the summer rundown

we are in full school mode now. but here is a summer rundown of what we did (for those who are still out there ;)

 

we sure went to the pool A LOT this summer. at least once a week if not more!

 i swooned over this chair and really wanted it but passed....outta my price range :(

 took a trip back home to SF in july. brandon has been wanting to go fishin' for a long time and we finally did. it was windy & cold. we didn't catch anything but the boys had fun.

 our main purpose for the SF trip--------to meet this little guy, evan, my brand spankin' new nephew! he weighed in at a whopping 11 pounds 14.5 oz!!! he was about 11 days old when i took this picture. he's such a cutie! thanks to my sis & BIL for letting us come to meet him and to stay with them so soon after his birth!

 the boys were super excited to hold baby evan! brandon even got to feed him!

 we got to have some time at the playground with big sis, jadeyn. she is super smart & super adorable!

 one treat i discovered while in SF was this flavor of it's-it. i was so happy to have found it at 1 grocery store back here in SoCal!

 back home & back to reality.....4 new tires for my car. we had some more maintenance done and it was costly!!

 added to our list of "improvements" this summer were getting these puppies out. brandon had severe over crowding in his mouth and after a ortho consult, they suggested brandon have 4 teeth extracted. OUCH! i was not looking forward to it thinking i'd have a very cranky kid after but he did extremely well---both times. they pull 2 teeth a visit. i am so proud of brandon for going though this. we were told after the 4 teeth gets pulled out, it'll make the teeth erupting out over the existing ones fall back into place and you know what---it has and his teeth are looking a lot better!

more pool time

 adding to the improvements this summer was replacing our tile. i cannot believe we ever had this! we had to be out of the house all day while they demoed & blasted out the tile so what do you do all day w/ 2 boys?

 have a picnic. and go to the library. and the bookstore. and drive around.

 caught some work in progress. the boys though it was hilarious having the toilet sitting outside in our backyard!

 looks SO much better than tile don't you think? and it changes the whole look of our house.

 random pics

 bryan is still afraid to take swim lessons but miss jessica noticed that bryan would just sit around while brandon had his lessons so she convinced bryan to come dressed in his trunks the following week and she said she'd take him in the water. bless her for taking him on her break time. she tried to make it fun but he still does not want to learn.

 the OC fair is a must for brandon every summer.

 super giant turkey leg and corn dog

 clowning around

 one of my favorite meals

 went into a store and bryan's eyes lit up and said, "what is this?" it's a rotary phone my dear boy....

 my plate would be the one on the left...

 and more pool time

 i convinced bryan to go on a big boy roller coaster with me. he was nervous waiting in line but he was brave--didn't back out. i could tell during the ride, he was silent and scared but after the ride ended, he said, "let's go again!" big bro brandon chickened out...

 summer treat and someone grew a goatee!

thanks for sticking around! hope to be back on track soon!

goodbye summer

bye bye summer!! found some pictures from the summer. although fall is here, we've been having incredibly HOT weather here. we are talking triple digits! hope it will cool down---SOON!
here is brybry from a watermelon tour we went to. nothing beats eating a slice, picked right off the vine!so juicy! best part, after you finish your slice, you can just chuck the rind out over the wagon!

some more pictures from our SF trip. notice alcatraz?? some days, i wish i can just send my boys there for a time out! J/K!! can you believe we saw jellyfish too in the bay?

this is from brandon's 1st swim meet. he swam the backstroke. we were just hoping that he was going to finish and to stay in his lane! he did and we're so proud of him! bryan's enjoying a hotdog while waiting around for his brother's event.

TFL! brandon is getting an award in school wednesday. he doesn't know me & eddie will be at the assembly. shhhh..... it's a surprise!

bloom

hello and TGIF! did i mention i FINALLY got my laptop back from the geek squad at best buys? it was a little over 3 WEEKS!! never again are we taking our stuff there to have fixed or repaired. their lack of customer service, not calling us to tell us what was going on and never answering their phones did us in. not to mention how much we had to pay! bad experience for us with them. BUT, i am happy to have my laptop back. anyways....................

made an accordion flower for the 1st time. i thought these were easy but not so much! you really have to get it 'just right' and to stay flat.


i never got to share my pictures from SF from when we went at the end of august. i was throwing my sister's & BIL's baby shower but a week before the shower, my BIL's father passed away. we postponed the shower but i still wanted to go to see my pregnant sister and my family. plus it was going to be our last trip before school started up. i cannot wait to meet my new niece!!

a glimpse of brybry's suitcase. makes me smile just looking at this =)
we went to a kids museum and coit tower (the boys were running around burning off energy).

we played tourist with the boys. we also went to lombard street but didn't get very good pictures!

thanks for stopping by!

sf trip---part 2

more pics from our sf trip! here's a picture of the kids at the playground. met our friend, kevin and his 2 adorable twins, kobe & nirobi (not sure of the spelling) at the playground in GGP. BTW, we don't know that older girl in the hip glasses in the picture BUT she was an angel. she played with all the little ones here and watched them. she entertained the kids so we adults could talk. yes, we let a random stranger play with our children. i have a picture of all of us, including kevin, and excluding nice stranger girl but it was "lost" somehow in downloading. been having lots of problems lately with downloading pics & losing the last half. luckily this time, i have the pics still on the memory card.

our little daredevil bryan climbing up high by himself

here's a cute shot, also with unidentified nice girl
cuties

likes to be on the big boy swing

my bad boys sliding down the wrong way (brandon calls it his "style")

see what bad influence my kids are? i think he was about to slide tummy-side down but he didn't!

he hung on by himself..........for less that 5 seconds!we got to walk around GGP before the playground

this is brandon walking through a bike rack

walking in the neighborhood with unkle matt & ah ma (my sister...it's what the boys call her)

brandon calls himself the corn monster when he eats these

made these into B&W...pics of bryan playing with my sister. i love all his different expressions

i got to meet up with my friend jennifer. i've known her since 1st grade! look at brandon's silly face! thanks for a great lunch jen!

and this is my teacher from 4th grade, mrs. fujiwara. it was great to see her again!

i got to see my friend andy too. i haven't seen him in years but i've know this guy since the 6th grade! brandon played ultraman with him at lunch. ok ak, he is waiting for you to return to japan to give you his ultraman shopping list!!!

i also got to see my best friends michele and cheryl. wish we had more time to hang out! next trip..........................!!