Easter Weekend

My mom's birthday was April 6th, so my dad took us out to Chili's for dinner, then to Michael's to pick up some flowers, then to the cemetery to pay respect to my mom. I hate to say it but we don't go to the cemetery all that much, we just honestly don't put much stock into it because there's really not much there to remember her by. My sister Michelle always says that its basically just like a big park for her kids and they love to run up and down the hill, and thats basically what it was to Jackson also! It was nice to go there though, even if Jackson didn't fully understand why we were there.

My grandma is buried just above my mom

We even saw some wild turkeys!

Easter Sunday we went to the Welty's house, where its just Robert while Brian's mom is in Washington while Lynn has her baby. We invited my dad over and we made homemade pizzas, and I made cream cheese monkey bread, and we had an Easter egg hunt!

It actually turned out a lot better than I had expected! Most holidays he doesn't even know whats going on, this was the first time that he was really participating in and was really enjoying himself! He found all the Easter eggs and put them into his basket, and we even had to throw most of them across the lawn so he could find them again! But its not surprising, Jackson loves anything that resembles a ball.

Happy Easter!!!



My Life Through My Iphone II

We had a beach day on my day off last week. We had lunch with daddy in SLO, then went off to Avila for some fun in the sun.

This is kind of a big deal because up until this day Jackson HATED getting his hands dirty! We once saw him fall down in the sand, and instead of putting his hands out to stop himself he just tuck and rolled and laid there until we helped him get up. So Jackson actually putting his hands in the sand and playing around in it was a really big deal! Usually he would just chase seagulls and run with the tide as it rised and fell.

We played with corn starch, water, and food coloring one day as a science project! Pretty sure mom had more fun with it then he did (you know, the whole doesn't like to get his hands dirty thing) but we still made a big mess and had lots of fun!

Jackson is the cuddliest thing you'll ever meet, he is just adorable!!

My Life Through My Iphone

I recently ran my first ever half marathon! I did pretty well, my goal was to run each mile under 10 min. and I averaged a 9'54 mile for over 13 miles! 2 hours 12 min and 3 seconds of running, not bad!

I also discovered that I was in the Atascadero newspaper for the half marathon :)

Jackson sometimes goes to a gymnastics class in Atascadero, as you can see he really gets his exercise in ;) 

My beautiful, wonderful, coveted brand new equipment coming in. Thanks to Brian for being the most wonderful, supportive husband a girl could ask for! <3 Shortly after getting this I shot my first wedding, it was so much fun!

Brian and I chaperoned an etiquette dinner  for the youth, we got an awesome table of kids and I got to decorate a table, I went with a lemone lime theme!

Yeah this picture definitely needs an explanation.... Our good friends the Espinal's were taking birthing classes and asked us to join! No, we're not pregnant, but we will be someday and we thought we might as well learn a few things with the lovely Becky Snider! Ray was nice enough to show us ladies what it looks like inside his womb... I mean A womb....

Jackson loves his time with Dad, even if it is while he's sleeping <3

Jackson is SO funny and is currently OBSESSED with cows! So we stopped off the other day so Jackson could enjoy watching some real, live cows and yell and moo at them. He is such a sweet boy!