November 2009

November is a time for giving thanks. We were thankful for our new little addition. I was four months pregnant and feeling good for the first time in awhile. November is also Grandma's birthday. We celebrated by taking her out to dinner at the Sea Grill and then we came back to our house for cake. The cake we made was only half of a cake because my sweet little Luke decided to put his hands into the cake and eat some while I was in the bathroom. It was funny and a good memory. We also got our new couch for the family room in November. It was about time we got rid of the old green couches we had.

October 2009

Halloween is always a favorite time around here. It was my mom's favorite holiday and I am trying to keep up her enthusiasm for Halloween for my boys. I do this by decorating the house and outside. The boys get a kick out of decorating for the holidays and that makes me happy. This year Seth was Obi Won and Luke was Yoda. I tried to convince Eric to dress up as Darth Vader, but he wouldn't do it. I thought it would have been funny, but he didn't find humor in it. By October I was starting to feel less tired since I was three months pregnant! We also celebrated Grammie's 80th birthday. We had a party at our house and everyone came. It was fun. Seth got Great Grammie her very own match box car. He is so funny!

September 2009

September began the soccer season. This was Seth's first year playing soccer. He did really well playing considering I know nothing about soccer. He had wonderful coaches and great teammates. The kids all had such a great time. My favorite soccer season moment was when the crowd looked up at one of the games and we all saw four naked butts lined up at the fence because they had to pee. And yes, my child was one of them. Do you think any of the parents had a camera? No. How terrible is that.

August 2009

August was a fun month for us. Cara and I went on our first annual girls trip to L.A. to visit our family there. We stayed with Chrys. We went shopping and ate good food. We had a blast. We got home from our girls trip on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning I took Seth and Luke on our second annual one week trip to Auntie Joy's in Elk Grove. It was a little bit stupid and a little bit brave. I took two small children on a six hour road trip by myself. It went really well. We only had one incident on the way down: Luke threw up on the 20 (which is a highway for those of you who do not know). While on this trip I found out I was four weeks pregnant! Joy and I were suspicious of the pregnancy so we left all the boys with Aaron (they were all sleeping) and went to the store for a pregnancy test. It was very exciting to see the digital read out say PREGNANT! Seth, Emmit, Liam and Luke had so much fun together. We can't wait for our next visit! Luke did not like the pool even tho it was 1,000 degrees outside! Silly boy. Some highlights from our trip: swimming, the bounce house and the train museum!

More July outings

July was a busy month for us. One of my favorite outings was when we took Seth and Luke to Agate. Luke was in heaven with all the rocks to play with and sea gulls to chase. I found a few small agates and Eric found the most. I always want to find more than him, but he always wins our unspoken challenge! Darn it. We also showed the boys the Yurok houses. I don't think they were impressed, but I was still amazed like I am each time I see them. Eric also started taking Seth to the driving range at the Muni. They have a great time together. So many fun things to do.

July 2009

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So July was our annual Relay for Life followed by Benbow camping trip. The boys had a lot of fun. Cousin Nick went camping with us and that is always a bonus for my boys. We had a lot of fun. Relay is a great event and Seth loved running laps with his cousins! July also took us to Fern Canyon for the first time with the boys. They loved it. We had a lot of fun. The pictures of the box is the box house I made for the boys. The funniest part about the house was when Cousin Nick and Jarrot (a.k.a. Jarrod) tried to get into the box house. And we cannot forget about Daddy's birthday in July. The boys had a great time with all the family!

Where have I been?

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So it has been over a year since I have blogged. It is sad in the sense that I have not updated everyone on the happenings around the Brunton household. Since last May we have been very busy. I will try to give a brief synopsis of the past year month by month. I will begin with last June. Eric and I took the boys to Disneyland for the first time. They had a blast. My dad came with us and we all spent 6 days in L.A. visiting family. It was a lot of fun. The boys were so good on our trip. We got stuck at the airport on the evening of our flight because the plane was grounded. We had to go back the next morning for a 6 a.m. flight that was also late because the replacement plane had been struck by lightning. Above are some pictures from our trip.