Quick Bakersfield Trip
We made a quick trip up to Bakersfield Tuesday night. My grandma had a major stroke & we wanted to get home to see her & be with family. Thankfully, she is recovering well. We are just greatful that she is here. It was a very exhausting 24 hours, but it was nice to get to see Grandma & Grandpa & Uncle Charley! Here Jack is wearing Grandpa's boots! He looked so cute...
Colby loves watching the fishies in Grandpa's pond!

Homework Fun
I mentioned earlier in September that Jack's preschool learns about a letter a week. Their homework is focused on that letter. On Thursdays, he can take in something to share that starts with that letter. I am posting this all here, not because I think it's terribly interesting to anyone else, but more to keep it straight in my mind....I have a scrapbook page in mind, to include all the pictures of his letters for the year :)

The 2nd week of school, they did the letter "a" and Jackson took in an "Angels shirt" to share.
For Week 3, they learned about the letter "S" and Jack took in a picture of himself "swimming."

Today, for Week Four they learned about the letter "G" and Jackson took in "gummy bears" to share with his class!

New Car!!
After about 3 weeks of researching cars on the internet, pricing out different options, and test driving many cars, we finally made a decision and got a new car! We got a Saturn Outlook. It is a really fun car with fun options on it. It is bigger than my 4Runner, but not too big that I can't park! It has fun options on it like bluetooth, leather steering wheel with audio controls on it, chrome on the outside & inside, and backup sensors...None of that was too important to us, but it came on this one & we took it!
There is the new car in the driveway next to big (little) red :)

Colby was having fun pressing all the buttons while I got these pictures!

This is the front console...it is so fun...It slides back & forth! The boys can also control their own air conditioning with those 3 little knobs on the bottom of the picture. But I can also turn that function off, and just control it from the front.

This is the view from the front seat, looking back. You can see the 2nd row is Captain Seats, so each boy has their own seat (and they can't touch each other!). It also makes it really easy to get back to the 3rd row. The 2 seats also fold down & forward, and also recline! Here Colby is playing with the lights...

This is me sitting in the 3rd row, looking forward. It is a real 3rd row, with lots of room...Not like some 3rd rows, that only a 2 year old could fit in!

Here are the boys watching Caillou.. Colby loves this show right now & walks around the house singing the song! He loves Diego ("de-go")now too. With each week, his vocabulary increases. This morning he said his 1st real sentence when I was unloading the dishwasher. He saw a Thomas cup & said, "Choo choo. I want that one." He has also started calling Jackson "Jack-en"...so sweet :)

Relaxing Weekend...
We have had a pretty relaxing weekend..Yesterday we hung out at the Herticas. The boys all went to a bounce house place, and the girls had a Pampered Chef party. Then we came home & lounged around the rest of the day. Today we did some more lounging, and then took the boys to the park this afternoon. It has been a long week, with me being sick, and now Kaleb is starting to get it. I still don't feel like I am 100%. Here are some shots from our park play...

Kaleb told the boys he'd give them an Under Dog, and Jack kept calling it a "100 dog!" They loved it.....

Colby LOVED it! He would say "thank you da da!" So sweet......

We each took turns playing tag with Jack...he yells "Time out" when he is it & then gets closer to you so he can tag you....

Jack Jack on the balance beam....

Kaleb bet me I couldn't make it across.....I am now $25 richer :)

Decorations Already??!!
It's mid-September, but Halloween is everywhere already. Costumes are already selling out, all the stores have Halloween stuff, and houses are decorated up. Has it always been this way??!! Since I stayed home sick today, I decided to get my stuff out & decorate...I love having it all up :)
Kai has her house all decked out with Halloween stuff & Colby has been so into it! I love watching him get all excited about the "apples" as he calls them :) He was all happy when he came home today & saw I had put up "apples" everywhere. And then the next moment he points up at the light & yells "LIGHT!!" like it is as exciting as pumpkins :) He was laughing so hard at himself....That is my boy!

Of course our USC football stays out front for the season..

Last Angels Game
Last Sunday was our last Angels game of the season...I was already sick, but I didn't want to miss the game. It was pretty hot, but we had a good time.
My little ham.....

I love this one for some reason....

Since it was a Sunday, they had this whole Family Fun Zone at the ballpark. We went over there & saw all the fun things for kids to do. Here is Jack with Scot Shields, our set up man!

The boys got to fill plastic baseballs with sand...

The finished products!!

Daddy Work??
All summer long, Colby loved doing yardwork with Daddy. So last weekend, he heard the lawn mower start up & he said, "Daddy work?" So I took him out front & he kept following Ka around. Finally Daddy asked him to help him & he got to mow the lawn for the first time :)