New To Blogville

We are new to this whole blog experience, so, here it goes.  Each Sunday, we have decided to write from each of our perspectives about the previous week.  I am going to start off with a brief summary of each of us.  Jeff is the Man of The House and is a full time student and works full time for the San Luis Trust Bank... what a stud!  "School is OUT for Summer!" Defines his current state of bliss while enjoying the calm before the storm of Cal Poly starts in September.  I am the mama.  I stay at home with our boys and love it!  "Say Click, Take a pic!"  Would be my current state of mind since I am currently dabbling in photography and getting a little business going.  Calvin is our oldest at 19 months and is FULL THROTTLE all the time.  He is a well rounded toddler and loves to play ball, dance, sing, make animal noises, and read books.  "I want More, More, More!"  This would definitely describe his current state of wanting more of everything: food, balls, and especially time with daddy.  Boston is our youngest and just recently joined the clan in June.  He is getting the hang of sleeping and not spitting up.  His current state can best be described by this quote, "Lay Off, I'm starving!"  Since he wants to eat ALL THE TIME.  So, that's us in a nut shell! :)
This week has been pretty eventful.  We got a puppy, entertained some guests, FHE, aquired Beiber Fever, attended a sprinkler party, and surprised daddy!  First, let's address the new puppy, Zoey.  I know a lot of you are saying that's crazy... and, you're probably right!  It's been some work, but she's got the hang of things and even lets Calvin trapes around the house holding her.  It's given Lola, our other dog, and Calvin some added excitement in their day! 
So, I pretty much LOVE to entertain!  We had Grandma and Papa over Sunday night for dinner, and scored an added bonus when Calvin just HAD to go home with them for the night!  (I was actually able to catch up on sleep and cleaning the next day!)  Then, on Saturday we had Brian, Kaitlin and Jackson over which was tons of fun, especially when we busted out the Zookies for dessert.  They are half baked deliciousness that we had waited ALL WEEK to eat and we enjoyed every second! (new diet :( )
We also decided to get back on the FHE train and FINALLY put together our 72 hr kits.  We've had the stuff forever but FINALLY decided to get it together!  Calvin led the music, as usual, and sang us "happy  day day Lola," followed by "how I wonner...in da sky."  With some gibberish in between!
Tuesday proved to be a pretty great day.  We got invited to a sprinkler party at Hilary's with one of Cal's bffs: Kaden.  Later on that day, we turned on the tv only to hear Justin Beiber singing his baby song, which Calvin immediately caught on to and LOVED.  So, his version goes a little something like this: "Oh, Baby, babba... MINE, MINE"... precious!  Jeff caved and got it for him and we watched him dance with Zoey around the living room that night.
Friday was quite the accomplishment in many ways.  First, I figured out how to make birth announcements on photoshop.  Then, for the first time since Calvin was 8 months old, we made it to storytime on time!  Calvin really enjoyed it since it's all about singing, reading, and crafting!  Then, we drove down to SLO town and surpised Jeff for lunch.  We then shopped around San Luis long enough to meet daddy at CPK for dinnner (not the best use of time as far as our wallet is concerned, but we got some bday shopping done! :) 
Being ontime didn't end with Friday...we were actually EARLY to church.  Which may seem like nothing to some people, but Jeff just started having 8 o'clock meetings, leaving me to get the boys ready by myself.  So, this was quite the accomplishment in our house!  We were even able to have our traditional cinnamon rolls for breakfast!  yummm!  That pretty much sums up our week from my end ... now to Jeff...
My wife is forcing me to write something... which is funny because she has written about everything eventful this past week. Fortunately for me, today has been the most eventful day of the week. As I was writing that first sentence Cindy yelled my name really loud. I didn't flinch because she does this a lot... like when she sees a spider, when there is something moldy in the fridge or my favorite, when Butch Osman passed out at the pulpit while giving a talk. This time Chicken Little was serious... while grilling the chicken we were supposed to have for dinner, the e.v.o.o. and the chicken went up in flames. I then got off the computer and ran to the kitchen to put out the fire. Not being an expert fireman I did what came natural and threw water on it. I am not sure that was the correct thing to do, but it worked. I remembered something about baking soda after it was all said and done, but it is over now and no damage was done. Don't think that because Cindy had this little incident with the chicken that she cannot cook, because it is quite the opposite. And she is quite the baker too... my new fav is a peach pie that she makes...AMAZING!
Boston has a little breathing issue, it sounds like he has a deviated septum. So today during Sunday School he was snoring really loud, we were definately getting some looks. I think people thought it was me snoring during the lesson, so I rocked back and forth as much as I could so that the people behind us could see that I was still awake. Calvin loves to sing and make up his own songs but he does sing some that are not so made up. One in particular that I am not so proud of is Baby by Justin Bieber. I caved and bought it on itunes so that Calvin can dance and sing to it (it is very cute). Today during Sacrament meeting during the hymns  he decided to chime in. He sings so loud. The Kerrs were behind us and Brian gave Calvin the thumbs up, so he sang even louder. Just a few seconds ago Calvin got his first bloody nose. He likes to jump from our coffee table to our couch. He counts 1...2...3... and then jumps. Except that I have been substitued into the number line, so it is Dadda...2...Dadda and then he jumps and usually makes it. Exept this time he jumped into my knee. The boys are so cute. We should have started this blog a lot sooner so that we could record all of the funny things Calvin has said and done. Sorry Calvin...we love you as much as your brother. Hopefully we are better at this than with our journal writing.
Since this is going to be like our journal, I just want to say what a wonderful wife and mother Cindy is. I cannot believe what a great job she does with the boys. I don't know how she does it everyday, but I am truely grateful for her. I love you Sweetheart.