Really?

Well......not sure what to say other than.....Have a great weekend.
It is beach weather around here!!

Happy Friday!!

the little things

Finding joy/happiness in the little things ...EVERY DAY. The Happiness Hour 2 weeks ago was all about finding and embracing your "little things".

So, today my little things were

1. reading a magazine on the deck in the sun

2. writing with a brand new sharpie pen

3. Sarah drawing a picture of me and saying "it is you Mama....you are so beautiful"

(Those are my knees not my boobs.....what I would look like in THIS shirt)

What are your little things today........?

Happy Friday!!

Suim Suit Season

Swim Lessons started up again today

What a difference 3 years makes........I have the "remember when" bug. The last couple of posts I have been really coming to terms with how fast this journey is going.

No getting around it this year.....this Mama has to get in the pool. My husband and Sarah are usually the "fish".....I am the "lounger". We are so fortunate to live in an area with a FABULOUS community pool with an amazing view........

Come on summer....I am ready for ya......!!

Girlfriends!!

1 years old May 2007
3 years later.......

Tick Tock...Tick Tock.......time is going fast......we are happy that we have such fun friends to share this journey with. When we moved to San Diego.....this was the first little girl that Sarah met.

Happy Friday!!

Finally

we meet IN PERSON!!!

Thank you Grampy for being such a good sport!!!
Dinner and walk at Ferry Landing in Coronado, Ca
(San Diego skyline is so pretty ...especially around sunset)

I have really enjoyed blogging as a way to keep up with friends and family,
also as a way to make new friends. This weekend I finally got to meet my longtime blog friend Grammy Staffy (and her great husband....Grampy ). We have been corresponding for a long time now....we both can't quite remember how we met .....but we are so happy we did. Sarah was so excited to share some hours with them......I know we will see them again soon.
Thank you for such a special day and all the hugs!!

Ho...Ho...Ho!!

You never know where Santa vacations........

he is making sure you are naughty or nice ALL THE TIME!!!
Do you remember the last time you skipped?

I think every day might be a little happier if more people wore a crown and a big red flower.

Hope you had a good day today (we did).....Happy April!!

Peeps!!

Hanging with my PEEPS!!

Settling into our "new normal"......(only for 6 months)

So far our day has consisted of cupcakes, frosting and peeps!! Better hit the gym before my sugar high wears off.

Send off......

Sending Daddy (Deep Sea Diver) off with some new pictures........

My friend Amber does such a wonderful job capturing special moments.

Buckets of Sand

March 2010 Coronado ,CA
July 2008-Vasion Island , WA

What brings old friends together better than buckets of sand. We are so happy to have our long time friends living back in the states after being in Germany for the last 3 years.

Welcome home.....may we fill many more buckets with you !!

Aloha

Sarah started each morning with a song .......or 12

(from the patio of our cabin on the beach)

off to do some body surfing

Meeting some locals......Wow...now that is a "Noggin Topper"

The "Brown Family"

(special trip...my Mom got to come with us)

The Beach Family

Playing with old friends..........

right before a down pour.... so nice to see and play with old friends!!!

Cruising around looking for some local handmade treasures....

Wow....where does time go? We have been packing in lots of fun before my husband leaves on a 6 month deployment next week. We just got back from spending a week on the beach in Oahu.

Got back home and feel like I am still on vacation .....feel blessed to live where we live!!

Sleep-overs!!

Do you think they got any sleep?????

Sarah's new fun thing is to "toot" under the covers and have her sweet friend but her head under. Oh my gosh ...... it is time to get the Miss Manners book.

(AND NO SHE DID NOT GET IT FROM ME!!)

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