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Friday November 9

2012-11-09T00:22:00.000-08:00

I took Tre to preschool and stayed for their Pledge of Allegiance. Since it was a little drizzly outside all the kids stood under their covered areas then went back in to their classrooms. I gave Tre a hug and kiss goodbye and then went home. Jammer, Koa and I ate breakfast and hung out at home.

Jammer went to pick up Tre from school while I put Koa down for his nap. I fell asleep in his room for about an hour and then came in to my room to shower. The boys napped and I did some things on the computer. After they woke up we got ready and went to Costco. It was a mellow night at Costco which was nice. We ended up eating dinner there and getting our groceries. After Costco we went home and hung out for a few before putting the kids in the bath and then off to bed.

Here is a video of Tre and his class doing the Pledge of Allegiance, click here to see it.

Thursday November 8

2012-11-08T23:43:00.001-08:00

Koa woke up really early this morning before 7am is unheard of for him. With the time change he seems a bit thrown off, it's weird though, not something I am able to figure out, he is going to bed late, waking up early and all over the place with middle of the night wake ups. Today it was 6:45am when he woke up, it definitely affected his personality. Him and I went to his preschool class and he was being a bit on the feisty side. Not being mean but a little more assertive with the toys he was playing with and making sure the other kids knew not to mess with him and his stuff.

I knew it had to do with the lack of sleep and already being tired midway through class. Once the parachute was done in class he was ready to head out so we went over to Tre's karate class and watched until that was over. Tre's skills were looking better but he still tends to get caught up with whatever kid decides to goof off at the moment so that is frustrating. After class I took Koa to the car and thought Jammer and Tre were going to stay and play in the gym for a few but then they ended up coming to my car and Tre got in with Koa and I. So we drove home, ate lunch and then put the boys down for nap.

I fell asleep for about an hour and then took a quick shower then did some things on the computer until the boys woke up. Once they were awake we got ready to take Tre to get his haircut. His hair has gotten really long and with the head injury the delay of cutting his hair has gone on for a while. Tre requested to go to Sports Clips so that's where we went. The girl was nice and she talked like she knew how to get Tre's hair to look good, show some curl but trimmed up. It definitely wasn't my favorite haircut that he has gotten. The hair on top still looked straight and it kind of poofed out on the sides, sort of what the lady that cut Tre's hair the first time said would happen if you cut it a certain way.

I am hoping that it'll look better after a day of me looking at it. The part that makes me nervous about getting Tre's haircut is that someone won't cut it right. I feel like it needs to be done a certain way (if only I could do it myself). On a good note, his dead/dry ends are all gone so hopefully it'll look much healthier. After the haircut we had to stop at Target where things started to go downhill, the boys were melting down by the seconds so we had to think fast, get what we needed and get home. Hunger was beginning to take over my boy's bodies, hubby included, haha!We got home, I made dinner and then we hung out for a few. Then got the boys ready for bed.

Wednesday November 7

2012-11-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

Tre had preschool and Jammer wanted to head out early to go surf so he dropped Tre off at school and then went surfing. Koa and I stayed home so I could get some things done and try and get some rest. On Jammer's way home from surfing he picked Tre up from school, then I made lunch for everyone, we ate and then we put the boys down for nap. I fell asleep in Koa's room for a little while and then came out and got showered. I decided to throw Noa and Rosie (separately) in to the shower and try and give them a flea rinse. These darn fleas are seriously driving me bonkers and I just don't know what to do about it!! It was an exhausting experience and my back and muscles were super sore afterwards.

Then the boys woke up and we hung out until it was time for me to get ready and go out. My friend Gail invited me to her restaurant for a fun group dinner. It was for Beer Week and it was called Avery Brewing Beer Pairing Dinner. I am not a big beer drinker but I am definitely a big eater and love Gail's husband's food so I was super excited to be able to go, plus it was nice to get out and relax after the busy few weeks I have had. I haven't had a real break since Jammer went on his trip. Jammer was a little jealous since he is much more the beer drinker.

We arrived at the restaurant and sat in a private seating area of the restaurant with the others that had reserved their seat to be a part of this. It was a 5 course meal and each course came with a beer that was paired to that meal. I was impressed with the change in the flavor of the beer when you drank it with the food. It made it easier to drink the beer (even though I only had a couple sips of each beer). By course number 3 I was starting to fill up but powered through pretty well! Luckily I was able to bring Jammer a little food home so he could try what I got to eat. Just before we left the restaurant we had asked someone to take a picture of us and I was a dork and left my to go food at the restaurant so after I dropped my friend Gail and her friend Diana off at home I went back and picked it up then came home to a quiet house! AHHH...nice relaxing evening with amazing food!!

Tuesday November 6

2012-11-06T18:35:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was so darn warm that we decided to take the boys to the beach today. My friend Carrie and her two kids joined us at Grandview beach. It was empty and a perfect place for our kids to roam free! It was a little overcast at first and I was worried that it wasn't going to be a good time because it was a little chilly at first but the kids didn't care and it soon warmed up and actually got hot so we were in the right place! As usual the kids all had a great time and got along so well! Jammer ended up taking the boys to walk down towards South Ponto beach to check out the big plot of sand that had been brought in. It looked like a whole new beach had been dropped off. Carrie, her daughter and I stayed behind with the stuff.

