Bringing your 6 year old to see IMMORTAL

Had a little datie date date night with Ryan the other night...he got a gift cert to the movies for his BDAY so naturally, he picked the movie.  Even though I was REALLLY hoping he'd want to see Breaking Dawn part 1, (he even offered..what a guy) I was like, No babe..whatever you want to see I'm up for.  IMMORTAL was the chosen one.

"Sounds great babe! I love sci fi war movies, mixed with Greek Mythology!  son of a b i will never see Breaking Dawn

So we settle into our seats with our DIBS (mint chocolate in case you were wondering) and the movie starts. 
It's those louuudddd deep horns you hear, you know..like on Lord of the Rings when those Giant Elephants are charging? Or on 300 when the two armies are running so fast towards each other, swords drawn...bows pulled? By the way, why in the world- when in a sci fi battle- do they charge each other from like, 7.25 miles away? When they colide...wouldn't they just all pile up and be like OW OW OW OW OW as they are stepping on other people swords beneath them? I dunno.  Its like when the Arctic Crabs came together from two different currents last week on nat geo and made a pile so high everyone died and never got anywhere. AANNNYYWAY

We're sitting in our seats, the Titans are in their cages waiting to escape, abs are everywhere ABS ABS ABS (not complaining here) shields, swords, capes and abs. CLANK CLANK fighting and colliding of metal..my mind wonders...

I would be the best wife EVER if I could find Ryan sword lessons..can you even imagine? If a groupon comes up I'm buying that thing so fast it won't even be funny- he would love me forever, i'm adding groupon LA cause there is no way groupon Ventura County will ever have sword lessons

Ok this movie is actually pretty good.  I find myself asking questions like, "Ok so the only way the Greek Gods can intervene in Mortal War, is if the Titans are released?" I feel goosebumps coming on as the Peasant who has special powers and is in it for revenge for the other side slicing his mother's throat (isn't that the way it always goes?) yells "FIGHT FOR YOUR MORTALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and again, the two sides collide from 7.25 miles away.

Then I hear it...whimpering and crying..."WHAT IN THE HELL IS THERE A KID IN HERE?" I thought I said that in my head but then I hear Ryan say "ssshhhh Sarah!"

I whip my head around and I see none other but a crying (and FREAKED OUT) little boy sitting behind me, I say he's 6- Ryan says 8, regardless...the mother instinct kicks into HIIIIGH gear.  I'm bullet sweating thinking how I don't want to ruin this movie for Ryan but seriously what's on the screen right now?

Oh a son watching his mom's throat get slit

Oh monsters getting their heads sliced off

OPE women getting burned alive

A guy getting his MAN AREAS ruined for life so he can never PROCREATE (hello immortal....)

I start thinking, maybe I can just offer to take him and get some candy (and call CPS)?

Maybe I should turn around and say What in the HELL is wrong with you??????

Maybe I should just keep quiet and not ruin Ryan's movie. 

Ryan is squeezing my leg like 'zip it seeb' this happens sometimes in situations with Ryan and I. Although I am getting better and holding my tongue there may or may not have been some instances when Ryan couldn't hold me leg hard enough.

I lose my interest in the movie and am just focusing on giving them dirty looks.

Then the scene comes on of a VIRGIN in her moments of becoming NOT a virgin..and I hear..

"Papi...let me watch it..Papi I wanna seeeeeee" I turn around and NOW he is covering his son's eyes. NICE

I am proud of myself because I actually didn't say anything, it was REAL hard. That poor kid...not to mention this kid was out at 9:00 at night, had school the next day and was CHOWING down 2 boxes of candy NBD.

I can't say I will do this next time, so if  you bring your 6 year old to a rated R movie and I'm there, I will not be keeping quiet!!  And all in all Immortal was a great movie, if ABS, fighting, gory body parts being thrown about (i was pretty impressed with how much of my Anatomy class i remembered), and battle, oh and virgins, many virgins.

