Grampy Bought a Swing Set

The swing set was a hit. The three kids love it.

Update

Big brother is in preschool now and is loving it. I can't believe I already have a child ready for school. In some ways its exciting but in others its sad. What I am going to do when both kids are in school. They are my whole life and keep me busy, so when they aren't home, what am I going to do? Probably all the things I have been wanting to get done but can't because they can't seem to give me the time! :) Painting, blogging, scrapbooking, baking, exercising, relaxing! :)
Does anyone (whoever reads my blog) have a probably with keeping within their grocery budget lately? I sure hav been. I can't seem to fix the prob either. I have cute back on somethings but if I cute back more, it'll mean more rice and bean! :) Crazy uh. It food keeps going up I dont know what I'll do! Any advice? Help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am going to try to do better on keeping my blog updated. The last few months have been busy with moving, then getting the place clean, then Chub-Chubs falling and now he's sick, so things can get crazy around here. But here is a few pics of him after he fell.

Chub-Chubs Looking Cute

This was taken at Heather and Davids Wedding. The boys had matching suits. Isn't he so cute? Why oh why do they have to grow up?????

Our 5th Anniversary Cruise.

A four night three day cruise with Royal Caribbean. Our boys stayed with Nanna. It left from San Pedro Port on Monday Feb 18th. We got on the ship by 12:00 and had lunch, then by 1:30 our room was ready. After that we just walked around looking at everything. There are shops on board, a Viking Crown Lounge that you can sit in and see all around because it is at the very top of the ship and is circular. Very neat to sit in and watch the ship move out to sea. There was an safety drill at 4:30 then after that we went to sit in the spa and the sauna because I miss placed a rib coughing so hard with the life jacket on! The spa helped. :) Our dinner seating wasn't until 8:30 so we had plenty of time to take it easy. Tuesday morning the ship docked in San Deigo by 8 am. We slept in of course and after breakfast got off the ship and went to see the USS Midway. Pretty neat. Such a huge ship! Then we walked over to Sea Port Villiage and browsed through stores. Hubby found a book, so we went back to the ship, ate a late lunch and then lounged around until time to get reay for dinner. It was formal night Tuesday. The food of course was good. I had tarimasu for dessert. So YUMMMMMMMY! Wednesday we anchored in Catalina Island's bay. We just walked around looking at the shops and houses. The was a comedian show at 6:45 on ship so we got back in time for that. Then ate dinner, and the Chocolate Lovers Buffet was at 11:30 pm. It was very well decorated and they had tons of different desserts. All you could possible want to eat! Thursday the shipped dock in Esenada, Mexico. Its an interestind town. Lots of little shops. My hubby bought me a necklace. An flower made out of a abalony shell. Thursday was our last night on the ship. We went to a musical show at 6:45, then ate. We were tired and went to be ealier than any other night. Friday we were off the ship by 8 something. We both had a relaxing time. It was so nice to not have to change a diaper or anything else. Down below is a slide show of our cruise.

Big Brothers Birthday

Monteray Trip

Thanksgiving

My husband and I decided to take a vacation. Just us and our kids which we had not done in almost two years. So we looked up on Priceline hotels in Monteray Bay. We got an three star hotel for just about the same price as an one star hotel! Cool uh? We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn at Monteray Bay. Just a couple of miles away from the ocean! We had a great time. We left Wednesday night and drove to Solvine, a cute little dutch town, and stayed at the Kronborg Inn by Bestwestern. Then in the morning we walked around looking at the shops, since it was Thanksgiving morning not much was open. But we did find an little Cafe open and got some ableskivers. They were yummy!!!! Almost like a crepe except thicker and in a ball, served with raspberry sauce and powered sugar. Then we drove on up to Monteray. We decided to take the coastal route. It was very pretty.
We got to Monteray about 2:30, and since we couldn't check into our hotel until 3:00 we went to Fishermen's Warf and walked around. The sea lions were going at it with their unintelligent noises. It was very funny to listen. After we checked into our hotel we got ready to go eat dinner. We ate at an Italian/seafood place. Again since it was Thanksgiving day not many places were open. But this place was good. I had steak and deep fried shrimp and hubby had an seafood pasta dish. Both were very good.
Friday morning we ate at the buffet at the hotel. It was a very gourmet breakfast. They had locs and bagels, made to order omlets, crepes, eggs, pancakes...everything you could think of for breakfast. Then we went to the Aquirium. It was crowed but Big Brother had fun. Right before dinner we went to see an Lighthouse then we ate at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co, and Restuarant. Oh man that was good. We started off with 3/4 lb of shrimp cooked in an Cajun sauce and also in garlic sauce, then we had for our main dish Maui Maui deep fried. For desert we had an fudgy chocolat cake cooked in an mason jar. That was so yummy! And since it was close to Big Brothers birthday they sang to him. He had fun with that.
Saturday morning we drove out of Monteray through an place called 17 mile drive. Its along the coast and has million dollar homes along the way. Very pretty. So we had a good time.