The Cafe

Michelle advertising some Nestle's hot coca
I could not stop laughing at this when I took!

MMMMM! Munch Munch!

Michelle and Jason

So we had snack bar duty one night for our T-ball team. We didn't have any parents sign up for that night so we got the Dudley's together. It was me, Josh, Jason, and Michelle. And to top it all off Tammy was cause she's on the committee. It was like family fun night.

Pitcures from our vacation...

On our way to San Diego
Hmmm, crisp quesadillas at La Pinata

Josh and Kaleb at the fountain

Me and Kaleb at the fountain

Kaleb and Josh looking at Koi fish

Father and Son

Of course we had to get a picture of the boys in front of the Philipines house

Kaleb and Me at the United Nations Cottages

We got a good picture of Kaleb but the nickel went out of frame

Kaleb just makes friends where ever he goes

Just a cute picture

Us at the Shamu show Believe

Kaleb with his hand on the ice wall in the polar bear exhibt

Another friend of Kaleb's

Our mini family vaca

So the story goes... we were supposed to go to Disneyland with my brother and his family. Unfortunately they were unable to go and we were bummed. Well Josh and I still wanted to take Kaleb some where fun for his school's vacation. We thought well, we LOVE San Diego and we have annual passes to Seaworld that expire in August so we might as well save 150 bucks and go to Seaworld. So that's what we did...

We left at like 10 in the morning so we can time it with lunch so we can eat at La Pinata for the crisp quesailla. Oddly enough Josh eats it. Then we went to Balboa Park to walk around, ride the carousel and the mini train. Well crap, both of them were closed and the icecream stand was taking forever so we just said hey why don't we go to the zoo. That's what we did. I got some awesome pictures of Kaleb with some animals.

The next day we went to Seaworld. Last time we went we went on the Atlantis and it freaked Kaleb out! We thought ok he'll be ok this time. Nope he would hesitantly agree to go on and then change his mind. I even tried to bribe him with souviners and icecream. He'd agree then would renig on the deal when we got close. Luckily for him it was actually too cold to ride it cause it splashes a little. But everything else was great. We saw the Believe show (Shamu) and the Pets show. They had a little Boston Terrier! We got to feed the sealions of course but we were really disappointed that the the dolphin feeding area was underconstruction so we couldn't feed the dolphins. It was a bummer.

We left Seaworld at about 4:30pm. And anyone that's frequently visited San Diego, you don't go on the freeway between 3 and 7 pm. So we went to Old Town San Diego and Kaleb and I dipped our very own candles. It was fun. Kaleb picked out a dolphin and did this combination fo blue, green, purple, and black. I did a turtle. A pink and green one. It was cool. After that we ate at the none other Old Town Mexico Cafe. It was great, as always.

It was a nice little getaway. We don't get to do things like this often so we made the best of it. Kaleb had a blast and so did Josh and I. When Blake gets older and less difficult to take places he'll make memories like this too.

It was a surprise!

So this whole time I'm thinking we're going to have a nice dinner with me, josh, and kaleb for my birthday. I also thought my brother and his family were going to come out the week after to celebrate with me.

This is how it went. We got all dressed up to go to Sayaka's. We pull in and there's hardly anyone there cause they didn't open until 5, the time we got there. We're walking up to the front and Kaleb yells, "Hey that looks like my Unlce's car!"

Josh: "Be quiet Kaleb!"

Kimm: "What Uncle?"

Kaleb: "My Uncle Jason."

I said oh ok cause he always sees a car that looks like someone that we know. He'll see a VW symbol and say it looks like Uncle's car. So I didn't think anything of it. But Josh was trying to get him to be quiet and I didn't understand why.

So we walk in and I say we have a reservation for 3 at 5 o'clock. The waiter was like oh ok follow me, he didn't look at the list by the way, and so we did. All the sudden I see Ben and Jenny, Ba Sai and Lung Nit, Jason and Michelle, and Susie and Dave yelling, "Happy Birthday!" I just start to cry. I was absolutely shocked. It was the best birthday dinner ever! I never had a surprise anything so it was really special.

