Seth's end of year fun

Open house, 2 Seths

Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk

Tiger of the Month

I am so far behind with blogging I am going to try and play catch up this week with pictures and a few words.

Seth finished First grade this past week. He had the best teacher and a lot of friends in his class. It will be hard to live up to that next year. He had open house, his Jack and the Beanstalk play, and end of the year festivities. Oh, I almost forgot, he was the tiger of the month for May for being trustworthy! What a great way to finish off a great year! Look out 2nd grade!

Too much Flapjack!

Getting out of the car for school yesterday Seth said: "If danger was a beautiful woman, I would marry her!"
me: "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

seth: "If danger was a beautiful woman, I would marry her." the voice with it helps.

I started laughing and asked why he said it. "Flapjack!", he said. I wasn't a big fan before this, and this didn't help.

TAN festival

Paige in her Sari

Presenting her info at the festival

Fun at the Festival

Paige has been preparing long and hard for the TAN festival. TAN stands for Then And Now (ancient and modern). They had to pick a partner and a country that they had studied this year and gather info and do projects to share with the whole 6th grade and parents. She and her partner, oops forgot to take a pic of them together, worked for over a month to make a time line, ancient and modern day flags, travel brochures, a mini taj mahal, and costumes. It was fun to see all their hard work along with all of the other kids. Great job girls!!

15 years and counting

Wow! Matt and I have almost been married 15 years! We have had great times together, 2 wonderful kids and have had the opportunity to live in some great places, I think! I know people who blog go on and on about how wonderful their husbands are, but I don't have the writing skills, and that's not my style. So to sum it up, I love you Matt!

We talked my parents into coming down a day early a few weeks ago, so that we could take a mini vacation. We took 2 days and a night to go down to Laguna Beach and stay at The Montage. WOW doesn't even do it justice. It was beautiful and right on the beach with views from all the rooms. We started with spa appointments and then sat by the pool overlooking the ocean while eating lunch on the lounge chairs. We just sat and relaxed and read for hours. I told Matt I wanted to stay overnight there once every 6 months. The grounds were beautifully landscaped and the views were amazing. It was like a mini Hawaiian vacation only an hour away. Happy anniversary to us!

We love Disneyland

Disneyland and dogs, that's what our blog has become. We were so lucky to have my parents come visit for a whole week. We all went to Disneyland the friday before Memorial Day and got there before it opened and didn't leave until after the fireworks. By the time we left I think were were all tired and a few of us were grouchy :) But the rest of the day was a blast! We got in most of the great rides and even got Paige to go on Tower of Terror for the first time! I had only been on it once years ago, so it was almost like riding for the first time again. We even took Flat Stanly from Taylor, my sister Kendra's son, on it with us :) We love Disneyland!

We love to eat at Cafe Orleans Monte Cristo, Pasta, and of cours French Fries!

Do we dare?
"I survived the Tower of Terror"

Beach with cousins and Sophie (March)

Relaxing!

No secret we love the beach, and we had a lot of fun with Kendra's family at the beach when they were here. Her kids love it too. Wish they could have come when the air and water are warmer! We snuck Sophie onto the beach and she loved it too!

ps. I forgot my camera, so thanks for the pictures Kendra, and I don't have any of the kids :)

Whale Watching

This is going way back, but I got behind and now I am trying to play catch up. I am just going through my pictures and posting things we have done and taken pictures of. A very fun outing we had at the end of March was hiking at Point Dume in Malibu. We were so lucky to see whales migrating North. It was amazing, and we actually got to see it on 2 different days. We took Sophie along of course and she loved playing in the sand. Have I mentioned that I could spend all day every day at the beach?