Fingers Crossed

I just entered a contest over at Cinnamon Stick Boutique to win a set of these great stacking rings - aren't they great!

 If you want a chance to win too, click here.

Wish me luck!

Sunny Day at Seacliff

 

  

My sister Jenessa came down to visit yesterday, 

just because she wanted too  :)  

The weather was so beautiful that we decided 

to go to the beach and let the boys and Gypsy run, run, run!

Keeping Danny's head dry and sand free 

was a bit of challenge but we pulled it off. 

Danny loved to have Nessa take him down to the water. 

He would say, "See it, the ocean, get it, get it, get it!" 

and they would run down into the water, splash and run back.  

He had the biggest smile on his face!

He also loved to be a tractor in the sand.  Gypsy liked this game too.

Austin spent a lot of his time playing 

and building sand forts and castles 

with other kids on the beach.  

When not doing that he would just 

run back and forth in the water.

 

 

We also built a little sand stick fort together too,  

Austin and I put the sticks in the sand, 

Nessa gathered the rocks and 

Danny placed them around the fort.

 

 

This is my favorite beach and 

I have been there a lot in the last 2 years.  

But today was the first time I had ever seen 

this metal something or other in the sand.  

Austin had fun playing there, 

using it as a fort 

until one of his shovels got washed away!

We stayed and played all afternoon til the fog rolled in.

Then we went and ate 

at my new favorite little place

called Erik's Deli Cafe.  

They serve their drinks in Mason jars 

and have delicious clam chowder and sandwiches.  

They even have peanut butter and jelly sandwiches 

on their "ankle biter" menu!

If you are ever in the San Jose/Santa Cruz area

I highly recommend you give them a try!

♥ 12 Roses for 12 Years ♥

Twelve years ago, on Valentine's Day, Bryce and I had our first date, and we have been together ever since ♥  Every year I get one rose for each year we have been together and this year was a nice even dozen!  We went out Saturday night with our friends Brad and Crystal for dinner and a movie and had a wonderful time!  Bryce also got me some beautiful new sparklies for my ears and I love them!

FrankenDanny

My boys are so very active and I have always wondered how long it would be before I had to take them in for an emergency visit.  Well, on Sunday Danny broke my 7 years lucky streak.  He fell backwards on to a tiled ledge and gashed open the back of his head.    He was such a trooper while Bryce shaved the area and tried to apply steri strips.  As long as he had candy in his hand he was just fine. Thank goodness Bryce had gotten me a bag of cookie and cream chocolate hearts for Valentine's day!  The steri strips wouldn't hold the gash closed so it was decided that I would take him in to get stitches.  So I grabbed the bag of candy and off we went. He did great til it came time to lay down and have the staples put in (we decided on staples because they are much faster to put in than stitches).  It took 2 nurses and I to hold him down.  After he got his numbing shot he wasn't in pain any more but he hated being held down, it made him very upset.  As soon as it was done and he was let  up (and had another candy), he was just fine and went around offering candy to all the nurses.  He was actually sad when it was time to leave and kept wanting to go back and see the doctor!  Now he has the staples in for a week and we can't get his head wet but other than that he is back to his normal, bouncy, charming self!

Amusing Myself

So this is how I amuse myself on a Saturday morning when we have no power (because a tree went down in the lot next door at 4:30 am and woke us all up, well except for Danny.  He was already up.)

The light coming in from the window was just right for picture taking.  Gypsy made a great model because she was glued to that window, watching the PG&E workers across the street.  The boys were a bit harder to capture as they were too busy bouncing off the walls!