Garrards visit Part 2

So, since I am posting we obviously got our new computer...let's just say i'm still adjusting. While it is new that also means that I have to learn how everything on it works and all of that fun stuff.
Well here are the second part of the Garrards visit. The second day they were here (Friday) we went golfing up at Golfland/Sunsplash and then headed out to Wilton to see Shawn at the fire station. All in all it was tons of fun and Joey even cried when we left the station. It was so fun to see Shawn at work and really get an idea of what he does. I don't know how they keep it all straight..there is so much they have to know...but somehow they do it! I just love watching him because you can see how much he loves what he does and why he is working so hard in Paramedic School! So the pictures are all out of order so i'm not putting descriptions or anything under them. I miss them so much and hope it's not too long until we see them again!

DEAD

So you know that wonderful blog that I was promising in a couple of days...well it ain't gonna happen for a while...our computer is DEAD. Yep...dead. Our friend Bill looked at it and said he never saw a computer crash this bad...seriously. Yep...seriously. So all of you will just have to wait until we get out new, pretty, expensive computer. Did I mention expensive? Yeah, I guess computers aren't cheap. Oh well....look at the brightside....we get a fun, NEW computer. So stay tuned for a new blog...hopefully within the next couple of days. I never realized how much I LOVE computers!!!

Garrard's come to visit

My cousin Julie, her husband John and kids Jace, Jakeb, Jaeli and Joey came to visit us this past weekend. It was so fun to finally see all of her kids! They are adorable and I seriously hope that my kids are just as awesome as they are! On Thursday we went down to the Capitol and had dinner at Joe's Crab Shack.

The boys with their "pop" at Joe's Crab Shack

The Garrard Family outside the Capitol

Feeding the squirrels

Joey in the Senate room with a bag of peanuts for the squirrels


On Saturday we all went to Six Flags. It was such a blast! Everytime I have gone to Six Flags there has always been a HUGE line....well not Saturday! We went on ride after ride! It was awesome! The longest we waited in line was 15 minutes...seriously? That never happens!

The only picture I have is of the Garrard family with Medusa in the background!


On Thursday it's Jaeli's birthday so we decided to have a little celebration before they went back to Idaho. She loves Hello Kitty so we decided to throw her a little Hello Kitty Party!

All of the girls minus my mom

Jaeli is into dance and is actually going to be doing a solo soon. It was so cute I made her do it twice!

Jaeli and John

Shawn cooking the tri-tip

Jaeli with her presents


We also got to go to the Fire Station to see Shawn. We got tons of pictures there...none of which I have at the moment so expect another post within the next couple of days!
And in Lemon News Shawn is halfway done with Paramedic School! YAY! He is done with the classroom portion in July and then starts his hospital and ambulance work. I am so proud of him!!

Graphic Content

Hey everyone, I know it has only been a few days since Brittany's last post but I had a really fun day at school and i couldn't wait to show off the pictures. We got to cut open the heart and lungs of a lamb...poor lamb. This one shows some really cool things so I'll show it first.

Here are some pictures of the inside of the lungs as well as a heart cut in half.






Well that's all that Brittany could stomach me showing you but I hope you enjoy the pictures, I know that I had a really fun time taking them.

Busy.Busy.Busy

Before I met Shawn I knew he was pretty handy but in the past couple of weeks/months I have found out that he's even more crafty then what I had imagined. I have given him a couple of projects and somehow he has managed to finish them in the little time that he does have...because he is awesome!! We have a couple of tables that we got after we moved into the house and I wanted to update them to look like the rest of our furniture in the house.
Here is Shawn sanding everything down

Here is the finished product in our living room

Yep...I love it!
Another project we had before summer hit was organizing the garage. Our garage was pretty organized to begin with but I really wanted to have shelves in our garage to put all of our stuff on, especially since the dog seems to get into everything!
Here is our garage before



Here is the garage after

And before these projects Shawn helped my parents redo all of their kitchen cabinets. My mom and I forgot to take pictures of all of the before/after. But I think everyone would agree that their kitchen looks so much better.
Yesterday was Sacramento's Museum Day and almost all of the museums in the area were free! Our cousin Ashley had her baby shower (I got NO pictures!) and after that Shawn and I headed down the Aeronautics airport museum on McClellan AFB. I used to live next to an air force base so it was really cool to see what all of the planes look like. We even got to sit in a fighter jet. The guy there said it was the fastest plane there...it was pretty cool and we got a great deal since usually it would have cost us $40 to get in!




