Hair cut

I took the Chase and Cody for a hair cut on Friday. Their hair was really getting long and indeed time for a haircut. We go to the Kids Salon. Chase just sits and gets his hair cut perfectly. Cody doesn't' really like it, but after he gets in the chair he is fine and does very well. They look so cute after a hair cut.

I couple of pictures afterwards that I took at the park -trying to show off the cuts. It took about 15 pictures just for Cody to look at me and the camera.

Books and Books

I am so torn on what to do with my very little time these days.
I have started to read books again. Something I do love to do. I like to read romance type books.
It all started on vacation and I read two books by Debbie Macomber. The first Dakota Home was a great book and of course a series of three books this one being the second of the series. Also on vacation I read Country Brides also by Debbie Macomber. Very good book also. So I was hooked on reading again.
But do I spend my free time about an hour in the evenings after to boys go to bed reading or blogging. Such a difficult decision. I like to do both. So I find myself thinking, okay if I can blog and read all the blogs that I keep up with in about a half an hour then I will have another half an hour to read before I need to go to bed.

So now that my half an hour is up to blog I am going to go and read. I will keep you posted on what I am reading. What do you like to read?

Saturday Night

Steve and I had a wonderful anniversary dinner at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Harbor Island. Our view from our table was awesome. Dinner was very good. I had a special of Swordfish and grilled vegetables. I ate all the swordfish that's how good it was. Melt in your mouth very good. Steve had a regular of his, prime rib and lobster tail. He said it was about the best he had ever tasted. Now that saying something.

After dinner we went out to a fundraiser for a little 6 year old Carlie. Carlie was born with 11 admoralities and wasn't suspose to live past her birth, but here she is just started kindergarden. She is a very special girl and we went to show our support for her and her family. They had a casino night, alchol, and a lot of raffles. I actually won a thing from the raffle - a tiki statue. It it very heavy and maybe that is what we will design our backyard around. You never know! But considering we left the fundraiser at 1am I think it was a full night.

Chase and Cody had just as much fun playing with their cousin Tatum, grandma, and granda. They had went to dinner also with Aunt Shannon, Uncle Daniel, Grammy and Pop. They had so much fun. Thanks to Dennis and Nancy for watching them while we had fun!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 5th Anniversary to my Honey!

We have come along ways from that first date at my cousins wedding 7 years ago! Thanks for being such a great husband and father. I can't wait to spend at least the next 45 years with you!

We are spending our day with each other and going out to a nice dinner. Grandpa and Grandma are going to keep the boys for us.

My Ten Names

My Ten Names

1. YOUR REAL NAME: Monica

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle.): Monizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal): Blue Dog

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME:( your middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it's a number): Lynn Rising

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): Jonmo

6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink): Purple Squirt

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letterof your moms first name):ONJERAE (This was hard to do!)

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names): Elaine Paul

9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets): Black Diesel

10. Your porn star name: (name of your first pet and name of the street you grew up on). Barney Proctor

Way Back When-sday

On Thursday... I was very busy yesterday and I couldn't post my picture!




Here they are at a week old. I had a photographer come to the house (a friend of my aunts) and she took all kinds of very cute pictures. I think I love this one the best.

Cody on the right and Chase on the left.

Remember to check the host of Way Back When-sday Cheryl's blog.

Wonderful Weekend

For my birthday weekend, we go camping at the San Diego Bay Fair. It is the Thunderboats and a lot of boat racing. A bunch of fun. It always happens to fall on my birthday or somewhere in the middle. We have camping spots right on the San Diego Bay at Ski Beach. We park on the grass that no one else can park on throughout the year, so we think we are pretty special to have these spots. The weather was absolutely perfect. Nice and sunny during the day time and a little cooler at night.

We camp with 4 other best friends and a bunch of other people stop in and hang out for a while throughout the weekend. We had 8 kids all under 3 years old with us and they all got along exceptionally well. We played in the sand,

played with play-doh,

colored, and rode bikes all weekend. The BBQ was always working and all we did was eat it seemed like. We had some good food also from Brats to Carne Asada to chips and dip everything was delicious.

The kids were all very tired every night and they all slept good at night. We can't wait to do this again next year. Every year we have improved our campsite and next year we will I am sure have another wonderful time!