I'm Excited!

Sunday we had the pleasure of celebrating Fathers Day with my whole family. It was great to be all together - probably the last time for awhile because D&B are moving to Portland in a few weeks :( We even got a family picture!

Nannie and Poppy with their grand kids

My dad and brothers

We have a lot to celebrate on Fathers Day. Not only do Jason and I each have fantastic Dads that live close by (we missed seeing you Sunday Dan!!) but we get to celebrate what an amazing Dad Jason is. He is loving, thoughtful and enjoys our children. He is goofy enough to make them laugh, but serious enough to teach them things too. He loves to do fun things with them when I work and never complains about his 14 hour days while I work each week. He is in love with each of his children and I couldn't imagine raising my kids with anyone else. We love you Jason !

And now. You ask - why are you excited?

We know where we're going to be living! The process of moving is always hard, but this time since we didn't really know where we would move to, it has been a bit stressful to me. We have looked at many houses, townhouses, and condos in Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Fountain Valley and many hours on Craigslist...all in search of what we wanted and needed. Each time we left a different property I had a strange feeling of unrest. I was convinced something else was out there and we just needed to wait. Well, we found out today what we were waiting for...

Today we finalized leasing (well we haven't actually signed the lease yet, but we have verbally agreed!) a 4 bedroom AMAZING house in Seal Beach...a 10 minute walk from Main St and the beach, 0.8 miles from the best elementary school in an awesome district, has a great backyard complete with a redwood deck, allows dogs, has another deck off the master bedroom (evening glass of red wine while we overlook PCH and the sunset, anyone?), WILL INCLUDE A HOUSE CLEANER EVERY 2 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, it is a bit out of our price range, so we will be renting one of the rooms to a guy that Jason went through academy with. He is a great Christian guy who (strangely) is stoked to be moving in with us. :) Thanks to my Dad for agreeing to babysit tonight at the last minute...we went out for an Italian dinner tonight to celebrate. The family that currently lives there(the owners) is moving out of state and do not plan to return...there was mention today of a possibility to "lease to own"...what???Did we hear that right?

We'll take it one step at a time....

marathon pics

Daniel and Bethany took some great pics of us a few weekends ago at my marathon. I love the above picture of Jason and I. My sweet husband is the ultimate supporter for me.

Too bad V wasn't looking in our family pic below! Its still good.

This was a hard race for me as I battled knee pain for most of it and what I'm fairly certain was dehydration toward the end. A marathon is as much an exercise of the mind as it is the body.

My motivation in the last few miles of this race was to see my family. I searched the crowds miles before I knew I would see them. I wanted to make sure I didn't miss them. When I finally saw them, my heart rejoiced...I had made it to my family..and the END!

I also love this sweet picture of Violet and Daniel

The boys waiting for me...

Sadly, I can't find the pictures of Gavin's triathlon on our computer. AND...we picked my parents up from the airport Thursday but I don't think I took any pictures of our time together that night or Saturday when my whole family got together. Its great to have them home!

Bikini Babe

I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind on updating. Please accept my sincerest apologies. We have had "issues" with our computer. We have a friend who donated a monitor and now we are back in business! We are thinking we will have to purchase a new computer soon, but financially, it is not an ideal time...as we are moving soon...but is it ever??
I do not currently have pictures, but I completed my second marathon last Sunday, May 31st. It was a hard race for me, but I finished and my goal was accomplished. I look forward to training for another one...who knows when. I might take a break from training for a bit. Right now I'm just enjoying relaxing and doing some different activities instead of running 5-6 days a week!
Jason surprised me last week and fixed up my beach cruiser. He painted it, replace the chain, the tires, the handlebar pads...its good as new!
A few days ago, Gavin and I rode our bikes up and down the street by our house - it was so much fun! Ezekiel played in the little pool in the front yard and when Violet woke from her nap, she joined him in her bikini!

Yes, she has her hands on her hips!

I'll try and blog about Gavin's triathlon with pictures too sometime soon. Also - my parents are coming home Thursday! YAY!! AND we are searching for a new place to live...
Gavin's LAST day of preschool is tomorrow...is he REALLY going to be in kindergarten?? I'M NOT READY!!
That's whats going on with us...