Once the boys all came back we stayed for a little while longer and then packed it up to go home. Koa was very tired and almost fell asleep in the car on the drive home but something woke him up and he ended up taking a long time to go down for his nap. Tre fell asleep pretty quickly after Jammer had rinsed him in the shower! The boys both napped for about 2 hours. During that time Jammer had to go over to our condo to "fix" a few things. Some of them were pretty simple and should've been taken care of by the renter (in my opinion) but he did it anyway. Good thing we didn't have to pay a handyman to go over and do these simple tasks. He came home and we were able to watch a quick show and as it was ending the boys woke up.

We hung out at home, I made dinner, meatloaf cupcakes, which intrigued Koa to try mashed potatoes even though he hasn't liked them in the past. It was fun to give meatloaf a new shape. After dinner I gave Koa a bath since Tre took his shower before nap. Then we got them ready for bed. Something is going on with Koa lately because each time he needs to go to sleep lately he takes a long time to settle down and fall asleep. I ended up falling asleep in his room until 12:45am, then to my room, did a few things on the computer that I meant to do sooner in the night, then I went to bed.

Monday November 5

2012-11-06T01:47:00.001-08:00

Tre had preschool so we got him ready and then I drove him to school, on my way out I attempted to snap a photo of the kids in class since I had a feeling it was going to be the only picture of the day. I got home and Jammer, Koa and I ate breakfast. Then Jammer got ready and went surfing while Koa and I hung out at home. My throat was really bothering me so I decided to just stay home instead of trying to get out and do something. Even thought it was an extremely beautiful and warm day I figured it would be best to rest as much as possible.

Koa didn't seem to mind and was content in hanging out at home, he is more of my home body anyway. Jammer got home from surfing and then went and picked Tre up from school. I attempted to get Koa down for nap but it was not going like it should. He was not interested in napping at all! It came to the point where I had to leave the room because it just wasn't working for me, luckily for Jammer he went in and Koa must've known it meant business because he went straight to his bed, laid down and fell asleep. Geez!

Strangely, both boys ended up sleeping really well after that. Tre napped for about 3 hours and Koa napped for over 2 hours. We were worried it was going to be a long night but ended up enjoying the quiet time, got to relax, watch a show, etc. Once the boys were awake I got dinner started and they watched a movie in our room while Jammer tried to watch football in the living room. We ate dinner, I gave the boys a bath and then we got them ready for bed. Crossing our fingers it wouldn't take too long, I ended up falling asleep in Koa's room until after 1am. So I couldn't tell you exactly how long it took him to fall asleep! HAHA, but at least I wasn't sitting there frustrated.

Sunday November 4

2012-11-04T00:03:00.000-07:00

Time change...yuck! I cannot stand these time changes and really wish they would stop! We hung out at home a little thrown off by the time change, I made breakfast and then we just stayed home since the boys were up "early" and would need to go down for nap earlier. Plus I am fighting a cold with a hoarse voice so I was not anxious to get out and do anything.

After the boys went down for nap I got cleaned up and got ready to go to the beach house to finalize cleaning before the new renters check in. Both boys woke up before I left and then I had to run over and take care of the beach house stuff. I met with the renters and then went to the grocery store to pick up food for dinner which I ended up making something a little different than I had hoped but it turned out really yummy. Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi! YUM! I gave the boys a bath and then we got them ready for bed and both boys were asleep before 9pm!

Saturday November 3

2012-11-03T01:33:00.000-07:00

It was the big Fall Festival for Tre's school. All the time spent working on it was finally coming together for the big event. We got ready and I wanted to arrive a few minutes early to check on the basket auction and make sure everything was all set. It all looked great and very familiar to last year. Once I snapped some photos of everything we went out to the festival. Tre was super excited to get out there and partake in all it had to offer. It was a bit difficult at times because Tre would run in to friends from school and want to run off with them. Feeling the comfort of being at his school he would forget we were at a festival and not his everyday usual of play time at school and would want to play. We had to rein him in quite a few times.

He joined up with a friend from his class and they were running around together going to all the booths. One booth that we went to was a cake walk booth where both us and Tre's friend won some dessert. YUM! We ended up getting some delicious brownies! We had a great time! At the end of the festival I went over to the auction area to check on things and I ended up getting wrangled in to help with the auction winners. That took a little longer than I had expected and Jammer and the boys were in the car waiting. The festival ended up raising over $10,000 for the school so it was well worth the effort and that makes me feel good that I was able to contribute in some way.

Koa fell asleep in the car on the way home and Tre went down for his nap pretty quickly after we got home. Jammer went to the beach house to do yard work in preparation for our long term renters checking in the following day. The boys and I hung out at home until Jammer got home. Then I made dinner, we ate and then got the boys ready for bed.

