Morton Madness

I figured I better get these things written down so I would not forget them. Yesterday we went to see Uncle Nic and Aunt Carlies new house.  Sophia noticed a swing set in the back yard and we never made it outside... On the way home she said, "Mom, I am so disappointed that I did not get to swing"! I had to giggle hearing that word come out of her mouth in the correct context. She was getting Seth a snack in his spill proof (yea right) container and I helped push the lid on... a little and she crossed her arms, stormed off and said, "mommy, I am very upset with you because you helped me". GOOD GRAVY... we are in a world of  T R O U B L E folks!

It is FINALLY here, the day Jonah leaves for Allaso Ranch.   Side Note:  Jonah asked if he could go to summer camp last summer but it was the end of July when he asked.  It was a little late to sign him up.  We told him maybe next summer.  You better believe that Jonah could not stop asking all year about it!  He was SO excited.  I told him that he would not know a SINGLE person there and his response, "I know, that's OK, I make friends easily".  Insert mommas heart breaking here...  Luke watched the video and read all about it and said how much fun it looked  but he did not want to go.  I told him that was fine, maybe next year.  He said, "No, probably not".   Last week we received his packet in the mail and he is on Team Captain America (Blue Team).  We talked about decorating our car for the drive down and Aunt Kelly brought over her window paints for us to decorate.  THANKS Aunt Kel, we had so much f...

Staying cool in the Texas heat.

It has been an awesome weekend but we cannot wait to get home to see our turkeys!  We were to meet downstairs at 11:00 so we can load the bus and head out by 11:30.  We headed down about 10:30 since we knew that it would take forever for the car to come and get our luggage since everyone else was leaving too.  We got down and they unloaded our luggage half way down the mountain and were going to load all of it once everyone was down so they could take it the rest of the way down to the bus.  Well, of course 11:30 came and went and we waited... and we waited... and we waited and we... you get the point! We had the last flight out of San Diego at 5:00 and this was not looking good.  It was a two hour drive to the border then we were going to have to sit to get over the border.   At 12:00 I was getting a little irritated.  I saw Yar talking to the guy up by the luggage and then the guy came down and went behind the bar and started talking to thre...

We woke up this morning and kept trying to fall back asleep but could only sleep until 7:30.  We tried SO HARD... it was just not happening folks.  So we got up and headed to breakfast which was served by the pool.  The view was breath taking and the breakfast was delish!  We ordered an omelet with ham, cheese and spinach and looked over the Valle.  It was very cool this morning and did end up warming up a little this afternoon.  We went and walked around until we were meeting at the bus for lunch at noon.   The pool area and our view from breakfast We saw this bird flying over us on our walk back. We loaded up and headed to Hacienda Guadalupe one of Scott and Andreas favorite places to eat while visiting here.  We all sat on the patio and enjoyed lunch.  The food was really good.  It took about an hour to get our check because they did ONE AT A TIME and decided to wait until everyone was ready to go.  It was a clus...

Everyone met at Wally Park to board the bus to take us down to Mexico.  We crossed the border with no problems.  Just unloaded the luggage off the bus and headed in to get it x- rayed and very uneventful!  (Remember this for the return home)  It was a hour and a half  drive south of the border along the coast.  It was overcast so we could not really see all that great but it was still pretty.   We had a lobster lunch at Puerto Nuevo, a small fishing village just 40 miles south of the border.  I of course did not eat lobster so I had a skirt steak.  We had an ocean view terrace and it was FREEZING!  After lunch we loaded back on the bus and headed to Endemico which is located on a natural reserve and vineyard.  Upon arrival we had a sangria waiting for us as we all checked in.  The room we stayed in was really cool.  It was our own little room on a mountain side.  There was a king size bed, a table ...

We landed in San Diego at 8:00 tonight and headed to the hotel to drop our bags off and then met some people at Jimmy's Tavern.  We stayed at Humphreys Half Moon and got taken for all we had!  Who would have known this was the weekend for Comic Con and everyone and their dog would be in San Diego!   They had 180,000 people show up this year and are expecting 200,000 next year.  We saw some interesting people dressed in costume.   The hotel was beautiful and it was old school.  It had a living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and dressing area.  We ordered room service for breakfast then went and walked around the grounds of the inn.  We did not have to meet at the bus until 11:00.  Wish we would have been there longer than 14 hours to enjoy it and get our $380 worth!  

Justin is leaving town Sunday so we thought the kids might like to get out and do something fun.  We took them to GattiHell... oopps, did I really just type that?  Gatti Town... TOWN.   The food is actually pretty tasty and the kids love it there.  When we were done eating we headed to the playroom and the kids blew through their $10 cards in about 10 minutes.  Of course they could not believe what a ripoff everything was.  At least they are learning at a young age...  Money goes fast!   We headed to get Justin a suit for our Mexico trip this coming week and then off to Dairy Queen for a dipped cone.   Later that night Jonah was invited to go and bowl with Greer.  They bowled and played more games and brought more junk home.  :)