Jenny got me some cook books which I LOVE, I absolutely love cookbooks. Susie got me a gift card to Macy's and Michelle, being the clever one that she is, got me the Magic Bullet! It's a little inside joke I guess that happened at Christmas 09'. I made chocolate mousse yesterday and it was tasty!

All in all I want to thank EVERYONE for being there and making it the best and most special birthday ever! I love you all!

It's my Birthday!

Woo-Hoo the big 2-4! HaHa, not really. It gets more and more wierd every year. Last year I was like, "oh my god, I'm 23!" But this year it's even more like, "Holy crap, I'm 24!"
I'm way more excited about my birthday this year for some reason. Josh has been so great, he got me Twilght and New Moon (the books), undies, two extremely cute tube tops from American Eagle, a really cool summer dress (also AE), Dexter season 1, and a bag of strawberry marshmallows!
We've never really been able to fully celebrate our birthdays but this year we have a little bit more means to do it, so we're doing it.
Tonight we're going to Sayaka's for dinner, Josh, Kaleb, and myself. Blake is with my mom just cause he's a baby still and doesn't really know what's going on, so to make it a little easier for my b-day he's with Yai. (Thai for Grandma)
I picked Sayaka's cause it's one of my favorite restaurants, Benihana sucks! (just kidding Michelle, don't hurt me.) and Kaleb is always asking to go back there. He says he wants to work there. HaHaHa.

Kaleb's 1st Award

I know this is a little late but it's better than never. Kaleb had his first awards assembly at the end of February. We received a paper saying he was getting a "surprise" award. I thought all the kids got awards. But when we got there I noticed not all the parents were there. So I was like I bet Kaleb is getting an award for reading. I help him a lot with his reading and sight words and he gets better every day. And sure enough Kaleb got the reading award. Josh and I were so proud. Susie came too and she's like, "that's my grandson!"

Next quarter I was hoping maybe he might get a perfect attendance award since all his absences were excused because he was sick. Well, you can't miss ANY days, excused or not. What kind of bull honky is that? So we'll see what award he gets at the end of the year.

I like to think that I had a lot to do with Kaleb's reading and writing. So next time I'm going to get a damn picture with him.

Opening Day!

We had Kaleb's opening day ceremonies on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. I was a little nervous because I didn't know what I was going to do. They actually called my name to get the players' pins and I had to walk in front of everyone! I was not expecting that. I was a little disappointed too because I was told that they were going to announce the teams and the palyers, but they didn't, so that was a bummer.Here's a picture of Josh, Kaleb, Me, and Jason after the ceremonies.

Ben, Jenny, and the kids came down the night before so they could go to Kaleb's opening ceremonies. Kaleb was a little bummed he didn't get to hang out with them afterwards but at least they got to be together for a little bit.

They all got their face painted and got balloons. Kaleb and Colin of course had to have the same thing. They both got batman masks, Ally got flowers on her face, Kaleb and Colin got swords and Ally of course had a bad-ass flower.

Josh and I had to have our picture together.

And last but not least. I love to do take-your-own -picture type thing, so I was going to take a really cute one of me and Kaleb, and look who it is that snuck in. Some crazy lady thought she could just be all up in the mix. And that crazy lady is Michelle! Man o' man, that's my sister-in-law!

I have another picture that my nephew Colin snuck into, so if I get more of these I'm starting a scrapbook devoted to Where's Waldo type pictures.

A new season of Idol...

Ok, so I guess they're doing it a little different this year. They have 3 groups of 12; boys and girls mixed together. Last year they had 2 groups of 12, boys and girls seperate. I wasn't very impressed with the first show. The song choices weren't very good. The contestants weren't very good. And the judges were boring, except Simon he's never boring.
Danny did really really good. He was the best one and the last one to perform. Oddly enough Tatiana Del Torre wasn't the worst. She actually was pretty good. She tried to be more reserved and held back a little. She said that was the real her but I think she's lying. She probably got some reactions from people and didn't like it. She even said that her friends said she never laughed like that before. I seriously doubt that.
Poor Stevie Wright. The girl from Phelan, Ca was horrible. Poor poor girl. She's probably going home.

