Valentine's 2011

A couple months ago Adam was going through some old music and found some songs he had written 5 or so years ago, one of them was for his wife.  So, he decided to record it for me and give it to me for Valentine's day. When I first heard the song I thought he had just recently written it because it seemed to fit us so well (and because I've always asked him to write me a song - for a second there I thought nagging actually worked!).  But then when I found out he had written it before we were even considering dating each other it just became all the more beautiful and special! THEN he got me a heart shaped pendent because I had told him that I always loved my grandma's and I wished I had one like hers. THEN he lined up a babysitter and took me out to one of my favorite restaurants, Airaya. 

We forgot to have the babysitter take a picture of us together like I had wanted to do, but here we are at dinner. 

That Adam, he's a good man I tell ya, a good man!  

Oh and PS. Bennett handed out Veggie Tales Valentines
He was pretty precious while "writing" them

Dreaming of Sunny Days

So, Bennett is kind of in love with the trampoline and he is NOT in love with the rain that is stopping him from going out to play on said trampoline! 

He's so silly and cute when he's jumping!

You can't help but smile at this! 

Puzzle Genius

What's better than hanging in PJ's 'til noon? 

Not much

But playing with puzzles is a close second! 

He's pretty much a genius! 

John Deere Man

Are these not the cutest thing you have ever seen?

Bennett's Tio Pepe sent them last week and basically he has worn noting else since then!

Oh and you have to see the box they came in

Stink'n cute!

Dancing til you're dizzy!

 Sometimes you just need to dance and shout "Hurray"!

Bouncy Birthday Parties

Bennett attended two birthday parties in January ... both of which included bouncing of some sort or another and I'm not gonna lie ... I NEVER considered a bouncy party for a 2nd birthday, but they were both totally successful and awesome! Just goes to show I know nothing about kids!

The first party was for sweet Andrea.

Bennett was NOT into the jumper like the other kids were but I think it was because Adam and I were trying to get him to go on there by himself... opps! 

But he was really into the broccoli and the ballons!

As soon as the Pinata came out ... he was all about that! 

We were actually letting him hit something with a stick!

Once the candy made it's way out (with a little adult help) the kids ran in and what did our son grab...

... Raisins! 

He was so so so happy!

Also, Adam and I had a great time talking with friends

Bouncy party number two was for Matthew.

His party was at Sky High Party Zone!

Bennett loved that Adam and I could come and bounce with him at this place 

and we all had so much fun!

Bennett LOVES Ping Pong! We don't know why, he's not even good at it! :)

I LOVE this picture!
It's not often these days that you see Adam smile this big! 

After about 45 minutes of bouncy fun Bennett stopped waiting for mom and dad's help and decided he could do it on his own! 

I love his little "yeah" at the end of the video! It's like he's saying, "Yeah, I'm cool, I did it all by myself!"

We let Bennett have the bottom half of a cup cake and a water bottle! 

He was happy as a clam! 

Here's Matthew wearing his birthday present from Bennett 

... if you want to see the cape up close, you can check my blog here.

Serving the City, Being the Church

This weekend our church canceled it's regular services and went out into the city of Lake Elsinore to serve the city! It's an amazing event and one of my favorite things our church does because I know it pleases the Lord so much to see his church serving the poor and needy.

Adam (as usual) was partnered with Dan and they ran the whole event answering calls and delivering extra supplies and directing trash pick up and what not. I was placed on team number one (there were 52 teams in all) and we went to take down the old pump house (you can see the article in the Californian here  as I don't know all the details)

My job (along with a few other ladies) ...

...was to make sure every board was labeled to make re-assembly much easier. 

It was a great system until the age of the wood started to show and boards started to splinter in to multiple pieces

(But we made it through with tape and lots and lots of labeling!)

So with the girls on the inside labeling and the boys on the out side removing the walls we got started

Here's the progression of the house coming down as I was able to capture it:

and then here's our team at the end on the slab

So now the "house" is being stored at Pioneer Lumber (apparently that's where the wood was purchased from) until plans can be set and re-assembly can resume at its new home by city hall!

Again, I am so thankful to be a part of a church that allows us to really BE the church in action  and not just go to church and sit.