Let's Go to the Drive-In!

June 20, 2014

How Fun is a Drive-in Movie

on a warm Summer night?!

Oodles!

Double Feature of 

How to Train Your Dragon II

&

Maleficent 

Father's Day

Breakfast in Bed

and 

Lots of Love and Admiration

for the Dad at our house!

The Dad at our house always has the best ideas,

the funnest things planned,

lots of tease and laughter,

a positive spirit,

a helping hand,

patience,

is good at EV-ERY-THING,

and is always showing and telling his family 

how much he Loves them!

AND

He's got 3 boys who think he's the BEST Dad EVER!

And His Wife Agrees- He is.

[3 Generations of Timmons Guys]

Last of Day School

June 13, 2014

It's become Our "Thing" on the Last Day of School.

I take the boys for some Frozen Yogurt,

and We sit and talk about the past school year,

the next school year to come,

and make plans for the Summer!

Just Me and Them.

June 11, 2014

It was the last day of Kindergarten for J,

and so we spent the morning (he had afternoon Kindergarten)

playing games and doing what he wanted. 

I was quite sad inside, 

realizing that this was the last day we would spend, 

just him and me eating lunch, playing games, 

doing whatever we've been doing all these years 

while it was just the two of us and the brothers were at school.

We played game after game out in the warm sunshine, 

on our patio.

Then we came in,

and I asked him what he wanted for our last 

"Just You and Me" lunch at the counter.

He wanted Tostadas.

And as I sat next to him at the counter,

I wanted to memorize him,

his smell,

his hands, 

his soft checks,

and how these were moments,

I'd never get back.

When he was done,

I asked him how our last lunch was,

and he said

"It was Perfect".

And I cried inside.

WHY Do they have to Grow Up?

We Play Dirty!

June 7, 2014

The Dirty Dash-

6 Miles of Mud and Obstacles,

Ice Cream Cones,

and laying on our backs on the trampoline 

watching our city's fireworks overhead.

{A Good, Filthy, Wonderful Day!}

05.30.14

Date Night

Sushi,

Ice Cream,

and Gourmet Popcorn.

I must have felt like I needed tons of food and sugar that night, 

Obviously.

From the Garden

13.1 Miles

This was a tough run for me,

pretty much I ran really fast from Porta-Potty

to Porta-Potty!

My stomach was not a happy runner this run!

But you know what I love?

I love knowing that my Biggest Fans

will be at the finish line

because they think I'm worth the wait,

and they think 

I'm pretty freakin Awesome! 

[They just don't like sweaty hugs from me after running!]

05.11.14

Mother's Day/San Francisco

I Think I had the BEST Mother's Day Ever!

The day after the Boys'

completed their Black Belt Testing

was Mothers Day!

So, not only did I just get to witness 

my boys becoming Black Belts-

I got to have a Special Day of being treated 

Top Notch!

Even though we were in a hotel,

Husband and the kids were still 

able to pull of a special gift 

and Breakfast in Bed for me!

Then,

because I've always wanted to spend a day in

San Francisco, doing San Fran things,

we drove the hour and a half there,

and DID San Francisco Things!

Our Niece E, 

is going to school in SF

and met us and took us EVERYWHERE 

we asked her to!

And it was sweet to see how the kids

loved to be with her and love her!

First Stop:

The Antique Arcade Museum 

Yummy Eats:

Boudins's Sourdough Grilled Cheese,

Huge, Delicious Strawberries on Pier 49,

Ghirardelli Ice Cream Sundae,

and Uncle Tony's Pizza

And the Sights and Thrills:

Fisherman's Wharf,

Pier 49,

Lombard Street,

Ride on a Trolley,

And the Golden Gate Bridge!

A Wonderful, Exciting, 

Exhausting, Wild Day!

Black Belts in the House

My 11 year old and my 9 year old 

started taking Tae Kwon Do 

when they were 6 and 4 years old.

Now,

after 5 years of classes, belt testing,  and lots of persistence,

it was time to test for their Black Belts!

We made a 12 hour car ride to California,

to test with their association,

and spent TWO DAYS

doing a written test AND a performance test.

They've never worked so hard to push through

anxieties, nerves,  and self-doubt,

but they DID and they Passed their tests!

B Testing

C Testing

The Crowd of Testers

Even after passing belt testing,

they still have to commit

to 6 months more of training

before they receive their actual 

black belts!

So Fast-Forward to October,

and here they are:

BOOM.

Certified,

Full-Fledged,

BLACK BELTS.