Monday, May 11, 2009

katie, jeff, and alyssa

my cousin katie, her husband, jeff, and their daughter, alyssa, came to town this past weekend.  alyssa is just 6 weeks older than logan.  while they were here, we took the kiddos to picture people for portraits together.  they were so cute!  logan loved watching alyssa and all she could do.  it was a nice visual for myself and chris too as to what loges is going to be doing in a few weeks.  thanks alyssa!  come visit us again soon!
the baby train
only katie could get logan out of his mood
the babies playing later in our front room
emily trying on a "hat"
logan was keeping an eye on alyssa
the kiddos in age order. . .weird

Thursday, May 7, 2009

amazing amusement parks

recently, we have made the rounds again with our passes to local amusement parks.  we ventured out to disneyland for my brother's birthday towards the end of april.  it was fun.  logan is not a big fan of rides so i have to choose wisely.  he went on small world and the steamboat.  he didn't care for small world this time but fell asleep on the steamboat.  at least we have that ride to go on together.  ha!  ha!
all smiles
our neice emily
way to go em!  you're smiling too!
a little scared on small world
"oh, uncle chris!"
the birthday boy
"what's going on?"
chris trying to counter amanda's trademark thumbs up pose
our nephew nathan
such a happy guy
hanging with mimi
amanda trying her new pose, her top model face
(emily is not so sure)
it always ends this way
sacked out
all 3 of them at the same time!

chris, logan, and myself went to legoland with our passes the week prior to disneyland.  i love that place.  logan can't really go on much right now but we have fun walking around the beautiful park.  we saw a firefighter show for the first time.
legoland is 10 years old this year
i remember it being built in 1999, hoping one day 
i'd have a son to take there.
maybe that's why i love going there so much.
(and that it's a beautiful and clean park)
logan loves legoland too!
so does daddy
"let's go guys!"
watching the firefighter show
"whoa!"
"look out!"
my concerned little guy
"it's okay now!"
checking out the giant lego firefighter
the end of another great day

towards the beginning of april, chris, logan, and i spent a day at the san diego wild animal park.  we hadn't been there in awhile.  it was logan's first time going there.  he enjoyed looking at all of the animals.
the family
trying on hats
hanging with mom
a view from the bench we were resting on
(i forgot how much walking you do here!)
animals in "africa"
"great idea hon!"
"hmm. . ."
"i love this place too!"
"hi mom!"
"so. . what are we eating today?"
"really, put the camera away"
"check out my new hat!"
looking at animals with daddy
asleep again
i'm seeing a pattern here

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

car accident

so. . . i'm driving to work this morning in chris' company car. i stop at one of the busiest intersections in town. there is a white pick up truck in front of me turning right at the light. he goes. well. . i think he goes. . . i'm pretty sure he goes. so i go.

oops.

he didn't go. i hit him. :( my very first car accident in 16 years of driving. i rear-ended the guy in front of me. ugh.

it could have been worse. i could have been driving the lexus. logan could have been with me. we could have been driving on the freeway. at least there wasn't much damage. at least the guy was nice.

boo. that's all i have to say. boo.

Monday, May 4, 2009

my garden

chris and i finished up my garden over this past weekend.  we made a nice spot for me to grow tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and my favorite, sunflowers.  i've wanted a garden area since we moved into our home.  it's nice to be able to use an otherwise wasted space for something i've always wanted.
our courtyard
my new garden next to the lemon tree
peppers and strawberries
tomatoes and sunflowers
chris hard at work
logan taking it all in
trying to help out