what a week...

First some happy birthday shoutouts...happy happy day to Nicole, Wendy, Holly, and Amber! These gals all have b-days this week! Hope they were great! Well, technically Amber's day is tomorrow...
DONE with the taxes...finally....my last time doing them. Next year we will have a pro do them since my dear hubby is self employed now and no taxes are taken out of his checks....yuck...guess we better start saving now! I will miss the tax returns. But it has been easy breezy, pretty much, at turbotax.
2 weeks till San Diego....can't wait! PLUS hopefully the rainy season will be over. I mean, come on, we aren't in Seattle here (sorry, Robin). hee-hee...I want to wear my capris and short shirts and sandals...it has been super rainy here.
In fact, we had a tornado watch on Tuesday! I was at school, teaching my after school science class, when the principal called me and said we had to evacuate to the cafeteria b/c of a tornado warning. We stayed in there until 3:30 when class was supposed to be done, but we would only release the kids whose parents came to pick them up. Walkers had to wait until someone got them. I of course, flew home, scanning the skies, wishing I had charged my cell phone. And actually, a funnel cloud touched down and ripped the roof off a barn on the edge of town. Our town was actually on CNN the next day! "A tornado touched down in M-". Wacky, weird weather....
OK, don't forget to change back the clocks this weekend...or, move ahead, I mean...spring forward, fall back...oh darn, you mean I am losing an hour of sleep, oh myyyy, better go to bed now.... ;

Pic above is my Baby C taking a bottle...finally! :-)

City pics of me with the boys and Maddie. And a cute one of Spence in his tunnel....

Vicki finally has a blog...yay! Can I link yours to mine, Vicki?

Hoping all is well with you all...we're recovering here from Spencer's throw-up evening last night. So there went our pre-school observation today. But he is feeling better. My poor baby, pink eye earlier this week annd then this. I missed 2 days of work, but that's OK. :-) it's spring time and my 5th graders have speing fever. 3 more weeks until spring break and San Diego, here we come! Beach and Jenny and shopping...yay!

good stuff

Good news! Spencer got into his pre-school for next year! Yay! We were worried because there were a lot of babies born his year...but he made it! He has been on 3 lists since he was born (2 in Westlake) and 1 here. My mother-in-law put his name on the list herejust in case we moved back. Thanks, Cindy! :-) This Friday Joe, Spence and I got to school all morning for his observation. We are so excited. We are taking him out for McDonald's afterward.
Last weekend we took the boys and Maddie to San Francisco to see "Charlotte's Web" at Steph's private school. What a great school! The arts are very important there, and wow, I was so impressed with the art on the walls. I wouldn't have mind having some of it on my walls at our home! The show was GREAT! Steph is amazing with the kids. Spencer and Maddie loved it, too. He actually sat still....Cooper preferred walking around. Afterward we went have dinner at Joe's Nana and Grandpa's house. It was a nice time.
Oops, there's my Baby C...better go get him before Spence....
more later...
i tried to post some pics but it said it was unavailable, i'll try more later...

Long time no blog

Whew, been busy...haven't we all??? I wanted to get on and say some shout outs to some birthday gals...now it's been a few weeks but HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Charity, Colleen, and Kim. And CONGRATS out to Monica and Allen, good friends of ours, on the birth of Kyle Daniel on March 4. Which also happens to be Jake's birthday, Spence's favorite cousin. Spence is practicing holding up 3 fingers because he knows his birthday is coming up soon! Yay!
Cold here...brrr...and rainy...I am ready for Spring! Tomorrow we are going to San Francisco to visit Joe's Nana, and we are seeing "Charlotte's Web" at the school Steph teaches drama at. We are taking the boys and Maddie, their 9 year old cousin. She is a great help and likes plays, too. Should be a good day.:-)
Just working on the taxes here, papers strewn everywhere....but I am about to put it aside for now. Few more papers to dig up. We'll be getting a return...good! We need some concrete work done. The backyard has beautiful grass, but it's so muddy because the sides of our house are still unfinished. I can't wait until it warms up so we can work out there. Put up a swingset, pull out the sandbox, and play! Cooper can practice walking out there. He is standing now, not quite on his own, but he pulls himself up on everything. It' s so cute. I'll upload a pic of him later....I need to get the pix off the camera first. Sadly, I have only taken about 50 pix in the last month, if that...
More later...goodnight!