90 Degrees Already?

Yikes!

It was 90 out this weekend. It's only April. Greg said that it is considered Santa Ana weather. Hope that doesn't mean that comes with winds. We took advantage of the weather by going to the beach. And we weren't the only ones with that idea. We managed to time it right and got there about 11 or so in the morning. Managed to get a picnic table up on the grass area for our picnic later. It was surprisingly not that busy when we arrived, even though there was a surf contest going on. The kids loved it. They went pretty far in the water and let the waves hit them. Then they build sand castles. Or maybe it was that they built motes. They had a good time.

Then we really had some fun and Greg grilled some steaks on the mini egg. Yes. That's right. The mini egg. It is perfect for us to tote to the beach! For those of you who don't know what the Big Green Egg is you're missing out. (Check out http://www.biggreenegg.com/) Oh those steaks were yummy! We realized that at some point while we were up on the grass that not only had the tide come in and was pretty close to where the kids were building, but that the beach got crazy crowded! We don't know where they all came from, but boy it was busy. We certainly had a great time enjoying the southern California weather!

A Visit with the Montagus!

It is so good to see great friends! We didn't get to say goodbye to the Montagus before we left Colorado. But thanks to those crazy chamber events, Denise managed to get in contact with Greg again and asked if we could get together while they were on vacation in LA. We jumped at that opportunity and booked a room where they were at the Embassy Suites.
The kids had a blast swimming in the pool and riding the elevators! They swam, we took advantage of the free happy hour, we went to dinner, took more advantage of happy hour and then got back to the hotel, put the kids in bed and met Denise and Trent for drinks in the bar. Ahhh a good vacation.
Let me just tell you though, the live music in the bar... well it was like nothing I've ever heard before and like nothing I want to hear ever again. This guy was sooooo bad. But what can you do?
Austin and Addison were really funny too. They decided that they were going to work out while the girls swam. So we watched them on the eliptical machines while they "worked out". We were informed at one point that they were "responsible, ripped and good looking, so we're going to go ride the elevators". Near about died laughing. The hotel was filled with high school band kids. Ha!

We did have a great time. Found out that the Montagus spent 2 months in Mexico this winter for Trents work. Very cool. I think they would move back in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. They blogged about thier adventures and I've listed it on my links.

Getting Settled

Well,

We made it here in one piece. And we have unpacked what we are going to be living with and the rest is crammed into the garage. (Thank goodness we have a garage) Anyway. We are making do with our 1200 square feet until we figure out where we want to be.
The good things about living here are:
the pool! And boy have we been taking advantage of that!
we can walk to school! YAY! Mom's lost 5 pounds!
there is a gym! Need to use it more often.
Greg's commute is only about 15 minutes!
More soon.

Disney Princess on Ice

Thank you Mike and Annette! A little background...Mike came over after an interview on the Eastbay and we got to talking about taking his son Ethan ice skating. Melissa mentioned, after she charmed him with chips and drinks, that she LOVED ice skating. He then asked her if she like princesses. And when she replied with a yes, he got on the phone with Annette and asked if she still had some tickets and that she needed to send them to Melissa.

And WOW did she have tickets! These were on the floor, front row, club level, 3 feet away from the ice! Melissa chose to take her friend Ingrid and they had a blast! Disney really knows how to put on a show! Breathtaking! The girls and I had so much fun watching these skaters that Melissa wants to take up lessons again when we move. Yay!

Sorry for the bad pics. I forgot my camera and had to use the phone!

On The Road Again.....

"Just can't believe that we're on the road again.

The life I love is packed in boxes once again.

And I can't believe we're on the road again.

On the road again.

Goin places I thought I'd never see again.

Unpacking boxes again and again.

And I can't believe we're on the road again."

Says it all doesn't it? Can you guess? We're moving once more.

Greg has gotten a great job with Sony Online Entertainment. He is going to be their Exectutive Director of Technical Operations. (please don't ask me anything beyond that, cause I couldn't explain it if I tried!) Anyhoo. They are based out of San Diego; ergo the move. He starts on Monday. And the rest of us will be down there over Easter weekend since the kids have spring break. Lucky kids...they scored spring break both here and down there in April.

The kids are amazingly ok with this move. I think they are both old enough to understand everything now. Which helps out tremendously. We are going to be in somewhat of a temporary situation for a while. Probably rent an apartment for 6 months or so. We are going to give ourselves time to figure out where we really want to be in the area. So you'll have to look for another change of address at the end of summer.

Boxes are calling!

It Has Been 6 Years.....

Oh the advances in medical technology are great. Did you know that you can seal up a head wound with superglue?

Yep. You guessed it. Austin tripped and fell last night and we made a trip to the emergency room. We don't know what he did really. He was SUPPOSED to be going to take a shower and instead he ends up on the office floor bleeding from his head. He managed to somehow catch his head on the office chair just above and to the left of his left eye. Swelled up almost instantly which was nice because it stopped the bleeding a lot faster!

The picture doesn't really do him justice. (I'll see if Greg can take one this afternoon that is better.) Greg had to clean him up and applied a bandaid on our way out the door and he bled through that at the hospital. They cleaned him up again and applied the big gauze and then he bled through that and finally he got this little contraption that just caught the blood that was dripping down his face. Anyway, he's fine. Some Dermabond was applied and we were out of there! No fuss, no muss. Didn't have to knock him out, didn't have to numb anything.

All this to get out of taking a shower. Well, joke is on him... because he got the Dermabond instead of stitches he can hop in the shower tonight!

When Life Hands You Lemons.....

Squish the snot out of them? Yep. That's what the saying should really be!

As you know, life at our house is ever changing and here's the latest: Perpetual Entertainment is no more. As of today. (We found out Tuesday evening that this was going to happen) I'm sad, I'm angry, I'm confused, I'm pissed off. I feel horrible for Greg. If we only had a crystal ball 6 months ago when we made the decision to move here. Or, if we had just had truth laid out in front of us. But, you can't regret the decisions that you make when you make them with the best intentions and the information you are given. No matter how hard you want to kick yourself.

So now we don't know what direction we are heading in, where he'll be employed, if I should be packing... (Because let's face it. I'm a pro at that!) We're trying to keep things as normal as possible for the kids. Austin's first question was "Does that mean we're going to move again?" And of course that answer is "maybe", "probably", "I don't really know". What do you tell two kids who are in the middle of school and have gotten settled in? Frustrating to say the least.

Anyway, we'll get by and things will be fine. I just had to vent.