Here is the website that I put together for the silent auction: http://redeemerbythesea.blogspot.com

Friday November 2

2012-11-02T00:15:00.000-07:00

It was a big day at Tre's preschool. The day before the Fall Festival and all of our hard work coming to fruition! I had Jammer put my 2 very heavy wine baskets (Wine Basket was the theme our class chose) in his car and I took Tre to school and dropped off the baskets. Before leaving Tre's classroom I was a part of the their Friday morning ritual to stand outside and say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then I said goodbye to Tre and went over to the office to deliver my baskets. I also met with the school director and Fall Festival Coordinator and made sure the basket side of things was almost all set. I was missing a few photos and info for baskets but was promised everything by midday.

I had a few errands to run before heading home and then came home and ate breakfast. Jammer had to do a coffee delivery so Koa and I hung out at home. Then it came time to go pick up Tre from school and I had to get there early to take a few photos of those baskets I didn't have pictures for yet. Once the photos were done I went to Tre's Spanish class and picked him up, we stopped back in at the office to make sure I had done all I needed to do and then we went home. Once we got home Tre mentioned he was hungry so I made him a quick bite to eat and then we put the boys to bed. Koa took a little while to fall asleep but then ended up napping for over 3 hours!

Tre woke up about an hour or more before Koa so him and I hung out in my room and watched some TV. Jammer had to run a few errands and then went surfing. The boys and I attempted to put together a new bookcase that I had gotten for Tre's room to put all his books in. His collection of books was getting to explode out of his trunk that I had originally gotten for his books and I figured his books would probably be treated a lot better in a bookcase than in a trunk where they get squished and rip, etc. Luckily Jammer got home towards the end of it because dinner was done and I needed to get to it so he finished up the bookcase so I could finish dinner. We ate dinner, hung out for a bit and then put the boys to bed. Since Koa slept so long he didn't end up going to bed until after 10:30pm.

Here is a video of Tre and his class doing the pledge of allegiance, click here to see it.

Thursday November 1

2012-11-01T01:36:00.000-07:00

Koa and I had his preschool class and Tre had his karate class. Koa and I went home for lunch first and then Jammer and Tre met us there a little bit later. After lunch we put the boys down for nap. I had tons of work to do for the Fall Festival basket stuff so that's what I did during nap, Koa woke up first and then Tre woke up a little later. Jammer went surfing. We hung out at home for the rest of the day. We ate dinner, bathed the boys and the put them to bed.

Koa was upset just before bedtime because Tre had a lollipop (that he found from his Halloween candy) and it made putting Koa to bed really difficult. Once I got Koa to calm down I read him a story and then had to lay in bed with him for an hour or more trying to get him to fall asleep. He kept tossing and turning, reaching for me and not letting me leave the room. It was 10:40pm when I finally was able to leave his room, then I had to finish up stuff for the festival on my computer and went to bed kind of late.

Here is a video of Tre at karate class, click here to see it.

Wednesday October 31

2012-10-31T22:31:00.001-07:00

Tre had preschool and it was Halloween but his school doesn't allow costumes so they have crazy hair day. Tre is not fond of doing stuff to his hair so I tried to convince him to do something and when he decided he didn't want anything we rushed off to school running very late. On the way to school though he had a change of heart and decided he wanted to have his hair done, luck would have it that I had stuff in my car that would work for one of the ideas that I had for him. We put glow stick bracelets tied in his hair with some red ribbon. It made us more late because I had to put it together in the parking lot of the school but Tre was happy to have something in his hair.

We went in to class and they were ready to start the morning, plus they were going to chapel so they had to hurry with their morning routine. I got to stay and watch some of it and got some cute video of him and his class. I then stopped in to the office at school to take a few pictures of some baskets for the Fall Festival. Then saw the kids all walking to chapel so I jumped in line and went in and sat near Tre's class. Once the puppet was ready to come out Tre asked to come sit on my lap because he was nervous and then sat with me for the rest of chapel. After chapel Tre and his class went down to the playground for recess.

I went to buy a few more things for our class basket and then stopped in at home quickly to grab some food and a few things I had forgotten, then back to school because I was signed up to help sell tickets for the Fall Festival then picked Tre up from class. We then stopped by my friend Sarah's house to drop off her camera that she had left at the park the day before and then went home. Tre and Koa ate a quick lunch and then it was time for nap. Koa was overtired and I ended up having to hold him and rock him to sleep because he was so feisty. Once he was asleep I had a few things I had to do on the computer for Tre's school then it was time to get showered and much to my surprise as I was getting out, Koa was awake!

Short nap for him so that could be bad news later on. I had to run back to Tre's school to drop something off and then stopped at the grocery store. I came home to hurry up and make dinner before having to get ready and go to my friend Gail's house for Halloween Trick or Treating. The boys ended up both being Batman. We got there a little late since we had some trick or treaters at our house that put us behind in getting out the door, but we ended up meeting up with Gail and her neighbor friends to continue with them. Tre bonded with one of the boys in the group and they were running together having a blast. The rest of the group called it quits early on and Tre and his new friend wanted to go for quite a bit longer so we went on for a bit more. Then stopped in to say hi at Gail's house before then going home and getting the boys to bed. Of course, Koa was overtired again and took forever to fall asleep, I didn't end up leaving his room until almost 10:30pm.

