Car ride to Carson

The journey began May 1,2009 after I picked up my boy from kindergarten.. and what an adventure it was! We were headed to see my sister that is working in Carson during the Legislative session for six months. I was the designated MOM aka servant in the back seat. ha My mom didn't want to change me seats because she said,"I see how hard that person works". lol.. yeah, so the passenger seat in the front was apparently the best seat. HOWEVER.. I was having fun with my camera with the kids. As you can tell, at the time that I was snapping all the shots they were watching a movie and Kaiden wouldn't let me in his face too much. ha That AND Maddie was inbetween us, so it made it hard.. but the photos continued.. :) and the pics are all in random order because at midnight I don't have the brain power to concentrate on how to upload them in order anymore. haha but you can get an idea of the start of our Carson trip.

We had to pull over before Tonopah because little miss just wasn't happy.. and NOW look at that face..
We also got to see a little excitement on the road.. yeah, a trooper following some runners... IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE! lol.. man, rough job there Trooper.. Being that K's dad is one and I've heard all kindsa stories.. I get to make fun! :)

Here he is - still working hard.. just don't run em over, buddy!

We were PACKED to the TOP!!

Something random that my sis wanted me to figure out what it was.. had my zoom and got a couple shots, but WHO knows.. yeah, the "scenic" view on the way, isn't so scenic, that's for sure!

One of the movies that kept her happy, ELMO! :) Thanks, Kaiden!

The mom

The driver.. but naaawwwt on the waayyy hommmee.. :) Being the driver was pretty cool too while she was in the back handling them on the way home..hehehehe

This was one of the first shots at the beginning of the ride.. happy kids with full bellys.. awww.. nothing better!

More to come on the rest of the trip, the destination, the sis, the fun and seeing her work.. oh yeah, I got sooo many pics from that trip. Are you kidding, I took so many pics JUST in the car. I couldn't decide which ones to put up.. therefore I posted more than a "few". :)

Making chicken enchiladas with my boy..

April 25, 2009

So, I decided to make chicken enchiladas.. a first.. so I had my lil chef help me. He tells me he wants to be a chef when he grows up, so here's a good start,right? :)

Have to get lots of pics at any opportunity, so of course we have to get a mom n lil chef shot!..or two..
He cracks me up!

Had to put an apron on him, of course. ;)
Made sure he washed up
He wanted to help with EVERYTHING, it was so cute!

Chicken goes in.. And here's the final product! Funny thing being that I had my "cousins dinner" that night at PF Changs. I just had the urge to make chicken enchiladas. My mom watched Kaiden and Maddie at my sisters house, so my mom, her bf and Kaiden got to eat them first... but I got them the next day and they were JUST as delicious as they told me they were! SCORE! YEA! It was fun and great to hang with my boy and have him help!

My first AUNTIE outing..just me and the kids!!

April 24, 2009

Maddie, Kaiden and me

So these are all I captured of the night. It was a short night out, wished it was longer, but didn't

want to worry the new parents.. ha My sister had a presentation for her business at her house and my brother in law was having a hard day at work - on the golf course- rough, I know.. but he has to kiss butt with the big wigs so every now and again they go golfing. TOUGH life! ha :) Anyway, so Kaiden and I got to take the baby girl out and about. :) We just went and got something to eat because my boy hadn't eaten. We went to Burger King and picked up some chow. Gave the baby girl some chicken fingers. I think they were shaped like dinosaurs? Not sure, my sister could probably tell you since baby girl decided to chuck them all over the car! lol.. but she enjoyed some of Kaiden's fries he was so nice to share. He just loves her! We took our "num nums" and went and watched the airplanes land at the airport. It was fun, but short lived. As we were headed back to my sisters house they both crashed. Now, I was only supposed to have her until daddy got home and I even texted BOTH of the parents and NOT ONE of them responded to me.. yeah, I can see they were really worried and missing their baby. ha ;) My brother in law says, "no news is good news" as far as me not receiving a response from either one of them.. but I was ASKING for permission to stay past curfew.. and no response so I thought, "ok, I have to return her.. " haha and then when I get to their house my sister still has her guests and my brother in law has crashed!! WHAT?!.. lol which made sense being that as I'm pulling up to their house when I opened up the garage I thought maybe my bro in law would come out, being that I had TWO sleeping kids and his truck was in the driveway so I couldn't pull in... and no one bothered to run out.. soooo...hmm.... I had to park across the street.. now.. HOW do I get a 50lb boy and 25lb girl into the house while they are sleeping?.. well, for those of you who are really really curious.. I got them BOTH over my shoulders and into the house all at once! I know, I know.. I'm amazing.. hahahahaha jk Years of single mom-hood had brought many talents my way I guess. And can I just TELL you HOW heavy 50 lbs and 25 lbs of DEAD WEIGHT is?!?!?! It was interesting, that's for sure.. and then the INSTANT I was in the house, they BOTH woke up, AT THE SAME TIME! Sheesh! It was a fun night, none-the-less! Looking forward to another, soon I hope! (and yes, my son IS special. lol.. in reference to the pics.. haha he loves to be a ham!)

What happens when you give your son a blue sucker..

Check out those teeth!!

Enough said?.. and yes, once again, I was scaling his teeth! uck..

BaCk To BaSeBaLl!!

DODGERS # 41

COWLEY

So we started baseball again in April. His first game was April 18th. These are a few memories I captured at the first two games! I got a lot of little videos too. I will cherish those forever! Oh how my boy is growing fast!..

He LOVES to play first
Throwin it in...
He's so big now! To think.. we started this 4 spring seasons ago! wow!..yes.. at 3..it was so dang cute to see little 3 year olds playing tball.. a lot of the time they didn't care to be there and many just played in the dirt, but it was awesome and they had fun! It's fun to see the progress and interest from year to year.. although I think the coach has a HUGE influence on the kids and team and this years coach is a.. I'm going to say it, a douche! I don't care for him at all and I think the kids would be having more fun and interest with a better coach, but what do ya do, right? We actually saw Kaiden's first coach from when he was 3. He doesn't appear to be coaching his son's team, but we played his team two weeks ago. I wanted to go talk to him, but didn't know if he'd remember us.. but now I'm wishing I'd at least said hello. He was so great with Kaiden! He was one of THE BEST coaches he's had. His son didn't end up playing through most of the season, but he was still so dedicated to the team! Kaiden also hadn't been seeing his dad on a regular basis then to have that kind of male bonding and he just clung to this coach. I kept apologizing to him, but he was so great with it. I told him that it's probably maybe because he kinda resembled his dad. I wasn't sure, but he just LOVED him and he was so great with him, so I felt bad that I didn't go say something to him, but I'm sure I'll run into him again.. so strange how time goes by so fast! Kaiden has fun when he's playing, but isn't too thriled this year to go to practice and he's only really excited for the games because there's snacks! haha.. that's my boy for ya!

Love that face! hah

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