Sunday picnic.....

Well you were all there, well not everyone in the world but all my family...so there is no need to tell you about the picnic or who was there because you all saw so I am just posting some pictures...
Anna and Jason

The older girls spining..

Jason giving Grandma kisses

Granny and Anna

The Great Grand kids and the Great Grandparents

Granny and Grandpa

Me and Jes

Me and Tim

And Kara doing what she always does, some thing her own way....down the slide upside down...

And then Jason was one!

My baby boy is one! Last weekend we had a fun birthday party for him. We had people come over and swim and have enchiladas and cupcakes. I made Jason his own little football cake, then Tim went and got a little giants guy figurine and we put that on the cake too. When I was making the cake I was tryin to figure out how I was going to make brown frosting, I was like what colors do you mix to get brown, then I thought duh, chocolate. So he got a chocolate frosted cake. And he ate the whole thing. He even tried to lick the plate! I was just going to turn the hose one him and the high chair, but everyone thought that was mean so we took him out and hosed him off:). Here is a picture of why we invite my dad to these events, to free the toys from the packages!
The next day on his official birthday, We were going to go to Leatherbys, but they were closed. What ice cream place closes at 5pm in summer in redding? so we went to perkos for dinner and after dinner we ordered a huge ice cream called the pot of gold to all share. Yum!

Two months in....

Well we are two months in to the new house and we love it! Things have been repainted and fixed and most boxes unpacked. If I could just get the time and motivation to finish. I have one room left to paint too. The kids love the backyard, with the kiddie pool and I just got a canopy so that we have shade out there. My grapes are growing and pretty soon I will have millions for everyone. Although it has been hot, our cooler has been keeping up well and I think there was only one day that I was ready to go buy central air.

In other news my baby boy will be one in just 2 day! How fast this last year has gone by! I can't belive it. He is walking pretty good and only crawls when he is trying to catch Kara. Who is smarter and funner than ever. She remebers everything, she always notices when we are driving by a place she has been before like my work, she will yell "Momma there's your work", whenever we are on Hilltop.

Today we went to Need 2 Speed with my work it was a reward for working a night we had for charity where we donated all of our tips. Need 2 speed was so fun! I can't wait to take Tim and my dad and Adam back they will love it! The second time we were racing I had a kart that seamed to have balder tires and I kept sliding around the courners. (or maybe I was going faster and braver). I spun out one time and then like 3 laps later someone hit me from behind and we crashed. It was so fun. So go do it!

You'll be seeing less of me...

Well, back in march I decided that I was going to be dedicated to losing weight this year. I signed up for myfitnesspal.com which I love (and its free) and going to the gym 4-5 days a week. I started feeling better and began losing weight now. I am down 20 pounds and it feels awesome.... My goal is to lose 40 more before my 30th birthday! Which is 10 months away....

MyFitnessPal - Free Calorie Counter

And now for a Gurley update....

Well there are lots of things going on over here in the Gurley house, we have boxes everywhere, and hopefully will be moving them all by the end of next week...We have been supposed to get our house for like the last 3 weeks, but we keep getting stalled up, the appraiser, the loan people, grr.....but we should be good this week... We plan on taking a few days to paint and pull up the carpet to check out the hardwood floors. From what we have seen the floors are beautiful and wont requrie refinishing, but we dont know for sure. I can't wait to get it!
As for Jason, he just had his nine month appointment, he is 17lbs 3 oz and 27 1/2 inches, the doctor said he is a little short and light, but proportined nicely.
He loves, Momma:), playing in his sisters room, and just Kara in general. He loves to walk and gets mad when you stop holding his hands and helping him. He is getting more and more brave and is trying standing with out holding on.
Kara, wow shes going to be 3 in just 3 weeks... and she is so smart, she can count, in english and spanish (thanks Dora), and loves jt as much as he loves her. She will walk him around all day, bring him toys, binkies, and always shake his bottle. She loves coloring and is starting to get it more inside the lines. She also loves playing baseball. She can hit really well (thanks Jed) so I think that a t-ball set is in store for her birthday. Nap time is becoming more of a fight, here she is asleep, after like one minute of screaming that she didn't want to take a nap.
As for me I have taken up running, and currently try to do 2 miles a day. I am trying to train for the 6 mile turkey trot by then, so if you want to do it too let me know. Its fun, and I love the challenge. Well I got to go pack more boxes... See ya'll later, next post will hopefully be from the new place....

New house pics!

Well from the front the house is kindof blah....but here are some inside pictures. There is one of the kitchen, the living room, the built in tv stand, the backyard and the room I like to call the scary pink room....

Escrow!

Well we did it! After 7 months of looking, at countless homes, and five that we tried to buy, we got one! Yesterday we entered escrow on a house! Its on Vale...Which is by Shasta Meadows school, so if you want to drive by the address is 1999.... There were three offers on the house and the bank took ours...I was so excited that I was jumping up and down in Safeway when my real estate lady called.
I will post some pictures the next time we over to see it... Its 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms...And a huge yard! I am so excited! We are set to close on my birthday, May 16th but hopefully it will be sooner....