Monday, October 29, 2012

Frolics in the Fall..

Its hard to believe Halloween is only a few days away... This fall season has been filled with all kinds of fun stuff! This weekend was another busy one for us. Kev is still working on the Chevy and making good progress.. I cant wait til its done and we can go play =)
Here is the rims after machining.. the bolts holes were to small for the new rearend so we had them machined out to make the lugnuts fit =)

say cheese and look cute.. apparently Heather had other ideas LOL

she loves being silly!

this is Kev's dream garage!

Here is Eugene and baby tangled..

our friend Erbono had told Heather she could have the whole bowl...YIKES!! not something a mother should hear LOL

devilish grin..

the day after Heather's hideaway was built one of our trees decided to loose the back half of it, we had to have it completely cut back. The tree guys told us it should come back just fine.. and this weekend we saw new life!! Jimmy's tree service really knows there stuff!

took advantage of our nice fall weather to do some painting

if you look at the bottom of our cactus you can see where Dingo has been chewing on it.. you would think it would hurt her mouth but she seems to not mind a bit! she's crazy!

like mother, like daughter.. we both like to have our jeeps clean =)

and we must wash the pumpkin before painting it too..

Kevin and I believe that it is still safe to drink from a water house.. and as you can see.. Heather loves it too!
I love having fun! I love my family! I love my friends! Life is good!

Friday, October 26, 2012

fisheys, sharks and dragons..Oh My!!

My Dad and his girlfriend came to visit and we decided the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach would be a perfect little adventure one day. That place is absolutely amazing!! We spent almost he entire day there.. we didn’t get to go to shoreline village after as planned  because after a full day of walking around we were all a little worn out. We saw so many amazing creatures and even got to pet some! the shows were fun too..very exciting for all ages
aqurium 2012 and more 002Someone was very excited to wear their halloween costume =)
aqurium 2012 and more 007so excited it was tough to try and get it off of her and save for Halloween hahaha! at least I know she will have a lot of fun playing dress up afterwards..
aqurium 2012 and more 017anyone want some crab??
aqurium 2012 and more 020Heather decided she wanted a fish tank like this..ummm… not sure where we would put it
aqurium 2012 and more 028beautiful coral
aqurium 2012 and more 029Nemos and Dorries..they really should just think of changing the fish name to that haha
aqurium 2012 and more 038here is a picture of what a baby shark looks like before it hatches…you could actually see it moving, it was sooooooooo cool! (the spotted stuff in the middle is the baby shark)
aqurium 2012 and more 048the stingray was smiling
aqurium 2012 and more 052the diver was hilarious.. he was blowing bubbles for Heather
aqurium 2012 and more 057water snake
aqurium 2012 and more 060one of my favorites.. a seaweed dragon
aqurium 2012 and more 063can you just hear the theme to jaws right now… dun unp dun unp..
aqurium 2012 and more 065they are really amazing creatures
aqurium 2012 and more 081we got to pet some jelly fish..they are kinda weird.. almost like touching mushy goo
aqurium 2012 and more 091another rare sighting.. a pic of me and my girl! (a bit in the shadow)
aqurium 2012 and more 111I loved petting the sting rays.. they were our favorite to touch!
aqurium 2012 and more 128more jelly fish..
aqurium 2012 and more 135took a few minutes to play.. they had a cute little water area for the kiddos
aqurium 2012 and more 156the loorakeets were so vibrant!
aqurium 2012 and more 160I just liked this plant
aqurium 2012 and more 161this one was interesting too..
aqurium 2012 and more 162very neat statue

If you havent been yet, you should def. go! We went during the week so crowds and traffic werent bad at all (extra bonus!)
I took so many pictures! there was just so much to see and the weather was just right too. we definitely want to go again..

Monday, September 24, 2012

girly accessories...

http://acraftymom.com/2011/07/23/tutu-hairbow-holder/
I found this site as I was looking for a unique baby shower gift idea to make for my friend that is having twin girls! I love it!! Im going to have to try and make 2 for her shower. I love homemade projects, they give that extra special feel to the piece.. hopefully it will turn out as cute as the ones I have seen. First I must finish my "name" sign for Heather..we have been wanting to have the hanging letters that spell out Heather but I just couldnt find one that we really really liked (and didnt cost major bucks!) so I found on one of the sites that all they use for most is special scrapbooking paper.. well I have that and I have the letters.. now I just need to finish it. As Heather gets older Im going to put some pegs in the letters so she can use it to hang her stuff like her purse or coat etc. Wish me luck! hahaha! This site seems cute so I hope you enjoy it too =)

I finished up the letters during lunch.. now I just have to add the ribbon and hang it up =) for my first attempt, I dont think I did to bad.. now on to the next project..

Monday, September 10, 2012

fun in the desert

After the hectic weekend last weekend I thought I would be able to relax and catch up on  some stuff this weekend.. it was a nice thought for a moment haha! Saturday I was able to catch up a little and took some time for some important stuff like painting and goofing off. Heather and I went to the craft store and she picked out this little bird house and wanted to make it really pretty for the birdies. Sunday we took off to meet the racing family to do some testing out in barstow. It was a great weekend!
barstow test day 8-9-2012 004This little squirrel comes by to visit and play with dingo
barstow test day 8-9-2012 010heres our little artist at work. JoAnn's always has some sort of cute little craft right when you walk in and for 1 buck how can you go wrong!
barstow test day 8-9-2012 024
barstow test day 8-9-2012 032this is Wayne's truck
barstow test day 8-9-2012 047Mark is driving Steve's truck. Steve and Mark raced the night before and joined us for some play time
barstow test day 8-9-2012 059
barstow test day 8-9-2012 069apart of our racing family
barstow test day 8-9-2012 073
barstow test day 8-9-2012 081we almost got rain, we could smell it for sure but it went all around  us. It did make for some cool shade which was nice
barstow test day 8-9-2012 082this little stinker found a pack of fun dip and “the stick part just fell out” at least she didn’t get into the sugary half! silly little girl!!
sometimes I really don’t mind when plans change.. there’s always another day to catch up right…. =)

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Brithday, rainbows, bike riding and silly stuff

Let me tell you.. this Labor Day was a crazy busy weekend! Heather turned 3 on August 31.. I cant belive it!! where did the year go? She is growing up to be one smart little cookie if I say so myself! this is Manny.. he's a little praying  mantis that visited us for a few weeks.. he was quiet friendly

One day Heather just decided she was going to ride her bike! She had been doing good with pedaling and steering but the connection of doing both at the same time was quiet there.. until... it just clicked one day and she walked right over to her little bike got on and started riding! We were so proud!

and she's off...

everywhere around us was getting some kind of rain storm..we just a got a little humidity and this gorgeous rainbow


Heather's buddy Dan-elle (aka Danielle Uncle Boo's girlfriend) Heather just loves her!

we got this amazing bouncy house w/ water slide for the birthay girl this year.. it was so much fun!

Heather and her Great Grandpa Jerry..belive it or not he's 97!

no real theme to her party this year, it was all about having fun. She picked Tangled for her cake =)

her little friends helped blow out the candles

Heather checking out the goods

the next day we had to clean out and re-fill the pool.. Kev and Heather enjoyed playing as it filled up =)
I love my family!!!! Heather had an amazing Birthday with her little friends and we just love her so much.. cant wait to see what other excitments are ahead...