Birthday Morning

These are not in order but I had a great birthday morning/breakfast. My hubby went and got me a tall skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte and a Feta/spinach wrap to split from Starbucks and the kids donuts. My family was kind enough to come to the table before 7am so we could celebrate before daddy left for work. Everyone spoiled me! And best of all Mom is not taking back any of her gifts. Yes, I do take back gifts since I hate money wasted! My hubby and kids are fine with it but I was so happy that everything was usable or wearable. There was a cooking theme with my husband/mother/sister in law. I really needed some fun bakeware since I only have the pyrex so my Mom got me a red one I saw on clearance from Sur La Table and my hubby got me a fun oval one from Food Network. The apron too is so cute that my sister in law picked up in Maui. Although our day was normal with school and such we did celebrate the next day at the Aquarium and Steve took the day off which was one of the best gifts ever since I miss him so much during the week.

Aquarium

I celebrated 34 years of life and we decided to go to the Aquarium since the last time we went it was Katy's 3rd birthday and she is almost 6 now. It was such a delight to see the kids enjoy it, especially Jack who is almost 2. He squealed all the time and kept saying "Hi Fishy" to them in the tanks. Katy had no fear of touching all animals that they would let you. It really was the perfect birthday seeing my kids enjoy God's beautiful creation. We got passes so we can go back and enjoy it a few more times.

Griffith Park

We had a great day a couple weeks ago at Griffith Park. Katy has been asking to do the pony ride for a while now. Then we went over to travel town to ride the train.

A much needed trip to Nannie and Papas

We were able to go to my parents for some family time. We have wanted to stop and take pictures by this carriage that is on Hwy 65 since Katy loves them. And I too was curious about it. It was such a beautiful day and it was near some wheat fields. As you can see my parents still had snow on the mountains above them and the day after we left they had snow at their home.
Not sure why but when I upload my photos now it does not show them until it is published so it's hard to put a description by each one since I can't see it but the last ones are of us at our favorite Mexican Restaurant that I went to as a kid and it's one of those "can't leave town without going there" places. On the way home I took a picture of each of the kids. Katy is holding the doll that my Mom and I made. We had a fun time sewing while the boys rode motorcycles and go-carts.

Redeeming the time

Okay so this is worth posting I think. My daughter was brushing her teeth and reading her bible tonight. I had to grab my camera while she wasn't looking and snap a shot. Talk about redeeming the time...wish she had learned this from me but she said that "Caleb" did it with the book his Dad made for him (Fireproof the movie).

Agoura Hills

We were able to see Steve's office this morning after he did his 10K at the Great Race of Agoura. Since it is not close to our home we have not been out to see his office and this was a nice chance since we were already in the area for the race. It is so pretty where he works, although not close, he is thankful for the hills he can look at each day. Jack is sick so we took pictures with him since he wanted to be held most of the day. By the end of the day he was exhausted (we had to leave the house at 6am), fussy and feverish.

AWANA Grand Prix

Here are the kids doing their school. Jack decided he wanted to color and join the fun that day. It usually last for about a minute then he is all done.


Carter raced his police car on the far left and in the next one Katy raced her Pony car. They both made it to the second round which really doesn't mean much except they got to race twice. Daddy took a picture of Mommy and Jack waiting. Jack was sick so we left early but the kids had a fun time and Jack cheered on the cars.