Friday, August 28, 2009

Grandma's 81st Birthday and Good Bye to J & B!!!

We celebrated my Grandma Dee's 81st Birthday last weekend



And, we also said good bye to my Brother and Bree
as they left to go back to school in MI. The kids (and us) really enjoyed spending time with Josh and Bree and they had so much fun going to the beach, the pool, the movies and Mulligans. They are very lucky to get to spend that kind of time with their Uncle and Bree, and we miss them already.

Hung out together for some sibling love


Thursday, August 20, 2009

First Days of School & Haircuts!!!!

We started school Monday and my oldest baby is now in first grade. He will be turning 7 pretty soon which I have a hard time believing. There were no tears and he loves his new teacher!!!

Owen started preschool again on Tuesday and he was so adorable. He is the super excited kid that asks a million questions while the teacher is trying to read her first day story. Owen is also so good at making friends he says hi to everyone. He also is very lucky and has a wonderful teacher this year too!!!
The first days were great, but what I was most excited about was Mikey took the shaggy boys to get haircuts. They actually ended up really happy... I think the long hair days were requiring too much effort with the early mornings.
Don't they look handsome?


Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Our Last Day of Summer Break!!!

This past Sunday... the last day before school started back up we visited our favorite place. Yep, you guessed it Disneyland!!!

We dragged poor Danielle along for all of the funElla kept calling the rockets helicopters?? Not sure why.The kids enjoyed the petting zoo. This guy was so soft.
Notice Ella's excitement in the background.
The boys think that they are too old to take photos sometimes. This makes me sad :(

Owen ate his first Mickey Ice Cream Bar... and I think he may have actually gotten more on his clothes and face than actually in his mouth.

Owen had another first. He was very brave and rode Tower of Terror for the first time. Then he rode it twice!!! (pretty good coming from a kid that used to say Dumbo was scary). He has grown up a lot this summer.
If you click on the picture below you should be able to see everyone on the right side of the ride. this was the second time we rode it.Ella wanted this autograph book and pen... she was unsuccessful in her attempts to persuade me. Although, truth be told she was closePapa, Nana & Emma met us there and we are fortunate enough to get to ride the rapids with us. Notice I didn't get to go... shoot (yes, I am being sarcastic)And, then it was over. Back to school we go...

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Shamu... Shamu!!!

This past weekend we visited SeaWorld and had so much fun!!!
Here are some of the kids favorite things


Ella enjoyed dancing around with mom while we waited for the big kids to get off their rides.

Cam and Owen had fun together looking at the fish... especially the sharks.
(note: the hair styles are due to some independence issues and idolization of zack and cody--ahhh!!! the Disney Channel. But, haircuts will most likely occur before they get their hair to grow that long b/c mom can't handle it anymore)




It was a great last long summer weekend. Tomorrow my busy season at work begins.