More Easter Pics

My sister-in-law Allison just sent me a few pictures she took on Easter & I had to include the pictures of the adults - which this word is used loosely with Andy & Jacob (see below)!

Easter

Since the weather was so nice outside we decided to enjoy our Easter lunch outside. Andy & Allison came over for lunch and Ryan stopped by later for a fun afternoon of games. We really had a great time. Unfortunately I don't have many pictures of the the kids where they are both smiling - so this is the best of the best :) The kids enjoyed an egg hunt in our new place & were given the movie of the year - High School Musical 3 - of course - in their Easter baskets along with a few other goodies. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Oh the Joys of Raising a Son

Ok - well no one could say that Blake is a wallflower & doesn't like to play while he's at school. I finally decided that I should document the way Blake looks EVERY day when I pick him up from school. I swear he is the dirtiest child at the school! This day was a little more disgusting than the other days.......I pulled up & saw him playing kick ball - while eating a fun dip. Well evidently he finished off the "dip" part of the fun dip and decided that his finger would work just as well. So over and over again I saw him sticking his finger into the sugary powder & putting his finger in his mouth. I think I threw up in my mouth a little....take a look at these pictures.

notice the green finger from the fun dip

this picture doesn't really do his dirty ankles justice - we literally need to scrub

his legs to get the dirt off.

Moving on up....to the East Side.....

Well we finally moved - Hooray!!! We are so happy to be in our own place again. We found a great place that allows the kids to go to the same school and they already have friends that live on the same street as us. Here are some pics from moving day....I'll post pictures of the new house soon.

Mark almost killed himself w/ a bungie that snapped!

How many guys does it take to take apart a bunkbed?

Thank you all for helping us out!!!

Baseball Season

It's time for baseball again! Blake is on the Red Sox this year & so far is really having a great time! Baseball season is always bitter-sweet for Jake. His dad was a huge baseball fan and Jake always has a difficult time not being able to share this with his dad. Blake is really doing well this season and has started to grasp the fundamentals and is beginning to understand the game. Last season Jacob mentioned to Blake that he wished Pops could be here to see him play. Blake looked at him and said "Dad, Pops isn't missing anything. Pops & Pie (my dad) are up in heaven watching every game". It was such a sweet reminder said so matter of factly from our 8 year old son. Sometimes we need one comment from our kids to remind us of the big picture.

On a different note, during Blake's first game, someone passed out some sunflower seeds. BIG mistake! Blake was playing 3rd base, but kept digging in his back pocket and stuffing a handful of sunflower seeds in his mouth. Over & over again we watched him stuff his face! He was barely paying attention to the game! Finally the Ump told all the boys to empty their pockets - sunflower seeds were banned from the game!

Fun with Cousins

My sister, Kris, and niece, Megan, flew down to spend some time with us for Megan's 12th birthday. We had such a great time! We took the kids to Disney for the day. It was a completely different Disney experience, our kids are getting to an age where they can go on a few rides by themselves. We've never let our kids go on any rides w/out us before - but we gave it a try & they had a lot of fun. My sister & I weren't really looking forward to walking around in wet clothes all day - so the kids went on the rapids at CA Adventure w/out us - as you can see from one of the pictures below - we made a wise decision - the kids were soaked! Robby spent the day w/ us as well. He was so great! Not only did he go on a few of the rides with the kids that I chickened out on (yes I know Disney doesn't have any rides big enough to warrant me chickening out on...but I'm a big baby when it comes to rides!) - but he took the kids on rides while my sister & I enjoyed a nice glass of wine! We stayed at the park for 12 hours! We were all worn out by the end of the day... but the kids still had enough energy to go on Splash Mountain at 10:30pm!! The next day we enjoyed walking around the beach & then went to Blake's first baseball game. It was a great weekend!

Blake having a great time w/ Uncle Rob

The kids were soaking wet after the rapids ride!

Blue Wallet StayCATion

We had planned on taking a trip to Arrowhead this year as we have in previous years, but it just didn't work out. So Mark came up with the great idea of a "Staycation" - we started the day of at the LeMonnier's for some Migas, fruit & delicious muffins. Then we headed over to the Stumps for spaghetti & poker night for the boys. We had such a fun time! As you can tell below - the kids also had a great time!