It's been busy around here again. That's nothing new for us. It will be slowing down in a day or so as David is leaving until the end of September.
The weekend of the 15th, David & I went to the movies and saw the final Harry Potter. It was really good and I enjoyed it. Maybe when he leaves this week, I will go back to a before noon showing when it's only $6 and watch it again!
We also went that weekend to the San Diego Padres vs. San Francisco Giants game. It was a lot of fun and we won!!! It would have been better if the new doctor from UCLA wasn't bragging about himself the whole time right behind us. But thankfully, we were able to ignore him for the most part!
That Sunday evening, our good friends from North Carolina who are also relocated to California came over for dinner. It's always nice to see them and we always have a good time! Plus, they have 3 really cute kids!
The next week we didn't do much. We normally just relax around the house in the evenings after long days at work.
This past Friday, another couple from church & us went and saw the Maroon 5 & Train concert. It was really good and it was fun hanging out with another couple! It was a lot of fun and it was good getting to know another couple. It was funny because my friend Janelle and I were on our way to church one evening to print some visiting teaching reports when she asked if we liked Maroon 5. We bought tickets that night and her husband said on the way home from the concert that good things do come from visiting teaching! It was pretty funny.
Saturday, we had lots of errands to run as we were getting everything David needed for his school he going to. We came home and a couple hours later I needed to run to target. I had a few things on my wish list were on sale at Target for a really good price. We went over and came back and we were thinking, man the house is really hot. Why did we turn off the fans. We started to try and turn on fans and then lights and realized the power was out. It had been out since 3 and we got home around 4. Thankfully our computer had enough juice in it left for David to finish the last couple of paragraphs of his final paper for school. But then we didn't have internet! He had to turn in his paper on Saturday or he wouldn't get any credit for his final. We decided to drive over to McDonald's and sit in the parking lot to use the free wi-fi! After that, David said since we didn't have power and it was starting to get dark, we were going to the drive in. We saw Captain America. It was really good, except I kept falling asleep. After that we came home to find out the power had just been restored! YAY!
All in all, it has been a good couple of weeks.
Monday, July 25
Sunday, July 10
Calm
Stella, for the first 2 to 3 years was known as the opposite of calm. She was always running and making her funny sounds at us.
But since she turned 3, she is still crazy, but we have a calm between the craziness. Here is one of Stella's calm moments. I love it because her teeth are showing...lol! She has turned into a big lover, on her terms, no one elses.
Saturday, July 9
Pictures
Being a military family, we seem to move at least every three years (and at the last 2 duty stations, even more within the city).
We can usually unpack the boxes quickly except for a couple that we seem to never unpack (and they are always the same boxes but I don't have the heart to throw them out).
One of our big struggles as a husband and wife is figuring out where to put the pictures. We are slowly putting up the pictures, but it takes us time. We have 1 up in the kitchen, 1 up in the dining room, 4 in the office, quite a few going up the staircase.
This morning, I decided the perfect spot for this lovely sign my sister made me for Christmas. I have been wanting to put it up for a while, but didn't know where. I was up before David and it was about 9 this morning. I got out the hammer and a small nail and started to put the nail in the wall when David came down. I woke David up this morning by nailing in the nail, but the sign is up and I love it! As soon as I'm done with this, I'm going to ask David to put up a new family portrait we had taken 2 weekends ago.
I'm excited for this house to become our home slowly but surely. We have put up curtains, our things throughout the house and now we are finally getting all the pictures up! I guess between all these moves, David & I don't rush to get everything up anymore, but we love it once everything is up!
We can usually unpack the boxes quickly except for a couple that we seem to never unpack (and they are always the same boxes but I don't have the heart to throw them out).
One of our big struggles as a husband and wife is figuring out where to put the pictures. We are slowly putting up the pictures, but it takes us time. We have 1 up in the kitchen, 1 up in the dining room, 4 in the office, quite a few going up the staircase.