Thanksgiving-Yo Gab Live-VTA Harbor Weekend

 We had a nice little Thanksgiving weekend..Ryan had some jobs to do here and there (which we were THANKFUL for, but he got to stay home for a lot of it) I have to admit, Thanksgiving did NOT start off with a very thankful vibe.  Unfortunately it started out..the way most holidays start out (which sucks), with fighting of where we will go...what family..how much time..trying to coordinate it with the kids naps so we don't have to deal with grumpy children all day..if you have kids maybe you can relate?  Both of the kids happened to wake up at 5:00 that morning so naps were a definite must.  Ryan's family was doing their get together during Finley's nap time ..so she and i were going to stay home while Ryan and Curren went...well since Curren got up at 5, he needed to take a nap otherwise he would be a beast at my family's house in the afternoon..Ryan ended up just staying home with us, while they napped, since he didn't want to go to his family's for just an hour then have to come back to go to mine.  So we ended up figuring it out..coming to an agreement that from now on we will just swap years back and forth and just go one place, cause it's just too much stress trying to be everywhere at one time.  Maybe things will be easier when we don't have napping kids and we can drag them all over.  So we ended up just going to one place, the whole day and it was really fun for everyone! We went to my cousin's who lives two houses up and she had the whole house so beautiful and inviting and a huge table with cute little name tags for everyone, crafts for the kids..the whole 9 she and her husband went all out...TONS of food, and all the kids played and had a great time.  We were going to do dessert at another house, but the kids were tired and it was time to go.  Holidays are hard around here, I have a lot of family with lots of traditions, and Ryan's family has their traditions, and it seems like  no one is every happy when trying to find a balance of your time.  Such is married life right? Two families- gotta work it out. The day ended up really nice, and not stressful..everyone was fat and happy :) I'd be interested to hear how you guys do things with your families.

these are our little cousins singing a Thanksgiving Day song, and reading a prayer they wrote for the family, it was so sweet..they remembered family members that are no longer with us..and really wrapped up what Thanksgiving is all about.

 the next day..Curren and I went down to L.A. to see YO GABBA GABBA LIVE! My mom surprised us with tickets to go with our neighbors and good friends Marcella and Pella. It was soooo fun! It was great chatting it up with Marce on the way down, love that girl.  Plex fell asleep on the way down, Peej just chilled and chatted up a storm!

 Curren dancing on his seat, and doing the ROBOT dance out front of the Nokia Theater

 

                                              Pella lookin for her friends Brobee and Foofa!

                          The pretty Friedrich LADIESSS

 

It was a serious show! It was so cool to see all the kids totally FREAK OUT when the characters came out, and I have to admit...I was totally stoked to see the real DJ Lance! He's so cool with all his wild moves. BIZ was the best part for me! He totally got this little tiny white girl named Madeline to bust out some serious beats, it was awesome!! He got the crowd really going.  It was such a great show, and I loved seeing Curren so excited and just in awe! I love going on little dates with him, my best little buddy.

We ate at the ESPN zone, chicken fingers and fries all around! Pella was so sweet just chattin it up and being her silly self.  Curren really loves Pella, and couldn't keep his paws off her! Next year we will have to do it again!

We finished off the weekend by going to the Ventura Harbor to see a little tide pool exhibit they have out there (FREE FYI!) it was a great way to wrap up the fun weekend.  Now I'm looking outside at the Christmas lights twinkling and can't wait for the holiday season to come.  It's going to be so fun this year!

"Don't take my PICTURE MOM!!!"

Van baby is getting large and he is definitely in charge of my body.  Oh and got my test results back and everything is AOKAY...PHEW.  So thanks for your good thoughts and prayers :) I can't wait to meet my littlest man!!! 2.5 more months to go



Party Time! Ryan's BDAY

Ryan turned 31 last week (WOWZA!) just kidding babe.  We had our best pals over for Ice Cream Sundaes and Games! It was super fun...and it took quite the master plan for it all to happen.  We did it at 8 so our kids would be asleep and we wouldn't have to be putting them down when people were here...so our friends Brett and Heather brought their son, and he went to sleep at his bed time in our room..and our other friends Jared and Liberty brought their baby and put him down in Curren's room (once Curren is out he is OUT) and it totally worked out so well- once Van baby is here we will need more rooms! All the screaming and yelling of answers and no one woke up, I was so surprised! So it was our first time having something at our house at night, since having kids and it was a total success.  We played Catchphrase, and Pictionary and the girls DOMINATED of course! heh heh heh. This group of people are seriously such amazing people! All the guys + Kate have been best friends since High School and I've gotten to know them really well over the past 8 years, and they are just the best people you could ever meet.  All us wives have become great friends and I love them! Jared and Liberty are our neighbors from up the St- we all happened to be making the trek to Ikea one day (a few years ago) and we decided to car pool down together and they have become great friends too, we've gone on vacation with them and done many neighborly dinners together, they are so fun, and always have interesting things to talk about. I'm so grateful for such great friends to celebrate my man's day!

the works

Kate the excellent drawer

with 3 teachers in the mix, the rules got INTENSE haha

of course most of the drawings ended up looking like genitalia lol

here is Lisa due any day now with their baby!! We are so excited for she and Jess!

lots of these were left empty, along with wine bottles!

BAM POW ZAP! Christmas Time

120 Christmas Cards are out! (got them for 29.00, + free shipping- athankyou)

Tree is LIT! Stockings are HUNG! Lights are TWINKLING outside!

