5 yrs

Yesterday, the 12th, was our 5 yr anniversary! We had a GREAT day! Greg's mom, Becky, watched the boys while we went to IHOP for breakfast! When we picked up the boys we decided to go to Charlies Safari, which is a family fun center, on our way there I turned around to find Isaac hiding from the sun! This was HUGE deal for me because every time it gets too bright in the car he starts freaking out, kicking screaming, crying...the works. So we were thrilled to see that instead he had figured out to just close his eyes!
After Charlies Safari we came home and our neighbor Allison watched the boys while Greg and I went to a Mariners game! For those of you who know us, you know that we are HUGE Mariners Fans!! At our last Mariners game (now this is MY version of the story, Greg's version is TOTALLY Different!) the announcer mentioned the Hit it Here Cafe and Greg suggested that we go there for our anniversary instead of going to the space needle (which is what we do every other year for our anni.) I jumped on that idea!! He was totally shocked and bought the tickets that night when we got home so that I couldn't change my mind!
Greg's version goes something like this. We were sitting at the game and I looked up and saw the Hit it Here Cafe and then I suggested that we do that for our anniversary and he clarified "Instead of the Space Needle?!" I agreed and we came home and he bought the tickets later.

Who's is true?! Who knows! Who cares! We went and we had a blast!!!

This is one of my favorite views of Safeco Field!

This is the Hit it Here Cafe where we sat! We sat outside on the deck that's off to the left in this pic. We were right in front! It was an AMAZING view and AMAZING food!! Greg had Ribs and this chocolate cake that looked like someone might die from eating it! Sooo good! And I had a chicken teriyaki burger and lavender cheesecake with a fresh peach compote! YUM!!! It was so incredible that we could have such good food at a ball park!

Before we went and sat down (because we were 2 hrs early) we decided to walk around the stadium. We have never done that before because we've never been that early! This is the view from right above the bullpen!

It was Irish Appreciation Day so they brought in Irish Musician and Folk Dancers!

They had a Special Olympics Softball game before the Mariners Game! It was so much fun to watch these kids as their faces lit up to be playing here! It was so apparent that they were thrilled to be interacting with some of the big league players!

FSN's Before and After the Game

seriously! it was like I'd never been here before! we saw so many new things!

The game starts!

Felix Hernandaz is Pitching

We sat right behind Ichiro

Which was great since he kept stretching through the whole game!! Right dear!?

After 14 innings of a 0-0 Game against the Chicago White Sox, they FINALLY brought Griffey out to end the game!

He hadn't played all game and when he came out the stadium rumbled with cheers!

He hit a Single to right field that gave Adrian Beltre the chance to score giving us the 1-0 win against the White Sox

The Mariners.com Website says "The longest scoreless game in Mariners franchise history"

He obviously was tackled! Griffey ran to first base and then straight out into the field!

One of my favorite things about baseball is the obvious feeling of brotherhood between the team mates!

After a GREAT game, 3 hrs, and 14 innings later we Take the win 1-0!!!

It was an incredible day filled with amazing food, from breakfast to dinner, Family time, and by the time it was all over I had NO voice!!

A Tribute!

Meet Derek!

Today is his Birthday!!He is my 'twin'

Ok! Not really but at 1 yr and 25 days apart you might as well be!

We did EVERYTHING together. We hung out with most of the same people, we liked the same things, were in 2 of the same classes (band a choir) and tell each other everything.

He's Got it ALL!!
The looks

The theatrics
The Grilling/Cooking skills!!!The Baking skills!!
He's loved by his family

He's always looking out for his sisters

Don't mess with us or you get the wrath of Derek!

Trust me on this! Would you want to mess with this face?! NO you do not!

The Kid in him lives on!
and every now and then the bully in him comes out!
You know it lives in you too!
as you can see from the look on Isaac's face, he wasn't threatened! LoL

He takes his responsibilities VERY seriously!but he is always up for a good time, no matter what the hour!

and no matter if mom (ahem...ME) is trying to get her little man calmed down and into bed at 930!!!

He is quite the ladies man!

He's a great problem solverand takes GREAT care of ALL of his friends!

He stands out in a crowd

but he knows when it's important to blend in

yes he's in there. I promise

He knows all the right people!and after a long day he knows the best way to relax and wind down!He is one of my best friends! Always has been, always will be! So on this joyous day! I would like to say to the bestest brother a girl could ask for...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Blog Challange!

