Pizza #2 Pears and Prosciuotto..

Making Trader Joes Pizza with Julia!

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i know I know its been awhile

We just got our family pics back and I'm sooooooo happy with them! Its the first time we've done it! It was a lot of work, but our photographer, Michelle was able to capture us beautifully! I cant believe it!
So whats new in our life. Julia is getting ready for 2nd grade, Jenna is going to 4th! Jayda just turned 4 and the twins will be 2 in August! How time flies!
Jayson is currentlyu helping is dad out with Harvest in Coachella as he does every year. This past year he took a teaching job at Modesto Jr College teaching Animal Science and coaching and establishing their livestock judging team. Unfortunately things didnt work out for him to continue there so we are crossing our fingers that something better is waiting. It is a relief that the family doesnt have to move!
Jillian gave us quite a scare back in March with easy bruising and some crazy low platelets. After a few weeks and MANY blood tests, we were scheduled for a bone marrow test to check for Luekemia. The morning of the test we took another blood test and her platelets were on the rise! Bone Marrow Test Cancelled!! Hallelujah! It felt as though Jayson and I had been holding our breath all morning and could finally breathe. Doctor sent us home and we did another set of labs in which the platelets were well over what they needed to be. We havent been back since and she is healthy as can be!
I just returned from a fabulous girls weekend in Shasta on houseboat last weekend. Got a great tan and got to act wild and crazy and not like a mom of 5! It was a blast really!
Gosh i wish i would have kept this blog up, i forgot how much i like journaling my life! Ill write more soon!

Drop Box

More November

 

December at School

 
Julia recieved 2 awards at lasts weeks assembly. Math Club and Character Counts! They both had Holiday prgrams, but we never sat close enough to take good pictures. We are very proud of our girls!

Cedarwood Carnival

 
 
 
 

Thanksgiving at Nanas

 
 
 
 
We had such a great time at Jayson's moms house for Thanksgiving. We got to spend time with her new Husband's family. They were very entertaining! The twins sat at a table on their own without a highchair, and we all ate a ton. A dogpile of Scarborough's snowballed into the hallway which made Chico very upset. He didnt get it.. It was a blast. The hotel that night though, not so much fun. Seven of us in one room! Remind me to always pack the playcrib.

Jalama beach

 
 
 
 
The morning after Thankgiving we took the kids to Jalama beach, near PtHueneme. (i spelled that wrong) It was the babies first trip to the beach.. It was windy and cold, but the kids didnt care!

November 08

 
 
 
 

Chico, Jenna and I took a trip to Walgreens and threw all little Lions in the cart. Chico loved them all! In the meantime, sissy was in the basket, taking all the candy off the shelves. She had a whole box of Reses peanut butter cups in the cart! Woops! Mommy was busy taking pictures and didnt even notice what she was doing back there!

What a week!

It's just been one of those weeks where everything is hard! My neighbor across the street brought as dinner tonight, as she does every week! It is such a blessing! Chicken Casserole, salad, and garlic bread! yummmmmm! Too bad I'm not carb-loading! Auntie Valarie took the twins for the night, such a treat! I shouldn't have gone back for seconds because now I'm sitting here feeling yucky and stuffed! Im thankful for my husband that loves me and realizing how lucky I am during these crazy economic times! We have some presents under the tree and I ate too much! I really shouldn't be complaining. We are anxiously awaiting Jayson to walk in the door, okay maybe just I am. I'm exhausted from a trying week, and it's only Wednesday. I'm taking the girls to Awana and blogging in the midst of chaos. It's actually not too bad. Thanks Auntie!

Awesome weekend!

The girls and I went swimming at the gym Saturday Morning. I think they like getting their own locker and showering there more than they like swimming. We came home and did a few chores before they left for cousin Nicky's birthday party, and I went to my friend Kristy's baby shower. We came home and got dressed up to go watch Samantha, one of our babysitters sing at her church. The girls looked adorable, and they were sooooooooo excited to see Sam! Jayda and Julia had a hard time sitting still. I saw a few friends from high school, and the music director, Mrs. Woods, was actually my music director from Elementary School. She looked exactly the same as she did back then. My Grandma went with us and we stopped by mom and dad's for a quick round of bowling before coming home. We put the kids to bed, and Jayson and I got to catch up cuz ha had been gone in Modesto for 4 days. It was a great day.
Today we picked up the babies at Auntie Valarie's and Uncle Mark's house, then headed to the bike shop to buy some tubes for Jenna's bike that she bought this year with her own money. They knew her when we walked in. The owner was impressed with her so much for buying her own bike he gave her discount.. Now we are forever faithful to Rubber Soul Bike Shop! Their customer service is amazing. Jayson made us breakfast burritos, then i took Jenna to another birthday party at her friend, Allison's house. Julia went to Leslee's to play and Jayda wanted to hang out with Papa. We laughing at Napoleon Dynamite and Im getting ready for Desperate Housewives.. Gotta get the rest of the kids to bed! Good night!

