Ok i know i have several posts about how much i love to eat ice cream. It is just so good, cold and yummy. There are few nights when I don't eat ice cream. And tonight was no different. My sister Cameo is spending the night tonight and Daniel and I thought it would be fun to take her out to Coldstones, one of our favorite places to go. Plus we had two gift cards. Got to love free ice cream, it taste better that way. hehe! I enjoyed sitting outside eating ice cream with the people i love. And Sienna loved getting to eat out of all three of our cups. She's so cute who could tell her no? Well i hope you find some time and sit down with your family and enjoy a big bowl of yummy Ice Cream!
Today I had all three of my sisters and their children over to my house for lunch. It was one full house, but i LOVED it. I made cod cakes and salad and we spent the afternoon talking and laughing. It made my heart feel happy to have all of us together. All four of the kids had fun playing with Sienna's toys. My nieces are old enough to be helpful with the two little ones. So they were a big help this afternoon. I can't remember the last time just the four of us spent time together. I really hope we can do it again before Cameo (youngest sister) goes back to New York to finish college. I love each of my sister's so much! Thank you Dawn, Cristal and Cameo for making my day!
I took this photo today while i was at the beach. Every time we go to this beach i always take pictures of the pier. I just love it's lines and how the waves crash under it. The pier serves as a prefect frame for the powerful waves. I took at least 10 shots of the pier, when i look through them quickly it's like watching the waves come in and out. Pretty cool.
Now that I've been to the beach it officially feels like summer.
After getting to sleep in this morning we all headed out to Oxnard to go to the beach. We drove the back way through the farm land, which i loved. I think it is so much more beautiful then driving on the free way. We enjoyed our lunch and then went to play in the water. However Sienna was NOT liking the water at all. So we didn't get to spend much time in it. I just don't understand why she didn't want to play, she has fallen in love with playing in the pool and getting wet. However this was only the second time she has been to the beach. So since splashing in the water wasn't a option, we decided to go for a walk. Well Sienna didn't want to walk because there was a chance that she could get wet, so we didn't get to go very far. I was bummed we had to leave the beach so early, i hope that we can make time to go to the beach more this summer so we can help Sienna to love the beach as much as we do. Nonetheless we were able to get some good pictures, however not many of Sienna, she was so not in a good mood!
Tonight Daniel took Sienna and I to the park to watch the Bee Movie. We were told by some friends about the park doing several movie nights this summer, and it's free. Now that's a deal! We are planning to go to all of them. It was awesome, we packed some blankets, cracker jack and drinks and watched the movie under the stars on a big screen. Sienna had so much fun, she loved watching the movie and really enjoyed saying "BEE! BEE!". The movie was really cute and i loved cuddling with Daniel and Sienna under our big blanket. I just love family date night, time just spent together as a family. Hope you spend some quality time with you family this weekend.
What is your personal motto?
I really enjoy bringing my camera everywhere with me. I love looking at everything through my lens and finding new objects to photograph. I bet my family is getting tired of me taking pictures of them, or tired of there always being a camera in my face. However here are some photo's i took tonight while I was at my in laws house.
Sienna so enjoys getting to play with other kids, but she LOVES to play with her "cousins". So this afternoon I took Sienna over to Daniel's grandma's house, so she could spend time with all the Turner kids. Plus I know that Juil (Daniel's grandma) loved having all 8 of her great grandchildren over. We spent the afternoon playing outside in the yard, picking flowers and looking at scrapbooks. Juil has made scrapbooks for each of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren! Yeah she is pretty awesome! The kids all love to look at the pictures and ask Great Grandma all sorts of questions. I enjoyed taking pictures of all the kids. I hope that by the end of the summer i can put something together for Juil that has all kinds of photo's of her great grandchildren, so i got my start today.
This morning I went to the doctor because of knee pain (and pea size lump on my knee) and a enlarged thyroid.
So my knee problems are due to Osgood- Schlatter Syndrome. Which took me a while to remember, one because of the strange name and two because the doctor just kept going on and on about what was wrong with my knee, that it was hard to remember everything he said. I had x-rays done on both my knees and I have the same problem in both, however my left knee the only one that is bothering me. He was shocked to hear that, because apparently my right knee is much worse. Go figure! The funny thing about this "syndrome" is it happens mostly to teenagers who play sports. Now i am not a teenager and I don't play sports. However the pain comes from too much stress on a tendon, that causes extra bone growth, so the bumps on my knee are bones, weird! The doctor said there wasn't much they could do. He just told me to slow down and try to stay off my knees, and put heats packs on them at night. The doctor also said if i didn't slow down i could struggle with this for a long time. So I guess rest is just what the doctor ordered!
Now to tell you about my thyroid. It has been bothering me for two years now. And is only getting larger and making it harder for me to swallow. I went to the doctor about it a year ago, but he said he couldn't do anything while I was still breast feeding Sienna. And that it might just go away go away on it's own. Well Sienna has been weened for almost a year now, and it hasn't gotten better. So they did blood test and now i need to wait to see what the doctor plans to do. He will most likely put me on some medication to try to get the thyroid to calm down, if they can't do it with medication then i might need surgery.
So all in all I had x-rays and blood test done, just to inform me that yes there is something wrong with me, but no there isn't anything we can do about it. Grrrrrr!
What's making you smile today?
Spending time with my best friend! Today I got to spend the afternoon with my friend Veronique. Sienna loved playing in the big yard and really enjoyed all the kids. I had a wonderful afternoon spent in the shade chatting with Veronique. I so enjoy my time with her. I always leave her house feeling refreshed and relaxed. We decided today to try to make this a weekly get together. So I am so excited to be able to spend more time with her, plus i think it is so good for Sienna to be around more kids. Hope you have something that made you smile today!
