Reality check!

First off let me start by saying.....I know blogs are boring without pictures, which is why I lack posts. I am working on that. I'm one that ALWAYS has my camera ready to go, but mine is currently out of service and I'm hoping I'll have a replacement soon....so sorry for my picture less posts.



My baby, Yes my 4 year old son has now just graduated out of training wheels. Yesterday evening we were out side and he was like

"wanna see me ride a bike?"

"Of course" I replied

And off he goes on his sisters old pink and purple bike. Ha! I found out he was able to while he was visiting his Dad in Eureka. (SIGH) I was not the first to witness it but man let me tell you when he took off and I saw my baby riding on two wheels I was slapped in the face that "my baby" is longer a "baby". He's officially a big boy! He was so handsome riding around all proud of himself. He has a very unique way of stopping. He hasn't quite got the brake system down yet so when he's ready to stop he just slows down and falls off. Ha! Very swiftly! Pretty soon I'll be watching him drive off in his car as I just watch him go......I'm so very proud, but so very sad. He comes over to me and said

"are you so proud of me mama"

I just melted....I was moosh!

Time just really flies. It makes you realize that you must always cherish and love your children entirely, everyday, every moment this may be just one little step, but those steps just get bigger and bigger and before I'll know it...they'll be gone and I'll be sitting on my porch remembering this very day. I remember like it was yesterday, Izzy taking off in that very same bike for the first time......Geesh! Even though they are getting bigger, older, and accomplishing great things they will ALWAYS be my babies! ( :



My Poppo,

I am so very proud of you! You are such a big boy and mama couldn't be more thankful or proud that I was chosen to be your mama. I love you with all my heart.

P.S. and always remember that you were sent here to rescue me and I would be nothing without you and your sister. It takes the both of you to complete that phrase. ( : Kisses!


In addition Iz gets braces on Monday. She had her spacers put in this morning and I have already received 3 phone calls from school that she is in pain. So I'm off to rescue her and take her to the orthodontics to replace one of her spacers.......She was thrilled before, now I'm not too sure how she's feeling about the idea. Wish us luck and keep us in your prayers for Iz's comfort and my patience. ( :

30 years of life...

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY to the one who holds my heart.

May it be a wonderful and blessed day.

I love you with all my heart and I couldn't be more proud to have you as my companion.

You truly are a wonderful man, father, son, brother and friend.

I am so lucky and thankful that God brought you into our lives.

Enjoy your day Honey!

XOXOXOX

Once upon a Mother's Day..

What a wonderful Day! It was beautiful out, clear and sunny, a tad of a breeze, and HOT! I was so anxious to see my babies I could hardly drive home fast enough.....We went to brunch with my Mom and Dad. It was yummy but very filling. The Kids then wanted to go to the park. We played baseball and walked but got way to hot and decided to head to the grocery store for some COLD delicious Big Stick's. Mmmmmm We wondered Up to Mommy's room and relaxed and watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua. I knew their dad was coming to pick them up at 4 for the remainder of his weekend so I knew I had to love em' all up enough to last me. ) :

Although I hated that I had to say Good bye we had a wonderful day! I'm so very blessed to have two amazing little creatures to care for and love. They are truly my world and before I was a mother I never even imagined knowing or feeling a love this great. Before I was a mom I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache wonderment or the satisfaction of being a mom. I didn't know that I was capable to feel this much. It is truly a blessing. They truly were my angels sent from heaven to rescue me.

Dear my precious Izzy and Sabby,

Thank you for a wonderful day filled with your smiles and laughter. I can never express enough the joy you two bring to my life. It is honor being your Mommy and you make me so proud. I love you with all of my heart.

XOXOXO
Mama

I finished my day up with a nice BBQ at Wayne and Kristin's. It was very lovely sitting out on the patio. The food was delicious. Ryan's Mom and Grandma were there along with Ry's Aunt Janice and Uncle Stan and all his cousins, Jaime, Kody, and Ashley. It was a great end to a wonderful day! I hope all you Mother's and Mother's to be had a blessed day!

On a getaway...

I find myself drifting off to Hawaii today. Probably because I haven't been on a vacation since 2005. It was the most beautiful place I had ever seen. It was my first plane ride and first "real" vacation ever! I remember the nervousness I'd felt getting on the plane and leaving my babies behind. Oddly enough I remember thinking..." if I were to die right now at least it would be over a beautiful ocean" Hahaha After a 5 hour flight I could hardly take the anticipation anymore...I couldn't walk fast enough or cut anyone off fast enough to get off that plane onto Hawaiian land. I can feel the warm breeze on my face like it was yesterday, the smell of the beautiful lei around my neck I was presented with. The feeling of complete and utter relaxation and thrill for uncharted territories. I was a new person that day......

I had a permanent smile on my face. Our hotel was beautiful it was right on the beach. I really felt like I was on top of the world. The sand on the beach was like lotion between my toes....the water was like a bath tub. The most wonderful part of the days were the AMAZING sunsets...Oh my goodness! I definitely know God is all around, but during this vacation I saw his glory! It was just so gorgeous! There was a lot of families on the beach and I can remember feeling sad because I knew that my kids would have loved it there too. It was my first time away from them longer than a day or so and that really was hard for me. Looking back now, I wish I would have taken more in.....by the end of our trip I was so anxious to get back to them I stopped enjoying what was all around me and now I regret that. Probably because the chances of me getting back there are pretty darn slim right now.

I long for that feeling of freedom and beauty again. Where my troubles were really miles away and behind me. Its been some really hard times for me lately and I just would give ANYTHING to go back to this place. To feel rejuvenated! I hope that I can return one day with The Love of My Life and take those extra moments that I didn't take the first time around to truly enjoy my surroundings and just breathe the beauty once again. So today the images run through my head of me walking on the beach as the sun is going down, lotion between my toes, the sound of ukuleles all around, the smell of coconut lotion.....and the feeling of peace. Today I am on a mental getaway.

God bless ( :

New schedules..

Well I have been fortunate enough to have a Monday through Friday job for the past 8 years, but recently I have been asked to work every other Saturday from 8-2pm and have that Monday off. At first I was like ummmmm...I guess so! I have been doing this now for a couple months now and actually I must admit It's really really nice.



8-2 isn't that bad anyways so its almost like having a 3day weekend every other week. I don't have to rush around Sunday evenings getting laundry done, kids ready...I'm so much more relaxed. I spend my Mondays taking my Iz to school, hanging out just me and Sab. Every once and a while enjoying a nice lunch with my mama. I get to pick Iz up from school and kinda pretend for that day that I'm actually doing all the Mom duties I so very wish I could do everyday. I'm even able to make a good dinner without rushing around.



So here I sit in a nice clean house looking out my sliding glass window to an amazingly beautiful day getting ready to make my son a cheese samich. ( : Feeling very relaxed and blessed! Now if only Ry could land that awesome job on base he's been trying so hard to get than maybe I can do this a little more often....Hee hee Hint, Hint..nudge, nudge.....

I know, in God's time! ( : Happy Monday!