Here is a video of Tre and his class doing a little morning circle time dancing, it was Crazy Hair Day so the kids all had their hair done in funky ways, click here to see it.

Here is a video from Chapel that Tre's preschool does the last Wednesday of the month, click here to see a part of it.

Tuesday October 30

2012-10-30T22:35:00.001-07:00

I planned a big Halloween Costume Party for Tre & Koa's friends. I decided to try a different park than we normally go to because the weather is always so warm at Halloween I thought I would pick a shadier park. So we attempted to get to the park early but of course that didn't happen so we got there just as the time was upon us. It was a ton of fun and so many of Tre & Koa's friends showed up. All the kids were wearing really cute costumes and having a blast. After we first got there it was crazy among the boys, it was like their costumes made them a little wild.

Once that calmed down we snapped some pics and just enjoyed the day and celebrating Halloween. We ended up staying for quite a while and were the last ones to leave. It was time to bring the kiddos home for nap. Tre ended up taking a short nap so we hung out until Koa woke up. Jammer went surfing so when he got home he decided to do something nice and made us dinner. I showered the boys and then we got them ready for bed.

Monday October 29

2012-10-29T01:15:00.000-07:00

Sadly, Tre's cough was still sounding bad so we decided to keep him home from school. He was bummed about it but then got quite comfortable watching a movie and slightly relaxing. As much relaxing as that ball of fire can relax. So it was a stay home day. Since the boys both didn't have a very good night's sleep we decided to put them down early for nap. After they woke up we decided to carve their pumpkins. Tre picked an Angry Bird for our big pumpkin, then we picked a silly face for one and a moon with stars for the other pumpkin. Tre mostly picked out all of them and Koa just sort of agreed. HEHE. After we ate dinner, we showered the boys, got them ready for bed and eventually they were both asleep. Koa ended up taking forever to fall asleep again.

Sunday October 28

2012-10-28T15:46:00.001-07:00

I wasn't feeling 100% great when I woke up in the morning, I am not sure if it was from lack of sleep and all the constant things I had going on while Jammer was gone just now catching up to me or what but I was feeling a little dizzy and nauseous. So we slowly got ourselves ready in the morning, ate breakfast and then went to the beach house to meet Jammer's Mom and then went to Grandview. It was a truly beautiful day. The weather was gorgeous and felt wonderful! I was still feeling a little out of it but the beauty of the day really helped me stay out of the funk.

We played for a little while there and then had to head home. Koa woke up early and was super tired. He fell asleep on the way home, I transferred him to his bed, Jammer put Tre down for nap and then went surfing. I stayed home and tried to rest a little. After the boys woke up and Jammer got home we got ready and went over to beach house to hang out. We stayed there for a while, had a YUMMY dinner, then got the boys home for bed. Koa took a long time to fall asleep.

Twin Lakes October 2012

2012-10-27T23:59:00.000-07:00

As mentioned in previous blog posts, Jammer went on a fishing trip from Sunday, October 21st to Friday, October 26th (came back a day early, yay). Since I wasn't there for the trip I don't have a lot to say about it. I do know the weather was definitely colder this year than it was last year so the fishing wasn't as great. But Jammer had a relaxing time and got some great shots so I thought I would do a post of some pictures from his trip.

The deck at the cabin

My Dad, cousin Jarid and Jammer

Feeding a deer a carrot from his mouth

Jammer and his Deer Friend

My cousin Darren, Jammer, my Dad and my cousin Jarid

Jammer fishing

My Dad fishing

Jammer's car roughing it

And some video footage of Jammer and his friend....a deer that became his buddy, click here to see it

Saturday October 27

2012-10-27T15:45:00.000-07:00

Jammer's Mom came down for the weekend and we decided to go for a hike at The Crossings. It was a fun walk through the tunnel, over the bridge and then finished off with a picnic at the top of the hill with a great view! We hung out for a little while at the top and just enjoyed the day. After a little while it was time to head back down and get the boys home for their nap. Koa fell asleep on the way home so I transferred him to his bed and then I had to run to Michael's to pick up a picnic style basket for the Fall Festival Wine Basket for our class. When I got home I got cleaned up and we went to Sublime Ale House to celebrate their 1 year anniversary with our friends who own it.

We enjoyed a yummy dinner and the kids had lots of fun playing. One small issue was that because of the Halloween weekend the servers were dressed up for Halloween and a couple of the servers were dressed (in my opinion) a little too scary for a restaurant environment. So scary that every time Koa saw them he freaked and clinged to me. It made it hard for him to enjoy himself a portion of the time. My least favorite part of the Halloween season is the darn scary costumes that kids are subjected to at times. It was time to come home, give the boys their bath and get them ready for bed. Since Jammer's Mom was in town we were able to go see a movie after the boys went to bed. Jammer and I saw Chasing Mavericks. It was a good movie and it was nice to get out just the two of us. We got home and then I got sucked in to a movie on tv so I went to bed pretty late.

