Easter

We had a full house for Easter this year!  The weather was beautiful and everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. Carl wasn't able to make it and we sure missed him, but I'm sure he'll be at the next family gathering.   Here are a few poor quality videos of the egg hunt.  There are more on my youtube site if you want to see them.

Olivia's 3rd birthday

 Olivia celebrated her 3rd birthday this week. There was lots of fun, presents, cake & ice cream! 

Just horsing around!

The birthday boy goes for a ride

Michael wanted to go on a pony ride, but when it was actually time he was a little skittish.  Amber talked him into it and stayed with him as he went around the corral.

When he was done he asked to go 4 more times!

Trout Lodge

  For Michael's birthday we went on an overnight trip to Trout Lodge.  When we arrived it was raining, so we headed to the arts & crafts room.  The 3 older kids painted ceramics.  Amber made Michael a hat to wear for his birthday and the younger 2 played in the gym with Grandpa.

This is what I got when I asked for a smile!

The rain let up so we grabbed umbrellas and took a walk back to a cave.

Michael wanted to go on a boat ride so we hopped on a pontoon and took a trip around Sunnen Lake.

The next morning the kids wanted to go another boat ride so we took out canoes.

The bikes were a big hit. 

This is a nice, peaceful picture before the hornet attacked Michael in the bathroom.

Catherine did a really good job with the bow & arrow.

Another picture of the lake.

AND they had face painting!!!

Happy Birthday! Happy 3rd CF Anniversary!

A few weeks ago Steve and I flew to LA for Tommy's birthday. As a surprise for Jena, her parents flew in for her birthday also.  Steve & I love the marina so that was one of the first places we went while waiting for T & J to get off work.

The next day for lunch we all met at MB Post.  This is where Jena's parents surprised her.  It was very sweet!

That night we went out to eat fish tacos at La Sandia.  I've never eaten guacamole before, but they  made it at the table so I thought I would try it. Delicious!

As you can tell from all of these pictures, all we did was eat!  Here was breakfast at Flake.

After a trip to the Santa Monica farmers market we picked up lunch at A Cut Above.  They had tongue, intestines, stomach and several other interesting things.

The Dads checked out Tommy's car.

 We had a surprise get together to celebrate Tommy's 3rd anniversary cancer free!!!  Yeah!!!!

 Here's one of the burgers from Pono.

And we made a trip to Malibu to play at the beach and eat some seafood.

 Paul, Steve &  Tommy tried to see who could touch this rock before the waves got them.  Tommy succeeded! ( I experimented with some music- watch out LA I'll be out there editing before long.)