Two Weekends

Two weekends have past since my last post.  How time flies.  When Murry and I got married I remember thinking everything was going by so fast, but since Emron has joined us it feels like we are running on fast-forward.

Anyway, most of you probably know about our weekend two weekends ago, for those of you who don't here's a quick re-cap.  On Saturday we set out to see our "Country House."  Murr was interested in a house on 5.5 acres just east of Temecula.  The price was right, especially because of the acreage and the house appeared to be custom, so we though, "Why not check it out!"  As we approached the house the road went from pavement to dirt, then from dirt to a four wheel drive trail.  Yes, I am going to call it a trail.  Even in our SUV we had a difficult time navigating the trail.  Finally, the trail became impassable.  But, we'd invested so much time to getting to the Country House that we decided to hike the rest of the way up.  And that's what we did.  Murry and I took turns carrying Emron and we walked about a mile to the house.  We were glad we did.  The house was rough; one would need to replace the flooring, get rid of vectors, figure out the water situation (it appeared water would need to be trucked in), re-pave the road, etc.  The view, however, was amazing.  On a clear day you'd be able to see to the ocean.  And with million dollar houses all around the re-sale opportunities would be outrageous.  Oh, if we only had about $400K laying around...  Regardless, we had fun driving off road and hiking as a family.

The next day, Sunday, we went to church then drove down to El Centro.  There are few things I have been absolutely certain about it my lifetime, marrying Murry is one of them.  Another is that I will NEVER willingly move to El Centro.  It just didn't feel right.  Not a lot of white folks, no kids playing outside on a beautiful day, just hot and not right.  It was good to go though, knowing that we do not want to take El Centro as a hardship has eliminated it as an option.  And, though we will continue to be flexible, we've decided that if none of the houses in Temecula pan out, we will stay in our apartment until fall 2010 at which time Murry will go to law school in Colorado.  So, it was a good weekend, fun adventure and decision making, too.

We had a good week, too.  Emron is taking more steps everyday and has learned to get from sitting position to standing on his own.  We have so much fun with our friends and at music class.  He and I are best buddies and I just adore him.  Which isn't to say we don't look forward to weekends with daddy, but we are a pretty good team, too.

So Father's Day weekend.  On Saturday began our day with a treat from Cinnabon, then we went to Kit Carson Park in Escondido, only a few exits north from our apartment.  Our destination was the Queen Califia Mosaic Sculpture Garden, and without having to put the car into four wheel drive we made it!  The garden was beautiful.  Emron loved playing and crawling all around.  Murry and I had a good time looking at all the totem polls.  It was awesome to think about all the broken tiles that were put back together to make each sculpture.  I hope you enjoy the pictures below:

Walking to the Garden

Center of the Garden

Emron Being a Goof

Look at ME!

Cool Totem

After the park we came home and had lunch, then put Emron down for a nap.  I took a nap, too and Murry watched Spy Kids 3: Game Over.  We had a laid back rest of the afternoon and for the day before Father's Day dinner we had Chipotle.  It was delicious.  Emron enjoyed his dinner, too, see below.

 

Yum.  

Can you believe that child's eyelashes.  They are so long and have a perfect curl to them.  He's so cute!  

Yesterday morning we gave Murry his gifts in bed, then after breakfast, went to church.  It was my turn to teach Sunday School and even though I prepared the lesson during the first hour of church, it turned out okay.  The kids were a little wired, perhaps from pancake and waffle breakfasts but on the whole it went well.  After church we had a nice lunch then came home and everyone took a nap.  We were kind of boring this past weekend.  Undoubtedly, we had a good time.  Dinner was pot roast, Emron had mac and cheese, we each got a good nights rest and are back at it today.  That's the run down.

Just Had to Post This One

Hope you all had a great Father's Day weekend and hope you have a great week, too.

XOXO,

Aspen

The Weekend

So, it strikes me as kind of funny that today is Friday and I am just sitting down to write an update from last weekend.  Has a week really gone by already?  I guess so...

Anyway, last weekend was a little trying.  Murry injured his neck on Friday and wasn't feeling great on Saturday.  He has been working strange hours and neither of us had been getting as much sleep as we would like so we were a bit cranky.  This is on top of the fact that Murry is not the best patient, and that the weather had been gray for as long as I can remember.  Despite our moods, we were able to visit the Flying Leatherneck Museum, on Saturday, D-Day.  It was amazing to see old Marine uniforms and awards as well as get up close and personal to mostly Vietnam era planes and helicopters.  Emron has been fascinated with planes and helicopters since he was very small (when he would look up and track them flying over head, I knew he didn't have Murry's poor vision).  Now that he is a little older, Emron will point to the sky when he hears a plane or helicopter pass by.  He's adorable.  Needless to say, he enjoyed the museum.  His favorite attraction was the mini plane made for kids.  He would have stayed in the cockpit of that thing for as long as we would have let him.

Me Next to the Clover Plane

I Love it in Here!

Emron Reporting for Duty

Daddy, Emron and a Big Helicopter

Saturday night we had dinner with friends.  It was the first time we were able to eat the meal uninterrupted.  Emron was super good.  He loved playing with Gene, who is three and has lots of cool dinosaurs and cars!  At one point Emron even crawled into the bin of cars to sit on top of them and perhaps, in his mind, claim every car for himself.  The food was good, Emron was excellent and it was nice to spend some time with friends.

Sunday we didn't do much.  Church was fine, my lesson went okay.  I was pretty frustrated with my Sunday School kids but I am hoping the next time I teach they'll be less distracted.  We didn't do a whole lot during the afternoon.  We relaxed and went to the park to play catch.  It was a nice day to wrap up the weekend.

This week has been pretty busy.  I am still not sleeping as well as I would like for some reason, so I feel like I've been dragging all week.  Additionally, it's been very gray and cloudy here everyday which makes it hard for me to motivate.  Emron's big news of the week is that he is walking, kind of.  Emron has taken quite a few steps on his own this week but he has to be enticed with a toy or M&M and he walks toward his object of desire with such longing that he always collapses when he gets it.  It's progress.  I hope that he will be walking before his next doctor appointment on June 24!  Cross your fingers!

So Cute In My Lobos Jersey

We don't have much planned this weekend.  We are going to help clean the church tomorrow morning for about an hour, then we may go to the Zoo or Wild Animal Park.  We may take a drive and look at some houses, but nothing is set in stone.  I hope you all have a nice weekend!

XOXO,

Aspen

Music Class Recital

Last night we had the opportunity to show off what we've learned at MusikGarten.  We sang songs, played instruments and participated in some of our favorite activities.  We invited our parents, grandparents and friends, including Murry.  He had a lot of fun and even participated in some of the songs!  There were several memorable moments of the evening including Emron crawling into the middle of the circle while we were singing, sitting there, and giving out lots of smiles all the while eating up the attention.  He also decided to grab the xylophone while one of the older girls played (where were his parents!), and wiggled like a worm during the worm song!  It was a great night with fun friends.  We enjoyed showing off!  I hope you enjoy the pictures below!

Smiles

Bein' a Worm

Scarf Dance

I Can Play the Drum

Center of Attention, Just the Way I Like It

Have a great week!

XOXO,

Aspen