June 2009 trip to Cali

Huntington Beach

Beach Time

Lunch with Nolands in Oceanside

Aricin poking David

The guys deep in thought...

Family Pic

My boys were in Kim and Jon's Wedding

They both did great

Trying to get a hand in Grandpa's beer

Playing with Eli in San Clemente- Future Surfing bros

Cheering on Jon at the Rock N Roll Marathon in San Diego

(that's our new friend-Elvis)

Jon finished in 3:58- not bad for his first 26.2

Wagon time with Grandpa

Daddy trapped me in this Box

Rocking out at the Concert in the Park in Templeton

Lets slide cousin

Ride that Pony

Tumbling Time

Higher Daddy Higher

Farmers Market in San Luis Obispo with Zoe and Jason

Swim Time

Trying to climb a fence

Morro Bay

Play time at the Largoza's with Miles, Isaiah, and Jovie

Teeter time with Jovie

Playing with Lachlan

Playtime with Kirsten

Hugging Branigan's bear

A pool that's just my size

Poolside with Bryn

His new favorite trick- standing on the rocking chair and rocking

Watching the Choo Choo train

Huntington Beach at Sunset

Wagons make him sleepy

The Marshalls

Aaron, well half of him anyway

Cuddle time with cousin, Attison

I can't believe we're back already, our trip flew by. We had so much fun see friends and family. It was great to be able to stay with Krsity and Darin in San Clemente for a few days before Jon and Kim's wedding- it's always a treat to be back in Orange County. Aricin had a blast playing with Eli and we are looking forward to meeting the newest Johnson when she gets here in August. Aricin made it down the aisle without a hitch- he zig zagged back and forth greeting people along the way and even stopped to generously give the ring pillow to a friend that he recognized. Luckily the groomsmen were armed with pretzels and coaxed him to the end. He was quite a hit as everyone cheered when he finished. We got to see my little brother, Jon complete his first 26. 2- San Diego's Rock N Roll Marathon looked like it would have been a fun one to run. We spent a few days at the coast - it's always a treat to be back in San Luis. It was fun for Aricin to play with his cousin Attison and we got to meet our new niece, Ayla. We also got to go to Farmers and have dinner with Zoe and Jason- a treat. We stopped in Morro Bay on our way back to the Valley and enjoyed the sun and clam chowder. We spent about a week in Visalia catching up with old friends- Aricin loved playing with Kirsten, Lachlan, Jovie, Miles, and Isaiah. He also loved all the attention he got from family.

We're now back to reality - it's so nice having Aaron home for the summer and having my brother Jon here. We've only been back for a few days and have already exposed him to one of Rock Bottom Brewery's free pint nights as well as a Comedy Show at the underground of the Soiled Dove- of which i'm embarassed to admit that i fell asleep at- I was praying that one of the comedians wouldn't call me out. Aaron has already started cracking on the house projects while my belly seems to be expanding at crazy speed- in the last week i've ballooned. This kiddo is obviously making it's self at home in there. It's great to be in my second semester- i'm feeling so good. well i better go. Come visit us soon.

May 2009

Sporting the argyle socks from Auntie Zoe
Playing in his new Tunnel
Watching to see if Daddy's coming- Daddy didn't want to buy the Vacuum :)

Loving his new Vacuum

Swing time with daddy

Bath time shampoo fun

Momma's baby bump and Aricin in the drawers

Kisses

Play time at the Park

Checking out the sand

Dreaming

Swinging

Time with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa's Awesome!

Practicing his downward dog yoga pose.

May flew by and here we are almost in June. Aricin is so fun right now he's walking everywhere, exploring everything. He has a fascination with throwing things in toilets and trashcans right now which makes me wonder if he will be a plumber or trashman someday. He also loves to crawl through the nylon tunnel we got him- so maybe he's be an adventurer or explorer someday. He also loves to vacuum - Momma likes to vacuum often and now Aricin has his own and he knows exactly what to do- who knows maybe he'll be a butler someday. He's super chatty - his own language of course but some words you can make out like nana for banana. It's fun to sit and wonder what he's going to be like as more and more of his personality is coming out. We leave in a few days for Cali and can't wait to spend two weeks hanging out with friends and family. I'm feeling much better- still tired if i do too much, but compared to a few weeks ago life is good.

Big News...

We're Preggers!
What i've been craving... This is my daily lunch a yummy yummy salad.

So it looks like the next Marshall baby should be here around November 21st. Or sooner seeing as how Aricin decided to come 2 1/2 weeks early. We are 13 weeks and still feeling nausea in the evenings and just plain tired. I can't wait to have more energy hopefully soon. We are super excited and a little nervous. They are going to be 19 months apart- that's right we're going to have 2 under the age of 2. Pray for us.

April 2009

Go Dodgers!
In the Club Suite at the Game with the Valor Crew

Me and my Daddy

Checking out the Giraffe

Our big boy

Everything still goes in his mouth

Grandma I'm sooo big

Having fun with Grandpa

Mom, this chocolate is awesome- why don't you ever give it to me?

MMMMMM Yummmy!

Getting both hands on his cake

The party crew

Getting spoiled by the grandparents- more chocolate pudding please

The theme was Monkeys

Pool time

As always April flew by. Aricin is now one, which is crazy! The grandparents flew out to spoil him on the weekend of his birthday. Things with us are starting to slow down-thank goodness. Track for me should be wrapping up in the next couple of weeks and Aaron is almost done coaching baseball. We are looking forward to life slowing down a little in the next few months. We just found out my brother Jon who is going to be a senior at Point Loma in San Diego is going to come out and live with us this summer- we are super excited about it and hoping he'll be able to intern with the Strength and Conditioning coach at Valor while he's here. We're also excited to be flying back to California May 27th-June 11th. Aaron and Aricin are going to be in Jon Parker and Kim's wedding in Mission Viejo. We can't wait to see friends, family, and go to the beach. Our weather has been wacky- we've gotten more snow in April then any of the winter months. In fact it just snowed a few days ago. Ugh. As fun as the snow has been my flip flops have been calling out to me and my skin has reached a pastey white color i've never seen. Lets just say we can't wait for summer to get here.