Kae is 5!

Kae wanted a superhero party this year for his 5th birthday so we gathered all his super friends and played some super games.

First the superheroes made shields like Captain America's.

Then we played Villain Tag. Daddy was our villain (in the black shirt) and when he tagged a superhero they had to freeze until they were tagged by another superhero.
Next was Save The Baby. Each superhero had to climb up the stairs, through the tunnel, grab the baby, slide down the slide and hand the baby to the waiting mommy. We timed the superheroes and Lizard Boy was our fastest at saving the baby.
After all the games the superheroes need to recharge with some cake and power punch (aka: tang).
Once they were recharged it was on to the pinata. (It is hard to find a villain pinata.) Once Darth Vader was defeated the superheroes gathered all the candy.
Before all the superheroes headed back to their secret lairs super Kae opened his birthday presents.
Everyone had a super time!

Happy Birthday, Kae!

Family Camp

This summer we decided to go to our church's family camp instead of taking our own family camping trip. Instead of being about 20 minutes from home like last year, we were up in the mountains 3 hours from home (and 2 hours from cell phone service). Unfortunately about a month before the trip Andrew found out he had to go on a business trip that weekend. Since it was just me and the boys going we decided to stay in a cabin instead of a tent. We camped with about 80 other people from our church. It was so much fun!

The boys loved the cabin! They both got to sleep on a top bunk.They also loved being up in the mountains. Being little boys, they did a lot of playing in the dirt. And they got pretty dirty. Since they were camping they didn't want to take showers. (Last year's camping didn't have showers so now they assume being dirty is part of camping.) Since they wouldn't shower I wiped them each down instead. That is a lot of dirt!

We had such a good time that we are planning to go again next year with Daddy.

G.G. Came to Visit

In July my grandmother (the boys' great grandmother) came to visit. The boys call her G.G., which is short for great grandmother.

We took G.G. to the aquarium and Poppi and Daddy took some time off work so they could come too.
The boys and I also took G.G. to the Butterfly Pavilion.
We can't forget to take a picture of the 4 generations when we have them all together.

Fun in the Sunset

After a busy day of playing, the boys' favorite thing to do in the evening in the summer is to have a fire.

Daddy make the fire with a little help from the boys. Then we get the marshmallows ready to cook, cook them, and eat them.Yum!

Fun in the Sun

We have had a busy summer!
Here is a quick recap of some of the fun:

The boys both took a cooking class, did funshine camps, and had swim lessons twice a week.

Kae continued karate twice a week and was promoted to high gold belt. Kae also attended a week long science camp about the ocean.
When they weren't at one of the above activities they were probably playing at the park, playing with friends, or playing in the yard with the sprinkler, water table or trampoline.

I don't know about the boys but I am ready for school to start. I need the rest. :-)

I'm Back!

Did you miss me?

My computer has been broken for over a month now. Andrew tried to fix it but wasn't able to because apparently he doesn't keep spare mac parts around. I finally had to take it to the apple store to get it looked at. (I hate the apple store. It is always crowded. It is so pretentious. The repair people are called geniuses. Genius, Really?) Anyway, I waited for about 20 minutes to speak to a "Genius". He did a couple quick tests and told me the motherboard was broke but they could replace it and it would be covered by the warranty. (Whew! A new motherboard sounds pricey.) My computer got fixed and I just got it back from the apple store today. Yay! Now I just need to download the pictures from my camera.

New blogs will be coming soon . . .

Happy Birthday, Izee!

I'm not sure how it happened so fast, but my "baby' turns 3 today. Wow! Here is a look back at the 4th of July for the last 3 years.

(4th of July 2011)

(4th of July 2010)

(4th of July 2009)

(4th of July 2008)