i did it...

my first digital scrapbook page... thanks joanna, your directions were spot on.

you made my day...

because of the comments these two people made today, i was reminded that life really is good...

first, my awesome friend gail left this comment on my facebook page.

it was out of the blue and so nice to hear... thanks gail, you rock.
the second person to make my day was my daughter, i was sitting on the couch and she was being a stinker, then she looked me right in the face and said "mom, you beautiful and you happy." i was shocked and touched.
it's amazing how two little comments can make such a big impact. it reminded me that i need to make more of those "little comments"... you never know how they are going to affect someone.

sunny fields park...

 my friend stephanie told me about this park a while ago, and i had forgotten all about it until today. it's in solvang, and it is awesome. there are slides, swings, monkey bars and even a mister for those hot solvang days. miles just kept asking, "we are going to come back here right?" for sure! after a couple of hours at the park, we headed to downtown solvang, had lunch did a little window shopping and then headed home. the kids were great and we had a wonderful day!

she was so proud of herself!

miles spent most of the time on the monkey bars. 

miles took this shot!

this was maisy's attempt at taking our picture.

LOVE these two!

january in california...

the weather in santa maria has been amazing. so today the kids and i headed to avila for a day at the beach. it was gorgeous. we sat on the beach and built sand castles for about an hour and half. then we headed to the playground, maisy really wanted to go on the swings. a friend of mine had recently gone to the sea life center at the beach and i knew it would be right up miles' alley. it is very small, but they have sharks... miles loves sharks. he even got to touch a shark. when we left, he told me he want to go there every time we visit the beach. they offer summer camp for kids his age, so i think i will be signing him up for a week this summer. finally we had a delicious lunch at the custom house. the only thing that would have made the day better was if david could have been with us. he was working of course.

great way to start 2011

my poor baby... i thought we were having a relatively healthy winter, unfortunately, that all changed on sunday. he came to me sunday night and said his chest hurt when he coughed. since we were in oregon, i just gave him some tylenol and told him i'd call the doctor when we got back to santa maria. we got back at 1:00am on tuesday, so we just vegged all day tuesday. i could tell his cough was getting progressively worse, i called the doctor in the morning and got a 2pm appointment. thank goodness i did. i think miles coughed for 2+ hours. the doctor said he has bronchitis, and ear infection and that his asthma is really acting up because of the bronchitis. so she put him on an antibiotic, steroid, singulair, advair (inhaler) and a nebulizer. which we have to use every 4-6 hours. after a couple nebulizer treatments last night, he got to have a very good night sleep. i had to make a spreadsheet just to keep track of what i give when and how much i need to give. he is doing much better today. i think he should be good when he goes back to school on monday. when all is said and done, miles will have to stay on the singulair and advair for prevention measures.

he tried the mask...

but likes the mouthpiece better

HAPPY...

2011!!!

top 10 of 2010

here are some of the highlight of our 2010

10. maisy started preschool Yippeee
9. miles lost his first and second tooth.
8. another birthday for my two amazing kids miles (6) and masiy (2)
7. aaron and lisa got married/ our fun trip to the oregon coast
6. an amazing month long visit with family and friends in cambridge.
5. david and i celebrated 8 years of marriage/ 13 years together
4. maisy is potty trained (almost) still a challenge with #2
3. miles taking ski lessons and loving it! (miles wanted me to add this to the list)
2. miles learning to read AMAZING!
1. making it through this hellish year, happy, healthy and closer than ever!