memories...

when i was a little girl my grandma jesperson used to watch me while my mom worked in my grandpas chiropractic office. one of my favorite memories from that time was when we used to make cookies together. my grandma didnt make cookies to eat the cookies, we made cookies just to eat the dough (my grandma was diabetic so this was a real treat)! my grandma has passed this love of cookie dough (unfortunately for my waistline!) down to all of us in my family. it has become somewhat of a sunday tradition for sophia and nana to make cookies together and for us all to eat half of the dough before it can even be made into cookies. i couldnt help but think of my grandma this past sunday. its coming up on a year now since she passed away and it made me sad but brought a smile to my face as i watched my girls hubbled around my mom "helping" her make our sunday cookies and then devouring the dough! i miss my grandma but i cherish the memories i have of her. like our cookies (of course!), snapping greenbeans together while we watched her favorite soaps, singing man in the moon (my girls favorite!!), her face lighting up whenever she saw charlotte, and doing her hair every week (she was always so grateful!). i love and miss you grandma and will always be a fellow "doughhead" as grandpa used to call us!!

silly girl...

my conversation with sophia yesterday after she was being mean to her little sister that went a little something like this~
me: "sophia your sister loves you so much you need to be nice to her."
sophia: "no she doesnt. shes making up a plan to get rid of me."
me: "sophia what are you talking about? shes just a baby."
sophia: "yeah but she's coming up with a plan now so she can get rid of me when shes older!"
me: "what?! where did you get this from???"
sophia: "from the internet."


crazy child!!!!

swings

my little charlotte LOVES the swings. everytime we go to the park thats where she would like to spend the majority of her time. we went to la jolla shores this past week and of course charlotte suckered rick into pushing her on the swing. the next thing we know we look down and shes fallen asleep! she was out cold! this girl DOES NOT sleep unless shes in her room with a bottle in her own bed with the lights out and the fan going. so it was pretty surprising to see her fall asleep in the middle of a crowded park in the swing. the funny thing is we went again 2 days later and whitney was pushing her in the swing and she did she fell asleep again! what can i say the girl loves her swings!

kayaking adventure

well i dont have any pictures for this post but let me tell you i really wish i did! this past weekend one of our favorite comedians jim gaffigan came to town and performed at humphreys by the bay. we really wanted to see him and we have heard that you can actually go around the back on a boat or kayak and sit there on the water right to the side of the stage. so we borrowed a couple of kayaks (thanks brad and allie!!) and decided to give it a try. rick had wanted to take them out and practice beforehand but we never got a chance. so right before we were about to leave (now comes the part where i wish i had pics to post!!) rick decides to try it out in the pool really quickly. so hes paddling around is headed into the side of the pool, overcorrects, and flips the thing over! it was so funny! i was trying my hardest not to laugh too much because i knew he would retaliate by either throwing me in or splashing me. but i must say it was pretty funny watching him come out of the pool fully dressed dripping from head to toe! but after watching him do this i must admit it did make me a little hesitant to be paddling around on the ocean. we almost didnt do it because i almost wussed out but i decided to be brave and just take it slow. it actually ended up being really fun (ok i freaked out a bit at the thought of how deep it was and started to imagine fins coming at me through the water but i talked myself through it!). after it was over we paddled back and i went to grab my shoes i had left on the shore right next to ricks and 1, yes only 1, of my flipflops was gone. who takes only 1 flip flop?!? come on now! so i had to go to dennys afterwards to grab some dinner with just 1 shoe! can we say ghetto?? so overall we had a really fun date night doing something different, something active, and jim gaffigan was his usual hilarious self. so we had a blast and now rick is wanting to buy some kayaks REALLY BAD! hahaha!

5?!? what?!?

so i cant hardly believe it but sophia is now 5 years old. when did this happen?! she starts kindergarten this year and while i am looking forward to some free time (wow when did having 1 kid instead of 2 start to feel like free time??) im not sure if im ready for this step. i can remember the first time they put her in my arms and i felt like this day was forever away. and here it is, my baby is now 5 and starting school soon! ok im drying my tears and moving on! this year for her birthday party sophia decided that she wanted to have a campout( hallelujah she got over the idea of a hannah montana or jonas brothers party! yuk!) and a pool party. and while yes you may be thinking these things DO NOT really go together this is what sophia wanted and so this is what she got(hey i was willing to do anything if it meant no hannah montana or jonas brothers!!). it was one of the most stressful party planning experiences EVER! it was the first really hot week of the summer and i had to clean my house and backyard top to bottom with no ac, i was moving salons this week, and i had a wedding to do at the del the afternoon of the party! busy week! even though this was probably the worst time to be planning a party, i think it turned out really well. i actually really liked the whole "campout" theme and thought it was a cute idea. we had a lot of fun and sophia told me this was her favorite party EVER! of course she has only had 5 and maybe only remembers 2 of them! shes already planning what she wants to do for her party NEXT year and is already starting her guest list. looks like we'll have this well planned out in advance for next year!!

catch up....

so here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately. there was the del mar fair, fathers day, some beach trips, the ob chili cookoff, a padres game, and just some other fun, random things and some pictures i thought were cute!

so sad

so i am not the kind of person who is overly fond of change. in fact i hate it. i get comfterable and its hard for me to step into new situations. so ive been in denial because im not too happy about it but the salon that ive worked at for the past 4 1/2 years will be closing next month. this will be my last week working at paradise. ive really enjoyed working there and will miss all my girls i work with. im going to be moving to a new shop up in la mesa area. as much as im sad to be leaving my old shop and all of my friends there im excited for this new oppurtunity and the chance to make changes that will hopefully be good for me. (im trying to convince myself that im excited for a change! hahaha!) so wish me luck!! oh and come visit me at the new shop!!