Home, Sweet Home: May 2009

Thursday, May 28, 2009

To Grandma's house we go!

Jessica and her girls, and me and the boys went on a road trip to California these past couple weeks! We went to visit Grandma (she was sooo exicted), and the kids had so much fun down there playing, and all got along really good the whole trip! The plan was to go to convention after spending one week with my mom, but to make a long story short, we headed home early, only getting one day of convention! (It was really hard taking care of all the kids without dad's help; everyone was tired and cranky after playing hard at Grandma's, the boys pink eye returned, and on and on!) We felt really bad leaving convention, we would have loved to stay, but maybe it'll work out another time! One thing we do know...it never felt so good to be home with daddy again! Home is truely where your honey is! =)

Our regular hangout!...the park! Playing is so fun!!

Chet had soooo much fun climbing this little tree in Grandma's yard! It was just his size, and the same tree that I used to climb when I was little!

Zane absolutely looooved the swing! How fun!!

Cheese! I love Zoe's grin!

The Monterey Bay Aquarium!

We had sooo much fun at the Monterey Bay Aquarium! We got to watch a man feed the fish in a tank! It was really cool! Zane absolutely loved watching all the fish! It's a really fun place to visit!

At the touching pond...

Sweet Kaia!

Sitting in a penguin egg.... (not actual size I'm hoping!)

Cheese! Of course I couldn't leave out Chet's cheesy grin!

Cute little Zane!

Chet and Zoe had so much fun with this playful little penguin!

Santa Cruz beach boardwalk...

It was so fun going to Santa Cruz to get some beach time! The kids loooved playing in the sand. It was a bit chilly though...some sun would have made it perfect, but the overcast skies made it feel just like home! =)

Cute cousins!

This is a terrible picture because no one's smiling, but I had to put it in because everyone was looking! This rarely happens!!

Chet is so sweet with Kaia! They really love each other, and light up when they are together!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Gone Fishing!

Daddy and Chet have had SO much fun doing some trout fishing! They went with Allen and Lisi last Saturday, and Chet and Allen caught one fish each! Then the other evening, daddy took Chet fishing again and Chet caught three trout! Chet loves going fishing and is so excited to go each time! We have loved having special priviledges this past week...the workers coming to stay with us, a sing, getting ready for our trip to California...so, Zane and mommy hope to go fishing next time too, as we love fishing too!

What a cute fisherman!

A mighty hunter in the making!

Learning the trade!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Bounce, Balls, and Laughter!

We had so much fun earlier this week having a play date at the Wacky Indoor Bounce! It's a really fun place to play...I don't know who had more fun going on the bounce structures...me, or the kids! It's so fun to play!! Being a mom is great!

Fun days in Medford!

We enjoyed spending last week in Medford watching over everything while Papa and Nana were gone to Arizona for convention. ... Zane had fun munching on this stick of celery! (don't worry...he didn't manage to bite anything off!) What a healthy little kid!

Chet and I had fun watching the birds nest on Papa and Nana front porch, built on top of Papa's deer antlers! It was really neat watching the mommy and daddy bird come to feed the babies, and also peeking inside to have a look at the little birds!

Let's go! Chet and I had so much fun 4-wheeling around Papa & Nana's property! Chet's favorite....chasing birds at top speed!

Picking pretty flowers out back!

Let's go Snowmobiling!!

Daddy came home with this little snowmobile for Chet and Zoe! Chet was SO excited! (just look at his face!)

The next day, we went down to the shop to try it out! So fun!! And, that weekend, Daddy, Chet, Uncle Ryan, Zoe, Papa, Uncle B, Scott, and Sten all went snowmobiling! How fun!!