Another Warm Weekend of Fun!

The girls took a road trip up to Thousand Oaks for Ciocia Z.'s baby shower this weekend! We are so excited to meet her baby girl arriving very soon! Elizabeth and I had so much fun driving up together as well.  No boys to tell us to turn off our music in the car!:)

The boys got to have some fun on the water with Jeremiah's aunt arriving in town. Our family friend, Mr. Ray who owned the beach house we used to stay at in Mission Beach, sold his home and bought a wonderful boat. The boys visited with Aunt, Mr. Ray and the Harpers throughout the weekend. E and I were able to stop by the marina for a quick hello and sunset before we all headed home.

A fun filled weekend for all of us!

Spring is almost here!

We are feeling the freshness of spring in our little family with fun events that we have already been able to enjoy!
Picture #1: Adam and I were able to get free Sea World fun cards this year because I still have a valid teaching credential and he is preschool age. The park is giving out fun cards to teachers and preschoolers! Its something him and I can enjoy while the olders are at school.:)
Pictures 2-5: I was asked to organize a Poland booth for a Girl Scout World Thinking Day. I taught the girls about the country on a different day, then the girls had the opportunity to share what they learned with other troops. Babcia and Dziadek came down to check out the event as well!
Pictures6-8: You know spring has sprung when baseball season begins! Here we go! Go Padres!!

Fun February!

Lots of fun events took place in February and we're already on to March. I've posted a handful of pics to give you a Fun February summary.

 1st Picture: Babcia with E and A. She came down for a visit to show some Polish friends SD for the day. We had a great time with them all.
2nd- 4th: Valentine celebrations: We enjoyed a family valentine dinner at Pizzo's Pizzeria, a new place in our neighborhood. It was a hit! Jeremiah and I were able to have a long afternoon date the following Sunday where we tried another new place: The Neighborhood in downtown SD. So yummy and fun! The last pic is of E and I with flowers that Jeremiah bought for both his girls. Very sweet!
5th picture: E received the Super Student of the month award. The focus was Courtesy. We were very proud of her! It was a plus because Owen received a surprise reading award that morning as well!
6th: The cookie selling continued especially over the 4 day holiday weekend. We headed to Mission Beach twice and E achieved her cookie selling goal of over 200 boxes!!
7th: On one of those beach cookie selling adventures, the boys came with us and we got to play at the beach as well. The weather has been incredible. It has felt like summer most days.
8th- I got to venture away to Laguna Beach for my annual Westmont Girls Weekend! Oh so amazing and refreshing. I feel so blessed to have such beautiful(inside and out) women in my life. We've been doing it for 16 years but actually all met 20 years ago! Whoa!
9th-We have a new little addition on Mondays and Fridays in our home. A and I get to hang out with 18 month old Hank. His momma went back to work and needed some childcare so we thought this would be great for our little family right now. He is such a blessing and the extra cash is such a help!
10 and final picture: I was asked to teach E's Girl Scout troop about Poland for an event called World Thinking Day that scouts attend every year. One of the wonderful moms took my old Polish costume(now E's) and created vests, skirts and head pieces for everyone in the troop. They learned about basic facts, were taught a "mini" folk dance and tried some piergois. The afternoon was such a blast and I think the girls learned a lot! Thank you Babcia for all your help!