We Have Arrived

Just to let you all know after a 23 and 3/4 hour day we have arrived safely in Oceanside at Camp Pendleton. We were treated to the most wonderful dinner of Pioneers Woman's Crispy Yogurt Chicken and Pasta Primavera....I am getting spoiled already. Eli and Joey have graciously given up their beds so that Dylan can sleep in Eli's and Ally just had to sleep in Joey's crib! Silly kids! More to come probably when I get home though!!!!

A SMELLy Situation!!!!!

So today playing with Ally I kept getting a whiff of something rather unpleasant. And don't ask me what made me immediately jump to this conclusion, but I was pretty certain she had something up her nose. I couldn't find a flashlight in the house and so I made the rounds to a few neighbors ending up at Mrs. Marie's house. She grabbed a flashlight and as I shined it up her nose I saw something that didn't look like a booger and didn't look like it belonged. So Mrs. Marie being a great friend and neighbor runs upstairs to get some tweezers. I let Ally hold the flashlight which made her less squirmy, also having Mrs. Marie there helped, Ally is always better for people that are not her Mommy. So I proceed to to slip the tweezers in her nose and pull out a wad of heavens only knows what! Here is the "thing" that was up there!

(Penny is for comparision only!)

Have a great day....and for those with grown up kids be thankful you don't have to deal with this anymore!!!!

Happy Birthday to.....Kaydi, Brian, and Dad.....Happy Birthday to you!

Saturday we celebrated Kaydi Belle, Dad Hotrum, and Brother Brian's birthdays with a family BBQ. We got there around 4 and started to eat about 20 minutes later a great spread of Chicken, Pork, and Brats plus chips, beans, and deviled eggs. After eating a yummy dinner we got the kids all dressed up to go in the pool. The kids loved playing in the pool splashing and playing with the bubbles we had set up next to it. Dad then announced that Ted the turtle was back and the search commenced through the raspberry bushes in the back to find him which after about 10 minutes Dad exclaimed that he had found him. So we proceeded to all gaze at him until he got so spooked he booked it out of there faster than I have ever seen a turtle move in my life! After all that excitement the kids went back and played in the pool for a little bit then we got them out dried off and dressed. Next came the rides around the block in the Model T. First was Dad and Brian. Then Dad, Brian, and Dylan. Next was Dad, Me, and Ally. Followed by Dad, Kaydi, and Grace. Then was Dad and his sister Laurel. Finally Dad, Darrin, and Dylan to finish out the ride segment of our night. Making our way inside we get all set up for the cake and the blowing out of candles. Followed by eating cake and ice cream. And finally on to the present opening! We wrapped the evening by letting the kids watch a Dora DVD. Then off to home and bed. Happy Birthday Dad, Kaydi, and Brian!!!!

Good Old Fashioned Family Fun

Poppa Mike, Grandma Jo, and Uncle Eric came over this last Sunday to hang out and bring the kids a special gift they had all worked on. So they got here and we visited for a bit while I got Ally ready to go in the pool. Then they were so antsy we decided to go out so they could give them their special gift. SO we go out and get set up so we can all see what is about to unveiled. Uncle Eric opens the trunk of the car.....TA DA! It is a small kids size wooden bench and it is absolutely beautiful. They had found it at a garage sale and it has been painted and was really dirty. So they proceeded to take all the wood off and dad replaced it with really nice wood that he had at home. It has been stained with a water tight seal and the arms had been scoured and repainted....all by the hard work of my family! It is also strong enough to hold a grown adult!!!! So we take it inside and finish getting ready to go out and play in the pool. After getting Dylan ready for the pool, out we go! Little did we know that it wasn't just going to be Dylan and Ally getting in!!!! We proceed to all get pretty wet and Poppa even gets in the pool with the kids! After running around and playing outside for awhile we all get dried off and go inside to hang out and have fun. We all got to have some sherbet. Ally didn't really care for it and Dylan kinda liked it, he would take a bite and make a really sour face, but he would eat it all!!! Apparently it was funny face making night. Here is some of the fun we had...

After going nuts for awhile it is finally time for bed.....thanks for some Good Old Fashioned Family Fun y'all!

Just the Love of My Children.....

These pictures just had to be shared....This is what makes life worth living.....unconditional love.....