{"id":320,"date":"2010-06-07T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T03:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mylilfamily.com\/wordpress\/?p=320"},"modified":"2010-06-07T21:07:43","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T05:07:43","slug":"dear-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mylilfamily.com\/wordpress\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Dear My Blog,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, have I neglected you. But it&#8217;s not just you, I&#8217;ve neglected Facebook and pretty much all things internet.\u00a0It&#8217;s been crazy you see&#8230; I keep saying when I get a chance, when things slow down&#8230;I&#8217;ll post birthday pictures, or pictures from\u00a0Sedona, etc, etc. That never really happened because things haven&#8217;t SLOWED DOWN! So yes, I&#8217;ve posted pictures in this post, but I&#8217;m going to make my readers (or my one reader- you know who you are), read my rant before we get to them. We&#8217;ve been so busy doing karate, gymnastics, mommy and me, preschool, playdates, birthday parties and laundry.\u00a0 We are living a blessed life! So I&#8217;m not complaining. Well, okay sometimes I&#8217;m complaining but not now. And now, here we are. Summer is FAST approaching. My first baby is about to graduate preschool and will be a KINDERGARTENER. My second baby is going to start preschool this fall!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My babies aren&#8217;t babies anymore.\u00a0Diapers and sippy cups feel like they are a lifetime ago.\u00a0They are kids. And they are the best kids. EVER. The best thing about these two is that they are truly the best of friends. They play from sun-up to sun-down with the most electrified imaginations! They make up scenarios and pretend they are everything from babies to animals to monsters to robots. They miss each other when they are not together. Lilianna can&#8217;t wait to pick Bubba up from school and Isaiah can&#8217;t wait until it&#8217;s time for Lily to get up from her nap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Isaiah is a yellow belt in karate and has learned so much! He is working on pinans now and it&#8217;s so cool! He got a HUGE dragon patch from earning his yellow belt and is very proud of it! He says he wants to go all the way and try and earn his black belt one day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lilianna just started taking gymnastics and is quite good at it! She loves jumping on the trampoline most! Her balance has improved immensely from when she started just a few weeks ago. She can climb up and down the rock wall all by herself! Mommy and me is over and she asks me almost EVERYDAY when\u00a0I will find a new school for her to attend!\u00a0 These kids sure love school! She will be attending Kruger House in the Fall and Isaiah will be attending Coastal Academy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to gymnastics for Lily and karate for Isaiah, the kids will\u00a0be taking swimming lessons this summer, and so will Mommy!\u00a0No far travels for us this summer, but we will be staying at the Wyndham Oceanside Pier Resort again, so we&#8217;ll be swimming,\u00a0fishing, riding bikes, and roasting marshmallows on the beach. Hopefully this summer,\u00a0we&#8217;ll get some camping in there\u00a0and maybe some water parks here and there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[showtime]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I leave you with some pictures I meant to post throughout the year and even some from last year. They are in NO particular order!!! Make sure your kids see the zebra pic and remind them to always brush their teeth.\u00a0Some are from our Sedona\/Arizona trip from November -Grand Canyon, Out of Africa Wild Animal Park &#8211; coolest wild animal park EVER (we got to feed all kinds of animals, hold ostrich eggs and witness feeding time for the carnivores- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED), Rainbow Trout fishing farm where Isaiah and Lily caught HUGE FISH and ate them up (after we cooked them of course), and Scottsdale Railroad park. A handful are from Easter..A few of Isaiah&#8217;s creepy crawly birthday party..\u00a0A group shot of the Flower Fields in Carlsbad&#8230;\u00a0A few are just some random shots I took at home. And there you have it. A hodgpodge of what&#8217;s been going on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy almost summer everyone! Hopefully we&#8217;ll be able to see all our loved ones this summer. Come and visit us at the beach! 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