This morning, I decided the perfect spot for this lovely sign my sister made me for Christmas. I have been wanting to put it up for a while, but didn't know where. I was up before David and it was about 9 this morning. I got out the hammer and a small nail and started to put the nail in the wall when David came down. I woke David up this morning by nailing in the nail, but the sign is up and I love it! As soon as I'm done with this, I'm going to ask David to put up a new family portrait we had taken 2 weekends ago.
I'm excited for this house to become our home slowly but surely. We have put up curtains, our things throughout the house and now we are finally getting all the pictures up! I guess between all these moves, David & I don't rush to get everything up anymore, but we love it once everything is up!
Wednesday, July 6
Freedom Rules
This Fourth of July was a fun quick 3 day weekend. The Hansen's came to town and arrived Saturday Afternoon.
It started off fun, the boys & David got "marine cuts" up on base. We then came home and made Easy Hawaiin Kalua Pork Pizza and it's amazing! We had a nice easy evening of just hanging out and playing around.
Sunday morning, we went to sacrament meeting. We had a lot of fun listening to testimonies. For the Hansen's, they said it was nice being in a military ward and not in Utah so it was focused on America's freedom rather then the Pioneers as that celebration is also in July. One of the first testimonies was from a 12 year old boy and he talked about how he was glad we won the Revolutionary War so we could have the freedom to practice whatever religion.
After Sacrament Meeting we came home real quick, put the dogs in the kennels and left to go get some lunch and play downtown. We went to the The Corvette Diner and us adults all ate some yummy cheeseburgers! We then went to downtown and caught a 2 hour cruise around the bay. It's always lots of fun and we enjoyed seeing everything. We then went to the Maritime Museum where we toured a Russian Submarine & an American Submarine. Made me really appreciate being an American when differing the living conditions!
We finally made it home late that night and David cooked us up some amazing carne asada that we put in burritos. I'm going to say it, David is amazing with the grill! We then had ice cream cone cupcakes for dessert and they were yummy as well!
Monday morning, we all got up around the same time, but we took it easy. Donna & I made us French Toast with Berry Butter and replaced the half & half with buttermilk. We also didn't have enough maple syrup so we made Buttermilk Syrup. I had never had buttermilk syrup, but I don't know if I will ever be able to go back! It was so good.
That afternoon we headed to Coronado Beach where we had a fun afternoon and that evening we went to the La Jolla Fireworks. They were beautiful, felt like we were right under them!
We had so much fun this weekend and are missing then Hansen's when we woke up Tuesday morning. Thanks for visiting!
It started off fun, the boys & David got "marine cuts" up on base. We then came home and made Easy Hawaiin Kalua Pork Pizza and it's amazing! We had a nice easy evening of just hanging out and playing around.
Sunday morning, we went to sacrament meeting. We had a lot of fun listening to testimonies. For the Hansen's, they said it was nice being in a military ward and not in Utah so it was focused on America's freedom rather then the Pioneers as that celebration is also in July. One of the first testimonies was from a 12 year old boy and he talked about how he was glad we won the Revolutionary War so we could have the freedom to practice whatever religion.
After Sacrament Meeting we came home real quick, put the dogs in the kennels and left to go get some lunch and play downtown. We went to the The Corvette Diner and us adults all ate some yummy cheeseburgers! We then went to downtown and caught a 2 hour cruise around the bay. It's always lots of fun and we enjoyed seeing everything. We then went to the Maritime Museum where we toured a Russian Submarine & an American Submarine. Made me really appreciate being an American when differing the living conditions!
We finally made it home late that night and David cooked us up some amazing carne asada that we put in burritos. I'm going to say it, David is amazing with the grill! We then had ice cream cone cupcakes for dessert and they were yummy as well!
Monday morning, we all got up around the same time, but we took it easy. Donna & I made us French Toast with Berry Butter and replaced the half & half with buttermilk. We also didn't have enough maple syrup so we made Buttermilk Syrup. I had never had buttermilk syrup, but I don't know if I will ever be able to go back! It was so good.
That afternoon we headed to Coronado Beach where we had a fun afternoon and that evening we went to the La Jolla Fireworks. They were beautiful, felt like we were right under them!
We had so much fun this weekend and are missing then Hansen's when we woke up Tuesday morning. Thanks for visiting!
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