catching up

I guess I've missed sharing some important things that have happened in our lives in the last couple weeks.  I'm only a month late, but I wanted to talk a little about Chris, my husband, who I don't give any credit to on this little blog.  His birthday was a month ago, the big 29!  We celebrated by going to Mt. Charleston for a picnic.  It was nice.  

We got him a set of Horseshoes.  It's a favorite Mathews' family game and we enjoyed playing up in the mountains.  Happy Birthday Chris!  We love you!  

More news about Chris- after three years of internship at his work, he is finally as official licensed Certified General Appraiser.  He will still be working at the same office, doing the same thing, but he's gets a little more $ for his work now.  He works so hard and I'm so proud of his accomplishments and grateful for all he does for us.  I took this picture the day he got his license.  A pretty rare thing in Las Vegas- rain and a rainbow.  Must have been a lucky day!

Here's a couple random shots of Nathan.  Can you tell we're ready for summer to be over??  He loves wearing his hat and mittens.  I tried the coat on him and he said he wanted to play in the snow.  I don't think he even knows what snow is, but we can dream I guess.  Maybe we'll get to play in some pretty white stuff for Christmas in CO or something.  

This one night Nathan was so tired, he actually fell asleep in the middle of a PB&J sandwich and I snapped this picture.  I thought it was too funny.  I woke him up to clean him up a couple min later and he was ready to go again.  Not tired at all- he claimed!

San Diego: Part Two- the beach

After a day at Sea World we decided to take it easy at the beach.  We went to La Jolla one morning and this was probably Nathan's first time to the beach.  He loved it!  He went right to digging in the sand and even liked getting splashed by the waves.  Chris would take him out and I could hear him squealing with excitement when the water would hit him.  It was pretty fun- except for the stupid birds!  They were trying to get into my bag and take all our food!!

Ashlyn, Cody, Nathan and Brayden

The last two days we spent with Chris' brother Brent and his family.  We did the beach with them and the kids had fun getting buried.  

Good times in the sand.  

I should also mention that Chris got to go golfing with Brent and also did some body boarding.  The waves were pretty good at this beach we went to near San Clemente.  I enjoyed laying on the beach working on my tan and watching Nathan enjoy it too.  

Now we are home and I'm trying to wash all the sand out of our clothes.  I'm so tired.  We didn't get too much sleep for four nights and slept like a rock in my bed last night.  Nathan thought he had to wake up at sunrise every morning on vacation- I guess he didn't want to miss a single bit of daylight.  I just don't get how he goes and goes and doesn't seem to get tired.  I could barely keep my eyes open yesterday on the way home, and he didn't sleep one bit!!  The kid has an Energizer battery in him or something.  I'm ready to get back on a normal schedule and not sleep in the same room with him for a long time!!  

San Diego: Part One

We took a little vacation to southern California last week and had a fun time.  It was Nathan and my first time to Sea World.  We all loved the Shamu show the best.  We sat in the "Splash Zone" but didn't get wet at all.  It was really cool to see those huge animals- I want to go swim with one.  Then we went to the Dolphin show and sat in the "Splash Zone" again, thinking it would be even less if we got wet at all.  Well, there was a whale in the show as well, and we got soaked!!  Nathan didn't like it so much.  But he survived.  We saw the Pet show and it splashed a little water and he was fine with that, and was asking for more!  

Nathan liked the Elmo and Abby rides at the "Bay of Play"  He wanted to go on more rides all the time.  Luckily there were no lines and he and Chris got to go "round and round" to their little hearts' content!  I just watched!  

Getting wet at the water feature of the park- Nathan's favorite thing to do!

Shamu was the BEST!!

We spent an entire day at Sea World and got to see lots of fun things- a polar bear taking a swim, a walrus eating some fish- sick!, a clydesdale horse, penguins, dolphins, seals, and rays!  It was cool.  Next time I want to swim with the killer whales!!  Better save up my money!