It takes all kinds...

So assuming the world is made up of all kinds of people. And all of those "kinds of people" need a place to live, then logically it might follow that some of "those kinds" of people might buy houses and therefore you would need various "kinds" of real estate agents to help them.

Case in point: Real Estate Association Christmas Gala...talk about an adventure or should I say "lesson" about the various "kinds" of people that live in our corner of civilization....to each there own.

Now in case I sound like I am sponsoring an unfair stereotype of "strange" realtors, let me just say that there was a bulk of my "kind" of people and only a few moonlighting oddities...

Let's just say that I wasn't too bored because at least I could be a people watcher.

California Adventures

Well, we have recently returned from a Thanksgiving California Adventure. As usual, we had fun visiting the family that we don't see as often and having lots of "firsts" experiences.

Conner loved hearing the seals/sea lions at the wharf and swimming with all the cousins. We even got some fun pics and Conner liked the boats and pigeons and seagulls, etc.

I think he especially loved riding a horse and if you ask him, he makes sure to tell you he did it "all by myself." He also got to ride with mommy and daddy...which was also great fun.

We survived the trip and only had to watch "Cars" about 6 times. We took a ton of movies and the only one he wanted to watch was CARS. Surprise surprise. Steve only had one minor infraction :) and I managed to not wreck the rental car. Adventures as always.

We took our first family pic since Conner was about 8 months old. Turned out really cute. I just wished I had our Bella bear for it. Oh well...photoshop works ok I guess

Primary....here we come

Well, today Conner's nursery class went to Primary singing time to get the kids ready to go to Primary in January....yes, you read that right. He is going to be a Sunbeam in less time than it takes to eat Thanksgiving turkey and let the Christmas toys get boring....

Mommy was so excited (read nervous, choked up) that she had to leave Sunday school to go peek in on her little boy sitting in Primary like he thought he was supposed to be grown up or something. Quite a note for the journal. He's not a baby anymore even if he does give the best snuggle-bug hugs!

Halloween

Not much to note about the pumpkins....except Conner thought the seeds were "eww Gross..." no need to mention that last year they were the funnest part. Oh and that Conner decided how his pumpkin face should be. In case you were wondering, well, Steve's pumpkin is a Ninja Turtle....go figure!

Ask me how determined a three year old can be about what he wants to dress up as...First it was Elmo, because he likes Elmo and we had an Elmo costume. But then he saw my FamilyFun magazine and wanted me to make him the dragon costume they had a picture of. It was a cardboard monstrosity....cute and fun....but what a headache. I didn't know how to tell him that Mommy didn't want to pull all her hair out and be bald for Halloween. So thankfully we were at Rachel's and he saw a costume ad in her paper. He was looking at all the dressed up kids and out of the blue said he wanted to be Batman and even sang the "Nananana...BATMAN!" song. Don't ask me how he knew it. He is just a quick one I guess. So then he was determined to be Batman....ask his mom how much fun it was to figure out what we were going to do about that. I hadn't seen any Batman outfits small enough and nothing was going to deter him. Once again Aunt Rozy came to the rescue. She said she had a little Superman costume so we went to her house to try it on. And out of the wonderful basement of treasures came a DINOSAUR outfit. An Aladar no less (for those who are clueless...like me....Aladar is the one from DINOSAURS movie)....and so we were set. He was so excited and he was so cute. From the side or back you couldn't even see his little face. We sent fun pics to all the grandmas. Plus it was warm....always a bonus in the frigid cold. Pic coming soon....

Late nights, poopy diapers, a baby...

....oh my, not ours....but almost as fun. Rachel had her baby around the first part of October. She needed some help, imagine that. So Conner and I went on another adventure. We first had an all day car trip. Then we had a fun week helping take care of Rachel and little baby Rylie. Conner loved her...literally. Every chance he could he would say, "I want my mommy to hold baby Rylie" and then he would come and sit by me so he could hold her. He was really good with her and she was a really good baby, maybe because she is so big... 9lbs 1 oz when she was born. We were both sad to leave. But it was back to our home duties we went.