A group photo...

Friday October 26

2012-10-26T18:10:00.001-07:00

It was going to be a busy day! Started with a middle of the night wake up from Koa panicking looking for his blanket which I kind of think he was sort of asleep when he came out of his room and once I brought him back to his room and gave him his blanket he was happy and went back to sleep. Then I went back to my room and Tre woke up around 5am telling me that he needed to go to the bathroom and then wanted me to sleep with him so I fell asleep in Tre's room and then woke up to rush to get ready.

Tre and I took showers and then I got both the boys dressed and we had to rush out the door to take Tre to school. We were late but I had a lot to bring with me since I had a basket wrapping meeting to wrap the auction baskets for the Fall Festival, also I was the Basket Coordinator and photographer of the baskets so Koa and I had to stay the entire time which after a while was too long for Koa. Even though it was a long time for him he was still really good and listened very well!

Poor Koa had more to endure a little more as it was then time to go over to the condo association and do a landscape walkthrough. We hired a new landscape company and it was our first meeting. A great meeting at that, I have a good feeling about this new company and I am excited to see what they do for our community. After the walkthrough we then had to go back to the school and pick up Tre. Once we picked Tre up from school it was time to bring the boys home for nap. I put the boys down for nap and Koa ended up sleeping for 3 hours! Must've been the busy day.

Surprise for the boys and I was Jammer coming home a day early! YAY! The boys were so excited when he got home and so was I because I was pretty tired from being on my own. We all ate dinner together and then got the boys ready for bed. It was nice to only have to put one kid to bed.

Thursday October 25

2012-10-25T16:08:00.001-07:00

What a fun day today was! It was a drawn out night with Koa waking up around 4am and then Tre waking around 6am but thankfully both boys went back to sleep after a little help and slept until 8am. Then it was time to get showered and ready for the big Halloween party at Koa's preschool class. Since Tre didn't have karate he was able to participate in the party as well. Another quick challenge was getting costumes on. Koa was not at all happy with his boxer costume and cried non stop until he eventually started pulling it off. DARN! It was so cute, had a built in muscle chest and shorts, but he wanted nothing to do with it. So I ran to our costume closet in the garage and started rummaging around for ideas, I brought in Tre's Bam Bam costume from when he was 2 but he didn't want that either.

Ultimately, I found his Batman shirt and cape and slipped that on and without a complaint at all Koa was wearing a Batman costume. I put on some black pants and his Ugg boots (that used to be Tre's) and he was all set. Time to put Tre's costume on him which he had decided a while back he wanted to be a karate kid since he loved his karate class so much but as soon as he found out that Koa wasn't going to wear his boxer costume Tre pounced on the opportunity to wear it instead. I figured what the heck since we bought it we might as well get some use out of it and Tre's karate uniform gets used every Thursday so it's not going to waste either. The muscle chest and shorts didn't fit Tre so I put on some cute soccer shorts that could also be shorts for a boxer and a white tank top. Tre put on the boxer robe and boxing gloves and was feeling really cool. He even wanted me to make a bruise mark under his eye like the picture of the boxer on the bag so he was all set!

We got to class and it was a really fun time! All the kids were dressed up so cute, Koa's friend Richie was dressed up as Superman so it was cute that they were super heroes together. Tre was such a good kid in class, playing well with the 2 year olds and the added bonus of 2 of his 4 year old friends (who have siblings in the class) were there so he was able to play with them too. He did circle time and sang along really well! Then it was snack time and Tre made sure that Koa and Richie sat on each side of him (so cute). From there it was craft and play time and the kids all had lots of fun. Then it was time for a group photo which was very difficult to get but fun trying.

After class we hung out for a little bit longer and then went home to have some lunch. Then time to take naps, so I got Koa down first and then Tre. I had some preparation stuff to do for the following morning (I have a meeting at Tre's school for the Fall Festival). Koa woke up first and then Tre shortly after. We ended up just hanging out at home so I could get some things done around the house. I made the boys dinner, we ate, I gave Koa a bath (Tre was good since he showered in the morning) and then attempted to put the boys to bed. It was a LONG drawn out bedtime routine. Both boys didn't want to go to sleep, it ended up being around 10:30pm before they finally fell asleep.

Here is a video from Koa's preschool class, click here to see it.

Wednesday October 24

2012-10-24T16:47:00.002-07:00

Tre had preschool so Koa and I took him to school and then went to Costco to do some grocery shopping. After Costco we went home to drop off the groceries and eat a quick bite and then we got back in the car to go pick Tre up from school since it was his short day. After school we came home. Koa fell asleep on the way home so I put him to bed and then made some lunch for Tre. After eating we played a couple puzzles and then Tre went down for nap.

