The Drewster Bumblebee!

So for the most part of our sunny afternoon at the beach in January.. Drew played up on his own while Garrett & Elizabeth played in the water, but as soon as they came up to the sand to play.. the Drewster Monster wanted some attention!!! Drew is talking more today than ever.. its amazing all the things that come out of his precious little mouth, but one of my favorites is when ever he talks about himself he says "Me" instead of I am.. for example he just ran into the room saying "Arghhhh Me the Incredible Hulk" I love this kiddo.. so back to my blogging the beach day.. if he were to have said today how he was feeling in the pictures this is how it would go!

Me Bumblebee and me want attention though {by the way Drew says all day everyday, "but I want _______ though" its funny!}



Me drive over your castle



Me kick sand



Oh ya we got it {from the Polar Express hot chocolate song.. he loves to say that while he is playing!!!}



Me Happy!



oh and great news speaking of Drew talking so well.. he is going to be tested on Tuesday to see if we even need to continue his speech therapy.. WOOT WOOT.. I am soooooooooooooo excited!!!!!

Garrett & Elizabeth

Having a blast on a wonderful winter day in Newport Beach.. gosh I love California!!!!

Auntie Lizzy {Aquarium of the Pacific}

The boys had a blast with Auntie Lizzy at the Aquarium of the Pacific..we went later in the day in hopes that the schools would be gone so it wouldn't be so busy.. and it worked we were able to really check out everything while we were there.. it was nice!

Also this week Elizabeth got her license to teach.. we hope and pray that she finds a position at the best school for her {hopefully in California!}.. but wherever she ends up the school and kids will be lucky to have her.. she is going to be the best teacher ever!

Auntie Lizzy

How can we tucker Auntie Lizzy out.. oh let me count the ways!!!! Auntie Lizzy has an advantage and that is.. my kiddos don't belong to her.. so she can sleep until they literally come into her room hang over her and say "GET UP!!! AUNTIE LIZZY!!! GET UP!!!!".. hahahhahaha which was almost every morning around 8amish.. which is 2hrs after they really woke up.. so she was one of the lucky ones in the house! Garrett had school a few days out of the week that she was here, but we stayed busy that is for sure!!! Everyday we had something going on.. it was a lot of fun.. I have a ton of pictures to go through to show the highlights of her trip, but this is my very first post!

We drove home from Kingman on Sat afternoon to avoid traffic which was a great idea.. so on Sunday we took the inlaws van.. and bought a much needed new tv console from Costco.. Elizabeth & I went on our own.. while Mark watched football.. I mean stayed home with the boys.. I thought it was a pretty interesting move since uh.. this was a piece of huge furniture and it was going to be heavy! The good old Costco cart guys were nice enough to help us load it into the van. that night Mark took it out of the box already assembled.. WAHOOOOOOO.. and we all decided that the box was big enough to make a fort out of it.. and both boys could play in it.. man oh man.. its an awesome fort Mark & Elizabeth created.. I was just the size checker.. if I could fit in it at 5 feet.... so could the boys {that was my only part in the fort building!}.. so after Garrett got out of school on Monday.. we decorated it.. then Auntie Lizzy & the boys played monster running in and out of it.. they love our new fort.. now called clubhouse.... its been a few weeks & they still enjoy playing in it, but they want me to be a monster like Auntie Lizzy.. and well I am just not as good as she is!!!!!

Look who turned 1!

Carter Bug.. well he has been 1 for almost a month now.. but Christmas happened.. then New Years... then the sis-n-law came to stay with us for a week... its been a busy month! I am very very happy with how this turned out! What fun!!!!! I soooo wish I would have done this with my kiddos!