I BELIEVE!!!

Sea World is Amazing!!! We got passes this year to have an escape from the mayhem at our house!! We have probably been ten times already, but it never gets old!! It is so relaxing and calming to watch the whales and dolphins. It is amazing how graceful such huge animals can be underwater. Noelle loves the rides, Chloe is not so sure. Chloe loves Shamu, and is surprizing good about being doused in freezing cold saltwater. Abe and I love being transported to the Artic on a hot summer day at an amusement park- the cotton candy is not bad either! Actually I think the dolphins are my favorite!!

We are BACK!!!

Well, it has been a long time hasn't it?! Let me get you up to speed.... Abe and I and the girls bought a house!!! It is a little 2 bedroom 1 bathroom place ( it is a pretty big lot and we also have a casita for Abe's office and a two car garage building with a large laundry room and a full bath) on the beach side of the freeway in San Clemente!!! It was definitely a FIXER UPPER and for the past two months that it all we have been doing!!! Abe with the help of his father and nephews Chris and Ty have transformed this place into the home of our DREAMS!!! They tore out a wall ( a load bearing wall, which meant Abe had to re support the roof) and rerouted the gas, electrical, and the water main lines. We replaced the floor, painted the entire house, built and installed all the kitchen cabinets, counter tops and all our new furniture!!!! We had to move, renovate and deal with the flu all while having no place to live and no belongings~!!! It was the hardest thing we have ever done but I could not imagine being any happier as we settle back down into normal life!!!! Thank you to everyone who helped us in this momentous task!!!! We could not done it with out the support of our wonderful family!

I have lots of events to blog about to get us up to date....including:
*Trip to Seaworld
*A MOUSE!!!
*Noelle and Chloe-singing Sound of Music songs and counting to ten
*Dying my own hair orange to yellow to purple, quite the saga
*Noelle plays T-BALL
and last but not least
*RENOVATION A STORY OF BEFORES AND HAPPILY EVER AFTERS!!!!!

Stay tuned because once I get our old computer up and running and my new camera working (our good camera got lost in the move!) We will have pictures and movies galore!!!

LOVE TO ALL!!!!

Are you joking me....

We have a mystery to solve in the Gardner family. I have taken great care to remove every writing utensil in the house,but some how, despite my efforts, this keeps happening ...

Exhibit A: black pen...

Exhibit B: Pen and Highlighter combo

Exhibit C: Green PERMANENT marker

and yes even a bright cherry red MAC lipliner...and a suspicious hand

Someone even drew on our baby!

Noelle is pulling out all the stops!

It is 9:30pm and I am trying to get Noelle to bed.....She says "First there is something very important I have to do! I have to eat breakfast, then dinner, go to Nana's eat more breakfast then come home watch a good show, then Shrek, then think of a story in my head, then eat more dinner, and I have to make a new chart about going to Nana's and THEN I can go to bed!!!" I said what is the chart about? and she said " it has to say dear nana, then i have to get finding nemo, put it in a back-pack, get the glitter glue, draw on it, let it dry, get my pinky and the dalmation movie and put it all in the back-pack and then take it all to Nana's in the morning but I don't want to forget it and I won't sleep with the backpack and the chart in my hand, and when I do all those chores THEN I will go to bed" .......I think it is going to be a long night~!

Aussie Bonfire!

My Auntie Fiona and Uncle Nick are in town with my two cousins Emily and Lauren, all the way from down under! We have been showing them So Cal and all things American, so what could be more American than S'mores on the beach! It was really fun...we roasted hotdogs and marshmellows YUMM! We are all really enjoying their stay and it is so good to catch up. The funny thing with family is that no matter how far away they live or how seldom you see them, when you do see them it is like you have never been apart...they always feel like FAMILY!

Happy Fathers day DAD!!!

Thank you for being such a wonderful father. You have led by example and comforted my fears. You have been self- sacrificing and forgiving. You are brave and strong. You are a wonderful grandfather to my children and we all LOVE YOU very much. I could not have asked for anything better. You really are the best. WE MISS YOU TERRIBLY and we can't wait to see you again.

My silly blog is not letting me upload the pictures I want.....stay tuned I have some great ones!!

Summer has just begun!

Arizona and the River

Noelle never wears shoes ....ghetto, I know..If I am being honest she is not really fond of pants either.

we went to an awesome kids museum. This was the moon sand table

What a cheese!

We spent hours there to keep out of the heat and we wore down our good moods to the point of no return.

Sorry I have been away so long! I am so busy....it is not even funny....really....I am offically a realtor (insert excitement here...I feel more like weeping from exhaustion than jumping for joy, but that is beside the point.) We went to Arizona and the river, Arizona was hot, but beautiful and the river was fun. Noelle surfed behind the boat for the first time. Wahoo!!! (with abe of course!) She thought it was great!!! Noelle is such a big girl now...she loves the idea of getting big one day and she often tells me she is tired of being small and that it is hard to be little. I bought a dried seaweed snack full of vitamins and minerals but she would not touch it...until I told her that it would help her grow tall. She stood in front of the mirror and ate the whole bag yelling "look how big I am now!" after every bite. Chloe is really funny....she has been saying her first real toddler words that sound like the real word, (instead of baby words which are really just random noises assigned to different things that they want on a regular basis) She says "happy? happy? no happy!" then she puckers up into a cute little frowny face. She is very clever and knows how to get what she wants and who she can get it from ...i feel like a pawn in the game of "Chloe and (sometimes) Noelle rule the world!" Chloe likes to point out babies and like all kids doesn't realize she is one. She will eat anything in site and at break neck speed. I put it on her plate, turn around and its gone! Here are some cute pics from our trips