What???

Tatiana Del Torre? What the F is going on here?? She is just out there. She's not even that good! Agh, she just bugs. Please vote her off the first show. Her voice is just ridiculous. She doesn't wear flattering clothes and is just, did I mention RIDICULOUS!

Miley Cyrus?

Oh my god, so the Grammy's. I hope it doesn't hurt Taylor Swift's career because Miley was AWFUL! Taylor Swift has a great voice but poor Miley. She is just... ah, I just felt bad for her.

Say Good-Bye Bikini Girl!!!

Thank god! Simon came to his senses and got rid of that Bikini Girl. She had a stick for a body, no butt, and no boobs. Model? She has a weird pokie nose and is just ridiculous. The way she stood bugged the shit out of me. It's like, "Hello, are you a damn bird?" A flamingo maybe?
And stop trying to make out with Ryan Seacrest! He doesn't want you! AGH! That girl needs to get a life. She wants to be in the lime light so bad. Sorry that you couldn't make it as a model, just move on now.
She abandoned her team because she was in high heels since 5 that morning. BOOHOO! All she kept doing was posing for the camara. Agh, I just can't stand that girl.

Oh yeah, that wierd girl with the laugh? What's that all about? She can't sing, she's a cry baby, and she just bugs all around. Go home already!

I'm going for the best friends. The guy that lost his wife :( is amazing. I feel like he's the David Cook of season 8. We'll see what happens next week!

Adding to the family!

So our family keeps getting bigger. Let's see we have Josh, me, Kaleb, Blake, Chester, and Dexter. What more? Another cat? A bird? Another baby??? Nope, a dog.

Meet Hamlet. He's a 10 and 1/2 week old Boston Bull Terrier. His breed is known as the "All American" dog. Boston Terriers were bred right here in the United States in Boston, Mass. He is a cross between the English Bulldog and the now extinct English White Terrier. And hence his name, Boston Bull Terrier.

He is he sweetest thing. He sleeps in our bed sometimes and that poses a problem...he snores. No joke he actually snores. He is crate trained and paper trained. He whines when he wants to go potty outside and he whines even louder to get back in. Of course Kaleb adores him. He always asks, "we're keeping him right?" or he'll say, "No, we're not going to give him away." Since we've fostered animals in the past, because of josh's job, he gets attached so he just wants to make sure he's ours. Blake is curious about him. Hamlet's actually pretty good. When he first was here he would jump all over the baby and lick his face. But a firm no and a point of the finger he stopped. Dexter hates him. Chester has a love/hate relationship with Hamlet. Chester will play with him but since he knows Hamlet's stronger pulls the cat card and jumps on something high to get away from him. He's a good pup.

Chargers Vs. Colts...

We watched the Charger's game at my Dad's house and it was so much fun. He cooked up some bomb ass T-bones. This is Josh holding our niece Shelby. I think he looks so good with a baby girl. See we're meant to have one!

It would've been better with Kaleb but I thought this was a pretty good picture. We're a Charger's family through and through!This was halirious because I was trying to take a picture of me and my dad and my nephew Colin totally snuck in the picture!

I love my Dad. He is always the one taking pictures so since I got my new camara I've been the one taking pictures. He actually told me to take one of him and Blake. He never wants his picture taken.

New Years Eve...and our 1st wedding anniversary

We had no kids for New Year's Eve/Wedding Anniversary so we got all dolled up to go to dinner and stuff. We had on our new shirts we got for Christmas.

This is us after we left Sayaka's for our 1st wedding anniversary dinner. I only had a spicy bloody mary and josh had one corona. We are no where near drunk but for some reason it looks like it. I know for me it's because I get the "Asian Glow."

For some reason it won't let me post any more pictures so I'll get some out there as soon as I can. Long story short it was a great New Year's and an awesome 1st anniversary.