Well, August was just one big adventure..... We took Conner to "That Famous Preston Night Rodeo". He loved it! And of course he loved the parades with all the candy. Grandma gave him a birthday present early...his Superman chair and he would sit between every handful of candy. He even sat through the rodeo. Thankfully Grandma was smart enough to get us reserved seats opposite from the carnival. Aunt Missy saved the day and got the kids a snow cone at the Carnival.

Then it was off to the races, getting ready for Mel's wedding I mean. Her new last name is Shashindranath. Sound it out and you will probably get it right. That was a lot of fun and turned out really beautiful, even if it was a little crazy. Our dresses turned out cute and fit Sara...so that made us all happy. It was a gorgeous day!

While I was busy with Mel's wedding, Steve and Conner went to my family reunion. What a good man I married. He went to the crazies while I stayed home. They had it at a lodge and it was a combination of my mom's dad's siblings and her mom's siblings and their posterity. I hear it was loads of fun. I got up early, early Sunday morning and made a road trip to make it for the brunch before most everybody headed home. So I at least got to see everyone. Conner loved going with the boys in Bompa's boat.

Then it was Conner's birthday. Talk about a fan....Conner (or maybe it is mom/dad) is a huge "Cars" fan...as in the movie. So for his birthday it was Cars clothes, Cars sheets, Cars dishes and snack cup, Cars underwear, Cars cupcakes, Cars suitcase, Cars cars and even a "Mater" cake....talk about an adventure....mommy and Conner spent a good four hours on that thing!

Things you need to know when reading this stuff....

Thought I would make a glossary of the names in this blog....mostly because Conner has his own unique names for everyone and for lots of things. It's funny how when you are a mom, all of a sudden you forget how to talk and begin to say things exactly as your two year old does :)

Bomma - my mom, Conner's version of Grandma

Bompa - my dad, Conner's version of Grandpa

Leesee la la - say it exactly like it looks, Conner's version of my sister's name

Chapicks - chapstick, which he loves & occassionally does more than wear, especially the future true aggie kind which is yummy flavored

Juicy - we told Conner that a peach was juicy once and now just about everything that is even remotely wet is juicy

Kids - anyone that isn't adult. try "Mom, where's the kids?" Or "What are the kids doing?" Sometimes I have to figure out which kids he is talking about....it could be the ones clear across the store or the little neighbor boys he played with yesterday

"What you doing?" - means 1-first words on the phone or 2-"Whatever you are (doing/eating/looking at/holding), I want you to let me (do/eat/look at/hold). You better let me do/eat/look/hold very soon but please don't just answer the question or I might freak out

Summer time fun...

We we've had some adventures the past couple of weeks....

We went boating with Rozy & Boys, and Bomma/Bompa, Grandma Dorothy and Leesee-lala and Jordan... Conner and I went on the tube and well, we got bucked out...mommy tipped us both over backwards...he wasn't quite sure how he felt about that, but he remembers it and tells people about how the tube flipped us over and how he was wearing his lifejacket....then he helped Rozy drive the boat and flipped mommy out of the tube. He is pretty proud of himself for that

We saw Cars on opening day and again this last week with the kids at Bomma's house. He loves Lightening McQueen and Mater (for non-Cars folks, that is the red car and the tow truck you see in the previews). He notices them at every store. He got a few of the Cars from McDonalds Happy Meals but we are still looking for anything McQueen or Mater related...too bad so is every other mom out there. I didn't realize it could be so popular...but it really is marketing genius. Make a movie about Cars that is even mediocre and then sell the merchandise because what little boy doesn't love toy vehicles of any kind, made even better by watching a show about them.

As for fireworks, well, Conner thinks they are great fun....he especially liked throwing the little poppers at people's feet. He wasn't a fan of the loud noises of the big ones so we watched them in the car. But he loved the little ones that we did at Bomma's house.

June 29, 06

Well....I saw Nikkala's blog and I liked it so much I chose the same template :) and thought it looked like a good way to spend my probably excessive time on the internet and probably a much better time than reading celebrity gossip every time I log out of my hotmail account. Plus, it was cute to see and read about her little guy....so here goes!