I decided to do some yard work in our front yard by our front door since the night before when Ashley was leaving she found a GIANT spider just above the walkway. I realized that it was getting extremely overgrown out front (wondering why the gardeners aren't addressing issues like palm fronds sticking out in the walkway, etc). I cut down some of the overgrown plants and brushed away all the spider webs I could reach. Then came back in to clean the house.

Tre woke up first and Koa ended up sleeping for over 3 hours! Then we had plans to play with a friend of mine and her two daughters so we got ready and went over to their house. We arrived and the boys were so excited to play with their friends. We went over to the park near their house for a bit and then came back and had dinner. The kids played for a little bit longer and then we packed it up and went home. I got the boys ready for bed and for some reason it took a little longer to get them to be at ease with me being in two places. Koa didn't want me in Tre's room and Tre didn't want me in Koa's room. Ultimately, I had to level with the older of the two and hope that he would understand. He did and I was able to get Koa to go to bed and then went in to check on Tre and he was asleep. Phew. I should've went to bed but I had some things to do.

Tuesday October 23

2012-10-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

Tre woke up a little confused this morning about where to go. My sister and her son were sleeping in my room so I was in Koa's room and meant to move to Tre's room after Koa woke up but fell back to sleep. Luckily he kept himself content by playing at his train table for a few minutes when I heard his cough and jumped up and came out to see him. He said he was only awake for a few minutes and waited for me. I had given him a heads up the night before letting him know that I wasn't going to be in my room so he sort of knew what to expect but kind of forgot at first.

Him and I went in to his room to read a few books and play a couple puzzles so we wouldn't wake anyone up. When I heard my nephew making some noise I knew it was okay for us to come out. We all hung out in the living room and tried to keep it mellow till Koa woke up. Once everyone was awake and the boys had their traditional morning bowl of cheerios (dry for snacking while watching a show), I started to make breakfast. After we ate my nephew, Haiden was getting sleepy so my sister put him down for a nap. It was one of those damp days where the backyard was not a great place to play and we wondered if the playgrounds would be damp too so we decided to hang at home.

I made lunch and then had to motivate the boys to take their nap. Koa was pretty tired and fell asleep relatively quickly so I was able to spend time with Tre getting him to go down for nap. I fell asleep with Tre in his room for a bit and then came out to do some things on the computer. Koa woke up first and then Tre shortly after. We watched a movie and then I made dinner. Sadly, it was getting to be bedtime for Haiden and that meant time for Ashley and Haiden to leave. Bummer!! Ashley packed up the car while I got to spend some cuddle time with Haiden and then they left. It was definitely emptier in the house without them here. After that I got the boys ready for bed and then slowly but surely got them both to sleep. I fell asleep in Koa's room for a short while and then back to my room for some computer stuff and then bed.

Monday October 22

2012-10-22T00:47:00.000-07:00

Since the boys had a pretty busy weekend they were both very tired in the morning. Koa woke up around 6:15am but then went back to bed about 10 minutes later and didn't end up waking up until 8:40am. Tre slept in as well and got up around 8:25am which is pretty late for him. My sister Ashley and her son Haiden had planned on coming down in the morning and staying to visit until Tuesday night so she left her house super early around 6am and arrived around 7:15am. We hung out until the boys woke up.

I had to get ready and get Tre ready fast because he needed to be at school by 9am. We jumped in the car and got to school. I hung out for a few and then came home. Ashley, Haiden, Koa and I hung out at the house for the day. Ashley and Haiden took a little nap midday while Koa and I played and watched a couple shows. I made some lunch before having to go pick Tre up from school. Once I picked him up we came back home and I had to get the boys down for their nap. Koa was pretty tired by this point so thankfully he wasn't too difficult to put to bed. Tre didn't quite want to go down but eventually he succumbed to the darkness of his room and fell asleep.

Koa ended up waking up first after about an hour and 20 minutes, then Tre woke up about 30 minutes later. Soon it was time for Haiden to take a nap but he was fighting it because of all the action going on with Tre and Koa. I snuggled him for a little bit so Ashley could take a shower and it was pretty funny, he's looking up at me, I am talking to him and then boom, he was asleep. It happened so fast it made me laugh. So I held him until Ashley was done getting dressed and then we traded so I could shower.

Once I was done getting dressed I started to get dinner going. We took turns eating and then hung out for a few. I gave Koa a bath first while Tre ate dinner and then it was Tre's turn to bathe while Koa ate. I had to put Koa down for bed first so Tre sat in the living room while I did that. Ashley and Haiden went to bed before I came out of Koa's room. Then I put Tre to bed. Once both boys were asleep I did some things on the computer and then tried to get myself to bed, so tired but so much to do!

Sunday October 21

2012-10-21T10:45:00.000-07:00

Koa woke up super early so him and I hung out, it worked out good because Jammer was leaving for his week long fishing trip and he got to see Koa before he left! Both boys were very sad once they realized that their Daddy was really gone so I had to distract them to keep them happy. It is going to be an interesting week without Daddy since they are so used to having him around 24/7. So we hung out at the house, ate breakfast and got ready. Then we waited for my sister and her boyfriend to arrive to pick up their dog that my mom was babysitting so they could go to a wedding. Once they picked him up we got on the road, stopped to grab some food for the road and then went to UCLA to see my niece's college soccer team play.

