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Although Adam is an Apprentice at La Verne, we rarely get to go and play around his station. But Adams best friend Robert works out of a really relaxed station in San Bernardino so lucky us got to go and spend some time with "Uncle Rob". Rob let Ryan ride in the Engine, Play with the hose, showed us all the equipment, and let Ryan pretty much be one of the guys. Ryan had a blast out there.
Ned was loving his wig!
The cutest little Monkey EVER
Sweet Asher was such a good sport and came along for the fun!
The Indiana Jones "action figure" not a barbie
Happy thanksgiving to ALL. It is the start of the Holiday Season and I am so excited! Let the madness begin. Actually the goal is to have it as calm and relaxing as possible. I am grateful for my wonderful family, good friends, a home over my head, a belly full of food, and Ryan because he is amazing and sweet. Happy thanksgiving!
On another note we went to Disneyland yesterday and it was so much fun! The weather was finally cold! I will post the pictures soon!
Also, I dropped my cell phone in the toilet at work yesterday and it took the plunge deep. I hesitated in disgust not wanting to get it, but it had to be retrieved. Needless to say I had to take it out (GROSS) and it just started to vibrate flashed "Goodbye" and died. So its yet another cell phone dead. Verizon has to hate me...I am grateful to have phone insurance...and for the mean time my father in law is letting me use his old phone.
Well I'm sitting here waiting wishing for the results for Prop 8 to come in. It has consumed me and my thoughts...I had a dream about it last night...so as I sit here at work feeling like I am rotting away waiting for the results..anticipating...like the rest of you...my hopes are high.
We have recently been working with Ryan on how to say things with th sound in them...like that or Mother or them...and well its not coming along that great (its okay right he is only 4...at least for another 2 months) So the other morning my mom was trying to teach Ryan how to say Mother and not Moder...well he was doing really great and they continued to practice. He soon stopped and told Nana..."I'm just gonna call her Mom".
I do worry about speech due to my traumatic speech issues. I struggled to say the "s" sound when I was little. Well I started Kindergarten and the first week of school they took me out and put me in speech for like 30 minutes. I was mortified as a 6 year old, and I didn't want to be known as the kid that had to go to speech...and needless to say that weekend I learned to say my "S" sound.
***Sorry there are no pictures...I will be back up and running from my home computer in like 7 days****
So yesterday Ryan and I decided to take out first venture into the new Cardenas grocery store in Ontario. We saw plenty of fun sights...Pigs feet, cow lips, fresh livers, intestines, we went by the cake department and there was a cake with fake champagne bottles a like a topless barbie doll (creepy...and I couldn't figure out what it was supposed to be but I thought I would share that with you). In Cardenas they have a restaurant or more like a order at the counter kinda thing...I order a burrito and horchata...I am mega gringa...the girl behind the counter looked at me and laughed at the way I said horchata and said "Ohh you want Or ch ta"....so apparently I was saying it way wrong. So I looked at Ryan and said this stuff is AMAZING. Ryan and I sat down and Ryan looked at me and said "mom you are the only yellow hair person here...your like an alien". Ryans observation was dead on. Then he looked and me and said "Can I have some of that drink". I said "oh my horchata" and he said, "No remember it's just called amazing...not horse chata". Having a four year old to hang out with is always an adventure!
For those of you that don't know I have a love for French Cinema. My Mom and April took a French Cinema class at Mt Sac and I didn't take it with them because Ryan was a little tyke...and I was to "busy". However, about a year later I realized I could take it for credit AND it was the night I needed a class...so I signed up. Little did I know I would be in a class of 5 students and an amazing teacher.
Through this period I discovered and feel in love with french cinema. I laughed, I cried, and well sometimes I felt a little uncomfortable. However in the end I felt like I really got so much out of this class and I made a life long friendship with my teacher. She retired (it was her last year) and is now living near Lake Como in Italy (seriously jealous)
Some of the great movies I watched were:
Blame it on Fidel
Cafe Au Lait
Joyeux Noel
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Amelie <---I think everyone has seen this
Run Lola Run
La Vie En Rose
Paris, Je T'aime.
These are some of my favorites...they stood out...I by no means am analytical...or even a movie snob....my sister doesn't trust my movie taste...but rent Paris, Je T'aime and Joyeux Noel....they are great movies!!
So this past weekend we had our annual Girls Weekend Getaway. It is always My mom, my two sisters (April and Heidi), and my sister in law Sarah. We went back to Green Valley Lake...we tried this trip last year but were evacuated after one day due to fires. While we were there we watched Baby Mama, Miss Congeniality, and 27 Dresses. I scrap booked while others made cute bows (I don't really have a need to make bows due to the fact that I have a 5 year old boy...and the only little girls I know are my nieces and Heidi and Sarah were already making them bows) We ate great food, enjoyed long walks in the mountains (my lungs feel clean and fresh), and just great company and fun with my favorite women. The trip was great and I am already counting down until next year!
On another note....when I got home I was so excited to see Ryan...and thought he would be excited to see me. He saw me said hi and I had to hold him down to hug him. Crazy little guy. I had also not seen Adam since Monday so it was amazing to see him once he got off work. Adam has been working like crazy usually five 24 hour shifts a week. So it was great to just lay down next to him and fall asleep while he and Ryan played XBOX. I always love Adam and appreciate him...but being away from him for almost a week really made me realize how much I love him...and how sweet funny caring and loving he is. As soon as he got home he made sure my IPOD Blue tooth and Cell Phone we brought in and charged and cleaned out my car <----these are all things I hate/don't do/or wait for Adam to do. Its really the little things that make me so grateful for Adam. Except he did come home with a mustache from work (aghh not the cutest by any means..it was funny) and it made the whole family laugh.
In other news...Adam will be starting paramedic school again in January ROUND 2...and he has been studying and working like crazy to save up money. I am going to Mt Sac this semester and just trying to get down with my AA so I can transfer. Ryan is in a PRE-K/Kindergarten program at his Montessori school and is loving it. He is learning about Johnny Appleseed and is just really turning into a real boy.
So the other night Ryan demanded that I take lots of pictures of him and host our own little "photoshoot" Ryan modled in the tub and then tried to spit water at me. Then he wanted me to take pictures of him brushing and then posing in his comfy bathrobe. So this is out photoshoot for the other night...and my future Zoolander.
Adam had a fire at La Verne and needed to wash his turn outs. We left the room and came back and found Ryan wearing some of Adams gear. He then begged Adam to let him wear more...so Adam got him all geared up. I love these pictures because you can tell how much Ryan looks like Adam and really wants to be just like Adam.
