A work in progress

I am painting ivy on our living room wall.  Eric is the artist so he sketched it out in pencil and I am putting the color to it.  It will wind up the decorative window (which I plan to turn into stained glass) and around the other side to the door.  My wonderful stepmother Lyn has made me curtains for these windows and I plan to finish it off with the new non-fading, non-warping bamboo 2" blinds.  I am having fun decorating but it is a slow process for me, money and time wise.  I will also post pics when it is finished.

Fair Time

                                       We went to the Pima County Fair and my 

                                              Little DareDevils had a blast!

                                        Eric and Jarron on the BIG roller coaster

  
                                         Told ya it was a BIG one (for a 3 year old)

                                        Mason and Jarron  "Pirates flying their ship"

                                               
                                         The ferris wheel, Mason and Mom were on the 

                                                         other side of the camera.

                                                          Bumper Cars

                                                     Yep, that's Jarron way up there

                                         Jarron was so excited to get right up front

                                                      Mason wanted to "ride a horse"

                  

                                        The boys would have riden every ride

                                                          they saw if they could but they were 

                                                          not tall enough for a lot of them. Give

                                                          them a year or two :)

Big Boys

Wish me luck!  We just got big boy beds for Jarron and Mason and I am crossing my fingers that they stay in their new beds all night long.

San Diego

We visited my 

dear friend Lori 

and her family in 

San Diego, CA. 

for the week and had a wonderful time.   First we went to Sea World and it was perfect weather.  Jarron's favorite was the Bat Ray petting pool.  He fed them pieces of squid by hand and loved every minute of it.  We actually had to take him back for a second time because it was all he could talk about.  Mason really liked the sea lion and walrus show.  Both boys enjoyed every part of the day. 

We  then took a day off and just hung around the house and let the boys play.  Jarron and Robbie got along great this visit.  Mason just tags along :)  

Next was my favorite, the beach.  Torrey Pines Beach is beautiful and not very crowded.  It was a little cold for everyone except me.  The boys shivered most of the time, but still managed to have fun exploring.  Bobby and Robbie built a big sand castle that Jarron enjoyed destroying.  Eric found a crab that Jarron and Mason played with for a while.

 It was very hard to leave the Martinez family because we miss them so much.  Thanks Lori and 

Bobby for the wonderful hospitality.  We love you!