PICTURES!!!

You got to love this face! No way can you resist it!

The birthday girl waiting at the front door for her guests to arrive...

Trying to earn money by rubbing grandpa's back....... CHILD LABOR!!!

Gavin had an awesome year playing baseball. It was so fun to watch him learn & play the sport! GOOOOOOOOO ASTROS!!!!

Landon had a food fight & lost......

Changes.....

I will start this tonight & finish it manana! I am frustrated because I have worked hard on this post for some time now & for some reason it kicked me off. ERASED EVERYTHING!!! So I will quit tonight & return tomorrow.... Night all!!!

Okay so here I am... It's July 1st & I started this some time last week I think. I lag! Whatcha gonna do about it? I'm here now & I will finish this post tonight! So hold on to your hats & glasses boys & girls this might be a wild ride.

As I was saying, changes can be frustrating especially when you have your heart set on one particular thing. I will take this blog background as an example. The other night I started blogging. Got totally excited that the kids were finally asleep & that I actually had energy to stay up to blog. Well, I shortly discovered after I logged in that I can no longer use "Cutest Blog On The Block" backgrounds. I was kinda okay with it but then I realized I had to see the blogger templates. This did not humor me. I tried to work around it & then finally gave up & settled on this background. Thanks Em & Jenny for liking it so much cause I wasn't so sure I did. It's hard to be used to something for so long & then have it taken away from you. I love "Cutest Blog On The Block" & if ANYONE knows how I can incorporate it back in my blog I would truly honor you! I'll send you a treat or something.

Most changes in life are very hard to adapt to. This blog background is nothing! I'm used to it already but it took time to get used to it. I just hope they add more options for backgrounds & templates. I must admit that I am a little sad that I can't control & manipulate my blog as I used to, but I'll live.

Okay kids I am outie! I am going to post pics of my darling children now. Gute Nacht. Farewell. Adios. See ya!!!! (sorry it's not interesting but my brain fell asleep like an hour ago so I must go & I need to be a better blogger person)

The Sky Is Falling (& other weird news)

I'm not Chicken Little but I am pretty certain that the sky is falling..... or something like that. Over the last week we have had earthquakes & aftershocks & for all those that are wondering, we have survived them all thus far. No damage on our end but I'm embracing for the worse. Good thing we are prepared food, & water wise oh & shelter too if we should have to leave our cute little home. I shall keep you all posted if the sky falls on me or rather my home....

Moving onto other news. Gavin celebrated his 10th birthday on the 8th. I can't believe he's in the double digits now. He went ice skating with 2 of his friends from the neighborhood & then had pizza, cake & ice cream at my mom's house. He begged to sleep downstairs & that topped off his birthday. Emma keeps talking about hers which is 2 months away. Emma's birthday is sounding very expensive. Does she think money grows on trees & has she forgotten that she's sharing that day with her little brother? Speaking of trees, do you know what I wish grew on tress? DIAMONDS! Think how beautiful & sparkly the world would be if they did. And not just diamonds but emeralds & rubies, & sapphires, & pearls. Oh my! I guarantee this country wouldn't be hurting as much as it is if this were possible. On the second thought we have some pretty selfish politicians running this state & country so they'd probably hoard the goods & leave us poor folk nothing! Oh wait, what I am I thinking, that's happening now!

Well I have nothing left to say which is probably a good thing cause this post is kinda weird. It's what you get when I'm tired & when the house is unusually quiet. Until next time...

To Blog Or Not To Blog........

To my faithful readers: I am thinking of calling quits & no this is not an April Fools joke. I know this is a huge disappointment to some of you (do you feel the sarcasm?) but I feel as if I don't have anything exciting to write about. I read other blogs & they are so much more exciting than mine. And plus I update on facebook all the time & most of you are friends on there so I just figure you can get the latest & greatest on facebook ( also facebook is so much faster than actually sitting my butt down to update my blog that I do once a year) I suck at blogging my apologies to you all. I lag bad! Give me some ideas that I can blog about. The only thing really exciting going on is Gavin's baseball which is a loooong story but kinda a funny one that I will have to blog about one day when I am feeling very bloggy & also that it's Easter. I can't decide which holiday I like best. The kids are home for 2 weeks & that's always fun. Did you feel the sarcasm on that one too?

