Prestons Pool...

Saturday after me and Preston went and said goodbye to Aunt Corinne we came home and Spencer was finishing our yard work. It was a pretty hot day so we thought it was a perfect time to bring out Preston's pool that he got for his birthday. Well we filled it up and let preston take a nap ( we were hoping the water would warm up by the time preston woke up ). Well the water was still pretty dang cold when we got out there. Preston did not know what to think and couldnt decide if he wanted in or not. 

He felt the water and crawled away as fast as he could ( poor baby! ) and so Spencer started shooting water at him with his bath toys haha. Then he decided since daddy was in the water hed get in too! 

He had fun splashing daddy for like 2 minutes and then he was done! Well have to try again in a few weeks i guess...

Goodbye Fish...

On Sunday when we got home from California I noticed that our fish tank was leaking. Luckily we got home in time to take care of it. Well our fish have been kind of a pain in the butt lately now with Preston getting bigger. We don't have a real good place for it in our house and where we had just looked ugly and had bothered me since we moved in haha. So we decided to just get rid of it and the fish. 

We took them over to Freestone park and let them free. For some odd reason I was kinda sad to see them go...its not like i even payed much attention to the fish but we had them for about a year now ( our longest living fish by far! ) I hope they survive! 

Well we also took preston to the swings while we were there...he had fun!

On another note...Last night Chelsea, Delgean, and Levi Fillingim were in a car accident on their way to mutral. Delgean is in the most critical condition, there is only a slight chance that she will make it. She was airvacked to the valley and has made it through the night. Her and her family are in need of lots of prayers. This family has been my neighbors all growing up, they have been in my ward, and i babysat them when they were younger. They are such a sweet and wonderful family and I love them all so much. Please Please pray for them. Thanks.

San Diego Temple...

On our way to Sea World we drove by the San Diego Temple and I had to take some pictures. Look at all that scaffling! I've never seen anything like it....its almost completely covered  but its all not touching the temple walls at all. Amazing. Im not sure what kind of work they are doing but my cousin did say that one of his friends just got married there and they didnt let them know this was going on...SAD! I wonder how their wedding pictures turned out. 

( Pictures were taken in the car as we were on the freeway haha hence the poor quality )

Well today I had a couple of lady's stop by my house, they are from the Jehovah Witnesses Church ( I'm not sure if that's exactly what they are called ). Anyways they have come by before and one of the lady's is sooo super sweet. She always remembers mine and Preston's name and she just makes me feel like she cares. Well I've let her come in my home a couple of times and they always want to share some kind of message which I don't mind at all BUT I'm starting to get the feeling like she thinks she can convert me. haha. I've really given no indication of being interested in their church, they ask me if I agree on some of the things they say and most of the time i agree ( its always something to do with the 2nd coming and wicked people and how the world is becoming so wicked...which is true ). BUT I definantly believe in my Church and their teachings and one of the things our church believes in is being Christ-like to everyone. I don't want to be rude and just tell them to leave like alot of people do ( i think part of that comes from stories from my hubby and daddy and all those boys that serve missions for our church...people can be so mean. ) I just don't want to lead them on i guess? How do I tell them that I know "my" church is true and that I'm not interested in switching? I think I'm also afraid of getting in an arguement about it, I know I could defend myself and my church but I just don't feel like fighting over it. How would you handle this situation?

Last Day = Sea World...

Our last day of fun we drove to San Diego and went to Sea World. We thought Sea World would work out better than a theme park because we didn't want to take turns riding rides alone. And Preston loved the zoo so we figured he'd like this too. Well....that wasn't the case. He was pretty grouchy almost the entire time...it was a saturday so it was a pretty packed house so we couldn't just let him down...he had to be held or in the stroller all day. And that didn't make him too happy at all.

He loves water so he was excited to play in it while we touched some scary looking sting rays, we saw dolphins and whales. Spencer was really excited when he found out there was an aquirium of river monsters ( one of his new favorite shows now is river monsters ). That fish hes pointing to is some kind of alligator fish. That aquirium wasn't busy at all so we let Preston down and he pushed our stroller and climbed up to the tanks to try and hit the fish haha.

