Our Last Few Days in Monterey

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Yes, the movers will be here tomorrow to start packing. And for the most part I think we are ready. We have been trying to keep ourselves busy and not stressed out. Jeremy past all of his tests with great scores and will be speaking at his graduation. He will also be up for the prestigious commandant's award. I'm very proud of him. He also left his mark here by starting up a safe driving program for people who drink a little too much and need rides. That has been going for about two months, and since that time there has been no drunk driving incidents for the Navy.
We also went to Laguna Seca raceway with Jeremy's Grandmother and watched some old fashion cars race(1940's-1950's). Then we had dinner at a famous seafood restaurant in Moss Landing. When we walked on the beach there we could see why it was called Moss Landing.
My cute daughter is so in love with the puppy that we had to bring it to preschool. The children were so happy. And Lucy was like a proud mama, on the way home her eyes welled up with tears and told me that she didn't want to move because then she would have to say goodbye to the puppy. But I told her that she would just have to say "see you later" not "goodbye". Auntie Amy is keeping all the puppy and will love it all the same.
This past week we also drove to Oakland and wished our car bon voyage, then we took the kids to the Oakland Temple. They were really impressed. We even accidentally went out the emergency door at the visitors center and set the alarm off. I wanted to stay and make sure everything was going to be ok, but Jeremy said we should make a run for it.......well not run but just go. Then we went to the mausoleum where my deceased Grandparents and Late Uncle are resting. I think the kids were creeped out by it all. Although I was filled with a flood of memories from when I was kid. It was a huge place, my mom was on the phone guiding us through what seem to be a maze. She did a great job. Although I was glad I finially made it there, I also felt a little guilty that it's been so long since I was there.
Our last final event of that day was Jeremy's class graduation party. So on our way home we stopped by that. Well I think this is long enough. I feel time is short for me these days, but I had a chance this morning to catch up.

Chance Two Days Old

A Fun Night at The Fair

Tonight was military appreciation night at the Monterey County Fair. So I forced everyone to go! We got in for free, then the unlimited ride passes which are normally $25 were on sale for $10.
So we were pretty excited about the instant savings. It was so pretty, it had to be one of the best looking fairs I have ever been. There was green grass that the rides were sitting on, and not only that it was a really big fair. They had an entire kids carnival which was completely different from the adult carnival.
The kids had a fun time riding all the rides, and they are so different. Infact they did not go on a single ride together, Lucy plays it safe and Kya has no fear at all. The faster the better. The highlight was when he went on the lightening ride (which is way fast) he had to go without one of us because we did not have bracelets. Although as soon as he sat in his seat a cute little brown hair girl walked right up to him and asked to sit with him. My first thought was "oh no she should be sitting on the inside so Kya doesnt smash her to death" but then again, she probably weighs more then him anyway. The pictures of the ride say it all.




There were also a ton of really cute animals to look at. I dont know why I think I have time to blog, although I have to stop for right now and take care of business YUCK

Mr Puppy has finially come

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We call him "Chancey" (short for chance). We were never intentially trying to get Collai pregnant, although there was always a chance it would happen when she was so young. This morning at 5:00am her water broke in our bed of course....
She labored quietly for about an hour then got up all of a sudden like she was going to poop and out came some little legs. Yes it was breech! I was so afraid right then expecting the worse. Although she managed to push him out then she left him lying there still attached. Jeremy had to pull the placenta out, and then about a half hour later she finially cleaned up the baby and fed it. But she had me worried for a moment. Right now they are doing great, we are all adjusting to the new guy being here. Im just so thankful it's alive, healthy and that it came today and not right when the movers come.

Momma always wins!

Well last night I was trying to put my slide shoe on the blog, and I was having troubles with my music player (like always). This time I thought I would ask Jeremy to help me, although he just ended up deleting my template completely. So tonight I was just trying to find something that I liked. I'm not sure I really like the one I chose....just bare with the indecisiveness.
So my biggest event of the day went almost exactly how I was hoping it would'nt go but it did! I had to take Lucy and Kya to the lab to get blood drawn. You would think Kya with his anxiety disorder that he would be a wreck. Oh no, he did great....a little nervous although had it under control. Lucy on the other hand went into fit mode before she has to go to the room. She ran behind the lobby chairs and just started to cry, shout at me, and scream how she was not going anywhere but home. I was really frustrated, and Im a very stubborn person, Lucy was not going to win this fight. So ten minutes of brivery was failing I had one more thing that popped in my mind to do. I looked at the nurse and told her to get ready in the room. Then I told Lucy "that's it, we are going home." She quickly came out from behind the chairs and I grabbed her. I told her that I wanted to walk around the corner and look at something. I had her trust......so I started to walk away from the lab, then turned quickly around carrying her back into the lab room. Lucy was getting upset, so I told her that I wanted to talk to the nurse about her hair color! (I know it was random, but it was the first thing that came to my mind). I casually started to talk to the nurse about her hair then sat down on the table wrapped my leg around her legs.......and they did what they needed. She was screaming but at least we got it done and when she needs to get into school, she can! I told her later that I was sorry for lying to her, and she told me that it was ok. Like I always tell Kya, I told her I will always win!

A Trip to Lake Solano......sort of

Well we had a great time taking a spontaneous trip to Fairfield this weekend. The plan was to go to Lake Solano to have a nice picnic and just let the kids all romp around together. Stacey did a awesome job preparing the whole food portion.....oh and Amy brought brownies. And as for me and my family we did a great job at basically spoiling the initial plans. We had to bring our dogs because Collai is due to have her puppy any day. We drove the 20 minute winding rode all the way to the lake......to get there and find out that there are no dogs aloud. I'm not sure why nothing ever goes right for Jeremy and I ...........but I felt bad because we ended up just going to a random park in Vacaville. But the park was beautiful.....and the kids did have fun together, the dogs did too. The slide show tells the rest of the story. I will get that soon. Dont worry Stacey I didnt put the pictures of you bending over picking up all the napkins that were blowing off the picnic table.

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Well they went back to school today

Right now Im sitting at home, wondering how the kids are both doing at school. It's weird to drop them off and then walk away, hoping they will be ok. Kya was happy this morning and really excited to get to class. He actually got to sit assigned right next to a girl he knows from his kindergarten class. Although she is the most busiest little girl ever, I think it made him feel good to have a familiar face next him. He was already making friends when I went to say goodbye. I tried to kiss him and tell him that he had toothpaste on his face....but he was like get away. Lucy seemed excited more nervous....although she was already jumping back into routine. She hit the paint area painted a quick masterpiece then headed off to the table for breakfast when I left. I will miss them a little bit today.....tomorrow will be better for me. :)