Dip for brains....

Okay, this is a good one for any grade. This was my second year using this creation. The kids LOVE it! I just couldn't wait to show it off again this year!
BTW, it's a veggie platter with dip in a cabbage (skull).

It's the great pumpkin.....

Well, we are back to being a family of four. We were up bright and early yesterday morning heading to the San Diego airport to pick up "the dad". From there it was over to Escondido to watch Riley's hockey game. They tied the game with a score of 2-2. We came home for a little rest and headed out to Temecula to visit Peltzer Pumpkin Patch. This was great! Lauren got to ride a pony, we all got to pet some chickens and some goats, had some ice cream and picked out our pumpkins! Lauren got a good one. Riley's well, no one really checked it over and it had some soft spots. We topped it off with dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings! It was a fantastic day and we are all very happy to have daddy home!

Hot Pink.....

Well, it was one year ago that I called all my friends and family from the middle east and said that my little girl had broken both bones in her arm. I couldn't believe it and I was so sad. They flew us to Dubai and put her tiny little arm in a cast for about 8 long weeks. I missed giving her spa days and letting her swim in our giant tub. I remember the day that We went back up to Dubai to get the cast off. The big saw cutter thing scared her to death and I was sure that she would NEVER WANT TO EVER BREAK HER ARM AGAIN. Well, guess what??? If you haven't heard already, SHE DID IT AGAIN almost a year to the date. Here is Lauren sporting her new hot pink cast. Yes, it does read "Don't do this again" Love, Mom. Next year in October, BUBBLE WRAP!

Happy Birthday Riley!!

Well, My baby is 9 years old. I can't believe it. It's amazing how much joy he has brought and continues to bring to my life. He did fantastic with our move from over seas. He's getting settled here in San Diego and is playing ice hockey for the second year. Yesterday he went to get spacers in his teeth to prepare for the braces he will have the next 18 months. For his birthday, he got his first laptop computer to help with homework and hang on club penguin with his buddies. His sister continues to be her loving self. She is playing piano and has a wonderful teacher. I can't believe in one month she can play three songs by memory! Here are a few birthday pictures...

I think we are almost there.....

We've been in San Diego for two months and I still have just a couple of boxes to unpack. Can you believe that?! There is so much to do here. We have ice hockey, piano, gymnastics, clay, drawing, and girl scouts. Those two or three boxes might not ever get unpacked. I don't even know what's in them. I've got a hunch that it's nothing important. I would like to know where my mickey mouse waffle maker is. I don't think it's in the unpacked boxes that read "master bedroom". But, with TMO you never really know. I'll keep you posted on that one. The house is coming together....I'll post pictures as I complete a room. I have a lot of furniture on order so it may take a while.

We've landed on San Diego.....

We spun the wheel.....and managed to not land on a LIFE space for a baby or twins, hit a Pay Day and we are headed to San Diego. Now, if we only had a house and a car for the kids and the dog.

I've been house hunting online for the past three weeks. As soon as a "good" house comes available, someone snatches it up. Because of the time difference between the middle east and the west coast, I don't see the postings until the next morning....by then, they have already shown the house and signed a lease. I'm headed out there towards the end of June and I just pray that there will be a house for us to call home for the next couple of years. Trying to find a house in good school district is like hoping that you land on TV game winner and you you collect $95,000. There is a chance....but you try not to get to excited. There are other people playing the same game.