Me and Spencer LOVED the Shamu show. Its amazing what they can teach them to do...not to mention they are sooo cute! Well Preston hated the show...he didn't want to sit still at all so that's pretty much the only show we saw :(.

One of the bad things about going on vacation alone is that we have no one to take family pictures for us! I love having pictures of all of us but that was a hard thing to come by on this trip! Oh well, what can you do!

The top right picture was so funny...you know those ice caves in the polar bear exhibit? Well we sat him in it to take a picture and he starting freaking out thinking we were gonna leave him in there or something...gosh this boy was having a break down all day. I don't think I got one picture of him smiling. Though he did smile...sometimes haha!

Look at this grouchy face! Haha Spencer says " this isn't a real vacation, Preston is happier at home! Next time were leaving him..." haha when are you taking me on a romantic trip honey!? 

Though it sounds like we didn't have that much fun haha we really did enjoy ourselves. Preston was a mess and a grouch but we were together and we made it fun anyways!

Cali Day 2...

( Ya we tried writing Prestons name in the sand but he wouldn't sit by it for the life of me...so we got him crawling over it instead haha! )

We really didn't take that many pictures on friday but we managed to take a few more on the beach. We decided to try and have another beach day but it didn't turn out as great as the the day before. We got up and left earlier and wanted to try Laguna. Well we couldn't find a good spot that wasn't too rocky so we kinda wasted our time and headed back to Newport. Once we got there we had pizza...where by the way Preston choked on some of my salad ( i was giving him some cheese, carrots, and cucumbers ) I don't know how but he had a hard time and ended up throwing up...ya not fun. Then we went and found a spot at the beach. It was way more windy and a little chilly but do you think that stopped Preston from wanting in the water. I think not!!

Me and Preston playing on the beach...Spencer is not good at taking pictures for some odd reason but more than half of the pictures of me and Preston are way blurry. haha thanks for trying hunny!

You can tell in these pictures with Spenc how much He loved the water. He'd crawl out there and we'd pick him up right before the wave hit and let his feet and legs get hit by the water. He LOVED it. 

Well that night we got to spend time with all my family who lives there. Debbie and Scott ( my Aunt and Uncle ), Travis ( My cousin who has been in the army and just got released ), and Kyle and Chrissy ( My cousin and his wife ). It was the first time we had ever met Chrissy and Spencer hadn't even met Kyle. It was so fun visiting and getting to know them. I had to laugh because I didn't know how much Kyle and Spencer were alike. They are both so "Frugal" as we like to call it! haha it really is a good thing, though it is a pain at times . I think we'd really have a lot of fun together if we lived closer!

We played Cranium ( Me and Spenc so totally...LOST! ), we got in the hot tub, dared eachother to jump in the pool and ended up staying in there and playing some "Cow"...I came in 3rd ( applause ), and then we watched transformers 2 and fell asleep on the couch. It was another REALLY good day.

California Day 1...

AND WERE OFF!  

We definantly had a blast this vacation. We left wednesday around 2:30 in the afternoon and headed to Santa Ana, Ca. I have my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Scott who live there and who graciously let us stay in their home. We hung out with family, went to the beach, drove to San Diego and went to Sea World and stayed a night in La Jolla. We loved spending all this time together and we really enjoyed doing things we don't normally do. 

 

Thursday we tried sleeping in but guess who woke up at 5!? Ya that lil munchkin...haha. But since he woke up so early he took a nap and then we headed out to Newport Beach.

I tried to keep that lil boys hat and sunglasses on but he just wasn't having it. He tore them off the second i put them on so I eventually just dumped sunscreen on him and let him be....it worked thank heavens and he didn't burn. Boy did he LOVE the beach. He loved playing in the sand and he LOVED the ocean.

 

All he wanted was to be put down so he could race over to the water. The water wasn't warm by any means but he didn't care at all...he loved it...every minute of it.  ( My hubby is just sooo sexy, hes lookin real good in that wet suit!! haha love ya babe )

 

Playing in the water!! I didn't get any good shots of Spencer surfing ( honestly id loose him...i couldn't tell which one he was once he got out there! wow I'm a bad wife...but wait have you met Preston? Ya you'd understand...:) And the ones I got of him boogy boarding weren't that good either...but hey I tried! 

