Will You Sit By Me At The Fair?

The kids and I ran away to the circus... oh I mean the fair. The theme is Taste the Fun. We went on Tues. where many of the food stands had a $2 item. Fair food is so expensive it was a real treat. The kids tried lots of fair food... pizza on a stick, cinnamon pretzel bites, potatoes on a stick. Tyler, Cole and I went on the kid ferris wheel. It was scarry! Addy slid down whirly slides and said it was the best day of her life. She has lots of those. We saw monster trucks, our friends' pigs, a one man band, and the famous hypnotist. I love the garden show and we ate our fair food while looking at beautiful garden ideas. We ended the day listening to a bit of the Uncle Kracker concert.

Surf Lesson at Doheny with Grandpa Paul

It is wonderful to check blogs of friends and family. I am a crummy blogger, journal writer, scrapbooker, video maker, and so on. Tonight I've spent some time updating our happenings. We are still celebrating Shawn's new job. We have hit the one month mark. It had been just shy of two years since Shawn had had a reliable work situation. We are so glad we've survived.

My dad was teasing me about my vast thrift store knowledge today but it has taken some creativity to survive. I am so grateful for my little jobs as a teacher in adult education as a parent educator and math teacher. I am also grateful for Shawn's creative thinking and vast skills. He can fix anything and has always found a way to pay our bills. We still don't have cable and are in no hurry to get it. Some things are a blessing to do without. Thank you to many of you for your encouragement and prayers over these last couple of years. We have fasted and prayed many times.

Shawn mentioned a few months ago that when he had a new job, he wanted to go to Mama Testa's Taqueria to celebrate. He heard about it on the radio. Well, he has his job and we have been to Mama Testa's!

Today we spent the day at Doheny. I love this place. Here's to summer!

San Elijo Camping Adventure!

Summer it here! We spent the first weekend camping at the beach. Beach camping is the most relaxing for me. I just love it. The days consist of... read in bed, go on a walk, eat breakfast, watch the kids ride scooters, play chess, play Trouble, make sandwiches, hang out at the beach, shower, BBQ, and make smores! It is the best!

Spelling Bee Winners!

It has been a couple of months, but I didn't mention that Addy won the First Grade Spelling Bee and Cole was second in the Second Grade Spelling Bee!! With the Second Grade Spelling Bee it was down to the final two kids FOREVER. Back and forth, back and forth for a really long time! He was awesome. Both Addy and Cole were amazing sports. I was impressed. We celebrated with a trip to the Ice Cream Deli after school with the Wursters.

Padres' Game

Yeah! Uncle Johnny is home! We headed to a Padres game and had a great time with our baseball fanatics. I love Petco Park. It's gorgeous. The Padres got a Grand Slam Home Run at the beginning of the night. Woo hoo! Check out Addy's shiner. She bumped into her friend, Jazi, while playing tag at school. We've seen it change colors daily... green, purple, blue, brownish...quite the fashion statement.

End of the 2010 School Year

I really would love the freeze the kids at their current ages. They are my life and I love to be with them. Addy's class did an adorable dance towards the end of the year. Addy would love to be with her teacher forever. They really were a perfect match!

Baseball Post Season

Tyler was on the Jays and had a wonderful season. Post season, they played in Esc. for a couple of weeks and ended up with the title of First Place Team for Mid City Tournament. I don't know if Tyler or Shawn had more fun.