Okay, so maybe I do have a little more to blog about than I thought. Andy & I got away recently & went to Disneyland for a few days with NO KIDS! It was so nice to not have to take care of anyone for a few days & to stay up late & eat whatever we wanted without kids yelling or screaming at us for something. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel & that place is AWESOME! Loved it! I want to live there. My mom rules for taking our kids for us oh & my dad too. We are now back to reality & listening to kids quarrel & a baby crying. Where can you get muzzles & cages for kids? Two days just doesn't cut it but all in all it was fun to be gone but it's good to be home with all 3 monsters :).

Hope you all have a Happy Easter... And I won't quit my blog but you all better give me some ideas to blog about. WAIT, before I go I have a question that Gavin brought up the other day... Why is it that the Easter Bunny delivers the eggs? Eggs come from a chicken not a bunny!!! How do these 2 things go together?

Random Pics...

The Happs At The G House

 From scouting, to school projects, to learning multiplication, to baseball practice, to having lessons about being honest we have been very busy at the G house.

Gavin started baseball practice this month. For the first time ever playing baseball he will be playing AAA (that's the highest league besides the majors in case you didn't know). His first game is at the end of this month. He has practice Monday nights Wednesday nights & Saturday mornings. When his coaches found out he was a lefty they grabbed him as quick as they could & started to teach him to pitch. Hope Gavin keeps his excitement for baseball. If he sticks with it he could play for college & then for the majors. I'll have my mansion & vette before I know it! :)  He seems to be enjoying it so far so we'll see & I'll post pics. with his full uniform on. He is also learning his multiplication, division, & fractions. It blows my mind that kids these days have to know so much stuff. I don't remember having to know all this & more in 3rd grade. 

Emma continues to plug along in kindergarten... She's a funny girl. For Valentines Day I wanted to get her teacher an orchid plant. Emma had another gift in mind. She wanted to give her teacher a stuffed giraffe holding a fake rose & a small box of chocolate. Her reasoning was & I quote, "Mom she can't sleep with a plant, but she can sleep with this."  Though it looked very cheap I gave in, can't argue with a 5 year old on that. We also have had a few honesty lessons with Emma lately.. Who knew that she was a klepto? She took a shiny sparkly key chain from the post office the other day & when I found out I made her return it & she cried all the way there. The lady told her because she was honest & for coming back to return it she could keep it! NOOOOOOOOOO that's the worse thing that lady could have said to her. But Emma is now a proud owner of a sparkly key chain. Then the other day she took a plastic diamond ring from the treasure box at school. She proudly showed me when I picked her up & I instantly knew something was not right. I had Emma go to Andy's classroom to wait for me as I went to talk to her teacher & sure enough Emma lied to me & she stole it from the treasure box. I made Emma return it to the teacher that day & her teacher was firm with her & explained that stealing was bad & that it makes a person distrust that person. Emma felt very bad & I think she learned her lesson.

Landon is HUGE &  so cute &  love able. He'll grab my face &  squeeze it hard & then slobber all over it. He's not crawling yet but he tries & when he gets mad, oh boy watch out cause he'll let you know! Oh & he loves to eat. He will protest very LOUD if you eat in front of him & not share. 

So, those are the happs around here & the reason of not updating my blog sooner. I am a very BUSY woman.

Year 2009 In Review From A to Z...

A. Andy has a job still! (hope he keeps it this coming year & next & the year after that & the year after that & the year after that & so on)

B. Blessed

C. Cuts & bruises & broken bones (& I'm not just talking about the kids)

D. Dirty diapers!

E. Estate value is down.

F. Funky odors coming from Gavin's room.

G. Giggles & giggles.

H. Hospital visits for Andy & Landon.

I. I tried authentic Greek food & I liked it (most of it)

J. Jumped for joy when Landon got out of the hospital.

K. Kids EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

L. Landon is born & with us & lots & lots of laughter

M. Moving family members to Texas.

N. New car for Andy.

O. Overnight stays at grandma & grandpa Atkin's

P. Playing new board games.

Q. Quiet hours?

R. Restful nights?

S. Sleepless nights! (yes that sounds about right)

T. Two tone finger nail polish for Emma & I.

U. Universal health care (YIKES)

V. Vivid imaginations from Gavin & Emma.

W. Wild & fun playing times with Gavin, Emma & Landon.

X. X-rays of Landon's chest & Andy's arm.

Y. Yummy food.

Z. Zippty do Da!!

That about sums it up more or less. Happy 2010 Year!!!!