Fantastic Weather . . . . . . .

We all went to the playground last Saturday. Ava gets so excited you'd think we were headed to Disneyland! The weather was wonderful and the kids had a blast. Ava always wants to take Kai on the slides and without fail, it's a fun time, and then Kai gets hurt. At least it's toughening him up! They both love to swing and Kai giggles the entire time. Even more than swinging, Ava loves to push Kai. I have to remind her over and over to not push him too high but she can't grasp the concept that there is such a thing as "too high." We had so much fun at the playground and intend to soak up every bit of good weather until the dreaded summer hits. (I'm calling it the dreaded summer because I'M dreading the heat).







We ended the night with "movie night." Ava said we didn't need popcorn and that it could still be a good movie night without it. Alrighty then. We watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and it was a pretty darn good flick.

A few thoughts . . . . .

Ava thinks that ANYTHING can be fixed with tape. Anything.

Why is it that even though I know my children are going to wake up in the middle of the night AND early in the morning, I STILL stay up to watch something that I've seen forty times. In this case 50 First Dates. It is a good one. (By the way, Kai has begun sleeping 8-10 hours at night consistently. Finally.)

I really wish that Kai could climb down the stairs. He gets up them so fast, but it about gives me a heart attack every single time because the only way for him to get down is to fall. Quickly. It ends up in tears. For both of us.

Why does Kai always end up crying when he's playing with Ava? Every time I go to see what happened she is mysteriously all the way across the room with a blank expression on her face. Hmmmm . . . . . .

Ava better be careful because one day Kai will be bigger and stronger than her.

I love 9:00 church. My days of naps are long gone with my rugrats around, but we can still hang out in our comfy Sunday clothes and spend the whole day together. Love it.

I love football. Really, I do. My husband REALLY loves football. A lot. He honestly gets sad at the end of the season. He's never been overly emotional (understatement), but the end of football seems to pull on his heart strings.

Does my husband look like Tony Romo? I'm not gonna lie, he gets it ALL THE TIME!









Funny thing is, we don't like the Cowboys. At all.

Fun Family Times . . . . .

My family came down this weekend and we had SOOOO much fun! Basically, we ate, watched sports, played games, and ate! :) We also decided to fit in some golf and miniature bowling. As far as golf goes, we did find out that of all the children, Robert is by far the superior in that department. Miniature bowling was a blast. It was small lanes, small pins, and small balls and Ava was in heaven. Even when there were no pins to bowl with, she continued chucking the ball down the lane. She was entertained for so long, which was a good thing considering it took a good 1 1/2 hours to get our nasty food. Just sayin'. :)

Ava had a birthday party at preschool last week and she has been begging me to make cupcakes for all of her friends. Well, we don't have a lot of friends down here. Really, we don't have any, so I had been putting it off. When I told Ava that everybody was coming to visit she said, "I know! We can make cupcakes for Grandma Annie and Papa!" So we did! We made some tiny ones and they were so cute!


Kai got a hold of a piece of licorice and instead of taking it away, I decided to strip him down and let him have at it. He loved every second. I posted a video of this to show his delight.


Just hangin' out.







Here's Robert helping Ava with her swing. He's a darn good golfer and I see a State Champion in this kid's future.

Here's how Kai enjoyed the day of golf.

Here are the miniature bowling pics. It was so much fun and I posted a video of this too. Kids can be entertained by the darndest things.





Lunch at Sammy's Pizza. The. Best. Food. Ever. Come visit us. We'll take you there. They brought us a huge thing of cotton candy for dessert and Ava was loving it. Kai loved it too. I know this because I caught his aunt's sneaking it to him.



AWESOME Grandma Annie and Papa. These kids sure love you!

Uncle Robert. Pretty much the coolest uncle ever. Ava said to me the other day, "You need to call Robert and tell him to bring a football." So I did. Then she said to me, "I need a pink umbrella. I know! Call Robert and he will bring it to me!" And he did. :)

This one is random. We went to Home Depot after we ate and you would have thought we were in Disneyland. Kai thought he was such a big boy. As if a car cart isn't fun enough by itself, stick your little brother in there with you and it is the best thing ever!


Thanks for coming to visit us! We love you all!