Current Happenings...

We have been busy packing up our house the last few weeks, we leave on a trip Sunday for two weeks, and then come back and move the next day, and I don't want the last day to be stressful. So a few boxes a day has been great! Our house looks like this: bare walls, empty closets, and the minimal stuff in our house.

We just got back from a trip to Great Wolf Lodge again, the boys had a blast! We went with an awesome friend & her son. Here they are doing the wolf howl in their wolf den in our room;)

I swear the next iPad will have a much better camera…this one stinks! But here they are in their pi's ready for our late night drive home. They had a blast, I however was exhausted! :) One can only take so many hours in a water-park…although it was great getting to take Noah on the water-slides finally that he was tall enough, they were actually pretty fun!

Summer TIme!

I love summer. I only work 12-15 hours a week, we live up at the pool, and get to spend a lot of time together! My boys are at fabulous ages, and are such a joy to be around and do things with them. It's been a big week so far around our house, Noah learned how to read, Jakey can now float in the pool (and almost swim, give me another week), and he can ride a two-wheeler.

We've spent our days swimming, golfing, hanging out with friends, and enjoying the sun. Looking forward to the rest of the summer!

Stuff...

We always think more stuff will make us happy, let me tell you I am much happier with LESS stuff right now! I hate packing, but having so much less around makes me happy! Our storage & closets are now officially done with what we don't really use, and that feels good! Less really is more…

Eagle Crest

We enjoyed a weekend in Eagle Crest last week. I've never been before and it was definitely a place I would go again. Beautiful views, nice weather, and family time made for a nice weekend. We went with Colby for his race, the Pacific Crest Triathalon. That is a crazy event…1.25 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and a 1/2 marathon. insane. Here are some pictures!

Colby finishing the race…

Me and my boy…

Enjoying the splash pad…

Brother's swimming…

One of the beautiful sunsets…

Riding down the bike path...

Fishing...

A few weeks ago, Noah really wanted to go fishing. So, Papa took the boys to a little lake by our house to fish. We knew by the time we drove somewhere else they would have lost interest, so we tried our luck there, and of course didn't catch anything. It would have been so fun to see how excited they would have been. We'll get more adventurous this summer and take them out to catch a fish! Thanks for taking the boys fishing, Papa!

Noah's Present...

This is what we got for Noah this year…like father like son!

We had a blast at his party yesterday…a little loud and crazy, but he was in heaven.

Spiderman Comes to Visit...

It's no secret Noah loves Spiderman. We decided to buy Andrew a costume and have Spidey come visit Noah on his birthday. He was thrilled, but was a little nervous as you can tell from the pictures. He REALLY thought that it was the real Spidey, where Jakey on the other hand knew it was just Dad. After Spidey came to visit, he came back to take Noah to Divine for some frozen yogurt, what a special time for Noah! And what a great dad to go out in public like that!

On our way home when Noah was telling Andrew about it, he said, "Dad, guess what? You have the same voice as Spiderman! That's so special!" He totally didn't connect that it WAS dad! Jakey told Andrew he wanted him to go put on his Spidey suit again and come play….maybe it's because Noah wants it so badly to be Spiderman he doesn't want to connect it? Whatever it was, Noah was thrilled and it was SUCH a special time for him. Happy Birthday Noah!

Here is the link to the video of him coming;)