shell beach

this last weekend was fun, we went to shell beach, a favorite surf spot for us and chad got to go out while the kids played on the rocks finding crabs.

this is them throwing the crabs into the water, its better then smashing them which is what they were doing and i convinced them that if they couldnt control themselves and leave them alone than at least this was better.

this is my surfing buddy, except this time i had to sit on the sidelines and eat bananas and pretzels while chad had all the fun.

Not exactly a white christmas

So this was new years eve and we all went to the beach, it was around 70 degrees and beautiful! we flew kites and played in the water and just chilled.

Cade didn't run fast enough from the waves and paid for it with a face plant and soaking wet clothes. He recovered soon enough and was at it again.

This is a pic with all my brothers, I remember being a lot taller then the rest of them though....interesting.

Christmas

So my brother got my mom these pjs because pjs are her favorite thing but my dad hates them with a passion because i guess she wears them to bed and im sure he prefers something else. He thinks my brother gave them to her to get him back for the younger years of his life. she loves them though.

one of the family gifts was guitar hero band, everyone played, its a blast, braden and myself had to learn to take turns though.

ever since i got pregnant and the boys come with me to my apointments they have been playing doctor so we got them a kit and they spend all day fixing me, chad, me, stuffed animals, me, and anything or anyone that will let them.

we always do the nativity story with narration and us as actors. braden was the shepherd and cade was the angel.