Birthday Time

Tonight we went out to dinner for Mimi's birthday. We went to the Irvine spectrum and met up with all the cousins.

Here is the view of the backseat of our minivan. The kids are taking over!

The cousins.
We ate ate at Nordstroms' cafe. It was delicious.

The Golden Boy at School

It looks like Ms. Grady discovered the golden boy too. He was presented an award from the principle and his teacher for being respectful. There were only a couple of awards given out that day, and there are only 5 months in the extended kindergarten program. This truly shows that he stands out, and really tries hard to be a good boy for his teacher. I am not surprised his charm shines through the pack of 31 kids. I love him so much.

Just Another Day in the Life of Us.

Just another park day with the Baltzer boys. There have been countless and I'm sure there's a few more in the future. Sunshine loves hanging out with her boyfriend!

Here we are chilling, watching a movie, waiting for CJ to get out of school. Notice all the strollers piled up in the back. Got to love the mini van.

Wedding Bells

I am so happy for both of my dear friends Maryann and Bryan. They are perfect for each other and will be so happy in life. I am even more excited because they are going to be living right around the corner from us!
I have been friends with Bryan since I was 7. We were in the same first grade class and I went to my senior prom with his brother. He and his twin brother were like brothers to me. I am so happy he found such a sweet girl.

Little Buddies

We went to the park for Chase and Ellie's birthdays. We always have such a great time with all of our little friends. There are so many great families in HB. I love how we never feel like we have to "keep up with the Jones'" because everyone is so down to earth and fun to hang with. It feels like the world is so materialistic these days.

CJ loves his little friend Chase. He is such a nice little kid. I also like him because he helps my boy to always be reverent at church. They are in the same class and the teacher always tells me how good they both are. JB subbed one day and he witnessed it too.
The Girls were all playing so well together. It was adorable to see them all running around together at the park.

Happy 1st Birthday!

I can't believe it's been an entire year. I don't want my baby to get any older. I wish I could freeze time sometimes so I could just savor her cute little gummy smile and her soft little cheeks a little longer.

Here she is at her birthday dinner at Grandma and Papa Hennings' home. She was so good all night even though she did not nap well all day. That just shows her great personality, happy, easy going, and funny.

All the cousins.
Happy birthday girl.
She dove right into the cake.
She loved the coconut cake. It was delicious.
She did not stop until her plate was clean.
She got a new baby doll, stroller, crib and high chair set. She LOVES babies. She calls a baby a "de-de" it's pretty cute. Notice her pointing to the baby in the picture.

Hennings Boy #4!

So my wonderful older brother and wife had their 4th baby boy in January. We just adore him. This crazy world needs more handsome, good, young men.

M takes holding her new baby cousin very serious.

The Golden Boy

CJ is turning into the little golden boy of our family. He is such a stud athlete, he tries hard in school, he is reverent at church, and he is always so sweet and loving to us. We feel so blessed that our daughters have him for an older brother.

He has really gotten into building airplanes out of legos lately. He is growing up so fast.

Crazy Hair Day

CJ is having so much fun at his new school. Here he is on crazy hair day.

The Weekend

We love hanging around the house and relaxing on the weekend. It seems like the weekdays are so crazy busy now that CJ is in school everyday and M goes to preschool 2 days a week. This weekend M and I made apple pie. CJ played with his classroom "pet," Buddy, he was so excited that he got to take him home.

I love my little girl. She is always there on her little stool ready to help.
Skating the ramp with Buddy the Bear.
Riding bikes.

Little Hula Girl

So we brought the kids some presents home from Hawaii. I brought the baby a Hawaiian childrens book, CJ a snorkle and fins set, and M a hula costume. She LOVED it.

Here she is with her fleece pajamas on underneath.

After dancing around with her pj's on she got kind of hot. So she stripped down.
Here she is acting like a model.

Here's M doing the hula.

And here's CJ in his snorkel and fins. He wanted to wear it during his photo shoot.