 

Me and my sweet Presty...notice my white legs...ya i worked on that! haha! I never really tan...i have more red in my skin than any other color...i burn so easily...luckily preston took after his daddy in that area!

 

We also made sand castles ( or tried ha )...Preston had fun digging holes with his shovel, knocking over every little castle we built and oh ya eating sand! Yuck...it was a challenge keeping things out of that little mouth!

 

We were trying to dig a hole big enough to bury Spencer in but Preston kept crawling into it and knocking all the sand back in it haha so we decided to bury is legs...doesn't he look like hes having so much fun!?

 

Preston...what can I say? Isn't he the cutest? And look at all that sand...he'd purposely throw it in his hair...i had to try really hard to just relax and let the poor boy get as dirty as he wanted...hey were on vacation right!? Hes a boy and he LOVES making messes. Boy do I love that messy boy!

 

Trying to warm up and clean off...all he could think of was getting that dang towel off and crawling away as fast as he possibly could.

After a few hours on the beach we rinsed off and went to have lunch and to find another spot that was better for surfing. We drove out in between Laguna and Newport and came across these HUGE houses right on the water. They were gorgeous...I wanted one so dang bad. Its crazy how much money people in California have...these house had to be 5+ million easy. I mean one was made of marbel for goodness sakes. Seriously CRAZY! But we ended up finding a place back at Newport and me and Preston napped in the car while Spencer hit some more waves...

 ( I LOVE my husband...forever and ever )

After Preston woke up we walked down the beach to the pier and watched the fishermen and some more surfers. We found a burger place and had dinner and then headed back home around 7. 

When we got back we gave Preston a bath and let him get some energy out and he went to bed...me and Spencer spent some much needed alone time in the jacuzzi and then we snoozed. Seriously a perfect day...

Family Pics 2010

Yay! We got our family pictures and I think they turned out super cute! Kendyl did a fabulous job! Its definantly a picture overload so instead of writing a bunch of things ill just let the pictures say it!

My problemo...

I CAN NOT DIET.

There i said it. I seriously have a problem...I used to be able to go without food in highschool, Id eat when I had to and I think I ate better because I wanted to. Now I have to. If I ever want to be the size I was before the baby I have got to eat better! Ive gotten really good about going to the gym EVERYDAY. I will either wake up at 5:30 in the morning or ill go later that night and I really enjoy going. I love working out but I also really love food. Its driving me insane. I have lost about 10 lbs...so at least im not gaining but its not where I wanted to be right before swimsuit season! So to all you moms out there...I am desperate...what did you do to loose the baby weight?

In need of help...

Hey Friends and Family. One of my really good friends from snowflake, Kacie Peterson, is putting on a fundraiser for her mother. They need all the help and support they can get. They are such a loving and beautiful family and i feel so bad for the long road they have ahead of them. If you can help in any way it would be SO appreciated. Here is her story and all the information on how to help. Thanks!

Kacie and her Mom Wendy ( Kacie I stole this off your facebook...hope you dont mind! )

My Mom, Wendy McCullough, was recently diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer. She has a very long road ahead of her and we would like to ease her financial burden as much as possible. So we have put together a Gold Canyon Candle fundraiser. The money that is earned will ALL go to her medical bills. We would be deeply Grateful for any help. If you dont want a candle you can donate too.
We are also having a bake sale Thursday At Ed's IGA from 3-6. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and we would be so grateful for any help! Attached is the Candle Fundraising packet. email me back with any orders, and feel free to pass this email around! THANK YOU!!!To place your order or donate write to kacie.p@hotmail.com . Prices include Tax and Shipping. Candles will be delivered within 2 weeks of ordering. Check or Cash only. The Wendy McCullough family THANKS YOU!!!

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Left Overs...

These are some of the "left over" pictures from last week. On top are car seat pictures haha I dont know why we take so many in the carseat but he loves car rides and is usually happy and smiling...or sleeping soundly.

These were taken Mothers day...he loves playing with those animals. And with Daddy of course!

Me and Corinne at Main Street. We went shopping saturday and it was way fun...I love going into those cute boutique shops!