Ty turns 7!



Ty turned 7 on the 15th! We celebrated by going to Madagascar 3 & McDonald's! We also had a great weekend swimming and playing games!

Ty has wanted a fish tank for years. Brian found a tank on Craigslist and with some cleaning and treating the water for a week, it was ready for fish on Sunday. So, in celebrating Father's Day too, we went to Petsmart and picked out 4 new fish! Ty loves ocean animals so he picked a Bala Shark and a Rainbow Shark. Keira picked an Angelfish and Brian picked a Gold Gourami. We will add more fish in a couple of weeks.

So far all the fish are adjusting well. We love watching them and the kids are enjoying feeding them. I get the night feeding job of bloodworms. Yeah!! :) Ty and Keira are still working on naming the fish but it seems to be a challenging task since the names keep changing!

Celebrating Our 10th Wedding Anniversary!

Brian and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary with a 7 day cruise to the Eastern Caribbean (Bahamas, St. Thomas, San Juan and Grand Turk)! This was Brian's first cruise and it was a wonderful time full of relaxing and new adventures. My parents watched the kids for us and kept them very busy with fun activities and new places to see!

Our first port was the Bahamas. Carnival has their own private island. We did not plan an excursion, just relaxed on the beach. It was great!

Our second port was St. Thomas. Our excursion was the majority of the time at port so we don't have any pictures (oops). We went on a catamaran snorkel tour which was a lot of fun. Brian showed major patience with me since I am not so great about snorkeling or getting into the ocean. I did, finally, and we had a good time. We quickly learned we needed to get me my own mask and snorkel to make the experience more enjoyable.

Our third port was San Juan. We loved it there! We didn't book an excursion, decided to walk around and explore on our own. We are so glad we did. We walk all over Old San Juan visiting the forts, churches, and a yummy local restaurant for lunch!

We ended our trip at the Bacardi Distillery! They actually make the rum there and with a free tour and drinks, it was a great way to end the day.

Our last port was Grand Turk. We walked some historical houses and toured the Grand Turk Museum. We also had our second snorkel trip which went much better since I had my new mask and snorkel!

Of course we had to eat lunch at Margaritaville in Grand Turk! It was very good!

School's Out!

I can't believe school is out! This year flew by! Ty did amazing in 1st grade! He brought home his last report card today with 'excels' in all subjects!

Hanson, Aiden, and Tyler. Aiden (middle) is moving to Nevada so that was hard for Tyler to say goodbye to another good friend.

 Ms. Hogue was an amazing teacher! I am so happy I was able to volunteer in the classroom every Wednesday thanks to my Aunt Shelly watching Keira! I loved getting to know all the students and the teacher this year.

 Tyler's very messy desk! He had to recycle or take home all his work. He recycled most of it!

 Tyler's 1st grade performance (top row). He wasn't too excited to dress up but he sang all the songs and it was fun to watch him! I can't believe he is going into 2nd grade!

Keira graduated from preschool on Tuesday with a party at Bounce U. She attended a home-based preschool with Ms. Judi. There were only 5 kids in the class which gave a lot of one on one time! Keira learned how to spell her name, began to read, and made a lot of new friends.

Keira will attend Ms. Judi's next year in the pre-k class! The same kids in her preschool class (shown in the above picture) will be in her pre-k class.

Camping with dad

Brian took the kids on his first solo camping trip this past weekend while I went to San Diego for my mom's graduation. They had a great time and came home with stories of fishing, making smores, and getting dirty!

Keira's nap on the kayak

 Keira, Brian and Tyler getting ready for their fishing trip

Getting warm by the fire before making smores

Easter 2012

We had a busy Easter weekend but the weather was beautiful and it was fun to spend time with family!


Keira's (colorful) Easter bunny from school!

Tyler's Easter bunny from school!

Coloring eggs!

Easter morning!

Big Easter Egg Hunt at Aunt Sherri's house! Lots of fun!!

Happy 4th Birthday, Keira

We celebrated Keira's birthday in California. She is getting so big!!

Disneyland

This was the kids first trip to Disneyland. We waited until they were old enough to remember since it is too expensive and too much work to hear "I don't remember!" Keira is all about princesses so Disneyland was the perfect way to celebrate her 4th birthday!!



This was one of the few times the family was together. Brian took Ty on all the rides (Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Star Tours...) while Keira and I meet a lot of princesses.

This was waiting for the last ride of the day. They were such troopers and we all had a blast!!!