July Fourth-Family Get Together

 Family Picture Time 

Here is Kinsley...2 years and 2 months!  She loved having the baby pool all to herself!

Fourth of July 2013-"the climb"

I was talked into hiking the mountain while we were in Arizona.  I NEVER do this kind of exercise! I agreed and let me tell you...I am a WIMP!  I did finish though, with lots of coaching from him, Jeff and Jessica, and Jose!  They all very kindly and patiently waited and waited and waited for me to finish!  Pictures will prove it!

 I made it!  I'm not sure when I will do that again. I am glad that I finally saw the view of the city!

The Kids First Run Together...The Heartbreak Ridge

So we have tested out quite a few sports to try to find one that the kids all like.  The girls recently participated in Hip Hop and had their first competition.  Meridith's group took third and Annabelle's took second.  They both enjoyed it and we forgot our camera...ugh!  They decided they wanted to take a break from that for this 9 week session!  Which is fine for me...I am enjoying taking them to Sea World and Legoland whenever we want.  I do understand the importance of sports, so we aren't giving them up!  They all ran yesterday in the Heartbreak Ridge.  It was a half marathon, 10k, 5k or a kids run.  They started with the kids run and they seemed to enjoy it!  Here are a few pictures!

They were following their dad's orders to stretch!

   
 

Where did this dog come from?  He is not ours!

At the beach with FAMILY!

It is so great living here, but it is even better finally having more family close.  We get to see Holli and her family more now.  It is what we have been looking forward to!  Holli and her family came down just a little while after we moved here and we were able to go hang out at the beach.  Our husbands found a big hole that had been dug out and they continued to expand it so the kids could all get in.

Then it was time to bury all of the boys!

We all had a great time!  It was great to get together!  

We've Been Having So Much Fun!

  We have loved having Hiram with us and being able to be together as a family.  We have spent a lot of time at Legoland and Sea World.  It is so great having so many fun places so close to our house!

Now all we have to do is get the camera away from Hiram so we can see if he was really there with us!

Finally some new photos of Kinsley!

It must be something about being the forth child but I noticed as we were putting up pictures of the kids in our house we had ZERO of Kinsley.  So here are new ones of her...I know it's about time, she's almost 2!

We actually made it out WEST!

After the craziness of this last year, moving in June, then not moving to California until December we are finally here and it is official!  They can't send us back east now!  We are loving EVERYTHING about being on the west coast AGAIN!  We love the beach...

and we love finally being together!  Watch out California, we're not going anywhere!