Their Day!

On their actual birthday we did their party at Kiddie Kollege.  They got special crowns in their favorite colors...at least they have been consistent for the past 3 years!!!  They got lots of cute gift from their friends and totally enjoyed being the center of attention. I stayed as they ate lunch and we had cupcakes afterwards.  Too cute!

That night we had their special dinner they requested-steak, noodles & salad.  They also waited patiently to open their gifts and they got lots more great stuff.  And by the way, the Moon Dough is NOT great stuff....messy!!!  I was not too sad when it got 'lost' after they left it out back the first night they played with it.  

They got 'Iven' hats from Emily & Iven and had fun posing and asking us to take pictures and send them to Em and I to show them.  They look so adorable in the hats and have been wearing them constantly.

I don't know where the finger thing came from, pretty sure we don't do that...

They also 'helped' me make brownies.  I love that they love being in the kitchen just as much as I do.

Knott's Berry Farm!

Last Tuesday Niko and I took the boys to Knott's for the twins birthday.  It was a beautiful day and the park was empty!!  We got to go on so many rides and the rides we liked best we just stayed on and went again!Checking out the big roller coaster!Sunday we celebrated their birthday at my parents..they got lots of good stuff and my mom made them cupcakes and a great dinner!

Happy Birthday to my Darling Boys!!!

My sweet boys turn 5 today!!  So much fun, great sense of humor and best friends! More to come of the birthday week celebrations!

Big Bear & a night out

Labor Day weekend I took the boys up to Tash & Zolt's cabin in Big Bear.  It was a beautiful weekend up there and lots of our friends were there too.  They guys rented a boat for the afternoon and took all 9 kids for a few hours.  We could tell which boat was ours from far away...the one with all the orange!And while the daddy's were with the kids the mommies had some fun on the beach!!!Tash played a little tug of war with a guy 3 times her size...and won!  It's all about the brains.Sunday morning Red & Ty lined up a bunch of cans and made good use of the bb guns.  Ty's a pretty good shot already for 7 years old.Tash, Zolt, Beka and I took 7 kids to the alpine slide, I have never been before and it made me nervous for Ty to go by himself with his lack of fear.  I made him go on the slow side and promise to not go too fast about 100 times.Labor day we hung out with the Sickenbergers at their new pool.  The kids always enjoy hanging out with them so much, good thing we do too!Friday we went out to celebrate Julie's birthday.  We started out at Tropical downtown and headed out to Agua later on to meet up with some friends.  It was a very fun, very late night!!

Some Fun Stuff

1st day of School, Ty in second grade at Katherine Finchy and Luke & Mace in Miss Suzy's Class at Kiddie Kollege.  Mason has said for the past year that he won't learn how to ride a bike 'until my five' but he made it about a month early.  We even biked to breakfast at Taco Asada last weekend, what a trooper!!!I got to have lunch with some of my fave girls-Vern, Tammy & Lisa at Mission Hills CC where Vern's husband Mark is Executive Chef. Two really big thumbs up!!!  The five of us also went to the water park one day.  Not the same for me when Eric is a bit out of commission with his knee jacked up. I realized I don't like water slides and being drenched so much.Ty and I got to hang out at the pool party at Agua Caliente a few weeks ago for their Friday night party, lots of friends and fun involved!!!  Ty had a friend at summer camp that had a birthday...he wrote her a note and wrapped up a bracelet he had made for her.  "Happy Birthday Emily.  I like your funn (supposed to be funny) laugh.  And you don't smell like my feet!"  I can see where he gets his mad romance skills from.....I love that kid and his sense of humor!!!!!

More Auburn & Shaver

In late July we went up to Auburn to visit Emily and Iven and ended up staying at Em's mom's place.  A happy place for kids with raspberries to pick, chicken's to check for eggs and cute little pigs to feed. Auburn is part of the Placer County wine trail so we got to visit a few wineries Friday afternoon and then headed down to the Auburn fairgrounds for Fast Friday-dirt bike races without brakes-a classic Friday activity!!!Saturday we hung out by the American River.  Thanks Em & I for a wonderful weekend!  Heart you!We ended up leaving Luke & Mace with Emily & Iven for the week and I went home while Eric and Ty went back to Shaver lake for the weekend. Kerri and Eric had lots of fun exploring with the bikes to remote lakes and doing some fishing.