40 year Anniversary dinner with my in-laws, woo hoo!



Feeling happy after a perfect evening! Fave Italian restaurant with our wonderful family, followed by some "serious" tetherball & football with the boys... The icing on the cake: watching 'so you think you can dance' with a glass of cab & bunn-bunn snuggles.  

Happy Father's Day!!





The boys love their Grandpa! My Dad & the kids were too sweet walking together at the fair today, but there was too much background chaos in this photo. I had fun discovering the blur tool



Austin was awesome when he got chosen as the volunteer for Calamity Jo's magic & comedy show. I loved watching him laugh & interact with her, it was great!

May 29, 2012
Andrew wants to be an alien when he grows up now. 
May 30, 2012
Overheard.  Austin to Andrew: "Don't talk to me like that! I'm a NINJA!"



May 10  My mornings are the best! (until the morning rush begins... But 2day, we r kicking the morning rushes butt!)


May 10, 2012  MacGyver at it again, headlamp under his cowboy hat, always prepared; eyepatch string = "rope" wrapped around a pen




May 16, 2012    We turned our frowns upside down with this delicious Pinterest banana cake recipe! {These kids were majorly crazy & grumpy this morning... at eachother's throats from the moment they woke up... Now look at those smiling little bed-heads!}

Mother's Day 2012  ~
 
May 13, 2012      The boys each chose a flower for me. Kevin made me come, & I'm glad he did because it was SO precious! so precious.



My eclectic collection from my cute boys! Love it so so, so much!




The boys had so much fun scrapbooking last weeks Wild Animal Park trip! 

Grandma and the boys checking out the racecars.  So cute!


Austin fixed the pipes with Grandpa.  Sweet memories!




Stealing Andrew kisses!

beautiful, unedited



Couldn't ask for a better day... Watching my boys build castles & hubby surf, workin on my Bible study & listening to good music. Life is so good!



Bottoms up!

Grandpa Love

Mother's Day 2013

Mothers Day Surprise @ Austin's class today.  Feeling so blessed


Mother's Day Brunch May 12, 2013



I love my Momma!!!  {And the boys love their Grandma!}  (Photo taken Jan 2013)

Easter 2013 {in Havasu!}

My sweet family of 5




This was our first time spending Easter in Arizona with "Great Grandma" ... it was so special & fun!!


I love Jake leisurely floating in the background as I try to coax Andrew in. The water was freezing, and Jake kept saying, 'it's only cold at first, it's actually pretty warm right now! my fingers are numb!'

Andrew and Grandma ... this was Drew's first time on the front (bow?) of the boat. It's super windy up there, obviously. And after I took this pic, he kept making that face. He said he was "letting the air in himself" and that he was "eating it all up". When Jake went up there for the first time, he said, "I can't breathe!" I forgot how funny it is as a child to experience different things for the first time. Brings back some of my childhood memories.


Cute Jake! He surprised me with how much he loved jumping off the boat and swimming in the deep dark lake!    *brave*

cute smiles!

Aquarium of the Pacific

A seal swam behind us for the picture!


This is so 'austin' ... He doesn't just pet them, he practically climbs in with them!

He just touched a shark!

Jan 21, 2013  (Austin & Kevin not pictured!)  Happy Birthday Momma!!



Austin has been camping in Morro Bay for 5 days... It's killing me, I miss my boy more than words!!! Glad he got to have an adventure though.

Jan 7

Incomplete! I've been missing Austin since the moment he left for his camping trip, 5 days ago. This morning, Andrew woke himself up saying, "I hear Austin & Grandma!" He has 'heard' their arrival about 10 times in the past 3 hours. I don't think I'm the only one who is anxiously awaiting Austin's homecoming!!  

{{ our 5 is not our 5 without that 1 }}