A Day At The Beach

Today we went to the beach with our family to hang out and have a bomb fire. My boys stuck to their favorite things to do. Logan played in the sand, Blake in the water.

Blake boogie boarding on Uncle Chris' back.

Blake coming in from playing in the water.

Eating Smores.

Our bomb fire.

The cousins hanging out.

Logan's 3rd Birthday!

Today our little (he is still my baby for a week or so) Logan had his third birthday today. Time goes by so fast and he has become a fun little boy.

For his birthday we did a simple party with our family at the park. We had pizza and let all the cousins play.

They loved playing with the water guns!

Logan loved his bubbles, but I think he enjoyed dumping the bubbles out more than he did blowing them.

Our three year old.

All the cousins getting ready to hit the pinata.

Logan hitting the pinata

Time to grab the candy.

Logan's birthday cake. Logan loves trains right now, so we did a train cake for him. Thanks to Aunt Jeanette for helping decorate the cake it would have never gotten done without her.

Logan blowing out his candles.

Everyone eating the cake. The kids had fun picking out what candy to eat off the train.


Logan opening his gifts.

Logan receive so many gifts. He was excited every time he opened a present and saw what was inside. He is a very easy boy to make happy.

Uncle Chris is Back

My brother-in- law Chris has been deployed in Iraq the last six months so he is allowed a two week mid leave before he has to go back to Iraq and finish his year deployment. He is taking his leave here in California, so we all got to go to the airport to welcome him home. My sister had a banner made and all the kids held it up.

I am so happy for my sister and her family that they got to be reunited after so long.

My boys love their Uncle Chris especially Blake who thinks being a solider is so cool. We are excited to be able to spend time with Jeanette, Chris, Kayla and Austin these next couple of weeks and glad Chris made it home safely.

River Rafting

Rich is in the young men's presidency and the scout master for our ward. Today they took the boys river rafting on the Kern river. They seemed to have a fun time, even though they said the rapids were small.

Preschool Graduation

Today Blake had his preschool graduation. For someone like me who didn't walk at any of my college graduations, I didn't think a preschool graduation was a big deal. I was apparently wrong and surprised at the big deal they made out of his graduation. The room was all decorated, some kids had their whole extended family that brought bouquets of balloons and gifts. Poor Blake got nothing and Logan and I were the only family he had. It turned out really nice and was cute to watch. Blake had fallen asleep in the car and wasn't to into the whole graduation thing at first, but slowly enjoyed his graduation.

Blake getting his preschool diploma from his teachers Miss Zulmma and Miss Jenny. They also gave each child a cd with pictures on it from the year highlighting each child.

They sang Yankee Doodle Dandy, Your a Grand Old Flag, and a version of the alphabet song.

Our preschool graduate

Minivan Mom

It's official I am now a "mad mom in a minivan" I never thought the day would come when I would be a minivan mom, but last night we bought a minivan. I actually love it and am happy to have more room. So now we have room for when Sadie comes in a couple of weeks. After going back and forth on what to buy we ended up with a 2007 KIA Sedona. The best part is we can still park both cars in the garage, which is a big deal for us.

The boys LOVE our new car. Logan gets right in and sits in his sit (we will see how long that lasts). Blake said, "This is the coolest car ever!" They love checking everything out in the van and everyone we see they tell them we got a new van.

Ward Baby Shower

Today my friend Tamra from my ward gave me a shower. Here are the sisters trying to draw a baby on their head.

Me opening all my gifts with my great little helpers.

It was Blake's first baby shower, he had fun going through all the gift. It is so nice to have a wonderful group of people to share in this exciting time of our lives. We have received so much from everyone and are truly grateful. Sadie is set and is going to be dressed so cute with all the gifts she has received. I think after two boys people know I need help with the whole girl thing. Thanks to everyone.