Work Baby Shower

Today was my baby shower at work. It was SO nice. Here are the hosts, (from Left to right) Joyce, me, Marie and Posey. They are in my Tues/Thurs. class and have been working on this for a while. They are so thoughtful. They asked each person to pay $12 for donation for the food and supplies. These are some of my favorite ladies!We had so much food to go around, it was crazy!
More of my students from my Tues/Thurs. 10am. Vivian, Bonnie and Judy. These are my "talkative" ladies. (but they still keep up with the exercises!)
My awesome cake. It had lemon in the middle. MMMMmmmm, it was so good! And I got to take the rest home. Austin loved that, so did Eric and Kain played with his!
More of my Tues/Thursday class. I love them all. They are so sweet!
Wed/Friday class.
Posey helped write down everything I was opening. I have a lot of "Thank you's" to be written this weekend!
I received so many cards and gifts it was such a nice surprise!
And a lot of cute outfits.. all green and yellow, one of the "guys" in my class got me a blue outfit and a pink outfit (it was kinda humorous) and my favorite was this cute white little outfit with star pants and the little sweatshirt reads: "I Love Mommy". It's my favorite! :)
The cutest, most softest little dog. Which couldn't be more perfect because Austin and Kain both have dogs they sleep with.
Even the boys were showered with gifts. They got these bouncy balls and play-doh sets.

Austin was pretty excited. He says, "I love having babies" ha ha... let's see if he's still saying this in 8 weeks!

It was such a nice time. I was showered with so many nice things. I am so thankful everyday for all my students. Without them I wouldn't have this wonderful job. (if I can even call it that!).

And of coarse I feel bad because I just put in my notice to retire my Wed & Sunday classes. My last class will be the last week in August. It breaks my heart to say good-bye to everyone but I am trying to make my life a little easier if that's possible without giving it all up.

And I am only teaching 2 classes next week due to Austin being in Vacation Bible School. Hopefully they don't think I've abandoned them for too long. My last day will be Sept. 15th.

The Big Move-We did it!

It's official. We have our new address and we are all settled in... (for the most part). It looks pretty empty in some rooms, but slowly we are figuring out where we want everything. The boys love it, heck we ALL love it!


I must say, it was a HUGE help having Dennis here. I've never seen our old garage empty and never thought I would ever see an end in sight in getting everything out of the old place. Despite me losing my voice, getting the flu and fighting a cold, we all managed to get it done. I am so proud of my little boys for hanging in there even when they didn't want to. Somehow, they always seemed to find some fun out of whatever we were moving! Don't get me wrong.. never did we have a "DULL" moment... but we all survived!!!
I wonder what's going on. Austin looks a little nervous here...
The guys seemed to have it all under control!
I was in charge of making sure everyone stayed out of trouble, so I thought I deserved a self image here. :)
Dennis was having fun with the boys pushing them in the moving truck.....no way would I pack these two little guys up!


Can you hear them now, "Again, Again" giggle giggle giggle.

I'm pretty sure it did happen, "Again and Again and Again".
Look at that. Amazing, right?
U-Haul done with Day 1 (this was Thursday afternoon)
Friday we got a package from ganga filled with Austin's motorcycle helmet, Kain got a "horsey" coloring books, stickers, air-planes, candy for everyone, (even Dennis and Eric) and Bank's that count their money. This kept them pretty busy for a while. (which helped us all out)
Kain LOVES his Horses!!!
In the new garage (Day 2). Dennis, Eric and Austin made me a cabinet for all my kitchen things that will not fit in my kitchen. Huge help! This garage is WAY more organized!! I've been calling it the man-cave because Dennis and Eric have been spending a lot of time in here organizing it. Dennis was determined to get this garage all put together!
Austin was a good helper.
Kain stayed hard at work with his new stickers.
We even fit in a little fun time. Saturday (Day 3) was a day of relaxation. The boys went to the beach, the park, lunch, etc. I went to the spa. It was MUCH needed for everyone!



Kain decided he wanted to take a swim.. It was pretty warm out!
Today, (Monday) I took Austin to his Camp busy bee-sports week and Kain and I met Eric and Dennis at the beach for breakfast. It was so nice and relaxing. What a beautiful last day for Dennis.
The Wood boys, minus Austin :(
Me and my little man

Watching the lifeguard trainings and surf camp at Hermosa Pier.



Kain and I left because we had our 1st playdate (pool party) at the new house at 11:00. So Dennis and Eric rented beach cruisers and went for a ride along the pier. How fun!

(Kain loved to show off his new space) and pool in the nice backyard we finally have!
After the playdate, Kain and I went to get Austin from Camp Busy Bee and he had a playdate with his camp buddy, Peyton. They just love playing on the outside. It's so nice being able to go outside and just have fun again! (no neighbors to bother us)
Dennis was having fun watching everyone play.
Such a nice 5 days. We really did get a lot done, despite a little chaos here and there, I don't think we could have done it without Dennis' help. and YES, I am feeling much, much better.

Off to bed............

looking forward to our next set of visitors as it is always exciting when someone comes and always sad to see them go.

who has time to slow down?

Not us! But I'm still smiling.. and the kids are fine too! :)Kain is a little worn out in the process (like the sweat band he's wearing)? It's because Austin wears one too.
The boys on Sunday waiting for the new couch to arrive.

BEFORE

Still waiting...
AFTER
Ha ha, it's fun getting new furniture!
Austin is in a week long soccer camp in Manhattan Beach. It's from 9a-2p . (with his friend Cosmo). He LOVES IT! It's challenging, rewarding to him and tiring... well not for Austin. It still does not wear him out (except he goes to sleep in no time at night)!
On Sunday morning we tried on his soccer cleats and realized he out-grew yet another pair.. so Eric took him to get a new fancy pair for camp. Thank goodness the AYSO Soccer season starts up soon too!
After soccer-we ran home to make dinner to take with us for the rest of the day. The boys went to my friend, Cristy's house. She has two girls, Amanda and Lindsey 13 & 16 that the boys love to be with. They had fun while I went to my Dr. Appointment. Austin loves their dog, Sandy. He now wants another one.
Kain and Cristy were having so much fun in the heated pool.
Kain loves Lindsey. She is the younger of the two girls and she just eats Kain up!
Of coarse, he had to wear his goggles.
Austin was showing off his swimming skills (showing off to the girls)!
Silly boys.
I did not get in the pool because I taught 3 classes earlier in the day while Austin was at camp. Kain had fun in the play center with his buddy, Waytt. They are best friends. :)

After the pool fun we were off to Karate. Austin is still doing good, but he was so tired, he really did not want to go. Once we got there he was just fine. But by the time we were done at 7p... he said his bed was calling his name... really, AUSTIN?

Moving day is still scheduled for Friday! We are all looking forward to it!

So.... we're not slowing down... the week has just begun!