I should be sleeping

What the hek am i doing up at 1:30 in the morning! The girls and I went to see Madagascar tonight and consumed some major calories at Johnny Rockets. We hit up Target for some birthday gifts at 9 oclock at night. Cousin Nicky's bday is tomorrow and Jenna is going to another one on Sunday for her friend Allison. I had a great night hanging out with the girls. We still had to feed pigs before calling it a night. They were all dead tired when we got home and fell asleep in their clothes!

Since my last entry I finished my first Marathon!! I had a blast training with my friends and i was soooooo happy to share my experience with my family and friends that came out to cheer me on! I saw my dad and the big girls at mile 12 and gave everyone kisses. i almost forgot Julia, but ran back to give her one too.. mile 13 to 20 was extremely windy and our pace dropped, but we didnt stop... We had trained up to 20 miles, but let me tell you that last 6.2 was HARD!!! Everything in me said stop, just stop running, stop running now!! But we kept running because we wanted the pain to be over with! At about mile 16, my friend Kasey picked out a girl that we had decided to beat, we passed her significantly but somehow she managed to catch us at mile 25. Feeling dead already, we pushed it with all we had to the finish line, where i saw Valarie, Jayson and the babies, my mom, grandma, aunt martha, my dad and my other 3 girls waiting for me! It was a wonderful experience, and i cant wait to do it again.. something about running,hanging out with girlfriends, and feeling strong! I love it!

Chico likes pizza

Just got the twins back from Auntie Valarie's from a two night sleepover. They seem so much bigger. We ordered pizza since Jayson is out of town again! The fridge has been out for 6 days, and we still have to wait another week for the service repair guy to return. Cooking is so much work right now. I think Chico had about 7 pieces of pizza! okay, maybe not but i think he'd keep eating forever if we let him. He gets that from me! these are some pics of him stealing Jayda's left over pizza and then walking around the house while i chase him. i finally managed to get him and put him in the highchair. He thinks he is so funny!

It's been awhile

Wow, I know I haven't been here in awhile. Things have been a little nuts lately. Jenna is doing super duper in third grade, Julia is loving first grade, especially since her cousin Nicky is in the same class. Jayda started preschool this year with some little tears and that was it. She is definitely ready to learn! Jackson and Jillian are walking everywhere and getting into everything, Jillian is super fast and like to climb onto anything she possibly can.
Jayson took a new job teaching Animal Science and coaching the livestock team at Modesto Jr College. A place we both called home for a couple years. He is loving it and I have been trying to run the business the best I can from home. He is gone a lot, but I am so happy he found the perfect job. Luckily we are not doing any extra curricular activities this semester because i have no idea how we would ever make it!
Funny moments today, Jackson started making truck noises with his cars and Julia asked if we could go to the Licorice store( Liquor Store). Hilarious.
Oh yeah and I am also training for a marathon, November 9Th. We are up to 18 miles this weekend. I cant wait till its over, I love the fitness part but the early morning runs are killing me now.. Promise to write more soon and keep everyone updated. :)

You have new Picture Mail!

You have new Picture Mail!

The longest Field Trip Ever! We had a great day in Yosemite! The weather was perfect, the kids were well behaved. We were headed home, everything was great, till our bus broke down before we were even out of the park!!We had to wait for another bus to come back from Clovis to pick us up. Get this 40 second graders and 20 parents with NO cell phone service. They told us that they wouldnt be able to get us for a few hours. We took all the kids to Wawona Hotel for some 5 star chicken tenders!! White linen table cloths, people on the patio having a romantic evening and our crew comes traveling up the stairs to this fancy restaurant!!. The kids were actually really good. Everyone had been up since 5am so they were super tired. We made it home at 10oclock to many frantic parents that let their childeren go on their first field trip without them. It was fun, the whole experience. Thank God for Mr. Osterberg for keeping us all calm and getting us fed. Oh ya i forgot.. i made Jenna a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch but i didnt have enough bread to make one for myself so i packed a bunch of snacks. On the bus ride on the way up there Serafina who was in our group told Jenna she had an extra sandwich and that Jenna could have it.. So when lunch time came, jenna handed me the PB&J and i gobbled it up fast. Then Serafina told Jenna she forgot and accidently ate both of her sandwiches!!! Ahh!! Mr. Osterberg had extra sandwiches for Loser parents that forgot to pack lunches!!!! What a good mom I am!!

