Whittaker Woman

Just a mid day distraction

Who wouldn't want to get the mail?

Really look at my mail box. How great is it. I love getting my mail!

Mountain girl like her mommy

Well kinda, I would not use tie down straps but at least
she is wanting to do it.

What else does a father do on a free Friday?

Build something that will break bones.

Who's a good mom?

It's our first warmer weather rain today and look who had fun...

freaked out over the thunder this evening. Then I told her that it was just God telling us that he was sending a storm our way and he is telling us either to go inside or get an umbrella. She loved it after that. I love it when smart parenting works!

Birds and the Bee's taught by Mr Potato Head

This morning I over heard Carlos in the kids room.
"Losiah, do you want to make a Mr. Potato Head? Here, all you have to do is take the stick and put it in the hole."

Hmm, I think he is a little young for this talk, but we have always said that we will talk about sex at a young age.

Korean's in the Kitchen... Hurray!

James and Alyssa are here! And even better in the kitchen.

We went to the Korean market and had lots of fun today!
There is nothing like other peeps in my kitchen cooking!
I am excited to learn how to make Kalbee, Chogook, Chop Chey,
bul go gi, and rice of coarse. Anyone for dinner? H

Just one

I am sure this will be the only year that greed does fuel my boys hunt for eggs.
 

 
He found one and was done.
 
He just carried the one around all day until...

He had to choose.
 
Guess what won.
 

Mad

This is Madison. She is the daughter of  Matt and Tammy. Matt is the Pastor at Sandals. Tammy is one of my best friends. She and I have a relationship that has been life changing and I am so grateful for it. But there's one thing that she gave me in our friendship that I just can't live without and it is Madison. I remember the first time I saw that 2 year old and her chubby cheeks. I also remember the last time I saw her before we moved. We were up in her room and she said "Ms Heather, I am going to miss you. YOU are like a second mom to me" Oh i lost it. See one of the things I mourned as we moved was the loss of this relationship. See I wanted to be the one she ran to as a teenager to talk about sex, drugs and all in between. I wanted to be the one she cried to when her first boy crushed her heart. I wanted to be there on her birthdays, on her prom night.  I just wanted to be the one to be her second mom. I don't know where this post is going all, I just know that I miss her. H

Shhhhh!

Yikes...
The monster filter sucked him up.

I caught her counting them yesterday and I quickly
distracted her. If we have to do the first pet death talk
it will be my mans job! H

Mom are you crying again? -Seanna

Today was such a great day. We got to church on time, got a perfect parking spot, rocked out with Carlos on stage. Went to a fabulous lunch, then went back to church so the kids could see their daddy  singing. We even had the special pass called Carlos' keys that allows us up in the balcony where no one else was. We get seated, the music starts and the girls and I begin to grove. Then it happens, I see them. A couple cuddling on the front row. I don't mean hands around the waist  kind of cuddling I mean full body spooning.

(In the front row right in front of the guitar player in the vest)
How annoying I thought.
Then I look a little harder and instantly burst into tears.

Oh how I was wrong,
I did see a two people.
I did see an embrace.
I DID SEE LOVE.

This is what I saw. I did not know who they were.
Maybe they were brothers?
Maybe a father and son? Maybe just friends.
But what I could tell was  that the man in front was severly
handicapped and the other man was holding
him up to worship.
HOLDING HIM UP TO WORSHIP!
The honor, love and power that was showed to me in that
instant has changed me forever. H

Check out My Man's view of it all.

It sucks being married to a Blogstar

I know this maybe a shock but the whittaker's and our blogs are censored to some degree. You may think we share all but we don't. You may think that we are open books but somethings are kept in.  However I have a story, one about my Easter, a story of love, devotion and one that worked me this evening. But guess what...
My man is pulling his I have a better blog and I need to post it first than you can have the pictures and make a post card. He will not share the pictures with me until he posts them first. UHHH! H

I got to Welcome my mom to 2008!

She finally is converted, well to Mac that is.

The connection was not great but it still worked! I am excited
to have this form of communication. I was able to walk through
my house and show my mom around. I love MAC!
Welcome mom, to the Mac life. H

Saturday morning...

