Holiday...

Happy Presidents day!! Who is your favorite President, mine is Ronald Reagan, and Ryan's is Lincoln I think due to the outfit and the beard.

Today Ryan and I both have the day off for Presidents Day. I was looking forward to planning tons of fun stuff to do today, until Ryan started complaining about a tooth ache on Friday. After a visit to the dentist on Saturday, just to be told to come back on Monday to have a cavity filled (mind you this cavity is under a filling, I knew when the last children's dentist filled it she did a crappy job, and the new dentist confirmed that). SO after waking up early this morning a quick trip to the dentist to get Ryan back to new, we decided to head home.

But now we are home, and I gave Ryan the options to go do something and he replied that he is happy just to stay home. At first I was annoyed...really its our day off lets go out and have fun. But now I am so happy we are just relaxing. I have taken a nap, Ryan is playing with Lego's quietly in his room, and I am so grateful for days like today. I often feel like time should be occupied with things to do all the time. But isn't life sweeter when it is just simple. I think we all over complicate things. Today I have been thinking of things that make me happy..

today Ryan and I shared Chinese takeout together and it was super yummy good thing we like the same things

awesome music...right now I am loving Mumford and Sons and of course my go to Jack Johnson

the rain we got this weekend and the fact that the mountains have snow

A happy seven year old who has cute huge front teeth

My nieces and nephews, I had the chance to see each one of them this weekend and they are all so sweet in their own unique way

Anticipating vacations to ski in Mammoth this Spring and camp in Yosemite with my whole family this summer, with beach camping sprinkled in (I want to get Ryan out surfing)

Date nights--Hammy and I have been doing them more frequent and it reminds me why I am so in love with him

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

It's Been Awhile

So I acknowledge its been a long time. After going back to school full time, and being a "stay at home mom" I found little time left during my day to update. Fear not I kept up my Blog Stalking to keep entertained in class, but didn't find the time to update my blog.
To recap we went on an awesome trip to Mammoth during the huge storm in December Ryan went to ski school and Adam, myself, and Adams uncle Jeff enjoyed some great days boarding, We had a great Christmas, we went to La Verne Fire Department on Christmas morning to ride on the fire truck with Adam. And of course school. School has been great, I have been working really hard. I have found that Chemistry is a glorified math class, but I really enjoyed it...it was like in depth really hard cooking instructions with big words. In the Fall I will start filling out Nursing School applications, and I am really excited.

Adam and I are now the 11 year old Boy Scout Leaders at church and are learning allot, I have also learned that 11 year old are very entertaining, (one of our scouts locked us out of the building and wouldn't let us in for like ten minutes). I have learned how to tie knots, sharpen axes, and cook pizza over a fire.

Ryan is doing great in 1st grade, his reading skills are great, but he excels in Math. He made honor roll and got a very cool metal. He has decided when he grows up he wants to be a mad scientist and be a Lego architect. We also started Ice Hockey in January and Ryan is in love. He skates four days a week, and will start playing on a team at our rink. The coach loves him because he is such a big kid.
Adam is working (nothing much has changed). He actually got to fight a fire a month ago, and that is actually a change from his routine at the fire station believe it or not. He also grew a horrible mustache, but eventually shaved it off.

So I will try to be more diligent in posting, I have a new camera so no excuses on that part.

Jack Johnson Concert

Why Adam is all close to this other girl made me laugh..homegirl with the flower in her hair next to Jack Johnson pushed me out of the way...really he is cool...but not worth fighting over lady!



Our View From on Stage..I still need to upload the rest of my pictures

Back in October Adam and I got a chance to volunteer at a Jack Johnson concert for Jack's (yeah we are on a first name basis lol) foundation called All At Once ..I am not going to lie we did it because we would get free general admission to the concert. So we got there and got to work talking to people about what small things they can do to help their communities. Jack Johnson came out and talked to us, and was awesome. After he left Adam and I continued to talk to what seemed like very concert goer about the foundation, my voice was hoarse and my feet hurt. I was ready to just be lazy like the rest of the people helping out, but I thought ehh I might as well be helpful.