We ended up being late because we got a little lost in finding where to park but finally got there. We got the boys out of the car and hurried over to the stadium. Well, Tre didn't last long at the bleachers, he wanted to go run around pretty soon after we arrived and said hello to everyone. Luckily right behind the bleachers was a race track for running so we did a lot of racing/running. Thankfully it entertained them. Each time we would go to the bleachers I would dread being there for very long because my boys have ants in their pants and can't sit still!

After the game was over, sadly, the Utah Utes (my niece's soccer team) lost to UCLA 2-0, we got to see Breanna and get a family photo taken and just chat for a few. It is still so strange to think that my niece is going to college in Utah. I also can't believe I am an Aunt of a college student! WOW! Once we said our goodbyes we slowly trickled out of the stadium and walked back to the car. We had planned on stopping off at my sister Ashley's new-ish house (she moved in I think the end of May but I had yet to see her house) so we hung out over there, ate dinner and the boys played with all of my nephews toys. It was getting time to head back to my parent's house.

We drove home and tried to keep the boys entertained so they wouldn't fall asleep. It wasn't quite bedtime yet but it was getting close. The boys had mentioned they were hungry so I made them some food to keep them busy while I packed everything up and got ready to go. It was time to put the kids in the car and not a moment too soon because they were both tired. We were on the road and both boys were asleep by 9:20pm. When I got home I put them both to bed (it had been a while since I had to carry Tre in to the house asleep, he has gotten very heavy and much bigger, haha). I unpacked the car, cleaned the house and then went to bed.

Saturday October 20

2012-10-20T08:26:00.000-07:00

Koa and I had to be in Huntington Beach for a charity walk by 9:30am so it was a quick morning rush. My Mom, sister Ashley, her son Haiden, Koa and I drove to Huntington Beach for the Butterfly Walk to support Kristie's Foundation. Kristie's is a foundation that provides support, assistance and cherished memories to critically ill children and their families. They focus on the end of life care for children and support for the family. One of my oldest friends, Lisa is a big volunteer supporter of the foundation so it was important to us to be there and help the cause!

We arrived and checked in just in time to be a part of the beginning ceremonies. They released live butterflies to begin the walk which was cute but also funny because we must be a magnet for animals/bugs/etc that need a little extra support because we ended up with 3 butterflies that didn't want to fly away. One of them had a leg that wasn't working right, one had a broken wing and the other we didn't know what was wrong with it but it didn't leave. They stuck with us the whole time during the walk and we ended up taking them home because we couldn't bare to leave them behind.

The walk was great and I met some of nice people. After the walk we hung out for a bit but it started to drizzle (perfect timing that the walk was over) so we packed it up and went to get some food. We went to Ruby's and I got the Romney Burger! They had your choice of Obama or Romney burger and I had to show my support by going with the Romney Burger and it was delicious!! After Ruby's we had to drop my nephew Haiden off at his Grandma's house because he was going to be babysat by her while Ashley and her boyfriend Scott were at a wedding. Then we came back to the house so Ashley could get ready. Rosie was at the groomers (Jammer dropped her off earlier) and it was time to pick her up. Since Koa hadn't fallen asleep for his nap yet my Mom, Koa and I went to pick Rosie up.

On the way back Koa finally fell asleep but sadly when I brought him in to the house and laid him down he woke up. The dogs barked and he was too interested in what was going on. Darn...only a 30 minute nap. Jammer attempted to get Tre down for a nap while we were gone and Tre only ended up napping for around 30 minutes also. So we got ready and planned to meet my sister Jennifer and her family at BJ's for dinner since Breanna was able to spend the day with them. My Dad, Jammer and Tre met them at BJ's while my Mom, Koa and I took Ashley to meet her boyfriend at the wedding. He was in the wedding so he had to be there for most of the day.

I had hoped Koa would take a little nap in the car but it didn't happen. We got to BJ's and had dinner. It ended up getting to be 7pm and we were thinking about all going to the Chapman University soccer game (my brother in law is the soccer coach) but it was getting colder and we were worried about it getting late and the boys being so tired from their horrible naps so my parents, Jammer, the boys and I went back to their house. We were able to give the boys a bath before bed and then get them down early. All was quiet in the house by 9pm. I woke up briefly around 10:30pm to get some water, shut down my computer and get in my pajamas, then back to bed.

Here is a cute video of my nephew Haiden eating avocado for the first time, click here to see it.

Friday October 19

2012-10-19T00:22:00.000-07:00

Jammer took Tre to school while I packed up Koa and I for our weekend in Orange County. Since Tre had school Jammer stayed behind to pick him up and hang out until it was time for Tre to go to bed and they would drive up at that time. Koa and I got on the road around 10:30am and I was surprised that he didn't nap. We got to my parent's house and then got in their car to drive up to USC to see my niece's college team the Utah Utes play USC, Koa didn't nap on that car ride either. So shocked! We arrived at USC soccer field and hung out until it was time for the game to start. It was so cute when the national anthem was being played Koa put his hand over his heart for the whole song like we all were doing. Adorable!