You have new Picture Mail!

Letters to Julia from her friends

This is Cal - haha. she's gonna kill me for this later..

Cheerios for Jillian

I just got off the phone paying bills. I gave Jillian some cheerios to keep her quiet while I talked. Jayda gave her a few more. UGH!

Julia's Caterpillars

Julia has been waiting forever for her caterpillars to get here. Monday they finally arrived. She was out of town with Jayson for the day. I called her to tell her they were here. She couldnt wait to see them. Here is day one.




We had to put them up after day one because she wanted to take them EVERYWHERE. She took them to school the day after she got them. We didnt even look at them yesterday. Today i took them down and they've grown 3x their size. They kinda scared me..


Day 5....











Day 6.....



Day 10. They were all in their cocoons by day 7. We moved them to the Butterfly Pavilion on Day 8. Now were just waiting. 04/24/08

Jayda's 3rd Birthday

Good thing we have a big family!! A trip to the toystore for gifts, the dollar store for decorations, and the grocery store for a cake and a party was born! Jayda had fun. Her babysitter had a party for her too at her house. Jayda had a fun day!

jackson laughing

this was a while ago, but havent put it on the blog yet...

Hawaii shirts

Papa Donuts!

My dad drops off donuts EVERY Sunday morning for the girls on the front porch. We hardly ever see him because he gets here so early. This works out so good for Jayson and I since we, more him than me, like to sleep in on sundays. I dont know how Jayda knows it sunday, but she is usually the first one awake, and I can hear her opening the squeaky front door to check for donuts. Sometimes they're not there yet, so she says out loud, "No Donuts." and then closes the door. I can hear all of this from my bedroom. When they are there, we hear, "Yay". This has been going on for a few years now, I think. Julia used to be the one checking and we were amazed at how she knew it was Sunday too. Its probably because Mommy is still in bed. Recently Ive been doing long runs on Sunday mornings so I leave before the donuts get here. Jack and Jill got their first donuts a couple weeks ago, but the other kids didnt realize that the donut holes were for the babies, so they ate all but 2 of them, Today they got all their donut holes. 5 for Jackson and 2 for Jillian.

Brocks Birthday

If you have ever spent time with Jayda, you have heard about Brock! Its all she talks about around here. Sometimes she calls him her boyfriend, but we correct her and tell her its her best friend and she says, "Noooooooooo, he's my boyfriend!". Yesterday Jayda and I went to his house for his 3rd Birthday Party. When we got there he had a Transformers mask on and Spidey gloves. They pretty much stayed on the party. She had lots of fun in the bounce house and on the play set.

Funny story... I started taking Jayda to the babysitter when she was 9mos old. This is where Brock and her became best of friends. Brock's mom met Jayda and told her," oh, there was a Jayda in my hospital room when Brock was born." Well Brock was 9mos old and we quickly put it together that Kara and I were in the same room at Clovis Community. I remember she didnt have a name for Brock yet and she was thinking about naming him Landon. I also remember that i have never seen anyone get dressed packed and ready to go so fast after delivering a baby in my life. She was ready to get out of there. That is the story of Brock and Jayda. Hopefully they'll be friends forever.:)

Her birthday is next.....stay tuned

SuperHawk Jenna

Jenna recieved the SuperHawk Award on Friday for passing PE testing. Jayda, the twins and I went to watch her. She got a backpack that says Superhawk on it. She also brought home her report card Thursday. All A's!!!!! Yea! We are super proud. We told her that if she get all A's at the end of the year we would take her to Pennysylvania in the Fall for a Hog Show. Its incentive for her and for us for her to get good grades. Go Jenna! We love you and are very proud of you!

The Kids Artwork.

So I have decided that I cannot possibly keep every piece of artwork that the kids bring home. Instead I have chosen to take a picture of it and post it to my Web Album. Brillaint, I now. Too Bad someone else gave me the idea. A clutter free life is my goal.

Julias art work

Jennas artwork