Catching up

ok, ok, i know i promised i would be posting more blogs, but i am sooooooo lazy! i have been taking lots of pictures, but i am just very bad about putting them on the site! so here are a few things to get you updated!

my hubby was so sweet, and he renewed my season tickets to the wnba sparks games for next summer. because he did this, i got to take my picture with the whole sparks team - totally awesome! here is jordan's latest test for karate (this first one cracks me up!)

i think it is just so cute that these little bitty kids are doing karate!

 
running around at the church picnic...

this is at the march air force museum...

ok, here is a picture i took to mess with my camera a little - proof that the settings really do make a difference! first i took the picture on auto setting...

then i switched to the night landscape setting - what an amazing difference! (i know this one is still a little blurry, but like i said i am still learning how to work this camera - i really think it is smarter than me!)jordan and kyle on the swinging ferris wheel at disney california adventure (angel took my camera on the ride and shot this - i can't get on this ride i will throw up!)

ok what a HAM!!!

here is our birthday boy - 6 years old now! his favorite thing is always getting to lick the beaters!

kevin is REALLY getting good at the cake decorating! i get more impressed with his endeavours each birthday!

we celebrated at john's incredible pizza - SO much FUN! here is kyle with his birthday crown!

 
he got a new bike from grandpa (he outgrew the first one) but this one is so much bigger that we had him keep the training wheels on until he gets used to it. he had just started riding without the training wheels a couple of months ago, and i didn't want him to get discouraged while getting used to such a bigger bike!

Solvang

a trip to solvang... i actually wouldn't recommend it if you take small children - you spend most of your time NOT going into the neat little shops because you will just be in there the whole time saying "don't touch", "stop running", "DON'T TOUCH!" lol. we had some fun doing things outdoors though! like the first thing the kids saw - if you were little do you think you could resist this phone booth?!

heard of a "bicycle built for two?" well, here is the family size upgrade! of course kevin had to do most of the work since the cycling motion hurts my knees so bad. what a good guy!

a word to the wise... never let your 4 year old be the navigator! lol

 
ok, i really wanted all three kids in this picture, but it was just impossible to get all three of them to do what i wanted. kyle got it down perfect though! if you've never been to solvang, there is one shop that is a child's dream... candyland! BARRELS of candy!

ok, what a goofball! (that's why we love him isn't it?!)

this was kevin's attempt at getting the kids to join him in his goofy adventures.... does it look like the guys are holding up the giant rock? and of course, notice who gets to be the queen of the hill and make the boys work a little harder! lol

Kevin's Skydive

Something kevin has always wanted to do is skydive, but hadn't yet.... so here is a happy birthday for my hubby!

first, getting all strapped in... ready to go!

loading into the plane...

i love this picture it's so sweet of the kids watching dad fly off!

here he comes!

yay! a safe landing!

absolutely LOVE this picture! makes me think of a military man coming home from his tour and seeing his kids for the first time in a long time (i know that has nothing to do with what is going on here, but it just looks so nostalgic to me)

and he has the certificate to prove his adventure folks!

Tide Pools

recently kyle's kindergarten class went to the tide pools (we didn't actually get to see the tide pools themselves because the tide was too high!) so the kids basically got to play around at the beach.

here is kyle taunting the waves - he was dancing and saying nyah nyah...

 
...of course the waves will always win, so here he is running away! 
as previously stated, the waves will always win! (a certain someone was a little upset to get his pants soaked!)

throwing rocks seems like a safer adventure!

if you look close, you'll see that the sand has kyle's name (with a little help from dad!)

 
this is such a rare picture for a couple of reasons: 1. you will almost never see me in front of the camera lol and 2. this means i actually handed over our new camera to someone else momentarily! (i thought it had been surgically attached, but i was apprently wrong lol)

we got to see a seal...

and a crab! (look close i promise he's there)

whose super cute kid is this?! alright, i admit he's mine!

kevin decided to take his chances with the waves...

 
and of course ended up running away (like son like father?) hee hee

Random pics

this picture CRACKS ME UP!!!

 
this wig was all the rage with the kids when we took our last trip to utah to visit stephanie

i know this picture is blurry (i am still trying to figure out how to get good action shots - the camera is smarter than me!! lol), but even so i love this shot of zachary jumping out of the swing

 
yeah, i really do love my camera (anyone sick of hearing that yet?!)