Moroccan Night

We surprised Jaime for her Bday for a night out on Sunset Strip. Haven't laughed so hard. Never a dull moment

Happy Birthday Girlfriend!

Bike to Martha's

Start of our adventure to breakfast

Luke racing Papa and Nat to the top while Hailey cheers them on

Luke got arrested and the cop had to call back up to get the key! Luke loved every minute. Shane wanted nothing to do with the handcuffs or the cop car

Working breakfast off

Shane's 6th Bday Party

Shane got to choose just a few of his best buds to go to Chuck E Cheese's for his Bday. We came home, had cake, went for a night hike looking for gold, played video games until Midnight and then everyone slept over. The kids all got along great and Shane's was in his element, games, friends, and silliness.

Shane won Jackpot!

Looking for gold in the pitch dark, this was a hit

Showing thier best carats of gold

10pm gaming

Midnight- had to force them to sleep

The party didn't end until 11am the next morning! The kids are wiped in a good way

Luke's visit

Some shots from Luke's visit

Luke and a chick

A little Male bonding

Club 33

The reason we all went to Disneyland was because the Kato's are members of Club 33. They hooked us up with reservations and we got to wine and dine at Disneyland. The lunch was so nice, and i think the kids even enjoyed it. Here we are awaiting our 11 o'clock appointment.

The Graves, Katos and Us

Shane at lunch.

Hailey was a fan until they got close to her. She took her lit up Tinkerbell drink, wrapped in around in her arms and said, "I want to go home".

Disneyland

We went to Disneyland with 2 other families on a Sunday in August. I was a little hesitant but the day was perfect, cool and not crowded. Hailey was a daddy's girl ALL day. Here she is on the Jungle Cruise...... entranced.

Kyle and Shane are finally tall enough to go on Indiana Jones- it was Awesome they said

First time at California Adventure

White water rapids, we got drenched

Who says it's for kids?

We love our stroller

Hailey and Nicki while the big kids are doing a rollercoaster

The had so much fun, we stayed at Disneyland for 14 hours with no issues

Hailey passed out in the stroller right when Fantasmic started. Here Shane is watching the fireworks

We now know that Hailey loves rollercoasters. She was tall enough to go on Tower of Terror which is similar to Free Fall but you are in an elevator and it's pitch dark. I screamed my lungs out and she liked it. Some of the big kids in our group didn't even go on it. Shane has officially been on every ride at Disneyland.

Lost Chicks

Last week we lost Blonde when the door to the chicken coup was left open overnight. A few days later we let the other 2 roam in the yard all day and when we came back those chicks were gone too. We have been having crime reports in the neihgborhood of hawks eating chickens so the word was out to keep the chickens undercover. We didn't.
But 24 hours later Shane and a friend were on the hunt for "who knows what" and came running into the kitchen screaming, "We found our cheapers!" They were hanging out at the neighbors backyard. I then decided to go to our other neighbor's to see if Blonde had manage to join their barn of animals. The next thing you know the owner is giving us 2 of his chickens to take home since we couldn't find Blonde. The kids were so excited and Hailey was kissing that chick from the minute it went into her arms. Our neighbor even said that if for some reason one of the chicks was a male we could return it to him and get another chick. (he has about 50) As we are walking up the easement i could see Jesse just shaking his head. He knew that Chickens don't like new chickens and he was right. We had the 2 black chickens for about 15 minutes and then we brought them back to their original home. Hailey was in tears but at least we still have 2 Chicks!

The best part of the story- Our neighbor's name is Moses and when he told me his name, of course my first reaction was to say, "Oh I had a dog named Moses", and i did. What goes around comes around.

Shana and Craig's Wedding

It's been a long time since we went to a wedding. It was nice to get to dress up and dance with no kids!

The Sunday dinner crew minus Dan

Up In Smoke

In honor of our new BBQ smoker, we hosted a "Smoke Out" this past Friday with the Coogans, Graves, and Katos (8 adults, 10 kids), but had enough food and wine for twice as many. All went well, except for Jesse waking up at 6:00 AM to start smoking the meat, only to be informed by Molly at 7:00 AM that the party wasn't until the next day.

Palm Springs finale

A little ATV action

The only picture of Hailey and I, she fought it

Shooting range

Late night water balloon fight

Blackberry picking

We went on a short hike to pick blackberries. The boys wanted nothing to do with picking them so.........they helped fertilize the blackberries

Jesse wants only the best

pucker up

13 years of......

memories in this car. We sold it to the first person who saw it. I'm going to miss you!

Ice Skating

We went ice skating at the Mall with some friends. Shane loved to go as fast as he could across and then bang straight into the wall

Best of buds

Hailey wanted nothing to do with skating, she didn't even want to watch from the sidelines. Then by the end she was telling me to go away so she could skate all by herself with Nicki.