We need a dresser so I hopped in the car this morning in hopes of coming across one at a garage sale for cheap.  When I returned (without a dresser ) this is what I found.

We're training them young

Today is one of the best days in the sports world, the beginning of  March Madness!

Losiah is not a TV watcher but this actually got his
attention for some time.

With the amount of SCREAMING that went on in the
house tonight, the neighbors must think we have a
feisty marriage. There were a couple of moments that
I looked at Carlos and told him to tell the kids that he
really is not mad.  H

I need a nanny today

My throat hurts, I have a bad headache and I want
to stay in bed, but the show must go on...
I need a nanny.

My Boo Daddy

So Carlos did this whole Boo Daddy Mini Series and today he posted the Finale. It is really cute. So if you don't read his blog here you go...

To clean or not to clean?

The fish tank is getting murky should I clean or wait for HIM to do it?

Nope, Nope, Nope

Many people think that I may be a little tougher than the average girl. I'd rather backpack with out a shower for 7 days than stay in a hotel.  I'd rather jump out of a plane to get to the ground rather than the conventional way. I'd defiantly would rather do anything in nature with a fleece and tennis shoes  above shopping and heels.  But one thing I don't do is things that scurry. May it be rats, snakes or bugs I just can not claim the tough girl card here. I will scream and climb up on chairs like any sissy girl out there. I have been dreading spring for this very reason. Bugs.
That is one thing Cali does not have is bugs. They may have a black widow or two, maybe a pincher bug here and there but nothing like these GIANT ANIMALS they call bugs here. Today I was sitting at the kitchen table thinking about how Carlos said to order a bug service. I was justifying in my head how we do not need this service and I can handle a bug or two. Then I went to do the laundry and as I put the last handful of dirty clothes in the washer this touched my hand.

It's called a Palmetto Bug (A.K.A. Brown Roach about two inches long). See in Cali we do have roaches but only if you live in filth. So typically people in apartments or in less kept homes struggle with them. But here they are everywhere no matter what kind of house you have.  UHH, I can just still feel it. YUCK! I yelled like a two year old. asked me if I was crying. I wasn't but I wanted to. So I had to do the manly thing because there was not one around and kill it. I don't do this. I will be putting myself back on a plane before I start to live with bugs.

My kind of parenting

This was in Balboa Park, I would pay big bucks to own one of these.

 

Quality time

After the wedding we had the evening free so a few of
our friends drove down to see us. It was great to hang
out with some of our dear friends.

The whirlwind is over

I have come to the conclusion that 10 days is the perfect time for me in Cali. I get my fill and by the evening of the 10th day I am ready to come home. As I sit in my bed typing I am excited to be home for some time and begin to see what having a home and life here in Georgia is really like.
Here are some of the pictures of Carlos' brother Eddies wedding...

Eddie is married! It was a great wedding, in Balboa
Park in San Diego. It was butt cold and windy but
it was very nice. To the point and simple. Just like him.

The girls have been dying to wear their new dresses
they got for the wedding. So at 7am I opened my eyes
to naked and asking for help to put her dress
on.

We did not take a family shot other than the one the
professional took. I am bummed!

She is for hire.

Either to take the pictures or to pose for them.

The Whittaker's

No more driving!

Leg one...

Fountain Hills AZ to Riverside CA  347  Miles

Riverside to Altadena 55.3  Miles

Altadena to Prather 260 miles

Prather to South Lake Tahoe 277 Miles

South Lake Tahoe to San Diego 603 miles

Total= 1542.3 miles

I drove enough miles this past week to get from LA
all the way to Arkansas. Only 600 miles shy of
driving all the way home to Atlanta!

Here comes the bride

I know these pictures are a week late but I finally got my camera back and here are my favorite shots that I got that night. 

The Sanner's

The best looking friends ever!

Then my favorite shots! Defiantly frameable!

Costco Or Whittaker?

