visiting

so the summer is winding down and we have spent a lot of time the last few days visiting.

had our friends the fraziers over for dinner on saturday. great to catch up again and have the kids together. we've seen them a few times over the summer which has been great. both fraizer boys spent the night at our house. 4 boys, one toddler and only two adults. the odds were stacked against us. no, we all did fine. it was the first time andrew had a friend sleepover so that was exciting. they were chatting and giggling until 11 pm. the next morning april greeted us with some starbucks, yummy. jordan has been missing owen since he left. i truly think they will be friends for life.

sunday we finally met baby warner. his name is bret and he was only 9 days old. there is nothing like holding a newborn in your arms, the smell, the peacefulness, so sweet. ok don't get any ideas. i didn't get that feeling of wanting another. trust me those feelings are long gone. anyway, we had fun visiting with michelle and derek and keith, their toddler. they are having some major work done to their house. it is going to be awesome. can't wait to see it.

monday the boys visited with grandpa bob who took them to the kidspace museum. sofia and i stayed home. after the museum they went to toys r us for "the end of the summer splurge." legos, of course. gotta love grandparents.

yesterday we tried to stay cool. it really was 108 in the valley, and you felt it the second you walked out the door. so the kids spent the day in the house watching harry potter movies.

saturday we will visit the godlewskis in irvine to "meet the steve." he will be the new addition to the brockett clan when he marries bobby's cousin sara next summer. looking forward to some fun in colorado.

bobby has next week off so we'll be at disneyland for a few days. we're staying at the grand californian. love that hotel. that's our end of the summer splurge. some time together to say goodbye to summer. looking forward to that.

for the next week and a half, i'll be working on getting back into some kind of organizational state. once school starts things will come at me at 100 mph and if i don't have a plan in place i may just lose it. tons of paperwork from all three kids coming home everyday, i'll have to have laundry clean and folded in drawers, i'll have to have stuff for lunches and snacks, materials for projects and special events. i have been doing some research online for schedules, calendars, filing systems, and lots of note cards and post its. i hope i can survive.

hope you all stay cool. see you soon.