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.

Holiday stuff

This is braden in his kindergarten class dressed as an Indian and singing songs in a little performance for thanksgiving... i'm going crazy because i totally got teary eyed watching him, freaking pregnancy.

This is our tradition on sunday night, chad starts a fire and i make hot chocolate and he tells them semi-scary stories by the fire. The kids love it and it totally reminds me of my childhood.

This is every morning in our house, the baby moves a ton in the morning and the boys love to feel it. Cade lays on my belly and then as soon as she kicks he laughs and then lays back down to feel it again. Its so cute, cade, not the belly.

Halloween

Braden was optimus prime the transformer and cade was obviously a skeleton. They had tons of fun and literally ran from house to house for candy.

Fun Weekend

This weekend was tons of fun. we went to fresno to see chad's brother travis and his wife Kristy and their new baby Brennen. Their house is the party house, as you can see kristy was showing everyone how dance dance revolution is done. Travis showed the boys how to do it while he patiently waited for his own turn and then kristy popped some poppcorn in their poppcorn maker for everyone. Their dog nala followed cade around like a hawk and for good reason. They also had a kareoke game for the playstation, all of which just made my christmas list for chad. It was so fun to hold a little baby again, he is so cute and such a good baby, we are so happy for them!

Disneyland

So this last weekend we went to disneyland and it was a blast! Braden turned into a roller coaster junkie and cade's favorite ride was the goofy bus that took us from our hotel to disneyland and back. The fireworks were my favorite and it just so happened to be chad's birthday also so he just had fun watching the kids have fun... he is the best dad ever! oh yah, on the nemo submarine ride we rode with tony hawk and his family, pretty cool, i've never seen a celebrity before.