Vegas Vacation

After our Idaho trip, the kids, my mom, sister, tutu and I went to Vegas to visit family I haven't seen in a long time. We stayed with my Aunty Tina and Uncle Clifford ( my tutu's sister and brother in law). We got to see uncles, aunts and cousins. It was the first time that the kids met them. We even got to spend time with my Papa Baysa. He took us to this neat aquarium in one of the casinos. It was extremely hot, but everyone had a great time!!

Idaho Brown Vacation

We spent a week in Idaho with Andrew's family. We went camping at a beautiful spot in the Idaho mountains. Our camp site was next to a stream were the kids spent most of the time playing. We also got to hike a little, ride a 4 wheeler, shoot BB guns, and go bear hunting. The kids had a blast being up there and playing with cousins. It was definitely a fun and exhausting time chasing after kids!

How do you use these things?

We were having art time one day and the kids decided they wanted to use scissors for their projects. Well, as you can see, Ethan had an interesting time trying to use the scissors. He doesn't know how to do it with one hand yet so, he would use two hands to try to scoop the paper from the table to cut it, or he would open the scissors on the table and then pick it up and put the paper in it to cut it. You can see the determination on his face. He was really adorable!

4th of July, 2009

We celebrated the 4th here at our house. We had a little BBQ with my family and some of Andrew's family. We then did fireworks in the front yard and waited till it was dark to watch the big fire works at the high school. The kids were extremely excited and amazed as Andrew lit the fireworks. It was really cute to see the excited expressions on their face.

Hannah's 5 years old

Where does the time go? This year we celebrated Hannah's 5th birthday. It is amazing how grown up she is for her age. The theme of her b-day was " getting ready for kindergarten". She received a lot of things for school. Grammy even made a cake that had pencils and erasers! She is really excited to start kindergarten. And though I am a little apprehensive, I am also excited for her too !!

Ice Cream Days

The kids and I have spent a lot of time at my parent's house this summer.My tutu ( grandma ) is here from Hawaii for a month. The kids love going over to spend time with them, swimming in the pool and EATING ICE CREAM on these hot Bakersfield days.