if I had a laptop...

I would update much more often. but I don't, and that's probably better anyways.

Summer is in full gear, so just like last summer, anything indoors just seems to get neglected...

But here's my kiddos, outside, with a rare shot of them together. Stopped. in focus, even.

We're all alive and well, and kicking in full gear! Divisionals are next weekend, and then the sports are done.... until October!! But then vacays start up... always something. But life is great, everyone's healthy and fabulous, and I hope everyone's having a great summer!

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My stalker hubs like to inform me when my blog needs to be updated, so here goes nothin...

first, my next to littlest, not so little, giant brother Nathan is 17 today! OMGoshIcannotbelieveit!

That's him, the tiny guy... please excuse me and whatever coolness I thought I was doing at that moment... I was caught up in wiidom. Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Nathan! Smooches, love you tons, and can't wait to see you next month!!

Let's see... in exciting Heather only news, I am happy to say that my arm is no longer the large width it was in that picture taken last August... my doc did measurements today, and it was pretty exciting to hear I've lost over 4" from each thigh (and they're still nowhere close to hot) and 7" from my hips, 6" from my waist.... coolness. I've been *slowly* sliding the poundage down since September.... hoping to make it to MILF status by age 31. :) Not sure I'll achieve it, but just not having 4 chins rocks too.

Mother's Day was SUPER fabulous.... (although I have NO proof that I am the mom of these two cute kids, because I am not in any pics from the day- whatev)had an adorable Mother's Day Tea at Megan's school; hubs gets better every year... Megs and BK went and got breakfast tacos and Starbucks in the morning (can we say Heaven?!) and Brent had done all the grocery shopping the day before to BBQ and cook linner (cross between lunch and dinner I suppose... we ate at 2 ish.. that would be linner, right?) of steaks, corn on the cob, potatoes.... delish. Had the in-laws, and the neighbors and family over... made for a great day swimming and hanging out! Got this cool new sign- (check it out Anita, it's even HUNG already! :) ) from the in-laws, which is absolutely perfect for mi casa...

and got surprised with a Kindle too! LOVE it, and am totally hooked! And even got an adorable pink case for it :)

and just to show you some of the latest artwork of my children.... here's one Megan drew of me:

the next one she drew had 5 fingers :)

and here's one Cam drew tonight...it's the commander shuttle:

We're heading into tournament week with baseball, and then we're done! Cam has his first swim meet Saturday morning. Meg's last week of school is this coming week.... and then Cam has one more as well, and it's SUMMER! woot!

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I have come to notice that the older I get, the more I have conversations with myself. I was registering the kids for some summer camps the other day, and realized I was talking out loud when the lady at the counter asked me if I was talking to her. Only marginally embarrassing.

Life? How is it? Hmm... it's....busy.

Swimming has started up...

and we still have baseball... this is the only picture I've got so far of both Brent and Cam in the same shot- Brent's been pitching most of this season, and is always out on the field with the boys. He even caught an early flight home and booked it from the airport Wednesday to make it in time! Rockstar dad I tell ya!

and then if we're not doing those, we're doing stuff like this:

(please do not be concerned for the welfare of the elephant. Cameron has now made him peanuts to go with his water.)

or this:

that, mixed in with birthday parties, a date night (woot!) here and there, and oh, shoved in some projects for Scrapbooks.com ....

and that's about it! Happy Friday peeps! Hope it's a weekend full of CHILLAXIN' (just for you Brandy)

Peter Cottontail has long since hopped away..

and I still need to update from Easter.... fun times! AND the rockin' time we had for Rita's birthday.... but, it shall be another moment in time... but for now, just my cute kids...

oh, and Megan's new response to EVERYTHING: "That's freakin' me out" or "You're freakin' me out, MOM!"

ex: Megan, you want to wear this dress today? "No way Mom. It's freakin' me out!"

or "Come here Megs I need to fix your hair" "You're really freakin' me out MOM!"

Nice. Where does she come up with this stuff?

sometimes...

I occasionally still make use of this office, doing something other than online shopping (I mean browsing, Brent), Facebooking, and kid crafts... not too often, but just sometimes...

all of these were done for Scrapbooks.com for the month of March. I got some old pictures out of the pile and scrapped... so old Megan still wore diapers, and Cameron still had teeth. Crazy how time flies....

this little babe...

is pretty cute. Biased I know, but still. Pretty cute.

I did not pull out my camera at all on Wednesday for the 1st Grader's Zoo field trip, but a friend of mine did, and got this little creature...

I would have pulled my camera out, but the trip was definitely the fastest zip through the zoo I've ever done in my life- I am not amazing enough to manage photographs while zipping from the monkeys to the elephants while pulling a wagon.

Megan loves to take her own pictures these days... take, for instance, these pictures she shot while we were at lunch with Rita....

Apparently her feet seemed ideal to take pictures of... the picture of Rita actually turned out pretty good, but with Megan sitting next to me, I promise the one of me is not at all appealing. I prefer not to look like I have 4 chins if I can help it.

Fabulous weather these days- definitely heating the pool back up for this weekend for some fun in the sun... we have family pics with Steph on Sunday, so hopefully we won't all look like Casper by then....

Happy Friday!

jet lagged...

two days back, and geez I still can't get it together! Signs of getting old....
Hopped a flight Thursday night to meet up with Brent in Vegas.... he was there for some meetings, so we decided last minute to make a weekend trip out of it. We had SUCH a great time! This was the first time in years we were there just the two of us.

We had so much fun being on no agenda, wandering wherever and having the most fabulous food the whole time! You know you're getting old when you get back from Vegas and rave about the FOOD! lol Anyways, we had some fabulous appetizers at both Diablo's and Andre's, and dinner at Shibuya Friday, and then dinner at Tao's on Saturday night. Awesome awesome food everywhere! Highly recommend them all... Diablo's is an open air cantina, casual place, but the other 3 are sit down restaurants.

We also saw Lance Burton this time... it was my first time to see a magic show, and I wasn't disappointed! He was very funny, and I thought did great tricks- really got the kids involved that were in the audience. Brent has been to see David Copperfield before, and said he's more mystery/dramatic, where Lance Burton had me cracking up the whole time.

We also did some shopping, and a little gambling here and there. Good thing Brent was winning, because I sure wasn't!

Now, back to life in normal.... Cameron's got his first baseball game tonight, and his school field trip tomorrow.... nothing like herds of 1st graders at the zoo to slam you back to reality. :)