So the other night i was laying in bed thinking to my self about a blog challange. I've seen these before and always thought "That's so cool! I wish I could start a chain reaction like that so here it is!
1st part is to write a blog entry with out editing! I want to know how do you come up with your train of thought? What goes through your head as you type things and get your words together. What ever pops in your head is what you type!
2nd part is no spell check! I was going to say you can't use the backspace, just have to leave what comes out but i'm a bit addicted to backspace so that just doesn't seem fair. So instead we'll go with no editing and no spell check!
To be completly fair, I'll start!
*sigh* Ok. where to start...hmmmm...I've started this stupid thing now what the heck am I suposed to blog about?! Ok...what's happend in the past couple of days?! Screaming....a lot of screaming. We took Gary's bottle away and he's very upset about it. He's been screaming at me a lot lately and for some reason Isaac thinks it's ok. It's really made me want to go find a job and pay someone else to listen to them scream. Greg doesn't want me to go find a job so i guess that's partly out the window. he says i just need to get out more! HA! Get out...with those two?! Like that's gonna happen. I don't feel like i can control them in the house much less out of it. Maybe i just wasn't cut out to be a stay at home mom...hmmm. My walk this morning seemed to help. Got up, got the boys changed and fed and then greg got up and i ran some errands and went for a walk around the lake by my self! That helped. got me motivated. i've already got dishes done, living room picked up, lunch made and the kids are down for a nap! ooooo nap, speaking of. it's awfully quite. it's nice! OH!! We got a supervisor for the house! Now wer're just waiting on the shop funds...still need to ask greg what that's for. hopefully we'll get another meeting scheduled here soon so we can figure out more info. and possibly get a start date. downstairs neighbors slider just opend. probly stepping out for a smoke. i hate that. i'm so glad we wont have to deal with smoke pouring into our living room! She yelled at me again! boys were being boys and all of the sudden her tv kept getting progresivly louder and louder and then all of the sudden a "C'MON!!! SHUT UP!!!" came from the floor! Wow!! Class!! It's an apartment! What do you expect! You live under 2 boys!! 2 TODDLER Boys!!!! Why do i always have to put up with everyone elses junk! Why is it that everyone else has the exception?? Why am I always accomadating everyone else?! I hate living up stairs! I want to move somwhere where we can be down stairs! I'm so tired of yelling at the boys to quite marching, stomping, running, jumping, skipping, hopping, falling....blah blah blah!! I hate our neighbors! i know i know, hate is such a strong word, but i do! -------- Gary tackeled Isaac today! he's so funny stickin up for himself! It always catches Isaac off gaurd! ------ I'm thinkin of cuttin my hair! I want it short again. I've been wanting it short for awhile but kept it long for greg. I get headaches when it gets to long. I need to have him measure it to see if it's long enough for locks of love. My sister in law and neice did that this summer and it was so cool! Everyone keeps telling me i'm perfect for it because my hair is so thick they could get 2 wigs out of 1 cut! I don't know how true that is but i figure why not! Oh...i hear the noise! So much for them being asleep. I should probably go and tell them to be quite and get back in bed....maybe....or not! ----- What else is new?! Hmmmmm OH OH OH!!!! Greg is taking me to a mariners game next wednesday for our anniversary!! I'm so excited! We're going to the hit it here cafe, *Uhhggg* Brb. ("Isaac get back in bed! It is nap time" Give Gary back his binki and get back in bed!") Ok. The hit it here cafe! which is a fancy, well not fancy but a nice restaraunt at safeco field. So basically we get to watch a mariners game in a restaraunt that has HUGE windows! i'm so excited! I can promise you a post with pics about that one! AND!!! As if he wasn't cool enough! For my birthday (which is in sept.) he got me tickets to the Jason Aldean concert and Puyallup fair rodeo! I'm so excited! Lots of cool things hapening and lots of cool posts coming up so stay tuned!!!

Humidity!

I can NOT stand humidity. Well thanks to Wikipedia, and we all know if Wikipedia says so it MUST be true, I have learned that Olympia shares the honor of being the most humid city in the US! Shared with Forks. Greg has always given me a bad time about complaining about the humidity and now if feel justified. In his words "I give you my blessing to be so hot"

Most humid places on Earth

blah blah blah...not pertaining to the point so it's been deleted.....