Presents are ORDERED! House smells like Sugar Cookies! (lit a candle, not the real deal)

Handled it, Nesting + Christmastime is an interesting combo, did I mention all of this was done yesterday (11/25) by 10:00 am?

Why is it ok to make Christmastime a word? Thanksgivingtime? Halloweentime? Whatevs I'll go with it, yay for Christmas!

1050 SQ. FT. on a Rainy Day

Living in a 1050 sq. ft home has many advantages.  I can vacuum the whole thing in 15 mins, i always know where everyone is, clean up doesn't take too long...and everything is within an arms reach.  For this stage of our family's life it's great, I'm sure I'll want more space when the kids are older and they need their own space...I must note we have a huge back yard and with out it, I would be completely insane. My kids are outside 90% of the day.  BUT on a rainy day...THEY ARE BOUNCING OFF THE FREAKIN WALLS.  We tell Curren that the couch bed only works when it's raining so we at least have that in our back pocket when he can't be outside all day (his indoor trampoline).  Ryan took them out to play in the rain which was fun, but then there are another 13 hours to figure out something to do-haha. We lasted till 3:30 before putting on a movie so they would chill out!  Here are some cute pics of Curren and Fin in our cozy little casa from today.

sad, cold, plastic toys.

popcorn & A Bug's Life

cute little buttery hands

2nd Fire of the Season!

Flash Back Friday Pregnancy 1,2, and 3 HEART=poured out.

Although I was only pregnant with Curren 3 years ago..it really seems like such a far away memory, so much has happened since then.  I'm feeling a little pregnancy nostalgia..which is weird because I am pregnant, but knowing this will be my last...and signing the paperwork last week to make it official is weighing heavy on my heart. 



5 months pregnant with Curren James Urbain


After Van is born...and assuming I will breastfeed him for at least 1 year like the other two (probably more since I won't be getting pregnant again!) I will have been either pregnant and or breastfeeding for over 4 and a half years straight! I don't say that as poor me...I haven't had my body to myself blah blah...I am loving this part of my life and it will be REALLY WEIRD to move on from that...it's like quitting a job you love but it's time to move on to bigger and better things I guess.

8 months pregnant with Finley Sage Marie

 I signed the paper work last week saying that if I were to have a C-Section, for whatever reason..while they are in there they will tie my tubes. Why does typing that make me cry?? Am I insane?? I cannot handle more than 3 kids, and neither can my checkbook, or my marriage! But it's just a sad thought. I will be 26 and sterile...eeeesh I don't like that...26 and neutered...26 and fixed....EFF what do you call it??  Ryan will also be getting the snip snip, so at least we'll be ________ (whatever you want to call it) together.  Why double up you ask?  Finley and Van were complete miracles on how we got pregnant..miracles we are very happy to have...but knowing we just wanted 3...we don't want any more miracles in that department.

6 months pregnant with Van

So, here is a little flashback on my last two pregnancies, and my current one.  I am really soaking in every jab, kick, roll, punch, and rapid spurts of acid reflux I am getting this time around.  I am excited at the thought of having Curren, Finley, and Van to raise up, and just focus on them and guide them as best as I (we) can.

Just a side note..this pregnancy we are having a few little minor issues..I'm usually not a worry some person- and I'm trying not to be- but this is difficult to have on my mind. I've never had any issues with my other two, so maybe keep Van Man in your prayers tonight, we should be getting results back next week and we just hope everything is AOKAY with our littlest one.

Happy Birthday to my THOMPS!

seriously love this man so much

fun, positive, non judgemental, intelligent, hard working, playful, young, hands on dad, dreamer, adventure seeking, athletic, HOT, God Loving, appreciative of small things, energetic, and hilarious are all words that easily come to mind when I think of my wonderful HUSBAND!



***WHISTLEEEE WHISTLE!!***



BFFs.

Ryan has some strong GENES!

Daddy and his little Princess who ADORES him

Thank you for spending another year of your life with me Ryan, you are the only person i've ever loved and the only person I ever will. Happy Birthday you studly man! Can't wait to celebrate this weekend with our best pals!

Flash Back Friday

This was a trip to Playa del Carmen, Back in 04..I was 19, Ryan was 24.  Ryan's family goes here every year, it was an amazing place- these pictures are from a day trip we went on to see the ruins.  It was so awesome, lots of history and alien activity..right up my alley.  When we got home we both quit our jobs and left for Europe 1 week later and backpacked for a month..when we got back from Europe I then drove 15 hours into Baja, CA with my best friend and stayed for 2 weeks helping build houses.  Ohhhh the good ol days of freedom haha!

I remember being worried about my stomach on this trip...thinking i needed to loose a few EL BEEEEZ, like I was chubby BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHABABABAAAHAHA. I'd kill to look like this again!