Sarah had a budget so she was going to go to Costco and get some veggie and fruit plates. I was insulted and told her nope. I would do them with in her budget and it would be a million times better. What do you think? Costco or Whittaker

Bribery

Our travels have sent us all over the west, however this
past stop was a one of pure thought out bribery on my
sisters behalf. You see we were driving from Fresno
which is in Central California all the way down to
San Diego which is pretty much on the boarder of Mexico.
In the middle is LA which is where my sis resides. I did not
think I was going to have time to visit due to the length of the
the drive we had ahead of us but my sis added an
incentive. She said she would go and pick up our Nannan
and have her at her house if I came by. She is
sneaky but I am so grateful for it. I was able to see my
sis, grandma and also the cousins could play. It was a
good day!

I am getting tired

My grandma and I left Tahoe this morning and headed
to Fresno where I spent the day with the Hales. I wish
I had more energy because I feel like a bump on a log.
Jacinda is awesome, she plans out family nights every
Wednesday night. Tonight we did cowboy night. It
was so much fun. I really miss living in Cali and having
friends at my finger tips.

Hi My Name is Heather and I am a snowboardaholic

I am not a alcoholic but I think I have some kind of idea what they feel when they have just one drink. One drink puts that taste in your mouth. That one drink gets in your blood. That one drink may take over your life. I am telling you when I first met Carlos I was literally addicted to snowboarding. That may sound silly but it was in my blood and I would do anything to do it. I had a drink today, well it was a ride and it is a good thing that I have a round trip ticket bought because I would gladly stay.
   

   
FOREVER

Tahoe

Mountains

Family

Mexican

Happy me!

If you knew me you would know...

that I have a side of pure giddiness when I get in nature. If fills me. It drives me. It just makes me happy. I guess that is why I spend my life doing things like this, and this oh and we can't forget this. It just is who I am. So I wake up early this morning. Three hours before I need to be ready to go on the slopes. And what do I do?
I get ready so I can come sit outside in the freezing weather just to be in the outdoors. I am sitting in a parking lot with the slopes of Heavely to my right and Tahoe Lake to my left. What beauty to blog from. My room 10 feet from me but because I am me I decide to have some alone time sitting on the ground in a parking lot. Carlos always laughs at me when we are  about to go do something fun like this. I wish he was here to laugh with me today.

I tried to take a artsy picture and it just did not work
so finally I gave up.

My Brother and Tahoe, how can it get any better?

Miracle Mother!

Maybe I should say miracle son, hmmm
Well lets just say that I take back all the words I
spoke about my son a couple of weeks ago. Why?
Well he went poop on the potty this morning! Yep!
Not even two and poopin on the pot. It was a
flewk thing because he is not ready to start
potty training, he does not even talk yet but
he was grunting and I put him on and plop.
Success!

Maybe it has been all the times he has watched this

What a day

What a day...
Woke up in Riverside, went to breakfast with some of my favorite people.
Left around 10am, drove to Pasadena to pick up my grandma.
Drove to Burbank to drop off the rental car I had.
Drove to Fresno. Ate at dog house. :)
Drove to Prather and had a birthday for my dad.
What a day.

My grandma and mom were yelling at my dad for taking
a bite of this with the candle still lit. I thought it was
funny but they didn't. H

Welcome!

Well I forgot my camera in Arizona so I have nothing to show for my day yesterday. Hopefully later this week you will get some catch up blogs of the wedding.

I am in Riverside. I arrived at 1:45am last night, there is something a little silly about me. When I crossed into the California boarder I just grinned from ear to ear all the way in to the IE. It was completely black, I could not see a thing but it felt good to be back.

Once I got in bed California was good to me and decided to welcome me with this...



Just a little Califonia love. Yep two earthquakes while I sat there wide a wake!
H

Daughter?

I had this moment once a few years back when I looked at Sarah and I looked at and thought, Gasp, what if?  Carlos cheated on me with Sarah and is really Sarah's baby.  Then it occured to me that I carried Seanna, therefore she is mine. But for a quick second I thought it. Can you see why. They look identical. said today " I want hair like Ms. Sarah" So we did. H

Nature Walk

We took advantage of the different terrain and took a cactus hunt hike.
This is what we found.
   

   
Lesson Learned: Don't go hiking in flip flops in the dessert.