Old Town with Nana and Jason

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A Visit from Nana for Kevin's Birthday!

The day that I left for Utah for baby Noelle's blessing was Kevin's 33rd birthday.  For his present, we flew in his mommy.  I wasn't able to be there to celebrate, but I know that Michelle did a great job making Kevin's birthday a better one by making him a cute card from the kids, getting his ice cream cake and just making sure everything was ready for when Mom Roach came in.  Here are some pictures from their birthday celebration. 

While she was there, Kevin was able to take her to the zoo, show her around Miramar Marine Base, Naval Base San Diego, and an outdoor mall.  :)  He had a great time visiting with his mommy.

Kevin sure had a nice visit with his mommy.  He was pretty sad when he had to take her to the airport this morning and send her on back home.  Hopefully, this will be the first of many visits!

Baby Noelle's Blessing Weekend

I was very lucky and was able to spend last weekend with the Froerers and be there for the blessing of baby Noelle.  Here are some of the highlights of my visit, in no particular order.
1.  Going to Costco while Nicole had a heart attack about how much cheese I bought for the get-together.
2.  Singing primary songs with my buddy Camden and giving him fun books that he can read on the potty.
3.  Visiting with my former favorite roomie, Kelly, where I was able to go to Seagull Book and get some camisoles that are actually long and a great saying for our wall to remind me to be happy.  "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect.  It means you decide to see beyond the imperfections."
4.  Going with Nicole to a silly movie, "When in Rome," which I thought looked super dumb, but was just what I needed, and I laughed the whole time.  We went to Target afterward and found some fun stuff like nursing bras.  :)
5.  Seeing my good friend, Sister Gilchrist, who was so wonderful to me when I first moved to San Diego (She and her husband were the military relations missionaries and are the ones who got my family to be active in our ward.)

6.  Eating meals (especially sandwiches) with the Froerers and just enjoying their awesome spirit.
7.  Getting lots and lots of rest, including a 3-hour nap on my first day there.  That was a miracle.  Thank you to Nicole who knows how it is to not get rest at night. 
8.  Watching my favorite comedian, Brian Reagan, on Comedy Central with Nicole and Jake...which I felt was in honor of Kevin on his birthday because Brian Reagan is someone we both love and discovered together.
9.  Seeing Ant Larraine and Kayli and meeting Kayli's super happy, cute baby, Gavin and playing with my buddy Joscelyn.

10.  Singing "I like to move it, move it" with Camden.
11.  Realizing just how many calories cheese has in it because Jennifer is making me do the Lose It program.
12.  Snuggling a super sweet and pretty baby.  I was so happy to meet Noelle.

13.  Having a wonderful lunch with Grandma Slack (that Ant made) and just catching up with her. 

Of course the very best part of the whole visit was being able to be there for the blessing of my beautiful, sweetie pie niece, Noelle who looked so beautiful in the amazing dress her grandma Slack made for her. 

I thought Jake did such a great job and it was so nice to sit with my grandparents and see so many of my wonderful aunts, uncles and cousins. 

I loved being there to hear Nicole and Jake bear their testimonies as well.  Thanks for having me guys!  I miss you already and wish I could play with Camden and snuggle Noelle some more.  :)

Caiti and Jason's Wednesday mornings

So, for a couple months now, Jason has been going to speech therapy once a week.  We are very happy about that because he has since started to wave and has figured out that that is a normal communication for hi and bye!  Yay!  I need to find the song they use for that because it is awesome. 

Anyway, Caiti just started going to speech too, so Michelle and I pack the kids in the car for a long morning at the Speech Therapy office.  Caiti had a great time with Aunt Michelle and her speech therapist, Nora.  I heard them out in the waiting area with Jason, and they kept cheering and telling her good job.  The key with Caiti is to use movement to elicit speech.  She would have to say "Tilt" or "up" or "down" while sitting in the Billibo Chair, and they would follow her request.

Sadly, the Billibo chair wasn't quite so motivating for Jason because he was about ready to fall asleep and super ornery.  Next time, we will have Jason go first and then he can have a little nap during Caiti's time.  :)