In the United States the most humid cities, strictly in terms of relative humidity, are Forks and Olympia, Washington.[3] This fact may come as a surprise to many, as the climate in this region rarely exhibits the discomfort usually associated with high humidity. Dew points are typically much lower on the West Coast than on the East. Because high dew points play a more significant role than relative humidity in the discomfort created during humid days, the air in these western cities usually does not feel "humid."

Blah Blah Blah...more stuff that's been deleted that doesn't have anything to do with what my point was...

So this is me stickin it to the MAN! I'm not sure what man except that it sounded good. I also found this website that has all kinds of cool weather facts that list us as the #2 most humid city. So there you have it! I'm not making it up! I have proof! It's humid and I can't stand it!
Feel free to laugh! I know Greg will when he reads it!

Happy Birthday Little Bear

1 yr ago today, our little Gary was welcomed into our family! He is full of life and wants to experience everything he can! He laughs all the time! Even when he doesn't know what he's laughing at! Don't get me wrong, he can get mad. And when he does...Watch out! It's every man for himself!! But he's very easy to console. the only thing it takes is to pick him up! He is so funny and loves to play with is brother! He started walking about a week or 2 ago and he is loving every minute of it! He loves being able to keep up with Isaac, and being almost the same size he's figuring out that he's almost as strong and is starting to defend himself, which is pretty funny. Gary is our little bear! He loves to make all the growling and car noises that Isaac makes. He watches everything so closely so that when it's his turn he's sure to wow the crowd! We love him to death and couldn't have asked for a better addition to our family!!

Happy Birthday Gary Bear!

What do YOU use?

I am wishing! I want a NICE camera. At our recent reunion in Ut. I was able to use our cousin Mark's Nikon D90. Ever since then I have been longing for a super nice camera (among other things).
Greg is so good to me. Everytime I want something new he just smiles (a smile only greg can give. you know the one, every husband has their version. The one that says, smile on the face but in their eyes you can see the $$$ and the thought "how much is this going to cost me?") and says, how about you look into it and then we'll see. I look into it and the chances of me getting it are 50/50! He's so paitent!
Anyways! I want to know...what kind of camera do you use to get your killer great pics!!

What makes me happy?

Someone asked me this question once in my life and it struck me hard today!
It has been a rough week. We (Gary, Isaac, and I) just spent a week at my moms, on vacation. With out a whole lot to worry about and it being so warm, we spent everyday outside next to the pool (don't get to excited, it was one of those 2 ft kiddie pools. But a pool nonetheless) we played outside, in the water, in 95 degree weather. So being back home, where it's cold, and there's dishes, and laundry, it's hard to get back into the swing of things. I have been feeling very lazy, unmotivated, and annoyed. These 3 things all add up to one unhappy momma and we all know that "When Momma aint happy...(say it with me now) Aint NOBODY Happy!!!
So this morning as i was tearing up because i have 3 loads of dishes and about a bazillion loads of laundry to do, its cloudy, cold and depressing outside and I'm really REALLY sick of being in the dark when it comes to building the house (That's right...we STILL don't know anything of when we are starting that...more for another day). This particular question popped in my head. and after all day of thinking about it and finding all the small things today that have made me happy here it goes:

What makes Sonya happy?

*The way a bottle looks after it's been washed
*The way the carpet feels after it's been vacuumed (especially if Greg did it for me)
*The way Frito's taste with Taco Soup
*Ellen's Humor
*The sound of laughter
*Isaac's apology
*Silence of Nap Time
*Chocolate Milk
*Brownies
*The smell of freshly bleached Towels
*Hot showers
*The sound of the keys on the keyboard as I type
*Gary's laughter when he's not sure what he's laughing at
*Toasted English Muffins with strawberry Jam
*The smell and color of Lemons
*Milk Chocolate chips and Craisins
*Taking a Graham Cracker and dipping it in Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate Frosting and topping it with marshmallows
*Falling asleep with the tv on
*Movies
*A good tan...The kind that says, Yah...I spent the entire summer doing nothing but playing outside! Whatcha gonna do about it?!
*Traveling
*The thought of owning a good pair of patent peeptoe pumps...RED!
*The thought of Going out, on a Wednesday night, and turning every head because I look just that HOT!!!
*Going to a salon and getting my hair cut

That's all I've come up with today.
When your having a crappy day, this is what I want you to do.
When your brain is becoming filled with "woe is me" and "Seriously?! This kind of day again?!" Kick it out of your head and ask your self. "What makes me happy?"