And just for fun here is an updated picture of Hurley...as I said in the previous post he is getting so BIG! But we love him, he is such a fun little dog!

VACATION

So i'm ready for a vacation...anybody with me?
Life has been crazy lately! Weird crazy though...Boring everyday life crazy...I promise i'll get pictures up soon! Shawn's dad retired from San Quentin...I finally got to see where Scott Peterson is...(I know i'm a freak)...Shawn is studying drugs and learning way more then I ever possibly could...School started and i'm wondering why I have NEVER taken online classes before because they seriously ROCK! Everybody in the world is pregnant but seriously Hurley is enough for a VERY long time (Just in case you all were wondering!) He is getting SO big and I MISS him being a cute little puppy that I can carry everywhere I go...but I LOVE that I can now run with him...(Not that I do it often enough!) But we are still alive here in Elk Grove...I WILL get some updated pictures of all of the FUN things that we've been doing...I know you all miss us!

Christmas

So Christmas this year was so much fun and I'm really bummed that I am so horrible at taking pictures! I had the best of intentions and had my camera with me all weekend but actually pulling it out and taking pictures is another story.
Christmas Eve day we went over to the Lemon's house and met up with the rest of the family. It's not very often that we are all together so of course we had to get a picture of all of us! That night we did the progressive dinner and started out at Cody and Kat Lewis' house (Shawn's aunt and uncle) for appetizers, Shawn's parents for the main dish and then Todd and Val Lewis' (Shawn's other aunt and uncle) for program and dessert. The program was great and consisted of Kat singing Oh Holy Night, she has an AMAZING voice, saying what we were grateful for from 2008 and drawing names and saying nice things! I LOVE getting everyone together for Christmas and it was really nice to have my parents there as well! Then we came back home and got our Christmas presents and Hurley all packed up and headed to my parents to spend the night. Billy also tagged along and we all stayed up and watched Christmas Vacation. I have to say that in true Brittany form I fell asleep halfway into the movie and I really don't know why it was such a big deal that I hadn't seen it before?!?! Christmas morning was AWESOME and I have to say that we finally pulled one over on my dad. He really wanted a Jack Lalanne Juicer and so we went to Walmart and bought one of those old fashioned juicers and wrapped it up and let him believe that it was the juicer that we bought him. My dad is so nice that he actually said, "Oh this is just what I wanted." What a great dad!! So we let him go on believing that was it and while he was out of the room we pulled out the real juicer, put it on the counter and then wait and see how long it would take him to notice it. Well my mom couldn't hold the secret went right up to him, did some eye thing and he saw it. Let's just say that i'm pretty sure he will be putting some good use to it. Yesterday alone he used it like 3 times. The rest of the day was spent relaxing and then heading over to Brent and Theresa's house (Shawn's other aunt and uncle) and having Christmas dinner with the family. It was a great Christmas and I'm always so sad when it's all over...especially when I don't have any pictures!! But I do have to say that both sides are awesome and even got Hurley a little something! I am so grateful for my family and I can't believe that the year is almost over! This year has been filled with some amazing memories and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us! Shawn and I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have a great New Year!

The Lemon Family

Kamay- Our niece (Shawn's brother Nick and sister-in-law Ashley's daughter)...isn't she adorable? Shawn kept saying say cheese and look at the camera...needless to say she is an energetic 2 year old and I can't believe how big she is getting!