...gone

we are here, in the oc!! it's crazy awesome.

grandma and the kids and i got here thurs. night and then gma left on sat. morning. we had our 5th anniversary that day too - we walked along the beach, totally cool.

it was hardish leaving the fam. we will miss them lots for sure. the only reason it was hardish and not hard was because i hadn't seen scott for 2 whole weeks and i was really excited to be with him again. anyway, i totally a ton of fun while i was there. rock climbing, volleyball, swimming, mom took me out to eat a couple of times, and just the time in the morning when the boys were getting ready for work and joking with them, etc. i always did like my family. =)

so, the kids did great on the journey over. mom and dad drove us to rolla to meet gma and bob (gma's "friend" - who's absolutely great by the way) the kids did pretty good on that drive. then we had some snacks at panera, let the kids be outta the seat for a while, then we headed on to st. peters - we all slept on that leg of the journey. gma made her famous hamburgers and we had fresh peaches from GA, homemade cookies... mmmm! the kids had fun roaming around her condo and then we headed to the airport. we got through all of that fine, after i realized that i had left my phone in bob's car and he had to turn around and bring it back. no sleeping the first flight (the long one, to phoenix), but they did pretty good - as long as i kept the snacks rolling. we had some wendy's in phoenix, and keaton was pulling our carry-on, because he thought it was the coolest thing ever, but he has this problem of not watching where he's going, so he ran into this pole and screamed like his arm had been cut off. so, that was the craziest it got. they both fell asleep before we even took off and didn't wake up until we had to pick them up to carry them off the plane in orange county. they were so excited to see scott. it was the coolest thing ever to watch. they got the biggest smiles on their faces, and zooey wouldn't let go of scott forever.

so now we are at our cute little house. i absolutely love it. it's got some age and dings to it, but overall, it's really great. it's a great size, and i'll send pics as soon as we've got internet at the house. our neighbors are great - everybody does everything with everybody. there's a family across the little drive from us that has a 14 mo. old boy, so keaton and zooey and him all play together. then there's a 4 yr old girl that lives next to us and she will have a new bro or sister in a few months. then everyone else doesn't have kids, at least not that live with them - they are a bit older, but they all love our kids (i mean, jeez, who wouldn't), and it's a ton of fun!

everybody needs to come and visit soon! y'all are invited, just not at the same time...

take it easy.