Bam Bam's First Wave

Bam Bam was happy to be at the beach, and excited to get in the water.


Little sis sat on the beach and cheered her brother on.


We were excited to get home from the Colorado River, and take our son surfing. For Family Home Evening tonight we went down to 9th street to the beach. The waves were not very good there, so Johnny paddled the little guy down to the pier. They were on the outside of south side. There were tons of pros out from the U.S. Open. All of a sudden a big set wave came rolling in. They were the only ones out far enough to catch it. Everyone on the pier and in the water were hooting and hollering for them to catch it. Johnny was thinking "Oh no, now I have to go." They paddled and caught the wave, riding it on their bellies (too big to try to stand up on for a 1st wave). They rode it for a long time, going left, everyone was cheering for them, then Johnny had to straighten out because the wave reformed and doubled up. Bam Bam was riding on the nose of the board and suddenly they began to pearl. He slid underwater first, then Johnny fell on top of him, then Bam Bam kicked Johnny in the nose, then Johhny said he lost him. Luckily Johnny had tied a short leash around little man's life vest and he was able to pull him up right away. He came up smiling and he said "FUN!" Johnny was so relieved that he was not traumatized. (Bam Bam is a good swimmer and feels very comfortable in the water, he was safe). Eventually they caught a little white wash and they rode it all the way to the beach.

Here is a video of one of the little wipe outs.


Here is CJ surfing on his first wave with Dad.

Happy to Be Home

We were happy to get back to Huntington Beach, and we were welcomed home by a beautiful sunset over the ocean.

Bam Bam was also excited to get home to his bed. He was exhausted after spending 10 days at the river.

Last Day on the River

We are so sad this is our last day on the river. We definately took advantage of it though. Bam Bam had fun with cousins Cade , Brittany, and Caitlyn in the tube. It was so bouncy though. I went out there too, and I thought I was going to bounce out into the river. Bam Bam has had so much fun swimming and surfing too. Johnny and I can't wait until we can get home and take him surfing on some real waves.

Pebbles and Bam Bam

We decided that our children look like the modern day versions of Pebbles and Bam Bam. Our son has white hair and is very aggressive. Our little girl looks like Pebbles when she wears her leopard bathing suit. Her hair sometimes looks like it is strawberry blond too.


Little man loves spaghetti. Pebbles loves Carrots. (This was her first time having them).

Another Night on The Boat

It seems like every day they do a new trick on the surfboard. Last night the little guy was on Dad's shoulders, tonight they were surfing without the rope. It is so cool that my boy is so comfortable out there on the surfboard. Daddy and son even took a couple spills tonight and he came up smiling. He loves the water, and is a little fish. He loves all the attention that we give him too. little sis loves the water too. She was fussy in the boat, and as soon as Johnny put her on the surfboard with him she started smiling.

Daddy and Son Surfing

Our boy is loving surfing behind the boat, this is his 4th time ever. He is getting so comfortable on the surfboard.

Day 6 at The River

We are having so much fun up here at the river. We love spending time as a family out in the water and on the boat.

Smashing Face On The Window

He loves smashing his face against the glass. I thought it was kind of funny.

Scooting

She is really learning how to scoot around. She kind of does an army crawl. I don't know what I'm going to do when I have two moving around. I'm in trouble!

Spit-up Queen

She is so cute, she is always spitting-up. I think this picture captures it perfectly.

Dad and Son Surf Behind the Boat

Johnny and son surfed behind the boat tonight. Our little guy is only 2 and was ripping, I thought he was such a stud. He was having a great time with his dad; they are such great friends.

Tonight on the boat

We had so much fun tonight on the boat. It was such a beautiful evening. We all surfed behind the boat except little sis, she just sat there and looked pretty.

Johnny Surfing Behind the Boat

Julie Surfing Behind the Boat

I had so much fun today surfing behind the boat. I have not done this for over a year because last summer I was pregnant.

Day on The River

We had so much fun on the river today. We swam and wakesurfed. LIttle sis had fun too playing in her little pool.

Johnny Surfing Behind the Boat

Here is Johnny surfing behind the boat. He can do it without the rope, and he has so much fun. He is also recovering from tearing ligaments in his left ankle.

Daddy and Son Play Music

Little Man loves playing music with Dad. He pulled over the seats and made them into bongo drums. He was having so much fun.

Playing at The River

Our boy had fun wakesurfing with Daddy behind the boat. He was a little nervous at first, but he did really well.

The Colorado River

Here we are at the Colorado River. Johnny's parents have a house right on the water. We have so much fun up here boating and wakesufing. Even the babies get out there on a surfboard.

Baby Feeds Baby

Big brother was so excited to feed little sister a bottle. He was very focused. It was cute.

Happy Baby Girl

I love my girl. She is the best baby, and always has a smile on her face. I call her smiley Miss. Smiley

4th of July

In the morning we went to the parade on Main street. It is so much fun that we can walk there. It is a family tradition of four years now. Tad, Amber and baby joined us at the parade too.


After the parade we walked down to 9th street beach. Baby B loved playing in the sand and water.

After the beach we had family over for a BBQ. Then we walked to the beach for fireworks. We had a great day!


We had fun with all of our cousins, parents, and grandparents.



Sis-in-law Kelly, and little cousins, and me, Julie.





It was a great firework show!