Oh Audrey

Last week Audrey was a little out of sorts. She wasn't listening very well, she had to go to time out 10 too many times, and I didn't know what to do. One particular morning she was throwing a royal fit, so I told her she couldn't leave her room until she was acting like a big girl. Once she stopped crying she could leave her room, come find me in the kitchen, and then we could talk. She stayed in her room for about ten minutes, crying the whole time. Finally I heard silence and I came out of the kitchen to find her standing in the doorway with one hand up on the frame, and one knee popped. She looked so sassa-frass. I didn't say a word, I just knelt down and put my arms out. She came running to me and gave me a big hug. Then she pulled back, looked and me, and said, "Do ew (you) want to say you're sorry to me?" It was all I could do to bust out laughing. I did apologize, had her say she was sorry too, and then we went on about our day. I love that crazy girl.

Riding the heat wave

This week it was SO hot in San Francisco, so our playgroup and park day were both down at the beach. Lovely times.

I love these kids.

Audrey eating her "sand"wich. I crack myself up.

May 14th. Dane's first time at the beach.

Record breaking heat in San Francisco, and of course we don't have air conditioning. My hot little baby.

My Buddha baby, sitting on his sister's princess dress.

Why I blog...

"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experiences." ~Gordon B. Hinckley, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's go fly a kite...

For our Friday night picnic on April 25th, we went and got sandwiches at Safeway and then went to Chrissy field to fly a kite. At first Audrey was afraid of the dragon, but once we explained it wasn't going to "get her", she loved it. I love San Francisco.

Dane just hanging out in his car seat. He is such a good boy.

Mother's Day

"All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother."
~Abraham Lincoln

Christmas, 1982. I was 2 1/2, Audrey's age

Happy Mother's Day Mom. Thank you for the way you continue to teach and inspire me to be the best I can be.

June, 1974. Dave was two weeks old

Happy Mother's Day Marianne. Thank you for raising such a wonderful son who makes my role as a mother that much more enjoyable.

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Love, love, love Mother's Day. I think I must be a selfish person, but I love a day that is all about me and what I do. Being a Mother is the hardest, most rewarding thing I have ever done, and I love to celebrate it! Our celebration weekend started with a fun BBQ with friends on Friday night. Then Saturday night we did what every San Franciscan loves to do...drove 30 minutes to the nearest drive through! The Steakhouse burger from Burger King looked SO good, so we ventured down south to try it, and it was disgusting. Very disappointed. I only ate two bites, and I can usually eat about anything, so don't waste your money. Then we headed to the mall and I got to go shopping... all. by. myself. I can't remember the last time I actually tried things on in a dressing room. Heavenly. After two hours of shopping bliss we headed home. Today I slept in while Dave got the kids ready for church, and then after church I napped while he made a very yummy dinner...shish-ka-bobs (sp? how do you spell that word?), rice, pot stickers and egg rolls. Memor, Fafa and Aunt Alli came to help celebrate and we ended the night with yummy berry cobbler and angel food cake with berries. It was a great day and I felt very loved.
Happy Mother's Day to the many women in my life who have made me a better woman and mommy to my sweet kiddos.

Priceless...

Thank you Kelli for such great pictures (kellinicolephoto.blogspot.com). Kelli is graduating from BYU in photography. Her final BFA project was about the bond between a mom and her baby. I think she captured it perfectly.

My little family...

"A happy family is but an earlier heaven."
~John Bowring

The big 1-0-0

This is my 100th post. Thought that was pretty cool. That's it.

Whoops...

So, my new-baby-mommy-mush brain has struck again. On Monday I was visiting the owner of our previous apartment complex and I set my phone on top of the car in order to help Audrey with something (the pants I was wearing didn't have very big pockets). I knew the second I did it I was asking for trouble. And what do you know? I forgot all about my phone on top of my car and ran all sorts of errands that day. So now my cell phone with every phone number I have is somewhere in some gutter in San Francisco, or some lucky stranger is having a grand 'ol time calling China using my minutes. I don't have long distance on my home phone, so I can't call anyone and not that many people have my home phone number. I am going to go get a new cell in a few days. If you know me well enough to have my email address, will you please email me and give me your contact info so I can call you? I need more brain cells...

Sausalito

Thanks Auntie Ritz for coming and spending the day with us in Sausalito. Sorry we don't have a picture together!

We didn't know it, but the Spring Fair was going on down by the water front. Audrey got her face painted and then sweet talked her dad into letting her paint a rock for $1.

Our little princess

Daddy Dave

"Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad." ~Author Unknown