Finding Joy in the Journey

Thursday, April 29, 2010

All Boy

I love our little skater/surfer boy. He is such a BOY, and balances out the girls in our family.



Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Our Style of Camping with Little kids

A few weeks ago we went down to Bolsa Chica for a little "camp out." Then we got to come home, shower, and sleep in our own beds. It was awesome. The kiddos loved it too.



M's latest obsession

(make sure you turn off the playlist)

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Chelsea's Light

JB edited this video for the Chelsea King memorial and to get the message out there.


M loved hanging with Phoebe.
Carrie Speed and her band.




JB plays drums for speed the band. They had a gig down in San Diego. They played for the Chelsea King rally. They are trying to change the law to "one and your done." We want to get child predators off the streets. We don't want to lose anymore Chelsea Kings.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

We Love Grandpa Joe


We went down to visit Grandpa Joe. He was a little sick and had to stay in a nursing home for a while. So we wanted to go say hi. He has always been the nicest Grandpa. I remember him taking my little brother and I on the carousal. We would spin around and around on this tea-cup-type thing on the carousal and I think we made him sick. He was always such a good sport about it though.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Mormon Message


Notice anyone familiar in this message?

Easter Egg Hunt at School

CJ's class had an easter egg hunt at school a couple weeks ago. Someone shared the pictures online so I decided to post one. I was not there, but I'm so glad someone took cute pictures of my boy.

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Friday, April 9, 2010

Best Beach Day All Year!

We came home a little bit early from the river so we could have a little bit of a vacation in our neck of the woods (and so we could get some sleep at night!). We were lucky because the weather was hot and the waves were going off. We each got to surf some fun waves. Tons of our friends showed up to play. There must have been at least 15 moms from our church with little kids hanging on the beach with us. This day could not have been any better. We walked down to the beach and stayed for 6 solid hours!



Waxing up his surfboard. He was so excited to try his short board. Baby sis was helping too.
Little surfer boy. He got pounded in the shore break, and loved every minute of it. Later, he and JB went out on the longboard and caught some real waves on the outside.
The little girls were loving all the lady bugs on the beach.

The boys were digging holes and burrying eachother. Here's CJ with Saxon and the cute Bradshaw boys.

River for Spring Break

We headed out to the river for spring break. The family had so much fun shooting bb guns, snorkeling, swimming, sunbathing, golfing, skimming, and surfing with daddy behind the wave runner. One day we even had a photo shoot with the girls.

CJ's snorkeling. He kept coming up out of the water saying "I can breath under water!"
Golfing.
Sunbathing.

The photoshoot (by mommy. Daddy was off with big brother shooting bb guns).
The girls looked so cute in thier matching swim suits.
Our little one year old! She is growing up so fast.







Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter Day


Easter is so much fun with kids!

Look what the Easter Bunny brought!
Movies, cotton candy, animal crackers, jelly beans, bunnies, barbie dolls, bats and balls.
Their baskets.
We even had an easter egg hunt with our neighbor Savi.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Easter Festivities

This week has been full of easter time activities. On Tuesday we dyed easter eggs and watched Peter Cotton Tail with Parker and his daughters. Then we were so lucky to be invited over to the Lucas' home and have an easter egg hunt, then on Saturday we went to the city's easter activity. The kids now have enough candy to last them until Halloween!



"Look at all my eggs!"
The little girls. M was not quite as aggressive in the egg hunt.
M collecting some treats at the city's activity.
The girls. They look more and more alike every day.
C monster probably got more candy than anyone that day.
It was such a gorgeous day at the park.
Hanging with the fireman.
He was saying, "I don't know how to hold a baby!"
Little sunshine loved playing on the fire truck.
M in the ambulence.
On our walk to the car we were watching some guys drive their remote control cars. They were super fast and loud. CJ was in heaven. RC cars are probably one of his most favorite things.