Keep on Runnin'

It's been awhile since any posts were done.

Why is this do you think?

Manly because Aliswan (moi) is the only one who know how to post.  

And that is something that we are perfectly ok with.

So, now that she (I) am back from Syria

the posting will once again resume.

So what shall we start with?

How about the greatest holiday of all time?

The 4th of July.

This is our favorite holiday.

There are certain traditions that we hold to.

The first being the 4th of July 5k.

This year was the Cita's first time running the race.

IT WAS AWESOME!!!

Here are some recaps.

The cita and pa getting ready for the race.
Check out their sweet matching shirts.
Planned or not planned?
You decide.

Jen getting her sunscreen on in the car.

Driving to the "drop off point".

It was very exciting.

The padre had been camped out there since 4:30 am.

Aliswan jumped out, 

the padre jumped in, 

and Stephie drove them to the start of the race and ran back to our spot.  

It was a well choreographed moment of perfection really.

Don't be mislead by the sign.  
The runners went the other way around the round-a-bout.

Our first arrivals: The padre and the Derude.

Next came the bug.
She went the way of the 10k runners and we almost missed her.
You rebel you.

Auntie Karen followed suit and got a round of high-fives from her familia,
and the saddest face I have ever seen on a 2 year old when T-dog watched her run away.
It took a bit of cuddling and fruit snacks to convince him that mommy was coming back.

The highlight was of course seeing pa and the cita.
This was the cita's first race.
We are all so proud.

and happy that she is still smiling at this point.

Just kidding, she did awesome!!!

There was still a good 20 to 30 minutes of people behind these champions.

Wave to the crowd guys, you are awesome!

Unkie Nate played the intimidating unibomber.  

He played the part well.

T-dog hit his nap-time during the parade.  

Probably the most chill kid I have ever seen at a parade.

Check his hat by the way...fantastic.

So, there is the brief summary of the race.  

There will be more pictures as some point.

Believe me, there are definitely more pictures.

Adios amigos!

and on your way home folks, please be wary of pirates.

And then there was none.

This weekend we moved the Unkie, Auntie, T-dog, and Widgie out.  

It was a sad, sad, moment but there are always ways to bump up the happiness factor.  

Such as Bug wearing hot pink high heels.

Here is a few stills from the day:

Auntie Karen, in her sweet In-N-Out shirt.

Bug and I

Bug and I after packing, moving, unpacking and moving more stuff.

the Padre vacuuming the dust that was under the TV downstairs.

We had to vacuum because it was nasty thick.

Don't judge us, you would write in the dust to...

although I do believe the writing is still there, in storage, in the basement.

At least we are humorous cleaners.

So there was the move.

IN OTHER NEWS

Sunday was good.  The best part was when the cita burned the last pan of rolls.

Yes those are rolls you dirty reader, get your mind out of the toilet. :)

Also you will notice, or you may not, that I changed the blog template.
It used to look like this:

Now it looks...well like it does now.

Change is good.

In fact, almost everyone has recently (blogger and life wise)

Stephie did, as did Aliswan.

Still working out the kinks.

So there you go.

Lots of change afoot.

Aliswan graduates next week,

then leaves for Syria the week after, 

and starts grad school in August.

the little juan comes home from his mission in August,

after which he will promptly head back to university.

Stephie graduates from high school at the end of May,

and starts university with Jon, in August.

Deruda is going to his first prom in the next little bit,

and will be starting his junior year of high school in the fall.

Bug also starts high school in August.

Basically everyone is growing up, moving on, and going crazy.

Because that is what we do.

We are 'the nuts' in the House of Nuts after all.

Happenings of the House--Superman and Flyingman

It's hard when your familia is doing so many things on so many DIFFERENT CAMERAS!!!

and then they keep forgetting to give them to you,

so you can post their craziness on the blog.

So you'll have to wait a bit for the familia.

But here is a bit of our lovely visitors.

This video is of T-dog and Stephie.

Stephie wanted to play Superman with T-dog.

Apparently that wasn't cool enough for the T-dog because he named himself "Flyingman"

We all thought it was pretty cute.

The Adventures of Superman and Flyingman @ Yahoo! Video

He renames things a lot.
Like when he thought that the song You've Got a Friend in Me from Disney's Toy Story was really saying
Are you kidding me?
So that is how he sings it.
Don't believe me?
Here is proof:

Are you kidding me? @ Yahoo! Video

Hope your spring is looking good.
Ours is,
on the days it isn't snowing.
:)

So here is a HUGE update...or just a huge post.

So what happened LAST week?

Yes, I know, I'm late updating it...but it was worth it.

:)

My Auntie and T-dog decided to do pilates together.  

Well, Auntie decided to do pilates, T-dog decided to help.

Exercising with mommy part 1 @ Yahoo! Video

The video is a bit long, but really cute.

Little Widgie also got sick.
This is how she looks when she is sick.

You can tell she is sick because she has snot in her nose.
but she still smiles!



She is the happiest baby.

So the cita and I take the kids to school every morning.
On those mornings when it is grey outside, snow all over, and horrendous high school traffic,
we entertain ourselves by looking at the pattern the water makes on the windshield.
While we wait in the ridiculously long line at the 4-way-stop.

and then we make videos of the experience. :)

Let's go to school! @ Yahoo! Video

and take pictures of half-eaten candybars.

On a more mature note.
This last Saturday we got to be a stellar cleaning crew and deep clean our grandparents Wheeler's home.

It was a blast.

T-dog and Widgie also enjoyed themselves.

After some foot-popping fun cleaning,

the cita and I took the padre, Stephie, and bug to IKEA for the 1st time!

We had a blast!

Please, please, please, for my sake, notice that the cita's apple juice is for 'tots'.  

The padre got it for her.

We all found it appropriate. ♥ 

The padre fell in love with a VERY, VERY comfortable chair.

and we all fell in love with a couch.

...and sat there for the better part of 20 minutes.

I know this is long folks, but this is the end.

Our week ended on Sunday with our grandparents Wheeler's 52nd wedding anniversary.

It was full of good food, family,

and T-dog showing of his Nigh-Nigh blankie.

Nigh-Nigh Stephie and T-dog!

I will FINALLY close with a video of the padre and bug teaching T-dog how to play Yatzee!

They taught him how to blow on the dice.

Learning to roll the Dice @ Yahoo! Video

Adios from the House of Nuts!!!

(at least for another few days, this update took FOREVER!)