WELL it paid off. The stage manager said Jack Johnson and him saw how hard we were working and told us we were going to get to watch the show from onstage and get VIP access!

We ended up watching the show onstage, high fived G.Love, sang along with Jack Johnson, and danced with Zach Gill..it was A M A Z I N G. Jack Johnson is my favorite singer ever, Adam and I have seen him 3 different times, and went on our honeymoon to San Diego just so we could see him. Watching a show from onstage is so crazy, you can see every face and screaming fan, the sound is awesome, and every person was working so hard from beginning to end.

Free Shutterfly Cards For Christmas

Its that time of the year again, and I really would like to be the kind of person who gets her Christmas cards out the week of Thanksgiving...that would be awesome right? So anyway I have been looking all over Shutterfly.com and they have the cutest Christmas cards for a great price. I love the Initially Chic Green Christmas card, it is so cute, and I am planning on loading it up with tons of cute pictures from our past year. I also LOVE the Starlight Ribbon Christmas Card. I have ordered through Shutterfly for just my everyday prints, and I have made cute photo books to commemorate vacations, or just my favorite family photos and Ryan LOVES to look at them. They have easy options to edit your photos once you upload them, the shipping is really fast and easy, and I the pictures are always high quality.


I also LOVE the calendars, and I know a few grandmas who love Ryan 12 Months of the year in all his cheesy glory.
http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/calendar-poster

The address labels are super cute, and I may have to invest in these so I don't have to write the return address OVER AND OVER. Plus, who doesn't LOVE monograms?
http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/address-labels

Bottom line is, everybody loves a Christmas Cards with pictures, sure you can send a regular old card with no pictures, but think about when you receive Christmas Cards the pictures are the best part.

Check it out for your Christmas Cards, or cute photo gifts!

So order it, you can do it in your pajamas laying in bed, no reason to run out!

Happy Anniversary

There is no combination of words I could write or say to describe how much I love this guy. We just celebrated our 5 year Anniversary on August 5th <---I know late aghh. Adam is incredible. I love that what you see is what you get, when they say be child like, Adam is that way. He is sweet, unassuming, and sees the best in everything and all situations. I love that Adam is crafty, he is resourceful, and he can fix about anything or do anything (with the help of google or some other resource--but he does it) Adam is a mans man. Adam is a great Dad....he is so fun with Ryan but also lays down good rules and discipline...I know he wants Ryan to grow and be a strong responsible man. I have so much fun hanging out with Adam, maybe because most of the time he lets me choose what we do, where we eat, and all of our vacations, but still I love that about him. I love to call him by nicknames I have made up...mainly Hammy (because that's what they call him at work) or Dam Dam (cause its funny) or Stinky (cause lets face it he is a mans man). Adam is my best friend. To be honest I cant get enough of this guy.

4 Generations

Back in August Adam's sweet Great Aunt Mickey passed away. We were fortunate enough to see her two days before she passed away and say goodbye. While at the hospital Ryan sang some sweet songs to her to make her feel better. There was a beautiful service held at Forest Lawn and afterwards we went to dinner at The Smokehouse. All the family came to celebrate Aunt Mickey and support Adam's sweet Great Uncle Tex. This photo was taken while at the restaurant..it is 4 Generations of Hamilton Men...and these are the only Hamilton's left. In this photo from left to right is Ryan Hamilton, Greg Hamilton, Tex Hamilton, Jeff Hamilton, and Adam Hamilton. I really love Genealogy so it is sweet that we have a great little boy to pass on the Hamilton name. Cant you tell genetics run strong in this family...I think Ryan looks so much like Adam!

Motivation

This is my motivation I have decided to live by. Often times I doubt myself without ever trying for fear of failing...but with that said....drum roll please...I am going back to school. Next week is my last week working--it is going to be so weird not to work but I am excited. I have some prerequisites to finish up before I can apply to nursing school. But I am seriously motivated and ready to go for it. The other great advantage is that I can drop Ryan off at school each day, and pick him up. I get to be home alot more, even though I will have my face in a book. Yes, I am aware of the amount of work that I have ahead BUT I am BEYOND excited. SO with that said--Anatomy---HERE I COME!