After the game we made plans to meet at a restaurant nearby, the coach of USC recommended a mexican place called La Barca which looked like a hole in the wall from the outside and had hardly any parking but we managed to get it all worked out and our group of 10 were able to eat. The down side was Koa fell asleep as soon as we got in the car from the game to the restaurant which was only a few minutes from the soccer field, I was thinking oh no! It is 6:30pm and Koa'a asleep! The wait from the time we got on the road, then put our name in and waited the wait time it ended up being almost an hour! So Koa got an hour nap and I had to wake him up to bring him in to the restaurant. Not my favorite thing to do at all!

He was still tired but slightly hungry since he hadn't eaten dinner so he held on to me like a little monkey and I had to feed him that way. Just before it was time to go we sang Happy Birthday to my brother in law, Ed (since his birthday is on Monday the 22nd) and after that we went back to the cars. On the drive home Koa didn't seem tired at all but then about 10 minutes before we got to my parent's house he fell asleep and I was able to transfer him from the car to his room at my parent's house. After Koa was all set I got Tre's bed set up in his room in preparation for when Jammer and Tre arrived.

About 30 minutes after we got home Jammer and Tre arrived and Jammer took Tre to his room. Both boys asleep and we all (my Mom, Jammer and I) hung out for a bit until it was time for bed. I forced myself to head to bed before 1am which was a challenge because I had lots I wanted to do on the computer but my body was saying, I AM TIRED! So off to bed I went.

Here is a quick video singing Happy Birthday to my brother in law Ed at dinner, click here to see it.

Thursday October 18

2012-10-18T02:32:00.000-07:00

Koa and I had preschool class and then Tre and Jammer had karate class. After Koa's preschool class we went in to Tre's karate class, just in time to watch the end of the class and the part where Tre was awarded his white belt after performing the skills he learned in the last 6 classes. It was so cute to watch his instructor ask him to perform certain skills and he would do what was asked of him. I was proud of him for learning and paying attention enough to get through the first batch of classes. After class we played in the gym for a few minutes until it was time to go.

Jammer had to visit a couple stores to do coffee deliveries so I took the boys home for lunch. I put Koa down for nap and Jammer got home just as I was getting ready to put Tre down for nap. The boys both napped for over 2 hours. I had a board meeting so I had to get ready and get the boys and Jammer situated for dinner. I went to my board meeting and then had to stop at the grocery store to pick up some things for Jammer for his upcoming fishing trip. I ran in to my friend Candice and we ended up hanging out for a few hours. Time sure does fly when we get together and chat. Then I came home and did a few things on the computer and got to bed pretty late.

Here is a video from Tre's 6th Karate lesson which includes his performance of what he has learned so far, click here to see it.

And a little bonus pic, Koa is so intrigued with Tre's karate class, I think he is dying to get out there and do it too, so after Tre took a picture with his instructor, Koa wanted a picture with her as well, so here it is...little cutie with his future instructor. HEHE.

Wednesday October 17

2012-10-17T00:25:00.000-07:00

Jammer took Tre to preschool and then headed off to surf until it was time to pick him up. Koa and I stayed home and hung out. Jammer called me on his way to picking up Tre and I planned to make them lunch so they could eat and then head to the hospital to get Tre's staples removed. It was a little nerve wracking to think about and I was so torn on having to stay home but Koa needed to nap and I knew Jammer would be able to handle Tre and the situation better.

Jammer and Tre went to Children's Hospital. It took a little longer than we had expected and I was anxiously awaiting to hear news on how things went. Koa napped for about 2 hours. Jammer called me on his way home from the hospital and a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders. He told me that the actual staple removal went well. He said all the nurses were really great with him and were loving him. Giving him stickers, popsicles, etc to comfort him. Tre had them eating out of the palm of his hand with his infectious personality.

Too bad the waiting room portion was not as great, Jammer said he was being a bit wild and it was hard to keep him contained (I think he was nervous and trying to distract himself since the doctor's appointment went horribly wrong the day before, if I was him I would be nervous too). Tre came home with a new pillowcase too that the nurses gave to him plus his staples in a cup to keep. HAHA. When they got home from the hospital we got the boys ready for a play date that I had planned last week. I wasn't sure if we were going to be able to keep it since the hospital portion but after talking to Jammer and knowing that Tre was completely at ease I thought it would be a nice treat for him to play with one of his friends.

We got to our friend's house and had a great time! The kids jumped on the trampoline, played and had a great time. My friend Gail's husband came home in time to hang with us for a bit so we all ate dinner and let the kids play until it was time to go home. With Tre not napping we needed to get them home quickly and in bed so we ended up skipping bath and going straight to bedtime routine.

Here is a video of Tre and Ariana playing the XBOX Kinect, click here to see it.