Worth Every Penny

This was Parker's first year of playing flag football. He finally caught his first pass when he played his friend Derick's team, the Raiders. He was so excited!

On the Road Again

Our Accord hit the 100,000 mile mark in September. It has been a good car to us over the years. We purchased it a few weeks after we were married and it has been with us on all of our roadtrip and carpool adventures and it even brought both of our boys home from the hospital. Here's to another 100k!

Seafood? No See-Food!

We've created a monster! I will admit, it was hard not to laugh. Spencer thinks it is hilarious when he shows us the food he is chewing. It doesn't help that he has an audience (thank you Parker) to encourage him.

Scout Awards

Over the summer, Parker was able to earn quite a few of the belt loops, pins, and arrowheads for Cub Scouts. This is what he earned:

1 gold arrow
3 silver arrows

BB gun belt loop
Archery belt loop
Science belt loop
Marbles belt loop
Astronomy belt loop
Badminton belt loop
Flag football belt loop
Geology belt loop
Collecting belt loop
Heritage belt loop
Bicycling belt loop
Bowling belt loop
Swimming belt loop
Baseball belt loop and pin
Basketball belt loop and pin
Fishing belt loop and pin

Fun in the Sun

We spent yesterday at Twin Lakes Beach in Santa Cruz with 2 of our family friends, the Grays and the Moomeys. I made everyone a beach mix CD for the 2 hour ride to help us get excited for the beach. Driving over, I was a bit worried because it was overcast in Fremont and San Jose, but Justin assured me that if it was cloudy inland, it would be sunny on the coast. He was right (don't tell him I admitted that!) and we had a beautiful sun filled day at the beach. We've even got the sunburns to prove it! As soon as we got settled, a pod of dolphins swam by really close to the shore.



Parker was in the water immediately and Spencer didn't seem to mind it either.



Parker and Derick dug a big pit that they could hang out in.



My crazy husband swam clear out to the dingy.



Parker got into a sand fight with Derick and his dad, James.




Here are the results of the battle.




After a while in the water, Spencer was happy eating his lollie with Izzy and playing in the warm sand.



I got some girl time in the waves with Emma and Trisha. Despite my best efforts to cover up, I still got a little red. I wore Justin's goofy hat and was referred to as "Gilligan" all day long.




It was a beautiful day and the second year in a row that we've done this with the Gray's and Moomey's. I hope that this will be a tradition for us every year!

Must Love Dogs

The other day I bought Spencer a dog that barks and walks via remote. When we got home from the store, he quietly played with his dog while I put the clean dishes away. All of a sudden, I noticed it was too quiet and found him near the dog bowl. The dog water dish has recently become a favorite of Spencer's, so I immediately grabbed it from his hands. He screamed at me and pointed to his new dog. I realized he was getting the water dish to give to his new puppy! How smart is that! He was very happy when I handed it back and he was able to give it to the dog. A few minutes later, Spencer found one of Justin's Diet Mt. Dew cans in the recycling and shared that with the puppy too.

Oops, I Did it Again

Being the thrifty mother that I am, I cut Justin and Parker's hair. I cut it every 2-3 weeks and save about $30 between the two of them. Spencer recently got to the point that the small amount of hair that he does have was getting pretty long. I took him twice to get his hair cut and watched how the lady did it. Feeling pretty confident, I decided to try and cut his hair. Everything was going along great until Justin found a long spot and without thinking, I cut it without my fingers as a barrier and this is what happened.



I was able to minimize the damage with the clippers, but my baby has a bare spot in the back. I did the same thing to Justin when we were first married when I used the clippers without the guard. Fortunately, their hair grows back fast and the bare spot is filling back in each day. Call me if you ever want a free haircut!