Summer Time and the Livin's...

...crazy busy fun!
In the last week, we have seen the dentist,
and got our teeth cleaned.
Brooklyn saw the dentist for the first time. Too bad she gagged and puked. Not such a great first impression, but overall successful. No cavities!
After the dentist, we picked up my mom and niece (isn't she cute?) and headed to the Spectrum.
We rode the carousel like old men,
and little ladies.
We rode the big wheel too!
Micah has a funny smile here.
Our Fourth of July was a little crazy. It started out great with a trip to Frapy's.
Yum.
Yum. From there we went to my parents and swam and grilled. It was going great until the kids just kind of soured. They were fighting and being turds, so we went home. We were going to skip out on fireworks until the very last minute. We thought, let's just do it.
We set up on a hill in Laguna Hills to get a good view. You can tell how much of a screw it attitude we had at this point because B was topless, in public. We just weren't going to deal with one more fight!
Luckily, the rest of the day went great and the kids had a great view of three shows from where we sat. Go USA!
Wednesday night, my friend Carrie took us out for the night. She spoiled us with dinner and then she took us to the Pageant of the Masters. I have never been and it was huge treat! Really amazing.
Love these girls! Thanks a ton Carrie!
Friday we swam with friends. I have little fish.
Micah and his wild jumping.
Lizzy and Brooklyn.
Micah and Joseph and my finger too! We were worn out and it was a great summer day because it had a nap right in the middle of it!

Now it's Official

Now it's summer.
The sun is out.
The temps are high.
The beach is perfect even in the evening.
The kids are loving the sand.
We have some friends of ours that we don't see as often as I would like to, so I decided to have a bonfire so we could get together again. It was so fun to see old faces! The boys got to catch up and Brett was our cook.
The little boys played for hours.
The food was yummy since it was pot luck (Rach I need that dressing recipe!).
Allie even made it and she just had a baby!
The kids chilled and chowed.
Deb and Russ getting their grub on!
Carrie watching her little daredevil...ha ha!
Still playing...
We all got to catch up, which is my favorite part!
Now it's official. Now it's summer!

Take me out to the ball game...

...take me out to the crowd...(with the weirdo poses)






...buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks and cotton candy and popcorn...

I don't care if we ever get back!So it's root, root, root for the home team...
...and they won, what a game! For it's one, two, three strikes your out at the old ball game!

Tuesday night we went to an Angels game. Chad got the best hookup ever and his boss gave us tickets and parking that were amazing! We were in the Diamond Club and literally sitting ten rows back! It was a lot of fun for all of us. The kids loved the food and atmosphere. It was a crack up to watch them go wild when the rest of the crowd did when they clearly had no idea what was going on. Love them!

Also had to mention I had a great girls weekend this weekend. I think that deserves its own post when I get a minute. I have the coolest friends ever!

Before I forget

I have to write this down before I forget! Do you ever have one of those things happen that are just so cute or funny that you have to write it down before you forget? Well this is one of those.
Thursday was Micah's last day of kindergarten. He has grown so much!
Brooklyn didn't want to be left out of the picture taking of course. Anyways, when I went to pick up Micah, he was in tears. At first, I thought he was sad to be leaving kindergarten, his teacher and the school. I was wrong, his girlfriend had broken up with him! Turns out one of the other boys in class told her to break up with Micah so she would go out with him. Oh love triangles! Well. we had been invited earlier that week to go to a pool party and both kids were going to be there. Micah was reluctant, but I convinced him to go. When we get there the kids are having fun. About an hour later, I walk over to where Micah and these two kids are. This is what I hear from Micah. "Ethan break up with her. I took your awesomeness away and I won't give you back your awesomeness until you break up with her!" Oh my goodness, that was so funny!
We also got a package from Ghee the other day. Ghee is in tons and tons of pain right now, so for her to be able to send this out means a lot! The kids just love these care packages. They were thrilled to open it and see the goodies inside!
Woo hoo jammies!
I had to mention this cutie too. Austin's 1st b-day party was today. How cute is he?

Before and After

I haven't been posting much in the way of crafts on here. I have been doing them, but not posting. Maybe one day I will go around the house and take pics of the crafts I have done. Here is what i did the other day. I have two "helpers" that like to be close by in the kitchen and I got this hand-me down:
I took it and put a little cream paint and painted the numbers on, sanded them for an aged look and voile!
B seems to like it!