Doing some blog CPR!

So it's only been about 10 months since my last post and I don't even have an excuse. No new baby, no full time job, no reason at all not to be blogging my heart away. So my pre New Years resolution for 2012 will be to get back in the blogging world :)



The most eventful part of summer was the boys 4th birthday. That's right the big 4! I'm so proud of the young men they are becoming! I did have a slight anxiety attack when I went into Target this past spring and realized that I couldn't buy anything in the baby section. No sippy cups, no clothes (too babyish for the most part), and way past the diaper stage! Where does the time go??? They are really into being independent as well. They get dressed by themselves, pour their own milk, and even get their own snacks if I'm busy.


We have been living in Las Vegas since January and are feeling like this is home. I was excited for the move and then spent the first 6 months here missing all our friends :( My boys had made some great friends in the SLO area and we missed everyone terribly. I think I went home about once a month for the first 6 months. I'm sure it didn't help that we are renting an apartment too. The apartment has been fine but it's just reminder that you don't have a permanent place. We have moved quite a bit since the boys were born and I'm looking forward to putting down some roots now. We are currently house hunting and hope to be all moved in by Christmas. Just in time for Josh to climb on the roof and hang Christmas lights :)



The boys started preschool at the YMCA this fall. They go M, W, and Fri from 9-12. They have made some good friends at school and even went to a birthday party for one of their classmates last weekend. They have 2 other boys that they are best buds with and we get together once a week now. (4) four year boys running crazy together makes me happy I only have (2) four year old boys :)



This past June we headed to Legoland, the San Diego Zoo, and the San Diego Wild Animal park to celebrate the boys 4th birthday. SO MUCH FUN is all I can say! The boys were able to do almost all the rides at Legoland and liked the fast roller coasters the best. The zoo and wild animal park were amazing as well. This was our first major amusement park trip and the boys did great. No meltdowns, just lots of smiles and laughing.

Happy New Year!!

So I just checked and my last post was April. WOW!! I will try and catch you up. We moved back from Rochester in December (how I sooo miss it still) and stayed with my mother in law through April. In May we moved back to Atascadero and have been here ever since. The boys started preschool in June at a UMCC in San Luis Obispo (best preschool EVER for those looking for a preschool).They loved going to school and made friends with all of their class and kids in other classes as well. I had originally enrolled them for 9-12 Tues and Thurs thinking that would be plenty but I was wrong. They begged me to let them stay longer most days so I started to let them stay part of the afternoon one day a week. What I loved most about their school were the teachers. They embraced my strong, opinionated Ralph and just loved Blake to pieces! I'm really sad to have to look for a new school for them (we are moving soon, stay tuned):( I went back to work in August part time 3 evenings a week and loved it! It was really like I never left and so good to catch up with all my old friends.



In October Josh and I took a trip to St. George, Utah. We had driven through there on our way to Rochester and always wanted to go back. We had begun saving to buy a new house but even with housing prices being low, it would take several years to save up enough to buy a another house here in CA. We looked at housing in Saint George and found it to be substantially cheaper. On the way back from Saint George we took a detour through North Las Vegas and were pleasantly surprised by the area. Since we still own the candy stores, Josh thought being within a days drive back to California would be important if we relocated. We were fortunate enough that Josh's employer was able to expand their company into Las Vegas as well. I had imagined that we would relocate somewhere around fall 2011 but never this soon! I just had gone back to work and the boys were loving preschool so the timing was not ideal. We started house hunting in Las Vegas and put an offer on a house at the end of October. The house ended up falling through so we are now moving into an apartment this weekend to begin our new house hunt. The last couple months have been a whirlwind!! I had to quit my job at the beginning of November (thought escrow on the new house would close around then) so I have been back home with the boys. We are looking forward to getting out there and getting settled!! I feel like the last month we have just been waiting in limbo so finally getting out there will be good. So happy packing to us again!! The boys have been helping me pack the last couple of days. I have found many suprises in the boxes when I go to tape them up!




So the pictures on this post are from my attempted Christmas card photo shoot. It was a disaster! It was impossible to get both boys to look at the camera and have a nice, pleasant smile! I must admit they are quite funny to me now :)