This Month

March is here!!  

Now the talk around the Aldrich house is - 

"This month...."  or "In a couple of weeks....".

The big sendoff is quickly approaching.

We will miss these precious moments.

But will look forward to sharing them again soon.

Drag Races

The fun continues...

After we returned from our trip up the coast, my family arrived in town for a few days.  The highlight of the weekend for the "big" boys was getting to go to the drag races.

Now, to most this is not a big deal.  But for the LLOYD family this is "cool" stuff.  The Winter Nationals are held in Pomona, California in February every year.  This year was the 50th Anniversary of the race.  So after Dylan's football game the guys - Garth, Dylan, Dad and Blake - headed up to the races.

I think they all had a great day.

Dad got to share his love for the cars and the sport with his grandson and sons-in-law and the boys found a new interest.  The only downer was the the cars were SOOOO loud that Dylan didn't handle it too well, but Garth got him doubled up on ear protection and all was better.  It was so cute when they arrived home that evening.  They were all talking the races up and who won and wanted to find it on ESPN so that we could all watch it again.  Here are some pictures from their special day:

As a wife, mom, daughter, and sis-in-law to these special guys, it meant a lot to me that the guys enjoyed this day and it will always be a special memory for them.   I know they wish all the other LLOYD guys could have been there too!!!

 

Central Coast

We left Sunday the 7th to take a short trip up the Central Coast.  We left here with an ultimate destination of Monterey, California.  We started our way up around Malibu.  We stopped for lunch in Santa Barbara.  We loved this little place.  It would be fun to revisit and explore some more sometime.  From there we departed from the Hwy. 1 coastline and made our way to Slovang.  It is a cute town full of windmills and danishes.  The town was cute, but the best part was the beautiful drive to get there.  Our drive then took us back toward Hwy. 1.  The coastline is breathtaking.  We stopped for the night in Grover Beach.  The next morning we drove up Hwy. 1 to Monterey.  Along the way we stopped in Morro Bay and at Hearst Castle.  We also enjoyed a beautiful drive through Big Sur.  We stayed at the Navy Lodge in Monterey.  The next day we enjoyed a delicious breakfast and then off to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  The 17 Mile Drive was closed due to a golf tournament, so we ventured off the beaten path to a state park.  We are so glad we did. It was absolutely wonderful.  The next morning we headed home.  Enjoy the slideshow!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Boys' Day Out

So much to catch up on.  We have been blessed to have Garth off the last couple of weeks and have had some very fun times to share.

Saturday, February 6th, Garth and Dylan headed out in the rain to San Diego to watch Supercross.  It was a first for both of them.  They arrived early to walk around the pits.

Garth put his name in a raffle and won a signed jersey from the top ranking rider Ryan Dungey.  Dylan had his picture taken with him and couldn't wait to show me the jersey when he got home.  Dylan got a few other autographs and lots of new posters to decorate the trailer with sometime.  The rain subsided about the time to begin racing and the guys really enjoyed watching all the action in person.

Here are a few pictures from there fun daddy/son day:

Dylan with Ryan Dungey

Family Pics

We took the time on V-day to have some family pictures taken by Amy Boring.  Surprisingly, we had a very fun family afternoon and really enjoyed meeting Amy.  To see a few of the pictures she took click on the link and head on over to her blog.  Leave a comment and if we get 30+, we get something fun.  Enjoy!!!

http://www.aboringphoto.com/

Anything but THAT!!!

And by THAT, I mean cleaning the house.

Cleaning is not my most favorite thing to do.  It never has been.  So, I am procrastinating.  It reminds me of being in college and knowing that I needed to study for a test or write a paper, but doing anything but sounded good.  Back then I would go run or get in the kitchen and bake.  Today I am blogging.  I already rode my bike this morning and I don't want to dirty up the kitchen baking (you know I'm supposed to be cleaning).  Besides, I bought like $20 worth of Girl Scout cookies this morning and that equates to 5 boxes of cookies.  Further solidifies the whole no-baking thing today.

SO here I am blogging.

The big boys - Garth and Dylan - headed down to San Diego this morning to attend the Supercross event.  The races don't begin until 7 p.m., but you could go down early and walk around the pits.  I hope they have a fabulous time together.  Dylan was so excited to go to the races and hang with his dad.  It is raining today, sadly, but the races go on anyways.  I sent the camera with Garth, so I will post pictures soon.

We are all trying to enjoy some husband/daddy time with Garth.  I think it has something to do with being in that "next-month" phase.  He leaves NEXT MONTH.  We have known since this summer he would be leaving, and here we are saying "next month".

Next month -

I will say good-bye to my husband.

The boys will say good-bye to their daddy.

But the upside is that we will finally be able to look forward to his return instead of dreading his departure.  YEA!!

Thanks for everyones kind words and prayers.  Each is treasured.

Okay, back to cleaning!  Yeah right.....  ;)

Jaydon's Bedtime Prayer

I have been praying with Jaydon before he goes to bed.  Sometimes he will say his own prayer.  Tonight I was blessed by the following:

"Jesus, thank you.  I love you very much.  Amen!  Yea!! " ((Clap))

Most precious moments.  

Thank you Jesus for these most precious moments.  I love you too.