Lines of Communication

When I pick up Rhett from school I am interested to know how his day was, what they did and hear any exciting or not so great things that happened that day.  In the past I have asked him, "what did you do at school today?"  The answer is always, "I don't remember."  So, I have started asking him "what was your favorite part of school today?"  The answer last Friday, "Mom, everyday I go to school I like everything we do there.  I like all of it, every day.  So you don't need to ask me that same question every time."  Awesome!
I am trying to build a relationship where he can tell me things and we talk about stuff, the good, the bad and the ugly.  We are going no where fast!

School 2012-2013

First day of School at Mrs. Andrea's.  We love her and are so grateful to be back for the second year! Looking forward to a fun time this year with so many new friends.

Family Visitors and Disneyland

We were only home for a couple of weeks and all of my family came to visit.  My niece, Emery wanted to go to Disneyland for her birthday back in July but couldn't because of her mom's broken knee cap. So, they rescheduled for as soon as possible and we all (except Randy and step dad Bill, who had to work) went before Labor Day weekend.
Erin and Jeff and their family came from Arizona.  Noni, my mom, came from Arizona and Kylie and Cody and baby Ezra came from Utah.  It was fun to have everyone here. We went to Disneyland, the park, swimming and Universal City Walk.  We had a good time together! 

Erin, Rhett and Fallon riding the tea cups

Jeff, Porter and Rhett

Emery, Porter, Ezra, Rhett and Fallon

Fallon as Captain America, Porter as Spiderman, Em and Hulk and Rhett as Thor

Welcome Home DADDY!

When I flew back to Denver to drive home with Randy, Rhett stayed with family in Camarillo.  He had a great time having sleepovers and playing all day with the kids.  He was pretty happy to see his Daddy though!!! 

Denver - Graduation

Randy completed the eight week course and graduated from Medical Sales College.  I was able to fly back out to be with him for the presentation and drive home with him.  It was so nice to see each other and be able to spend that much time together since we had been apart for a couple of weeks. 

Denver Interupted

After only a few days in Colorado, a couple with out a car, I knew Rhett and I weren't going to make it the full four weeks!  Randy was in school from 8am to 5pm and had 3-7 hours of homework/studying each night.  We had no idea what it would be like so we didn't know he would be gone so much and that it would be such an intense program.  We found some cheap flights and booked them for Rhett and I to go home about 2 1/2 weeks in.  We felt the full four weeks would have been too long to be apart, we were able to be together for Rhett's birthday and explore Denver so we weren't sad we came but now this time would give Randy the opportunity to buckle down and finish with out worrying about us being back at the trailer waiting for him.  Rhett and I flew home sweet home to So Cal and were pretty darn happy about it!
Rhett was so happy to have friends and cousins to play with, he went to Camarillo with Nana and Grandpa and I don't think he came home for 3 days!

Rhett enjoyed the flight MUCH more then the long drive and so did I!  Even though it was a 5am flight and Rhett was in pajamas that were WAY too small (by his own choice) and we had to pack in shipping boxes because we didn't plan on flying home and so we had no luggage.  I am pretty sure we looked homeless but we didn't care!

Rhett's 4th Birthday!

Rhett is 4 years old!! Happy Birthday to our big boy!!! We love you so much and are so grateful to have you!

Rhett is really into Avengers right now!  He has never seen the movie he just thinks super heros are cool.  He is an excellent bike rider, great at riding his scooter, kicking a soccer ball and has an amazing throwing arm! He has a great imagination! He dresses up, does voices and plays pretend.  He is very coordinated and loves to play anything physical.  He is smart, energetic and a pretty tough kid.  His Dad is most definitely his best friend! 


We were still in Colorado for Rhett's birthday so we took him to a Rocky's game.  We first went to a cool park that had fun stuff to play on and had a couple of lakes and a huge walking/bike path.  Rhett choose to rent a big bike we could all ride and we rode around the park.  Then we got dinner and went to the game.  The best part of the game was the kids batting cage.  Rhett hit off a T for the first time and did a great job! He loved it!! We went back every couple of innings.