order.....at least I have a single wedding post....

Jackie, Phil, Foster-the ring bearer, and Izzy-the flower girl

Isn't Foster CUTE!!!!

This is my dad and Jackie dancing....he doesn't dance.....

My Aunts having a good time

Evan and Uncle Garry (Father of the Bride)

Elaine and Jackie dancing

Isn't this hilarious??? I just brought her dinner and she wasn't happy about it, she yelled out "I want cake!" and then looked at me like this! She didn't get her cake. Shortly after this Kris took Izzy and Drew back to my parents house.

My mom holding Evan....he slept for a bit.

Elaine

The start of CA

I am finally starting to blog about CA. I am hoping to do it in some kind of order.....There are a TON of pictures. So when I am done I will have something posted on the top blog so that you know that I am done. I will most likely go through everything and rearrange and add and delete pics too.......so until you so the top one that says that I am done it really is still a work in progress.

To vaccinate or not????

There has been much talk about vaccinations lately. I seems to run into it EVERYWHERE! Even the mother's lounge at church. I have strong opinion on it. I am sure that other disagree with me. AND I get so frustrated with other people opinions that I sometimes can't get my own thought straight.....check out this blog....she has spoken for me.

http://www.dooce.com/2009/04/07/word-or-two-about-vaccinations Check out comment #8...makes you think, huh???

Oh yeah, about those pictures from Cali......I will get to it! I have my nose stuck on a book, so every chance that I have I am reading and NOT blogging.....this simple blog took what a minute? So I had just a minute for that. I promise soon.....I have about 150 pages left of book 4 then I will blog. Hope that I am not making such a big deal that you all disappointed when they finally do come.....

Back on-line

WHEW-HEW!!! I am FINALLY back on-line. AND soon I promise pictures will be posted, but I fully expect it to take DAYS to do it all so just keep checking back in. I say days because I really should spend the days with my child and only being able to blog and catch up on all of my favorite TV shows after the kids go to bed....it really will take me days. The phone isn't hooked up yet....but again soon. Maybe I'll do, maybe I'll wait for Kris to come home from work.....we shall see how ambitious I feel.....In the mean time check this out.....click here....oh yeah let me know what you think????

Soon very soon.......

We are back safe from California and I promise to post LOTS of pictures soon!!!!! We switched phone companies (our # is still the same) and in the process (unknown to us) our Internet was disconnected as well. We are using our cell phone to talk to people because the new phone service runs off of DSL, so with no Internet we don't have any phone either. The Internet company can't come back out until Monday to get it fixed. All of it happened when we were in California. So we are looking forward to having access again soon. Right now I am able to check things out from Kris' work computer placed in a very awkward position on top of a bucket on the back of the love seat. So happy that someone around has unsecured Internet that we can tap into. Thank you, Thank you.....whoever you are. I don't have a wireless connection on my desktop.....so it will be awhile before I am able to upload pics. I am very surprised that I havne't totally gone nuts with the internet. Yet without the home phone ringing all the time it does seem very quite around here.

On a side note it look like Kris is going to be in Michigan for a month. At least this time I wont be trying to keep the house absolutely spotless hoping that someone will come and look at it and buy it. If you live close to me....please check up on me and make sure that I haven't lost it.....come September.

Drew things

All of the kids loved the plane and showed their excitement. Drew got on and sat down next to a lady that was very chatty with him...then he noticed the "no smoking" sign and started talking about it with this lady...she asks "Well are you a smoker?" and he yells (I am sure that people in the back of the plane heard him) "NO! I am a recycler!" I was laughing so hard. Of course it has turned into one of those things that I am telling everyone because I thought that it was so cute. Makes us sound like the the total earth friendly family....and as sad is it is to say....we are so far from it!

So we have arrive safely, and I havne't taken a single picture. Sorry.

Evan-well child check

Our baby is 9 months! ;o( Where does the time go???? His stats are:
Weight: 18 lbs 3.5 oz 28%...he seems to be thinning out. Doc wasn't worried said he would catch up at 18 months or so. Babies get active and slow the weight gain for a bit.
Height: 29 1/2 inches....90%

Kids and their "creations"

All I wanted was a nap.....and I got "fruit salad" too..........do you want some?

Invitations.....so cute!

I made baby shower invitations.....love them!!! I miss being crafty. I really haven't done much with all the stamping stuff that I have lately....I need to go back....I find it relaxing.

Family Fun Fair 2009

Here are the pics of our family at this years Annual General Mills Family Fun Fair. I must say that it was much, MUCH better than last years. The weather was even better, hot and sunny, with a few brief periods of cloudiness....better than cool rain last year. Of course Kris did the new version of the dunk tank again and the kids had a blast dunking Daddy.

Can you tell who is the one that takes after daddy?

At first the water was COLD!

The next few pictures are of each of the kids near the horses....Drew and Elaine liked them, Izzy stayed as far away as I would let her, and Evan didn't care.

The kids seemed to enjoy the slide the best. AND I think that is where we spend most of our time.

Wouldn't this be a fun wagon to have?

Right before we left Kris had the older kids and had left his funnel cake sitting on top of the canopy to Evans parts of the stroller....and me, completely not thinking, closed the canopy sending the funnel cake flipping upside down and all the powdered sugar went into the mess and all over Evan. He was a sweaty sticky mess.

All and all we had a good time.