Wednesday, September 17, 2008

The rest of our summer

So this is how the rest of our summer went...


First of all, we found out that we are having a BOY! Sorry Mom, don't give up on us, one of us is bound to have a girl someday...
I was so excited to start getting his room ready. We painted it from a dull gray to a bright yellow and Jeff even had to paint the ceiling white so it turned out to be a big job. The yellow is a little brighter than I wanted, but hopefully once we start adding furniture and other stuff it will tone down a little.
So far we have the crib and crib sheets ready to go. I kind of wish I would have chosen a little lighter of a wood for the crib but it ended up being free so I guess I can't complain. The reason why it is free is because I ordered it online and when it got here a few pieces were just slightly damaged. I was pretty irritated about it so I called the company and they ended up refunding the price of the whole crib! If it wasn't for this I would have ordered a different one but we decided to just put some stain over the scuffs and use the money for other furniture that we will need.
Here is some of the fun we have had in our pool with everyone. Tucker decided he liked wearing my swim caps and of course Taylor wanted to be like his brother. So we have the pirate and...Scuba Steve? Any other ideas for that face?
Jack had fun getting in on the action too!
Jeff and I and my sisters and their husbands had a pretty intense game of night volleyball. Eric, Jared and Jeff vs. Jackie, Cindy and Kristy. The girls schooled those boys in game number one but they wanted a rematch to prove their manhood so we let them win...ha ha.
Girls are number one.
These guys sure know how to pose!

Over Labor Day weekend my mom and dad took us camping to Little Grass Valley Reservoir. I don't have pictures but the whole weekend we played kind of a weird version of Survivor and all the couples competed against each other. The challenges included swimming accross the lake, fluffy bunny competitions by the campfire, powedered donut eating, and the list goes on. I can't remember who won honestly but I know Jeff and I came in dead last. That was fun for us.
Jack knows how to keep cool.
Mom and Dad being picture perfect.


Here is Tucker and Taylor trying to get away from us in our kayak.

Earlier this summer when we were still living in Oceanside I surprised Jeff for his 30th birthday with an overnight trip to Laguna Beach. We had a lot of fun having a picnic on the beach and relaxing by the pool.


8 comments:

Jenn Mize said...

O my gosh. I LOVE your crib. It is SO cute! We will have to buy one for our next baby because the one we are using is David's sister's, and she plans on having more kids. :) But I want to get one like yours when we do, I love it. And that deal is AWESOME!
Funny story about the Target diaper bag. I do not at ALL remember registering for it. Honestly, when I got it I was kind of surprised that I got it. I thought it looked like a camera bag. When I got home and saw it was on my register at Target I was totally shocked. Oh well! I LOVE that you got me the toothbrush thing. It was too perfect, along with everything else! :) I'll be in Cali in February with Tucker so we definitely have to get together.
By the way... BOYS ROCK! I am SO excited you are having a boy! :) Any names yet?

Amanda Hardman said...

WHAT??? I didn't even know you were pregnant...that explains your comment about the stroller we have. Yeah, we did A LOT of stroller test driving! We LOVE our stroller! Well, congratulations! I'm so happy for you guys. And I hear you're living in Citrus Heights? We'll have to hang out.

Lisa said...

How fun...I'm sad we didn't get together when I was there, but for sure when I come up for Thanksgiving. I like the color of the babies room :)

Justin and Silvia said...

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Have a good one
Silvia

The Esslinger Family said...

It sounds like your summer was awesome. I love the picture of you are your sisters! And congrats on the boy, I have 2 of them and they are so much fun!! Now the question remains will we try for #3 in hopes for a girl? I hope you are feeling good and that baby is being good to you!

Anonymous said...

I have been waiting and waiting with anticipation as to what this little baby is going to be! Congrats on a little boy. I absolutely love your nursery. He will love the brighter choice of yellow. Hope we can get together soon!

Amy Lawson said...

that is awesome. we have lots of boy grand babies is my family too but they have been a blast. i can't wait to find out what i am having. When are you due? Charlie and I live in Antelope, we should double date sometime.

Christina said...

Congrats on the Boy, I thought it probably would be since Matt, Jake, and Rob all had boys first. We are so excited for you guys.