MUD RUN!!!

Our Rockstar Team!!!

(DeeDee, Kathy, Marla, Keita, Robyn, & Moi)!

The major event of the week was the Mud Run on Saturday. I ran with 5 other girlfriends in the Mud Run up at Camp Pendleton. It's a 10k run with obstancles...through mud, over mud walls, crossing a lake, and more hills than I allowed myself to think there would be! We did well as a team (you had to cross together, arm in arm with every member) which we did in an hour add a half. Marla and I only had to wait a few minutes for the rest of our team to catch up.....ok it was more like 20 but we really weren't counting (but in the meantime had fun cheering on the other teams and some of the crazy costumes)! We all plan to do it again next year...in fact we were so motivated after the race that we all signed up for the Carlsbad 1/2 marathon in January!!! Hopefully we'll still be up for that 7 months from now and not find ourselves wondering what were we thinking??? After the race Marla had everyone over to her pool (we were there all day and into the evening)...the girls skipped naps which is always a huge highlight for them. We then ended the evening at the Vandlings with pizza and drinks!

Macy had a birthday party for her friend Sarah on Saturday (Sleeping Beauty made a debut) which was the hightlight. So the babysitter had it easy with just Ems and Coop, and a park outing. On Sunday we had a party for one of Emmy's little friend's Mikey...at JW Tumbles....which got them good and tired for naps! We finished off the night with our usual concert in the park where the Navy Band was playing. This is our last week of regular activities before our official start of summer!

Robyn & DeeDee crossing the lake!!!

We made it....all muddy....but it was fun!!!

Team "Grizz".....came in 8th place out of all the teams!

(Michael, Kelley, Matt, Todd, & Chris)....the husbands....minus mine!!!The guys had great T's....and yes the Vandlings have 2 Porsches!!!!The finishers with beers in hand!!!Macy's last week of ballet until Fall...next year she'll have Emmy with her!The "wand dance"....Macy's favorite!Rehercing for the recital....Macy snuggling with her "Daddy Poodle"....the girls kiss Daddy goodnight every night and can't sleep without them.Ems cuddling on "Daddy Lambie".....it's become an apendage...it's always with her.Coop loving bath time!Picture of Mike at Boat Quay in Singapore last week....a historic riverfront that's mainly restaurants now.

5 Weeks Down...

4 weeks down!!!

Love the short week! Friday can never come too soon! This week we helped Emery's best buddy Matty celebrate his 3rd birthday at Pump it Up (a kid friendly indoor play place that has all the inflatable slides & bounceis you can imagine). The kids loved it, wore themselves out and I enjoyed their naps that day! Emmy had a Dr. appt for her preschool physical (she was actually looking forward to her appt becuase she knew it somehow had somethign to do with going to preschool....and she just can't wait). Macy is on the upswing from having something called "Fifth's Disease" one of the many common childhood illnesses....she was unaffected as far as how she felt, but had bright red, hot cheeks all week and then broke out with a crazy rash all over her arms and legs....she asked me why when she wakes up each day she keeps turning red....I told her she was like "Pinkalicious!" We did a lot of baking this week...making a homemade pizza with some great dough and sauce that my neighbor Ann dropped by after she was down in Little Italy...the girls also made a batch of chocolate chip cookies (which Morty ended up enjoying more than anyone). He ate an entire plastic bag of about 20 cookies while I was upstairs putting the kids down for the night...he's not even phased merely a few pounds heavier. We plan to finish off the week with another concert in the park down in Coronado. I should be able to talk to Mike here in a day or so once he's in port...can't wait!!!




Matty's 3rd birthday party

(he's the cutie on the far left with a blue shirt on)

One step closer to preschool...

A few shells don't matter....as long as you're having fun!

This is fun pizza powder!

Emmy being ever so careful with the sauce.

I just stuck around for the pizza dough...

I had a fun outing with Emery and Coop on Friday while Macy was at preschool. She went home with her friend Sarah for lunch and play date so we had more time than usual....we went over to Carlsbad to pick fresh strawberries. It was a beautiful day and the strawberry fields were over flowing with great looking berries. Emmy had so much fun walking up and down each row looking for just the right strawberries. At first she would pick anything she saw....green, pink, it didn't matter. Once I showed her what to look for she quickly caught on. I did catch her throwing a couple of "no good berries!" She couldn't wait to eat them for snack after nap. Coop was hilarious....he kept tripping so got pretty dirty, but had so much fun eating the strawberries right off the bush....probably not allowed, but it was too funny to stop.

Is this red enough???!!!
Hi Ems!!! Our bucket's almost full...

Why picke 'em when you can eat 'em right off the bush?!?!Lunch at Ruby's Diner!

Cooper playing football at concert in the park on Sunday....Daddy would be proud!Gees....this ball is almost as big as me!Go long Matty!Our little "Twinkie"!!!This cookie's so good I can't stop smiling!

4 weeks down...