Preschool

Ashlyn did quite well on her first day of preschool. She was just a little hesitant at first but then got into the art project shortly after I left. I do have to say that I had a harder time leaving than expected of myself. Her teacher, Ms. Heidi, is super cute. She told me that Ashlyn kept on saying that she wanted to go to "college." Well sweetheart, you'll soon get that chance. We're so proud of you Ashlyn. We know that you'll learn so much and we hope that you'll continue to be enthusiastic about school and that you will reach your goal of going to college and hopefully, if your given the opportunity, continue your education.

Hide and Seek with Ashlyn

Me: 1...2....3...
Ashlyn: Mom, make sure you come into the TV room!

Me: ...o.k....4....5....6....

Ashlyn: Mom, mom...make sure you come into the TV room!

Me: ....o.k sweetie.....7....8....9....

Ashlyn: Here I am!!

I love my daughter!!

I'm finally on the bandwagon...

...after many blogs (of friends) that I've read on these books, I've finally caved. The first 2 books just came today...thanks to Amazon. I also found Stephanie Meyer's official website. And I'm also looking forward to the movie in December. Can't wait to do a girl's night out on this one.

North Family Reunion 2008 in Sunny San Diego!!

It was so great to be back at our old stomping ground. Todd and I had memory after memory of our 2 years in San Diego and all the friends we made and missed so very much. So coming back to San Diego was awesome....especially to see all the family we hadn't seen in so long. We first spent 2 days at Sea World. The shows were great, the rides for the kiddies were super fun and we got a chance to stay for the night time show of Shamu. Definitely awesome. I highly recommend it to anyone. The kids had a great time even though they were so dang tired! Sea World added a new kiddie play area in which there were rides as well as Elmo and friends coming out and singing as well as posing for pictures:

We also got a chance to spend some time at the beach....oh the beach. I've forgotten how calming and soothing it can be to just dig and play in the sand as well as play in the ocean. Well, maybe not for Ashlyn or Ethan. Neither one of them liked the ocean at all!! Oh well, maybe next time.

After the beach, we cleaned up, gave the kids a nap and met at the SDSU Institute for dinner, swimming and a fun activity for the kids...hitting a pinata. It was fun!!

The cutest part were the little kids trying to hit the pinata...they were great!!

On our last day, we had a kiddie talent show. We saw cartwheels, summer saults, piano and vocal duets as well as some pretty cool karate. The kids ended the talent show by singing "I Am a Child of God." They were amazing.
Thank you Grandpa and Myrna for putting it all together.

And to all the aunts and uncles and nieces and nephews....we miss you already! Love you tons.